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Massachusetts native, father, husband, grandfather. Public school science educator, mechanical engineer, sustainability/environmental management. Environmental protection advocate, hiking, backpacking, gardening, climate. WPI, FSU, Harvard.
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First, they came for the immigrants. Then they came for… A promising new HIV vaccine was set to start trials. Then came Trump's latest cuts : Goats and Soda www.npr.org/sections/goa...

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Today I learned firearms are the number one cause of pediatric deaths in the United States, and the rate is rising steeply in states that relax their gun laws. Those guns you hoard are not protecting our democracy, but they do kill children. Good job. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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I don’t tell religious people what to do. Why don’t y’all silence yourselves on what I can do. Southern Baptists Endorse Effort to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...

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#UniversalHealthcare Don't give me this crap about "terrorism" over half the people in the world are dying from heart disease or cancer. Throw in respiratory and gastro-intestinal diseases and it's 3 out of 5. We need universal healthcare NOW! ourworldindata.org/causes-of-de...

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Received this leaflet over the weekend from the PFFA. A bingo list of climate sceptic talking points, including: - world isn't heating - humans thrive in heat - increased co2 is good for plants - net zero to blame for energy costs - boilers cleanest way to heat homes - what about China?

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Nationalize SpaceX

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I missed this earlier. If you stop tracking, the problem just disappears. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/c...

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The weirdest thing about TSLA dropping 14.26% today is that it means that somewhere there are still buyers at a P/E ratio over 150.

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It's the Folsom Prison Blues at the Asa Waters Mansion ! Come on out and join us! #Worcester #Massachusetts #Millbury

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The only thing surprising, is that it took this long. The one take away is that Tesla investors should require the board to dump Elon. He’s an arrogant fool. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

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Congress and the president are selling your children’s future for Donald Trump’s ego and agenda. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

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This is what heroes sound like. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Today I learned American consumers are rubbing rendered beef fat on their skin as a moisturizer to avoid chemical products made in a lab. I’m thinking the family dog will like this. 🤦‍♂️

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“bodily autonomy and patient choice should be the guiding tenets” Always. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/m...

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The AI is the path that leads to UBI. It’s a dark future.

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Scientists say greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal have already locked in enough global warming to doom many of the world's glaciers.

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

A very quick one—I do love the fog of late May in New England #OceanDevotion

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AI can do tasks, and AI can answer questions, but AI can’t understand user/business needs and innovate. By cutting off the junior talent pipelines by replacing junior talent with AI, you’re losing out on fresh blood and new ideas, and effectively pickling your company.

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The Chinese are installing wind and solar at a breakneck pace because it is unreliable and more expensive.🙄

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A group called “Noah’s Ark Scans” continues to find “compelling evidence” in the form of elevated carbon and potassium levels and soil samples. They’re excited and plan to continue investigating with soil/core samples, but no excavations… So #MilkingTheBullshit www.foxnews.com/travel/resea...

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Best way to honor the troops on Memorial Day is to dedicate yourself to the pursuit of peace & the diminution of armed conflict in the world. ✌️

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Like a drunk swerving on a dark country road. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...

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Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics.  Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages. Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare... This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.

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This hits hard.

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This is not and never has been about fiscal responsibility. It’s cover for moving the country steps closer to an oligarchy and an expanded underclass that is desperate enough to replace deported migrants in the labor force.

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Among the many insults that define this nation… In America, if you’re not wealthy, you borrow for healthcare.

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jesus fucking fuck www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

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AOC: When you wake up in the morning, you will realize that you voted to defund planned parenthood and take away health care from 13.7 million Americans and when this country wakes up there will be consequences to pay for this

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Terrifying: arsenic and old rice But sure, let's cut back on FDA inspections. The majority of rice tested contained unsafe levels of arsenic and cadmium. CA sushi rice was lowest. Brown rice was highest. #foodsafety www.livenowfox.com/news/arsenic...

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“Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said, “This is what happens when George Soros funds New Orleans elections.” Deny and deflect. 😂

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There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university. University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.

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The Heritage operation is notable, but I think this lets too many people off the hook. People were suggesting critics of Israel supported terrorism well before October 7th. It was a bipartisan effort and a normal part of American politics.

submitted 29 days ago • 15 comments

A reminder that if the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.

submitted 29 days ago • 469 comments

#FAA #AirSafety

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And suddenly, he has no idea how capitalism works. That he bothered to post this nonsense says something about who he expects to read it.

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