Heath Watts, PhD
@heathwatts.bsky.social
Geochemist, retired saxophonist, blues singer/guitarist, socialist, anti-MAGA
The Venezuela tanker situation feels eerily like "Remember the Maine", the Gulf of Tonkin "Incident", and Bush's WMDs.
What are the chanced Americans will fall for it again?
I'd say 100%.
What are the chanced Americans will fall for it again?
I'd say 100%.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Venezuela tanker situation feels eerily like "Remember the Maine", the Gulf of Tonkin "Incident", and Bush's WMDs.
What are the chanced Americans will fall for it again?
I'd say 100%.
What are the chanced Americans will fall for it again?
I'd say 100%.
I don't know, but I'm starting to get the feeling that Donald Trump is a liar.
It seems like the press is surprised by this fact every time.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
It seems like the press is surprised by this fact every time.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
Fact check: Trump denies saying something he said on camera five days ago | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Monday falsely denied making a comment he had made on camera just five days prior. Then he launched a personal attack against the reporter who had accurately repeated his pre...
www.cnn.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I don't know, but I'm starting to get the feeling that Donald Trump is a liar.
It seems like the press is surprised by this fact every time.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
It seems like the press is surprised by this fact every time.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
Reposted by Heath Watts, PhD
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If your company's CEO makes a million dollars a year and claims to work 60 hours a week, then an employee of that CEO should work 3 hours 36 minutes per week, if their salary is $60,000 per year.
Time is money.
Also, you only get one life.
Time is money.
Also, you only get one life.
November 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If your company's CEO makes a million dollars a year and claims to work 60 hours a week, then an employee of that CEO should work 3 hours 36 minutes per week, if their salary is $60,000 per year.
Time is money.
Also, you only get one life.
Time is money.
Also, you only get one life.
So excited about AI.
/s
/s
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
So excited about AI.
/s
/s
This recent study shows a strong association between higher rates of autism and COVID infections in pregnant women.
These results are damning for anti-vaxers and should hurt the brains of MAGAts and other vaccine deniers, but those people have nothing to hurt.
journals.lww.com/greenjournal...
These results are damning for anti-vaxers and should hurt the brains of MAGAts and other vaccine deniers, but those people have nothing to hurt.
journals.lww.com/greenjournal...
journals.lww.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This recent study shows a strong association between higher rates of autism and COVID infections in pregnant women.
These results are damning for anti-vaxers and should hurt the brains of MAGAts and other vaccine deniers, but those people have nothing to hurt.
journals.lww.com/greenjournal...
These results are damning for anti-vaxers and should hurt the brains of MAGAts and other vaccine deniers, but those people have nothing to hurt.
journals.lww.com/greenjournal...
Fascism in America today.
The Jan 6ers were a riotous mob, but Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols placed two federal prosecutors on leave after they accurately described that mob in a memo.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
The Jan 6ers were a riotous mob, but Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols placed two federal prosecutors on leave after they accurately described that mob in a memo.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Trump-appointed judge praises prosecutors placed on leave after calling Jan. 6 a 'riot'
The comments came at the sentencing of a former Jan. 6 defendant who was arrested in 2023 after he showed up in Barack Obama's neighborhood carrying weapons.
www.nbcnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Fascism in America today.
The Jan 6ers were a riotous mob, but Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols placed two federal prosecutors on leave after they accurately described that mob in a memo.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
The Jan 6ers were a riotous mob, but Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols placed two federal prosecutors on leave after they accurately described that mob in a memo.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Right wingers tell us that the US isn't a democracy but a republic.
A republic for white, male, protestant, property owners was the intention of the "Founding Fathers", who were anti-democracy, but that isn't what we should desire.
youtu.be/Jd9-tKb01ZI?...
@tadstoermer.bsky.social
A republic for white, male, protestant, property owners was the intention of the "Founding Fathers", who were anti-democracy, but that isn't what we should desire.
youtu.be/Jd9-tKb01ZI?...
@tadstoermer.bsky.social
Don’t Take the Far Right’s Bait: Exposing the Founders’ Anti-Democracy Playbook
YouTube video by Tad Stoermer
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Right wingers tell us that the US isn't a democracy but a republic.
A republic for white, male, protestant, property owners was the intention of the "Founding Fathers", who were anti-democracy, but that isn't what we should desire.
youtu.be/Jd9-tKb01ZI?...
@tadstoermer.bsky.social
A republic for white, male, protestant, property owners was the intention of the "Founding Fathers", who were anti-democracy, but that isn't what we should desire.
youtu.be/Jd9-tKb01ZI?...
@tadstoermer.bsky.social
Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1944 State of the Union address suggested a new Bill of Rights and discussed why Nazism and Fascism arose in Europe.
We did not heed FDR's warning, nor did we create a new Bill of Rights, so fascism has come to America.
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We did not heed FDR's warning, nor did we create a new Bill of Rights, so fascism has come to America.
www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/add...
Full text transcription of the January 11, 1944 State of the Union Address to Congress. Also known as the Economic Bill of Rights speech and the Second Bill of Rights Speech.
www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1944 State of the Union address suggested a new Bill of Rights and discussed why Nazism and Fascism arose in Europe.
We did not heed FDR's warning, nor did we create a new Bill of Rights, so fascism has come to America.
www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/add...
We did not heed FDR's warning, nor did we create a new Bill of Rights, so fascism has come to America.
www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/add...
Reminder, next time you eat Asian food, add some MSG.
It makes food delicious and it's safe to eat.
This video discussed the origin of the myth of MSG being bad for us. Bonus: The video has a cameo from, thankfully dead, Pat Robertson telling another lie.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8Y...
It makes food delicious and it's safe to eat.
This video discussed the origin of the myth of MSG being bad for us. Bonus: The video has a cameo from, thankfully dead, Pat Robertson telling another lie.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8Y...
Is the fear of MSG rooted in xenophobia? | China Tonight | ABC News
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Reminder, next time you eat Asian food, add some MSG.
It makes food delicious and it's safe to eat.
This video discussed the origin of the myth of MSG being bad for us. Bonus: The video has a cameo from, thankfully dead, Pat Robertson telling another lie.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8Y...
It makes food delicious and it's safe to eat.
This video discussed the origin of the myth of MSG being bad for us. Bonus: The video has a cameo from, thankfully dead, Pat Robertson telling another lie.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8Y...
Let's see.
Should I believe a college dropout, non-scientist, who is buying up farmland and looking for money to produce food, or thousands of climate scientists who have produced mountains of data showing the threat of climate change.
For shame, @billgates.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/b...
Should I believe a college dropout, non-scientist, who is buying up farmland and looking for money to produce food, or thousands of climate scientists who have produced mountains of data showing the threat of climate change.
For shame, @billgates.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/b...
Bill Gates makes a stunning claim about climate change | CNN Business
In a stunning and significant pushback to the “doomsday” climate activist community, Bill Gates, a leading proponent for carbon emissions reductions, published a remarkable essay Tuesday that argued r...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Let's see.
Should I believe a college dropout, non-scientist, who is buying up farmland and looking for money to produce food, or thousands of climate scientists who have produced mountains of data showing the threat of climate change.
For shame, @billgates.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/b...
Should I believe a college dropout, non-scientist, who is buying up farmland and looking for money to produce food, or thousands of climate scientists who have produced mountains of data showing the threat of climate change.
For shame, @billgates.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/b...
Burn the US flag, face prosecution under the Trump regime.
Tear down the White House and make profit by building a gaudy ballroom to celebrate yourself and prepare for the 3rd term as POTUS? All good, right?
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Tear down the White House and make profit by building a gaudy ballroom to celebrate yourself and prepare for the 3rd term as POTUS? All good, right?
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Why Trump Tore Down the East Wing
The act of destruction is precisely the point: a kind of performance piece meant to display Trump’s arbitrary power over the Presidency, including its physical seat.
www.newyorker.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Burn the US flag, face prosecution under the Trump regime.
Tear down the White House and make profit by building a gaudy ballroom to celebrate yourself and prepare for the 3rd term as POTUS? All good, right?
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Tear down the White House and make profit by building a gaudy ballroom to celebrate yourself and prepare for the 3rd term as POTUS? All good, right?
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I am appalled and embarrassed by my country.
Trump and his monstrous henchpeople need to go.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump and his monstrous henchpeople need to go.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
US forces kill two in strike alleged drug boat in the Pacific
At least eight strikes have been conducted against alleged drug traffickers near Latin America.
www.bbc.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I am appalled and embarrassed by my country.
Trump and his monstrous henchpeople need to go.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump and his monstrous henchpeople need to go.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Great article in USA Today by @rexhuppke.bsky.social
After reading it, I'm all in for the ballroom! /s
After reading it, I'm all in for the ballroom! /s
"All my life, I’ve been a single-issue voter, and that issue has been to find a president with the courage and good taste to rip apart some of the uggo White House and attach a 90,000-square-foot, gold-forward, glass-walled ballroom." @rexhuppke.bsky.social nails it. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
I'm glad Trump is demolishing the White House to build a ballroom | Opinion
When I saw images of the East Wing of the White House being demolished, I thought: The president is finally acting on an issue that matters: BALLROOM!
www.usatoday.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Great article in USA Today by @rexhuppke.bsky.social
After reading it, I'm all in for the ballroom! /s
After reading it, I'm all in for the ballroom! /s
Reposted by Heath Watts, PhD
If SCOTUS decides in favor of the Trump regime, the regime could use data from marijuana dispensaries to find Democrats who use and have registered firearms.
This is a gun grab, which could make it easier for the regime to round of Democrats and put them in camps.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
This is a gun grab, which could make it easier for the regime to round of Democrats and put them in camps.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Supreme Court will review gun law that was used to convict Hunter Biden
The case is a Second Amendment challenge to a law banning gun possession by people who use illegal drugs.
www.politico.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
If SCOTUS decides in favor of the Trump regime, the regime could use data from marijuana dispensaries to find Democrats who use and have registered firearms.
This is a gun grab, which could make it easier for the regime to round of Democrats and put them in camps.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
This is a gun grab, which could make it easier for the regime to round of Democrats and put them in camps.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Perhaps we should give anti-vaccine nuts their own private Idaho.
I suggest Idaho.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
I suggest Idaho.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
After success in Idaho, anti-vaccine activists want to export their idiocy nationwide
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine.
arstechnica.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Perhaps we should give anti-vaccine nuts their own private Idaho.
I suggest Idaho.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
I suggest Idaho.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
A reminder that Trump is a racist.
youtu.be/bL57DCAs8ME?...
youtu.be/bL57DCAs8ME?...
TRUMP'S DECADE LONG RECORD of RACIST Comments Revealed
YouTube video by Paul Lance
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A reminder that Trump is a racist.
youtu.be/bL57DCAs8ME?...
youtu.be/bL57DCAs8ME?...
Now that Trump has pardoned George Santos, will Santos get a cabinet position.
I suggest that a new Department of MAGA Ethics be created and Santos can head it.
/s
I suggest that a new Department of MAGA Ethics be created and Santos can head it.
/s
October 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Now that Trump has pardoned George Santos, will Santos get a cabinet position.
I suggest that a new Department of MAGA Ethics be created and Santos can head it.
/s
I suggest that a new Department of MAGA Ethics be created and Santos can head it.
/s
Reposted by Heath Watts, PhD
Reposted by Heath Watts, PhD
Perhaps it's time to test the 1st Amendment.
Trump is bragging about taking away free speech by targeting people who burn the US flag, which is an infinitesimal number of people.
Maybe we should organize a burn the flag day where thousands of Americans burn the flag in protest of the Trump regime.
Trump is bragging about taking away free speech by targeting people who burn the US flag, which is an infinitesimal number of people.
Maybe we should organize a burn the flag day where thousands of Americans burn the flag in protest of the Trump regime.
October 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Perhaps it's time to test the 1st Amendment.
Trump is bragging about taking away free speech by targeting people who burn the US flag, which is an infinitesimal number of people.
Maybe we should organize a burn the flag day where thousands of Americans burn the flag in protest of the Trump regime.
Trump is bragging about taking away free speech by targeting people who burn the US flag, which is an infinitesimal number of people.
Maybe we should organize a burn the flag day where thousands of Americans burn the flag in protest of the Trump regime.
Reposted by Heath Watts, PhD
