itiswhatitisnt.bsky.social
@itiswhatitisnt.bsky.social
Biochemist, roboticist, futurist, idiot.
Last millennia was a quarter of a century ago
May 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
May 22, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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@brontyman.bsky.social
RFK Jr’s brain
May 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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May 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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When will voters ever learn that the GOP is not the fiscally responsible party?
May 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Putin’s Istanbul Trap Just Collapsed—And Zelensky Made It Happen
substack.com/@concis21/no...
Putin’s Istanbul Trap Just Collapsed—And Zelensky Made It Happen
Inside the 24 hours that turned a Kremlin power play into a public humiliation—and why the next move could change everything.
substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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May 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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RFK Jr starts having a tantrum as Chris Murphy details how he lied during his confirmation hearing about his anti-vax views
May 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
May 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Library of Congress staff just showed what resistance looks like. After Trump abruptly fired Dr. Carla Hayden, the respected Librarian of Congress, he tried to install Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer and current Deputy Attorney General, as acting librarian. Staff weren’t having it.
May 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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This part
May 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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I knew it! The White House is considering SUSPENDING HABEAS CORPUS. And here I thought I was being paranoid.
May 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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I think about this comic at least once a week
May 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Excommunication of Trump plz. I am not a catholic, but I would mime along to any prayer you feel like throwing out for that one
May 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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“According to leaked documents obtained by The Forward,” the Heritage Foundation (leader of Project 2025) is “planning to identify & target Wikipedia editors it claims are ‘abusing their power’ by publishing content that the group considers to be anti-Semitic…” 1/30/25 www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
The Right Takes Aim at Wikipedia
Disputes around edits are nothing new, but the rise of partisanship has added fuel to the fire.
www.cjr.org
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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TANK vs TESLA

"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"

- ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Bird photography tips, an oldie that is hopefully useful for spring migration right now.
April 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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My theory that most people are simply not very smart continues to pan out daily
April 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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NEW: Abrego Garcia is getting a lot of attention, but many people are asking about the rest of the men being unlawfully held in CECOT. Here's what's going on with them. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/so-what-ab...
So What About Everyone Else at CECOT?
Many have been asking about all the other people unlawfully disappeared to El Salvador, and who is fighting for them.
www.muellershewrote.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
April 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.
Colleague of Harvard scientist held by ICE warns that foreign scientists are scared
Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.
www.npr.org
April 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
April 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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I know everyone's going to love this and I don't want to spoil the fun but it's illiberal. I'm sorry. I know. But it is.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lib Dems back ban on playing music and videos on public transport in England
Under the plan, those who flout the prohibition could face a maximum fine of £1,000
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. 

Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.

Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. 

But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
April 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM