Stephanie Geuns-Meyer
@geunsmeyer.bsky.social
Medicinal chemist & data wrangler (retired), part-time Spotfire consultant, mask wearer, equality & democracy valuer
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we are going to win
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
we are going to win
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Yes, this happened in September. Yes, it is now November. BUT EVERYTHING JUST HAPPENS SO GODDAMN MUCH, it's *entirely possible* some authors have missed the news or forgotten to look, and they *should*.
AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Yes, this happened in September. Yes, it is now November. BUT EVERYTHING JUST HAPPENS SO GODDAMN MUCH, it's *entirely possible* some authors have missed the news or forgotten to look, and they *should*.
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My red line has always been lowering health costs for Americans. Donald Trump and Republicans don’t want an agreement that meets that bar. I’m a no.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
My red line has always been lowering health costs for Americans. Donald Trump and Republicans don’t want an agreement that meets that bar. I’m a no.
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
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if they were going to cave anyway they should’ve done it a week ago to spare SNAP recipients the agony.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
if they were going to cave anyway they should’ve done it a week ago to spare SNAP recipients the agony.
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Then after that, read—
(It is not coincidental that these two pieces appear in relatively non-mass-market locations, although they are very different: Lithub and @statnews.com...)
(It is not coincidental that these two pieces appear in relatively non-mass-market locations, although they are very different: Lithub and @statnews.com...)
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Then after that, read—
(It is not coincidental that these two pieces appear in relatively non-mass-market locations, although they are very different: Lithub and @statnews.com...)
(It is not coincidental that these two pieces appear in relatively non-mass-market locations, although they are very different: Lithub and @statnews.com...)
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Sometimes one has the good luck to read two things in close succession that are even more powerful when read together. A vindication of the Internet itself, and Bluesky in particular.
It's an indictment of the core internal working norms of our major media organizations. Slow build.
First read:
It's an indictment of the core internal working norms of our major media organizations. Slow build.
First read:
My old pal Pete Coviello — one of the best writers and thinkers I've ever known — wrote the piece of the moment
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Sometimes one has the good luck to read two things in close succession that are even more powerful when read together. A vindication of the Internet itself, and Bluesky in particular.
It's an indictment of the core internal working norms of our major media organizations. Slow build.
First read:
It's an indictment of the core internal working norms of our major media organizations. Slow build.
First read:
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A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
A man collapsed in the Oval Office. The internet got the story wrong.
A case study in how bad information can spread — and how hard it is to correct it.
dandiamond.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
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Happy to share our latest collaborative effort: "An intramuscular prime and mucosal boost vaccine regimen protects against lethal clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 challenge in cynomolgus macaques". It is open-access, so anyone can access it anywhere on any device. (1/4)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An intramuscular prime and mucosal boost vaccine regimen protects against lethal clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 challenge in cynomolgus macaques
Mucosal delivery of a rhesus adenovirus–vectored H5N1 influenza vaccine confers protection against lethal challenge in cynomolgus macaques.
www.science.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Happy to share our latest collaborative effort: "An intramuscular prime and mucosal boost vaccine regimen protects against lethal clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 challenge in cynomolgus macaques". It is open-access, so anyone can access it anywhere on any device. (1/4)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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When I joined the UW Biology department in 2001, everyone else had a nice nameplate on their office door — but I got a piece of paper with my name on it taped to the wall.
It was a newly implemented cost-saving measure, I was told.
You cheap-ass bastards, I thought.
Anyway, now I feel better.
It was a newly implemented cost-saving measure, I was told.
You cheap-ass bastards, I thought.
Anyway, now I feel better.
[P] Found a higher-quality photo; IT *IS* TAPED UP SHEETS OF PAPER!
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 AM
When I joined the UW Biology department in 2001, everyone else had a nice nameplate on their office door — but I got a piece of paper with my name on it taped to the wall.
It was a newly implemented cost-saving measure, I was told.
You cheap-ass bastards, I thought.
Anyway, now I feel better.
It was a newly implemented cost-saving measure, I was told.
You cheap-ass bastards, I thought.
Anyway, now I feel better.
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this is why we have to be extremely on our guard regarding voter suppression and the federal militarization of our cities
So it strikes me that the GOP may be stuck in zugzwang. They can't stay put because staying put means eating a D+7 environment in a year at best - a wave they probably can't gerrymander out of.
But every available move makes that position worse, not better.
But every available move makes that position worse, not better.
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
this is why we have to be extremely on our guard regarding voter suppression and the federal militarization of our cities
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Representatives of Germany's Nazi Party, now known as the Alternative für Deutschland or AfD, are now routinely in Washington for interaction with their counterparts in the GOP, seeking pointers on how to further develop their movement into a governing party... and to raise funds.
Was die AfD von der Maga-Bewegung lernen will
Regelmäßig reisen AfD-Abgeordnete in die USA und suchen die Nähe zu Donald Trumps Umfeld. Jetzt ist ein Berater Trumps zu Gast. Warum?
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Representatives of Germany's Nazi Party, now known as the Alternative für Deutschland or AfD, are now routinely in Washington for interaction with their counterparts in the GOP, seeking pointers on how to further develop their movement into a governing party... and to raise funds.
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#ICE returned the immigrant they shoved in a Texas prison - to a windowless 8x10 room with no bed in the basement of a Burlington office building
www.universalhub.com/2025/ice-ret...
#Massachusetts #immigrants
www.universalhub.com/2025/ice-ret...
#Massachusetts #immigrants
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 AM
#ICE returned the immigrant they shoved in a Texas prison - to a windowless 8x10 room with no bed in the basement of a Burlington office building
www.universalhub.com/2025/ice-ret...
#Massachusetts #immigrants
www.universalhub.com/2025/ice-ret...
#Massachusetts #immigrants
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‘This is kidnapping — plain and simple’: ICE arrests 9 employees at Allston car wash trib.al/2NU6eGa
‘This is kidnapping — plain and simple’: ICE arrests 9 employees at Allston car wash
The employees were detained Tuesday morning before they could present their documents, according to the car wash’s manager.
trib.al
November 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
‘This is kidnapping — plain and simple’: ICE arrests 9 employees at Allston car wash trib.al/2NU6eGa
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New Yorkers if this doesn’t convince you, I don’t know what will.
November 4, 2025 at 3:25 AM
New Yorkers if this doesn’t convince you, I don’t know what will.
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Never before have I ever read an article that so eloquently sums up my current world view.
There are bonafide monsters stalking the earth eagerly and enthusiastically distributing suffering to anyone they please. And with no recourse on our end but to film them and shout and beg for anyone with power to stop them. How convenient that the monopoly on violence always also acts as a shield.
Every headline is a moral injury
Every single post is like a punch in the face. Every headline is a moral injury.
Could be I’m extending too much grace here but it occurred to me recently that maybe all of the people who “don’t pay ...
www.welcometohellworld.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Never before have I ever read an article that so eloquently sums up my current world view.
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🚨DEI firings at CBS🚨
He asks for this to be downloaded and shared. He and his colleagues deserve so much more, but this is an easy ask. We see you CBS 1/2
He asks for this to be downloaded and shared. He and his colleagues deserve so much more, but this is an easy ask. We see you CBS 1/2
November 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
🚨DEI firings at CBS🚨
He asks for this to be downloaded and shared. He and his colleagues deserve so much more, but this is an easy ask. We see you CBS 1/2
He asks for this to be downloaded and shared. He and his colleagues deserve so much more, but this is an easy ask. We see you CBS 1/2
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The United States was the leading destination for top scientists from all over the world.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The United States was the leading destination for top scientists from all over the world.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
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Exactly a week ago tonight, I bought an outstanding quesadilla from a food truck around the corner from my house.
Sometime today, the man who smiled warmly and provided my meal to me, and literal shelter from a rainstorm, was kidnapped by paramilitary forces.
Sometime today, the man who smiled warmly and provided my meal to me, and literal shelter from a rainstorm, was kidnapped by paramilitary forces.
October 31, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Exactly a week ago tonight, I bought an outstanding quesadilla from a food truck around the corner from my house.
Sometime today, the man who smiled warmly and provided my meal to me, and literal shelter from a rainstorm, was kidnapped by paramilitary forces.
Sometime today, the man who smiled warmly and provided my meal to me, and literal shelter from a rainstorm, was kidnapped by paramilitary forces.
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Trans people have warned for years that these anti-trans policies would hurt far more than just trans people.
Citing a Trump executive order banning "gender ideology," the VA is withholding coverage and treatment for male veterans with breast cancer, an increasing condition among veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service. 100 male veterans a year are diagnosed with breast cancer.
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Trans people have warned for years that these anti-trans policies would hurt far more than just trans people.
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A mother of 8 was deported within 24 hours of reporting sexual harassment by an ICE contracto
She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card
Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her.
She spoke out and was kicked out of the country.
It’s retaliation & it’s wrong
She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card
Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her.
She spoke out and was kicked out of the country.
It’s retaliation & it’s wrong
October 29, 2025 at 3:22 AM
A mother of 8 was deported within 24 hours of reporting sexual harassment by an ICE contracto
She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card
Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her.
She spoke out and was kicked out of the country.
It’s retaliation & it’s wrong
She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card
Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her.
She spoke out and was kicked out of the country.
It’s retaliation & it’s wrong
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Do not be a doomer about this. Just call your New York friends and remind them to vote, and tell them to do the same. He is more popular and will win with good turnout.
i hate to be that bitch, but my sources are telling me this early voting data has gotten Zohran's people rightly spooked and y'all better stop assuming this one's in the bag. GOTV
Voter turnout surges in NYC mayor’s race, with Boomers and Gen X leading the charge
The data so far is good news for independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, a political scientist said.
gothamist.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Do not be a doomer about this. Just call your New York friends and remind them to vote, and tell them to do the same. He is more popular and will win with good turnout.
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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🕯 In the Kherson region, a Russian drone killed a woman previously featured by American journalist Zarina Zabrisky
On the morning of October 20, in the village of Antonivka, Kherson region, a Russian drone dropped an explosive on a local resident — 84-year-old Lora was killed.
On the morning of October 20, in the village of Antonivka, Kherson region, a Russian drone dropped an explosive on a local resident — 84-year-old Lora was killed.
October 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🕯 In the Kherson region, a Russian drone killed a woman previously featured by American journalist Zarina Zabrisky
On the morning of October 20, in the village of Antonivka, Kherson region, a Russian drone dropped an explosive on a local resident — 84-year-old Lora was killed.
On the morning of October 20, in the village of Antonivka, Kherson region, a Russian drone dropped an explosive on a local resident — 84-year-old Lora was killed.