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President Trump issued an executive order Monday banning federal funding for any research abroad that involves a field of scientific study known as "gain-of-function" research. Here's what it means.

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Given that most, if not all MAGA merch is made in China, I'll be really curious to see what happens to their pricing and availability 😁

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If you want to track your local port (or any port worldwide), you can use this site: www.marinetraffic.com (include pleasure crafts, etc - so you need to click on dots / arrows)

submitted 38 days ago • 7 comments

This is some sick shit

submitted 47 days ago • 5411 comments

My friends, what the Trump regime has unleashed on America is intolerable. It is time — beyond time — for a national civic uprising. We must take action. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-bigger-threat-to-free-speech-than

submitted 47 days ago • 70 comments

Let me thank my Senate colleague @vanhollen.senate.gov for his trip to visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Mr. Abrego Garcia was wrongfully imprisoned. As the Supreme Court indicated, there was no basis for his warrantless arrest. The Trump admin must obey the law. He must be returned home.

submitted 47 days ago • 160 comments

Senator Van Hollen is a hero.

submitted 48 days ago • 993 comments

“I never thought the tariffs would come for MY supply chain” sobs founder who voted for the Tariffs Party

submitted 50 days ago • 174 comments

Started / Going

submitted 49 days ago • 416 comments

Last one for Tax Day – NOAA 🌊 The average U.S. taxpayer contributes $21/year to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 💡 NOAA turns science into safety — for coasts, communities, & the climate. It helps safeguard lives, property, and ecosystems from rising seas and extreme weather.

submitted 50 days ago • 129 comments

😂👍

submitted 51 days ago • 65 comments

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

submitted 50 days ago • 1660 comments

Oh look. Another bribery and extortion scheme.

submitted 51 days ago • 1885 comments

Pathetic.

submitted 52 days ago • 902 comments

Correct. My grandparents and generations of my ancestors did all they could to spare us from the heat of the fields and white folks' kitchens. My parents' generation worked the line. SO few of them in Detroit are reaching age 70. So few! Jobs that didn't break our bodies were their dream for us.

submitted 61 days ago • 4 comments

Clip and save. youtu.be/mQu3W4grQjg?...

submitted 62 days ago • 7 comments

Really looking forward to Jeff Bezos' forceful public condemnation of Trump's tariffs since he is so committed to "free markets" that he made a rule that every opinion piece published in the Washington Post must support "free markets" For some reason, Bezos hasn't said anything yet. Must be busy.

submitted 62 days ago • 136 comments

Ohh "America First" was a hit list

submitted 62 days ago • 109 comments

The Social Security Administration has already cut 7,000 jobs. As a result, its website is crashing. Phone lines are overwhelmed. Beneficiaries can't get service. What is DOGE recommending now? More layoffs. Let it be known that Trump is effectively cutting Social Security.

submitted 61 days ago • 182 comments

Can’t help but feel that if President Bernie Sanders pulled this move the entirety of American business would try to get him pushed out of office immediately.

submitted 63 days ago • 1112 comments

Detain him with plainclothes masked men, send him to a Louisiana jail and don’t tell his lawyers where he is or you’re not serious about stopping shit.

submitted 67 days ago • 555 comments

We don't spend a penny on marketing. It's all word of mouth for @costplusdrugs.com That's how we keep prices so low. Please spread the word !

submitted 82 days ago • 1011 comments

Trump's CFPB, now under the command of billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, has halted the Biden admin's rule to ban medical bills from credit reports. It's been estimated that the rule would help improve the credit scores of 15 million people. Some populist, huh?

submitted 116 days ago • 172 comments

This tells you who their constituents are. Not American voters. Not Americans at all. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

submitted 117 days ago • 116 comments

A voice in my heart is always screaming "we could have a good world." We could we could.

submitted 122 days ago • 27 comments

Is anyone keeping a timeline of events since January 20th? I'm backfilling my five year journal, and I cannot believe the Potomac crash was less than a week ago... it feels like it's been longer! This sense of time warping and generalized surreality reminds me of the early days of COVID.

submitted 122 days ago • 78 comments

NEW: Are you a federal worker with a disability that requires remote work that has received a return-to-office order? Here's today's non-lawyer, personal experience recommendation: www.muellershewrote.com/p/are-you-di...

submitted 122 days ago • 30 comments

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

submitted 126 days ago • 3731 comments

Question for the lawyers, relating to last week: Trump made an EO to stop Civil rights under the DOJ www.tiktok.com/@aaronparnas...

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🚨🚨🚨 CDC has ordered wastewater Covid levels reported only as relatively compared to LAST YEAR?!!! ie. pandemic levels, so all urgency hidden I'd laugh at how stupid but too horrified btw when #H5N1 goes human-to-human in the next year or two, we'll NEVER KNOW threadreaderapp.com/thread/18806...

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It took me more than 4 years to capture a scene I could only dream of. A magnificent Condor soars above the peaks of Argentina's Mount Fitz Roy, as they are spot lit in beautiful morning light. 🪶 #bluesky #photography #landscape #birds #nature #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #scape

submitted 132 days ago • 871 comments

Sounds like there making a technical argument… and not a logical “Disney the parent company” one 🤔

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