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The Exploding Heads

@explodingheads.bsky.social

"It's not climate change. It's called WEATHER."

June 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.

Remind you of anyone?

April 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM

Veeby

@veeby.bsky.social

All the talk of British Steel today…. hope they’re making plans for Nigel.

April 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM

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Franchesca Ramsey

@chescaleigh.bsky.social

here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘

April 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM

Veeby

@veeby.bsky.social

Celandines are so lovely!

March 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM

Veeby

@veeby.bsky.social

Sunset

March 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM

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Jo Smith

@jojophysicsgirl.bsky.social

No thankyou to BT interview man who asked why I’d done physics as a girl, no thank you to the mum of a student peer who said I’d taken her son’s job because I was a girl, no thank you to the Japanese manager at work who passed me the photocopying in a meeting. Actually- thankyou - you made me 💪!

Adriana Guatame-García @adrianaguatame.bsky.social · Mar 6

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩‍🔬

There have been people less than helpful in my journey here. I wanted to acknowledge those too, bc I know I am not unique in this experience.
No thank you to the physics study assoc that made me sing songs about how women couldn't study physics without sleeping with the professor, the day I stepped into university life. No thank you to the 5th year physics student that decided to assign me a stripper name within the first minute of meeting me in the physics coffee corner in my first year. No thank you to the technician that was responsible for onboarding me on the use of the cluster in my third year who raised his eyebrows and asked me if that meant I was some sort of computer girl. No thank you to the senior researcher that sent me utterly inappropriate texts after a conference, then proceeded to apologise months later by telling me they had not been meant for me anyway so no hard feelings remain hopefully And no thank you to him for attending every conference I've been to since. No thank you to the people who told me that it was surprising that I was doing a PhD since I was a girl. No thank you to the man who mistook me for a coffee lady at a conference, and after having to correct him two times that I did not work there, responded with you should consider it. No thank you to the researcher that asked me what I was wearing underneath my outfit during a conference. No thank you to the physicist who declared to a room full of other physicists that biologists don't know how to design an experiment. No thank you to the people who have called me scary instead of strong and intimidating instead of intelligent.
And finally, no thank you to the exec board of the TU Delft, whose knee-jerk reaction to being held up a mirror about the social safety at the university, was to sue the party holding up the mirror instead of looking at the problems they highlighted.
... You have made me feel like I do not belong in science & I cannot forgive you for that.

March 7, 2025 at 7:58 AM

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Marc Elias

@marcelias.bsky.social

Every time I read a story like this I recommit to be louder and more defiant.

March 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM

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AltAirForce

@altairforce.altgov.info

IT’S WORKING!!!! KEEP SHOWING UP, MAKING YOUR VOICES HEARD!!!

March 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM

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U.S. Representative Al Green

@algreen.house.gov

Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...

Congressman Al Green on X: "Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl" / X

Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl

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March 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM

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Adam Schwarz

@adamjschwarz.bsky.social

French Senator Claude Malhuret:

"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM

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Chris Hayes

@chrislhayes.bsky.social

Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.

February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM

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Kelsey Hightower

@kelseyhightower.com

They don't want to teach history so they can repeat it.

February 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM

Veeby

@veeby.bsky.social

I was hoping Bluesky would have balance and a civilised debate but sadly, it seems to be changing. Admittedly, what T is doing is enough to upset anyone but this is not the ‘other place’. I think some people should try to remember that. (Or am I just seeing the posts by ‘Bots’? Can’t tell).

February 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM

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Joanne Harris

@joannechocolat.bsky.social

Note to anyone who needs it today: A man who believes that a cleric's plea for compassion is "hate speech" has no business invoking God, or claiming to be a believer in anything but himself.

January 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM

Veeby

@veeby.bsky.social

Nobody else knows this but it would have been my older brother’s birthday today so I’m remembering.

January 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM

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Peter Stefanovic

@peterstefanovic.bsky.social

Sounds like a plan

January 19, 2025 at 8:09 AM

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Jon Cooper

@joncooper-us.bsky.social

Sums it up nicely.

January 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM

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For the Love of Missy

@missybbbobtail.bsky.social

Be the person your cat thinks you are.

January 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM

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Matt Green

@mattgreencomedy.com

Why did Liz Truss send Keir Starmer a letter?

Featuring @nerineskinner.bsky.social!

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Why did Liz Truss send Keir Starmer a letter?

YouTube video by Matt Green Comedy

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January 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM

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The Marsh Family

@marshfamilysongs.bsky.social

Happy International Men's Day! On that note, here's a familiar song to hum that we adapted with the amazing Prostate Cancer UK four years ago, when Alfie & Tom could sing high: youtu.be/IkVLe_qI2dw

Get tested = save men (like Grandad)
#InternationalMensDay

"Mack the Knife (Prostate Cancer - Facts of Life)" by The Marsh Family with Prostate Cancer UK

YouTube video by Marsh Family

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November 19, 2024 at 10:08 AM

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The Marsh Family

@marshfamilysongs.bsky.social

A parody song on sexual harassment with guessable topical references, "Men Can Say No" 🍒🎶

If you find it funny or interesting, then don't JUST like or reshare it. Please immediately buy our Christmas single (came out Friday) & has raised over £14k: orcd.co/universalchild 🙏

👉 youtu.be/iIeuV-A6g8s