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@sagospleen.bsky.social
🏳️‍🌈, microscope jockey
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I once figured out where every spice in my spice cabinet fit in the plant evolutionary tree
September 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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September 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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No kings
June 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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I have a One Simple Trick. We'll see if they go for it.
Stopping The Genocide of Palestinians Will Stop Attacks Like Colorado
The return of 9/11 politics post-10/7 means the return of refusing to do what it actually takes to stop the cascade of violence. PLUS: The U.S. military now wargames with AI.
www.forever-wars.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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If only the New Yorker had read @albertburneko.bsky.social six months ago it could have avoided wearing the clownshoes today defector.com/what-the-fuc...
May 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Some grim Memorial Day reading: a recent ruling in the 9/11 military commission reveals descriptions of one of the CIA’s most sadistic black sites — like, well,
CIA Interrogator Said Infamous Black Site Looked “Like A Nazi Concentration Camp"
New disclosures from the military commissions underscore the depravity of the post-9/11 program—through the eyes of its practitioners, not just its victims.
www.forever-wars.com
May 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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This is the fundamental point of agreement between the American gentry class (car dealers, fast food franchise owners) and the Silicon Valley tech elite: Workers should have less power, the economy can be worse overall, but I myself should have more power to decide what happens.
March 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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we gotta end the War on Terror one of these days man
March 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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What can government scientists do now to minimize the damage that’s coming over the next four years, and what can we do to help them? I spoke to several experts to write this story for The Revelator

Please share widely. 🧪🌎

therevelator.org/scientists-m...
Advice for U.S. Government Scientists: Lessons Learned From the ‘Muzzling’ of Their Canadian Counterparts • The Revelator
The next four years will be awful for the science and conservation community. By learning from past experiences, we can minimize the damage.
therevelator.org
December 2, 2024 at 4:15 PM
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September 13, 2024 at 5:09 AM
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"To be frank, the fanciful ideas put forward by self-described free thinkers are more in keeping with popular movies than the realities of working with pathogens." Clear, powerful editorial by The Lancet Microbe on the origins of COVID "through mundane contact with infected wildlife" 🧪
COVID-19 origins: plain speaking is overdue
SARS-CoV-2 is a natural virus that found its way into humans through mundane contact with infected wildlife that went on to cause the most consequential pandemic for over a century. While it is schola...
www.thelancet.com
July 18, 2024 at 6:16 PM
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I wrote about some of our Most American Americans (derogatory) and their ongoing public coming-out as themselves. defector.com/two-bad-neig...
Two Bad Neighbors | Defector
“You know what I want?” Martha-Ann Alito asked a stranger who had briefly flattered her at a dinner for the Supreme Court Historical Society last week. “I want a Sacred Heart of Jesus flag, because I ...
defector.com
June 13, 2024 at 7:27 PM
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February 26, 2024 at 9:32 PM
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Honored to write the Rolling Stone obituary for the worst American of the post-World War II era. Rot in piss
Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies
Henry Kissinger has died at age 100, his consulting firm said in a statement on Wednesday.
www.rollingstone.com
November 30, 2023 at 1:59 AM
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At the time of writing, our staff are witnessing people being shot at as they attempt to flee the Al-Shifa hospital.

MSF urgently reiterates its calls to stop the attacks against hospitals, for an immediate ceasefire and for the protection of medical facilities, medical staff and patients.
November 11, 2023 at 1:36 PM
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October 27, 2023 at 11:37 PM