deraven.bsky.social
@deraven.bsky.social
CEO, dad, investor, entrepreneur, spacetweep, Trekkie, scientist, data-cruncher, Lego junkie, but mostly just a geek. :) Liberal and progressive. Everyone deserves respect, safety, security, and happiness.
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A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”

Via Sam Stein on twitter
June 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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No Kings in Phoenix!! Proud of my community! #resist #fdt #nokings #50501 #phoenix
June 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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No Kings Protest today in Chandler, AZ!
June 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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No Kings Tucson AZ
June 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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I'm floored.

This is ONE stretch of ONE side of the street in deep red, small town Knoxville, TN today.

This is a city that Trump won in 2024 by 20+ points.

The scope of these protests are massive—American from both sides of the aisle are pissed.

There will be no kings.
June 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.
June 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Hot out there in Surprise, AZ today however the crowd was pleasant, energetic, happy and helpful, and easily 10:1 support for #NoKings from those passing by. That was a welcome morale boost!
June 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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SURPRISE AZ PROTEST
June 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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No Kings/Dicktators!
Surprise, AZ
June 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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No Kings in SURPRISE AZ!!🇺🇸🇺🇸
June 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Video of just part of the street at our local Surprise, AZ #nokings protest.
June 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A guy in a Patriotic Pest Control truck in Surprise, AZ shouted obscenities at us during the #NoKings demonstration today. Sir, “patriotic pest control” is what we’re out here trying to do! 😆
June 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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June 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Honestly the fact that they are activating the Guard in several states in response to the No Kings protests makes me want to go even more. It's building them up to be a huge event, and well, why let them down?

www.stripes.com/branches/arm...
Missouri governor activates National Guard ahead of anti-Trump protests
www.stripes.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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@ericswalwell.bsky.social urges all Americans to show up for No Kings Day this Saturday.

“If we don’t show up, democracy dies”

#NoKingsDay
June 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Please get engaged.

Don’t forget reaching out to your colleagues and finding ways to work together. Ten scientists working to take an action together are more powerful than the sum of each acting alone.

bsky.app/profile/altn...
The best thing that scientists can do right this moment is organize with each other. Form networks, do coordinated communications: comms to the public, comms to media outlets, comms to Congress. That's the most urgent need.

#philsci #scicomm #neuroskyence #evodevo #publichealth
February 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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1/ OK, Democratic members of Congress in the US Senate. It’s time for some tough love.

I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”
February 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Leopard: I will eat your face

Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating

Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
J.P. Morgan econs on Trump’s latest are “increasingly concerned that the policy mix may tilt into an unintentionally far less business-friendly stance. The sustained 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico set to start this weekend is materially different than the tariff increases built into our baseline.”
February 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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For those wondering: Yes, I'm uploading the entire 15 GB public-facing CDC.gov website that I downloaded a few days ago...but it's gonna take awhile to upload...
February 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Hey if anyone is considering backing up any datasets for some reason today, the Open Science Framework has free storage up to 5G/private repository, and up to 50G/public repository.

(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)
January 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Remember how Trump said he "sent the military in and opened up the water flow" in CA? It appears he forced the Army Corps to just drain reservoirs into recently flooded farmland without telling local farmers or leaders. “In 25 years, I’ve never seen anything like this.”
sjvwater.org/decision-to-...
Decision to dump water from Tulare County lakes altered after sending locals into a mad scramble – SJV Water
Water managers were relieved Thursday evening after the Army Corps of Engineers agreed to back off of a sudden decision earlier in the day to dump massive
sjvwater.org
January 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Our coalition has grown to 30,000 federal employees. Details regarding new guidance will be distributed. For those not in our coalition, here is a public message: hide any online content that is public, document everything you witness or experience, and keep daily notes at home with dates and times.
January 31, 2025 at 9:32 PM