Today a group called @commoncause held a “nonpartisan” town hall. I learned about the possible Medicaid cuts. One side “probably 10% or admin” the other side said “how do we deal with 1.5B$ less each year in this state?”. It was truly the most worthless political event I’ve attended.
March 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Today a group called @commoncause held a “nonpartisan” town hall. I learned about the possible Medicaid cuts. One side “probably 10% or admin” the other side said “how do we deal with 1.5B$ less each year in this state?”. It was truly the most worthless political event I’ve attended.
This is why we need still experts
My highly sensitive instruments and careful scientific analysis suggests strongly that this planet is cold and dark
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March 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This is why we need still experts
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My highly sensitive instruments and careful scientific analysis suggests strongly that this planet is cold and dark
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March 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
My highly sensitive instruments and careful scientific analysis suggests strongly that this planet is cold and dark
apple.news/A-542Th94Sae...
apple.news/A-542Th94Sae...
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Anyone can say: let’s make Canada the 51st state. Real men say: let’s make America the 47th oblast.
March 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Anyone can say: let’s make Canada the 51st state. Real men say: let’s make America the 47th oblast.
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What, you’re NOT in the nat sec group chat?!?
March 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
What, you’re NOT in the nat sec group chat?!?
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I think I like the real leader of the Democratic Party. (He's leading but maybe too far ahead for some of them to see?)
"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."
March 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I think I like the real leader of the Democratic Party. (He's leading but maybe too far ahead for some of them to see?)
How is this possible ?
March 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
How is this possible ?
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"Institutions with resources must resist thuggish bullying, not just for their own sakes, but to protect others who will find it much harder."
@sulliview.bsky.social on Columbia University's short-sighted capitulation to Trump's intimidation. #TrumpTyranny
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@sulliview.bsky.social on Columbia University's short-sighted capitulation to Trump's intimidation. #TrumpTyranny
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Columbia should have said, ‘see you in court,’ not ‘yes, Mr President.’ | Margaret Sullivan
Institutions must resist thuggish bullying. There is no satisfying Trump. He will move the goalposts again and again
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"Institutions with resources must resist thuggish bullying, not just for their own sakes, but to protect others who will find it much harder."
@sulliview.bsky.social on Columbia University's short-sighted capitulation to Trump's intimidation. #TrumpTyranny
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@sulliview.bsky.social on Columbia University's short-sighted capitulation to Trump's intimidation. #TrumpTyranny
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The first @esa.int Euclid data release is going live THIS WEEK - it's going to be awesome!
I hope Euclid can be as transformational for extragalactic astronomy as Gaia has been for Milky Way astronomy!
I hope Euclid can be as transformational for extragalactic astronomy as Gaia has been for Milky Way astronomy!
34 project publications cleared for journal submission.
Journal submission imminent. arXiv submission to be done, to appear in the Wednesday night / Thursday morning arXiv edition. Press release to be uploaded. Data on 30 million objects to be made public tomorrow, 12:00 CET.
Yeah, #science! 🔭
Journal submission imminent. arXiv submission to be done, to appear in the Wednesday night / Thursday morning arXiv edition. Press release to be uploaded. Data on 30 million objects to be made public tomorrow, 12:00 CET.
Yeah, #science! 🔭
March 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The first @esa.int Euclid data release is going live THIS WEEK - it's going to be awesome!
I hope Euclid can be as transformational for extragalactic astronomy as Gaia has been for Milky Way astronomy!
I hope Euclid can be as transformational for extragalactic astronomy as Gaia has been for Milky Way astronomy!
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In 2021, McConnell successfully filibustered a Democratic CR ahead of a government shutdown and forced them to accept a clean one instead. What happened this week - a total cave on a totally partisan long-term funding bill - hasn’t happened in the 20 years I’ve covered Congress.
March 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
In 2021, McConnell successfully filibustered a Democratic CR ahead of a government shutdown and forced them to accept a clean one instead. What happened this week - a total cave on a totally partisan long-term funding bill - hasn’t happened in the 20 years I’ve covered Congress.
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NASA science for the win!!
After many years of work by hundreds of talented folks at JPL, Caltech, BAE Systems & many other partners, NASA's SPHEREx mission was deployed by NASA LSP & SpaceX last night to begin its journey of discovery. S/C is healthy & power positive! 🛰️✨
After many years of work by hundreds of talented folks at JPL, Caltech, BAE Systems & many other partners, NASA's SPHEREx mission was deployed by NASA LSP & SpaceX last night to begin its journey of discovery. S/C is healthy & power positive! 🛰️✨
March 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
NASA science for the win!!
After many years of work by hundreds of talented folks at JPL, Caltech, BAE Systems & many other partners, NASA's SPHEREx mission was deployed by NASA LSP & SpaceX last night to begin its journey of discovery. S/C is healthy & power positive! 🛰️✨
After many years of work by hundreds of talented folks at JPL, Caltech, BAE Systems & many other partners, NASA's SPHEREx mission was deployed by NASA LSP & SpaceX last night to begin its journey of discovery. S/C is healthy & power positive! 🛰️✨
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Unexpected chemistry and magnetism in samples from the asteroid Bennu, found in samples returned to Earth by OSIRIS-REx in 2023 🧪🔭 www.newscientist.com/article/2471...
The asteroid Bennu is even weirder than we thought
Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is unusually magnetic
www.newscientist.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Unexpected chemistry and magnetism in samples from the asteroid Bennu, found in samples returned to Earth by OSIRIS-REx in 2023 🧪🔭 www.newscientist.com/article/2471...
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Robert’s research offers a profound insight into human life: much of our stress is not about survival but about social hierarchies, competition, and interpersonal conflicts, just like baboons. (2/3)
Lives Well Lived
Philosophy Podcast · 2 Seasons
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March 13, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Robert’s research offers a profound insight into human life: much of our stress is not about survival but about social hierarchies, competition, and interpersonal conflicts, just like baboons. (2/3)
Good lord. Did anyone get GO time ?
March 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Good lord. Did anyone get GO time ?
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I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here
March 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here
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I think people are extremely on edge, and horrified by how quickly society has slipped into this banal techno-fascism, and scared about how far it will go, and that makes people brittle and impatient, and if I were a better person I would extend grace to people because of that, but, you know, I’m me
March 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I think people are extremely on edge, and horrified by how quickly society has slipped into this banal techno-fascism, and scared about how far it will go, and that makes people brittle and impatient, and if I were a better person I would extend grace to people because of that, but, you know, I’m me
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There's literaly an mRNA vaccine to treat pancreatic cancer in the works. It's shown promising results in a Phase 1 trial. Most people with pancreatic cancer are dead within 5 years. It's what killed Patrick Swayze.
A bill banning gene-based vaccines, like some forms of the COVID-19 vaccine, received approval from a Senate subcommittee Monday.
via @iowacapitaldispatch.com
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/bill...
via @iowacapitaldispatch.com
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/bill...
Bill banning mRNA vaccines in Iowa passes subcommittee
A bill banning gene-based vaccines, like some forms of the COVID-19 vaccine, received approval from a Senate subcommittee Monday.
www.newsfromthestates.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
There's literaly an mRNA vaccine to treat pancreatic cancer in the works. It's shown promising results in a Phase 1 trial. Most people with pancreatic cancer are dead within 5 years. It's what killed Patrick Swayze.
Education isn’t a business transaction. Students aren’t clients, degrees aren’t products, faculty aren’t team members or corporate family. University faculty exist to reveal the universe and in doing so force muscles to stretch and strain and grow in our students before they go static forever.
March 4, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Education isn’t a business transaction. Students aren’t clients, degrees aren’t products, faculty aren’t team members or corporate family. University faculty exist to reveal the universe and in doing so force muscles to stretch and strain and grow in our students before they go static forever.
I work at a mid sized state university in a state that on paper highly values education. This notion that college is career prep is the only thing we hear from our exploding administration. I’m inches from leaving all together, my research my tenure and all left behind, because of this mentality.
This all sounds horrible. One area where I have expertise and that is completely wrong-headed is this portion:
“Postsecondary education should be a path to a well-paying career aligned with workforce needs.”
College is NOT about workforce needs.
“Postsecondary education should be a path to a well-paying career aligned with workforce needs.”
College is NOT about workforce needs.
SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education.
I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.
Here is a portion:
I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.
Here is a portion:
March 4, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I work at a mid sized state university in a state that on paper highly values education. This notion that college is career prep is the only thing we hear from our exploding administration. I’m inches from leaving all together, my research my tenure and all left behind, because of this mentality.
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We love merit, don’t we folks?
Scoop: As federal health agencies are gutted, Kyle Diamantas, a Florida attorney w/ a slim resume + no prior gov't experience, is the new head of food safety at @US_FDA. Turns out, he's Donald Trump Jr.'s hunting buddy, @vanityfair.com is reporting exclusively: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/f... /1
America’s Food Safety Is Now in the Hands of Don Jr.’s Hunting Buddy
As federal health agencies are gutted with abandon, a Florida attorney with a history of hunting with the president’s son has been put in charge of food safety at the FDA, overseeing the nation’s food...
www.vanityfair.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM
We love merit, don’t we folks?
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I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner
February 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner
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“More than $39 million has been earmarked to DOGE in the Trump’s administration’s first month.” Saving taxpayer money.
New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
February 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
“More than $39 million has been earmarked to DOGE in the Trump’s administration’s first month.” Saving taxpayer money.
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Hitler, who I do not support, never would have embraced genocide, which I also do not support, if the Weimar shitlibs hadn't tried so hard to deplatform him.
by Glenn Greenwald
by Glenn Greenwald
February 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Hitler, who I do not support, never would have embraced genocide, which I also do not support, if the Weimar shitlibs hadn't tried so hard to deplatform him.
by Glenn Greenwald
by Glenn Greenwald