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Retired teacher, biologist, virologist, ethnobotanist, and statistical analyst specializing in gaming theory…and second grade math teacher…spam will get you blocked!
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Thank you @repdean.bsky.social for sticking it to Lutnick

What the Fuck

Morten Harket, the lead singer of the Norwegian synth-pop band a-ha, best known for its 1985 hit single “Take on Me,” said Wednesday that he had Parkinson’s disease.

“If this was 1944, 1945, when we discovered the horrors of Auschwitz, would we be contacting Heinrich Himmler for his take on the genocide?” Irish Actor from Game of Thrones @liamcunningham1.bsky.social on the Gaza Flotilla and BBC News and its excuse for impartiality in covering Gaza

Arizona Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari rejected McMahon's claim that eliminating the Dept. of Ed would lead to better outcomes, pointing to Az’s low rankings on public education, teacher salaries, test scores and the highest student-to-teacher ratio in the country.

“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ

The sheer giddiness with which conspiracist thinking has eclipsed the details of Diddy’s case confirms some bleak realities about America’s psyche, writes @skornhaber.bsky.social:

The #MAGAMurderBudget is going to kill people.

#Montana

Fact Checker by Glenn Kessler: The White House’s campaign against the Congressional Budget Office is veering into the ridiculous. What they call a “verifiable fact” is a nonsense fact.

Remember when this pic of Elián González was a national scandal instead of a daily occurrence?

This will piss him off…look out for incoming ketchup bottles…

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday that abandoning uranium enrichment was “100%” against Tehran’s interests, effectively rejecting a key U.S. demand in weeks of tense negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program.

Places in DC near the Washington Monument that have "Orange Chicken"

Man he really hates being called a taco, doesn’t he? Might even say he’s got a thin shell.

Nearly 14 MILLION people are estimated to lose their health insurance under Republicans' “big beautiful bill.” That's like everyone in: Wyoming Vermont Alaska North Dakota Montana Maine New Hampshire Hawaii West Virginia Idaho and Nebraska COMBINED.

Rugged individualism powered by $461,000 in farm subsidies. www.salon.com/2015/01/22/jo...

Also: Lowe's, Toyota, Pepsi & Anheuser Busch. #PrideSponsors #LGBTQIA+ #PrideMarches Aka: #Boycott #ProtestList

Harvey Milk served in the Navy during the Korean War, but was discharged in 1955, not for any misconduct, but because he was gay. And now his name is being removed from a Navy vessel, once again not because of anything he did wrong, but because he was gay. It's the same hate from the same scum.

Florida, you have a special election next week on June 10, and the name to remember is Dondre Wise. This young entrepreneur and businessman has the vision and passion to lift up communities and take them into the future. Elect Democrat Dondre Wise Florida State House District 3

It’s Taco Tuesday!

The lawsuit alleges Michigan State board members leaked the victim's name and failed to protect her from threats, harassment and Mel Tucker himself.

Keep protesting n fighting! #freemarcelo #impeachtrump

we're gone from "90 deals in 90 days" to sending letters to other countries pleading with them to negotiate

Unlike anything you’ve seen before. In select theaters this Friday 6/6 (everywhere 6/13) #TheLifeOfChuck @mikeflanaganfilm.com @neon-rated.bsky.social

Happy #PrideMonth! 🏳️‍🌈

It’s that fantastic Republican leadership we’ve got. 🙄 Dead last. Great work Reynolds, Ernst and Grassley. www.kcrg.com/app/2025/06/...

FEMA Scraps New Hurricane Plan and Reverts to Last Year’s - The Wall Street Journal apple.news/A7KdnOyTJQFi...

A 2023 investigation from @wpln.bsky.social‬ and ProPublica found the Richard L. Bean detention center was using solitary confinement more than other detention centers in the state. Sometimes the children were locked up alone for hours or days at a time. By @paigepfleger.bsky.social‬

A critical period of brain development happens during early childhood. It provides the perfect time to: Encourage a love of learning 🧡 Focus on breadth instead of depth 🎯 Pay attention to emotional intelligence 🙌 ...and more.👇 #EarlyChildhoodEducation #PreK #kindergarten

Really tragic. I got my PhD from Hopkins and think the school has contributed so much with its research dollars

Thou shalt not tie up children in zip ties and then deport them, for that maketh thou a MONSTER. A MONSTER! THE PEOPLE DOING ZIPTYING CHILDREN ARE MONSTERS!

Donald Trump is such a lazy, simple-minded child, they are going to try to trick him into doing his job by making intelligence briefings, which he routinely ignores/avoids, look like they are on Fox News. Because the one thing Donald likes to do, almost as much as eating McDonald's, is to watch TV.

CNN’s resident data guru says President Donald Trump’s hated “TACO” nickname is gaining popularity.

We’re speeding towards the moment when one of these ICE kidnappings ends in bloodshed.

mRNA vaccines have already saved millions of lives from Covid and could save even more from flu. Cancelling investments in critical research will set us back and cost us time and lives if bird flu emerges as the next pandemic.

The popular Mexican regional music band Grupo Firme announced that it was canceling a performance in a music festival in California over the weekend after the United States government suspended the musicians’ visas.