Mike Westphal
@mfwestphal.bsky.social
Biologist, writer, father of three, anti-fascist. he/him
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Westphal/publications
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Westphal/publications
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Big surprise. The corruption is baked in.
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Big surprise. The corruption is baked in.
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Oh this is so utterly fucking disgusting. “Lol we know how you like fucking kids, may I suggest reading Lolita”
did not have Harvard English professor Elisa New emailing Jeffrey Epstein about Lolita on my 2025 bingo card
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Oh this is so utterly fucking disgusting. “Lol we know how you like fucking kids, may I suggest reading Lolita”
This reminds me of a gag article in the Onion about Starbucks putting a Starbucks in the bathroom of a Starbucks
Autocannibalism!
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This reminds me of a gag article in the Onion about Starbucks putting a Starbucks in the bathroom of a Starbucks
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Autocannibalism!
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Autocannibalism!
When we next get a Democrat in the Oval Office, and I’m going to say it’ll be 2028, they should bring Jack Smith out of retirement and appoint him Attorney General with a brief to swiftly mete out justice.
November 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When we next get a Democrat in the Oval Office, and I’m going to say it’ll be 2028, they should bring Jack Smith out of retirement and appoint him Attorney General with a brief to swiftly mete out justice.
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First, the frogs died. Then people got sick. wapo.st/47Slsij
First, the frogs died. Then people got sick.
An emerging area of research is uncovering hidden links between nature and human health.
wapo.st
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
First, the frogs died. Then people got sick. wapo.st/47Slsij
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Couldn't happen to a nicer person. <Fe>
'Disgusting': MAGA host under fire after 'career-ending' take on Epstein emails
www.rawstory.com/megyn-kelly-...
www.rawstory.com/megyn-kelly-...
'Disgusting': MAGA host under fire after 'career-ending' take on Epstein emails
MAGA podcaster Megyn Kelly — and mother of a 14-year-old daughter — is getting slammed over saying that Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted child sex offender, was possibly "not a pedoph...
www.rawstory.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Couldn't happen to a nicer person. <Fe>
Musk broke laws. Vought broke laws. Every DOGE boy broke laws. RFK broke laws. Noem & Bondi & Hegseth & Rubio *all* broke laws. I suspect a bunch of US Senators and Congresspeople did insider trading, for all I know it was bipartisan. Every. Single. One. of them needs to have *real* consequences.
Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Musk broke laws. Vought broke laws. Every DOGE boy broke laws. RFK broke laws. Noem & Bondi & Hegseth & Rubio *all* broke laws. I suspect a bunch of US Senators and Congresspeople did insider trading, for all I know it was bipartisan. Every. Single. One. of them needs to have *real* consequences.
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The only way we will win a better world is not only leftism for America, but internationalism. “Researchers who have anything to do with China should have their careers ended” is a bipartisan position, and it can’t be anymore. If we live in a fragmented world, it will burn in our lifetime
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The only way we will win a better world is not only leftism for America, but internationalism. “Researchers who have anything to do with China should have their careers ended” is a bipartisan position, and it can’t be anymore. If we live in a fragmented world, it will burn in our lifetime
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@gillyarcht.bsky.social a cunning plan
Racoons are getting cuter, recession indicator?!!! (send skeet) 🦝🧪
City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
@gillyarcht.bsky.social a cunning plan
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The one i would choose out of all @jwomack.bsky.social futures
City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals
City Raccoons Are Evolving to Look More Like Pets
City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals
www.scientificamerican.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The one i would choose out of all @jwomack.bsky.social futures
Feathered dinosaurs
For the record: this would pretty much ends American field work in the geosciences in China.
That includes:
-the world's largest plateau
-the world's best ice age land sedimentary archive
-number of major fault systems
That includes:
-the world's largest plateau
-the world's best ice age land sedimentary archive
-number of major fault systems
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Feathered dinosaurs
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Man, I love when migrating ducks arrive in Central Park! I spotted this stunning Hooded Merganser lazily floating toward me on the Harlem Meer early this morning. Just incredible! ❤️🧡🖤 #Ducks #CentralPark #birding
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Man, I love when migrating ducks arrive in Central Park! I spotted this stunning Hooded Merganser lazily floating toward me on the Harlem Meer early this morning. Just incredible! ❤️🧡🖤 #Ducks #CentralPark #birding
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It's ONLY been 65 years since six year old Ruby Bridges walked through the halls of William Frantz Elementary as the first Black child to attend an all white school. Met with mobs and hate, her bravery and courage helped change the course of history for this nation.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It's ONLY been 65 years since six year old Ruby Bridges walked through the halls of William Frantz Elementary as the first Black child to attend an all white school. Met with mobs and hate, her bravery and courage helped change the course of history for this nation.
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No, it doesn’t!
'Sequencing Hitler’s DNA shines new light on his psyche. This technique is becoming ever more sophisticated and is delivering information once thought unknowable' | ✍️ The Times View
Sequencing Hitler’s DNA shines new light on his psyche
Sequencing Hitler’s DNA shines new light on his psyche
www.thetimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
No, it doesn’t!
Thanks for pointing this out! It boggles me that elders think that jacked-in teens are somehow tuning out. My boys are far, far more aware of everything that’s going on than I am. Because they’re jacked in. They’re amazingly efficient at processing information. And they’re curious, as all kids are.
This is why when people whine about kids this age not wanting to do anything but look at screens I just laugh. Your fear of screens is not their apathy.
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Thanks for pointing this out! It boggles me that elders think that jacked-in teens are somehow tuning out. My boys are far, far more aware of everything that’s going on than I am. Because they’re jacked in. They’re amazingly efficient at processing information. And they’re curious, as all kids are.
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MoMA.
Shaped my world
Shaped my world
November 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
MoMA.
Shaped my world
Shaped my world
Three kids who made good ❤️❤️❤️
51 years ago
Patti Smith and Iggy Pop and James Williamson of The Stooges in November 1974 backstage at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, California.
Credit: Michael Ochs Archives
#punk #punks #punkrock #protopunk #iggypop #pattismith #history #punkrockhistory
Patti Smith and Iggy Pop and James Williamson of The Stooges in November 1974 backstage at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, California.
Credit: Michael Ochs Archives
#punk #punks #punkrock #protopunk #iggypop #pattismith #history #punkrockhistory
November 14, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Three kids who made good ❤️❤️❤️
I want to register a car in whatever state he’s eventually incarcerated so I can get license plates that potentially were made by him
Here he’s just admitting that his hillbilly elegy narrative was a lie and he despises people who do low wage work
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I want to register a car in whatever state he’s eventually incarcerated so I can get license plates that potentially were made by him
So targeting a president & a bunch of senators who provoked a violent insurrection while the cameras rolled is bad, but targeting some unknown guy who happens to have brown skin is just fine. Did I get that right?
⚡️UPDATE: @SenatorHagerty (who is rich) says he will NOT sue to stuff his pockets with taxpayer dollars (for Jack Smith doing his job)
Now @MarshaBlackburn is the only Tennessee senator who plans to enrich herself — it’s clear what kind of governor she’d be. #MarshasMoneyGrab
Now @MarshaBlackburn is the only Tennessee senator who plans to enrich herself — it’s clear what kind of governor she’d be. #MarshasMoneyGrab
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 AM
So targeting a president & a bunch of senators who provoked a violent insurrection while the cameras rolled is bad, but targeting some unknown guy who happens to have brown skin is just fine. Did I get that right?
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So they finally decided to just completely get rid of science.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
So they finally decided to just completely get rid of science.
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Daw - look at her!
I'm so proud of Katie Wilson and everyone else who wouldn't just let the local Dem establishment/machine automatically give Bruce Harrell a second term. The desire for someone else was palpable and Katie was brave enough to step forward in a strong and focused way. Thank you!
I'm so proud of Katie Wilson and everyone else who wouldn't just let the local Dem establishment/machine automatically give Bruce Harrell a second term. The desire for someone else was palpable and Katie was brave enough to step forward in a strong and focused way. Thank you!
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Daw - look at her!
I'm so proud of Katie Wilson and everyone else who wouldn't just let the local Dem establishment/machine automatically give Bruce Harrell a second term. The desire for someone else was palpable and Katie was brave enough to step forward in a strong and focused way. Thank you!
I'm so proud of Katie Wilson and everyone else who wouldn't just let the local Dem establishment/machine automatically give Bruce Harrell a second term. The desire for someone else was palpable and Katie was brave enough to step forward in a strong and focused way. Thank you!
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If you think this is badass, wait until we win.
katforillinois.com/legal
katforillinois.com/legal
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
If you think this is badass, wait until we win.
katforillinois.com/legal
katforillinois.com/legal
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good summary thread for the insane epstein/sulzberger/michael wolff connection
Why the NYT didn't report on their Epstein info is tangled up with another question: was Epstein a friend of the Sulzberger family? Epstein claims he first befriended NYT publisher "Punch" Sulzberger in the 1970s, when Sulzberger's daughter (age ~12) was at the prep school where Epstein taught. 1/
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
good summary thread for the insane epstein/sulzberger/michael wolff connection
I’d like to know what Epstein is going on about here. I mean, it sounds like coked up blathering, but what’s he really going on about?
And not even just casually texting but upon being asked by Steve Bannon if Jeffery Epstein can get rid of then-US Treasurer Steve Mnuchin or current chair of the federal reserve Jerome Powell, Epstein replies"no Mnuchin is good" in the most boomer on a Blackberry way possible like what the fuck
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I’d like to know what Epstein is going on about here. I mean, it sounds like coked up blathering, but what’s he really going on about?