Amy Pallant
@birchdancer.bsky.social
Science educator, dancer, potter,
PCOS memoirist "Cysterhood, Living with PCOS at the intersection of Feminism, medicine, and medical research"
smudgeworks.com/book/cysterhood
PCOS memoirist "Cysterhood, Living with PCOS at the intersection of Feminism, medicine, and medical research"
smudgeworks.com/book/cysterhood
Affordability is about our day to day expenses. Trump has never gone to a grocery store so it is incomprehensible to him.
Time for another review of the REAL #TrumpInflationCrisis. I compared prices on Biden's last day in office versus 12/9/25 prices under Trump's ecomonic "genius". My standard Kroger "cart" is up 10%+. These items are jacked up the most, often accompanied by shrinkflation. Are we winning yet?
December 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Affordability is about our day to day expenses. Trump has never gone to a grocery store so it is incomprehensible to him.
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Time for another review of the REAL #TrumpInflationCrisis. I compared prices on Biden's last day in office versus 12/9/25 prices under Trump's ecomonic "genius". My standard Kroger "cart" is up 10%+. These items are jacked up the most, often accompanied by shrinkflation. Are we winning yet?
December 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Time for another review of the REAL #TrumpInflationCrisis. I compared prices on Biden's last day in office versus 12/9/25 prices under Trump's ecomonic "genius". My standard Kroger "cart" is up 10%+. These items are jacked up the most, often accompanied by shrinkflation. Are we winning yet?
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
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Hear from Smith College Professor @carrienbaker.bsky.social targeted for her outspokenness on repro rights, the forced-birth landscape in the US right now, and how we can fight from abroad to save abortion access.
Wednesday, Nov 19, 7pm Paris time.
RSVP 👇
www.democratsabroad.org/wc_freedom_u...
Wednesday, Nov 19, 7pm Paris time.
RSVP 👇
www.democratsabroad.org/wc_freedom_u...
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Hear from Smith College Professor @carrienbaker.bsky.social targeted for her outspokenness on repro rights, the forced-birth landscape in the US right now, and how we can fight from abroad to save abortion access.
Wednesday, Nov 19, 7pm Paris time.
RSVP 👇
www.democratsabroad.org/wc_freedom_u...
Wednesday, Nov 19, 7pm Paris time.
RSVP 👇
www.democratsabroad.org/wc_freedom_u...
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Remember when companies made things consumers wanted?
It's important to recognize the shift. They are forcing products on us that we don't want. Why? Because it serves THEIR needs, not ours: deny more care, take away the joy of creating art, effectively spread disinformation to control people.
It's important to recognize the shift. They are forcing products on us that we don't want. Why? Because it serves THEIR needs, not ours: deny more care, take away the joy of creating art, effectively spread disinformation to control people.
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember when companies made things consumers wanted?
It's important to recognize the shift. They are forcing products on us that we don't want. Why? Because it serves THEIR needs, not ours: deny more care, take away the joy of creating art, effectively spread disinformation to control people.
It's important to recognize the shift. They are forcing products on us that we don't want. Why? Because it serves THEIR needs, not ours: deny more care, take away the joy of creating art, effectively spread disinformation to control people.
The goal is to make ale everything harder for women on this administration.
Making it harder for people, mostly women, to go into these fields will just make things worse for everyone as existing shortages get exacerbated. Notice theology and chiropractor degrees are still considered “professional” while nursing and public health, eg, are not.
I think this should get more media attention, but it won't. People are just going to find out the hard way.
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
November 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The goal is to make ale everything harder for women on this administration.
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Great article by @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social detailing how seismic recordings can be used to estimate the intensity of hurricanes, both past and present. 🧪
www.scientificamerican.com/article/seis...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/seis...
Hurricane Melissa Literally Made the Earth Shake Hundreds of Miles Away
Seismometers picked up the ferocious winds and waves of Hurricane Melissa, showing how the tools can be used to better understand storms today and those from the past
www.scientificamerican.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Great article by @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social detailing how seismic recordings can be used to estimate the intensity of hurricanes, both past and present. 🧪
www.scientificamerican.com/article/seis...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/seis...
This is why we need to educate each other. Can't trust most news sources any more
The flawed story:
*doesn’t quote a single medical expert
*fails to apply skepticism to claims CPCs make about their medical services
*doesn’t explain health risks CPC clients face
*will likely be republished by other outlets that pay for AP content
*doesn’t quote a single medical expert
*fails to apply skepticism to claims CPCs make about their medical services
*doesn’t explain health risks CPC clients face
*will likely be republished by other outlets that pay for AP content
The Associated Press Does Free PR for Crisis Pregnancy Centers
A recent story is a glaring example of how traditional journalistic “objectivity" is far from unbiased, and can even facilitate the spread of disinformation.
www.autonomynews.co
October 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is why we need to educate each other. Can't trust most news sources any more
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We just got back from the rally in Concord, Mass., birthplace of the American Revolution. Saw lots of concerned patriots and not one person hating the country. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We just got back from the rally in Concord, Mass., birthplace of the American Revolution. Saw lots of concerned patriots and not one person hating the country. #NoKings
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"it's too much liquid" going into the baby, instantly up there with the injecting bleach moment.
Trump: "It's too much liquid. Too many different things are going into that baby at too big a number. The size of this thing when you look at it. It's like 80 different vaccines and beyond vaccines."
September 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"it's too much liquid" going into the baby, instantly up there with the injecting bleach moment.
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Pregnant women can't access the #COVID vaccine. If they get #COVID and develop a fever, they can't take Tylenol? 🫠.
Both COVID infection and untreated maternal fever increase the risk of bad outcomes for both fetus and mother ranging from preterm delivery to death.
None of this is pro-life.
Both COVID infection and untreated maternal fever increase the risk of bad outcomes for both fetus and mother ranging from preterm delivery to death.
None of this is pro-life.
September 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Not just because this impacts my career. This breaks my heart. www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org
September 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Not just because this impacts my career. This breaks my heart. www.science.org/content/arti...
This is huge and important.
1/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering.
www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
China Green Leap Outward — Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab
A new China Low Carbon Technology FDI Database
www.netzeropolicylab.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is huge and important.
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"Putting solar arrays above water can help keep panels cool, in turn improving their efficiency and electricity output. Shade from the panels can also prevent water loss through evaporation in drought-prone regions and can limit algae growth in waterways." Looks good too!
California's first solar-covered canal is now fully online
The 1.6-MW pilot system is among a growing number of initiatives to put solar over waterways. The approach could generate gigawatts of power nationwide.
www.canarymedia.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"Putting solar arrays above water can help keep panels cool, in turn improving their efficiency and electricity output. Shade from the panels can also prevent water loss through evaporation in drought-prone regions and can limit algae growth in waterways." Looks good too!
So much progress on endometriosis in trouble because of the slashing of NIH funding. Already underfunded, because it is a woman's health issue, is now facing a dire future. www.science.org/content/arti...
Driven by the pain of endometriosis, this scientist is uncovering clues to its causes
Katie Burns is helping reveal the immune system’s role in the long-neglected disease
www.science.org
September 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
So much progress on endometriosis in trouble because of the slashing of NIH funding. Already underfunded, because it is a woman's health issue, is now facing a dire future. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.
www.theatlantic.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
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I think it’s high time we take back the national narrative. For centuries Americans of all races, genders, religions, and abilities have worked to create a more perfect union, and we should shout from the rooftops that WE are America. Not these idiot white supremacist authoritarians.
August 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I think it’s high time we take back the national narrative. For centuries Americans of all races, genders, religions, and abilities have worked to create a more perfect union, and we should shout from the rooftops that WE are America. Not these idiot white supremacist authoritarians.
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Never before in the history of this nation has such a large redistribution of income been directed upward, for no reason at all
July 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Never before in the history of this nation has such a large redistribution of income been directed upward, for no reason at all
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
I have been in this field for over 3 decades and have seen the transformational power of STEM education research. The cuts have been devastating. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/s...
Funding Cuts Are a ‘Gut Punch’ for STEM Education Researchers
www.nytimes.com
May 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I have been in this field for over 3 decades and have seen the transformational power of STEM education research. The cuts have been devastating. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/s...
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people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future
May 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future
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May 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Perhaps funding female health research would help, given the high prevalence rates of conditions that impact fertility like endometriosis, fibroids, adenomyosis, PCOS+.
We're not circus animals. You can't just say PRODUCE and throw some cash at us.
Respect her & listen to her. #obgyn #medsky
We're not circus animals. You can't just say PRODUCE and throw some cash at us.
Respect her & listen to her. #obgyn #medsky
1/ 🧵 The White House is assessing ways to persuade women to have more children. The reactions have been strong—and rightly so. I have two beautiful daughters. But the journey to bring them into the world nearly broke me—physically, emotionally, and financially. And I know I'm not alone👇
April 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
In the last 24 hours 100s of NSF grants primarily in STEM education have been cancelled. I fear for the future ot education and honestly for this country if we disempower our youth and all our innovation. 100 days in office has put us back decades in education #NSFcuts #STEMeducation
April 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
In the last 24 hours 100s of NSF grants primarily in STEM education have been cancelled. I fear for the future ot education and honestly for this country if we disempower our youth and all our innovation. 100 days in office has put us back decades in education #NSFcuts #STEMeducation