Denise 👩🏻🔬🌈😷💉
@sciencemouse.bsky.social
R&D Scientist-RNA Specialist-She/they-Biracial/Multi-ethnic-#ActuallyAutistic - views are my own
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call me crazy but it really feels like “World’s Richest Man Creates AI Chatbot That Generates Child Porn” would’ve been a huge international outrage requiring a governmental crackdown not even 24 months ago
January 2, 2026 at 7:06 AM
call me crazy but it really feels like “World’s Richest Man Creates AI Chatbot That Generates Child Porn” would’ve been a huge international outrage requiring a governmental crackdown not even 24 months ago
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🔮🧙🏿♂️It is finished. Blackstradamus remains undefeated.
When I called this 10+ years ago, none of you Elon stans believed it. "I wouldn't bet against Elon!" You all yelled. Well I did (again), and I was right (again).
👴🏻"So why didn't you short Tesla then?"
Because y'all have more dollars than sense🤡
When I called this 10+ years ago, none of you Elon stans believed it. "I wouldn't bet against Elon!" You all yelled. Well I did (again), and I was right (again).
👴🏻"So why didn't you short Tesla then?"
Because y'all have more dollars than sense🤡
BREAKING: Tesla loses its crown as the world's bestselling electric vehicle maker to Chinese rival BYD as sales fall for a second year in a row.
Tesla loses title as world's biggest electric vehicle maker as sales fall for second year in a row
Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row.
bit.ly
January 2, 2026 at 2:42 PM
🔮🧙🏿♂️It is finished. Blackstradamus remains undefeated.
When I called this 10+ years ago, none of you Elon stans believed it. "I wouldn't bet against Elon!" You all yelled. Well I did (again), and I was right (again).
👴🏻"So why didn't you short Tesla then?"
Because y'all have more dollars than sense🤡
When I called this 10+ years ago, none of you Elon stans believed it. "I wouldn't bet against Elon!" You all yelled. Well I did (again), and I was right (again).
👴🏻"So why didn't you short Tesla then?"
Because y'all have more dollars than sense🤡
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so basically our rich oligarchs launched a racist propaganda media campaign to demonize taxpayer-funded childcare, our garbage oligarch press parroted the attack, and now they're going to steal that money to put into their assorted cryptocurrency grifts
‘Scorched-Earth Attack’: Trump Admin Cuts Off Childcare Funds to All States | Common Dreams
"My team and I are exploring all our legal options to ensure that critical childcare services do not get abruptly slashed based on pretext and grandstanding," said Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ell...
www.commondreams.org
January 2, 2026 at 3:18 PM
so basically our rich oligarchs launched a racist propaganda media campaign to demonize taxpayer-funded childcare, our garbage oligarch press parroted the attack, and now they're going to steal that money to put into their assorted cryptocurrency grifts
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Definitely important to talk about the csam happening on Twitter, but please also keep in mind that racists are also using Grok to plan lynchings of Black people.
January 2, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Definitely important to talk about the csam happening on Twitter, but please also keep in mind that racists are also using Grok to plan lynchings of Black people.
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Imprison RFK and every parent who failed to vaccinate their children
A hearty congrats to RFK Jr., as the U.S. is poised to lose its measles elimination status after 25 years, with the most cases since the early 1990s.
Congrats to RFK Jr., As the U.S. Is Poised to Lose Its Measles Elimination Status After 25 Years
After a quarter century where measles was considered eliminated in the U.S., 2025's continuous outbreaks have us back at ground zero.
www.jezebel.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Imprison RFK and every parent who failed to vaccinate their children
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Please consider signing this petition to save public access to the Iowa City State Historical Society.
Update on the campaign to save Iowa History. The doors of the Centennial Building in Iowa City are now closed to the public.
www.change.org/p/save-iowa-...?
www.change.org/p/save-iowa-...?
The War on Iowa History Continues in 2026
The State Historical Society of Iowa's Centennial Building was closed to the public when State Archivist Tony Jahn locked the doors on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.
Please help us seek a remedy throug...
www.change.org
January 2, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Please consider signing this petition to save public access to the Iowa City State Historical Society.
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White House doctors posting "Keep your streak going" messages to Trump like his cognitive exams are Spelling Bee
What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
January 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
White House doctors posting "Keep your streak going" messages to Trump like his cognitive exams are Spelling Bee
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Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
January 2, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
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You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.
Perry: Trusted providers are being unfairly swept up in Minnesota’s fraud crackdown
As the state's new anti-fraud screening system went into effect, the Holland Center expected to receive $212,000 in payments. It instead received $22,000, David M. Perry writes. If nothing changes soo...
www.startribune.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:53 AM
You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.
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How extreme is Jim O’Neill, Deputy Health Secretary who just froze federal childcare funding to every state based on a viral video?
As a leader of the Seasteading Institute, he praised selling human organs on the free market b/c “There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused” 1/2
As a leader of the Seasteading Institute, he praised selling human organs on the free market b/c “There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused” 1/2
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
How extreme is Jim O’Neill, Deputy Health Secretary who just froze federal childcare funding to every state based on a viral video?
As a leader of the Seasteading Institute, he praised selling human organs on the free market b/c “There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused” 1/2
As a leader of the Seasteading Institute, he praised selling human organs on the free market b/c “There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused” 1/2
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What amazes me is how quickly people are losing either the confidence or the willingness to complete basic human tasks.
The parents of the first baby born in 2026 in this county outside Baltimore got their name ideas from ChatGPT. Hudson Oakley Winkler.
www.baltimoresun.com/2026/01/01/c...
www.baltimoresun.com/2026/01/01/c...
ChatGPT named Carroll County’s first-born baby in 2026
The first baby born in Carroll County in 2026 was named with help from ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot.
www.baltimoresun.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:22 PM
What amazes me is how quickly people are losing either the confidence or the willingness to complete basic human tasks.
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Your disabled friend isn’t exactly thrilled about the idea of getting whatever horrible lurgy you’ve reassured them isn’t Covid, it has been revealed.
Disabled friend doesn’t particularly want your Not-Covid either
Your disabled friend isn’t exactly thrilled about the idea of getting whatever horrible lurgy you’ve reassured them isn’t Covid, it has been revealed. In a statement released today, your disabled…
thedailytism.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Your disabled friend isn’t exactly thrilled about the idea of getting whatever horrible lurgy you’ve reassured them isn’t Covid, it has been revealed.
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has this man been anywhere near academia
This article advocates for the “Faculty Merit Act” that would — get this — require all faculty applicants to submit their *SAT* scores. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Holy shirts that’s hilarious.
January 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM
has this man been anywhere near academia
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I talk a lot about AI and "male loneliness" as a lack of distress tolerance for the messy business of dealing with other humans, but the rejection (most noticeable in MAGAts and anti-vaxxers, but spreading to, sigh, everything) of the *idea of expertise* is a symptom of the same problem. (thread)
I hate the whole "listen to every day Americans instead of educated elites" crap but at the same time I do think we sometimes fail to acknowledge that a lot of the academic elites are actually full of shit too. There are plenty of PhDs out there who believe false and damaging shit.
January 2, 2026 at 5:11 PM
I talk a lot about AI and "male loneliness" as a lack of distress tolerance for the messy business of dealing with other humans, but the rejection (most noticeable in MAGAts and anti-vaxxers, but spreading to, sigh, everything) of the *idea of expertise* is a symptom of the same problem. (thread)
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The current situation of NIH science is a tragedy. So much was lost in 2025. Many of us are struggling to keep afloat. I only hope that in 2026 more people wake up to the fact that USA science has been deeply damaged. We are resilient, but we are in grave danger of losing ourselves./end
January 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
The current situation of NIH science is a tragedy. So much was lost in 2025. Many of us are struggling to keep afloat. I only hope that in 2026 more people wake up to the fact that USA science has been deeply damaged. We are resilient, but we are in grave danger of losing ourselves./end
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Scientists have to pivot to new work to get new funding. But pivots take time. A lot of time. This project that I started in Sept '21 was actually a pivot for me because of political interference in NIH policies in 2020. Yet here I am in 2026 still trying to get that pivot funded. /7
January 2, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Scientists have to pivot to new work to get new funding. But pivots take time. A lot of time. This project that I started in Sept '21 was actually a pivot for me because of political interference in NIH policies in 2020. Yet here I am in 2026 still trying to get that pivot funded. /7
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I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
January 2, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
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So glad her husband got that job so at least one cartoonist in New York can have health insurance.
January 2, 2026 at 2:27 AM
So glad her husband got that job so at least one cartoonist in New York can have health insurance.
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We have made it to the year 2026, the setting for the Giorgio Moroder version of Metropolis.
January 1, 2026 at 8:14 PM
We have made it to the year 2026, the setting for the Giorgio Moroder version of Metropolis.
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so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 12:43 AM
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
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Good thing my New Year’s resolution wasn’t “stop getting mad about strangers online” because I’m already angry at someone posting about how they think eBird’s rules (to post data from where you saw the bird) is stupid so they post whole day-long county lists from a single point within the county.
January 1, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Good thing my New Year’s resolution wasn’t “stop getting mad about strangers online” because I’m already angry at someone posting about how they think eBird’s rules (to post data from where you saw the bird) is stupid so they post whole day-long county lists from a single point within the county.
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A little-noticed provision in the TRUMP AI Act would ban big tech platforms, including ostensibly Google, from distributing "sexual material harmful to minors" — a phrase routinely used by conservatives to ban not only porn, but sex ed, LGBTQ literature and repro rights resources.
The TRUMP AMERICA AI Act is every bit as bad as you would expect. Maybe worse.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s latest is an anti-tech omnibus, combining years' worth of dangerous policy ideas into one big, bad bill.
reason.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A little-noticed provision in the TRUMP AI Act would ban big tech platforms, including ostensibly Google, from distributing "sexual material harmful to minors" — a phrase routinely used by conservatives to ban not only porn, but sex ed, LGBTQ literature and repro rights resources.
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Happy New Year to the haters, the losers, and the far left marxist transgender extremists, which I think covers everyone here.
January 1, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Happy New Year to the haters, the losers, and the far left marxist transgender extremists, which I think covers everyone here.
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Thanks for this!
I wasn't aware that the flu - let alone any 'super flu' (e.g. subclade K variant) - could pose a serious threat to the heart.
Had to look it up for futher info. Below is an Australian website on the subject with further references:
immunisationcoalition.org.au/diseases/inf...
I wasn't aware that the flu - let alone any 'super flu' (e.g. subclade K variant) - could pose a serious threat to the heart.
Had to look it up for futher info. Below is an Australian website on the subject with further references:
immunisationcoalition.org.au/diseases/inf...
Influenza and Heart Attack - Immunisation Coalition
Flu vaccination protects more than your lungs — it can also save your heart. Learn how influenza increases the risk of heart attacks and sudden cardiac arrest, and how annual vaccination dramatically ...
immunisationcoalition.org.au
December 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Thanks for this!
I wasn't aware that the flu - let alone any 'super flu' (e.g. subclade K variant) - could pose a serious threat to the heart.
Had to look it up for futher info. Below is an Australian website on the subject with further references:
immunisationcoalition.org.au/diseases/inf...
I wasn't aware that the flu - let alone any 'super flu' (e.g. subclade K variant) - could pose a serious threat to the heart.
Had to look it up for futher info. Below is an Australian website on the subject with further references:
immunisationcoalition.org.au/diseases/inf...