Margaret Testa
@martheme.bsky.social
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While Republicans hide, Cory Booker shows up and gives his constituents a voice.
Who’s cutting onions?
Who’s cutting onions?
April 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
While Republicans hide, Cory Booker shows up and gives his constituents a voice.
Who’s cutting onions?
Who’s cutting onions?
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The First Amendment protects our right to criticize the government online. Period.
ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online
ICE wants to hire contractors to monitor social media for threats. Those who criticize the agency could be pulled into the dragnet.
theintercept.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The First Amendment protects our right to criticize the government online. Period.
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They have no filter, no empathy, no clue as to optics!
Clearly they know the disparities, and CHOOSE to continue to OPPRESS
Clearly they know the disparities, and CHOOSE to continue to OPPRESS
February 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
They have no filter, no empathy, no clue as to optics!
Clearly they know the disparities, and CHOOSE to continue to OPPRESS
Clearly they know the disparities, and CHOOSE to continue to OPPRESS
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What this long and detailed NYT piece calmly calls an “extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual” is in fact a blatantly unconstitutional usurpation of Congress’s Article I powers and delegation of the President’s Article II duties.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Elon Musk’s Blitz Shakes U.S. Government as He Sweeps Through Agencies
The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
What this long and detailed NYT piece calmly calls an “extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual” is in fact a blatantly unconstitutional usurpation of Congress’s Article I powers and delegation of the President’s Article II duties.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Obeying in advance is bottom behaviour, btw
January 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Obeying in advance is bottom behaviour, btw
Oh look, a reading list....
Putting together a -very- small stack of books that have been banned (in the U.S.) for a customer
January 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Oh look, a reading list....
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If you are a federal employee, it is advised to set your social media accounts to private to prevent outside viewership, as reports suggest that loyalty screenings have begun.
January 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
If you are a federal employee, it is advised to set your social media accounts to private to prevent outside viewership, as reports suggest that loyalty screenings have begun.
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Most immigrants Trump targets have been here 10+ years, paying taxes, raising families, contributing to our communities.
Mass deportation would devastate our economy and tear apart the social fabric of America.
https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-taxes-2024/
Mass deportation would devastate our economy and tear apart the social fabric of America.
https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-taxes-2024/
January 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Most immigrants Trump targets have been here 10+ years, paying taxes, raising families, contributing to our communities.
Mass deportation would devastate our economy and tear apart the social fabric of America.
https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-taxes-2024/
Mass deportation would devastate our economy and tear apart the social fabric of America.
https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-taxes-2024/
Probably good info to share
January 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Probably good info to share
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Men diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) die 7 years sooner, on average, than similar people without, while for women the life expectancy gap is almost 9 years, the first study of its kind has revealed. 🧪🧠 #medsky
Link to study below.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Link to study below.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Adults diagnosed with ADHD have shorter life expectancy, UK study shows
Data based on recorded deaths raises concerns around under-diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Men diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) die 7 years sooner, on average, than similar people without, while for women the life expectancy gap is almost 9 years, the first study of its kind has revealed. 🧪🧠 #medsky
Link to study below.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Link to study below.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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As best you can, ignore him.
January 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
As best you can, ignore him.
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Outside of the 100 mile range do not open the door for them as they may serve a warrant.
Know Your Rights | 100 Mile Border Zone | ACLU
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects people from random and arbitrary stops and searches. Although the federal government claims the power to conduct certain kinds of warrantless sto...
www.aclu.org
January 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Outside of the 100 mile range do not open the door for them as they may serve a warrant.
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🦠 H5N1 Threatens Wildlife Globally 🌍
Avian flu is decimating species like penguins, condors, and sea lions, with millions of deaths reported since 2020.
International collaboration is urgent to protect biodiversity.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s443...
#SciComm #Conservation 🧪
Avian flu is decimating species like penguins, condors, and sea lions, with millions of deaths reported since 2020.
International collaboration is urgent to protect biodiversity.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s443...
#SciComm #Conservation 🧪
The threat of avian influenza H5N1 looms over global biodiversity - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
The highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 is an emerging and unexpected threat to many wild animal species, which has implications for ecological processes, ecosystem services and conservation of thr...
doi.org
January 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
🦠 H5N1 Threatens Wildlife Globally 🌍
Avian flu is decimating species like penguins, condors, and sea lions, with millions of deaths reported since 2020.
International collaboration is urgent to protect biodiversity.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s443...
#SciComm #Conservation 🧪
Avian flu is decimating species like penguins, condors, and sea lions, with millions of deaths reported since 2020.
International collaboration is urgent to protect biodiversity.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s443...
#SciComm #Conservation 🧪
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Just adding the tag for my other scientists out there having the strangest inauguration week conversations of their lives. 🧪
If anyone happens to need it this week for...reasons...this is the best graphic on the complexity of human sex determination I've ever seen. I use it in an undergrad course on gene regulatory mechanisms. Shoutout to @unamandita.bsky.social!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/beyo...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/beyo...
Beyond XX and XY: The Extraordinary Complexity of Sex Determination
A host of factors figure into whether someone is female, male or somewhere in between
www.scientificamerican.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Just adding the tag for my other scientists out there having the strangest inauguration week conversations of their lives. 🧪
Some of today's visitors. Not pictured, several pairs of mourning doves, a pair of cardinals, several dark-eyed Juncos, and to many sparrows, bluejays, chickadees and titmice to count.
November 20, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Some of today's visitors. Not pictured, several pairs of mourning doves, a pair of cardinals, several dark-eyed Juncos, and to many sparrows, bluejays, chickadees and titmice to count.