Kassandra’s Lark
@kassandras-lark.bsky.social
Writer- science 🔬, public health 😷, ecology 🦋🐿️, commentary 🤨
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"Americans who are waiting for Trump to cross some imaginary red line neglect the fact that they have more leverage to defend American democracy today than they will tomorrow, or next week, or next month."
April 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"Americans who are waiting for Trump to cross some imaginary red line neglect the fact that they have more leverage to defend American democracy today than they will tomorrow, or next week, or next month."
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The absolute stupidity of the people in charge is absolutely mind-numbing.
We deserve everything we get by allowing this to happen.
We deserve everything we get by allowing this to happen.
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The absolute stupidity of the people in charge is absolutely mind-numbing.
We deserve everything we get by allowing this to happen.
We deserve everything we get by allowing this to happen.
Are we great yet?
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Are we great yet?
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Americans need to get used to the idea of their friends and family members literally shitting themselves to death.
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
www.cbsnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Americans need to get used to the idea of their friends and family members literally shitting themselves to death.
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🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
April 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
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How could Israel be selling licenses for land/sea belonging to Palestinians more than a year before October 7th, and why would they be rewarded just 22 days later?
August 31, 2024 at 10:05 PM
How could Israel be selling licenses for land/sea belonging to Palestinians more than a year before October 7th, and why would they be rewarded just 22 days later?
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Today @vanhollen.senate.gov was denied entry to the same prison.
We've reached the point where Republicans are flying to El Salvador to visit one of the most vicious prisons in the world to have photo ops so they can prove their loyalty to the President of the United States.
April 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Today @vanhollen.senate.gov was denied entry to the same prison.
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Last month, the CDC Division of Viral Hepatitis found the source of a Hepatitis C outbreak in Florida that state officials had been unable to solve since December. Now the entire Division has been fired, leaving investigations of outbreaks in OR, PA, MA, NM, WI, WV and GA, unsolved in addition to FL
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.
In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Last month, the CDC Division of Viral Hepatitis found the source of a Hepatitis C outbreak in Florida that state officials had been unable to solve since December. Now the entire Division has been fired, leaving investigations of outbreaks in OR, PA, MA, NM, WI, WV and GA, unsolved in addition to FL
No American tax dollars funding concentration camps 🤮😡
April 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
No American tax dollars funding concentration camps 🤮😡
“I voted for you to hurt OTHER PEOPLE, not ME!”
- magats finding out after fucking around
- magats finding out after fucking around
February 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“I voted for you to hurt OTHER PEOPLE, not ME!”
- magats finding out after fucking around
- magats finding out after fucking around
The US gov plans to execute undocumented people. See page 2, "II. Seeking the Death Penalty":
🚨 "...the policy shall also be applied to cases involving... aliens who traverse our borders and remain in the United States without legal status." 🚨
🚨 "...the policy shall also be applied to cases involving... aliens who traverse our borders and remain in the United States without legal status." 🚨
www.justice.gov
February 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The US gov plans to execute undocumented people. See page 2, "II. Seeking the Death Penalty":
🚨 "...the policy shall also be applied to cases involving... aliens who traverse our borders and remain in the United States without legal status." 🚨
🚨 "...the policy shall also be applied to cases involving... aliens who traverse our borders and remain in the United States without legal status." 🚨
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Marco Rubio's new acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, ladies and gentlemen.
February 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Marco Rubio's new acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, ladies and gentlemen.
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Hey so FYI this is why a lot of us believe billionaires should not exist. Because no one should be rich enough to topple a government
February 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Hey so FYI this is why a lot of us believe billionaires should not exist. Because no one should be rich enough to topple a government
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For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
Black History Month is not only a celebration of the rich history of Black life, politics, culture, and struggle. It is also a reminder to engage every day with that history as we ...
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February 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
Totally normal thing to see happening in a functional democratic society. So normal the corporate news isn’t even mentioning this sort of thing.
Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
February 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Totally normal thing to see happening in a functional democratic society. So normal the corporate news isn’t even mentioning this sort of thing.
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Today at the FBI Academy, a picture is worth a thousand words.
It's all getting rather gray - like on Camazotz, another "dark planet."
It's all getting rather gray - like on Camazotz, another "dark planet."
January 31, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Today at the FBI Academy, a picture is worth a thousand words.
It's all getting rather gray - like on Camazotz, another "dark planet."
It's all getting rather gray - like on Camazotz, another "dark planet."
Unqualified drunk wife beater is leading DoD. Seems on brand that unqualified animal abusing grifter leads HHS. 🇺🇸
January 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Unqualified drunk wife beater is leading DoD. Seems on brand that unqualified animal abusing grifter leads HHS. 🇺🇸
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Trump and Elon are killing us in whole airplanes now.
January 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Trump and Elon are killing us in whole airplanes now.
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“Merit-based” 🤡
January 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“Merit-based” 🤡
The current administration aims to destabilize the United States more than any external terror attack ever could.
January 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The current administration aims to destabilize the United States more than any external terror attack ever could.
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Democrats, rather than finding a single narrow issue and focusing on it (e.g., egg prices), you need to chase EVERY Trump outrage.
They all support the core point: Trump is pursuing a chaotic far-right overthrow of existing US government, trying to destroy our way of life.
They all support the core point: Trump is pursuing a chaotic far-right overthrow of existing US government, trying to destroy our way of life.
January 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Democrats, rather than finding a single narrow issue and focusing on it (e.g., egg prices), you need to chase EVERY Trump outrage.
They all support the core point: Trump is pursuing a chaotic far-right overthrow of existing US government, trying to destroy our way of life.
They all support the core point: Trump is pursuing a chaotic far-right overthrow of existing US government, trying to destroy our way of life.
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Kloster wrote, “Consent is probably modern society’s most pernicious fetish.” He also has written online that “Slaves owe us reparations.” In 2023, roughly six months after being served a temporary restraining order, he tweeted, “I need a woman who looks like she got punched.”
The federal government's new top HR attorney has said "Consent is probably modern society’s most pernicious fetish" and "Slaves owe us reparations," according to a new report from @pogo.org. www.pogo.org/investigatio...
“Raging Misogynist” Now Federal Government H.R.’s Top Lawyer
The Office of Personnel Management’s new general counsel has a history of racist and sexist social media posts.
www.pogo.org
January 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Kloster wrote, “Consent is probably modern society’s most pernicious fetish.” He also has written online that “Slaves owe us reparations.” In 2023, roughly six months after being served a temporary restraining order, he tweeted, “I need a woman who looks like she got punched.”
There’s really nothing else to say at this point that hasn’t already been said. It’s destabilization and accelerationism.
Trump Administration Offers Millions of Federal Workers Payouts to Resign
The move, which could dramatically reduce the size of the federal work force, appeared to stretch the limits of President Trump’s authority.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
There’s really nothing else to say at this point that hasn’t already been said. It’s destabilization and accelerationism.
