Carissa Grace
@ratastrophysics.bsky.social
DVM, Tennis, Star Trek, motorcycles, space, cooking. she/her. Trans. Lesbian. Panromantic for kind people. 🏳️⚧️ Celebrating successes of women.
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This is what a REAL president does...
Obama surprises veterans arriving on Honor Flight to DC
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Obama surprises veterans arriving on Honor Flight to DC
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Obama surprises veterans arriving on Honor Flight to DC
YouTube video by ABC News
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November 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This is what a REAL president does...
Obama surprises veterans arriving on Honor Flight to DC
youtu.be/n6Lo1xO7jO8?...
Obama surprises veterans arriving on Honor Flight to DC
youtu.be/n6Lo1xO7jO8?...
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You can threaten, you can fine… you can turn up to people’s houses and beg…
It won’t work. Unless you have a miracle in your briefcase, you’re going to have to deal with the cause.
Health must come first, and productivity follows.
It won’t work. Unless you have a miracle in your briefcase, you’re going to have to deal with the cause.
Health must come first, and productivity follows.
November 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
You can threaten, you can fine… you can turn up to people’s houses and beg…
It won’t work. Unless you have a miracle in your briefcase, you’re going to have to deal with the cause.
Health must come first, and productivity follows.
It won’t work. Unless you have a miracle in your briefcase, you’re going to have to deal with the cause.
Health must come first, and productivity follows.
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new bridge is my friend, friendship ended with all other bridges.
November 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
new bridge is my friend, friendship ended with all other bridges.
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Canada loses its official ‘measles-free’ status – and the US will follow soon, as vaccination rates fall.
🔹2020–2023: Only 16 measles cases nationwide
🔹2024: Jumped to 100+ cases
🔹2025: Surged to 5,000+ cases
Source: archive.li/t4Azx
🔹2020–2023: Only 16 measles cases nationwide
🔹2024: Jumped to 100+ cases
🔹2025: Surged to 5,000+ cases
Source: archive.li/t4Azx
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Canada loses its official ‘measles-free’ status – and the US will follow soon, as vaccination rates fall.
🔹2020–2023: Only 16 measles cases nationwide
🔹2024: Jumped to 100+ cases
🔹2025: Surged to 5,000+ cases
Source: archive.li/t4Azx
🔹2020–2023: Only 16 measles cases nationwide
🔹2024: Jumped to 100+ cases
🔹2025: Surged to 5,000+ cases
Source: archive.li/t4Azx
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France: "Wearing a mask is once again mandatory in Paris hospitals"
"Faced with a rapid rise in respiratory infections, several hospitals in the Île-de-France region have decided to reinstate mandatory mask-wearing for healthcare workers, visitors, and patients over the age of 6."
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"Faced with a rapid rise in respiratory infections, several hospitals in the Île-de-France region have decided to reinstate mandatory mask-wearing for healthcare workers, visitors, and patients over the age of 6."
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November 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
France: "Wearing a mask is once again mandatory in Paris hospitals"
"Faced with a rapid rise in respiratory infections, several hospitals in the Île-de-France region have decided to reinstate mandatory mask-wearing for healthcare workers, visitors, and patients over the age of 6."
archive.li/ZeKtJ
"Faced with a rapid rise in respiratory infections, several hospitals in the Île-de-France region have decided to reinstate mandatory mask-wearing for healthcare workers, visitors, and patients over the age of 6."
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Excellence. Class. Integrity. Strength. This is what leadership looks like. ♥️
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Excellence. Class. Integrity. Strength. This is what leadership looks like. ♥️
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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Trump fights the release of SNAP benefits, forcing Americans to go hungry, at the same time he’s bragging on lowering the cost of a weight loss drug.
This is America in a nutshell‼️
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
#Pinks
This is America in a nutshell‼️
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
#Pinks
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Trump fights the release of SNAP benefits, forcing Americans to go hungry, at the same time he’s bragging on lowering the cost of a weight loss drug.
This is America in a nutshell‼️
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
#Pinks
This is America in a nutshell‼️
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
#Pinks
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Ladies- we are now under attack too.
Republicans are trying to sneak a national abortion ban in to the budget bill.
They can’t help themselves when it comes to hurting women.
Stay strong Dems!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks
Republicans are trying to sneak a national abortion ban in to the budget bill.
They can’t help themselves when it comes to hurting women.
Stay strong Dems!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Ladies- we are now under attack too.
Republicans are trying to sneak a national abortion ban in to the budget bill.
They can’t help themselves when it comes to hurting women.
Stay strong Dems!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks
Republicans are trying to sneak a national abortion ban in to the budget bill.
They can’t help themselves when it comes to hurting women.
Stay strong Dems!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks
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You're having a dinner party with characters from Star Trek. What four are you inviting?
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
You're having a dinner party with characters from Star Trek. What four are you inviting?
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Happy Birthday to Robert Duncan McNeill. memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_... #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #StarTrekVOY #StarTrekLowerDecks #IDIC #Quote
Robert Duncan McNeill
Robert Duncan McNeill (born 9 November 1964; age 60) is the actor best known for portraying Tom Paris in every episode of Star Trek: Voyager. He had previously appeared as Nicholas Locarno in the…
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November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Happy Birthday to Robert Duncan McNeill. memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_... #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #StarTrekVOY #StarTrekLowerDecks #IDIC #Quote
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Obama was always like that - a reporter fainted in the briefing room during his second term and he paused the briefing and had someone go get his personal doctor to help them.
Makes you miss having a decent human in the Oval.
Makes you miss having a decent human in the Oval.
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Obama was always like that - a reporter fainted in the briefing room during his second term and he paused the briefing and had someone go get his personal doctor to help them.
Makes you miss having a decent human in the Oval.
Makes you miss having a decent human in the Oval.
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Because of pressure from Oregon Democrats, Oregon’s SNAP recipients are now receiving their full benefits.
www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Because of pressure from Oregon Democrats, Oregon’s SNAP recipients are now receiving their full benefits.
www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
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Thank you to Rep. Yassamin Ansari for this act of total badassery—showing what real leadership looks like when others stay silent. Keep bringing the fire, the facts, and the fight. #GOPHealthCareShutdown
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Thank you to Rep. Yassamin Ansari for this act of total badassery—showing what real leadership looks like when others stay silent. Keep bringing the fire, the facts, and the fight. #GOPHealthCareShutdown
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WHY aren't politicians telling this to the public? Instead they think they can "get votes" by bashing immigrants.
PS It isn't even about "immigrants" it's about race.
PS It isn't even about "immigrants" it's about race.
November 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
WHY aren't politicians telling this to the public? Instead they think they can "get votes" by bashing immigrants.
PS It isn't even about "immigrants" it's about race.
PS It isn't even about "immigrants" it's about race.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
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Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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Happy Birthday to Rebecca Romijn. memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rebecca... #StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrekShortTreks #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds #IDIC #Quote
Rebecca Romijn
Rebecca Romijn (born 6 November 1972; age 52) is an actress and former model who played Una Chin-Riley in the Star Trek: Discovery second season episodes "An Obol for Charon", "Such Sweet Sorrow",…
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November 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Happy Birthday to Rebecca Romijn. memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rebecca... #StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrekShortTreks #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds #IDIC #Quote
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More amazing news!
In a historic move, New Mexico just became the first state in America to guarantee free, universal child care for all residents. 🩵
Families win, kids thrive, and the economy grows.
Now let’s get the entire U.S. to follow suit.
In a historic move, New Mexico just became the first state in America to guarantee free, universal child care for all residents. 🩵
Families win, kids thrive, and the economy grows.
Now let’s get the entire U.S. to follow suit.
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 AM
More amazing news!
In a historic move, New Mexico just became the first state in America to guarantee free, universal child care for all residents. 🩵
Families win, kids thrive, and the economy grows.
Now let’s get the entire U.S. to follow suit.
In a historic move, New Mexico just became the first state in America to guarantee free, universal child care for all residents. 🩵
Families win, kids thrive, and the economy grows.
Now let’s get the entire U.S. to follow suit.
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I saw this earlier this week but needed time to have a public conversation about it.
Goddard has always been one of my favorite NASA centers. The work they do is so cool and the folks there are incredible.
This truly gutted me. 😢
Goddard has always been one of my favorite NASA centers. The work they do is so cool and the folks there are incredible.
This truly gutted me. 😢
Reposting to correct an error: trump admin is quietly gutting 13 buildings and about 100 laboratories at Goddard campus that has been instrumental to Hubble and James Webb telescope missions. Staff say they’ve be locked and told to move equipment. Anything left behind will be thrown away.
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear
(CNN) — Alarm is growing among federal workers at NASA’s iconic Goddard Space Flight Center’s main campus in Greenbelt, Maryland — the nerve center for groundbreaking missions like the Hubble
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November 6, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I saw this earlier this week but needed time to have a public conversation about it.
Goddard has always been one of my favorite NASA centers. The work they do is so cool and the folks there are incredible.
This truly gutted me. 😢
Goddard has always been one of my favorite NASA centers. The work they do is so cool and the folks there are incredible.
This truly gutted me. 😢
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Nothing to see here, literally! Just 6ft me standing, you read that right, standing upright in front of a truck.
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Nothing to see here, literally! Just 6ft me standing, you read that right, standing upright in front of a truck.
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
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Dems,
You don’t have to throw trans people under the bus to win elections. Voters don’t hate trans people as much as Republicans have convinced you they do. They just don’t. So stop falling for this false dichotomy of either supporting trans 🏳️⚧️ rights & dignity or winning elections.
You can do both.
You don’t have to throw trans people under the bus to win elections. Voters don’t hate trans people as much as Republicans have convinced you they do. They just don’t. So stop falling for this false dichotomy of either supporting trans 🏳️⚧️ rights & dignity or winning elections.
You can do both.
Mamdani: Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job, a single mom still waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with their back against the wall—your struggle is ours too
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Dems,
You don’t have to throw trans people under the bus to win elections. Voters don’t hate trans people as much as Republicans have convinced you they do. They just don’t. So stop falling for this false dichotomy of either supporting trans 🏳️⚧️ rights & dignity or winning elections.
You can do both.
You don’t have to throw trans people under the bus to win elections. Voters don’t hate trans people as much as Republicans have convinced you they do. They just don’t. So stop falling for this false dichotomy of either supporting trans 🏳️⚧️ rights & dignity or winning elections.
You can do both.
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"Centrists" need to call Mamdani a "radical leftist" so they can say Trump/Farage fascism is just the opposing side of an equally matched "both sides" conflict
But Mamdani is just a middle of the road, European social democrat
And "centrists" - ie centre-right and right - are simply pro-fascism.
But Mamdani is just a middle of the road, European social democrat
And "centrists" - ie centre-right and right - are simply pro-fascism.
BBC Radio 4 this morning joined Trump in describing Zohran Mamdani as a "radical leftist".
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"Centrists" need to call Mamdani a "radical leftist" so they can say Trump/Farage fascism is just the opposing side of an equally matched "both sides" conflict
But Mamdani is just a middle of the road, European social democrat
And "centrists" - ie centre-right and right - are simply pro-fascism.
But Mamdani is just a middle of the road, European social democrat
And "centrists" - ie centre-right and right - are simply pro-fascism.
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Not only is Tom Hanks protecting his own health, by masking up he’s protecting everyone else on public transit.
Many people taking the subway don’t have paid time off.
They don’t have the good healthcare someone like Hanks can afford.
Masking is community care.
Many people taking the subway don’t have paid time off.
They don’t have the good healthcare someone like Hanks can afford.
Masking is community care.
When asked by Stephen Colbert why he was wearing a mask in public, Tom Hanks said..
“I’ve had Covid enough in my life I don’t need to do that again. I’m wearing this for health reasons”
More celebrities need to speak out like this.
“I’ve had Covid enough in my life I don’t need to do that again. I’m wearing this for health reasons”
More celebrities need to speak out like this.
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Not only is Tom Hanks protecting his own health, by masking up he’s protecting everyone else on public transit.
Many people taking the subway don’t have paid time off.
They don’t have the good healthcare someone like Hanks can afford.
Masking is community care.
Many people taking the subway don’t have paid time off.
They don’t have the good healthcare someone like Hanks can afford.
Masking is community care.
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Mamdani gets next week’s New Yorker cover:
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Mamdani gets next week’s New Yorker cover: