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Retired physics prof, forever lefty political nerd. Born at 315 ppm. In a relationship. Reform the Democratic Party!
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NO KINGS DAY 🏜🇲🇽🇺🇸 We are in my little mountain community outside of Tucson 🏜 Several Hundred of my great Desert Democrat Dwellers🌵 protesting NO KINGS DAY That's me across the road in the shade, my vision is bad, I can't do the heat 103°🌞 My NO KINGS SHIRT FROM @out5p0ken.bsky.social (ty😘)

Born this day, besides he who will it be named: In 1736, French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb who described the law of electrostatic force (opposites attract, likes repel...) In 1855, Robert LaFollette, Progressive movement founder In 1856, mathematician Nikolai Markov (Markov chain)

Showy Lily is living up to its name through sight and fragrance

What age do you think you were when you learned that in America, we don't have kings. I think it must have been 5 years old in kindergarten. Let's unify to preserve democracy! Start with this amazing starter pack.

I heard this morning that my informatics colleague Dr. Atul Butte passed after a battle with cancer. He was a giant in the field & inspired many of us over his distinguished career. He was a passionate champion of the power of big data & his impact on our field is immeasurable. RIP Atul & thanks.

Gov. Tim Walz says Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed last night in “a political assassination.”

Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"

WATCH: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife leaves the federal courthouse after his detention hearing with a phalanx of family and clergy and friends around her

A successful dogwalk. In the park, I encountered a small pack of Born Again Christians harassing a church that had a pride flag. I enjoyed mocking them to their faces. Always fun. Then on the drive back, I passed the earliest of two local No Kings protests where many solidarity honks were had.

Daily reminder: The Rrump regime was installed to bring down the United States and allow other powers (particularly Russia) to step into prominence.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/we...

What the fuck www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Two Democratic state legislators and their spouses in Minnesota have been shot by a white man impersonating a police officer. www.fox9.com/news/melissa...

On No Kings Day, tips to protect your identity from watchful law enforcement www.wired.com/story/how-to...

Nights of BLUE SKIES 💙 Just have to share TOMORROW AMERICA NO KINGS DAY OF DEFIANCE To all of you marching tomorrow I send my heartfelt gratitude and love Be safe Be strong In America We Don't Do Kings

The current federal tax system disproportionately favors billionaires and burdens the working class, while enabling the ultra-wealthy to exploit loopholes, exacerbating income inequality and undermining the principle that no one should be taxed into poverty… In other words, we are footing the bill.

I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.

America overthrew a mad king to get started nearly 250 years ago. We won't bow down to a mad wanna be monarch. Thanks for including me in this pack Stardust!

The United States of America 🇺🇸 will always be a democratic nation. We do not bow to kings here. Stay strong. Stay safe. We are the voice of the nation. Vetted pack of wonderful humans. Smash the Follow All tab! #NoKings

KKK BARBIE NOT ONLY INCOMPETENT VILE, EVIL, AND CRUEL STOP ICE NOW

Martin Luther King Jr. was labeled radical by the white establishment. The FBI spied on him, trying to take him down. He still chose nonviolence. Peaceful protest was his power—even when they called him dangerous. “Radical” doesn’t mean you’re wrong… it means you’re getting close to the truth.

ETTD

Here’s a video of Trump where he proudly killed President Obama’s nuclear Iran deal as war breaks out in the Middle East.

What’s happening in NJ? “Four detainees at Newark facility have escaped” Here’s what they’re not telling us: People held at Delaney Hall Detention Center went nearly 24 hours without food or adequate water. When they were finally fed, all they received were a couple slices of bread.

From a dear comrade who was kind enough to let me share their video. Veterans stage a sit-in on the US Capitol steps and say, “Military off our streets!” Hell yeah!

Nights of BLUE SKIES (sound up) DAY 13 JUN 2025 HAPPENING NOW OUR UNITED STATES VETERANS THERE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS Protesting Trump's military shakedown of our Country They wanted to sit on the Capitol Steps That's all Now being arrested by Capitol Police NO KINGS WE MARCH

Don’t forget there was a nuclear deal with Iran until tялмp gutted it. When thinking of it; he gutted lots of deals, but couldn’t replace them

Turns out DEI hires that include those who speak Farsi are not only needed but essential as Israel and Iran are on the brink of a nuclear war.

The thick-headed stupidity of the Trump administration in a nutshell: All Voice of America's Farsi language employees have been urgently called back to work to broadcast into Iran. They’d been put on administrative leave ahead of swingeing cuts.

📌My latest is up on @rawstory.com ... "These things have happened in other troubled countries — many of which WE actually have helped to liberate with the blood of our troops in the past ..."

They’re burning books. Boarding up libraries. And trying to block @archive.org from preserving the websites they’re purging. This is fascism. And under fascism, you self publish. Here’s how: halfletterpress.com/why-self-pub... [inspired by @prisonculture.bsky.social Why Make Zines in 2025]

Congratulations to both you and your student! I can testify as to the amount of effort, patience and sheer love of learning that's required in obtaining a doctorate.

Netanyahu’s illegal unilateral attack on Iran risks a full-blown war. These strikes directly undermine the U.S. diplomatic efforts to address Iran’s nuclear program. Talks were planned for Sunday, but Netanyahu chose to attack. We must not be dragged into another Netanyahu war.

Maybe when reality sets in that white folks are going to have to pitch in to work in the fields because of our self-inflicted labor shortage — Republicans will finally get on board with raising the national minimum wage.

Omfg KKK DOG KILLING BARBIE HAS A LOT OF NERVE

Israel has attacked Iran and killed a number of top military and nuclear science leaders. And we have morons running our country as the world may be at the brink of war. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/w...

🔥 🌀 …. we are 🤬 The HEAD of FEMA’s DISASTER CENTER ‼️ …submitted his RESIGNATION ‼️ 🚨…and the new FEMA DIRECTOR reportedly doesn’t know what “HURRICANE SEASON is. 🚨 www.reuters.com/world/us/fem...