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maraschinosmith.bsky.social
Special Education teacher currently (2nd career), previous children's mental health researcher, doctorate in aging, lover of science and biology. Nonfiction reader, loves coffee. Looking to move away from Desantis' grasp to a blue state.
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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org

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Never stop being you Vermont

submitted 21 hours ago • 66 comments

Gear Up For The Fight Of Your Life!!

submitted 15 days ago • 68 comments

Happy Economic Blackout Day!

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#EconomicBlackout

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As I was saying, maybe a bit more forcefully. Europe, you are on your own. Do the following, right now: 1. Kick America out of NATO and bring Ukraine in. 2. Build an Army of Europe. Build nukes. 3. Ban Musk and all his products, especially this website. We are the Axis now.

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What an embarrassing day to be American. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

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Stay strong Zelensky

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Thousands of highly educated scientists are looking for work. Hire them.

submitted 9 days ago • 13 comments

He should be our messenger.

submitted 11 days ago • 822 comments

This is just to say I have fired the bureaucrats throughout your government Even the ones that were probably keeping planes in the air Forgive me I am not very smart So efficiency Much savings

submitted 12 days ago • 17 comments

Just now picking up my daughter’s Claudia’s Corgi, Gracie, from her spaying procedure from Friendship Animal Hospital in northwest DC. It turns out they are doing something amazing for people victimized by the insane government purges 👉

submitted 12 days ago • 632 comments

Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg.

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The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...

submitted 29 days ago • 232 comments

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

submitted 35 days ago • 1092 comments

The administration took down the reproductive rights website that women need access to. So The Skimm bought a url and brought the content back. Pass this on! Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com

submitted 38 days ago • 118 comments

What other departments or divisions are doing faculty sessions on teaching how to get on BlueSky? @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social is! Thanks @lwaltermd.bsky.social for setting this up! #geriatrics #gerisky

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It has driven me nearly insane yup

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I love this so much! At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.

submitted 41 days ago • 1776 comments

If you’re upset about Michelle Obama’s decision not to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration, wait until I tell you about the time Donald Trump refused to accept the results of the election he lost, plotted a coup & incited an insurrection before deciding not to attend Joe Biden’s.

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An amazing discovery: www.bbc.com/news/article...

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@drneilstone.bsky.social #medsky #vaccineswork #publicheathmatters

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“Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) announced her state has secured a new supply of the abortion pill mifepristone to last nearly through the entirety of the second Trump administration.” thehill.com/homenews/sta...

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I would like to speak up today for the trans community. You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1

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Glad you asked — as far as we understand, fishes differentiate one another just like we do — by facial recognition. They may look alike to you, but fish recognize and remember faces of conspecifics, themselves, and even of us. #MarineLife

submitted 105 days ago • 1 comment

Do you know the story of the Three Sisters? 🌽🫘🍈 Corn, beans, and squash! Corn provides a sturdy stalk for the beans to climb, beans enrich the soil with nitrogen, and squash spreads across the ground, shielding the soil

submitted 105 days ago • 1 comment

I'm sure this Cabinet of inexperienced grifters who excel solely at advancing their own careers will produce an administration that runs like a well-oiled machine.

submitted 109 days ago • 1160 comments

Don't look at the news Don't look at the news Don't look at the news (Looks at the news) Oh, for fuck's sake

submitted 109 days ago • 814 comments

For everyone new to Blue Sky, here is a cool directory of all the different sides of Blue Sky you can find and get involved in. blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

submitted 112 days ago • 19 comments

It is about time for me to restart this series. I never really got into Tolkein, but this .... this Land I love. fantasyliterature.com/reviews/the-...

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