Muchachita Vieja
@kmt11.bsky.social
Island Gal 🇩🇴🗽Living in NOVA
Here to stay informed. 💙☮️🌎
Here to stay informed. 💙☮️🌎
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
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Last night, Trump posted a video to his social media platform that contained a racist clip showing Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys. It's still up:
February 6, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Last night, Trump posted a video to his social media platform that contained a racist clip showing Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys. It's still up:
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Name them
shame them
shame them
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Name them
shame them
shame them
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Donald Trump Became President By Appealing to Conspiracy Theorists — Now He’s Driving Them Away talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/donald-...
Donald Trump Became President By Appealing to Conspiracy Theorists — Now He’s Driving Them Away
This excerpt is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Donald Trump Became President By Appealing to Conspiracy Theorists — Now He’s Driving Them Away talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/donald-...
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Ocean blues shaped by geology 🌊💎
#Larimar is a rare variety of #pectolite formed through #volcanic activity, with its #blue tones created by #copper and other trace elements. Found only in the Dominican Republic, it captures the meeting point of fire, water, and time.
#minerals #rockhounds #crystals
#Larimar is a rare variety of #pectolite formed through #volcanic activity, with its #blue tones created by #copper and other trace elements. Found only in the Dominican Republic, it captures the meeting point of fire, water, and time.
#minerals #rockhounds #crystals
February 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Ocean blues shaped by geology 🌊💎
#Larimar is a rare variety of #pectolite formed through #volcanic activity, with its #blue tones created by #copper and other trace elements. Found only in the Dominican Republic, it captures the meeting point of fire, water, and time.
#minerals #rockhounds #crystals
#Larimar is a rare variety of #pectolite formed through #volcanic activity, with its #blue tones created by #copper and other trace elements. Found only in the Dominican Republic, it captures the meeting point of fire, water, and time.
#minerals #rockhounds #crystals
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The US was able to declare that it had eliminated measles in 2000. Now we're here. from @emilymullin.bsky.social
Measles Is Causing Brain Swelling in Children in South Carolina
In the ongoing measles outbreak in South Carolina that has infected more than 800 people, some children have developed a rare but serious complication called encephalitis.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The US was able to declare that it had eliminated measles in 2000. Now we're here. from @emilymullin.bsky.social
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I'll say more before too long, but for now: Thanks to anyone who has ever read and supported the Post's books coverage.
February 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
I'll say more before too long, but for now: Thanks to anyone who has ever read and supported the Post's books coverage.
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New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
February 4, 2026 at 6:05 AM
New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
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A good thing happened today: Haitians in Springfield, Ohio and elsewhere are (for now) safe from the planned ethnic cleansing operation. This happened because people came together — organizers, reporters, and those who care — and made it happen. Let’s take the win and continue the work.
February 3, 2026 at 2:44 AM
A good thing happened today: Haitians in Springfield, Ohio and elsewhere are (for now) safe from the planned ethnic cleansing operation. This happened because people came together — organizers, reporters, and those who care — and made it happen. Let’s take the win and continue the work.
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If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
Yes, Peter decided that the continued existence of our democracies isn't compatible with his desired level of personal freedom.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM
If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
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i truly hate how much we are living in a bad script
February 2, 2026 at 1:42 PM
i truly hate how much we are living in a bad script
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Globe and Mail cartoon
February 2, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Globe and Mail cartoon
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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January 31, 2026 at 4:19 AM
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Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)
January 30, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)
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Independent journalist Georgia Fort was also arrested by federal agents earlier for reporting on the church protest in Minneapolis. She was live streaming when agents arrived to take her into custody.
January 30, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Independent journalist Georgia Fort was also arrested by federal agents earlier for reporting on the church protest in Minneapolis. She was live streaming when agents arrived to take her into custody.
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Just a fundamentally evil, malevolent person. Rotten to the very core.
January 30, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Just a fundamentally evil, malevolent person. Rotten to the very core.
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The Trump administration's “war on empathy,” Hillary Rodham Clinton writes, “threatens to pave the way for an extreme vision of Christian nationalism that seeks to replace democracy with theocracy in America”: theatln.tc/dcVIzlMi
January 29, 2026 at 8:03 PM
The Trump administration's “war on empathy,” Hillary Rodham Clinton writes, “threatens to pave the way for an extreme vision of Christian nationalism that seeks to replace democracy with theocracy in America”: theatln.tc/dcVIzlMi
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January 29, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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🚨 Major update: more ice, higher outage risk
• More sleet, less pure snow, some spots could get 1–3" of sleet on top of snow (very heavy)
• Freezing rain risk up S of Beltway; outage risk growing, esp. S MD
• Clear early, often: this will harden quickly
Link: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
• More sleet, less pure snow, some spots could get 1–3" of sleet on top of snow (very heavy)
• Freezing rain risk up S of Beltway; outage risk growing, esp. S MD
• Clear early, often: this will harden quickly
Link: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
January 23, 2026 at 7:10 PM
🚨 Major update: more ice, higher outage risk
• More sleet, less pure snow, some spots could get 1–3" of sleet on top of snow (very heavy)
• Freezing rain risk up S of Beltway; outage risk growing, esp. S MD
• Clear early, often: this will harden quickly
Link: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
• More sleet, less pure snow, some spots could get 1–3" of sleet on top of snow (very heavy)
• Freezing rain risk up S of Beltway; outage risk growing, esp. S MD
• Clear early, often: this will harden quickly
Link: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...