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Retired Prof/Provost at HBCU, crazy dog person, enjoy canoeing and hiking. Had Trump's number before he had a number. Just say "NO! to TruMuskCo™! Won't reply to DMs unless I know you.💙
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submitted 44 minutes ago • 2 comments

WIRED health & biotech writer here. If you're a USDA employee working on the government's response to the H5N1 bird flu outbreak and would like to speak securely about what's happening at the agency, please reach out to me on Signal at emullin.06. I can honor requests for anonymity.

submitted 19 hours ago • 17 comments

JEFFRIES: “we have no leverage” SCHUMER: *pulls out a lime and limply waves it around* BERNIE:

submitted 2 hours ago • 111 comments

BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732. Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.

submitted 4 hours ago • 261 comments

If you support this, you’re an awful human being

submitted 4 hours ago • 173 comments

Referencing Henry II again today for no reason whatsoever. . . "What miserable drones and traitors have I nourished and brought up in my household who let their lord be treated with such shameful contempt by a low-born cleric? Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?"

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

Yes CAROL or Karen

submitted 1 day ago • 152 comments

Idiocracy was a documentary

submitted 23 hours ago • 575 comments

Mark my words—He is going to try to shut down mail-in voting. When he does, we will sue and we will win. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 1 day ago • 1052 comments

For all the USPS's faults, Americans have to realize: It's one of the best postal services in the world, even after being kneecapped by DeJoy. Fight for our postal service, guys. I know I will. It is an essential public good.

submitted 1 day ago • 71 comments

American universities lead the world, so they must be defunded and made to kiss the ring so TruMuskCo™ won't need to worry about pesky facts and data coming from academics.

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

submitted 23 hours ago • 1506 comments

wearing sunglasses inside and following an event where he at times had a hard time speaking coherently, Elon Musk walks off the CPAC stage waving around a chain saw. this is the guy currently running our government. Congrats, America!

submitted 1 day ago • 1911 comments

Raise your hand 🖐️ if you agree President Zelenskyy & the brave people of Ukraine are Heros & Donald Trump's January 6th MAGA are Zeros! I want all of my 131K friends to follow YOU! 💙💛 Like 💙 & Repost ♻️, you will meet NEW Friends 🎉 Interact in the comments meet even MORE 🚀 Who is with me? 🖐️

submitted 1 day ago • 1015 comments

This may not surprise many here, but it should at least shock all of us, both US citizens and none alike. If, like me, you a noncitizen, but hold various accounts with US corporations and companies, you may want to shut them down.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

It's nearly 5am and Republicans just rammed through their pro-billionaire, anti-middle class budget blueprint. In order to pass massive tax giveaways for billionaires, they're going to defund Medicaid, slash veterans benefits, & force kids to go hungry. Make sure everyone knows it.

submitted 1 day ago • 64 comments

Referencing Henry II again today for no reason whatsoever. . . "What miserable drones and traitors have I nourished and brought up in my household who let their lord be treated with such shameful contempt by a low-born cleric? Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?"

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

EXCLUSIVE: A federal worker at the EPA sent an incredible email to Administrator Lee Zeldin. He's refused to stay silent, and has asked me to share the email - and his name - with the public. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

submitted 1 day ago • 1119 comments

Yes, American democracy & Western civilization could fall due to three white dicks & their pics. Anthony Weiner dick pics--> James Comey --> Hillary loses to Trump Hunter Biden dick pics--> laptop hysteria--> Kamala loses to Trump Trump Pee tape --> Trump owned by Putin --> Putin destroys West

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Senator Murphy says Trump and his allies are now operating above the law (as Trump himself tweeted this week)

submitted 2 days ago • 53 comments

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The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs. Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

submitted 2 days ago • 577 comments

“Once, I swallowed my pride to offer him what he values the most—public praise on the Sunday news shows……Going along to get along does not work.” - Gov. JB Pritzker

submitted 2 days ago • 82 comments

Here's a riddle:

submitted 2 days ago • 416 comments