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Medical laboratory technician, amateur astronomer, and science outreach whatsit. https://secure.rasc.ca/store/product/explore-the-universe-guide-3rd-edition
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"made daily with FOOD" I should certainly hope so

Brunch double date

make an observation about your pantry that also sounds like the title of a novel: WE HAD JAM AFTER ALL

It's not too late to order some free Covid tests from USPS. If RFK Jr becomes HHS, there is a good chance this program will be cut. Get your free tests while you can. special.usps.com/testkits

We’re in a trade war with half the hemisphere; bird flu is ravaging chicken flocks and egg production; an open alcoholic is in charge of the Pentagon; a puppy-killer is in charge of our domestic security, and the government is resegregating like Woodrow Wilson took over. It is day 6.

Dr. Hotez nails it!!! In addition to his list, my worry is for the next generation of scientists who are in training now. We are going to be fucked for so long just because folks could not bring themselves to vote for the black lady 😡

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.bsky.social

I have a little plea and it's this: please keep posting about things that aren't The Horrors. I am not saying to not look at or be informed about The Horrors. What I am saying—what I am genuinely kind of begging you to do—is keep posting about books and movies and sunsets and pets and joy. Please.

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

www.thecut.com/article/trum...

We are in the "shock and awe" phase right now. The whole point is for people to be scared and despairing so that they don't fight back.

I want everyone to understand that rescission of 1965 antidiscrimination orders is literally resegregation and for reporters in the room to press them accordingly also the gall of revoking the *Equal Employment Opportunity* directive. man affirmatively said 'I want unequal employment opportunities'

You won't believe this. My team and I make this show called SciShow that works hard to be rigorous and accurate while also being appealing and entertaining. We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines. It's great, I love it.

www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-wa...

Today would have marked 52 years of Roe as the law of the land. But Donald Trump packed the Supreme Court with anti-abortion extremists to get it overturned. This week, he cut off access to reproductiverights.gov. We must keep fighting for women’s rights.

The GOP has no vision. None.

People are trying to think of ways to be cute about this and: do not. Do not call the feds with spurious reports. Do not play word games about extra terrestrials. Simply do not interact and do not answer questions about other people and always, always, demand a judicial warrant

I don't think people quite grasp how much danger the media is in.

Pin this, save it, we’ll need it. “When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.” AOC 🔥🎯

These emails, sent across agencies, compel all federal employees to snitch on any colleague whose work might have some vague DEIA inflection. Those who refuse to snitch will be disciplined. Seems designed to put all workers who aren’t white men under a cloud of suspicion. Truly vile stuff.

All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

This makes me ashamed

So, I used to go to Canada fairly regularly. One of my favorite things that I learned up there is that Canadians are really proud that THEY were the ones that burnt the White House back in the War of 1812. We were always taught that it was the British, but you ask a Canadian and they're like:

A helpful thing to remember, or at least it has been for me: in hard times, there will be discrete moments—maybe lots of them—where you experience love and joy and community. It is no sin to enjoy them, and arguably more of one to refuse them.

They will lie, bullshit, and distract, so it's very important for all of us to say what we see with our own eyes. The fascist Co-President threw a defiant Nazi salute on inauguraton day.

And you thought there was not much to be happy about today... But turns out it's Tom Baker day! 91 and still going strong. #DoctorWho

GRILLED THREESE

I wanna know what brand of camera gets to go to heaven

In our book Calling Bullshit, we suggest that if something seems too good or too bad to be true, it probably is. This post definitely seems too bad to be true. We also teach Fermi estimation, which I thought would reveal an order of magnitude error. But no—it’s absolutely correct.

Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social is the winner of our Courage Caucus Award of the Week. The youngest member of the House brilliantly messaged against the GOP anti-trans kids bill and helped unify the Democratic caucus against it. If you’re a constituent, call his office to say thanks: (202) 225–2176.

Obvious statement is obvious, but what‘s happening with TikTok is total social manipulation. It’s going to encourage hundreds of thousands to be thankful to Trump, which is absolute BS considering he wanted to ban the app in the first place. Call. It. Out.

It turns out the “free speech” guys want the federal government, or its proxies, to control all major communications platforms

Don't let go of reality, no matter what the Trumpers say billmckibben.substack.com/p/for-reality

Remember when Zizek said that everybody in the world except US citizens should be allowed to elect the American government. He had a point

Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)

It shouldn't be difficult to commit to preserving the evidence from the Special Counsel’s January 6th investigation. And yet...

Brittany Watts, who was arrested and charged with ‘abuse of a corpse’ after miscarrying at home, has filed a suit against the city of Warren, Ohio, accusing her nurses of conspiring with police to fabricate evidence against her.

Periodic reminder: You're going to see a lot of bills introduced this Congress, some of which will not pass/and are showboating for the sake of showboating. I really want to encourage everyone to go to govtrack.us to check the score, before putting forward calls to action.

What is the larger strategy behind the nazification of large platforms, even if it shrinks their userbase and ruins their reputation? What is the end goal other than ingratiating yourself to a president who probably won't survive his term?

My Co-founder Josh Weinsch took this photo of his little daughter’s bike, which was in their driveway when they evacuated. Their neighborhood was vaporized.

The real arsonists.