Stressed_Scientist
@wittyretorthere.bsky.social
Biochemist. Just tired right now. No pic due to work reasons but might eventually change.
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"Frederick Douglass wasn't literate enough to understand the Constitution" is one of the most unhinged takes I've ever seen someone post even on bluesky, the official home of posting unhinged takes
Bluesky "leftist": "Frederick Douglass wasn't literate enough to read and understand the Constitution. I am very smart and woke."
Doing great folks, just great.
Doing great folks, just great.
February 12, 2026 at 8:10 PM
"Frederick Douglass wasn't literate enough to understand the Constitution" is one of the most unhinged takes I've ever seen someone post even on bluesky, the official home of posting unhinged takes
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I would love to have a discussion with Jake Tapper about the history of the term "concentration camp" and its usage. It would do so much good if he would actually address this head on.
God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again
February 13, 2026 at 12:50 AM
I would love to have a discussion with Jake Tapper about the history of the term "concentration camp" and its usage. It would do so much good if he would actually address this head on.
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It would be embarrassing under any circumstances to spend a year on this reactionary horseshit, but to have spent the year in which graduate students were sent to concentration camps for op-eds and the federal govt launched a no hold barred attack on academic freedom is just beyond
February 13, 2026 at 1:46 AM
It would be embarrassing under any circumstances to spend a year on this reactionary horseshit, but to have spent the year in which graduate students were sent to concentration camps for op-eds and the federal govt launched a no hold barred attack on academic freedom is just beyond
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Democrats should promise, today, that Melania Trump, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel will be stripped of citizenship and deported if the administration advances this effort
cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
February 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Democrats should promise, today, that Melania Trump, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel will be stripped of citizenship and deported if the administration advances this effort
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Turning Point USA Announces Alternative Puerto Rico https://theonion.com/turning-point-usa-announces-alternative-puerto-rico/
February 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Turning Point USA Announces Alternative Puerto Rico https://theonion.com/turning-point-usa-announces-alternative-puerto-rico/
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A great piece from @alibreland.bsky.social on Epstein's race science obsession—one he shares with much of the contemporary right wing elite www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Epstein Emails Show How the Powerful Talk About Race
The files reveal the disgraced financier’s interest in “race science.”
www.theatlantic.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:25 PM
A great piece from @alibreland.bsky.social on Epstein's race science obsession—one he shares with much of the contemporary right wing elite www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Within a 24-hour period, three judges of the D.C. District Court — appointed by three different presidents — pushed back against the Trump administration’s executive overreach in a way that would be unthinkable in another era. www.lawdork.com/p/the-dc-dis...
February 12, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Within a 24-hour period, three judges of the D.C. District Court — appointed by three different presidents — pushed back against the Trump administration’s executive overreach in a way that would be unthinkable in another era. www.lawdork.com/p/the-dc-dis...
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This is my favorite thing I've worked on in a very, very long time, and it's also the first real product out of our project studying the Pandemic Agreement negotiations over the last four years. Nothing would make me happier than if you read and share. ❤️🔓👉 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
February 12, 2026 at 10:06 PM
This is my favorite thing I've worked on in a very, very long time, and it's also the first real product out of our project studying the Pandemic Agreement negotiations over the last four years. Nothing would make me happier than if you read and share. ❤️🔓👉 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Chris isn't just /doing/ legal journalism, he's fighting to make it possible to do really good legal journalism.
BREAKING: Following Law Dork's filing on Tuesday, the court in U.H.A. v. Bondi lifted the sealing requirement — aka, our third request — for the documents to be submitted, including the ICE rescission memo relating to 8 USC 1159.
Subscribe to Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
Subscribe to Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Chris isn't just /doing/ legal journalism, he's fighting to make it possible to do really good legal journalism.
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BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO in the Minnesota access-to-counsel case about treatment at Whipple.
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
February 13, 2026 at 12:14 AM
BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO in the Minnesota access-to-counsel case about treatment at Whipple.
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
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Yeah, we definitely need more info here.
CourtListener docket: www.courtlistener.com/docket/72164...
CourtListener docket: www.courtlistener.com/docket/72164...
February 13, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Yeah, we definitely need more info here.
CourtListener docket: www.courtlistener.com/docket/72164...
CourtListener docket: www.courtlistener.com/docket/72164...
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NO ONE IS IMMUNE TO PROPAGANDA*
* Puerto Rican dance music
* Puerto Rican dance music
it’s very funny that a lot of demonic rightwingers can’t even pretend to not like the performance and show the TPUSA event had zero cultural cache and even actively worked against itself for how it was marketed
February 12, 2026 at 10:19 PM
NO ONE IS IMMUNE TO PROPAGANDA*
* Puerto Rican dance music
* Puerto Rican dance music
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Not the point of her important thread but I just want to note:
It is immoral and uncivilized how people *indefinitely detained by the government without even any charges filed* are not provided legal assistance, the burden falls on public interest nonprofits and private lawyers working pro bono.
It is immoral and uncivilized how people *indefinitely detained by the government without even any charges filed* are not provided legal assistance, the burden falls on public interest nonprofits and private lawyers working pro bono.
Local immigrant defense networks were deluged with life and death cases. They put a call out for private lawyers to step in and provide pro bono help.
My firm did. And since we joined the effort on January 14, it’s been some of the hardest, most exhausting, most depressing month of my life.
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My firm did. And since we joined the effort on January 14, it’s been some of the hardest, most exhausting, most depressing month of my life.
8/
February 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Not the point of her important thread but I just want to note:
It is immoral and uncivilized how people *indefinitely detained by the government without even any charges filed* are not provided legal assistance, the burden falls on public interest nonprofits and private lawyers working pro bono.
It is immoral and uncivilized how people *indefinitely detained by the government without even any charges filed* are not provided legal assistance, the burden falls on public interest nonprofits and private lawyers working pro bono.
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BREAKING: Judge blocks Hegseth effort to punish Sen. Kelly.
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARK KELLY,
Plaintiff,
Civil Case No. 26-81 (RJL)
V.
PETE HEGSETH, et al.,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
February 12, 2026 [Dkt. #2]
United States Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, has been censured by
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for voicing certain opinions on military actions and
policy. In addition, he has been subjected to proceedings to possibly reduce his retirement
rank and pay and threatened with criminal prosecution if he continues to speak out on these
issues.
Secretary Hegseth relies on the well-established doctrine that military
servicemembers enjoy less vigorous First Amendment protections given the fundamental
obligation for obedience and discipline in the armed forces. Unfortunately for Secretary
Hegseth, no court has ever extended those principles to retired servicemembers, much less a retired servicemember serving in Congress and exercising oversight responsibility over
the military. This Court will not be the first to do so!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiclbgaenrhgnor6zvmnfql4d3olwzqp7zikm3maum5ylc4m6epys4@jpeg)
February 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
BREAKING: Judge blocks Hegseth effort to punish Sen. Kelly.
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
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Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
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Good indicator of how far the needle has moved. You’ll never hear the heads of the Park Police or the Postal Inspection Service saying this.
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Good indicator of how far the needle has moved. You’ll never hear the heads of the Park Police or the Postal Inspection Service saying this.
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This is good. Very much need this kind of talk.
Walz: "The federal government needs to pay for what they broke here. There's going to be accountability on things that happened, but one of them is the incredible and immense cost borne by the people of this state. The federal government needs to be responsible."
February 12, 2026 at 4:24 PM
This is good. Very much need this kind of talk.
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Here we go. This was long expected.
What Trump here doesn't matter - what's going to matter is whether Roberts & the 5 other Republican ops. on this #MAGA SCOTUS will give him and his big oil/polluter billionaire donors the license to destroy our communities (planet) making us sicker & die faster
What Trump here doesn't matter - what's going to matter is whether Roberts & the 5 other Republican ops. on this #MAGA SCOTUS will give him and his big oil/polluter billionaire donors the license to destroy our communities (planet) making us sicker & die faster
Trump: "We are officially terminating the so-called 'endangerment finding'"
February 12, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Here we go. This was long expected.
What Trump here doesn't matter - what's going to matter is whether Roberts & the 5 other Republican ops. on this #MAGA SCOTUS will give him and his big oil/polluter billionaire donors the license to destroy our communities (planet) making us sicker & die faster
What Trump here doesn't matter - what's going to matter is whether Roberts & the 5 other Republican ops. on this #MAGA SCOTUS will give him and his big oil/polluter billionaire donors the license to destroy our communities (planet) making us sicker & die faster
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"While he rushes to place his name on monuments before he leaves office, he’s given every indication he’s fine leaving behind a trail of utter and complete destruction. In short, Donald J. Trump is a nihilist."
We are all passengers in Trump’s death cab
The nihilism of the regime is its most terrifying attribute.
www.publicnotice.co
February 12, 2026 at 7:49 PM
"While he rushes to place his name on monuments before he leaves office, he’s given every indication he’s fine leaving behind a trail of utter and complete destruction. In short, Donald J. Trump is a nihilist."
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I know this sounds simplistic, but it is a very good thing that the Trump administration is now squarely on the defensive - about ICE, but also about most things - and it’s great that Dems are sustaining the pressure. Credit where it’s due.
SLOTKIN: So the fact we have ICE agents saying out loud to people they're trying to arrest that 'we're gonna put you in a database,' they are making that up?
LYONS: We do not do that
LYONS: We do not do that
February 12, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I know this sounds simplistic, but it is a very good thing that the Trump administration is now squarely on the defensive - about ICE, but also about most things - and it’s great that Dems are sustaining the pressure. Credit where it’s due.
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🚨 In which 5 major insurance carriers confirm everything I've been warning about.
Carriers representing ~50% of total ACA enrollment expect over 1.8M to drop coverage by the end of the year.
https://charlesgaba.substack.com/p/in-which-major-insurer-earnings-reports?r=d1tjh
Carriers representing ~50% of total ACA enrollment expect over 1.8M to drop coverage by the end of the year.
https://charlesgaba.substack.com/p/in-which-major-insurer-earnings-reports?r=d1tjh
In which major Insurer earnings reports confirm everything I've been warning about
Carriers representing ~1/2 of total enrollment expect over 3.2M to drop coverage by the end of the year
charlesgaba.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:49 AM
🚨 In which 5 major insurance carriers confirm everything I've been warning about.
Carriers representing ~50% of total ACA enrollment expect over 1.8M to drop coverage by the end of the year.
https://charlesgaba.substack.com/p/in-which-major-insurer-earnings-reports?r=d1tjh
Carriers representing ~50% of total ACA enrollment expect over 1.8M to drop coverage by the end of the year.
https://charlesgaba.substack.com/p/in-which-major-insurer-earnings-reports?r=d1tjh
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David Gelernter, a creationist computer scientist who has long been a disgrace to Yale University, has been suspended for referring to an undergraduate student as a "v small goodlooking blonde" in a job recommendation to Jeffrey Epstein. He said later that he was "very glad" to have written it.
Professors in the Epstein Files Begin to Face Consequences
Several faculty members who spoke regularly with Epstein have been stripped of their titles or teaching duties.
www.insidehighered.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:27 PM
David Gelernter, a creationist computer scientist who has long been a disgrace to Yale University, has been suspended for referring to an undergraduate student as a "v small goodlooking blonde" in a job recommendation to Jeffrey Epstein. He said later that he was "very glad" to have written it.
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Just a reminder that the Trump admin calls immigrants who’ve fallen into drug addiction “the worst of the worst” criminals, no matter how long ago their addiction problems.
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Just a reminder that the Trump admin calls immigrants who’ve fallen into drug addiction “the worst of the worst” criminals, no matter how long ago their addiction problems.
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On the one hand, this is yet another horrific development.
On the other hand, fuck you Tim Cook. You're the latest to discover that selling your soul to Donald Trump will gain you nothing.
On the other hand, fuck you Tim Cook. You're the latest to discover that selling your soul to Donald Trump will gain you nothing.
The FTC has sent a letter to Tim Cook because Apple News is too woke and needs to include more right wing content.
This would sound silly even for The Onion but it’s our current reality.
This would sound silly even for The Onion but it’s our current reality.
Apple faces new tensions with Trump administration
US regulator issues warning to iPhone maker about its News platform following controversy over Super Bowl half-time show
www.ft.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:49 PM
On the one hand, this is yet another horrific development.
On the other hand, fuck you Tim Cook. You're the latest to discover that selling your soul to Donald Trump will gain you nothing.
On the other hand, fuck you Tim Cook. You're the latest to discover that selling your soul to Donald Trump will gain you nothing.