Parry Riposte
@riposteparry.bsky.social
Science • Public Education • Veterans • Reproductive Healthcare • Democracy • Never Forget Jan 6th
Pinned
Odd & fascinating & fun🧵!
In case anyone wants a little break, here are a few of my favorite facts that I learned in 2025, in no particular order.
Some trees benefit from, and may even encourage, getting struck by lightning because it kills their nearby competitors nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Some trees benefit from, and may even encourage, getting struck by lightning because it kills their nearby competitors nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
February 4, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Odd & fascinating & fun🧵!
Reposted by Parry Riposte
I have a list, but I’ve been too distracted by everything that’s going on. But I think I’ll post it in a few. Thanks for the reminder.
@rosemarymosco.com
Feel kinda brazen asking this, but... Will you happen to be posting your "most interesting facts I've ever learned" from 2025? I can't tell you how much I enjoyed your "favorite facts from 2024". Many thanks for the 2024 list!!
Feel kinda brazen asking this, but... Will you happen to be posting your "most interesting facts I've ever learned" from 2025? I can't tell you how much I enjoyed your "favorite facts from 2024". Many thanks for the 2024 list!!
January 28, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I have a list, but I’ve been too distracted by everything that’s going on. But I think I’ll post it in a few. Thanks for the reminder.
@rosemarymosco.com
Feel kinda brazen asking this, but... Will you happen to be posting your "most interesting facts I've ever learned" from 2025? I can't tell you how much I enjoyed your "favorite facts from 2024". Many thanks for the 2024 list!!
Feel kinda brazen asking this, but... Will you happen to be posting your "most interesting facts I've ever learned" from 2025? I can't tell you how much I enjoyed your "favorite facts from 2024". Many thanks for the 2024 list!!
January 28, 2026 at 3:54 AM
@rosemarymosco.com
Feel kinda brazen asking this, but... Will you happen to be posting your "most interesting facts I've ever learned" from 2025? I can't tell you how much I enjoyed your "favorite facts from 2024". Many thanks for the 2024 list!!
Feel kinda brazen asking this, but... Will you happen to be posting your "most interesting facts I've ever learned" from 2025? I can't tell you how much I enjoyed your "favorite facts from 2024". Many thanks for the 2024 list!!
Reposted by Parry Riposte
"Not since the ransacking of the Library of Alexandria have we witnessed such a wanton, intentional assault on scientific knowledge."
"Science Under Siege -- the NCAR Development" | My new commentary: michaelmann.net/science-unde...
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
Science Under Siege -- The NCAR development | Michael E. Mann
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has played a key role developing the science of climate modeling and the measurement of climate observations going back […]
michaelmann.net
December 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"Not since the ransacking of the Library of Alexandria have we witnessed such a wanton, intentional assault on scientific knowledge."
Reposted by Parry Riposte
And because we need to hear from Carl at moments like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTaE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTaE...
December 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
And because we need to hear from Carl at moments like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTaE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTaE...
Reposted by Parry Riposte
The most transparent administration in history is now hiding both the complete Epstein files and the complete video of the Sept. 2 boat strike from the American people, only releasing the parts of each that they want you to see while concealing the rest.
December 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The most transparent administration in history is now hiding both the complete Epstein files and the complete video of the Sept. 2 boat strike from the American people, only releasing the parts of each that they want you to see while concealing the rest.
Reposted by Parry Riposte
Trump continually overturns the decisions of American citizen juries.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Trump continually overturns the decisions of American citizen juries.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Reposted by Parry Riposte
"Those attracted to Trump's political leadership are those who see his ability to evade laws and wish themselves to evade or eviscerate existing laws." www.liberalcurrents.com/a-rich-kid-t...
November 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"Those attracted to Trump's political leadership are those who see his ability to evade laws and wish themselves to evade or eviscerate existing laws." www.liberalcurrents.com/a-rich-kid-t...
Reposted by Parry Riposte
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
Reposted by Parry Riposte
The state of Maine has been dealing with PFAS (aka "forever chemicals") issues since the 1980s, when sludge from sewage plants and paper mills were spread on farm fields.
Maine was first in the nation in identifying and investigating
PFAS contamination in consumer products.
Nasty stuff.
Maine was first in the nation in identifying and investigating
PFAS contamination in consumer products.
Nasty stuff.
November 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The state of Maine has been dealing with PFAS (aka "forever chemicals") issues since the 1980s, when sludge from sewage plants and paper mills were spread on farm fields.
Maine was first in the nation in identifying and investigating
PFAS contamination in consumer products.
Nasty stuff.
Maine was first in the nation in identifying and investigating
PFAS contamination in consumer products.
Nasty stuff.
Reposted by Parry Riposte
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
November 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
Reposted by Parry Riposte
Unprecedented levels of forever chemicals found in dolphins and whales
There is no place to hide from these toxic chemicals that are everywhere even in the depths of the deep sea ocean
phys.org/news/2025-11...
There is no place to hide from these toxic chemicals that are everywhere even in the depths of the deep sea ocean
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Unprecedented levels of forever chemicals found in dolphins and whales
New research has revealed that marine mammals who live far below the ocean's surface are not immune from the burden of toxic forever chemicals, with whales and dolphins showing unprecedented levels of...
phys.org
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Unprecedented levels of forever chemicals found in dolphins and whales
There is no place to hide from these toxic chemicals that are everywhere even in the depths of the deep sea ocean
phys.org/news/2025-11...
There is no place to hide from these toxic chemicals that are everywhere even in the depths of the deep sea ocean
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Reposted by Parry Riposte
Sweeping trade protections adopted for sharks and rays at #CITESCOP20.
“It’s taken 20 to 30 years to get recognition that sharks and rays — keystone predators in marine ecosystems globally — need that protection,” says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social.
🌏 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
“It’s taken 20 to 30 years to get recognition that sharks and rays — keystone predators in marine ecosystems globally — need that protection,” says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social.
🌏 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
What new protections will mean for these widely hunted sharks
The sharks and rays are widely hunted, their parts used in commercial products like makeup and moisturizers and in culinary delicacies.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Sweeping trade protections adopted for sharks and rays at #CITESCOP20.
“It’s taken 20 to 30 years to get recognition that sharks and rays — keystone predators in marine ecosystems globally — need that protection,” says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social.
🌏 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
“It’s taken 20 to 30 years to get recognition that sharks and rays — keystone predators in marine ecosystems globally — need that protection,” says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social.
🌏 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Reposted by Parry Riposte
Reposted by Parry Riposte
This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'
#StaceyAbrams explains how to achieve an #autocracy in 10 steps.
We're at step 9.
The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
We're at step 9.
The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
July 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'
Reposted by Parry Riposte
Why would Jeffrey Epstein kill himself in jail if he had this much leverage of the one person who could give him a full pardon?
November 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Why would Jeffrey Epstein kill himself in jail if he had this much leverage of the one person who could give him a full pardon?
Reposted by Parry Riposte
I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying.
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying.
Reposted by Parry Riposte
Epstein Survivor Lisa Phillips: Everyone makes it about Trump and Epstein, but it’s about this whole ring of men. That’s what makes me upset, because we know they were there. We saw them. We know there were royalty, princes, very powerful people in academia and tech, and we saw them at parties.
October 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Epstein Survivor Lisa Phillips: Everyone makes it about Trump and Epstein, but it’s about this whole ring of men. That’s what makes me upset, because we know they were there. We saw them. We know there were royalty, princes, very powerful people in academia and tech, and we saw them at parties.
Reposted by Parry Riposte
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered…Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
- 1984, George Orwell
- 1984, George Orwell
The Trump administration has announced that the US will rewrite past climate reports, in a clear attempt to erase scientific history and undermine the consensus on human-caused climate change.
US to rewrite its past national climate reports
US President Donald Trump's administration is revising past editions of the nation's premier climate report -- its latest move to undermine the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming.
www.france24.com
August 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered…Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
- 1984, George Orwell
- 1984, George Orwell
Reposted by Parry Riposte
🚨NEW [AUDIO]
Trump: “People were taken out of the spa, hired by him [Epstein]. In other words, gone. I told him I don’t want him taking people. He did it again, I said ‘out of here’.”
Reporter: “Did one of the stolen persons include Virginia Giuffre?”
Trump: “I think so. He stole her.”
WTAF?
Trump: “People were taken out of the spa, hired by him [Epstein]. In other words, gone. I told him I don’t want him taking people. He did it again, I said ‘out of here’.”
Reporter: “Did one of the stolen persons include Virginia Giuffre?”
Trump: “I think so. He stole her.”
WTAF?
July 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🚨NEW [AUDIO]
Trump: “People were taken out of the spa, hired by him [Epstein]. In other words, gone. I told him I don’t want him taking people. He did it again, I said ‘out of here’.”
Reporter: “Did one of the stolen persons include Virginia Giuffre?”
Trump: “I think so. He stole her.”
WTAF?
Trump: “People were taken out of the spa, hired by him [Epstein]. In other words, gone. I told him I don’t want him taking people. He did it again, I said ‘out of here’.”
Reporter: “Did one of the stolen persons include Virginia Giuffre?”
Trump: “I think so. He stole her.”
WTAF?
Reposted by Parry Riposte
🚨Virginia Giuffre testified in her sworn affidavit that she had effectively served as a “sex slave” for Epstein from 1999 to 2002.
Giuffre turned 16 in August 1999.
Trump now says Epstein took Giuffre from his spa.
Was Trump hiring 16 year old girls to work in his spa at Mar-a-Lago?
Giuffre turned 16 in August 1999.
Trump now says Epstein took Giuffre from his spa.
Was Trump hiring 16 year old girls to work in his spa at Mar-a-Lago?
July 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
🚨Virginia Giuffre testified in her sworn affidavit that she had effectively served as a “sex slave” for Epstein from 1999 to 2002.
Giuffre turned 16 in August 1999.
Trump now says Epstein took Giuffre from his spa.
Was Trump hiring 16 year old girls to work in his spa at Mar-a-Lago?
Giuffre turned 16 in August 1999.
Trump now says Epstein took Giuffre from his spa.
Was Trump hiring 16 year old girls to work in his spa at Mar-a-Lago?
Reposted by Parry Riposte
STORY JUST UP:
“President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he ended his friendship with notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein because the disgraced financier “stole” an underaged girl…from his Mar-a-Lago club.”
JFC.
“President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he ended his friendship with notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein because the disgraced financier “stole” an underaged girl…from his Mar-a-Lago club.”
JFC.
Trump says Epstein ‘stole’ victim Virginia Giuffre from Mar-a-Lago
President tells reporters he cut off contact with Epstein because he was poaching employees from his club
www.independent.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
STORY JUST UP:
“President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he ended his friendship with notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein because the disgraced financier “stole” an underaged girl…from his Mar-a-Lago club.”
JFC.
“President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he ended his friendship with notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein because the disgraced financier “stole” an underaged girl…from his Mar-a-Lago club.”
JFC.
Reposted by Parry Riposte
This timeline is key to Trump’s complicity (and potential as an accessory)
Trump appears to be admitting today that he knew Epstein was trafficking underage girls from his Mar-a-Lago resort in 2000.
It was two years later (2002) he referred Epstein as a “terrific” friend who liked “younger ones”.
Trump appears to be admitting today that he knew Epstein was trafficking underage girls from his Mar-a-Lago resort in 2000.
It was two years later (2002) he referred Epstein as a “terrific” friend who liked “younger ones”.
Here's the very disturbing part of this
The timing and Trump's knowledge:
Year 2000: Epstein-Maxwell "took" Virginia Giuffre from Mar-a-Lago
2002: Trump said most infamous line about Epstein being a "terrific" friend and liking "younger" ones
Only in 2004: Trump rupture with Epstein
The timing and Trump's knowledge:
Year 2000: Epstein-Maxwell "took" Virginia Giuffre from Mar-a-Lago
2002: Trump said most infamous line about Epstein being a "terrific" friend and liking "younger" ones
Only in 2004: Trump rupture with Epstein
Reporter: You’re saying Epstein poached two of your staffers?
Trump: Yeah, he took people and because he took people, I said don’t do it anymore—they work for me. He took some others and once he did that, that was the end of him. When they steal people, I don’t like it
Trump: Yeah, he took people and because he took people, I said don’t do it anymore—they work for me. He took some others and once he did that, that was the end of him. When they steal people, I don’t like it
July 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This timeline is key to Trump’s complicity (and potential as an accessory)
Trump appears to be admitting today that he knew Epstein was trafficking underage girls from his Mar-a-Lago resort in 2000.
It was two years later (2002) he referred Epstein as a “terrific” friend who liked “younger ones”.
Trump appears to be admitting today that he knew Epstein was trafficking underage girls from his Mar-a-Lago resort in 2000.
It was two years later (2002) he referred Epstein as a “terrific” friend who liked “younger ones”.
Reposted by Parry Riposte
This is a really important point. Most Medicaid recipients likely have NO idea that they’re about to lose their coverage.
July 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This is a really important point. Most Medicaid recipients likely have NO idea that they’re about to lose their coverage.
Reposted by Parry Riposte
Breaking: We're running full-page ads in Mike Lee's home state of Utah & neighboring Colorado slamming his disgraceful attempt to liquidate our cherished public lands. We won't let Lee & his developer buddies turn our public lands into private playgrounds for billionaires.
June 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Breaking: We're running full-page ads in Mike Lee's home state of Utah & neighboring Colorado slamming his disgraceful attempt to liquidate our cherished public lands. We won't let Lee & his developer buddies turn our public lands into private playgrounds for billionaires.