@quantumbrandon.bsky.social
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Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
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This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM
This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.
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I admire Rep McBride, and this is (in part) why. I know that many trans people and activists disagree, sometimes harshly, with how she has chosen to deal with the attacks on her, and I am in no position to judge. But she does always deserve credit for willingly putting herself in the line of fire.
Sarah McBride rarely centers her identity as a trans woman. Republicans do that for her. So when she steps to the microphone and talks about "21 years of unwavering homesickness," it means something. @mcbride.house.gov www.readtpa.com/p/watch-rep-...
Watch Rep. Sarah McBride's Powerful Statement on Republicans' Anti-Trans Obsession
The first openly trans member of Congress made a rare, personal appeal as the GOP wages an all-out assault on trans youth.
www.readtpa.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I admire Rep McBride, and this is (in part) why. I know that many trans people and activists disagree, sometimes harshly, with how she has chosen to deal with the attacks on her, and I am in no position to judge. But she does always deserve credit for willingly putting herself in the line of fire.
This is bad news.
December 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This is bad news.
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In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
CDC backpedals on vaccines and autism, despite earlier assurances from RFK Jr.
The CDC, under the direction of an unqualified health secretary, is now promoting claims that flunk Logic 101.
www.ms.now
November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
WTF is this? Remind me again which side has an antisemitism problem?
Because of the Trump Administration’s policies, the Coast Guard will no longer call swastikas & nooses hate symbols. They’re just “potentially divisive.”
Not a warning. Not a mistake. This is normalizing hatred – and it puts service members’ safety & our country’s soul at risk.
Not a warning. Not a mistake. This is normalizing hatred – and it puts service members’ safety & our country’s soul at risk.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
WTF is this? Remind me again which side has an antisemitism problem?
Way to not burry the lede.
James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist remarks that made him an outcast. n.pr/4oFvBWI
James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA, has died at age 97
James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist remarks that made him an outcast.
n.pr
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Way to not burry the lede.
This is chilling. I hope Damphousse is prepared and willing to stand up for our faculty.
October 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is chilling. I hope Damphousse is prepared and willing to stand up for our faculty.
Yeah @rhettallain.bsky.social congratulations!
AAPT is pleased to announce that Rhett Allain has been selected to receive the 2026 Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award. The award will be presented during the 2026 AAPT Winter Meeting. Read more at ow.ly/UpA350Xe7e6 #AAPTAwards #AAPTWM26
October 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Yeah @rhettallain.bsky.social congratulations!
Finally—FINALLY—I got around to framing this and hanging it in my office @stellerarts.com #robotart #iteachphysics 🔴🤖🚁
September 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Finally—FINALLY—I got around to framing this and hanging it in my office @stellerarts.com #robotart #iteachphysics 🔴🤖🚁
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Y’all, I have a book coming out.
I edited and summarized the great work for my friends and colleagues.
I’m so proud of their work on this. And so thankful that they submitted such great chapters.
dannycaballero.info/iop-book/
#iteachphysics #iteachcs #iteachastro
I edited and summarized the great work for my friends and colleagues.
I’m so proud of their work on this. And so thankful that they submitted such great chapters.
dannycaballero.info/iop-book/
#iteachphysics #iteachcs #iteachastro
Computing in Physics Education Book
Materials for contributing authors to the upcoming book on Computing in Physics Education, to be published by the Institute of Physics.
dannycaballero.info
July 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Y’all, I have a book coming out.
I edited and summarized the great work for my friends and colleagues.
I’m so proud of their work on this. And so thankful that they submitted such great chapters.
dannycaballero.info/iop-book/
#iteachphysics #iteachcs #iteachastro
I edited and summarized the great work for my friends and colleagues.
I’m so proud of their work on this. And so thankful that they submitted such great chapters.
dannycaballero.info/iop-book/
#iteachphysics #iteachcs #iteachastro
@physicistdanny.bsky.social are faculty unions able to push back against state imposed constraints (eg the make-up of a faculty senate)? #askingforafriend
July 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
@physicistdanny.bsky.social are faculty unions able to push back against state imposed constraints (eg the make-up of a faculty senate)? #askingforafriend
@gillianlynnryan.bsky.social the soft serve is broken at summer camp
patrick star and spongebob squarepants are standing next to each other in front of a window in a room .
ALT: patrick star and spongebob squarepants are standing next to each other in front of a window in a room .
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June 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
@gillianlynnryan.bsky.social the soft serve is broken at summer camp
This is such an insightful and incisive conversation about advocating for trans rights in a way that moves the ball forward. I was very impressed with what Rep. McBride had to say.
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
Representative Sarah McBride reckons with the trans rights movement’s shortcomings, and how to win hearts and minds through a politics of grace.
open.spotify.com/episode/1Ryl...
youtu.be/KlbNFsAGFRc?...
Representative Sarah McBride reckons with the trans rights movement’s shortcomings, and how to win hearts and minds through a politics of grace.
open.spotify.com/episode/1Ryl...
youtu.be/KlbNFsAGFRc?...
How to Beat Trump Back on Trans Rights — and Much Else | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be
June 19, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This is such an insightful and incisive conversation about advocating for trans rights in a way that moves the ball forward. I was very impressed with what Rep. McBride had to say.
@aapthq.bsky.social really wish the SM25 hotel block pricing extended through the #PERC
June 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
@aapthq.bsky.social really wish the SM25 hotel block pricing extended through the #PERC
@gillianlynnryan.bsky.social you’re not attending the slice workshop? Now who will I send silly gifs to?
a cat wearing a blue shirt is sitting on a laptop computer
ALT: a cat wearing a blue shirt is sitting on a laptop computer
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June 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
@gillianlynnryan.bsky.social you’re not attending the slice workshop? Now who will I send silly gifs to?
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Have you questioned your entire career today? 😭
Decimating STEM education in the US makes no fucking sense.
Decimating STEM education in the US makes no fucking sense.
I am thinking a lot today about how heavy things feel in my world of faculty doing scientific research. There's the immediate chaos and panic about our ability to pay people and continue our research. But there's also a deeper grief at watching everything get bulldozed for no reason
May 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Have you questioned your entire career today? 😭
Decimating STEM education in the US makes no fucking sense.
Decimating STEM education in the US makes no fucking sense.
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🧪 Data update on NSF grant terminations
Including last Friday's terminations, STEM education grants now account for...
54% of terminated NSF grants (751 of 1381)
75% of terminated NSF funding ($590M of $783M)
The next generation of scientists is being targeted.
#WithoutNSF #SaveNSF
Including last Friday's terminations, STEM education grants now account for...
54% of terminated NSF grants (751 of 1381)
75% of terminated NSF funding ($590M of $783M)
The next generation of scientists is being targeted.
#WithoutNSF #SaveNSF
May 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
🧪 Data update on NSF grant terminations
Including last Friday's terminations, STEM education grants now account for...
54% of terminated NSF grants (751 of 1381)
75% of terminated NSF funding ($590M of $783M)
The next generation of scientists is being targeted.
#WithoutNSF #SaveNSF
Including last Friday's terminations, STEM education grants now account for...
54% of terminated NSF grants (751 of 1381)
75% of terminated NSF funding ($590M of $783M)
The next generation of scientists is being targeted.
#WithoutNSF #SaveNSF
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Call your reps. Leave a message. Reference something they might care about: Call. Your. Reps. Leave a message. www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
May 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Call your reps. Leave a message. Reference something they might care about: Call. Your. Reps. Leave a message. www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...