Brent
@brentmx.bsky.social
Developmental Psychologist. Educator. Organizer.
Manchester United fan, against my better judgment.
Manchester United fan, against my better judgment.
Just suffered a minor inconvenience
February 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Just suffered a minor inconvenience
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This team would be absolutely mudded without Bruno. @brentmx.bsky.social said it awhile back but he really is this team/generation's Bryan Robson
January 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This team would be absolutely mudded without Bruno. @brentmx.bsky.social said it awhile back but he really is this team/generation's Bryan Robson
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Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
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Zuck is not having a midlife crisis, he's pivoting to an open embrace of fascism. The aesthetics are secondary and primarily about his awareness of how many people can be deceived by even the worst attempts of oligarchs to pretend to be cool and normal.
January 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Zuck is not having a midlife crisis, he's pivoting to an open embrace of fascism. The aesthetics are secondary and primarily about his awareness of how many people can be deceived by even the worst attempts of oligarchs to pretend to be cool and normal.
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The toothlessness is the point.
The toothlessness is the point.
My bipartisan legislation to recognize the Bald Eagle as our national bird just passed Congress and is now headed to the President’s desk to be signed into law! 🦅
December 19, 2024 at 6:51 AM
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The toothlessness is the point.
The toothlessness is the point.
Haha. Just read this, and even being primed to hate it (shout out @puneet.bsky.social), it's impressive how annoying this is. Perfect 10/10 NYer rage bait. No notes.
A lot of people are hating on this but I think it's a pretty eye-opening account of what it's like for non-NYC-savvy travelers (aka most of the country) to experience the city
The subway can be intimidating for folks who have only known suburbs
www.businessinsider.com/first-trip-n...
The subway can be intimidating for folks who have only known suburbs
www.businessinsider.com/first-trip-n...
I travel 100 days a year, but I'd never been to New York City until now. There were literal highs but disappointing lows.
I spend a third of my year traveling, but I somehow didn't make it to New York City until this winter. My first trip to the Big Apple was interesting.
www.businessinsider.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Haha. Just read this, and even being primed to hate it (shout out @puneet.bsky.social), it's impressive how annoying this is. Perfect 10/10 NYer rage bait. No notes.
The Democratic party is hilarious.
December 17, 2024 at 10:27 PM
The Democratic party is hilarious.
Rashford stunk midweek, but that's your top goalscorer and most consistent big game performer. Garnacho's decision making has been suspect, but despite the online hysteria, he's been the best and most productive forward this season.
Big cojones call.
Big cojones call.
Ruben Amorim has confirmed the decision to leave Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho out of the United squad was based purely on selection.
Neither of them are injured and both trained this morning.
🔗 bit.ly/4iE4clK
Neither of them are injured and both trained this morning.
🔗 bit.ly/4iE4clK
December 15, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Rashford stunk midweek, but that's your top goalscorer and most consistent big game performer. Garnacho's decision making has been suspect, but despite the online hysteria, he's been the best and most productive forward this season.
Big cojones call.
Big cojones call.
For anyone keeping track, in America you can kill a man for being Black and homeless, but you can't kill a CEO.
December 9, 2024 at 11:03 PM
For anyone keeping track, in America you can kill a man for being Black and homeless, but you can't kill a CEO.
That's Duke Leto's boy
December 5, 2024 at 4:39 PM
That's Duke Leto's boy
The ages of these "insurgents" mentioned here: 61, 60, 72.
SCOOP: Nancy Pelosi tells Axios that she's supporting "some" insurgent efforts by House Democrats to topple older committee ranking members.
Scoop: Nancy Pelosi says she's backing "some" of House Democrats' committee ousters
"He knows the territory," Pelosi said.
www.axios.com
December 5, 2024 at 3:36 PM
The ages of these "insurgents" mentioned here: 61, 60, 72.
The ascent of Pelham Bay Pelosi continues
SCOOP: AOC is expected to enter the race for ranking member of the House Oversight Committee.
"It's going to happen soon," said one of the House Democrats.
"It's going to happen soon," said one of the House Democrats.
Scoop: AOC expected to run for House Democrats' top Oversight Committee role
"It's going to happen soon," said one House Democrat familiar with her comments.
www.axios.com
December 5, 2024 at 3:34 PM
The ascent of Pelham Bay Pelosi continues
Tyler Herro: second most dangerous white shooter in America. #HEATCulture
December 5, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Tyler Herro: second most dangerous white shooter in America. #HEATCulture
Shout out to @tommie.bsky.social for lacing me with the fire "someone who just wrote a problematic op-ed in The Guardian" headshot.
December 5, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Shout out to @tommie.bsky.social for lacing me with the fire "someone who just wrote a problematic op-ed in The Guardian" headshot.
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The Brooklyn Defenders obtained all nine years of data from the NYPD's ShotSpotter program—and found that more than 83 percent of the gunfire detection system's alerts were never confirmed to be gunshots at all.
@nickpinto.bsky.social has the story:
hellgatenyc.com/nypd-shotspo...
@nickpinto.bsky.social has the story:
hellgatenyc.com/nypd-shotspo...
83 Percent of ShotSpotter Alerts Might Not Have Been Gunfire at All
New data offers the deepest look yet at the NYPD’s very expensive, not very accurate gunfire detection system.
hellgatenyc.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:11 PM
The Brooklyn Defenders obtained all nine years of data from the NYPD's ShotSpotter program—and found that more than 83 percent of the gunfire detection system's alerts were never confirmed to be gunshots at all.
@nickpinto.bsky.social has the story:
hellgatenyc.com/nypd-shotspo...
@nickpinto.bsky.social has the story:
hellgatenyc.com/nypd-shotspo...
Hmm.
Hmm.
Hmm.
The CEO of UnitedHealthcare was reportedly shot and killed in Midtown
“The shooting is being investigated as a possibly targeted hit, sources said.”
“The shooting is being investigated as a possibly targeted hit, sources said.”
UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in Midtown: sources
MIDTOWN, Manhattan (PIX11) – The CEO of UnitedHealthcare was killed in a Midtown shooting Wednesday morning, sources told PIX11 News. Brian Thompson, 50, was shot just before 7 a.m. near a hotel o…
pix11.com
December 4, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Hmm.
Hmm.
Hmm.
The idea of "ethical capitalism" is such a ridiculous liberal fantasy.
It. Cannot. Exist.
Capitalism *must* be exploitative. It is inherent. Under capitalism, it is never enough that someone wins. Someone else has to lose.
It. Cannot. Exist.
Capitalism *must* be exploitative. It is inherent. Under capitalism, it is never enough that someone wins. Someone else has to lose.
December 1, 2024 at 6:21 PM
The idea of "ethical capitalism" is such a ridiculous liberal fantasy.
It. Cannot. Exist.
Capitalism *must* be exploitative. It is inherent. Under capitalism, it is never enough that someone wins. Someone else has to lose.
It. Cannot. Exist.
Capitalism *must* be exploitative. It is inherent. Under capitalism, it is never enough that someone wins. Someone else has to lose.
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Human need under capitalism is not simply “a byproduct of generating profit” but of its accumulation. Capital reshapes needs to serve its endless expansion by subordinating humanity to markets. Only by ending this crap can production be oriented toward true human liberation/need
November 30, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Human need under capitalism is not simply “a byproduct of generating profit” but of its accumulation. Capital reshapes needs to serve its endless expansion by subordinating humanity to markets. Only by ending this crap can production be oriented toward true human liberation/need
Amad Diallo you have changed my life
Don't want to get too carried away, but he's the best RWB in the history of the sport
December 1, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Amad Diallo you have changed my life
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the global north is financed by exploitation of the global south even in your little cuddly countries and if you think it isn't you are delusional
November 30, 2024 at 7:11 PM
the global north is financed by exploitation of the global south even in your little cuddly countries and if you think it isn't you are delusional
This. And I have no grace left to show when it comes to this.
Im trying to be more forgiving on here, but liberals co-opting radical language and centering themselves bc white people are facing their first civil rights backslide in a century *really* bothers me.
November 30, 2024 at 10:45 PM
This. And I have no grace left to show when it comes to this.