rbrichardson.bsky.social
@rbrichardson.bsky.social
“When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.” ~Brian Sims
December 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
“Without scientific progress, no amount of achievement in other directions can ensure our health, prosperity, and security as a nation.” ~ Dr. Vannevar Bush, Director of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1941-1947
August 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
If there was a place in the United States that was fireworks-free, I would move there. It sucks every year that I sit in my bathroom holding my dog while she trembles until midnight while a war zone erupts all around us. #EnforceTheLaws
July 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“The more society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.” ~George Orwell
June 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“Protective tariffs are as much applications of force as are blockading squadrons, and their object is the same—to prevent trade. … What protection teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war. ~ American economist Henry George, 1886
April 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Reposted
"But unlike Waltz and Hegseth, who both remain in their jobs, the career DHS employee was put on administrative leave and told late last week that the agency intends to revoke her security clearance..."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
A DHS staffer faces serious punishment for accidentally adding a reporter to a group email
The episode, which has not been previously reported, raises questions about unequal punishment for inadvertent leakers in the Trump administration.
www.nbcnews.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“National security is not just a matter of military strength. It also depends on the ability of a nation to maintain productive and stable ecosystems, resilient biological communities and sustainable access to natural resources.” theconversation.com/ecological-d...
Ecological disruptions are a risk to national security
Overfishing, disease and environmental crimes cause social and political instability, economic strife and strained international relations.
theconversation.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
“Warmer temperatures and changing weather patterns have triggered earlier and more sporadic bloom seasons.” caseytrees.org/2025/03/how-... #CaseyTrees
How Climate Change is Affecting DC's Cherry Blossoms
Warmer temperatures and changing weather patterns have led to earlier and more sporadic bloom seasons. Let’s talk about it.
caseytrees.org
March 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Remember the promises?

Eggs are not cheaper. Gas is not cheaper. Groceries are not cheaper.

Ukraine is still being bombed by Russia every day.

Our economy is not growing.

Our stock market is crashing.

Our retirement accounts are losing value.
March 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM