Antijen
@antijen.bsky.social
Mad Laboratorian. Writer. Multiple Mom. Feminist. Neurospicy. Evidence-based (til proven otherwise). Opinions are mine. ALL MINE. I stand for science and justice. Guns suck. She/her
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Good story on the records of those taken during the Chicago raids. Contrary to the administration's claims, few had records or reasons to be arrested.
I know it's not surprising to many of us, but it's important that this type of in depth reporting is done so it's on the record.
I know it's not surprising to many of us, but it's important that this type of in depth reporting is done so it's on the record.
The information contradicts the Trump administration's narrative that it is targeting the "worst of the worst" when conducting immigration enforcement. and seems to violate a 2022 federal consent decree that puts strong conditions on warrantless arrests. n.pr/4i6rNLX
DOJ records show hundreds of immigrants arrested in Chicago had no criminal records
The information contradicts the Trump administration's narrative that it is targeting the "worst of the worst" when conducting immigration enforcement. and seems to violate a 2022 federal consent decree that puts strong conditions on warrantless arrests.
n.pr
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Good story on the records of those taken during the Chicago raids. Contrary to the administration's claims, few had records or reasons to be arrested.
I know it's not surprising to many of us, but it's important that this type of in depth reporting is done so it's on the record.
I know it's not surprising to many of us, but it's important that this type of in depth reporting is done so it's on the record.
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My bus driver just called out the people watching videos on speaker and I think we should make him mayor
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My bus driver just called out the people watching videos on speaker and I think we should make him mayor
I'm delighted it made ChatGPT and X impossible to use, honestly.
The fact that I can't get much work done because it's also affecting things I need? That's just extra.
The fact that I can't get much work done because it's also affecting things I need? That's just extra.
Internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare says it is deploying a fix for an issue that caused global outages for ChatGPT, social media platform X, and transit infrastructure.
Cloudflare outage disrupts ChatGPT, X, other internet services
Internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare says it is deploying a fix for an issue that caused global outages for ChatGPT, social media platform X, League of Legends and other prominent internet serv...
apnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I'm delighted it made ChatGPT and X impossible to use, honestly.
The fact that I can't get much work done because it's also affecting things I need? That's just extra.
The fact that I can't get much work done because it's also affecting things I need? That's just extra.
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What’s significant about this is that it’s in People Magazine, which a lot of people who are not online all the time read
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
What’s significant about this is that it’s in People Magazine, which a lot of people who are not online all the time read
You know a meeting was bad when other attendees text you afterwards to make sure you're ok. All the yikes.
Know what's super cool? People in positions of authority who interpret questions as attacks. And who get rude and defensive about it.
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuper cool.
It's going to be a long few years.
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuper cool.
It's going to be a long few years.
November 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
You know a meeting was bad when other attendees text you afterwards to make sure you're ok. All the yikes.
Know what's super cool? People in positions of authority who interpret questions as attacks. And who get rude and defensive about it.
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuper cool.
It's going to be a long few years.
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuper cool.
It's going to be a long few years.
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Know what's super cool? People in positions of authority who interpret questions as attacks. And who get rude and defensive about it.
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuper cool.
It's going to be a long few years.
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuper cool.
It's going to be a long few years.
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you can never have too many pairs of boondockers
November 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
you can never have too many pairs of boondockers
That feeling when you walk into a room and can't remember why you're there? I'm feeling that about this entire day.
Am I supposed to be doing something? How exactly am I supposed to use this sense of vague urgency? Why is it Monday? Is it *supposed* to be Monday?
Am I supposed to be doing something? How exactly am I supposed to use this sense of vague urgency? Why is it Monday? Is it *supposed* to be Monday?
November 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
That feeling when you walk into a room and can't remember why you're there? I'm feeling that about this entire day.
Am I supposed to be doing something? How exactly am I supposed to use this sense of vague urgency? Why is it Monday? Is it *supposed* to be Monday?
Am I supposed to be doing something? How exactly am I supposed to use this sense of vague urgency? Why is it Monday? Is it *supposed* to be Monday?
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Things like this will become increasingly common as billionaires increasingly treat low earth orbit like their personal playground and garbage dump
The only craft docked at Tiangong space station has been damaged and “does not meet the release conditions for a safe manned return.”
A Collision with Space Debris Leaves 3 Chinese Astronauts Stranded in Orbit
The only craft docked at Tiangong space station has been damaged and “does not meet the release conditions for a safe manned return.”
wrd.cm
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Things like this will become increasingly common as billionaires increasingly treat low earth orbit like their personal playground and garbage dump
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We should reboot journalism completely. Start from scratch. They should get those old timey hats and a pencil and figure it out from there
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We should reboot journalism completely. Start from scratch. They should get those old timey hats and a pencil and figure it out from there
Anyone who works adjacent to clinical microbiology knows how quickly the resistance problem has gotten worse. We really need new antimicrobial drugs. (And better antimicrobial stewardship but that's another rant)
If you ask historians of medicine what keeps them up at night, many will not say a new plague or bioterrorism, they will answer, "antibiotic resistance."
This is good news
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Anyone who works adjacent to clinical microbiology knows how quickly the resistance problem has gotten worse. We really need new antimicrobial drugs. (And better antimicrobial stewardship but that's another rant)
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I am currently fundraising for a coast-to-coast-to-coast journey around Canada with my dog Berton in 2026.
My goal is to turn the journey into a book about Canada's past and present.
You can help support my project below 👇
gofund.me/11ffcbfba
My goal is to turn the journey into a book about Canada's past and present.
You can help support my project below 👇
gofund.me/11ffcbfba
Donate to The 2026 Canada Tour, organized by Craig Baird
In the summer of 2025, I endeavored to travel across Canada over the course of 53 days. My hope was t… Craig Baird needs your support for The 2026 Canada Tour
gofund.me
November 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I am currently fundraising for a coast-to-coast-to-coast journey around Canada with my dog Berton in 2026.
My goal is to turn the journey into a book about Canada's past and present.
You can help support my project below 👇
gofund.me/11ffcbfba
My goal is to turn the journey into a book about Canada's past and present.
You can help support my project below 👇
gofund.me/11ffcbfba
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Please stop doing this. Please stop replying to shitposts and jokes and interesting thoughts and observations about film or whatever with pictures of trump or rfk or reminders of how bad things are. It really, really sucks and doesn't help anything. We are just trying to hang out.
We have long been at the "every reply will try to make your post about trump" phase and it stinks.
November 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Please stop doing this. Please stop replying to shitposts and jokes and interesting thoughts and observations about film or whatever with pictures of trump or rfk or reminders of how bad things are. It really, really sucks and doesn't help anything. We are just trying to hang out.
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If I had to predict a high-impact story that is flying under the radar now but will play a big role in next year's major federal and state elections in the U.S., it'll be electricity prices and data centers. Easy-to-understand affordability and corruption story.
The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived
A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year.
www.wired.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
If I had to predict a high-impact story that is flying under the radar now but will play a big role in next year's major federal and state elections in the U.S., it'll be electricity prices and data centers. Easy-to-understand affordability and corruption story.
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If you’re anxious about the aurora because “we didn’t use to have the Northern Lights this far south,” don’t be!
The sun’s just doing a normal solar cycle like usual. We just now have cameras in our pocket that can detect aurora, and social media to spread the word to get out looking!
The sun’s just doing a normal solar cycle like usual. We just now have cameras in our pocket that can detect aurora, and social media to spread the word to get out looking!
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
If you’re anxious about the aurora because “we didn’t use to have the Northern Lights this far south,” don’t be!
The sun’s just doing a normal solar cycle like usual. We just now have cameras in our pocket that can detect aurora, and social media to spread the word to get out looking!
The sun’s just doing a normal solar cycle like usual. We just now have cameras in our pocket that can detect aurora, and social media to spread the word to get out looking!
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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My regular reminder that, especially if you feel like nationally things are all going to hell in a handbasket, get up to no good in your own neighborhood! Go to local govt meetings. Hold meetings with your neighbors about the stuff you care about. It just might work: www.kgw.com/article/news...
Skamania County turns off Flock cameras after court rules images are public records
The sheriff’s office said the system was effective, while privacy advocates who opposed it from the start called the shutdown a win for transparency.
www.kgw.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My regular reminder that, especially if you feel like nationally things are all going to hell in a handbasket, get up to no good in your own neighborhood! Go to local govt meetings. Hold meetings with your neighbors about the stuff you care about. It just might work: www.kgw.com/article/news...
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I heard you wanted another photo of my very cute dog
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I heard you wanted another photo of my very cute dog
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I am moving out of state and have an outdoor cat who is very skittish that I simply can’t take on a plane without risking life and limb. Would anyone in PDX like to adopt a moody gray lady? She could be fine inside a home with no other cats, she doesn’t tolerate them (hence outside). DM if so.
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I am moving out of state and have an outdoor cat who is very skittish that I simply can’t take on a plane without risking life and limb. Would anyone in PDX like to adopt a moody gray lady? She could be fine inside a home with no other cats, she doesn’t tolerate them (hence outside). DM if so.
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ouroboreos
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
ouroboreos
If you've got kids in school, support the PTA. Schools are struggling, y'all.
Even if you don't have kids in school you can be involved. Look up your neighborhood schools, donate to their PTAs. Ask neighbors with kids to keep you informed about fundraiser events like restaurant nights. It helps.
Even if you don't have kids in school you can be involved. Look up your neighborhood schools, donate to their PTAs. Ask neighbors with kids to keep you informed about fundraiser events like restaurant nights. It helps.
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
If you've got kids in school, support the PTA. Schools are struggling, y'all.
Even if you don't have kids in school you can be involved. Look up your neighborhood schools, donate to their PTAs. Ask neighbors with kids to keep you informed about fundraiser events like restaurant nights. It helps.
Even if you don't have kids in school you can be involved. Look up your neighborhood schools, donate to their PTAs. Ask neighbors with kids to keep you informed about fundraiser events like restaurant nights. It helps.
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Accent discrimination is discrimination and it doesn’t matter who it’s aimed at. I’m always saddened at how people who would never say “I hate people from X country” are very happy to say “those people don’t speak good English”. It’s part of the same picture, but wow, no one wants to hear it.
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Accent discrimination is discrimination and it doesn’t matter who it’s aimed at. I’m always saddened at how people who would never say “I hate people from X country” are very happy to say “those people don’t speak good English”. It’s part of the same picture, but wow, no one wants to hear it.
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I know it seems like Christmas is ages away, but it'll soon be here. Maybe everyone is waiting for Black Friday but sales are really slow. I'd love my calendar to be a sell out, so any help to spread the word is much appreciated 🙂
juliaallum.co.uk/product/2026...
juliaallum.co.uk/product/2026...
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I know it seems like Christmas is ages away, but it'll soon be here. Maybe everyone is waiting for Black Friday but sales are really slow. I'd love my calendar to be a sell out, so any help to spread the word is much appreciated 🙂
juliaallum.co.uk/product/2026...
juliaallum.co.uk/product/2026...
Wait a minute. How the hell did I miss that they're ending the penny?
I'm glad that the end of the penny is happening during Trump's administration because if it had happened under a Democratic president, you'd 100% have had the right freaking out with a "look what they took from you!!!" rage apnews.com/article/us-m...
US Mint presses final pennies as production ends after more than 230 years
The U.S. has ended production of the penny. The last 1-cent coins were made Wednesday at the mint in Philadelphia.
apnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Wait a minute. How the hell did I miss that they're ending the penny?