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Upstate New Yorker. Current Interests: Native plants and biodiversity, science fiction/ fantasy, biology (especially infectious disease). And humor. We all need a laugh! Let’s keep our democracy intact!
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WHAT FOX WILL NEVER SHOW YOU!! The news won't show you this because they have a narrative to spin.

...and another!

If you’re undocumented, don’t march tomorrow. Stay home. Let the rest of us get this one. Solidarity ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼

🪅 #FridayNightParties 🪅 @00roni.bsky.social @kd4afw.bsky.social @hummingbirdwarrior.bsky.social @mexuscan.bsky.social @ghenson62.bsky.social @betgar.bsky.social @pattyger.bsky.social @sassy0210.bsky.social @lakesidenorth.bsky.social @larrycolvin.bsky.social @cek132.bsky.social @emd5.bsky.social

It is actually nuts that even when the NYC political establishment was presented with a broad field of talented candidates w/ many ideas, in a time of generational change & anti-corruption, they STILL chose to line up behind scandal-ridden Andrew Cuomo. It’s cowardice.

Artist Michael Martinez

"They took her in a car, in essence kidnapping her ... I met another young woman whose husband has quite literally disappeared" -- Newsom shares harrowing details of specific cases of ICE terrorizing immigrants in California

They wanted max cruelty. Shock and awe for the cameras. But all they did was traumatize a bunch of poor kids who’ll never forget it. An L.A. mom, US citizen, watched as unmarked vehicles rolled up. Masked, heavily armed ICE agents, guns drawn. And Cosplay Kristi Noem right there playing warlord!

I do enjoy the country-specific name changes for No Kings protests this weekend

From Rabbi @marisaelana.bsky.social: May Iranians, who mostly hate their leaders, be safe. May Palestinians, who mostly hate their leaders, be safe. May Israelis, who mostly hate their leaders, be safe. May all the war-mongering authoritarians be deposed & may they [yet] experience real justice..

Delaney Hall, the ICE detention center in Newark, needs to be shut down. GEO Group can't run a detention center competently. They put people in an unsafe building after refusing to secure a current certificate of occupancy. Now we learn they aren't feeding detainees.

Why we protest.

Your 'moment of kakistocracy' for today: “Donald Trump doesn’t know the first thing about the Northwest and our way of life – so of course, he is abruptly and unilaterally upending a historic agreement that finally put us on a path to salmon recovery" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Remember, we *had* a diplomatic resolution to the Iran nuclear issue, thanks to the JCPOA that Obama put in place after years of hard work, but then President Spiteful Shithead withdrew the U.S. from the pact in 2018 and everything fell apart. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

We’re the American Academy of Pediatrics—67,000+ pediatricians strong and here to support every child’s health and every family’s future. More to come....and soon.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/s... By Ellen Barry, Maya Shwayder "Kseniia Petrova, Russian scientist spent 4 mos in detention after failing to declare scientific samples she was carrying..freed on bail from fed custody Thurs Since detained Feb, she's been transferred to centers in VT, LA, OK, RI..

Nailed it. 🎯

EVIL FK!

One thing that stood out really powerfully in last night's mayoral debate is that Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander both operate from the premise that New York City is a wonderful and beautiful and precious place. Andrew Cuomo does not.

Whelp, that’s all for today folks 🤣🤪😂😆

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This.👇

BREAKING: US Marines deployed to Los Angeles have carried out the first known detention of a civilian, the US military confirms. It was confirmed to Reuters after they shared this image with the US military.

<thread> On the left: June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians. On the right: June 13: See for yourself. Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.

We know what we have to do to save our city from Andrew Cuomo. We're cross endorsing 🤝 @bradlander.bsky.social

"Science Shattered". I confess that even I was unaware of the statement that opens this piece: "The National Institutes of Health is responsible for more than 80% of the world’s grant investment in biomedical research." 🧪 projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...

Amazing visualisation of known exoplanets. Looking forward to #ESAPlato expanding the list, specifically with terrestrial exoplanets. It'll be observing <200k stars, and it's expected that the total yield for all planets to be from a few thousands to tens of thousands (arxiv.org/abs/2307.12163) 🧪🔭

Not all SHeros wear capes! Brava to this woman at the Kennedy Center as she reminds the felon & those in the audience exactly who he is. #TrumpIsAConvictedFelon

Wasn’t there a movie about a government that did this sort of thing? Were they the good guys?

Donald can't read the room, & he's lost the pulse. - Donald Trump is trying to justify federal agents handcuffing Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) by suggesting that he “looked like an illegal,” the Daily Beast reports.

🌍🐟 Rivers now carry 2–3x more mercury than before 1850 A new global study shows human activity has massively increased toxic mercury in rivers since the Industrial Revolution – a key source of contamination in fish. 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #SciComm #Mercury #WaterPollution 🧪

Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022. That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations. So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?

An advance look at “On Parade,” David Plunkert’s cover for next week's issue. #NewYorkerCovers

#BookSky

And just like that, U.S. forces are involved.

"Employees from all 27 NIH institutes and centers gave their support to the declaration. Most who signed are intimately involved with evaluating and overseeing extramural research grants." zurl.co/ZQn7r #StandUpForScience #BethesdaDeclaration

Guess who was right in the thick of the assault on @padilla.senate.gov? Corey Lewandowski. (He may have been the guy instructing that there's no recording at a press conference and seems to have realized how badly they fucked up.)

Newsom: "He's been a stone cold liar about what he said we talked about. He never discussed the National Guard. Period. Full stop. I would love to share with you what he actually talked about. It would send shivers up your spine."

I kid you not, my work knows that I do drawing on the side and someone in the office told me AI could save me time and my response was "but I like drawing" and it broke them. They didn't know how to answer, they just couldn't comprehend that people make art because they like making art.

I’ll tell you what. If you voted for Trump, and now it’s coming back to bite you, I don’t want to hear about how sad you are. I want to know what you’re gonna do about it. Start there.