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Science and critical thinking, secular humanism, restoration ecology, biodiversity.
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Musk waves his chainsaw approximately recreating that scene from Idiocracy. #idiocracy

DUH! It certainly isn't Cheeto Happy past President's Day We'll celebrate the next time we get a real President.

Imagine that, an agency that was already finding government waste and saving billions of dollars, not just going after departments that were investigating Musk's companies or headed by the paranoid president's perceived enemies. #StopMusk #SaveOurDemocracy

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

Just my doggy, looking silly.

It's really not looking great over in my original home country at the moment, and unfortunately the chaos is not going to be limited to the US. 🧪⚛️

It’s actually been easier to stay off facebook than I expected.

Suppressing climate data and research doesn’t stop climate change any more than suppressing gravitational data means you can step off a cliff and just float in midair. 🧪 🌎 insideclimatenews.org/news/3101202...

I remember learning that this was going to happen, during my undergrad, well, a long time ago... It's here. It's happening. The Arctic is melting and all of that permafrost-buried CO2 and methane is going up, up, up. #ClimateChange #Science 🧪 #Extinction

Trump & GOP's Project 2025 is a manifesto to control women & terrorize anyone who doesn't look like them, worship like them, or lives a lifestyle they deem unacceptable. #ProudBlue #Project2025 #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TheTurdReich #Felon47 #FOTUS #NotMyDictator #Resist

Well they have fascinated the fools!

I wasn’t all that into Pearl Jam but this is raw and real. youtu.be/qVePehfEA5Y?...

This is heartening to see! The resistance is beginning. I know we are tired. I know we are fearful. But we will make ourselves heard and reclaim this country from the grip of MAGA fascism. I’ve seen the inside of barbed wire prison camps in America. We came back from that and shall overcome this.

Just another thing I saw on my walk in a dying civilization.

That's a lot! Genetically modified bacteria can provide the equivalent of 12-38 kg (up to 77 pounds) of nitrogen per hectare (100x100m) from the air. This can reduce dependence on nitrogen fertilizers and the negative effects on soil, water, biodiversity, climate and air quality. 🧪🌱🌍 #soilscience

An extraordinary sound—never before recorded—from an “ordinary chondrite” type meteorite impact, caught on a security camera in Canada. 🧪🔭 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Gavin Newsom made a website to fight the misinformation about the fires. Give it a read. REPOST gavinnewsom.com/california-f...

I fear there is deep truth here.

Nothing will change their mind.

Happy Birthday!

Sunrise today on this first day of winter. It’s only expected to reach 76 F this afternoon in my town.

Sapolsky is a national treasure. youtu.be/3fWNFqc7ajc?...

Palm Springs holiday decorations.

One of the most disappointing parts of my life has been watching kids grow up to be people I would hide Anne Frank from.

A bee stung me as I rescued it from a pool today. I am not angry, it was probably reflexive flailing as it struggled against drowning. I’d do it again.

Celebrating the Scrooge story with my actor friend. Happy Holidays everyone!

F*CK CITIZENS UNITED Next time Dems are in power, we need to have a bill like this here. 📌 Australia’s Labor Party has proposed capping political donations at $20,000 per candidate to prevent billionaires from buying elections.

🧪 🧵1/4 #OTD in 1804 the great German mathematician Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi was born. The range of his scientific contributions was very wide. For instance, he published in 1829 a seminal treatise about the theory of elliptic function, so called because they derive from elliptic integrals. #math

I am not here for any financial transactions and or app scams. I blocked my first today.

The science of human behavior covers a lot of subjects. Great stuff. youtu.be/8PeJz5q9_Og?...

Just watching as I travel today. No wind, it’s kind of eery.

Amid the backdrop that more than a dozen members of Trump's Cabinet are billionaires, a reminder that this is what happened to income inequality in this country once the tax rate for top earners was slashed after 1980. Trickle down does not work and top earners' priority is themselves.

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🧪🦑🌎 An amazing association here...

Something ate most of a grasshopper in my back yard. I am glad to have parts of an ecosystem around me.

I bought into the indoctrination of my youth fully once. Earth is probably still one of my favorite planets but I am suspicious of any toralitarian system that promises “afterlife” rewards for submission and complicity now. Family Guy hit the nail on the head here. youtu.be/OxXb2df48iA?...

I would rather post the actual study, but I deal with what’s available. As the EPA is on the cutting block… www.cnn.com/2024/12/04/h...

I am grateful that I have access to threads containing scientific articles I don’t understand. It’s a good sign.

And just like that, the GOP holds onto the House by barely a thread.

They are coming for our Social Security. They just may get it this time. www.reddit.com/r/politics/s...

www.reddit.com/r/collapse/s...

Remembering to rest, self care is important.

This is huge. The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇 www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...

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