no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person

My instinct is to make the case that USAID is extremely good, actually. But I feel like it’s more important to say, “What is happening is antagonistic to the foundational document of the nation.”

Trumps cabinet has 14 BILLIONAIRES,
These billionaires have decided that poor people, starving kids,
refugees and the people dying from preventable diseases and viruses, just have too much.
They have also decided that the department of EDUCATION needs to be shut down, I guess we're smart enough.

President convicted felon wears diapers,
Melania did soft core porn modeling.
January 6th was an insurrection.
He said he wanted to date his daughter.
And no matter how you flip it, spin it, or lie about it … it was a Nazi salute, there’s no grey area.
@scottjennings you lying hump.

BREAKING: Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered all Texas flags to be flown at full-staff on inauguration day, despite the requirement that they be flown at half-staff for 30 days due to President Carter's death. Shameful.

Schiff: "I've been in Congress a long time approving aid after disasters. I never once even considered 'is this hurricane hitting a red or blue state?' ... we need the incoming president to view it that way."

I've been trying to understand why I feel the particular flavor of distressed that I do right now. I think it's because we can no longer discuss the lessons we should be learning from any kind of disaster without the worst chucklefucks coming out of the woodwork to wreck everything.

I’m sorry but the fact that Congress is about to throw immigrants under the bus at the very same time that countless immigrants in California are risking their lives to protect neighborhoods many of them could never aspire live in is breaking my brain in a whole new way.

My favorite part of Zuckerberg's Joe Rogan interview is when he suggests there is not enough masculine energy at his company, where two out of every three employees is a man.

2025. Back to basics. Clearly define your goals. Say no to anything that dilutes your focus. Execute. Continually refine.

Most people think economic inequality is a big problem for their country, and see the excessive political sway of the rich as the leading cause, according to a report by the Pew Research Center.

Remember having debates with one of my Maga family members about how secret billionaires are funding the Democrats. Meanwhile, they're right out in the open funding. Trump, I don't understand what they see in him. #denyddeposedefend

I don't know if this is an autistic-brain thing, but one of the thing that really freaks me out about the current reality is that I really deeply and fundamentally don't understand why anyone would ever choose cruelty over problem-solving.

Your periodic reminder that if you need to get out of your house FAST, do not bother trying to stuff your cats into carriers, just scoop them up in pillowcases. (You can drop said squirming rage sacks into carriers for added security if you have time.)

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.

Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:

www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

Soy glazed cod with veggie fritters