Taylor Sloan
@taylorsloan.me
Flight medic, podcaster, and maker. Occasional writer of things and taker of photos. Neurodivergent. Just trying to be chaotic good in a neutral evil world. 🏴
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You’ve only been waiting six years for this day: a new episode of me and @lucascmoore.bsky.social talking for an hour about nerdy stuff. Enjoy!
New (and first) episode day! In our inaugural episode we talk about stuff we liked in 2025 and what are predictions are for 2026. Listen here: scienceandorfiction.com/podcast/s1e1...
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S1E1 - 2025 in Review & Predictions for 2026
In this first episode of Science and/or Fiction, we look at what we liked in 2025 and what we're predicting for 2026.
scienceandorfiction.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:04 PM
You’ve only been waiting six years for this day: a new episode of me and @lucascmoore.bsky.social talking for an hour about nerdy stuff. Enjoy!
When I say electoral politics aren’t going to get us out of this, this is what I mean. Best case scenario is midterms happen, dems win big, and everything the Trump regime is doing is postponed a couple of years. Democrats will never *solve* our problems.
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Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 23, 2026 at 10:15 PM
When I say electoral politics aren’t going to get us out of this, this is what I mean. Best case scenario is midterms happen, dems win big, and everything the Trump regime is doing is postponed a couple of years. Democrats will never *solve* our problems.
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
I don’t know how to convince uneducated people that a change in global mean temperature of several degrees Celsius being catastrophic is what we’re talking about, not whether your hyper-local weather is a little colder than this time last year. 🤦♂️
January 23, 2026 at 10:08 PM
I don’t know how to convince uneducated people that a change in global mean temperature of several degrees Celsius being catastrophic is what we’re talking about, not whether your hyper-local weather is a little colder than this time last year. 🤦♂️
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In these tumultuous times, it's more important than ever to eschew the petty divisions of left and right, of Democrat and Republican. I'm proud to be one the few representatives bold enough to reject party orthodoxy and reach across the aisle to work hand-in-hand with my Nazi pedophile colleagues
January 23, 2026 at 10:00 PM
In these tumultuous times, it's more important than ever to eschew the petty divisions of left and right, of Democrat and Republican. I'm proud to be one the few representatives bold enough to reject party orthodoxy and reach across the aisle to work hand-in-hand with my Nazi pedophile colleagues
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Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
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January 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
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A lot of blue mayors and governors know the "don't give an order you don't expect to be obeyed" leadership maxim but interpret it as "I guess I can't order the cops to do anything" rather than as a crisis of insubordination.
One thing I have not seen much grappling with: the Trump Administration has acted illegally with respect to the National Guard & Marines in LA plus the whole parade nonsense is a federal show of power, but cops ostensibly controlled by local governments in blue cities attacked protestors yesterday.
June 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A lot of blue mayors and governors know the "don't give an order you don't expect to be obeyed" leadership maxim but interpret it as "I guess I can't order the cops to do anything" rather than as a crisis of insubordination.
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Do you want a haunted ass? Because this is how you get a haunted ass.
December 28, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Do you want a haunted ass? Because this is how you get a haunted ass.
It absolutely is. These first showed up on instagram and Facebook apparently but have now made their way to TikTok.
www.wired.com/story/fuel-f...
www.wired.com/story/fuel-f...
Facebook and Instagram Ads Push Gun Silencers Disguised as Car Parts
A network of Facebook pages has been advertising “fuel filters” that are actually meant to be used as silencers, which are heavily regulated by US law. Even US military officials are concerned.
www.wired.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It absolutely is. These first showed up on instagram and Facebook apparently but have now made their way to TikTok.
www.wired.com/story/fuel-f...
www.wired.com/story/fuel-f...
Haven’t seen that one yet, but I’ve been seeing a lot of “car parts.”
December 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Haven’t seen that one yet, but I’ve been seeing a lot of “car parts.”
BUT WE DON’T HAVE ANY CATS!?!?
(Just kidding. These are my idiot failsons Randy and Solomon.)
(Just kidding. These are my idiot failsons Randy and Solomon.)
December 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
BUT WE DON’T HAVE ANY CATS!?!?
(Just kidding. These are my idiot failsons Randy and Solomon.)
(Just kidding. These are my idiot failsons Randy and Solomon.)
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Just discovered a painting that really hit me, especially here in the Christmas season. For those not Christian, after Christ was born, Mary and Joseph had to flee to Egypt to protect their baby from political persecution.
December 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Just discovered a painting that really hit me, especially here in the Christmas season. For those not Christian, after Christ was born, Mary and Joseph had to flee to Egypt to protect their baby from political persecution.
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It's the least important element to this, but I find it fascinating on an aesthetic level too.
Americans are watching a bootleg broadcast that someone in Canada recorded off their TV. And people are copying it to various platforms (however imperfect visually) to get it out as widely as possible.
Americans are watching a bootleg broadcast that someone in Canada recorded off their TV. And people are copying it to various platforms (however imperfect visually) to get it out as widely as possible.
December 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
It's the least important element to this, but I find it fascinating on an aesthetic level too.
Americans are watching a bootleg broadcast that someone in Canada recorded off their TV. And people are copying it to various platforms (however imperfect visually) to get it out as widely as possible.
Americans are watching a bootleg broadcast that someone in Canada recorded off their TV. And people are copying it to various platforms (however imperfect visually) to get it out as widely as possible.
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ICE has posted a video of Santa Claus arresting immigrants. Your government is hijacking a symbol of charity to spread fear and hate. it’s up to all of us to defeat these twisted fascists.
December 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
ICE has posted a video of Santa Claus arresting immigrants. Your government is hijacking a symbol of charity to spread fear and hate. it’s up to all of us to defeat these twisted fascists.
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JUST IN: This morning, hundreds of baristas have joined our national ULP strike.
☕ The solidarity is strong: For every one barista on strike, dozens more allies have shown up in force to back our cause.
Our strike continues to grow in strength and power! #NoContractNoCoffee
☕ The solidarity is strong: For every one barista on strike, dozens more allies have shown up in force to back our cause.
Our strike continues to grow in strength and power! #NoContractNoCoffee
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
December 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
JUST IN: This morning, hundreds of baristas have joined our national ULP strike.
☕ The solidarity is strong: For every one barista on strike, dozens more allies have shown up in force to back our cause.
Our strike continues to grow in strength and power! #NoContractNoCoffee
☕ The solidarity is strong: For every one barista on strike, dozens more allies have shown up in force to back our cause.
Our strike continues to grow in strength and power! #NoContractNoCoffee
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I’m at HHS headquarters where RFK Jr. is announcing new restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors by spouting pseudoscience and political misinformation that goes against every major medical association.
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I’m at HHS headquarters where RFK Jr. is announcing new restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors by spouting pseudoscience and political misinformation that goes against every major medical association.
I’m not going to be the one to tell the ATF or anything, but they are straight-up selling suppressors labeled as “fuel filter adapters” on TikTok.
December 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I’m not going to be the one to tell the ATF or anything, but they are straight-up selling suppressors labeled as “fuel filter adapters” on TikTok.
I say this as a man and a gun owner. People like me are the problem. Until we deal with men with guns who have gone down a different path in terms of our relation to the world around us than men like me, no other measure will stop the gun violence we see every single day.
December 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I say this as a man and a gun owner. People like me are the problem. Until we deal with men with guns who have gone down a different path in terms of our relation to the world around us than men like me, no other measure will stop the gun violence we see every single day.
Men are the problem. Not the guns themselves (although ease of access undeniably increases incidence). Not religion (although it certainly doesn’t always help). It’s men. It’s a world that drives men of all kinds to isolation and extremism out of a manufactured sense of losing themselves.
December 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Men are the problem. Not the guns themselves (although ease of access undeniably increases incidence). Not religion (although it certainly doesn’t always help). It’s men. It’s a world that drives men of all kinds to isolation and extremism out of a manufactured sense of losing themselves.
As horrifying as it is evergreen, the cause of #MassShootings is men. Christian men, Muslim men, atheist men, Black men, white men, brown men. Countries with lax gun laws and easy access like the US, and countries like Australia with tough gun laws. It’s men.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...
What we know about mass shooters in the U.S.
List of mass shooters and demographics about those who commit mass shootings. Including mass shooters by race, how many mass shooters are women and how mass shooters are usually convicted.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
As horrifying as it is evergreen, the cause of #MassShootings is men. Christian men, Muslim men, atheist men, Black men, white men, brown men. Countries with lax gun laws and easy access like the US, and countries like Australia with tough gun laws. It’s men.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...
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You don't have to blame antisemitism on the pronouncements of Zionists. You really don't. It doesn't make you seem politically attuned to the plight of Palestinians. It just makes Jews question whether you actually care about antisemitism at all outside of being labelled an antisemite.
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You don't have to blame antisemitism on the pronouncements of Zionists. You really don't. It doesn't make you seem politically attuned to the plight of Palestinians. It just makes Jews question whether you actually care about antisemitism at all outside of being labelled an antisemite.
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God damn. What incredible guts this guy has.
I once took a bat away from a guy who was beating someone with it, and I can't imagine that I would have done this. Not from that distance, not having to slip through the cars.
Just a ridiculous act of heroism.
I once took a bat away from a guy who was beating someone with it, and I can't imagine that I would have done this. Not from that distance, not having to slip through the cars.
Just a ridiculous act of heroism.
December 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
God damn. What incredible guts this guy has.
I once took a bat away from a guy who was beating someone with it, and I can't imagine that I would have done this. Not from that distance, not having to slip through the cars.
Just a ridiculous act of heroism.
I once took a bat away from a guy who was beating someone with it, and I can't imagine that I would have done this. Not from that distance, not having to slip through the cars.
Just a ridiculous act of heroism.
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The post gives 2/3 of the space to the critics but more importantly omits * why* the churches are doing this - Jesus being born under occupation and becoming a refugee
Supporters of the displays say the Bible is on their side, but critics call the scenes sacrilegious and politically divisive, accusing the churches of abusing sacred imagery. n.pr/4rTabaD
Church Nativity scenes add zip ties and gas masks to protest immigration raids
Supporters of the displays say the Bible is on their side, but critics call the scenes sacrilegious and politically divisive, accusing the churches of abusing sacred imagery.
n.pr
December 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The post gives 2/3 of the space to the critics but more importantly omits * why* the churches are doing this - Jesus being born under occupation and becoming a refugee