Anna Rogers
@jollyette.bsky.social
fellow at @motherjones.com | words in SciAm, Slate, Teen Vogue, Sierra Magazine, Discover, etc. | former NIH employee | she/they | Oakland, CA
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If you're celebrating California's passing of Prop. 50, don't forget to acknowledge the Black organizers who made it happen.
Racial justice campaigners were Prop. 50's army in the field
For the Black organizers who made it happen, California redistricting was just one more round in a decades-long fight.
www.motherjones.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Fellow arthropod fans: This is even more amazing than the headline describes! The researchers say it’s “the first evidence of colonial behavior in two common spider species.”
November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Fellow arthropod fans: This is even more amazing than the headline describes! The researchers say it’s “the first evidence of colonial behavior in two common spider species.”
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Reposting to correct an error: trump admin is quietly gutting 13 buildings and about 100 laboratories at Goddard campus that has been instrumental to Hubble and James Webb telescope missions. Staff say they’ve be locked and told to move equipment. Anything left behind will be thrown away.
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear
(CNN) — Alarm is growing among federal workers at NASA’s iconic Goddard Space Flight Center’s main campus in Greenbelt, Maryland — the nerve center for groundbreaking missions like the Hubble
www.wkow.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Reposting to correct an error: trump admin is quietly gutting 13 buildings and about 100 laboratories at Goddard campus that has been instrumental to Hubble and James Webb telescope missions. Staff say they’ve be locked and told to move equipment. Anything left behind will be thrown away.
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Please, every time you hear excited and frankly earned praise for Newsom's gutsy move in creating Prop 50 out of whole cloth, PLEASE:
Remember this ⬇️
Remember this ⬇️
Gavin Newsom Cites Trans Godson While Taking Anti-Trans Position
The California governor said that the states trans-inclusive laws around sports should change.
www.them.us
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Please, every time you hear excited and frankly earned praise for Newsom's gutsy move in creating Prop 50 out of whole cloth, PLEASE:
Remember this ⬇️
Remember this ⬇️
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Today is an absolute rebuke of anti-transgender politics, and a real sign that the anti-trans panic is fading.
From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
Democrats are currently ahead in 63 (!!!) races in the Virginia House of Delegates.
If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.
Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.
If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.
Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Today is an absolute rebuke of anti-transgender politics, and a real sign that the anti-trans panic is fading.
From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
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put a stake in it www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Zohran Mamdani drags the Democratic party into the future
This was a local race with national implications, whether the party's leaders liked it or not.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
put a stake in it www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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It's expensive to be disabled. Those costs can keep people working past the point where it's in their best interest, including for aging adults. www.businessinsider.com/older-americ...
She's 93 and still job searching despite 14 broken arms and other injuries. She can't afford not to work.
America's oldest workers keep clocking in — many despite health issues and disabilities. And some can't afford to retire. We talked to nearly 200.
www.businessinsider.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It's expensive to be disabled. Those costs can keep people working past the point where it's in their best interest, including for aging adults. www.businessinsider.com/older-americ...
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Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
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My family's health insurance costs are doubling next year
Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
November 1, 2025 at 3:49 AM
My family's health insurance costs are doubling next year
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In late 80s I was social worker in Houston working in Verification unit for food stamps. Made unannounced home visits to verify applicants were qualified &had reported all income etc. Unit was dismantled because cost more to run than were recovering. Very little fraud.So many myths/lies about SNAP
As SNAP hangs in the balance for nearly 42 million people, misinformation is rampant. Myths of laziness and fraud persist when we should be talking about too low wages for workers, income inequality, and our threadbare social safety net.
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more
Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In late 80s I was social worker in Houston working in Verification unit for food stamps. Made unannounced home visits to verify applicants were qualified &had reported all income etc. Unit was dismantled because cost more to run than were recovering. Very little fraud.So many myths/lies about SNAP
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Two million more people than the previous “No Kings” gatherings from June showed up across 2,700 events in big Blue cities and, notably, in reliably Republican towns.
From Texas to Tennessee, even Trump country is marching against Trump
A new Harvard study shows that 2025 protests are likely the most geographically widespread in US history.
www.motherjones.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Two million more people than the previous “No Kings” gatherings from June showed up across 2,700 events in big Blue cities and, notably, in reliably Republican towns.
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NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off
Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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this is horrifying, and I fear the compounded impact of not just this unimaginable storm, but also the devastation that will smolder as so many other, more powerful, fossil-fuel-spewing countries roll back international aid and close their doors to refugees www.commondreams.org/news/jamaica...
'Jamaica Will Be Unrecognizable After This': Hurricane Melissa Erupts Into Category 5 'Monster' | Common Dreams
One hurricane historian said the world is "witnessing history on satellite right now" as the people of Jamaica came under evacuation orders and braced for impact of a storm that threatens severe flood...
www.commondreams.org
October 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
this is horrifying, and I fear the compounded impact of not just this unimaginable storm, but also the devastation that will smolder as so many other, more powerful, fossil-fuel-spewing countries roll back international aid and close their doors to refugees www.commondreams.org/news/jamaica...
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Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
Furloughed feds pick up Seattle beach trash to keep serving the public
Furloughed federal employees were out in the rain picking up cigarette butts, bottle caps, and other trash at Seattle’s Golden Gardens Park on Friday.
www.kuow.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
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Under Trump, the federal workplace anti-discrimination agency engaged in...workplace discrimination
Under Trump, federal workplace anti-discrimination agency engaged in… workplace discrimination
A judge rules that the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission created a hostile work environment for a transgender employee.
www.motherjones.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Under Trump, the federal workplace anti-discrimination agency engaged in...workplace discrimination
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The government is currently shut down
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The government is currently shut down
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"Why did the chicken cross the road? To stop a fascist regime."
The inflatable resistance continues from Portland, Oregon to the Alameda, California.
The inflatable resistance continues from Portland, Oregon to the Alameda, California.
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"Why did the chicken cross the road? To stop a fascist regime."
The inflatable resistance continues from Portland, Oregon to the Alameda, California.
The inflatable resistance continues from Portland, Oregon to the Alameda, California.
as someone who’s been reading a lot about labor history recently, they made some pretty clear laws against exactly this in the 1910s
The Pentagon is barring nearly all Defense Department personnel, from talking to Congress or state lawmakers unless they have received prior approval from the agency's office of legislative affairs, according to a memo signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, obtained by CNN. https://cnn.it/4qiv1zH
October 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
as someone who’s been reading a lot about labor history recently, they made some pretty clear laws against exactly this in the 1910s
“They wrongly believe that the world turns on ideas only, and devalue the work that goes into their execution.”
every time I’m with people who have spent time developing a creative skill these days, I feel like this is the conversation, which this essay describes gut-punchingly well
every time I’m with people who have spent time developing a creative skill these days, I feel like this is the conversation, which this essay describes gut-punchingly well
Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
AI’s Invasive Species
The slop is winning.
www.theatlantic.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“They wrongly believe that the world turns on ideas only, and devalue the work that goes into their execution.”
every time I’m with people who have spent time developing a creative skill these days, I feel like this is the conversation, which this essay describes gut-punchingly well
every time I’m with people who have spent time developing a creative skill these days, I feel like this is the conversation, which this essay describes gut-punchingly well
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Russell Vought, Trump’s OMB chief, famously promised to put career civil servants “in trauma” and cast them as public "villains." The Americans who showed up en masse on Saturday weren't buying his BS.
The federal workers who showed up at "No Kings" are not the villains in this story
A shutdown, mass firings, political hacks aiming to traumatize them: It's been a rough year for dedicated civil servants.
www.motherjones.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Russell Vought, Trump’s OMB chief, famously promised to put career civil servants “in trauma” and cast them as public "villains." The Americans who showed up en masse on Saturday weren't buying his BS.
You know who has plenty of time to make some good protest signs? Furloughed workers. Some of my colleagues @motherjones.com and I talked to current and ex federal employees who attended No Kings this weekend www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The federal workers who showed up at "No Kings" are not the villains in this story
A shutdown, mass firings, political hacks aiming to traumatize them: It's been a rough year for dedicated civil servants.
www.motherjones.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
You know who has plenty of time to make some good protest signs? Furloughed workers. Some of my colleagues @motherjones.com and I talked to current and ex federal employees who attended No Kings this weekend www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Ordinarily trials of vaccines are testing:
1. Is it safe to take?
then 2. Does it result in better outcomes than existing statistics of untreated infections?
But to test existing vaccines against placebos, you have to take people with an infection, & *deliberately not treat them*
Totally unethical
1. Is it safe to take?
then 2. Does it result in better outcomes than existing statistics of untreated infections?
But to test existing vaccines against placebos, you have to take people with an infection, & *deliberately not treat them*
Totally unethical
"No IRB in the world would approve it." That's what every researcher has told me about saline placebo trials to test vaccines we already have.
The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Instability and whiplash’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while former top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Ordinarily trials of vaccines are testing:
1. Is it safe to take?
then 2. Does it result in better outcomes than existing statistics of untreated infections?
But to test existing vaccines against placebos, you have to take people with an infection, & *deliberately not treat them*
Totally unethical
1. Is it safe to take?
then 2. Does it result in better outcomes than existing statistics of untreated infections?
But to test existing vaccines against placebos, you have to take people with an infection, & *deliberately not treat them*
Totally unethical
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"It's anti-fascist, antifa. I don't believe in fascism. We fought fascism years ago, and we're gonna fight it again."
Thousands gathered for San Francisco's No Kings rally on Saturday. Mother Jones digital producers Peter Berger and Anna Yeo chatted with a few protesters:
Thousands gathered for San Francisco's No Kings rally on Saturday. Mother Jones digital producers Peter Berger and Anna Yeo chatted with a few protesters:
October 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
"It's anti-fascist, antifa. I don't believe in fascism. We fought fascism years ago, and we're gonna fight it again."
Thousands gathered for San Francisco's No Kings rally on Saturday. Mother Jones digital producers Peter Berger and Anna Yeo chatted with a few protesters:
Thousands gathered for San Francisco's No Kings rally on Saturday. Mother Jones digital producers Peter Berger and Anna Yeo chatted with a few protesters:
I heard from an inflatable unicorn that frog suits are backordered to late november
We’re in the middle of a nationwide frog costume supply chain crisis. Thanks, Trump.
October 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I heard from an inflatable unicorn that frog suits are backordered to late november