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“The unknown was not as scary as being complicit and not speaking up,” Ms. Ortiz said... “I can exist on cornflakes and community at the end of the day if it means that my soul is intact.”

submitted 15 hours ago • 2 comments

If you’re overwhelmed and maybe a lil paralyzed by the news, maybe take a little time this weekend to figure out how to take care of yourself moving forward? 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/feel...

submitted 16 hours ago • 2 comments

Measles are contagious. Measles cause 1 in 4 people to be hospitalized. Measles can be deadly especially in children. Measles can cause blindness & deafness. Measles can cause brain damage yrs later. Measles can cause "immune amnesia". Measles are preventable with MMR vaccine. #medsky #IDsky 🛟 😷🧪

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

I wrote this for me, and also maybe for you? I hope it helps: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/feel...

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

Lots of folks are feeling overwhelmed and scared right now and say they don’t know what to do. Wear your masks, y’all. It’s one of the easiest, radical anti-fascist acts you can do.

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

For the third consecutive day, it is <checks notes> not Friday? That can’t be right.

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

So I did this today: banged out a couple hundred words of a pitch while managing lab, sent it to the opinion page editor at the newspaper my parents still somehow get in print, and got back a "yes" in, I absolutely kid you not, under 15 minutes

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

what happens when a microscope crashes into a telescope? they kaleidescope

submitted 3 days ago • 50 comments

If you are or know a federal employee, pass along these resources for them to check out. Overall site: https://buff.ly/4gObqBe Webinar series: https://buff.ly/4b4FEik

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Just some little bird flu updates: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/3-mo...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

submitted 4 days ago • 8 comments

People highlighting all the critical positions being cut are, of course, correct but I think it's missing the larger issue. The idea that there is a large part of the federal workforce doing nothing and getting paid well to do so is a lie. It has always been a lie.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

What makes this article :chefs-kiss: for me is the inclusion of a screenshot of the cake type (gift link): wapo.st/3X6pbo6

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone. Don't fall for it.

submitted 6 days ago • 221 comments

The early days of Covid showed us that if the government wanted - they could take care of everyone. They could provide a universal basic income, accommodate the needs of disabled people who had been pleading for remote healthcare & other services for years. They could keep us fed, safe and housed 🧵

submitted 60 days ago • 17 comments

For what it is worth, soldiers from the 101st Airborne stationed at said Fort Campbell acting on orders from President Eisenhower to integrate Central High School in Little Rock in 1957.

submitted 6 days ago • 8 comments

Hey out there -- if you have information about the job cuts at FDA, CDC, NIH or HHS at large, we'd love to hear from you. We're looking, in particular, for information about exactly what cuts were made. You can reach me on Signal, the encrypted messaging system, at MattHerper.92. DMs are open.

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

submitted 8 days ago • 1909 comments

I just want to make sure as many people see this as possible. It's not safe to feed raw food to cats right now, and that's unlikely to change anytime soon. Even fancy brands that use "human grade" ingredients aren't safe. Freeze dried raw foods aren't safe either. Bird flu kills cats.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

People who voted Trump who are feeling pissed off right now about broken promises are an organizing opportunity, not a gloating opportunity

submitted 7 days ago • 234 comments

I’m glad Harrison Ford is having so much fun spreading the good word about therapy at this point in his career.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

“It feels like a betrayal by NASA....It’s inefficient, it’s wasteful, and it’s also just messed up.” This is how scientists inside and outside the agency are feelings about the cuts to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Words by me: 🧪

submitted 8 days ago • 9 comments

All y'all planning your brunches for the weekend, listen up and get cooking some perfect eggs: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-pe...

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In reality, the Nahua peoples who spoke of "Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl" didn't use that name for what's now the Gulf of Mexico. Instead, that name means "the Fresh Water of Chalchiuhtlicue," and it refers to her mansion in the midst of the cosmic sea, to the east the sea-ringed world. I'll explain. 1/

submitted 8 days ago • 12 comments

I passed by federal workers & Washingtonians — significant crossover — protesting DOGE outside of the Department of Health and human Services in Washington. I heard them singing from blocks away. I never tire of seeing my fellow Americans exercise our First Amendment rights in these civic spaces.

submitted 8 days ago • 14 comments

Scoop: The databases powering DOGE.gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it: www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...

submitted 9 days ago • 439 comments

Come for the incredibly cute sea turtle dance, stay for the nifty magnetic science: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/sea-...

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Nice thing about this cabinet is that it’s a cure for imposter syndrome. If you ever think “I’m not qualified to do that” there’s always someone say, running public health, who’s even less qualified.

submitted 9 days ago • 21 comments

With both RFK Jr and Gabbard confirmed, two people who rose to prominence spreading conspiracy theories about public health and national intelligence will now run the U.S. government agencies in charge of those areas. For someone studying these conspiracy theories for a decade... this is nauseating.

submitted 9 days ago • 186 comments

My husband's therapist was talking about the evolutionary angst of winter and how humans need "enrichment time in their enclosures" to ward off depression, which of course isn't new, but the real zinger was when they said "you just have to ask yourself: what's my pumpkin full of ground beef?"

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

Cute photos and interesting science unite! 🧪

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

One of the major changes versus pre pandemic is that people have way less of a social life and way more of an online life. Online is way more important than ever at the same time it's becoming a fetid swamp of gutter racism and misogyny, with no IRL backstops - especially for men

submitted 10 days ago • 9 comments