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The Proud Boys vandalized this Black Church. The Church sued them & won. They refused to pay. The Church sued to get ownership of the Proud Boys’ logo. They won. The Church has “Proud Boys Black Lives Matter” Tshirts to recoup the cost of the vandalism. Not selling. No pressure. Just FYI.

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Professors please pull up a chair. I’ve been talking to my classes about what has been going on. I explained indirect costs to them. I talked to them about what a probationary employee is in the government. At the end of class they asked if we could talk about it more. (1/)

submitted 4 days ago • 91 comments

Every day will give us a new hero somewhere.

submitted 4 days ago • 8 comments

There's nothing slow-motion about it. We ride.

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

I've written something about the absolute poverty of left wing analysis and discourse on the pandemic and the failure to defend the broadest expansion of the social safety net in our lives and how that helped created Musk, DOGE, etc substack.com/home/post/p-...

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Signs from the 50501 Protest in DC today. Shared by the Women's March.

submitted 5 days ago • 10 comments

Yes! Malicious compliance or intentionally ignorant beauracracy.

submitted 3 days ago • 16 comments

Trump is a clown. A figurehead puppet controlled by oligarchs as they attempt to seize power and finalize a new society in which they transcend liberal democracy and claim total control. It’s time we understood that reality and fought back accordingly. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-mad-ki...

submitted 11 days ago • 18 comments

They confirmed a traitor, an anti-vax lunatic, an unqualified zealot of a TV host with a walk in closet worth of skeletons, and an army of destructive ghouls. There is no institutional resistance beyond what courageous individuals are doing in their own capacity. Recognize it. Organize accordingly.

submitted 9 days ago • 11 comments

Just thinking a lot about how Democrats responded to public pressure by attempting to go into federal buildings and giving up immediately when stopped by security and how apt of a metaphor that is. Imagine if they had pushed back. Gotten detained, thrown out, arrested. These are choices.

submitted 9 days ago • 29 comments

It’s an international oligarchical authoritarian takeover. Same playbook, same rhetoric, same goals. What we’re dealing with an incredible existential threat. A class war that’s only heating up. See it for what it is. Organize with people you can trust. This isn’t going to slow down.

submitted 8 days ago • 9 comments

It’s interesting talking to some of the people I know who are deep conservatives,but not full on fascist, they are angrier than I’ve ever seen them. we have a real chance here to do something truly unique in that we rebuild something better for all of us, but that means we’re gonna have to build big

submitted 6 days ago • 6 comments

this is the most American kind of coup possible one from the boardrooms and from the chat rooms sent to destroy our ability to think and dream for better all so it can be monetized and made “rational” so it can be used and absorbed by the markets.

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

After undermining all meaningful action to protect Nature this parliament, the PM has swallowed the salmon industry’s BS hook, line and sinker 🤯😥 The industry pays little in tax & is driving species like the Maugean Skate to extinction. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

submitted 6 days ago • 17 comments

We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines. The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds. It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.

submitted 19 days ago • 505 comments

And the best is yet to come in this class of medications. 2025 and especially 2026 will be a banner year with some shockingly positive results. Basic research got us here.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Every week, I see a new study talking about this or that effect of GLP-1 receptor agonists like #ozempic. FINALLY, we have a study evaluating all the outcomes (good and bad) in one dataset. There are some... surprises. 🧵

submitted 31 days ago • 7 comments

@brontyman.bsky.social

submitted 8 days ago • 12 comments

I’m glad to see this!

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Everything is horrifying but I have two jobs and cannot scream. Instead I tell my students “this is Dickinson crater, named after Emily Dickinson. Let’s think about the ways that geology is poetry” and hope that it helps them remember to dream

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Professional societies stand together in defense of science & scientists. “science has led to humanity’s greatest advances, improving people’s lives & the health of our planet … (we’re) committed to supporting, elevating, & fighting for science & those who further it.“ www.unitedsciencealliance.org

submitted 10 days ago • 7 comments

To actually stop this, the country is going to have to come to a halt. We are going to have to act as one, protect one another, and provide what We can through mutual aid. Either we do this our way or we will be forced into that position by the collapse of all social systems and fascist death squads

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

The mental health effects of authoritarianism are real and people need to start thinking about how we deal with them or we are going to see social conflict at scale.There has been a fair amount of work done on the social psychology and individual psychology of those victimized by authoritarianism.

submitted 8 days ago • 10 comments

I maxed out my credit card, emptied my savings account, and took out a loan to move from Alabama to Bethesda, MD. I don’t even qualify for unemployment since I’ve only worked at NIH for a month. I will be financially and medically devastated. Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!

submitted 8 days ago • 712 comments

“in four years, you don't have to vote again.”

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE: 1. Chickenpox 2. Diphtheria 3. Measles 4. Pertussis 5. Pneumococcal Infection 6. Polio 7. Tetanus 8. Typhoid 9. Yellow Fever 10. Smallpox DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

submitted 9 days ago • 1246 comments

@chrischirp.bsky.social this is the kind of stuff we need more of. How can we make this infographic even better and easier to understand. Who out there has animation/editing skills to turn this into TikTok like chunks of info that people can show to friends on their phones?

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

CFPB - closed USAID - closed Medicaid - under attack NIH cancer funding - frozen Department of Education - under attack But do you know who just got a NEW government contract for $38,858,978 literally today? SpaceX — owned by Elon Musk

submitted 11 days ago • 382 comments

America, thank you for speaking up for us! The National Park Service will exempt certain workers from Trump’s federal hiring freeze, including seasonal law enforcement rangers and public safety dispatchers.

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submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Feckless fucktardery!!

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

How exactly does one tell the difference between imposter public servants and the imposters of imposter public servants?

submitted 8 days ago • 23 comments

The U.S. aid freeze is putting 100,000+ refugees at risk in Myanmar. 🚸🇲🇲 Hospitals have shut down. Food is running out. Clean water is hard to find. Life-saving aid is still blocked with no approval yet. 💔⚖️🌍 (Source: Amnesty International) #HumanRights #Refugees 🔗 www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

The funniest part is watching white Republican women discover they are also a DEI hire…

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