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cautious optimist, student of/from Earth + space, New Yorker
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Extremists, right-wing influencers and GOP lawmakers spent the days after the tragic Texas floods pushing conspiracies about "weather weapons."
On Sunday, a weather radar system was vandalized and one extremist group is taking credit
with @mollytaft.com
www.wired.com/story/texas-...
On Sunday, a weather radar system was vandalized and one extremist group is taking credit
with @mollytaft.com
www.wired.com/story/texas-...
Conspiracy Theories About the Texas Floods Lead to Death Threats
Disinformation around a “weather weapon” and cloud seeding is being widely promoted by everyone from anti-government extremists to GOP influencers—and leading to real-world consequences.
www.wired.com
July 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Extremists, right-wing influencers and GOP lawmakers spent the days after the tragic Texas floods pushing conspiracies about "weather weapons."
On Sunday, a weather radar system was vandalized and one extremist group is taking credit
with @mollytaft.com
www.wired.com/story/texas-...
On Sunday, a weather radar system was vandalized and one extremist group is taking credit
with @mollytaft.com
www.wired.com/story/texas-...
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There are many people worth reading on the NYC mayoral race but of those worthwhile people @maxrn.bsky.social is the best www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
The Mamdani Coalition | Max Rivlin-Nadler
In June 2020—three months after the Covid-19 pandemic shut down New York City, killing at least 18,600 residents to that point, in the midst of the Black
www.nybooks.com
June 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
There are many people worth reading on the NYC mayoral race but of those worthwhile people @maxrn.bsky.social is the best www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
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Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society
NEW HAVEN, CT—Calling such concern for linguistic precision a clear indicator of a thriving country, a panel of historians from Yale University issued a statement Thursday announcing that quibbling ov...
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April 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society
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Part of eugenics is wanting disabled people to not be visible to society.
The administration has removed an image of actual disabled people from ada.gov and replaced them with a stock photo of a flag
April 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Part of eugenics is wanting disabled people to not be visible to society.
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I will retweet this image every time.
15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
March 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I will retweet this image every time.
Between this and the slicing and dicing of our medical + scientific infrastructure, gotta say I'm a bit bummed by the whole ~more cancer, harder to treat it, more expensive to try!~ philosophy of governance that Dems have somehow yet to figure out how to message against
Who needs those underpaid EPA toxicologists when you can have arsenic poisoning from your drinking water for free instead
Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.
March 18, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Between this and the slicing and dicing of our medical + scientific infrastructure, gotta say I'm a bit bummed by the whole ~more cancer, harder to treat it, more expensive to try!~ philosophy of governance that Dems have somehow yet to figure out how to message against