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Retired Anthropology assoc prof in Michigan.
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Learn about the promising advance in prenatal treatment of spinal muscular atrophy, introducing a potential approach to suppress symptoms of the disorder in infants.

Stand Up for Science is less than two weeks away, what are everyone’s sign ideas? #standupforscience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social

From the Department of Education, Medicaid, the CDC, and more - Trump and Elon Musk are gutting the agencies and programs that protect Americans every single day. They are trying to cut off the lifelines that our communities rely on.

This a Key Maine Fact™️ and now K miss home 😭

“No one individual state in Europe has the capacity to respond on its own to the threat from Russia. We must pull together as European democracies. That includes the UK getting over Brexit." #Ukraine #EU #NATO #Scotland

This is Musk's work and he should be explaining it to all of us. Or better yet, just shutting everything down and getting out of DC. What a wonderful silence that would bring.

Remember, Russell Vought said he wanted to "traumatize" federal civil servants.

It was important to me in my first weeks as a Senator to make it up to the UP. Today I am in Iron Mountain meeting with local elected officials, union and business leaders, VA hospital staff, and attending the Continental Cup Ski Jump competition. www.youtube.com/shorts/67N9I...

I’m not a federal government employee but here are my ‘five bullets’ of what I ‘accomplished’ last week: 1. Pissed off JD Vance 2. Pissed off Elon Musk 3. Taped a hilarious convo with Hasan Minhaj (out next month) 4. Taped a great convo with Jemele Hill 5. Drank more than one chocolate milkshake.

It is important that you talk to your pets about important topics before someone else does. If you find it difficult to bring up sensitive topics with them, my books will help you, buy them now! Disclaimer: Just some photoshop fun, books don't exist, also not my original idea ;)

Snowy runners, Pentax 67 #believeinfilm

Quite right too 💙

Harmeet Dhillon will lead Trump's DOJ Civil Rights Division. Michael Gates will be her lieutenant Both are super partisan election deniers from California who have made names for themselves among MAGA attacking civil rights rather than defending & expanding civil rights Both are unqualified

A British Tommy is showing two American Army Nurses the technique of operating a Bren gun on a practice range on the Anzio-Nettuno beachhead. The nurse at the gun is Lt. Margaret Mizelle, of Windsor, N.C.; looking on is Lt. Martha Fliedner, of Clinton, S.C.

New, from me @theatlantic.com: *No, the federal government is not too big *It has real human capital needs *Firings are indiscriminate, weakening state capacity *Creating a toxic and politicized workplace is driving away dedicated employees www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Extortion. Again.

A critical stop in my trip to the UP was the Iron Mountain VA Medical Center. This facility is consistently voted one of the best VA centers in the country. youtube.com/shorts/xKEAC...

Stegosaurus at the Natural History Museum, London

I think we have a template for how federal employees can answer that 5-point "What did you do last week?" DOGE email.....

What's it like getting old? If you enjoy forgetting stuff, you're going to love something I can't recall

Very pumped to attend the @standupforscience.bsky.social at Philly on March 7th at City Hall! Sign up here to be kept in the loop for details. www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...

Ancient Egyptian gold finger-ring set with a mouse amulet inscribed with the cartouche of Thutmose III. Gold and glazed steatite. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, 1479-1425 BC Squeak squeak Thutmouse! 🐭 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #Archaeology

It would be a shame if millions of us spammed this address with gay porn, the bee movie script, or fed it into online spam email generators. A damn shame.

Walk & Talk - Give me liberty. youtu.be/dM3XCQ0gMoc?...

Germans have been subjected to covert Russian propaganda as well as overt American propaganda - jointly in support of the far-right www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/w...

Musk, Vance and their support for the anti-American, pro-Russian German far-right From Jamie Kirchik www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...

And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

Not content with purchasing the presidency, Elon Musk now wants to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court as well. His PAC just pumped $1M into supporting anti-choice right-wing extremist Brad Schimel. Wisconsin — don't become Musk's latest acquisition! Vote @crawfordforwi.bsky.social.

What's the difference between firing someone "for DEI" and firing them because they are Black?

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.