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This. Was just talking to our pediatrician, who was stating how limited their access to traditional datasources they depended on for research and care.

Excellent Analysis: "...this move opens the door to China and Russia to move in and fill the soft power vacuum (something China has already been investing in very aggressively for the last decade). This strengthens them on the global stage while isolating us." www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-tho...

I used to be a fan of Michelle Obama's "when they go low, we go high", but for this term, I think I'll adopt James Dalton's sage advice. And I think after these frost two weeks... It's time.

Lloyd Austin was confirmed 93–2. Mark Esper was confirmed 90–8. James Mattis was confirmed 98–1. Ashton Carter was confirmed 93–5. Leon Panetta was confirmed 100–0. Robert Gates was confirmed 95–2. Pete Hegseth will likely be confirmed at 50-50. Most unqualified nominee in American history.

Refuse to watch Trump's visit to LA, but curious how many paper towels each family received from the trump bouquet toss.

An email from our school district on the potential for ICE raids in the coming weeks/months was a lovely way to end the week. 😔 They had to write out what to expect if agents come into classrooms...

I'd love a stat run on every administration and the money they have collectively paid women to silence their sexual assault. Hegseth Told Senator He Paid $50,000 to Woman Who Accused Him of Rape www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

PSA...

Every American, not to mention all living creatures on earth, will be impacted by climate change. The US may have feeble national leadership for the next few years, but plenty of strong people and organizations are willing to fight.

To Mike Johnson, Thou shalt not ‘impose conditions’ on disaster aid to California. California is the 6th largest economy in the world. If thou fuck around, thou shalt find out.

From following ~1k accounts to 17. Feels nice.

I leveraged this Chrome extension to find the accounts I followed on the other app. It's not perfect, but got (enough of) the job done. chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...

Escaped the X and landed on @bsky.app ! 👋 Great to see the sudden flood of people I followed on the other app already here, now if all the #Tahoe ski resorts & #Caltrans / #CHP accounts could be on here, that would be great...