Cal Thompson (they/them)
@cal-thompson.bsky.social
Design leader, artist, compost advocate, mindfulness practitioner. Empathy is gold.
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If you open the anti-trans HHS report’s appendix in NotePad, you’ll see that it was compiled by Alex Byrne.
The appendix is a rigorous, scientific overview of systematic reviews.
Alex Byrne is an MIT philosophy professor with no apparent background in science, let alone expertise in it.
The appendix is a rigorous, scientific overview of systematic reviews.
Alex Byrne is an MIT philosophy professor with no apparent background in science, let alone expertise in it.
May 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If you open the anti-trans HHS report’s appendix in NotePad, you’ll see that it was compiled by Alex Byrne.
The appendix is a rigorous, scientific overview of systematic reviews.
Alex Byrne is an MIT philosophy professor with no apparent background in science, let alone expertise in it.
The appendix is a rigorous, scientific overview of systematic reviews.
Alex Byrne is an MIT philosophy professor with no apparent background in science, let alone expertise in it.
The Dark Enlightenment belief system explains everything Peter Thiel, Musk, Vance and co. are doing right now: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_En...
Dark Enlightenment - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
March 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The Dark Enlightenment belief system explains everything Peter Thiel, Musk, Vance and co. are doing right now: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_En...
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US blocks Canadian access to cross-border library, sparking outcry
US blocks Canadian access to cross-border library, sparking outcry
US officials claim move was to curb drug trafficking while Quebec town says it ‘weakens collaboration’ among nations
The US has blocked Canadian access to a library straddling the Canada-US border, drawing criticism from a Quebec town where people have long enjoyed easy entry to the space.
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is located between Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont. It was built deliberately to straddle the frontier between the two countries – a symbol of cooperation and friendship between Canada and the US. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
US blocks Canadian access to cross-border library, sparking outcry
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The National Weather Service is facing significant staffing cuts and has temporarily reduced weather balloon launches at several sites. These balloons are a key tool used by meteorologists to gather data for weather forecast models.
March 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The National Weather Service is facing significant staffing cuts and has temporarily reduced weather balloon launches at several sites. These balloons are a key tool used by meteorologists to gather data for weather forecast models.
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BREAKING: Senate just UNANIMOUSLY restored $1.1 billion for DC local govt that was eliminated
Why?
Because Senators of BOTH parties work in DC - and most have homes there - and none of them want to be in a hellhole
Now - try applying that same logic to THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
Why?
Because Senators of BOTH parties work in DC - and most have homes there - and none of them want to be in a hellhole
Now - try applying that same logic to THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
March 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
BREAKING: Senate just UNANIMOUSLY restored $1.1 billion for DC local govt that was eliminated
Why?
Because Senators of BOTH parties work in DC - and most have homes there - and none of them want to be in a hellhole
Now - try applying that same logic to THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
Why?
Because Senators of BOTH parties work in DC - and most have homes there - and none of them want to be in a hellhole
Now - try applying that same logic to THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
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I’m struck by how close we’re getting to finally curing some of the world’s worst diseases—sickle cell, Alzheimers, pancreatic cancer, etc.—at the same time that the world’s worst people are destroying medical research and care around the world.
March 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I’m struck by how close we’re getting to finally curing some of the world’s worst diseases—sickle cell, Alzheimers, pancreatic cancer, etc.—at the same time that the world’s worst people are destroying medical research and care around the world.
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NEW: Several branches of the military are pausing sexual assault prevention training because of President Trump's executive order on DEI. My latest @latimes.com
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Military freezes sexual assault prevention training after Trump executive order on DEI
The U.S. Marine Corps ordered all Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Training be put on "pause" in order to comply with one of President Trump's executive orders, according to an internal email re...
www.latimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
NEW: Several branches of the military are pausing sexual assault prevention training because of President Trump's executive order on DEI. My latest @latimes.com
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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The Times is gathering stories and photos of what was lost in the fires for a visual collection of memories to publish at a later date.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Help us share the stories of what you lost in the Eaton and Palisades fires
The Times is collecting stories and images of what was lost in the fires from affected communities in Altadena, Pasadena, Sierra Madre, Pacific Palisades, Topanga, Malibu and others.
www.latimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The Times is gathering stories and photos of what was lost in the fires for a visual collection of memories to publish at a later date.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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I tend to have pretty good timing. For example, I started getting therapy like four weeks ago.
January 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I tend to have pretty good timing. For example, I started getting therapy like four weeks ago.
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It is the best.
#hillmantokuniversity
#hillmantokuniversity
Black professors are coming together on TikTok and teaching free semesters of college courses. They’ve got syllabi and coursework and everything. They’re calling it “HillmanTok.”
When I say I love us, I mean that I LOVE us 😭
When I say I love us, I mean that I LOVE us 😭
January 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
It is the best.
#hillmantokuniversity
#hillmantokuniversity
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#HillmantokUniversity is likely to change how we access education.
www.hercampus.com/life/hillman...
www.hercampus.com/life/hillman...
Welcome To HillmanTok, Where Black Educators Are Sharing Their Own College Courses
The latest trend on TikTok, HillmanTok University, sees Black educators sharing info on their subject matter of choice — for free.
www.hercampus.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
#HillmantokUniversity is likely to change how we access education.
www.hercampus.com/life/hillman...
www.hercampus.com/life/hillman...
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Their ENTIRE PLAYBOOK is to announce the absolute outrageous and then "backpedal" to the merely deadly
If they can get away with the outrageous, fantastic! This is a tactic to accustom everyone to the grotesque and horrific by shocking and then wearing them down.
If they can get away with the outrageous, fantastic! This is a tactic to accustom everyone to the grotesque and horrific by shocking and then wearing them down.
January 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Their ENTIRE PLAYBOOK is to announce the absolute outrageous and then "backpedal" to the merely deadly
If they can get away with the outrageous, fantastic! This is a tactic to accustom everyone to the grotesque and horrific by shocking and then wearing them down.
If they can get away with the outrageous, fantastic! This is a tactic to accustom everyone to the grotesque and horrific by shocking and then wearing them down.
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Trump says he is opening a detention center at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to hold up to 30,000 migrants from the United States.
We’re only one week in, and we’ve already reached the concentration camp stage of fascism.
We’re only one week in, and we’ve already reached the concentration camp stage of fascism.
Trump directing the opening of Guantanamo Bay detention center to hold migrants in US illegally
President Donald Trump says he’s directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold up to 30,000 migrants who are living illegally in the United States.
apnews.com
January 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Trump says he is opening a detention center at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to hold up to 30,000 migrants from the United States.
We’re only one week in, and we’ve already reached the concentration camp stage of fascism.
We’re only one week in, and we’ve already reached the concentration camp stage of fascism.
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I still remember “The Talk.” Thinking of the children of immigrants today.
January 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I still remember “The Talk.” Thinking of the children of immigrants today.
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ChatGPT is down? Huh. Crazy how that doesn't affect my life in literally any way at all
January 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
ChatGPT is down? Huh. Crazy how that doesn't affect my life in literally any way at all
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The price of eggs is expected to increase 20 percent this year, according to the Trump administration. But MAGA told me he was going to fix inflation on day one. 😏
Egg prices will be at a record-high for a while | CNN Business
Eggs are estimated to cost another 20% throughout 2025 because of new avian flu outbreaks.
www.cnn.com
January 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The price of eggs is expected to increase 20 percent this year, according to the Trump administration. But MAGA told me he was going to fix inflation on day one. 😏
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Can’t wait t’git my hands on nem cheap eggs!
January 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Can’t wait t’git my hands on nem cheap eggs!
Is anyone writing their dissertation yet on #HillmanTok? 😂 I mean...a powerful gathering like this of professors sharing knowledge, strengthening community, during Trump's noisy first days...all through an accidentally viral post a professor made for her 30 students!
#hillmantokuniversity is power!
#hillmantokuniversity is power!
January 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Is anyone writing their dissertation yet on #HillmanTok? 😂 I mean...a powerful gathering like this of professors sharing knowledge, strengthening community, during Trump's noisy first days...all through an accidentally viral post a professor made for her 30 students!
#hillmantokuniversity is power!
#hillmantokuniversity is power!
New painting. Processing the big feelings of the fires. LA in blues.
Paper in the middle is dyed with avocado pits.
#queerart #blue #naturaldye #LA
Paper in the middle is dyed with avocado pits.
#queerart #blue #naturaldye #LA
January 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
New painting. Processing the big feelings of the fires. LA in blues.
Paper in the middle is dyed with avocado pits.
#queerart #blue #naturaldye #LA
Paper in the middle is dyed with avocado pits.
#queerart #blue #naturaldye #LA
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“I think the traitors are Bob the Drag Queen, Bob H, and Gabby.” #TheTraitorsUS
January 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
“I think the traitors are Bob the Drag Queen, Bob H, and Gabby.” #TheTraitorsUS
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Trump has given clemency to every criminal involved in the insurrection to overthrow the US government, including those who attacked police officers. Just like Andrew Johnson, who pardoned Confederate traitors who fought against the US. This is not about law and order. This is about white supremacy.
Trump Grants Sweeping Clemency to All Jan. 6 Rioters (Gift Article)
The extraordinary pardons and commutations extended to those who committed both violent and nonviolent crimes on Jan. 6, including assaulting police officers and seditious conspiracy.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Trump has given clemency to every criminal involved in the insurrection to overthrow the US government, including those who attacked police officers. Just like Andrew Johnson, who pardoned Confederate traitors who fought against the US. This is not about law and order. This is about white supremacy.
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President Biden has commuted the life sentence of Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier, who has been imprisoned for almost five decades.
Biden commutes life sentence of Leonard Peltier, Native American activist imprisoned for almost 50 years
The commutation will allow Peltier, who has long maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents, to spend his remaining days in home confinement.
www.nbcnews.com
January 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
President Biden has commuted the life sentence of Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier, who has been imprisoned for almost five decades.
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In less than 24 hours, gay marriage will become legal in Thailand; in less than 48, marriage registration will start.
January 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
In less than 24 hours, gay marriage will become legal in Thailand; in less than 48, marriage registration will start.
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just marched two miles and tossed out beads to several hundred kids on a parade route while honoring the legacy of Dr. King, anything happen while I was gone
January 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
just marched two miles and tossed out beads to several hundred kids on a parade route while honoring the legacy of Dr. King, anything happen while I was gone