Roxanne B'Ogee
@wedgeofspite.bsky.social
she/her
#publicengagement, #science, #sciencecommunication, #scicomm, #sciencefiction, #scifi, #SF
Librarian Emerita, UT Austin
AAAS Fellow
#publicengagement, #science, #sciencecommunication, #scicomm, #sciencefiction, #scifi, #SF
Librarian Emerita, UT Austin
AAAS Fellow
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Literally the authoritarian playbook:
1. Call your opponents terrorists.
2. Deploy state power against them.
There's nothing subtle or confusing or complex about what's happening. The *outcome* is uncertain but the authoritarianism is right out in the open.
1. Call your opponents terrorists.
2. Deploy state power against them.
There's nothing subtle or confusing or complex about what's happening. The *outcome* is uncertain but the authoritarianism is right out in the open.
September 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Literally the authoritarian playbook:
1. Call your opponents terrorists.
2. Deploy state power against them.
There's nothing subtle or confusing or complex about what's happening. The *outcome* is uncertain but the authoritarianism is right out in the open.
1. Call your opponents terrorists.
2. Deploy state power against them.
There's nothing subtle or confusing or complex about what's happening. The *outcome* is uncertain but the authoritarianism is right out in the open.
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I grabbed the difference among the twilights and dusks--civil, nautical, and astronomical. So, for weather and astronomy geeks who haven't seen this--
www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/ci...
www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/ci...
What Is Civil Twilight?
Civil twilight is the brightest of the twilight phases. How is it defined and when does it start and end? What are civil dawn and civil dusk?
www.timeanddate.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I grabbed the difference among the twilights and dusks--civil, nautical, and astronomical. So, for weather and astronomy geeks who haven't seen this--
www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/ci...
www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/ci...
Lessee...
Nine library books checked out.
One due in one week.
Seven due in two weeks.
One due in two-and-a-half weeks.
Yeah, I'ma definitely read that last one right now.
Nine library books checked out.
One due in one week.
Seven due in two weeks.
One due in two-and-a-half weeks.
Yeah, I'ma definitely read that last one right now.
September 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Lessee...
Nine library books checked out.
One due in one week.
Seven due in two weeks.
One due in two-and-a-half weeks.
Yeah, I'ma definitely read that last one right now.
Nine library books checked out.
One due in one week.
Seven due in two weeks.
One due in two-and-a-half weeks.
Yeah, I'ma definitely read that last one right now.
I'm not actually going to watch Jimmy Kimmel. You know why? Cuz I never watch Jimmy Kimmel. I just want there to be a Jimmy Kimmel show for me to not watch.
September 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I'm not actually going to watch Jimmy Kimmel. You know why? Cuz I never watch Jimmy Kimmel. I just want there to be a Jimmy Kimmel show for me to not watch.
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Thanks John Oliver
September 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Thanks John Oliver
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"We're going to destroy access to useful, factual information and use a water-destroying electricity hog that screws up all the time."
people: that sounds bad. why?
"It'll make a ton of money for my underground bunker once I've drained all you rubes dry"
people: oh. can I write a novel with it?
people: that sounds bad. why?
"It'll make a ton of money for my underground bunker once I've drained all you rubes dry"
people: oh. can I write a novel with it?
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"We're going to destroy access to useful, factual information and use a water-destroying electricity hog that screws up all the time."
people: that sounds bad. why?
"It'll make a ton of money for my underground bunker once I've drained all you rubes dry"
people: oh. can I write a novel with it?
people: that sounds bad. why?
"It'll make a ton of money for my underground bunker once I've drained all you rubes dry"
people: oh. can I write a novel with it?
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Homicide rates: NY 4.5, FL 7.2
Life expectancy: NY 79, FL 76.1
Uninsured rate: NY 4.8, FL 10.7
Life expectancy: NY 79, FL 76.1
Uninsured rate: NY 4.8, FL 10.7
Bessent: "We want the US to be more like Florida and less like New York"
May 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Homicide rates: NY 4.5, FL 7.2
Life expectancy: NY 79, FL 76.1
Uninsured rate: NY 4.8, FL 10.7
Life expectancy: NY 79, FL 76.1
Uninsured rate: NY 4.8, FL 10.7
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Great thread…
En banc Fifth Circuit overrules decades of precedent and holds that there is no First Amendment right to receive information in a public library.
May 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Great thread…
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GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say
The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness
www.statnews.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
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@issg-filters.bsky.social ICYMI: My writeup of the meeting on Germany's @zbmed.bsky.social plans for a PubMed safety net: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/g...
Germany's Plan for an Open and Independent PubMed Safety Net - Absolutely Maybe
A few months ago, I wrote about reasons to be concerned about the reliability of PubMed under the new regime at the…
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
May 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
@issg-filters.bsky.social ICYMI: My writeup of the meeting on Germany's @zbmed.bsky.social plans for a PubMed safety net: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/g...
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Please note the source.
If you're tracking the Administration's efforts to eliminate birthright citizenship, it's worth renewing one's familiarity with the Nuremberg Laws. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
The Nuremberg Race Laws
The Nazi regime’s Nuremberg Race Laws of September 1935 made Jews legally different from their non-Jewish neighbors. The laws were the foundation for future antisemitic measures .
encyclopedia.ushmm.org
May 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Please note the source.
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“the viral outrage disseminated on social media in response to ridiculous claims actually reduces the effectiveness of collective action. The result is a media environment that keeps us in a state of debilitating fear & anger, endlessly reacting to our oppressors instead of organizing against them.”
This is 100% on the money. Exactly where we are right now.
"We don’t need any more irony-poisoned hot takes or cathartic, irreverent snark. We need to collectively decide what kind of world we actually do want, and what we’re willing to do to achieve it."
www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
"We don’t need any more irony-poisoned hot takes or cathartic, irreverent snark. We need to collectively decide what kind of world we actually do want, and what we’re willing to do to achieve it."
www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
April 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“the viral outrage disseminated on social media in response to ridiculous claims actually reduces the effectiveness of collective action. The result is a media environment that keeps us in a state of debilitating fear & anger, endlessly reacting to our oppressors instead of organizing against them.”
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I sent the old punk
a video clip of one
of the men behind the curtain
saying: “it’s your patriotic duty
to be as healthy as you can,”
and the old punk replied:
“they want each of us to focus
on taking care of ourselves,
because they’re terrified
of us taking care of each other.”
a video clip of one
of the men behind the curtain
saying: “it’s your patriotic duty
to be as healthy as you can,”
and the old punk replied:
“they want each of us to focus
on taking care of ourselves,
because they’re terrified
of us taking care of each other.”
May 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I sent the old punk
a video clip of one
of the men behind the curtain
saying: “it’s your patriotic duty
to be as healthy as you can,”
and the old punk replied:
“they want each of us to focus
on taking care of ourselves,
because they’re terrified
of us taking care of each other.”
a video clip of one
of the men behind the curtain
saying: “it’s your patriotic duty
to be as healthy as you can,”
and the old punk replied:
“they want each of us to focus
on taking care of ourselves,
because they’re terrified
of us taking care of each other.”
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"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
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Just in case anyone's wondering how bad she's lying: the only people who can check books out of the LOC are congressional staff.
Library cards for use of the research centers are only available to people over the age of 16, and researchers under 18 need permission from a parent or guardian.
Library cards for use of the research centers are only available to people over the age of 16, and researchers under 18 need permission from a parent or guardian.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Just in case anyone's wondering how bad she's lying: the only people who can check books out of the LOC are congressional staff.
Library cards for use of the research centers are only available to people over the age of 16, and researchers under 18 need permission from a parent or guardian.
Library cards for use of the research centers are only available to people over the age of 16, and researchers under 18 need permission from a parent or guardian.
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The Guardian, page one. Major US newspapers: unreported
May 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The Guardian, page one. Major US newspapers: unreported
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GHASTLY—Trump administration has shut down CDC's infection control committee HICPAC, which issued guidance about preventing the spread of infections in health care facilities—hand-washing, mask-wearing and isolating sick patients. The committee is now dead; long live hospital infections.
Trump administration has shut down CDC's infection control committee
Four members said they were informed of the termination Friday, but it had already taken effect in late March, according to a CDC letter.
www.nbcnews.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
GHASTLY—Trump administration has shut down CDC's infection control committee HICPAC, which issued guidance about preventing the spread of infections in health care facilities—hand-washing, mask-wearing and isolating sick patients. The committee is now dead; long live hospital infections.
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You know that Twilight Zone episode where the kid has amazing psychic powers and can make people disappear with his mind and the entire town is hostage to him and has to cater to his every whim? That’s us right now.
May 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
You know that Twilight Zone episode where the kid has amazing psychic powers and can make people disappear with his mind and the entire town is hostage to him and has to cater to his every whim? That’s us right now.
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“Masks should not be worn in public spaces in the Center. This is especially important for our public-facing and front-of-house employees”
The Kennedy Center is violating the rights of employees AND patrons.
People in public facing roles have the greatest risk & should not be fired for masking 🧵
The Kennedy Center is violating the rights of employees AND patrons.
People in public facing roles have the greatest risk & should not be fired for masking 🧵
If you’re wondering what happens if Kennedy Center employees don’t comply with the new no-mask policy, here’s their latest email:
May 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
“Masks should not be worn in public spaces in the Center. This is especially important for our public-facing and front-of-house employees”
The Kennedy Center is violating the rights of employees AND patrons.
People in public facing roles have the greatest risk & should not be fired for masking 🧵
The Kennedy Center is violating the rights of employees AND patrons.
People in public facing roles have the greatest risk & should not be fired for masking 🧵
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You know, I — like most reporters — don’t necessarily *need* Snopes to confirm that my reporting was accurate, but it’s nice that they did. www.snopes.com/fact-check/r...
Rev. William Barber II arrested by US Capitol Police for praying 'out loud' in Rotunda after 'multiple warnings' | Snopes.com
A video features Barber, a civil rights activist and ordained minister, and others praying in April 2025 in opposition to the Republican budget bill.
www.snopes.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
You know, I — like most reporters — don’t necessarily *need* Snopes to confirm that my reporting was accurate, but it’s nice that they did. www.snopes.com/fact-check/r...
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100 days of Trump 2.0 and what do we have? Mass deportations, pardons for insurrectionists, federal purges, economic whiplash, and tariffs choking families.
This ain’t leadership—it’s vengeance in a suit. He’s not rebuilding America, he’s gutting it.
This ain’t leadership—it’s vengeance in a suit. He’s not rebuilding America, he’s gutting it.
April 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
100 days of Trump 2.0 and what do we have? Mass deportations, pardons for insurrectionists, federal purges, economic whiplash, and tariffs choking families.
This ain’t leadership—it’s vengeance in a suit. He’s not rebuilding America, he’s gutting it.
This ain’t leadership—it’s vengeance in a suit. He’s not rebuilding America, he’s gutting it.
I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
April 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org
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Montana’s Republican legislators fight back after successful youth climate lawsuit arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Montana’s Republican legislators fight back after successful youth climate lawsuit
Republican backlash could lead to changes in Montana’s courts and environmental laws.
arstechnica.com
April 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Montana’s Republican legislators fight back after successful youth climate lawsuit arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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You had their ads taken down?
Johnson: "Do not believe the lies the Democrat Party has said. We had their ads taken down. They were running ads around the country in swing districts trying to convince people Republicans are going to 'gut Medicaid.' It's just simply not true & that's why their ads & billboards had to come down"
April 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
You had their ads taken down?
