Josi-Kneisel
@josi-kneisel.bsky.social
Nerd. Mom, grandma, pug mom, Space Hipster. Human rights, science, environment, history, nature, and cute pugs make me happy.
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"In the Voyager Declaration, the 287 signatories warn that political interference & abrupt budget reductions could jeopardize decades of progress in space exploration, aeronautics & climate science."
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July 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"In the Voyager Declaration, the 287 signatories warn that political interference & abrupt budget reductions could jeopardize decades of progress in space exploration, aeronautics & climate science."
Sign your support for the #NASA #VoyagerDeclaration signatories ➡️zurl.co/pm96R
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Mike Lee shouldn't just be expelled from Congress, he should be expelled from public life, just completely shunned by everyone he encounters like in that episode of The Twilight Zone.
He is unfit to hold public office and his party should take action. The party won't, but it should.
He is unfit to hold public office and his party should take action. The party won't, but it should.
June 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Mike Lee shouldn't just be expelled from Congress, he should be expelled from public life, just completely shunned by everyone he encounters like in that episode of The Twilight Zone.
He is unfit to hold public office and his party should take action. The party won't, but it should.
He is unfit to hold public office and his party should take action. The party won't, but it should.
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Good morning 🌞
I definitely say good after yesterday’s massive turnout all over the place.
This is who we are!
I definitely say good after yesterday’s massive turnout all over the place.
This is who we are!
June 15, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Good morning 🌞
I definitely say good after yesterday’s massive turnout all over the place.
This is who we are!
I definitely say good after yesterday’s massive turnout all over the place.
This is who we are!
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DOGE was never about savings. It was always about surveillance.
Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.
Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.
April 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
DOGE was never about savings. It was always about surveillance.
Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.
Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.
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At least 40% of seniors’ ONLY income is from Social Security. They need it to buy food, pay for heat, etc. Yet this clueless, very rich cabinet secretary claims that if a monthly check didn’t arrive, just “fraudsters” would complain. #mepolitics
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick: "Let's say Social Security didn't send out their checks this month, my mother-in-law wouldn't call and complain. She just wouldn't."
March 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
At least 40% of seniors’ ONLY income is from Social Security. They need it to buy food, pay for heat, etc. Yet this clueless, very rich cabinet secretary claims that if a monthly check didn’t arrive, just “fraudsters” would complain. #mepolitics
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Thou shalt not let anti-science imbeciles destroy the Department of Education so everyone can be as stupid as they are.
March 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Thou shalt not let anti-science imbeciles destroy the Department of Education so everyone can be as stupid as they are.
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As the Iron Curtain fall on American Science, we can learn much from the heroes of the past.
Noncompliance is a powerful weapon!
Czechoslovakia’s velvet revolution, after Soviet invasion in ‘68
When a Soviet comes to you
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing.
Czechoslovakia’s velvet revolution, after Soviet invasion in ‘68
When a Soviet comes to you
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing.
March 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
As the Iron Curtain fall on American Science, we can learn much from the heroes of the past.
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Yet again, it’s time to bring up a very important episode of @ricksteves.bsky.social . It’s very much worth your time to check it out and pay attention to how eerily similar it is to our current state of affairs.
youtube.com/watch?v=JU1I...
youtube.com/watch?v=JU1I...
Rick Steves' The Story of Fascism in Europe
YouTube video by Rick Steves' Europe
youtube.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Yet again, it’s time to bring up a very important episode of @ricksteves.bsky.social . It’s very much worth your time to check it out and pay attention to how eerily similar it is to our current state of affairs.
youtube.com/watch?v=JU1I...
youtube.com/watch?v=JU1I...
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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company.
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
March 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company.
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
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This absolutely breaks my heart. Severe childhood illness is so scary. As a parent, I honestly can't imagine. I wouldn't wish this on anyone.
Unvaccinated school-aged child dies of measles in Texas amid growing outbreak. It is the first measles death in the US since 2015. arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Unvaccinated school-aged child dies of measles in Texas amid growing outbreak
It is the first measles death in the US since 2015.
arstechnica.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This absolutely breaks my heart. Severe childhood illness is so scary. As a parent, I honestly can't imagine. I wouldn't wish this on anyone.
My accomplishments this week.
1. Hospitalized
2. Resumed a normal heartbeat.
3. Home. Slept. A lot.
4.Successfully put on a major event at work on my first day back.
5. Resist kings.
1. Hospitalized
2. Resumed a normal heartbeat.
3. Home. Slept. A lot.
4.Successfully put on a major event at work on my first day back.
5. Resist kings.
February 24, 2025 at 5:35 AM
My accomplishments this week.
1. Hospitalized
2. Resumed a normal heartbeat.
3. Home. Slept. A lot.
4.Successfully put on a major event at work on my first day back.
5. Resist kings.
1. Hospitalized
2. Resumed a normal heartbeat.
3. Home. Slept. A lot.
4.Successfully put on a major event at work on my first day back.
5. Resist kings.
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February 23, 2025
February 23, 2025
Something is shifting,” scholar of authoritarianism Timothy Snyder posted on Bluesky yesterday.
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February 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
February 23, 2025
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VACCINES SAVE LIVES
Vaccines ended the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vaccines and other public health measures save the lives of millions of children worldwide.
Do not let RFKJr and the Trump admin take us back to a time when 5 in 10 children died before the age of 5.
theconversation.com/infectious-d...
Vaccines ended the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vaccines and other public health measures save the lives of millions of children worldwide.
Do not let RFKJr and the Trump admin take us back to a time when 5 in 10 children died before the age of 5.
theconversation.com/infectious-d...
Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates — their novels highlight the fragility of public health today
Between 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.
theconversation.com
February 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
VACCINES SAVE LIVES
Vaccines ended the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vaccines and other public health measures save the lives of millions of children worldwide.
Do not let RFKJr and the Trump admin take us back to a time when 5 in 10 children died before the age of 5.
theconversation.com/infectious-d...
Vaccines ended the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vaccines and other public health measures save the lives of millions of children worldwide.
Do not let RFKJr and the Trump admin take us back to a time when 5 in 10 children died before the age of 5.
theconversation.com/infectious-d...
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I can’t remember where I read this, but it’s important:
Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?
Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?
February 19, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I can’t remember where I read this, but it’s important:
Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?
Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?