Iris
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“As a scientist, the experience was profound.” The first human beings ever to have seen the color “olo”—a brilliant blue-green shade that can be produced only inside a lab—spoke with @rossandersen.bsky.social about the experience:
The ‘Profound’ Experience of Seeing a New Color
The ecstasy of “olo”
bit.ly
April 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“As a scientist, the experience was profound.” The first human beings ever to have seen the color “olo”—a brilliant blue-green shade that can be produced only inside a lab—spoke with @rossandersen.bsky.social about the experience:
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Elon Musk has poured more than $10.8 million into helping Brad Schimel in Wisconsin's Supreme Court election. We're knocking on doors to get the word out and make sure Susan Crawford wins. Wherever you are, you can help.
PeopleVMusk.org
PeopleVMusk.org
March 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Elon Musk has poured more than $10.8 million into helping Brad Schimel in Wisconsin's Supreme Court election. We're knocking on doors to get the word out and make sure Susan Crawford wins. Wherever you are, you can help.
PeopleVMusk.org
PeopleVMusk.org
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AOC: It is almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free when we've been sent here to protect social security, protect medicaid, and protect medicare.
March 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
AOC: It is almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free when we've been sent here to protect social security, protect medicaid, and protect medicare.
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
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This. Touch grass. Take a few deep breaths. Stream “The Wild Robot” and have a piece of pie. Watch Planet Earth.
We fight again tomorrow. Non-violently. Don’t play yourself.
We fight again tomorrow. Non-violently. Don’t play yourself.
Anecdotal, but I'm definitely noticing an uptick in advocacy for violence here. About which I'll say only this: Promoting violence on social media is the work of trolls and fools, those eager to bait others into implicating themselves in the age of surveillance or fools rushing to the gulag.
March 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This. Touch grass. Take a few deep breaths. Stream “The Wild Robot” and have a piece of pie. Watch Planet Earth.
We fight again tomorrow. Non-violently. Don’t play yourself.
We fight again tomorrow. Non-violently. Don’t play yourself.
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My fellow Americans, we officially hit a new low today.
Thanks to felon Trump’s all out assault on democracy, we are now on a civil rights loss warning list with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan & Serbia.
Nonviolent civil resistance is a must!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Thanks to felon Trump’s all out assault on democracy, we are now on a civil rights loss warning list with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan & Serbia.
Nonviolent civil resistance is a must!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms
Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
My fellow Americans, we officially hit a new low today.
Thanks to felon Trump’s all out assault on democracy, we are now on a civil rights loss warning list with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan & Serbia.
Nonviolent civil resistance is a must!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Thanks to felon Trump’s all out assault on democracy, we are now on a civil rights loss warning list with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan & Serbia.
Nonviolent civil resistance is a must!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday that it would dismiss a case against Elon Musk’s SpaceX, in which the rocket company had been accused of discriminating against people based on their citizenship status.
Justice Dept. to Drop Discrimination Case Against Elon Musk’s SpaceX
The Justice Department had sued SpaceX in 2023, accusing the company of violating federal law by refusing to hire refugees and people granted asylum in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday that it would dismiss a case against Elon Musk’s SpaceX, in which the rocket company had been accused of discriminating against people based on their citizenship status.
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".. not only did Trump not win any sort of mandate, his honeymoon numbers are basically a participation trophy compared with other presidents."
@sykescharlie.bsky.social
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Trump's "Honeymoon" Didn't Even Last a Month
“You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, prime minister of free, independent Canada, after last night’s OT hockey win over the USA.
charliesykes.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
".. not only did Trump not win any sort of mandate, his honeymoon numbers are basically a participation trophy compared with other presidents."
@sykescharlie.bsky.social
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@sykescharlie.bsky.social
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The Trump administration reversed a plan to shut down the government website that ships free coronavirus tests to households, after The Post reported that the administration was preparing to end the program and was evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of tests.
U.S. reverses plan to shut down free covid test program
The government had been preparing to shut down the program that ships free coronavirus tests to American households and was considering destroying 160 million tests.
wapo.st
February 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Trump administration reversed a plan to shut down the government website that ships free coronavirus tests to households, after The Post reported that the administration was preparing to end the program and was evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of tests.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that it is moving to correct the accidental firing of several people working on the federal government’s response to an outbreak of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu.
USDA tries to reverse mistaken firing of bird flu response workers
The department is trying to rehire the employees as avian influenza causes egg prices to soar and as Elon Musk’s DOGE makes sweeping cuts to government agencies
wapo.st
February 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that it is moving to correct the accidental firing of several people working on the federal government’s response to an outbreak of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu.