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Maggie Fox
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Journalist. Health, science, tech in plain English and in context. Truth is not liberal bias. Facts matter, but stories stick. maggie.34 on Signal maggiefox.com
https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/maggie-fox/
onehealthtrust.org podcast host
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Huge, diverse crowd for the #FreeDC #NoKings rally on Pennsylvania Ave in Downtown DC this afternoon. Lots of creative, hand-made signs.
An elderly man in a blue t shirt and khaki baseball cap holds a large American flag. A woman stands beside him. Behind him, the US Capitol dome can be seen against a blue sky with white clouds. A large crowd is in the street. A crowd of people carries a large array of signs. "We shall overcomb." "No One is Illegal." "I'm a Never Trump Guy." "No Kings." "Resistance is Not Futile." "My Grandpa was Antifa When it was Cool." "Free the Detainees." "Former Republican Under Protest." The dome of the US Capitol can be seen in the distance, against the blue sky, as can some of the walls of the National Gallery of Art, and some trees starting to change colors. Many people carry US flags.
October 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Several hundred people turned out for the #NoKings #Standupforscience rally at #NIH this morning.
A crowd of people. A woman at a podium has her fist in the air. She is facing people carrying handwritten signs that read "Proud of Our Democracy" and "Research saves Lives Protect NIH" and Save Science Save the World" and "Two Wrongs Make a Reich" and "Only a Fascist Would Take Away My Right To Hold This Sign." People also carry American flags. They are under the Metro canopy at the National Institutes of Health station. A man wearing jeans holds up a handwritten sign reading "Science Over Dumbasses With Brain Worms." Behind him is a crowd of demonstrators, moslty elderly or middle-aged white people, with signs. A plastic Halloween skeleton sits in bushes with a sign. "Here Rest Science Communications Staff"
October 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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I though Summit County had the best fall colors until we headed down to Custer County in the south of the state. Maybe the moose was also going there. #fall #colorado #leafpeeping
Sunrise scene shows red, gold, orange and yellow aspen interspersed with dark green firs aganist a cler blue sky with a few white clouds and smoky gray and blue mountains in the distance. Yes, it looks fake. Aspen with yellow, gold and orange leaves catch the morning sunlight against a brilliant blue sky. A dark green fir contrasts.
October 6, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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It's not often a moose pops out on the trail right in front of you, but this one did this week in Colorado. He was headed downhill for the evening and did not care one bit that he startled me and the one other hiker he nearly knocked over. He mooseyed on down the slope. #moose #wildlife
A dark brown moose with long dewlap (beard-like flap under its jaw) and antlers walks among aspen trees with white trunks and yellow leaves. A fallen trunk is in the foreground. A mountain hillside covered with many yellow aspen trees, firs of various greens, and yellow and green shrubs slopes away towards blue and brown mountains in the distance. A dark brown moose can be seen about 100 yards downslope. The sky is gray with clouds.
October 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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The @silversat.bsky.social #cubesat is up!
NASA, Northrop Grumman and SpaceX are giving the student-made project a lift to the #ISS! They'll be tweeting pix from orbit if all goes well. Last night's watch parties in Silver Spring and Cape Canaveral sure did. #edusky #spacesky
Three teenaged girls and two teen boys sit on a floor and sofa, looking at a television screen off screen. One girl has her arms raised to her head raised in an emotional response. One girl's mouth is open. One girl is smiling. The boys are smiling. Adults can be partly seen standing behind them.
September 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Some dramatic moments tonight as @silversat.bsky.social team watched their little #cubesat launch into orbit after 8 long years of hard work. Middle and high school kids designed and executed this project and made it happen. It will tweet from space - sorry skeeters but that's the OG NASA protocol.
September 15, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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This lovely yellow garden spider has been hanging out in my front yard for a few days. Today the drizzle highlighted her perfect web. It's just a lousy cellphone picture but even people who don't like spiders might be able to appreciate the symmetry and her beautiful coloring. #spider #nature
Large black and yellow spider poses head down in a large web made visible by droplets of water shining in the light. The web is suspended amid brown and green spiky leaves.
September 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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My favorite from all of today's demos. Chevy Chase, MD. On a main route into DC, steps away from the homes of the likes of Supreme Court justices and other bigwigs.
A woman in a crosswalk carries a simple black and white sign reading "STOP BEING TERRIBLE"
September 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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I discovered this weekend that butterflies and bees really, really like thistles.
Yellow swallowtail butterflies, which are mostly yellow with black, blue and white spotted trim, sit on spiky lavendar colored thistle flowers against a backdrop of blue sky.
August 31, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Trump Troops keeping protesters and luxury chocolate shops safe at DC's Union Station Saturday morning. Yes, they accepted some free samples.
Two yound men in khaki camouflage, branch of service unclear, pass in front of a messy red and white tent with "F--k Trump" and "Resist" signs as well as American flags. Tress and flagpoles are in the background. A young man and a young women in khaki camouflage uniforms glance into a luxury chocolatier shop in Union Station in Washington DC as they walk past. A "Neuhaus" sign hangs over a glass window where boxes of chocolates are displayed. The stone floors are highly polished. The word "Tours" is prominently seen above a wide door framed by white pillars and white tiled walls.
August 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Blatant crime! Yet no sign of the federal agents sent to stop #HELLSCAPEDC.
A group of people in a crosswalk. An adult man leads a young boy by the hand. The crossing light is clearly set to red -- no crossing. A red arrow indicates the crossing light.
August 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Finally! Some real crime! Can you see it? #HELLSCAPEDC
A group of people in a crosswalk. An adult man leads a young boy by the hand. The crossing light is clearly set to red -- no crossing. And ice cream truck is to the right. In the background is the Washington monument.
August 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Oh! Maybe a biker gang? No federal agents out there dealing with them, though.
Group of cyclists in bright colors seen in foreground, against an expanse of freshly mown grass. Washington Monument can be seen in the background against a backdrop of blue skies and fluffy white clouds. City of Arlington, Virginia can be seen in the far distance.
August 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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No evidence of raging crime at the Department of Energy HQ, and no evidence of federal officers there to defend all the nuclear secrets against all the dangerous criminals, either. Some federal workers taking a smoke break, though. #HELLSCAPEDC
A brutalist style office building with a grassy courtyard. Two people can be seen sitting in the shade.
August 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Also not a lot going on at the federal government buildings in L'Enfant Plaza. No sign of any of the federal agents. Or much of anyone at all, come to think of it.
Office buildings at L'Enfant Plaza, in central DC. Image shows three concrete office buildings with glass windows and wide, empty sidewalks, with a few trees in raised tree boxes surrounded by flowers.
August 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Not much happening at ICE HQ over in SW DC
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement HQ in SW DC. Image shows a concrete office building with glass windows and the office address, number 500 (12th ST SW). A single guard in a gray uniform stands behind a gray gate and gray metal bollards in front.
August 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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This is where DEA agents were patrolling earlier, thank goodness.
Two young women in shorts ride green scooters on a wide yellow pavement. The US Capitol can be seen behind them, past a long stretch of freshly mown green grass. The sky is blue and filled with fluffy white clouds.
August 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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SE DC
A woman in a red flowered sundress sits on a curb with her arm around a small child. the child is wearing a bright yellow shirt. Another child plays on a stair rail nearby. A white car is parked at the curb.
August 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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A cafe around the corner.
A group of young women sit at a round table in a cafe by a large window. Another young woman can be seen sitting outside. The floor is covered with black and white tiles in a checkerboard pattern.
August 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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This is near 14th St in NW DC.
A woman wearing a straw hat, blue shorts and a yellow top walks a small white dog along a sidewalk. Pink roses with green foliage are in the foreground. Green trees and a blue sky are overhead.
August 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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For those of you who don't live here, I put together a little tour of #HellscapeDC so you can understand why Trump had to deploy federal agents today to save the city from all the raging crime.
Green sign reads "Downtown Washington" with an arrow
August 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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A female mallard duck swims in water reflecting a blue sky. The duck is brown with light and dark striping and a blue wing stripe edged with white. The water is rippled in concentric circles around the duck.
August 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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