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dilutz.bsky.social
Science writer born when atmospheric carbon dioxide was about 311 parts per million. Yeah, that old. Great-granddaughter of female IWW organizer. She was so light she could dance on a plate.
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“We” are fighting a foreign war with zero consultation with or authorization from Congress, and no address to the nation other than Truth Social posts.

submitted 2 days ago • 1193 comments

Both sides news coverage is killing democracy and there is no place where it is more dangerous that in how legacy media covers the GOP attacks on free and fair elections. For my latest and to access all Democracy Docket premium content, sign-up now. newsletters.democracydocket.com/member-meblu...

submitted 2 days ago • 210 comments

An Afghan man who worked as a translator for the U.S. military during the war was detained by ICE after showing up for a hearing inside of a federal courthouse in San Diego, his attorney says. He fears that if he returns to Afghanistan, he would be tortured or even killed, @nbcsandiego.com reports.

submitted 3 days ago • 851 comments

🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives. This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle. 🧵(1/5)

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submitted 19 days ago • 200 comments

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

submitted 20 days ago • 464 comments

"Where are the Democratic leaders? We should have been dancing on this (the "We're all going to die!" remarks of Sen. Joni Earnst to her constituents who complained of healthcare cuts) two seconds after she said it!" -Rev. Al Sharpton He's exactly right. Where are they?

submitted 20 days ago • 972 comments

Watched Saving Private Ryan for the first time last night and cringed at every reference to the idea that it was worth sacrificing young men to save "freedom." Will any WWII film be watchable after Trump?

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

A WI opinion about Trump. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO_G...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Well, if you wondering whether it matters that the Trump EPA is not going to be cleaning up PFAS, this excellent youtube by Veritasium provides the chilling answer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC2e...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

@gtconway.bsky.social Ursula van der Leyen said of Trump's war on science "what a gigantic miscalculation." Europe is grabbing up the scientistis. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

For a daily anti-Trump song check out Bruce W. Nelson (Mangy Fetlocks) an intrepid resister from northern Wisconsin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0a8...

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

“Science has no passport, no gender, no ethnicity, no political party.” EC President Ursula von der Leyen, announcing a €500M initiative to attract top global talent. In a fractured world, science remains a unifying force – rooted in diversity, driven by curiosity, and shared by all humanity.

submitted 44 days ago • 176 comments

Is Trump doing anything that looks to the future rather than looking back to the past? Can't think of anything myself.

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 53 days ago • 47 comments

What would a national civic uprising really look like? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-would-a-national-civic-uprising

submitted 55 days ago • 320 comments

@gtconway.bsky.social Fair warning for all Trump appointees. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHSy...

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

Good job team America www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

submitted 59 days ago • 226 comments

About the lying problem. How can we curb it? Maybe every pundit is randomly assigned 1000 viewers who can weigh in online with audible boos and hisses when the lying starts. Like college students with clickers only responses are audible. Silly, I know, but I hate the lying so much.

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

My brother bought a box of straight pins at a shop in MN yesterday. $2 for a box of 600. He noticed they were made in China and remarked to the clerk that they would soon cost $5 because of Trump's tariff. She replied, "No, they will be made in the US and be cheaper."

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

Bad science and bad taste.

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments