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Humanist, leftist, atheist, ally, fan of human cooperation, student of many sciences, teacher of some, Ohioan (for now). I'm not going to let Bluesky turn into the timesink that X became for me previously; here I will block early and often.
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To be more "efficient" is to have the same effect with fewer resources. There's nothing efficient about slashing benefits, grants, oversight departments, or international aid organizations.

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A Massachusetts school district's policy against notifying parents without a student's consent if the child asks to use a different name and gender pronouns at school does not violate parents' constitutional right to direct the upbringing of their children, a U.S. appeals court ruled reut.rs/3Qrvi2C

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Denmark MP Rasmus Jarlov: "[US] has taken no casualties in Ukraine ... paid 4% of US defence budget for one year and that was too much for them ... they will surrender to Russia. We can not trust such spineless people ... If Russia invaded Poland tomorrow, they would make excuses and do nothing."

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Dammit... I was actually enjoying reviewing a book Joy Hakim wrote for middle schoolers until I got to the part where she just *had* to write that the CMBR was mentioned in Genesis. That, alone, takes it right off my list of suggestions for students.

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This is all a good reminder that, “no help, no votes until the criminal conduct stops” is neither a big ask nor a politically perilous one.

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It's absolutely mind boggling to me that there are people on the street who are defending Guantanamo Bay being used as a concentration camp. Somebody forgot to teach them that part of being a decent human being is opposing gulags and concentration camps.

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Hey @reuters.com, There's currently a typo at the top of this article. The summary says "a retraining order" rather than "a restraining order." www.reuters.com/world/americ...

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It occurs to me that my two favorite expressions are the look of realization on a student's face, and the look of confusion or thoughtfulness on a professor's face.

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Cynthia Nixon has stood up in support of trans people with a touching and powerful speech that's already going viral. www.out.com/media/cy... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

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Bernie Moreno's plan to kill marginalized people: leverage implicit racism in law enforcement. www.cleveland19.com/2025/02/05/o...

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I took a pass by the park today slightly before 4pm and didn't see anyone beginning to congregate; maybe it's underway now, but there wasn't much happening then and I needed to get home. Was hoping to make some supportive honks.

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www.citizen.org/news/advocac... now we are talking!

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Democrats didn’t cause this crisis… Still many of them are failing to meet this moment. One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies Musk gutted with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits. Let them know You know

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If you are a BLACK INDIE AUTHOR, reply to this tweet with a blurb about your book and a link of where to purchase it. If you are a reader please repost this! #booksky #blackbooksky #diversebooks #blackhistorymonth

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I wonder how many of the people 'passing through' the "migrant facility" at Guantanamo will leave their shoes behind. MAGA makes me sick; they were warned. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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I can't imagine living through smoking ads, Enron, the Ford Pinto, recent Boeing planes, 2008 era insurance corps, and Big Pharma and thinking "I want my government run more like a business." Yet that's the reason I've heard MAGAs give for their votes.

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A reddit post to asking both sides why both sides assume the other is evil got curious responses (paraphrased with ad hom removed). Left: Because the right is doing/saying X, which is evil. Right: Tribalism. Remember that people can only speak accurately about the state of their own mind.

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I like how someone once explained labs to me: It's not just rote recipe following; it's verifying, for yourself, that the science behind the labwork is correct. That is almost completely undermined when the TA tells you what your "unknown" substance is and what the results of some tests WOULD be.

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To be fair, there may actually be no more qualified person to liaise with the only media they care about than a male family member of the upstream mouth of more than half their media ecosystem.

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I have long been a fan of this channel's "alt-right playbook" series; I recognize the way he describes some of the right's apathetic mentality from my earlier life. This is an important one. Know what your Rubicon moment is. youtu.be/0YFdwfNh5vs?...

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If you don't consider Musk to be anti-American, your America lost in the Civil War.

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I saw a new bumper sticker today: "The billionaires won"

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Welcome to Ohio. We have a Nazi problem. Just watch, though. I think Musk's particular steps, meaning starting the salute with an open hand from the left shoulder, will become standard in the right wing; we've already seen people imitating it while trying to explain it away.

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So I'm hearing that the birthright ban is supposed to be based on denying the "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" part. That's funny. Someone didn't think about what declaring someone to be 'outside the jurisdiction thereof' means. It would preemptive grant them federal legal immunity.

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