Lyonside
@lyonside.bsky.social
Former wetlands and waterways scientist. Current science teacher in Philadelphia. Proud black biracial queer parent of a multiracial latin@ queer teen. Pro-union, pro-equality, pro-equity, pro-science, pro-history, pro-social contract, pro-sanity.
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this is the time for scifi fans to exercise the ultimate depth and breadth of their creativity
make them shut down the hotline
use all your best Borg jokes
make them shut down the hotline
use all your best Borg jokes
July 3, 2025 at 3:33 AM
this is the time for scifi fans to exercise the ultimate depth and breadth of their creativity
make them shut down the hotline
use all your best Borg jokes
make them shut down the hotline
use all your best Borg jokes
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Sen Van Hollen met with El Salvador's Vice President Félix Ulloa, who told him that the reason they are holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia at CECOT is because the Trump admin is paying them to do so.
They also provided no evidence that Abrego Garcia is part of MS-13 or committed any crimes.
They also provided no evidence that Abrego Garcia is part of MS-13 or committed any crimes.
April 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Sen Van Hollen met with El Salvador's Vice President Félix Ulloa, who told him that the reason they are holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia at CECOT is because the Trump admin is paying them to do so.
They also provided no evidence that Abrego Garcia is part of MS-13 or committed any crimes.
They also provided no evidence that Abrego Garcia is part of MS-13 or committed any crimes.
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Please stop saying "rolled back diversity goals" and start saying "the company capitulated to a segregationist movement."
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
McDonald's is the latest company to roll back diversity goals
The company rolled out a series of diversity initiatives in 2021 after a spate of sexual harrassment lawsuits and a lawsuit alleging discrimination by a group of Black former owners of McDonald’s fran...
www.nbcnews.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Please stop saying "rolled back diversity goals" and start saying "the company capitulated to a segregationist movement."
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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January 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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AOC: “Oh, I don’t think we’re witnessing the START of an oligarchy. I think we are fully here.” 🇺🇸
December 22, 2024 at 4:24 AM
AOC: “Oh, I don’t think we’re witnessing the START of an oligarchy. I think we are fully here.” 🇺🇸
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Hey @RandPaul — maybe not a great idea to install a guy as speaker who can’t get security clearances in part because of his ties to a murderous dictator who openly wants America’s economy to crash and the country to fall apart? 🤷🏻 www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
December 19, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Hey @RandPaul — maybe not a great idea to install a guy as speaker who can’t get security clearances in part because of his ties to a murderous dictator who openly wants America’s economy to crash and the country to fall apart? 🤷🏻 www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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I think everyone should get to know the west African term “wahala”.
It generally means “chaos”, “confusion”, or “drama”. A clusterfuck.
I’ve been on a mission for years to use it more regularly in my work.
Because—- *gestures at everything*
See wahala?!???
It generally means “chaos”, “confusion”, or “drama”. A clusterfuck.
I’ve been on a mission for years to use it more regularly in my work.
Because—- *gestures at everything*
See wahala?!???
December 19, 2024 at 1:35 PM
I think everyone should get to know the west African term “wahala”.
It generally means “chaos”, “confusion”, or “drama”. A clusterfuck.
I’ve been on a mission for years to use it more regularly in my work.
Because—- *gestures at everything*
See wahala?!???
It generally means “chaos”, “confusion”, or “drama”. A clusterfuck.
I’ve been on a mission for years to use it more regularly in my work.
Because—- *gestures at everything*
See wahala?!???
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Remains my favorite definition
December 16, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Remains my favorite definition
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December 11, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Spoken like an apartheid nepotism baby who has never paid rent, or even struggled a day in his misbehotten life.
December 10, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Spoken like an apartheid nepotism baby who has never paid rent, or even struggled a day in his misbehotten life.
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something that is especially clear if you have studied colonialism a bit: a load bearing aspect of maintaining even a semblance of democracy (or defending a sitting autocracy from democracy) is having a military that is unwilling to kill its own citizens
South Korean soldiers attempting to enter the National Assembly repelled by a fire extinguisher and camera flashes.
December 3, 2024 at 8:53 PM
something that is especially clear if you have studied colonialism a bit: a load bearing aspect of maintaining even a semblance of democracy (or defending a sitting autocracy from democracy) is having a military that is unwilling to kill its own citizens
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i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
November 6, 2024 at 11:00 AM
i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
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Have you noticed that there has NEVER BEEN a logical explanation by the REPS as to WHY SSN and Med should be cut?
You know why that is?
CAUSE THERE FUCKING ISNT ONE.
You know why that is?
CAUSE THERE FUCKING ISNT ONE.
December 6, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Have you noticed that there has NEVER BEEN a logical explanation by the REPS as to WHY SSN and Med should be cut?
You know why that is?
CAUSE THERE FUCKING ISNT ONE.
You know why that is?
CAUSE THERE FUCKING ISNT ONE.
As I said months ago (re: overtime pay): can't tax what you don't have, muthafuckas.
December 6, 2024 at 12:29 PM
As I said months ago (re: overtime pay): can't tax what you don't have, muthafuckas.
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"One of my teachers at Columbia was Joseph Brodsky...and he said 'look,' he said, 'you Americans, you are so naïve. You think evil is going to come into your houses wearing big black boots. It doesn’t come like that. Look at the language. It begins in the language.'"
Inbox: [Sen. Tom] Cotton Introduces Legislation to Eliminate Federal Use of the Term “West Bank”
December 5, 2024 at 10:27 PM
"One of my teachers at Columbia was Joseph Brodsky...and he said 'look,' he said, 'you Americans, you are so naïve. You think evil is going to come into your houses wearing big black boots. It doesn’t come like that. Look at the language. It begins in the language.'"
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Crab nebula.
A star that violently exploded ~970 years ago and left a neutron star in its center.
🔭 🧪
A star that violently exploded ~970 years ago and left a neutron star in its center.
🔭 🧪
December 5, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Crab nebula.
A star that violently exploded ~970 years ago and left a neutron star in its center.
🔭 🧪
A star that violently exploded ~970 years ago and left a neutron star in its center.
🔭 🧪
Do you hear the people sing....
When you spent billions and destroyed your brand to recreate 1930's Germany and got 1780's France instead.
December 5, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Do you hear the people sing....
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Wow. No one else has made this point so clearly:
December 4, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Wow. No one else has made this point so clearly:
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Just a reminder that land doesn’t vote.
People do.
People do.
December 1, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Just a reminder that land doesn’t vote.
People do.
People do.
As a parent, as a teacher, as a queer brown woman with a disability, I will still be on the outside of the circle facing towards the predators. Be the elephant. Be the buffalo. Little ones, get inside.
December 1, 2024 at 12:15 PM
As a parent, as a teacher, as a queer brown woman with a disability, I will still be on the outside of the circle facing towards the predators. Be the elephant. Be the buffalo. Little ones, get inside.
Louis Pasteur is spinning in his grave.....
The next four years are going to be a bonanza for plaintiff lawyers www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Bird flu detected in second lot of raw milk sold in California, health officials say
“All of the cows at Raw Farm are healthy and do not show signs or symptoms of HPAI or Bird Flu,” Raw Farm said.
www.nbcnews.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Louis Pasteur is spinning in his grave.....
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Trump "I had a great call with President Shinybum of Mexico. She will stop rapists and criminals from coming here!"
President Sheinbaum "I informed Mr. Trump the best way to make rapists and criminals feel unwelcome in America, is for people to stop electing them."
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President Sheinbaum "I informed Mr. Trump the best way to make rapists and criminals feel unwelcome in America, is for people to stop electing them."
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Critics mock 'Donny deals' after Trump met with brutal fact check from Mexico's president
Social media critics collectively laughed at Donald Trump on Wednesday night after the president-elect appeared to get a brutal fact-check from the president of Mexico.Trump bragged earlier in the day...
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November 29, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Trump "I had a great call with President Shinybum of Mexico. She will stop rapists and criminals from coming here!"
President Sheinbaum "I informed Mr. Trump the best way to make rapists and criminals feel unwelcome in America, is for people to stop electing them."
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President Sheinbaum "I informed Mr. Trump the best way to make rapists and criminals feel unwelcome in America, is for people to stop electing them."
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From Tumblr - something to hold on to in the dark times we're heading towards....
November 25, 2024 at 12:46 AM
From Tumblr - something to hold on to in the dark times we're heading towards....
Why do y'all think the for-profit prison industry was salivating over this....
The camps will be forced labor camps similar to Dachau and this is how Trump plans on making up for the deported migrant workers. Save this post. You will see #SkyBookClub
November 22, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Why do y'all think the for-profit prison industry was salivating over this....