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This is the most wretched campaign of deliberate, explicit persecution the United States has perpetrated against a minority group in decades. Many of the most important people in politics and journalism are busying themselves trying to figure out how little to say or do about it.

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Subject: What I got done this week Here's what I didn't do: buy egg

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Rode to the farmer’s market and hardware store today. Outside of some dumbass yelling at me, a nice day fr a little trip #cargobike #cycling

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With allies like the U.S., who needs enemies?

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This is the Beijing-Shanghai corridor, which takes 4 hours and 18 minutes to cover 800 miles. That’s the same distance as NYC to Chicago, which currently takes 20 hours by train. (Tansu Yegen)

submitted 5 hours ago • 34 comments

Elon Musk is gaining access to sensitive personal information through the Department of Education, including Social Security numbers, tax returns, and more. An unelected billionaire has no right to exploit confidential information.

submitted 6 hours ago • 24 comments

Impact: @mongabay.bsky.social reporter @nandawenzel.bsky.social suspected fraud in 2 Brazilian carbon projects & investigated for a year By shining a light on this crime, Mongabay’s award-winning 🏆 #nonprofit #journalism continues to protect the Amazon via greater scrutiny of global carbon markets:

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

“A desire to force U.S. military leaders to be obedient to him and not the Constitution is one of the constant themes of Trump’s military-related discourse.”

submitted 9 hours ago • 21 comments

LFG…scientists, it’s our turn to organize and fight for our rights our students, and the future of research!

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

This is what obeying in advance looks like. The NSF fires 10% of its total staff in a move that went beyond what was requested by the current regime. The NSF is the flagship of US basic research infrastructure. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 10 hours ago • 11 comments

Although the majority of people around the world are worried about climate change, most still feel it is a future issue or one that only affects the natural environment. They couldn’t be more wrong: climate change is already affecting what’s on our kitchen counter!

submitted 8 hours ago • 12 comments

At this point, I feel like massive protests need to happen sooner rather than later while there is less risk of being legally murdered by our military.

submitted 19 hours ago • 4 comments

The University of Pittsburgh is one of the top research institutions in the nation. I have close colleagues there. And due to this regime’s war on science, they are pausing PhD admissions university wide. That includes their NIH funded programs. We’re going to lose a generation of researchers.

submitted 19 hours ago • 4 comments

I wonder if you can guess, without reading the headlines, which TWO people in this picture just got fired from the Joint Chiefs. Go ahead, take a wild guess. Pick two.

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Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.

submitted 21 hours ago • 417 comments

Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

submitted 20 hours ago • 1063 comments

A new bat coronavirus that has the capacity to spread to humans, similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been discovered by a Chinese researcher. Good thing we are completely prepared this time. www.newsweek.com/new-coronavi...

submitted 1 day ago • 792 comments

We're going to build streets for people

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Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 21 hours ago • 451 comments

As Gernot Wagner said over on Mastodon, Shutting down already installed infrastructure isn't "efficiency," it's sabotage. electrek.co/2025/02/21/t...

submitted 21 hours ago • 19 comments

Educating people about their rights is not a criminal act. www.publicnotice.co/p/aoc-homan-...

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Even if you’re not a Florida voter, this election affects you. A loss for MAGA Republicans in FL-01 means: • A weaker F47 agenda • Stronger protections for democracy, voting rights, & civil liberties • A step toward taking back the House in 2024 #Valimont4Congress www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

submitted 23 hours ago • 4 comments

I don't think we're talking enough about the fact that the pressure to remove DEI from science means women die.

submitted 22 hours ago • 69 comments

"'We should all be worried about questions disappearing from surveys and what that means,' Goldberg says. 'If questions can be removed in this way, what about questions about disability, about race and ethnicity, about economic variables?'"

submitted 23 hours ago • 1 comment

Stop mass deportations with this one simple trick: wapo.st/41apYFB (gift link)

submitted 1 day ago • 93 comments

Someone was saying (rightly, I think) that many Americans may not realize they rely on "Medicaid." In Alaska, it's called DenaliCare. In Colorado, Health First. In Hawaii, Medquest. In Connecticut, HuskyCare, etc. Remind your communities that all of these are Medicaid—and the GOP is gunning for it.

submitted 23 hours ago • 4 comments

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has created a new class of “emergency” permits for fossil fuel projects. WTF? Why couldn't the Biden administration have pushed for emergency permits for renewable transmission projects?

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

Impressions by John Coltrane

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In the midst of all of this (hands waving frantically) chaos, not sure we are talking enough about this. CA is set to slash their state funding of UCs and CSUs by 8-10%. Impacts will be huge, and widely felt, for students, staff, and faculty. calmatters.org/education/hi...

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I can envision a protest blockade by park-going retirees, clogging access with their camper vans, winnebagos, and trailers.

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#FossilFriday An illustration of Mary Anning’s ichthyosaur skeleton appeared in William Buckland’s book Geology and Mineralogy #histsci #sciart #WomenInSTEM 🧪⚒️ paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2018/05/21/m...

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I was at a punk show in 83 where a skinhead jumped up on stage and gave a Nazi salute. The bass player hit him with his bass, knocking him into the crowd and 150 people collectively hauled his ass out of the venue and threw him in the mud. This was the right and only appropriate response.

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Out today: a brief piece in @jama.com, targeted primarily toward raising awareness among clinicians, on rising incidence of #coccidioidomycosis ("valley fever" illness caused by Coccidioides fungus) in western U.S. amid a warming #climate. jamanetwork.com/jour...

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