Dr. Mrs. Birgen
@drbirgen.bsky.social
Mathematician, Parent, COVID19Cautious, Jack of All Trades, Master of None
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Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance
September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance
I'm not sure why the Generals are all coming back to Quantico.
September 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I'm not sure why the Generals are all coming back to Quantico.
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The labor market is deteriorating!
For the first time in four years, the economy lost jobs.
Our economy is in the toilet right now and everything in the grocery store is higher priced than it was during the pandemic.
This is what losing looks like! Trump’s economy sucks!
For the first time in four years, the economy lost jobs.
Our economy is in the toilet right now and everything in the grocery store is higher priced than it was during the pandemic.
This is what losing looks like! Trump’s economy sucks!
September 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The labor market is deteriorating!
For the first time in four years, the economy lost jobs.
Our economy is in the toilet right now and everything in the grocery store is higher priced than it was during the pandemic.
This is what losing looks like! Trump’s economy sucks!
For the first time in four years, the economy lost jobs.
Our economy is in the toilet right now and everything in the grocery store is higher priced than it was during the pandemic.
This is what losing looks like! Trump’s economy sucks!
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1/ The documents are clear: Lee Zeldin and his wife have two principal-residence mortgages, for properties in Long Island and Washington, D.C.
We’ve got the records 👇
Long Island: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
D.C.: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
We’ve got the records 👇
Long Island: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
D.C.: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
September 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
1/ The documents are clear: Lee Zeldin and his wife have two principal-residence mortgages, for properties in Long Island and Washington, D.C.
We’ve got the records 👇
Long Island: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
D.C.: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
We’ve got the records 👇
Long Island: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
D.C.: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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So, like, even if there hadn't been two Supreme Court decisons in living memory directly holding that flag burning is protected under the First Amendment, *new criminal laws cannot be created by executive order.*
Trump signs an executive order: "If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail."
August 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
So, like, even if there hadn't been two Supreme Court decisons in living memory directly holding that flag burning is protected under the First Amendment, *new criminal laws cannot be created by executive order.*
Somebody better tell the American Legion.
he literally thinks he is a king. i mean, this entire media blitz for when he signs executive orders is meant to create the impression that they are royal decrees
Trump signs an executive order: "If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail."
August 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Somebody better tell the American Legion.
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Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
August 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
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I spent a quarter century being lectured by libertarians and republicans about how minimal government oversight of large companies was radical socialism
and if you mentioned nationalizing stuff like telecom for the public good they'd have a six week embolism
and if you mentioned nationalizing stuff like telecom for the public good they'd have a six week embolism
CNBC: So we should expect the US government to be taking more equity stakes in businesses around the country?
KEVIN HASSETT: It's possible, yeah. That's absolutely right.
KEVIN HASSETT: It's possible, yeah. That's absolutely right.
August 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I spent a quarter century being lectured by libertarians and republicans about how minimal government oversight of large companies was radical socialism
and if you mentioned nationalizing stuff like telecom for the public good they'd have a six week embolism
and if you mentioned nationalizing stuff like telecom for the public good they'd have a six week embolism
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how many times am I gonna have to post this
August 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
how many times am I gonna have to post this
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Oh look, Rubio’s State Department is lying again. It must be a day that ends in a y.
August 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Oh look, Rubio’s State Department is lying again. It must be a day that ends in a y.
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UPDATE on the Border Patrol arrest outside of Newsom's press conference last week. A dozen Border Patrol agents descended on the streets outside his conference. They ended up arresting a delivery driver with no criminal record — then appear to have lied and claimed he was a drug dealer.
Last week, Border Patrol agents massed outside of a @governor.ca.gov news conference. They wound up arresting Angel Rodrigo Minguela Palacios, a strawberry delivery driver with no criminal record and just there to drop off fruit to a tea room.
This is his story
www.latimes.com/california/s...
This is his story
www.latimes.com/california/s...
He was delivering strawberries in L.A. when Border Patrol stopped him. 'The wrong place at the wrong time'
Angel Rodrigo Minguela Palacios was delivering strawberries to a tearoom in Little Tokyo when Border Patrol agents massed nearby where Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a news conference. Minguela ended u...
www.latimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
UPDATE on the Border Patrol arrest outside of Newsom's press conference last week. A dozen Border Patrol agents descended on the streets outside his conference. They ended up arresting a delivery driver with no criminal record — then appear to have lied and claimed he was a drug dealer.
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In other words: White people can't possibly be D.C. residents, which is also why we have to bring the full force of a police state down on the District.
Stephen Miller: "All these demonstrators that you've seen out here in recent days, all these elderly white hippies, they're not part of the city and never have been ... we're gonna ignore these stupid white hippies that all need to go home and take a nap because they're all over 90 years old."
August 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In other words: White people can't possibly be D.C. residents, which is also why we have to bring the full force of a police state down on the District.
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The DOJ lawsuit against LA for not helping with federal immigration policy violates the 10th Amendment, which provides that powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states as independent sovereigns.
bit.ly/44l4kBu
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Federal Efforts to Punish Sanctuary Cities Are Unconstitutional
While states and cities can choose to help enforce federal law, the 10th Amendment means that the U.S. government can’t force them to do so.
www.brennancenter.org
July 20, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The DOJ lawsuit against LA for not helping with federal immigration policy violates the 10th Amendment, which provides that powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states as independent sovereigns.
bit.ly/44l4kBu
bit.ly/44l4kBu
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July 19, 2025
July 19, 2025
On July 20, 1969, U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
July 20, 2025 at 6:19 AM
July 19, 2025
Best sign from the Good Trouble Event
July 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Best sign from the Good Trouble Event
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July 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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I have the unfortunate duty to inform you that the WH & Dept of Ed, as part of the Trump Admin's celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, has partnered with Prager U to create AI-slop videos in which we see John Adams say "facts do not care about your feelings."
July 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I have the unfortunate duty to inform you that the WH & Dept of Ed, as part of the Trump Admin's celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, has partnered with Prager U to create AI-slop videos in which we see John Adams say "facts do not care about your feelings."
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The real evil....PFAS in our waterways and groundwater.... 👇
Trump administration yanks $15m in research into Pfas on US farms: ‘not just stupid, it’s evil’. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration yanks $15m in research into Pfas on US farms: ‘not just stupid, it’s evil’. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration yanks $15m in research into Pfas on US farms: ‘not just stupid, it’s evil’
Pfas-laden pesticides and sewage sludge used as fertilizer move into crops and nearby water sources
www.theguardian.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The real evil....PFAS in our waterways and groundwater.... 👇
Trump administration yanks $15m in research into Pfas on US farms: ‘not just stupid, it’s evil’. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration yanks $15m in research into Pfas on US farms: ‘not just stupid, it’s evil’. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Early life stress modulates behavioral sensitivity to alcohol and promotes escalation of alcohol drinking https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.27.661986v1
June 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Early life stress modulates behavioral sensitivity to alcohol and promotes escalation of alcohol drinking https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.27.661986v1
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Trump stands around waiting for a military flyover that never comes and Fox News cuts away lmao
July 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Trump stands around waiting for a military flyover that never comes and Fox News cuts away lmao
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UPenn just communicated to every young trans person in the country that they are not safe on that campus. I hope every young person who was considering UPenn for college understands that and applies elsewhere. Your trans friends are not safe on that campus.
July 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
UPenn just communicated to every young trans person in the country that they are not safe on that campus. I hope every young person who was considering UPenn for college understands that and applies elsewhere. Your trans friends are not safe on that campus.
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Important postscript on our recent study: We can confirm now that the recent heat domes over North America & Europe were part of a resonant "wave 7" hemispheric pattern that emerged in mid June, persisting through most recent data [analysis by @xuekeli.bsky.social]
July 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Important postscript on our recent study: We can confirm now that the recent heat domes over North America & Europe were part of a resonant "wave 7" hemispheric pattern that emerged in mid June, persisting through most recent data [analysis by @xuekeli.bsky.social]
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“Sludge”—tortuous administrative demands, endless wait times, and excessive procedural fuss—is impeding our lives and eroding our sanity. Chris Colin on how it got so bad, and what can be done about it:
That Dropped Call With Customer Service? It Was on Purpose.
Endless wait times and excessive procedural fuss—it’s all part of a tactic called “sludge.”
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June 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
“Sludge”—tortuous administrative demands, endless wait times, and excessive procedural fuss—is impeding our lives and eroding our sanity. Chris Colin on how it got so bad, and what can be done about it: