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Frequently curmudgeonly and proud of it. Somehow I went from being a scientist to the “dad/designated asshole/adult in the room” for a whole bunch of people as a startup.

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What’s the shocked face emoji?

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In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

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If you want a version of the insanity that you can share with your “conservative” family members and friends, @hcrichardson.bsky.social does a great job summarizing with sources. Ya know, that whole historian thing.

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March 12, 2025:

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Because @scalzi.com hasn’t put it up on his feed (at least when I posted this). Some very sane words about boycotting people. Nothing is perfect but help how you can and drop the purity crap people. whatever.scalzi.com/2025/03/12/t... Now go throw sand…

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When the rest of the media won’t stand up, editorial cartoonists stand up

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This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA. Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?

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www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/o... At least there’s some good news today. RW Christians keep up the work and drive more people away from religion with your actions.

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The funniest thing about all this is Joe Biden built a "bring back US manufacturing" button and Trump could have just kept pressing it but instead he insisted on smashing the "crash the stock market" button

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I’m old enough to remember the Repubs in the Senate using the filibuster on things such as voting rights & reproductive rights! The Senate Dems should hear from their constituents ahead of the vote… the R’s should be forced to negotiate & the only way is if they filibuster and hold the line.

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“Here is the unavoidable truth: the Washington Post I joined, the one I came to love, is not the Washington Post I left.” @ruthmarcus.bsky.social writes about her decision to resign from the paper in the wake of editorial changes made by its owner, Jeff Bezos.

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Conservative “new masculinity” is just crybullyism, talk big shit then whine when people push back in kind bsky.app/profile/atru...

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This is a really important point. Democrats weren't constantly talking about trans issues in 2024, Republicans were. We keep falling for the narrative that the right is writing about the left instead of defending reality.

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@baldwin.senate.gov Please make some noise. And don’t vote for cloture.

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Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Mahmoud Khalil.

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If we can "avoid a government shutdown" by voting for this CR, then why is the entire Department of Education closed today? Why is USAID closed? Why are hundreds of billions in grant contracts frozen? We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.

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FBI telling Citibank to freeze accounts of Habitat for Humanity, the United Way, and the State of NY Dept of Taxation, among a few dozen others.

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What’s the shocked face emoji?

In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

If you want a version of the insanity that you can share with your “conservative” family members and friends, @hcrichardson.bsky.social does a great job summarizing with sources. Ya know, that whole historian thing.

March 12, 2025:

Because @scalzi.com hasn’t put it up on his feed (at least when I posted this). Some very sane words about boycotting people. Nothing is perfect but help how you can and drop the purity crap people. whatever.scalzi.com/2025/03/12/t... Now go throw sand…

When the rest of the media won’t stand up, editorial cartoonists stand up

This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA. Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/o... At least there’s some good news today. RW Christians keep up the work and drive more people away from religion with your actions.

The funniest thing about all this is Joe Biden built a "bring back US manufacturing" button and Trump could have just kept pressing it but instead he insisted on smashing the "crash the stock market" button

I’m old enough to remember the Repubs in the Senate using the filibuster on things such as voting rights & reproductive rights! The Senate Dems should hear from their constituents ahead of the vote… the R’s should be forced to negotiate & the only way is if they filibuster and hold the line.

“Here is the unavoidable truth: the Washington Post I joined, the one I came to love, is not the Washington Post I left.” @ruthmarcus.bsky.social writes about her decision to resign from the paper in the wake of editorial changes made by its owner, Jeff Bezos.

Conservative “new masculinity” is just crybullyism, talk big shit then whine when people push back in kind bsky.app/profile/atru...

This is a really important point. Democrats weren't constantly talking about trans issues in 2024, Republicans were. We keep falling for the narrative that the right is writing about the left instead of defending reality.

@baldwin.senate.gov Please make some noise. And don’t vote for cloture.

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Mahmoud Khalil.

If we can "avoid a government shutdown" by voting for this CR, then why is the entire Department of Education closed today? Why is USAID closed? Why are hundreds of billions in grant contracts frozen? We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.

FBI telling Citibank to freeze accounts of Habitat for Humanity, the United Way, and the State of NY Dept of Taxation, among a few dozen others.

“Great to be on the pod, Governor Newsom. I’m a huge fan.” “Likewise, Obergruppenfuhrer.”

Karoline Leavitt is a human Federalist column.

Go gum up the works

CNBC is calling it the Tesla Chain Saw Massacre. 🤣