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The backsliding on vaccines is awful but the backsliding on basic germ theory is grim in its own way. Yes, it's "natural" for humans and pets to eat raw meat. It's also just as "natural" to die from the numerous pathogens in it. That's nature; nature is always trying to kill you and your pet.

😮This is so awesome, I did not even know there were tools to prevent under-citation of women in science. The mice are learning, and evidently, so are we. We need something like this in journalism!

"Look, buddy, you’re in no condition to be getting behind a desk at the Defense Department right now." theonion.com/concern...

East Pittsburgh / North Braddock Turtle Creek, Dexter Yard, Port Perry, Mon Valley Works – Edgar Thomson Plant, Locks and Dam 2 Monongahela River, Pittsburgh downtown on the skyline

Wow‼️ ICE is gaming Google by changing timestamps on deportation press releases, making months-or even years-old deportations look like breaking news. REALITY: At this pace, they’ll barely hit half the deportations from Biden’s last full fiscal year, 2024.

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do. Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.

Jealous Trump Boys Try To Convince Father That Barron A DEI theonion.com/jealous...

Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms and businesses. U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans purchased as food aid.

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do! www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

Boston Bridge, from the Youghiogheny River

Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜 The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization. Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵

Ayanna Pressley: "Elon Musk is a Nazi nepo baby."

Hostile Takeover: “Department of Government Efficiency” Hijacks The Federal Government www.avindman.com/p/hostile-ta...

This is terrifying.

Bill would make it a felony to vote against the president’s wishes— The felony charge, punishable by up to six years in prison and a $3,000 fine, would apply to any public official who votes in favor of a sanctuary law tennesseelookout.com/2025/01/29/b...

Intelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including: - Holocaust Remembrance Day - MLK Day - Juneteenth

remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards

Everyone should follow the great work of Greg Palast to understand what happened and to prevent more voter suppression in 2026. www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-v...

Trump Lost. Vote Suppression Won. Here are the numbers… https://buff.ly/4aD3UYv by Greg Palast Trump lost. That is, if all legal voters were allowed to vote, if a ... https://buff.ly/3PPCAwE

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Proof that south american squid rings are not pig rectum!!!! doi.org/10.1038/s415...