M.G. Thai, PhD
@solarsunfire.bsky.social
Plant pathologist by trade 🌱, proud state scientist by choice. Also a nature enthusiast and avid cook.
So. Damn. Pointless.
Trump’s military takeover of US cities has already cost taxpayers nearly $500M
Trump’s military takeover of US cities has already cost taxpayers nearly $500M
www.independent.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
So. Damn. Pointless.
This is some grade A Ferengi level energy.
“Females” 🙄
“Females” 🙄
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is some grade A Ferengi level energy.
“Females” 🙄
“Females” 🙄
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A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
This is literally insane to see. A lot of kids and adults are going to suffer from this. But, you know, Republicans.
FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.
October 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is literally insane to see. A lot of kids and adults are going to suffer from this. But, you know, Republicans.
"My mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.' To this day, especially in times of disaster, I remember my mother's words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers — so many caring people in this world." Fred Rogers
When the Trump administration froze foreign assistance overnight, urgent efforts began to figure out how to continue critical aid programs that could be funded by private donors. https://to.pbs.org/47bwTmb
Private donors raise more than $125M to fund aid programs after U.S. cuts
Efforts to back fill some of the cuts to U.S. foreign aid by the Trump administration raised over $125 million in eight months.
www.pbs.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
"My mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.' To this day, especially in times of disaster, I remember my mother's words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers — so many caring people in this world." Fred Rogers
Ah, yes. The President of Peace is at it again. Stoking conflict left and right.
NEWS: Trump lashes out at Colombian President Gustavo Petro after Petro accused the U.S. of killing a Colombian fisherman in a military strike in the Caribbean. Trump calls Petro “an illegal drug leader” and threatens Colombia.
October 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Ah, yes. The President of Peace is at it again. Stoking conflict left and right.
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This version is confirmed, by Hoffman Estates police, puncturing the official DHS statement.
At this point, there is a statement from DHS re 🧊 activities in the Chicago area that’s refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week
At this point, there is a statement from DHS re 🧊 activities in the Chicago area that’s refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week
Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.
October 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This version is confirmed, by Hoffman Estates police, puncturing the official DHS statement.
At this point, there is a statement from DHS re 🧊 activities in the Chicago area that’s refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week
At this point, there is a statement from DHS re 🧊 activities in the Chicago area that’s refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week
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“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes….Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
—Anne Frank, 1943
—Anne Frank, 1943
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes….Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
—Anne Frank, 1943
—Anne Frank, 1943
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A gentle warning from Carl Sagan
October 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A gentle warning from Carl Sagan
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Trump’s and Hegseth’s words “should leave no doubt in anyone’s mind that the civilian leadership intends to use the threat and actuality of violence to infringe on Americans’ constitutional rights.”
@foreignpolicy.com
foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/01/t...
@foreignpolicy.com
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October 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Trump’s and Hegseth’s words “should leave no doubt in anyone’s mind that the civilian leadership intends to use the threat and actuality of violence to infringe on Americans’ constitutional rights.”
@foreignpolicy.com
foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/01/t...
@foreignpolicy.com
foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/01/t...
The constant gaslighting this administration attempts is truly something to behold. Pretty sure we got put on the human rights watchlist in no small part due to how immigrants have been treated the last year.
Q: "Pope Leo said 'Someone who says [they're] against abortion but in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the U.S., I don't know if that's pro-life.' How do you respond?"
Leavitt: "I would reject there is inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants in the U.S."
Leavitt: "I would reject there is inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants in the U.S."
October 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The constant gaslighting this administration attempts is truly something to behold. Pretty sure we got put on the human rights watchlist in no small part due to how immigrants have been treated the last year.
I’m so heartbroken to hear this. Dr. Goodall was one of my earliest inspirations. I became a scientist in no small part due to her, and others like her, making it possible for women to more broadly break into academic spaces. The world has lost someone very special today.
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
October 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I’m so heartbroken to hear this. Dr. Goodall was one of my earliest inspirations. I became a scientist in no small part due to her, and others like her, making it possible for women to more broadly break into academic spaces. The world has lost someone very special today.
No, I’m pretty sure they REALLY don’t.
Trump to generals: "Canada called me a couple weeks ago. They want to be a part of it. To which I said, 'Well, why don't you just join our country. Become the 51st state. And you get it for free!' So I don't know if that made a big impact but it does make a lot of sense."
September 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
No, I’m pretty sure they REALLY don’t.
The rules of engagement and proper gentlemanly behavior by officers and enlisted soldiers aren’t supposed to be empty concepts. If we don’t hold ourselves to account, we’re no better than animals.
Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."
September 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The rules of engagement and proper gentlemanly behavior by officers and enlisted soldiers aren’t supposed to be empty concepts. If we don’t hold ourselves to account, we’re no better than animals.
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The government is in the verge of shutting down due to the failure of the party in control of the WH & both houses of Congress, but Trump is headed to the patriarchy-fest “War Sec’y” Hegseth is holding today for a photo op instead of working for Americans.
September 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The government is in the verge of shutting down due to the failure of the party in control of the WH & both houses of Congress, but Trump is headed to the patriarchy-fest “War Sec’y” Hegseth is holding today for a photo op instead of working for Americans.
Hegseth’s “warrior ethos” speech is genuinely unhinged. The man’s overcompensation and projection efforts are the stuff of legend at this point. 😬
September 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Hegseth’s “warrior ethos” speech is genuinely unhinged. The man’s overcompensation and projection efforts are the stuff of legend at this point. 😬
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I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.
ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
September 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.
Trump claims his UN speech received excellent reviews for some inexplicable reason. In reality it was a complete embarrassment for the US. The Mirror perfectly summed it up:
September 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Trump claims his UN speech received excellent reviews for some inexplicable reason. In reality it was a complete embarrassment for the US. The Mirror perfectly summed it up:
Really can’t stomach this considering the day and the last 24 hours (and last couple weeks). God, when is this going to stop?
NEW: Annapolis is on lockdown "We cannot confirm an active threat, but are searching the area out of an abundance of caution," said Kortlan Jackson, a spokesperson for the police department. www.wbaltv.com/article/us-n...
Naval Academy on lockdown as officials respond to report of threats
The U.S. Naval Academy is currently on lockdown, according to a spokesperson for Annapolis police.
www.wbaltv.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Really can’t stomach this considering the day and the last 24 hours (and last couple weeks). God, when is this going to stop?
Sanity prevails! Yet again so relieved to live in California.
The democratic governors of Oregon, Washington and California are forming a new public health partnership aimed at preserving access to vaccines.
Oregon, Washington, California form health care alliance to protect vaccine access
The democratic governors of Oregon, Washington and California are forming a new public health partnership aimed at preserving access to vaccines.
www.kuow.org
September 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Sanity prevails! Yet again so relieved to live in California.
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In honor of sandwich guy getting out of his legal pickle, here is the original video synced with Freedom - George Michael 1990.
August 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In honor of sandwich guy getting out of his legal pickle, here is the original video synced with Freedom - George Michael 1990.
Headlines like this make me all the more anxious about my son’s immunization future. We have his first (two month) course of shots due in October. I’m going to be a nervous wreck until he’s fully vaccinated.
Feels like we’ve fallen through the looking glass.
www.thebulwark.com/p/hhs-kenned...
Feels like we’ve fallen through the looking glass.
www.thebulwark.com/p/hhs-kenned...
RFK Jr. Could Blow Up the Vaccine Industry With One Simple Move
A seemingly obscure change to liability laws could wreck the market for some vaccines.
www.thebulwark.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Headlines like this make me all the more anxious about my son’s immunization future. We have his first (two month) course of shots due in October. I’m going to be a nervous wreck until he’s fully vaccinated.
Feels like we’ve fallen through the looking glass.
www.thebulwark.com/p/hhs-kenned...
Feels like we’ve fallen through the looking glass.
www.thebulwark.com/p/hhs-kenned...
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Me since January 20th
a cartoon of a woman standing in front of a wall that says computer end program
Alt: Mariner telling the computer to end program
media.tenor.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Me since January 20th