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Sandra
@lilysch.bsky.social
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Biochemist. Former Science Editor. Working on a degree in Political Science. „Ein Leben ohne Mops ist möglich aber sinnlos.“ 🐾 Currently in Michigan. She/her. anti-fascist.
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Grifters, all of them.
No firm has closer ties to Noem's political operation than the Strategy Group. It played a central role in her 2022 South Dakota gubernatorial campaign. Corey Lewandowski, her top adviser at DHS, has worked extensively with the firm. And the company's CEO is married to Noem's chief spokesperson at DHS, Tricia McLaughlin.
November 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Hugo says happy wednesday!

#dogsofbluesky
#timelinecleanse
Headshot of a black dog with brown eyes looking straight at the camera.
November 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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I voted – for city commission and library board. No election is too small!
A person in a knitted blue coat with an “I voted” sticker.
November 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Is it normal in the US for a demolition to look like this? It seems without rhyme or reason to me. Nothing is recycled, nothing re-used? What about the shingles? Copper wiring? No? Just bulldoze the place? Won’t the structural integrity of the adjacent part of the WH be compromised?
Photo of a partly destroyed white house east wing. credit: JIM LO SCALZO/EPA/Shutterstock
October 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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protest sign “we deserve better” sign “RESIS The Toupeed Fucktrumpet 'Grab 'em by the Pussy!* And his band of corrupt Fascists! (He is on THE LIST.)” sign “FIGHT IGNORANCE NOT IMMIGRANTS” sign “EVEN DOCTOR DOOFENSHMIRTZ ISN'T THIS EVIL” sign “The ONLY King In AMERICA Is BURGER SING”
October 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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#nokings Detroit.
Protest sign PROUDLY ANTI-FASCIST (Because What Idiot Wouldn’t Be?) protest sign NO TYRANNY NO TRUMP NO KING a bunch of elderly grey-haired people, one in a wheelchair, another holding a sign “NO KINGS! THIS IS AN AUTOCRATIC OVERTHROW OF OUR DEMOCRACY” protest sign “MANGO MUSSOLINI IL DUCE (crossed out) DOUCHE”
October 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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#nokings The people are angry!
October 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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My sign:
Protest sign that reads “Fix your hearts – and science funding – or die”
October 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Ferndale, MI
Protester with sign that reads “health care not wealth care”.
October 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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#nokings Ferndale, Michigan
Protester with a sign “Health care not wealth care”
October 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Another good one from the Detroit rally! #nokings
Protest sign with Trump at the top and his minions as wiener dogs below him.
October 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Also a good one!
An installation depicting a high-powered individual (life-size) with a clown nose and holding a sign “I’m a fascist clown”.
October 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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One of my favorites today at my local rally!
A big black and white fluffy dog wearing a terry robe, hair rollers and a sign that reads “I’d rather be at a SPA but Democracy NEEDS US!”
October 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-13-yea...
There is a natural inclination, especially among Americans steeped in our culture of mass incarceration, to judge the propriety of a person’s punishment not based on what they’ve done, but on how deserving one believes they are of receiving justice. On its face, any 13-year-old kid that allegedly made threats and was found to be in possession of a knife should be afforded the rights of due process in the juvenile court system. But because this boy was born in another country, because he and his family were asylum-seekers (authorized to work legally in the US) and not American citizens, and regardless of any piece of his personal story or history that led him to this point, some believe he is not owed those same rights. This boy—this child— deserves to rot in a federal facility, they say, and to be dragged across state lines away from his home. And for some, his mere existence in this country is crime enough.
October 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Credit: Pitch Interactive and Amanda Montañez
A complicated figure titled The Gender Spectrum by Pitch Interactive and Amanda Montañez explaining the biological basis for different human sex phenotypes. There is more than two sexes
October 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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And not to forget this last night:
Opinion THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Give Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if He Does the Harder Parts to Come 7 MIN READ DAVID BROOKS Why Are the Democrats Increasing Inequality? 7 MIN READ
October 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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A mock ikea ad that shows a woman with a large hat. It looks like there is a light bulb underneath the hat and light is emanating from the hat to the floor. The ad copy reads Melanie Floor Lamp $95.
September 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Even so, in the largest sample of medical advances for which we have good data (post-2000 small-molecule drug approvals), we found extensive connections between medical advances and research that was funded by grants that would have been cut if the NIH budget was sharply reduced. Assuming that the near term resembles the recent past, our analysis indicates that substantial NIH budget cuts- including those implemented at the funding margin-could curtail research linked to a large share of potential drug ap-provals.
September 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Factcheck:
Here is this weeks’ energy generation in Germany. No, they have not phased out renewables.

(Source: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
energy-charts.info/publishing-n...)
A pie chart showing the Public net electricity generation in Germany in week 39 2025 Energetically corrected values - until 09/23/2025, 6:00 PM GMT+2 Fossil gas 254.69 GWh 12.9 % Fossil coal-derived gas 20.72 GWh 1.1 % Fossil hard coal 109.42 GWh 5.6 % Hydro Run-of-River 84.23 GWh 4.3 % Biomass 163.08 GWh 8.3 % Wind offshore 150.65 GWh 7.6 % 1,970 GWh of 2,190 GWh Fossil brown coal / lignite 365.58 GWh 18.6 % Wind onshore 441.14 GWh 22.4 % Solar 327.27 GWh 16.6 % Fossil 785.02 GWh 39.8 % Renewable 1.185.22 GWh 60.2 %
September 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Rising number of AR15s in the hands of civilians?
Annual share of AR-15 assault rifles in the total number of firearms manufactured in the United States from 1990 to 2020 Share of total firearms produced 1990 1992 1994 1996 1997 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 1.2% 1.5% 0.9% 1.3% 2.2% 1.4% 0.8% 1.3% 2% 13% 2.4% 2.2% 3% 3.7% 3.6% 4.6% 6% 17.2% 1997 1.3% 10.4% 12.9% 8.5% 10.5% 11% 15.8% 18% 15.1% 19.9% 17.9% 20.4% 5% 25.1% 23.4% 25% 10% 15% 20% 30% © Statista 2025 k
September 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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close up of a cake with plums and streusel
September 15, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Statement about the bomb threat to Lt Gov of Michigan Garlin Gilchrist’s residence yesterday.
Earlier today, there was a credible bomb threat to my home, where Ellen and I raise our young children. The threat has been cleared, and I am grateful to law enforcement for their quick response and for keeping my family and our neighborhood safe. I know that people are on edge-it's a scary time. This incident came just a day after the murder of Charlie Kirk and in the midst of an escalating pattern of political violence in Michigan and in America. The purpose of this violence is to silence, intimidate, and eliminate people and their voices from our society. That won't work on me. We cannot let this remain our reality. We cannot tolerate political violence. We cannot excuse it. We cannot normalize it. We have to push through this and do the work to do better. It's not easy, but nothing important ever is. It's up to us to dig deep and commit to ending violence and creating a safe, healthy society LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GARLIN GILCHRIST
September 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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* CUT OUT AND TAPE NEAR YOUR COMPUTER OR TV BREAKING NEWS CONSUMER'S HANDBOOK 1. In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong. 2. Don't trust anonymous sources. 3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information. 4. There's almost never a second shooter. 5. Pay attention to the language the media uses. • "We are getting reports"... could mean anything. • "We are seeking confirmation"... means they don't have it. • "[News outlet] has learned".. means it has a scoop or is going out on limb. 6. Look for news outlets close to the incident. 7. Compare multiple sources. 8. Big news brings out the fakers. And photoshoppers. 9. Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you. ON THE MEDIA
September 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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* CUT OUT AND TAPE NEAR YOUR COMPUTER OR TV BREAKING NEWS CONSUMER'S HANDBOOK 1. In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong. 2. Don't trust anonymous sources. 3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information. 4. There's almost never a second shooter. 5. Pay attention to the language the media uses. • "We are getting reports"... could mean anything. • "We are seeking confirmation"... means they don't have it. • "[News outlet] has learned".. means it has a scoop or is going out on limb. 6. Look for news outlets close to the incident. 7. Compare multiple sources. 8. Big news brings out the fakers. And photoshoppers. 9. Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you. ON THE MEDIA
September 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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PSA:
* CUT OUT AND TAPE NEAR YOUR COMPUTER OR TV BREAKING NEWS CONSUMER'S HANDBOOK 1. In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong. 2. Don't trust anonymous sources. 3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information. 4. There's almost never a second shooter. 5. Pay attention to the language the media uses. • "We are getting reports"... could mean anything. • "We are seeking confirmation"... means they don't have it. • "[News outlet] has learned".. means it has a scoop or is going out on limb. 6. Look for news outlets close to the incident. 7. Compare multiple sources. 8. Big news brings out the fakers. And photoshoppers. 9. Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you. ON THE MEDIA
September 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM