Micki Barboni
@silverraven73.bsky.social
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Trump is using your tax money to strongarm his critics. It’s what dictators do.
Trump says he will withhold federal tax dollars to Maine colleges unless the Gov of Maine personally apologizes to him.
March 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Trump is using your tax money to strongarm his critics. It’s what dictators do.
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Five former defense secretaries condemned Trump’s firing of senior military leaders as “reckless” and urged Congress to reject their replacements.
February 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Five former defense secretaries condemned Trump’s firing of senior military leaders as “reckless” and urged Congress to reject their replacements.
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The politicization and weaponization of both the CIA and the FBI at the same time sets the country up for another intelligence failure on the scale of Pearl Harbor or 9/11. A joint essay by me and @tim-weiner.bsky.social: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/patel-ratc...
Patel, Ratcliffe Set Up U.S. for a National Catastrophe
A rare joint essay on the dangers inside the battle for the soul of the FBI and CIA
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The politicization and weaponization of both the CIA and the FBI at the same time sets the country up for another intelligence failure on the scale of Pearl Harbor or 9/11. A joint essay by me and @tim-weiner.bsky.social: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/patel-ratc...
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A constant sense of danger
We need to talk more about how it feels to be a woman amidst this sudden onslaught of “reclaiming masculinity,” celebrating male aggression and violence, and vanishing smart experienced women from positions of power.
February 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A constant sense of danger
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The goal is to terrorize federal workers into quitting. That’s it. Constant changes. Canceling work from home then closing offices. Laying off probationary employees. It’s designed to break the government. Then privatize it for profit. It’s not efficiency. It’s collapse. Only peasants will suffer.
February 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The goal is to terrorize federal workers into quitting. That’s it. Constant changes. Canceling work from home then closing offices. Laying off probationary employees. It’s designed to break the government. Then privatize it for profit. It’s not efficiency. It’s collapse. Only peasants will suffer.
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The Department of Ed has a form to snitch on DEI policies in schools.
I’d be a shame if we broke it with thousands of responses… enddei.ed.gov
I’d be a shame if we broke it with thousands of responses… enddei.ed.gov
Department of Education FormLock
enddei.ed.gov
February 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Department of Ed has a form to snitch on DEI policies in schools.
I’d be a shame if we broke it with thousands of responses… enddei.ed.gov
I’d be a shame if we broke it with thousands of responses… enddei.ed.gov
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There goes the neighborhood.
NEPA basically just says you need to think about the environment before you do stuff, consider alternatives, and write it down. Ya know, the bare minimum of conscientiousness and good stewardship.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
NEPA basically just says you need to think about the environment before you do stuff, consider alternatives, and write it down. Ya know, the bare minimum of conscientiousness and good stewardship.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
There goes the neighborhood.
NEPA basically just says you need to think about the environment before you do stuff, consider alternatives, and write it down. Ya know, the bare minimum of conscientiousness and good stewardship.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
NEPA basically just says you need to think about the environment before you do stuff, consider alternatives, and write it down. Ya know, the bare minimum of conscientiousness and good stewardship.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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McCarthyism is alive and well, apparently.
February 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
McCarthyism is alive and well, apparently.
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I'm a pilot with engineering Ph.D., worked in both airline and tech industries. I can say there is absolutely zero chance, given the timing of the switch, that FAA had done any review to make the decision based on merits. I hope Verizon sue the hell out of it.
Not having seen either plan in detail, I can't say for certain that this is right or wrong technical choice.
Know enough about FAA caution and rule-based procedure to say that such a move would reek to high heaven.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
(Good reporting by beleaguered WaPo staff.)
Know enough about FAA caution and rule-based procedure to say that such a move would reek to high heaven.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
(Good reporting by beleaguered WaPo staff.)
FAA targeting Verizon contract in favor of Musk’s Starlink, sources say
Turning the $2.4 billion project over to Musk’s company would be a major test of conflict-of-interest rules in government contracting.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I'm a pilot with engineering Ph.D., worked in both airline and tech industries. I can say there is absolutely zero chance, given the timing of the switch, that FAA had done any review to make the decision based on merits. I hope Verizon sue the hell out of it.
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I can't think of a faster way to undermine the country than simultaneously firing government workers, cutting scientific research, rolling back protections on public health & environment, & cutting essential services. It's like the US was defeated in war and is being occupied by a hostile enemy.
February 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I can't think of a faster way to undermine the country than simultaneously firing government workers, cutting scientific research, rolling back protections on public health & environment, & cutting essential services. It's like the US was defeated in war and is being occupied by a hostile enemy.
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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I’ll be reposting frequently till March 7. Let’s make sure the world knows we are trying. For our colleagues at NIH, US-AID, NOAA, EPA, NSF: you are valued and your work is invaluable!
Stand up for Science Rally Providence State House March 7, 2025! See you there
February 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I’ll be reposting frequently till March 7. Let’s make sure the world knows we are trying. For our colleagues at NIH, US-AID, NOAA, EPA, NSF: you are valued and your work is invaluable!
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“There is no consensus…groups of biologists have championed individual human life beginning at fertilization, gastrulation, the emergence of the electroencephalogram pattern, and viability/birth.”
Excellent info for teaching in this review.
🧪 #ReproSky #Scicomm
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Excellent info for teaching in this review.
🧪 #ReproSky #Scicomm
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“When does human life begin?” teaching human embryology in the context of the American abortion debate
The Dobbs decision of the United States Supreme Court and the actions of several state legislatures have made it risky, if not outright dangerous, to …
www.sciencedirect.com
December 2, 2024 at 4:05 PM
“There is no consensus…groups of biologists have championed individual human life beginning at fertilization, gastrulation, the emergence of the electroencephalogram pattern, and viability/birth.”
Excellent info for teaching in this review.
🧪 #ReproSky #Scicomm
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Excellent info for teaching in this review.
🧪 #ReproSky #Scicomm
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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#JobAlert 🧪🌊
#Postdoc Indigenous Knowledge Systems with coastal and marine science. Potential research areas are broad, including #Arctic. @whoi.bsky.social is on Wampanoag land.
whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WHOI-E...
#Postdoc Indigenous Knowledge Systems with coastal and marine science. Potential research areas are broad, including #Arctic. @whoi.bsky.social is on Wampanoag land.
whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WHOI-E...
Postdoctoral Investigator – Indigenous knowledge Systems
Job Summary Job Description The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is seeking a post-doctoral researcher specializing in the application, integration and/or incorporation of Indigenous Knowledge Sys...
whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:01 PM
#JobAlert 🧪🌊
#Postdoc Indigenous Knowledge Systems with coastal and marine science. Potential research areas are broad, including #Arctic. @whoi.bsky.social is on Wampanoag land.
whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WHOI-E...
#Postdoc Indigenous Knowledge Systems with coastal and marine science. Potential research areas are broad, including #Arctic. @whoi.bsky.social is on Wampanoag land.
whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WHOI-E...
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Pondering the cosmic implications of the octopus 🐙 & what this strange creature can teach us about the diversity of possible minds in the universe ✨ So I wrote this.
🧪 #philsci #neurosky #neuroscience
🧪 #philsci #neurosky #neuroscience
The Octopus: A Case Study in Alien Intelligence
What these evolutionary outliers can teach us about alternative minds
medium.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Pondering the cosmic implications of the octopus 🐙 & what this strange creature can teach us about the diversity of possible minds in the universe ✨ So I wrote this.
🧪 #philsci #neurosky #neuroscience
🧪 #philsci #neurosky #neuroscience
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There's also an excellent Physical Oceanography starter pack put together by @malinodalen.bsky.social 🌊🦑
go.bsky.app/Eb6xX19
go.bsky.app/Eb6xX19
November 27, 2024 at 7:23 PM
There's also an excellent Physical Oceanography starter pack put together by @malinodalen.bsky.social 🌊🦑
go.bsky.app/Eb6xX19
go.bsky.app/Eb6xX19
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AI models will likely be trained on AI-generated content; yet new research shows this creates a destructive cycle called model collapse where each generation loses ability to capture rare events and human diversity, eventually converging on a narrow, limited view of reality 🧪 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
December 3, 2024 at 11:11 PM
AI models will likely be trained on AI-generated content; yet new research shows this creates a destructive cycle called model collapse where each generation loses ability to capture rare events and human diversity, eventually converging on a narrow, limited view of reality 🧪 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Can't say that isn't a delightful thought. You?
November 16, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Can't say that isn't a delightful thought. You?
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Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
November 17, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
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Good morning, Bluesky. Today’s #GoodMorningNews: a trial at Washington University’s school of medicine has shown great results for a vaccine that would prevent recurrence for a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. It’s a small trial, but 3 years later 16/18 participants remain cancer free
Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer | WashU Medicine
Clinical trial targeted recurrence of hard-to-treat triple-negative breast cancer
medicine.washu.edu
November 16, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Good morning, Bluesky. Today’s #GoodMorningNews: a trial at Washington University’s school of medicine has shown great results for a vaccine that would prevent recurrence for a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. It’s a small trial, but 3 years later 16/18 participants remain cancer free
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If you are an LGBTQ person and need some support or someone to chat with, please reach out to the Trevor Project. You are not alone.
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November 11, 2024 at 8:49 PM
If you are an LGBTQ person and need some support or someone to chat with, please reach out to the Trevor Project. You are not alone.
www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
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Now more than ever, we need the #ocean, and the ocean needs us. Join #WHOI’s growing team to help unlock science-based solutions for our planet’s biggest challenges. Explore exciting career opportunities in your field at whoi.edu/team!
October 30, 2023 at 5:31 PM
Now more than ever, we need the #ocean, and the ocean needs us. Join #WHOI’s growing team to help unlock science-based solutions for our planet’s biggest challenges. Explore exciting career opportunities in your field at whoi.edu/team!
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I’m also seriously contemplating spending a small fortune on physical books right now.
Banned books. Reference books. Classic books. I feel like a hard copy library is somehow very very essential and I know how doomsday that sounds but…yeah.
Banned books. Reference books. Classic books. I feel like a hard copy library is somehow very very essential and I know how doomsday that sounds but…yeah.
November 15, 2024 at 2:39 PM
I’m also seriously contemplating spending a small fortune on physical books right now.
Banned books. Reference books. Classic books. I feel like a hard copy library is somehow very very essential and I know how doomsday that sounds but…yeah.
Banned books. Reference books. Classic books. I feel like a hard copy library is somehow very very essential and I know how doomsday that sounds but…yeah.
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watching cabinet appointments get announced like
November 13, 2024 at 11:40 PM
watching cabinet appointments get announced like