Rebecca
@phytoseiid.bsky.social
Ph.D. Entomologist
I just want to learn about bugs and help farmers, but the fascists keep interrupting me.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are good things.
When someone attacks a party member, we all roll for initiative.
I just want to learn about bugs and help farmers, but the fascists keep interrupting me.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are good things.
When someone attacks a party member, we all roll for initiative.
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Trump could not have asked for a better house minority leader than Jeffries, frankly. Dude has actively combatted all attempts at resistance by house democrats
January 30, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Trump could not have asked for a better house minority leader than Jeffries, frankly. Dude has actively combatted all attempts at resistance by house democrats
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Pam Bondi's tweets of mug shots of arrested people is itself an impeachable offense, a clear violation of their fourth amendment rights, and I hope they all sue the federal government and her and get millions.
This is, like much Trump garbage, obscene.
I refuse to become numb to the obsenities.
This is, like much Trump garbage, obscene.
I refuse to become numb to the obsenities.
January 30, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Pam Bondi's tweets of mug shots of arrested people is itself an impeachable offense, a clear violation of their fourth amendment rights, and I hope they all sue the federal government and her and get millions.
This is, like much Trump garbage, obscene.
I refuse to become numb to the obsenities.
This is, like much Trump garbage, obscene.
I refuse to become numb to the obsenities.
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The college at which I'm employed, which has signed a contract with the AI firm that stole books from 131 colleagues & me, paid a student to write an op-ed for the student paper promoting AI, guided the writing of it, and did not disclose this to the paper. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
College approached and paid student to write op-ed in The Dartmouth
The Dartmouth ran the article on Nov. 17 without knowledge that the College had been involved.
www.thedartmouth.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:40 PM
The college at which I'm employed, which has signed a contract with the AI firm that stole books from 131 colleagues & me, paid a student to write an op-ed for the student paper promoting AI, guided the writing of it, and did not disclose this to the paper. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
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The evil is so obvious in this case that the CATHOLIC CHURCH is calling for ICE to be abolished. Let that sink in, especially if you recall the clergy sexual abuse scandal.
January 30, 2026 at 2:36 AM
The evil is so obvious in this case that the CATHOLIC CHURCH is calling for ICE to be abolished. Let that sink in, especially if you recall the clergy sexual abuse scandal.
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"We've removed, returned, or expelled more people than in all four years of the prior administration"
Dem leadership doesn't oppose ICE, at all, on principle. Just the aesthetics.
"We've removed, returned, or expelled more people than in all four years of the prior administration"
Dem leadership doesn't oppose ICE, at all, on principle. Just the aesthetics.
*Current* Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas: "Over the last three years we’ve removed, returned, or expelled more people than in all four years of the prior administration"
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Mayorkas responds to Gov. Abbott's criticism of Biden's border actions
On State of the Union with Dana Bash, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas reacts to Texas Governor Greg Abbott's criticism of President Joe Biden'...
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January 10, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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"We've removed, returned, or expelled more people than in all four years of the prior administration"
Dem leadership doesn't oppose ICE, at all, on principle. Just the aesthetics.
"We've removed, returned, or expelled more people than in all four years of the prior administration"
Dem leadership doesn't oppose ICE, at all, on principle. Just the aesthetics.
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Between this and Walz's suggestion that the gestapo do midnight raids, it's very obvious unless you are heavily concussed and a nazi, that their only goal at all is to simply clean up the aesthetics for when it is their turn to play with the police state.
January 30, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Between this and Walz's suggestion that the gestapo do midnight raids, it's very obvious unless you are heavily concussed and a nazi, that their only goal at all is to simply clean up the aesthetics for when it is their turn to play with the police state.
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there is a specific tic in the way that centrist Dems address law enforcement:
they don’t understand that the interaction with police *is* the harm. they think a show your papers situation is neutral as long as you leave walking, but police interaction is itself traumatic. It’s terrifying.
they don’t understand that the interaction with police *is* the harm. they think a show your papers situation is neutral as long as you leave walking, but police interaction is itself traumatic. It’s terrifying.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:24 AM
there is a specific tic in the way that centrist Dems address law enforcement:
they don’t understand that the interaction with police *is* the harm. they think a show your papers situation is neutral as long as you leave walking, but police interaction is itself traumatic. It’s terrifying.
they don’t understand that the interaction with police *is* the harm. they think a show your papers situation is neutral as long as you leave walking, but police interaction is itself traumatic. It’s terrifying.
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Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it
January 28, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it
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1. From lung cancer to climate change, capitalist governments are notoriously slow to recognize and remedy the negative externalities generated by corporate activity.
Generative AI is no exception. Large language models are proving a disaster in numerous spheres of public life.
Generative AI is no exception. Large language models are proving a disaster in numerous spheres of public life.
January 28, 2026 at 6:59 AM
1. From lung cancer to climate change, capitalist governments are notoriously slow to recognize and remedy the negative externalities generated by corporate activity.
Generative AI is no exception. Large language models are proving a disaster in numerous spheres of public life.
Generative AI is no exception. Large language models are proving a disaster in numerous spheres of public life.
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The Presidentialist model of science is bad for science *and* undemocratic. It introduces the type of instability that undermines long-term research agendas, and prioritizes the personal preferences of one man and his courtiers.
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January 27, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The Presidentialist model of science is bad for science *and* undemocratic. It introduces the type of instability that undermines long-term research agendas, and prioritizes the personal preferences of one man and his courtiers.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/american-b...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/american-b...
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Scientists have been told to stay out of politics, but politics is very much not staying out of science. Scientists don't have to, and maybe shouldn't, be identified with a single party, but should be straightforward about the values that made American science such a success.
January 28, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Scientists have been told to stay out of politics, but politics is very much not staying out of science. Scientists don't have to, and maybe shouldn't, be identified with a single party, but should be straightforward about the values that made American science such a success.
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I'm a reporter and editor with Task & Purpose. I want to talk to VA employees, better yet Minneapolis VA ones. What has the VA said to you after Alex Pretti's death? Has there been any message? Any asks not to discuss? What? Will protect sources, use 1st names only, etc. Signal handle is nslayton.12
January 28, 2026 at 4:30 AM
I'm a reporter and editor with Task & Purpose. I want to talk to VA employees, better yet Minneapolis VA ones. What has the VA said to you after Alex Pretti's death? Has there been any message? Any asks not to discuss? What? Will protect sources, use 1st names only, etc. Signal handle is nslayton.12
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In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
January 28, 2026 at 1:44 AM
In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
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As it happens, I know a young girl today who knows about Anne Frank and also has young classmates who have been hiding.
She has already pieced together the similarities on her own. And if she can do it, adults can, too.
She has already pieced together the similarities on her own. And if she can do it, adults can, too.
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
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January 28, 2026 at 4:14 AM
As it happens, I know a young girl today who knows about Anne Frank and also has young classmates who have been hiding.
She has already pieced together the similarities on her own. And if she can do it, adults can, too.
She has already pieced together the similarities on her own. And if she can do it, adults can, too.
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Pro tip for any Hill journos, the Speaker can approve 24hr protection for Members who are under heightened threat. Omar used to have this, but Mike Johnson took it away. You should ask him about that
January 28, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Pro tip for any Hill journos, the Speaker can approve 24hr protection for Members who are under heightened threat. Omar used to have this, but Mike Johnson took it away. You should ask him about that
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The high trust neighborhoods that MAGA yearns for exist all over America, and they’re all like D+40
January 27, 2026 at 10:58 PM
The high trust neighborhoods that MAGA yearns for exist all over America, and they’re all like D+40
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Civil servant to civil servant: if you are pressured to execute an action like this—which is a crime—you have a duty to refuse.
January 8, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Civil servant to civil servant: if you are pressured to execute an action like this—which is a crime—you have a duty to refuse.
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A message from a Veterans Affairs federal worker and member of the Federal Workers Alliance for Democracy.
We lost one of our own today. Share this. Spread the truth. #AlexPretti
We lost one of our own today. Share this. Spread the truth. #AlexPretti
January 25, 2026 at 3:42 AM
A message from a Veterans Affairs federal worker and member of the Federal Workers Alliance for Democracy.
We lost one of our own today. Share this. Spread the truth. #AlexPretti
We lost one of our own today. Share this. Spread the truth. #AlexPretti
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Join us in honoring Alex’s memory this week by wearing black.
January 25, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Join us in honoring Alex’s memory this week by wearing black.
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The "paid protester" narrative makes a lot of sense when you realize the right just can't comprehend the idea of helping other people without a profit motive
January 26, 2026 at 5:15 AM
The "paid protester" narrative makes a lot of sense when you realize the right just can't comprehend the idea of helping other people without a profit motive
Good job on the murder. Keep killing actual civil servants. You're doing great.
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Border Patrol chief praises agents who killed Alex Pretti
"The victims are the Border Patrol agents," Greg Bovino said.
www.axios.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Good job on the murder. Keep killing actual civil servants. You're doing great.
www.axios.com/2026/01/25/m...
www.axios.com/2026/01/25/m...
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God, there have been so many stories like this - for so many people to remember him by name, I can only imagine his impact. These are the kind of devoted, compassionate federal workers & public servants who this admin keeps ripping away from their life’s work of protecting the American people.
January 26, 2026 at 12:05 AM
God, there have been so many stories like this - for so many people to remember him by name, I can only imagine his impact. These are the kind of devoted, compassionate federal workers & public servants who this admin keeps ripping away from their life’s work of protecting the American people.
Ya'll it was likely a barn owl. 🤦♀️
I heard someone play a recording of one and it clicked. I will be VIGILANT this summer and see if it sounds right when I know what to listen for.
(Nature is a good distraction from the madness)
I heard someone play a recording of one and it clicked. I will be VIGILANT this summer and see if it sounds right when I know what to listen for.
(Nature is a good distraction from the madness)
Animal sound ID request!
What animal is active at night, during summer months, in central WA that makes a sound that is like raaaaaaaaaa.
It is like a screech. Not too high pitched or loud. It sounds like maybe how someone would make a velociraptor noise.
Has been heard any time it is full dark.
What animal is active at night, during summer months, in central WA that makes a sound that is like raaaaaaaaaa.
It is like a screech. Not too high pitched or loud. It sounds like maybe how someone would make a velociraptor noise.
Has been heard any time it is full dark.
January 26, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Ya'll it was likely a barn owl. 🤦♀️
I heard someone play a recording of one and it clicked. I will be VIGILANT this summer and see if it sounds right when I know what to listen for.
(Nature is a good distraction from the madness)
I heard someone play a recording of one and it clicked. I will be VIGILANT this summer and see if it sounds right when I know what to listen for.
(Nature is a good distraction from the madness)
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anyone who is calling this a training issue
or talking about reform
is not a safe person
either by intent
or by ignorance
anyone who is calling this a training issue
with any level of seriousness
is not a safe person
by intent or by ignorance
ICE must be destroyed
or talking about reform
is not a safe person
either by intent
or by ignorance
anyone who is calling this a training issue
with any level of seriousness
is not a safe person
by intent or by ignorance
ICE must be destroyed
I wish we could get to a point where the intent & competence are not so carefully contemplated for sooo long while they’re still just allowed to do what they want
It’s a great point for analysis
But the discussion continues to feel like they’re trying to excuse & allow more of the same
Feels moot
It’s a great point for analysis
But the discussion continues to feel like they’re trying to excuse & allow more of the same
Feels moot
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 AM
anyone who is calling this a training issue
or talking about reform
is not a safe person
either by intent
or by ignorance
anyone who is calling this a training issue
with any level of seriousness
is not a safe person
by intent or by ignorance
ICE must be destroyed
or talking about reform
is not a safe person
either by intent
or by ignorance
anyone who is calling this a training issue
with any level of seriousness
is not a safe person
by intent or by ignorance
ICE must be destroyed