Jan Merta
@lunruj.bsky.social
Interested in science, especially physics, evolutionary biology, psychology. Hunting fungi mostly not to eat them, a bit of an amateur mycologist. Chess noob. From Czechia.
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New reporting shows the "public Christian school" in Colorado wasn’t a mistake.
It was designed to break church/state boundaries.
A right-wing legal group is treating it as a test case.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/colorados-...
It was designed to break church/state boundaries.
A right-wing legal group is treating it as a test case.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/colorados-...
Colorado’s “first public Christian school” isn't a mistake. It's a test case.
Behind the scenes, a conservative legal group and district leaders crafted a challenge to church-state separation
www.friendlyatheist.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
New reporting shows the "public Christian school" in Colorado wasn’t a mistake.
It was designed to break church/state boundaries.
A right-wing legal group is treating it as a test case.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/colorados-...
It was designed to break church/state boundaries.
A right-wing legal group is treating it as a test case.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/colorados-...
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Judge Jerry Smith (Reagan appointee) is out with his dissent in the Texas redistricting case, and it is WILD
www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...
www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Judge Jerry Smith (Reagan appointee) is out with his dissent in the Texas redistricting case, and it is WILD
www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...
www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...
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The CDC has updated its vaccine safety page to promote long-discredited claims about vaccines—namely that they cause autism.
The page links to a number of studies, including one by anti-vax allies of Robert Kennedy Jr.
www.importantcontext.news/p/cdc-change...
The page links to a number of studies, including one by anti-vax allies of Robert Kennedy Jr.
www.importantcontext.news/p/cdc-change...
CDC Changes Vaccine Safety Page to Promote Vaccine Misinformation
It is the latest move by Robert Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services to attack vaccines.
www.importantcontext.news
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The CDC has updated its vaccine safety page to promote long-discredited claims about vaccines—namely that they cause autism.
The page links to a number of studies, including one by anti-vax allies of Robert Kennedy Jr.
www.importantcontext.news/p/cdc-change...
The page links to a number of studies, including one by anti-vax allies of Robert Kennedy Jr.
www.importantcontext.news/p/cdc-change...
The issue isn't Farage being a bully or racists as a teenager. The issue is that he has been a liar, a bully, a racist for decades.
![Andy Field, 61, an NHS doctor who said he
knew Farage well because they took the
same train to school, has similarly clear
memories.
"When I became a prefect, he [Farage] said,
Tll show you how to do it,' claimed Field,.
"He took me for a walk up to the lower
school playground, where all the children
from about nine years old to 12 would be.
And he singled out, completely at random, a
kid of Asian extraction, and just put him in
detention for no reason whatsoever. I was
flabbergasted, absolutely stunned. I was just
disgusted, really. No rhyme or reason, just
purely based on the colour of his skin.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5mqpgxjffcckasqv7h6g7itu/bafkreifwa2hlzevsllsekm44ne6yprkgrfhwryxxclupy3cz2qqj42sxma@jpeg)
November 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The issue isn't Farage being a bully or racists as a teenager. The issue is that he has been a liar, a bully, a racist for decades.
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Jesus Christ. This is monstrous. Absolutely sickening. The journalists in that room should walk out en masse.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Jesus Christ. This is monstrous. Absolutely sickening. The journalists in that room should walk out en masse.
Daedalea quercina (or with recent findings and macrogeneric approach Fomitopsis quercina) can be sometimes found with violet coloration on parts of its fruiting bodies (upper surface mostly). Any info about the cause? (Probably not Tullasnea violea infection.)
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Daedalea quercina (or with recent findings and macrogeneric approach Fomitopsis quercina) can be sometimes found with violet coloration on parts of its fruiting bodies (upper surface mostly). Any info about the cause? (Probably not Tullasnea violea infection.)
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
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NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
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🚨 Epstein Files v rukou Donalda Trumpa 🚨
V úterý večer prošel Kongresem Spojených států jeden z nejvýbušnějších zákonů posledních let: EFTA (Epstein Files Transparency Act). Návrh získal podporu nejen ve Sněmovně reprezentantů, kde byl proti jeden jediný republikán, ale
V úterý večer prošel Kongresem Spojených států jeden z nejvýbušnějších zákonů posledních let: EFTA (Epstein Files Transparency Act). Návrh získal podporu nejen ve Sněmovně reprezentantů, kde byl proti jeden jediný republikán, ale
November 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🚨 Epstein Files v rukou Donalda Trumpa 🚨
V úterý večer prošel Kongresem Spojených států jeden z nejvýbušnějších zákonů posledních let: EFTA (Epstein Files Transparency Act). Návrh získal podporu nejen ve Sněmovně reprezentantů, kde byl proti jeden jediný republikán, ale
V úterý večer prošel Kongresem Spojených států jeden z nejvýbušnějších zákonů posledních let: EFTA (Epstein Files Transparency Act). Návrh získal podporu nejen ve Sněmovně reprezentantů, kde byl proti jeden jediný republikán, ale
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
November 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Peter Hadfield aka potholer54 does such a great job in exposing all those dishonest preachers whether it's creationists or climate change denialists. Some of them deny the climate change less nowadays pretty much in line with Humphrey's 4 stage strategy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmrx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmrx...
Can we adapt to climate change? (Hint: The answer begins with 'Y')
YouTube video by potholer54
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Peter Hadfield aka potholer54 does such a great job in exposing all those dishonest preachers whether it's creationists or climate change denialists. Some of them deny the climate change less nowadays pretty much in line with Humphrey's 4 stage strategy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmrx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmrx...
Cuphophyllus russocoriaceus (Cedarwood waxcap) smelling strongly of cedar. Locally redlisted in Czechia as EN (although probably not that rare on endangered, still one of the "better" waxcaps here). 2nd locality for me.
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
November 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Cuphophyllus russocoriaceus (Cedarwood waxcap) smelling strongly of cedar. Locally redlisted in Czechia as EN (although probably not that rare on endangered, still one of the "better" waxcaps here). 2nd locality for me.
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
Not sure what's that (there is one thing that came to my mind that is not known from Czechia and I also got a tip from a pro mycologist who was interested in getting a specimen) but I love the color.
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
November 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Not sure what's that (there is one thing that came to my mind that is not known from Czechia and I also got a tip from a pro mycologist who was interested in getting a specimen) but I love the color.
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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"The problem here is that some of Trump’s strongest soldiers got jammed up in state court, and neither Trump or Martin can stand the fact Trump can’t reach down and erase those convictions. So Martin is finding creative ways to shred the Constitution."
Ed Martin's peculiar view of pardon power
Trump's pardon attorney is very confused about how pardons work.
www.publicnotice.co
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"The problem here is that some of Trump’s strongest soldiers got jammed up in state court, and neither Trump or Martin can stand the fact Trump can’t reach down and erase those convictions. So Martin is finding creative ways to shred the Constitution."
I remember and invitation to a fungi walk with expected distance and time noting that 1 km/h is Fast & Furious for mycologists. (Not using exactly these words.)
(meme shared from Josh Yates in Mycological Memes fb group)
#mycologicalmemes #mycology #fungifriends
(meme shared from Josh Yates in Mycological Memes fb group)
#mycologicalmemes #mycology #fungifriends
November 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I remember and invitation to a fungi walk with expected distance and time noting that 1 km/h is Fast & Furious for mycologists. (Not using exactly these words.)
(meme shared from Josh Yates in Mycological Memes fb group)
#mycologicalmemes #mycology #fungifriends
(meme shared from Josh Yates in Mycological Memes fb group)
#mycologicalmemes #mycology #fungifriends
November 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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🚨🚨🚨 Epstein Files Transparency Act a discharge petition
Další kapitola boje za práva obětí byla rozehrána. Než se dostaneme k aktuálnímu dění, dáme si pro přehled lehký souhrn, abyste nemuseli souvislosti dohledávat.
🧍♂️🧍 Jeffrey Epstein a Ghislaine Maxwell
Jeffrey
Další kapitola boje za práva obětí byla rozehrána. Než se dostaneme k aktuálnímu dění, dáme si pro přehled lehký souhrn, abyste nemuseli souvislosti dohledávat.
🧍♂️🧍 Jeffrey Epstein a Ghislaine Maxwell
Jeffrey
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🚨🚨🚨 Epstein Files Transparency Act a discharge petition
Další kapitola boje za práva obětí byla rozehrána. Než se dostaneme k aktuálnímu dění, dáme si pro přehled lehký souhrn, abyste nemuseli souvislosti dohledávat.
🧍♂️🧍 Jeffrey Epstein a Ghislaine Maxwell
Jeffrey
Další kapitola boje za práva obětí byla rozehrána. Než se dostaneme k aktuálnímu dění, dáme si pro přehled lehký souhrn, abyste nemuseli souvislosti dohledávat.
🧍♂️🧍 Jeffrey Epstein a Ghislaine Maxwell
Jeffrey
You don't defend a serial sexual abuser by arguing he wasn't a pedophile. We have plenty of sources mapping Epstein and Trumps behavior. We know they abused their status to coerce their victims to sexual acts. Would them not being pedophiles (and they likely aren't) make that any better?
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
You don't defend a serial sexual abuser by arguing he wasn't a pedophile. We have plenty of sources mapping Epstein and Trumps behavior. We know they abused their status to coerce their victims to sexual acts. Would them not being pedophiles (and they likely aren't) make that any better?
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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A convicted felon who had also been found liable for sexual assault and committed additional crimes in plain sight was close with a notorious child sex trafficker and likely participated in some of those crimes too got elected with much of that known and spent his presidency railing against “crime.”
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A convicted felon who had also been found liable for sexual assault and committed additional crimes in plain sight was close with a notorious child sex trafficker and likely participated in some of those crimes too got elected with much of that known and spent his presidency railing against “crime.”
If you get foot mycosis that mutates so it's a different species than anyone else's and you travel around the globe: Is it an endemic or a cosmopolitan species?
(credit: @jelenabraum.bsky.social)
(credit: @jelenabraum.bsky.social)
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If you get foot mycosis that mutates so it's a different species than anyone else's and you travel around the globe: Is it an endemic or a cosmopolitan species?
(credit: @jelenabraum.bsky.social)
(credit: @jelenabraum.bsky.social)
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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I find it astonishing the BBC will tear itself up over a moment in a montage - not a scene critical to the documentary's (balanced) argument.
Meanwhile another channel can broadcast a fabricated claim that stirs up hatred against a vulnerable group with zero censure.
bsky.app/profile/mrmi...
Meanwhile another channel can broadcast a fabricated claim that stirs up hatred against a vulnerable group with zero censure.
bsky.app/profile/mrmi...
A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I find it astonishing the BBC will tear itself up over a moment in a montage - not a scene critical to the documentary's (balanced) argument.
Meanwhile another channel can broadcast a fabricated claim that stirs up hatred against a vulnerable group with zero censure.
bsky.app/profile/mrmi...
Meanwhile another channel can broadcast a fabricated claim that stirs up hatred against a vulnerable group with zero censure.
bsky.app/profile/mrmi...
From Mycological Memes on fb:
(OP: Does this happen only in Italy?)
Rule 1: Anything looking barely like R. satanas is Satanas (capital S mandatory). Rule 2: Tylopilus felleus (not looking at all like R. sanatas) is Satanas. Rule 3 (optional): R. satanas is S. luridus or something.
#mycologicalmemes
(OP: Does this happen only in Italy?)
Rule 1: Anything looking barely like R. satanas is Satanas (capital S mandatory). Rule 2: Tylopilus felleus (not looking at all like R. sanatas) is Satanas. Rule 3 (optional): R. satanas is S. luridus or something.
#mycologicalmemes
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
From Mycological Memes on fb:
(OP: Does this happen only in Italy?)
Rule 1: Anything looking barely like R. satanas is Satanas (capital S mandatory). Rule 2: Tylopilus felleus (not looking at all like R. sanatas) is Satanas. Rule 3 (optional): R. satanas is S. luridus or something.
#mycologicalmemes
(OP: Does this happen only in Italy?)
Rule 1: Anything looking barely like R. satanas is Satanas (capital S mandatory). Rule 2: Tylopilus felleus (not looking at all like R. sanatas) is Satanas. Rule 3 (optional): R. satanas is S. luridus or something.
#mycologicalmemes