Lefting Leftaroo
@leftingleftaroo.bsky.social
Currently suffering from repetitive face-palm injury.
Secular humanist, antifascist, feminist, BLM
#science #ClimateChange #RenewableEnergy #reading #scifi
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Secular humanist, antifascist, feminist, BLM
#science #ClimateChange #RenewableEnergy #reading #scifi
he/him
wisdumb@mstdn.social
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You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
April 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
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if you know a lot of stuff i think it is your moral duty to be kind and excited when people learn stuff for the first time. the world is full of stuff we don't know about, don't be mean
April 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
if you know a lot of stuff i think it is your moral duty to be kind and excited when people learn stuff for the first time. the world is full of stuff we don't know about, don't be mean
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Everyone’s gonna be wide awake at his funeral. If only because they’ll play Kool & The Gang’s “Celebration” at full volume.
April 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Everyone’s gonna be wide awake at his funeral. If only because they’ll play Kool & The Gang’s “Celebration” at full volume.
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The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
April 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
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Everyone please say hello to Goostave, who lives on the roof and came to my guest lecture on landscape genetics today
April 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Everyone please say hello to Goostave, who lives on the roof and came to my guest lecture on landscape genetics today
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"There once was a time. Before television. Before motion pictures. Before radio and books. The greatest part of human existence was spent in such a time.
And then, over the dying embers of the campfire, on a moonless night, we watched the stars."
- Carl Sagan
And then, over the dying embers of the campfire, on a moonless night, we watched the stars."
- Carl Sagan
April 21, 2025 at 3:40 AM
"There once was a time. Before television. Before motion pictures. Before radio and books. The greatest part of human existence was spent in such a time.
And then, over the dying embers of the campfire, on a moonless night, we watched the stars."
- Carl Sagan
And then, over the dying embers of the campfire, on a moonless night, we watched the stars."
- Carl Sagan
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Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"
April 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"
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This is one of the dumbest things I’ve read since Jan. 20. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
With Latest Missteps, Veneer of Discipline in 2nd Trump Term Falls Away
The mistakes, miscommunications and flip-flops are piling up after an early run defined by a flood of major policy changes that were rolled out at breakneck speed.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This is one of the dumbest things I’ve read since Jan. 20. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
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Good job team America
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
April 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Good job team America
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Finland just seems to get it right - education, housing. #TaxTheRich #ClassWar
April 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Finland just seems to get it right - education, housing. #TaxTheRich #ClassWar
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Good Saturday morn. 👋 🥱
April 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Good Saturday morn. 👋 🥱
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Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?
April 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?
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Van Hollen: I should also just say, I mentioned the fake margarita, they actually wanted to have the meeting by the side of the pool in the hotel. They want to create this appearance that life was just lovely for Kilmar. Which of course is a big, fat lie.
April 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Van Hollen: I should also just say, I mentioned the fake margarita, they actually wanted to have the meeting by the side of the pool in the hotel. They want to create this appearance that life was just lovely for Kilmar. Which of course is a big, fat lie.
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Tonight is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. May his memory remind us all to resist the tyranny forming in our government.
April 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Tonight is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. May his memory remind us all to resist the tyranny forming in our government.
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“A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic.” ~ Carl Sagan
April 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic.” ~ Carl Sagan
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Punch a bully in the nose and see what happens
April 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Punch a bully in the nose and see what happens
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If your Rep or Senator isn't capable of doing Van Hollen-style stuff — for cowardice reasons, or because they're infirm, or they're belatedly sucking up to a dying Trump movement, or really any other reason — you should primary them. It's gonna take a lot more stuff like this. All hands on deck.
April 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
If your Rep or Senator isn't capable of doing Van Hollen-style stuff — for cowardice reasons, or because they're infirm, or they're belatedly sucking up to a dying Trump movement, or really any other reason — you should primary them. It's gonna take a lot more stuff like this. All hands on deck.
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Maybe we should honor the women who were real astronauts.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
April 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Maybe we should honor the women who were real astronauts.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
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If we make it through this dark period with democracy intact, it may be because the administration's incompetence was greater than its depravity.
April 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
If we make it through this dark period with democracy intact, it may be because the administration's incompetence was greater than its depravity.