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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.

submitted 12 hours ago • 751 comments

More racist bullshit from the orange oaf. Bringing back confederate monuments and erasing Black history is proof of the unintellectual and debased nature of this administration. The regression is fiercely fast and fascistly furious. We have got to push back. #MomSky

submitted 21 hours ago • 17 comments

As a whole, the response from the French government, companies, and industry groups to the innane demand that French companies comply with Trump’s anti-DEI executive order is, va te faire foutre! Loosely translated: go get fucked. Merci beaucoup, la France. 🫡 Vive la résistance! 🇫🇷 🇺🇸 #Resist #DEI

submitted 20 hours ago • 6 comments

Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc. Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight? scienceimpacts.org H/T to Prathima !

submitted 17 hours ago • 813 comments

Martial Law. It’s the elephant in the room. It’s what authoritarians resort to when the tide turns against them. It’s what the authoritarian in this White House is setting the stage for. 🧵…

submitted 1 day ago • 1448 comments

When people say 'politics is too divisive now,' what they really mean is 'I was more comfortable when certain groups suffered quietly.'

submitted 23 hours ago • 169 comments

The top vaccine official at FDA was told to resign or be fired. He resigned today. “It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary [RFK Jr.], but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

submitted 1 day ago • 34 comments

Prices are soaring, your 401k is in the tank, Social Security phone lines are hours long. Instead of addressing any of that – this administration is picking a fight with Denmark.

submitted 1 day ago • 1801 comments

I didn't realize that in the year 2025 the most rebellious way that I could spend my Saturday would be by doing the DEI training for my employer.

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

The safer you are in an environment of rising authoritarianism, the more obligation you have to make some noise on behalf of the people who are more vulnerable than you. Indeed, this is the only way you might avoid having the leopards eat your face.

submitted 5 days ago • 45 comments

We are so close! Today's task was getting our booking process set up (thanks to @nissamitchell.com's time & expertise). This project is becoming a reality thanks to generous support from so many people, esp. @amoridesabike.bsky.social, @cooperissuper.bsky.social & @nissamitchell.com.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks… “The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government. 🧵

submitted 7 days ago • 1186 comments

Waking up to seeing all of the cool kids on the Gold BRT & my goodness, it's bringing joy to my heart ❤️

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I love cycling when the cherry blossom trees bloom! 🤩🌺 #cherryblossom #spring

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

More of this, please!

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Fearless badass Congresswomen like Jasmine Crockett and AOC are the type of leaders the United States so desperately needs.

submitted 8 days ago • 185 comments

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

submitted 14 days ago • 745 comments

Today’s Shamrock Ride featured not only strong winds but also rain AND snow pelting our faces. It embodied the true spirit of Joyful Riders for me: screwing around with friends on bikes. @puzosuperelli.bsky.social and I were both giddy afterwards.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Not all heroes wear capes.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Thr Harris campaign muzzling him was just an all time fuck up. He should have been (and be) everywhere.

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

A sign life is ok in my world for 5 minutes.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

they know what they did

submitted 20 days ago • 46 comments

OMG, the Joyful Riders have a website. Thanks to @deveric.net for setting this up! thejoyfulriders.club

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Cargo bike lending library just dropped in Minneapolis, largely thanks to the efforts of @lauragmitchell.com. I'm so excited to have this resource available nearby soon!

submitted 21 days ago • 5 comments

Happening now: Protesters surround the streets around a Tesla Facility just outside of Minneapolis (Golden Valley). This is the 4th week in a row they've gathered, the crowd has grown each week.

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.

submitted 24 days ago • 3680 comments

If you're not paying attention, your Doctor sure as hell is 👀 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/h...

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Such bullshit that Trump claimed to bring back free speech while removing people with dissenting opinions from his SOTU, starting with Al Green. Trump is a fraud. www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...

submitted 25 days ago • 49 comments

Ope

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

🇺🇦 A rally in support of Ukraine took place at Times Square in New York.

submitted 28 days ago • 23 comments

“Have you said thank you once? Just say thank you” is what abusers say.

submitted 28 days ago • 625 comments

In a primary between Klobuchar and a toy store, I’d vote for the toy store.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Instead of putting things I don't need in shopping bags, today I filled one with garbage from my local bus stop. You can get 10 free rides for every stop you adopt with @metrotransitmn.bsky.social www.metrotransit.org/adopt-a-stop

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Minnesota has a proud history of this kind of support: On December 30 1939 large crowds filled the Minneapolis Auditorium to support Finland after it was invaded by Russia. 70 Minnesota towns organized relief committees, raising $3.4M along with food and supplies.

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: Tomorrow, The Daily Beans podcast will run without any ads in solidarity with the 2/28 economic blackout. We'll be forgoing any advertising revenue for the day. You can listen and subscribe for free: link.chtbl.com/TheDailyBeans

submitted 30 days ago • 208 comments

Academic research essentially on hold in 70 health fields like "gene regulation in cancer" and "tumor evolution, heterogeneity, and metastasis."

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

No one should have to leave their home because of bigotry and discrimination, but if you are an Iowan who wants to leave there are a lot of resources for relocating to MN. check out tcqueertransplants.com - I’m not familiar enough to vouch for the safety of giving them info but their links are good.

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Senator, my great-grandparents were MURDERED by people who share Trump's ideals. You need to stop working with this administration NOW. As a Minnesotan, I believe obstructing everything this crew of dipshits puts up is the only moral choice you can make.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

With 3 of 6 bike bridges set to be closed simultaneously this summer, + the completion of Hennepin/1st bikeways on the east side of the river, there’s never been a better time for the County to plop down some jersey barriers to protect riders in the dangerous Hennepin/1st bridge bike lanes!

submitted 35 days ago • 9 comments

do you know what you need today? duck radio, the station is controlled by someone's ducks and changes whenever they peck at the sensor duckradio.com

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Breaking news: A federal judge in Maryland on Friday temporarily blocked key portions of President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the federal government and corporate America.

submitted 36 days ago • 28 comments

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

submitted 36 days ago • 2513 comments

Always stand up to a bully

submitted 36 days ago • 935 comments

Weekly bike post, Crosby Regional Park edition.

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

Emulating the Nazi salutes performed earlier by Elon Musk, Steve Bannon performed a Nazi salute at CPAC. Since the jOuRnAlIsTs appear unable or unwilling to report these actions as what they truly are.

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

In many ways it's fitting that the showdown between monarchy and democracy ends up being over NYC congestion pricing. Cities are where the power of kings were first challenged, and few things are more fundamental to government than control of public space. The cameras are staying on!

submitted 38 days ago • 19 comments

Fuck Marco Rubio. That spineless, feckless fucking weathercuck of a doormat flunky. Fuck him.

submitted 39 days ago • 744 comments