eringiglio.bsky.social
UMN postdoc of indeterminate discipline and indiscriminate interests. neurodivergence, disability, decision-making, behavioral states, gender, metabolism, leptin, queerness, computing, sexuality, politics, general yelling. I like dogs a normal amount. she
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By and large, the "new" is the number of people newly learning that... enlightened self interest will not save us, that medical researchers in particular have assumed that of course everyone knows the NIH is valuable, and that holy shit we have to proactively work on making our case to the public.
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I mean, I've also been doing this for ten years, just as a data point. I don't think it is new either except insofar as it's trying harder to reach disengaged voters in new ways, driven by a lot of scientists from fields that bluntly have not been doing this work and are picking up tools.
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Frankly, the death-cultist right wing isn't worth speaking to. Enlightened self interest on their part obviously will not save us.
Trying to get broad popular support from the disengaged public might... or it still might not be enough. I am, however, at a loss for what else to do.
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im not saying "all christians are bad"
im saying disavowal is cowardly when people are actively using jesus as a sledgehammer to crush other people, and if your primary interest is in defending jesus' brand, i question your priorities
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ooh, cheers for the correction. my brain is absolutely not firing at full capacity right now
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Ohhh you know what, maybe it's that? I still get emails from my PhD institution forwarded to gmail, but usually it correctly nails my current institution if it's going to offer... but then again, I'm usually on my current institution's VPN for computational biology reasons...
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What, again? Has she considered looking at it? I remember you asking that question previously, too.
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It's all about the frustration tolerance, baby
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oh bizarre. I use a lot of anti-tracking extensions on Firefox; maybe it's something like that.
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Appreciate the walkthru--I could see people were mad, but I hadn't bothered to find a way around the paywall to see what about, so I kind of went "fuck it" a bit.
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Melissa Hortman is dead. Who will die next?
It is frightening to clap back when you might get met with gunfire in your home. But it must be done. We must stand up against terrorism with actual consequences not only for the "lone wolves" executing acts but the lawmakers who coo and cheer them on.
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It is time to demand accountability and justice from people encouraging stochastic political terrorism. This accountability must not be demanded simply in words, but in tangible consequences: loss of resources, time, or freedom from those on the right who promote, accept, and benefit from terrorism.
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We need to treat the GOP like the terrorists occupying our federal infrastructure that they are. Period. Whether we are talking Christofacist terrorists, opportunistic dictator wannabes, or racist attempts to turn America into a white ethnostate, terrorism is the tactic of the right.
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But we have an entire intellectual class that has somehow convinced the public — and itself — that describing basic political realities is a form of bias.
"Don't unfairly judge the right" has become "don't judge the right" — even when the facts indicate that they deserve blame.
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But looking at every situation and concluding "both sides are to blame" is *also* an ideology!
This murder represents a clear-cut and common scenario: A right-winger with conservative Pickle-Brain commits violence against the left. Concluding that the left also bears responsibility is absurd.
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The entire point of the centrist position is that extreme ideology produces bad information and incorrect analysis.
And this is true! If every situation leads you to conclude "capitalism is bad" or "big government is bad," you can't fix problems or move forward.
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I really do think there was a fair bit of panic buying associated with the start of tariffs but that has now leveled off. I know I bought a number of things trying to future-proof myself and make sure I had everything I needed.
But panic is exhausting, and eventually you run out of energy and cash.
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....see, I've NEVER had that work out for me. I always have to go and do a search through my library network if I'm not using a proxy.
Weird.
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Could she have used her platform as the first openly trans elected Congressional delegate to do more for her home community? Maybe, maybe not. But her stated opinion is that she's scared of making things worse and she's got a lot of really good reasons for being scared. Can't hate her for that.
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I'm sorry. I stopped typing and just listened. I'll post summaries as they're published.
But the end was that Judge Young went on to defend judicial independence and to underscore the perilous moment in American history where racial discrimination is tolerated.
He ends with "Have we no shame?"
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Holy shit. Judge Young is furious about this. I hope someone wrote down how his full speech on this. It's extremely powerful.
He's furious at what he sees as racial discrimination.
And he also finds it "appalling" that government would cut research on the health of LGBTQ Americans.
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After ruling, with anger in his voice, Judge Young:
"This represents racial discrimination. And discrimination against America's LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so."
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(Benton is actually a really easy-going dog with much less desire to do dog sports than either me or my partner--he plays because we like it and he likes praise and rewards, but he Does Not See The Point very much. Matilda, on the other hand, would work until she fell over given the chance.)
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Oh yeah--I said elsewhere, I imprinted on JRTs as my model for How A Dog Is, and cattle dogs are kind of like JRTs but less cuddly and more interested in Doing Stuff With You than murderin'.
As long as we get to Do Stuff Together regularly, Matilda's easy, but I would not want her to invent a job!
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I grew up with Jack Russells! half the reason I fell in love with cattle dogs is that they reminded me very much of Jacks, except that they're more baseline interested in what I'm doing than JRTs so I don't have to make the pitch to the dog that MY games are best. A cross sounds like maximal fun!
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I saw a flag with this version at the St Paul MN protests. I want it very very badly, ngl...
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CATTLE DOG MIX SUPREMACY
this is Matilda (left) and Benton (right). specklies rule!
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That sign is awesome. And so are you.