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Observer of #polycrisis; excursions into history, nature, oddments. Degrees: philosophy, history of science. Former teacher, writer, editor, spokesperson, contract researcher, journalist. Occasional fictioneer. NB. No LLMs/other AI need apply. :-)

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Leaving a war zone that an agreement _made by Trump_ forced the U.S. to leave on the schedule it did.

02.03.2026 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently the dipshit's message to the fallen is "fuck you, losers"

02.03.2026 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I think we'll know more about the development of human intelligence when we develop some

02.03.2026 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, actually, it was JUST THE OPPOSITE of what Trump is claiming.

Details:

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

02.03.2026 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Iran interfered in U.S. election TO HELP TRUMP, and all they got was One of Trump's stated excuses for bombing Iran was interference in U.S. elections. Turns out, Iran did try...on behalf of Trump. And did it very incompetently. That fact has been on the public record ...

Well, ackshually...it was JUST THE OPPOSITE.

Receipts:

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

02.03.2026 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I hate how accurate this tweet is.

01.03.2026 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 12139    πŸ” 3456    πŸ’¬ 275    πŸ“Œ 139
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Community members, public officials push back against ICE expansion into metro Detroit - WDET 101.9 FM The Southfield office and planned detention center in Romulus come as the Trump administration massively increases the budget for ICE.

β€œCut the utilities, condemn the building, demo it, take it under eminent domain, whatever you can do. Make it impossible for them to use our neighborhood for a concentration camp,” he said.

β€œThis will not be solved by a harshly worded letter or resolution. We need action.”

wdet.org/2026/02/27/c...

02.03.2026 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2990    πŸ” 1004    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 37

Jfc one young medium attractive man and everyone climbs on board. Meanwhile the woman Mills with statewide race wins who stood up to trump is too old

02.03.2026 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ANOTHER LIE.

The exact OPPOSITE was the case.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

02.03.2026 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Iran interfered in U.S. election TO HELP TRUMP, and all they got was One of Trump's stated excuses for bombing Iran was interference in U.S. elections. Turns out, Iran did try...on behalf of Trump. And did it very incompetently. That fact has been on the public record ...

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

02.03.2026 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

01.03.2026 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 17983    πŸ” 6143    πŸ’¬ 364    πŸ“Œ 231

Who impeaches members of Congress for allowing President Trumpstein to continue to ignore the Constitution?

01.03.2026 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5130    πŸ” 1008    πŸ’¬ 296    πŸ“Œ 70
Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 370–415 CE), brilliant Greek mathematician, astronomer, and Neoplatonist philosopherβ€”the first woman known to head a major school of learning; she taught advanced mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy, advised civic leaders, and became a symbol of reason and intellectual freedom despite the era's gender and religious barriers.

The black-and-white engraved portrait shows her in profile, facing left, with a serene, contemplative expression; she has an elegant neck, large eyes, and elaborate braided hair styled in a high bun wrapped with a headband, rendered in fine line work with soft shading on a plain background.

Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 370–415 CE), brilliant Greek mathematician, astronomer, and Neoplatonist philosopherβ€”the first woman known to head a major school of learning; she taught advanced mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy, advised civic leaders, and became a symbol of reason and intellectual freedom despite the era's gender and religious barriers. The black-and-white engraved portrait shows her in profile, facing left, with a serene, contemplative expression; she has an elegant neck, large eyes, and elaborate braided hair styled in a high bun wrapped with a headband, rendered in fine line work with soft shading on a plain background.

Hypatia of Alexandria (d. March 415) was a mathematician, astronomer & philosopher. First woman known to lead a major school of thought. She taught advanced math & #science & defied gender/religious barriers. There have been #WomenInSTEM for millennia.πŸ”­πŸ“

#WomensHistoryMonth #astronomy

01.03.2026 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 839    πŸ” 301    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 12
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Eastern Shore farm workers receive funds from settlement involving alleged labor abuses In a settlement reached in December, Las Princesas Corporation, its owner Martha Zeferino Jose and The Tankard Nurseries Inc. agreed to pay damages to hundreds of migrant workers for alleged labor …

"Workers described having passports confiscated, being served food that made them sick and having no heating or air conditioning or sheets on beds. One worker fled a worksite after being denied access to proper medical care."

01.03.2026 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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February 28 - The Price of Demanding Equal Pay On this day in Labor History the year was 1942. That was the day that Sue Cowan Williams filed a lawsuit for equal pay for black school teachers in Little Rock, Arkansas. Eighty-six black teachers worked in the city’s segregated school system. They were all members of the Little Rock Class Room Teachers Association.

February 28 - The Price of Demanding Equal Pay

On this day in Labor History the year was 1942. That was the day that Sue Cowan Williams filed a lawsuit for equal pay for black school teachers in Little Rock, Arkansas. Eighty-six black teachers worked in the city’s segregated school system. They w

01.03.2026 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 949    πŸ” 290    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3

I am BEGGING people in Maine to do an ounce of candidate research. Platner is not the only progressive running for Senate and finding that out took 10 minutes.

02.03.2026 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.

We mustn’t let this war do so.

01.03.2026 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 16535    πŸ” 5632    πŸ’¬ 493    πŸ“Œ 206
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West valley sushi shop owner released from ICE detention after eight months A federal judge has granted Kelly Yu temporary freedom after she filed a habius corpus petition.

"Her release follows months of advocacy from community members and political leaders of both parties.

Yu has operated her two West Valley restaurants for years, building a reputation for greeting customers with humor and kindness. She has no criminal record."

www.12news.com/article/news...

01.03.2026 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 11648    πŸ” 3366    πŸ’¬ 313    πŸ“Œ 146

Let’s all call Massie today and get him to switch parties. Then force Gonzalez to resign. Then get the gavel, issue some subpoenas, and impeach some motherfuckers

01.03.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 23843    πŸ” 5711    πŸ’¬ 1084    πŸ“Œ 400
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But they said he was β€œThe peace president.” πŸ₯΄

01.03.2026 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 14024    πŸ” 6517    πŸ’¬ 1101    πŸ“Œ 522
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Tulsi Gabbard released a fundraising video in 2019 titled "Trump's Path To War With Iran"

"We've gotta stop Donald Trump from starting a war with Iran."

01.03.2026 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2844    πŸ” 1132    πŸ’¬ 100    πŸ“Œ 94
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Nellie Bly, a pioneering investigative journalist who went undercover to expose abuse in a mental institution.

01.03.2026 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1175    πŸ” 313    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 4
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Chlorine Dioxide, Raw Camel Milk: The FDA No Longer Warns Against These and Other Ineffective Autism Treatments The FDA has taken down a webpage warning about therapies and products making β€œfalse claims” of treating autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...

Chlorine dioxide, a chemical used for disinfecting and bleaching.

Pressurized pure oxygen.

Raw camel milk.

Under RFK Jr., the FDA has taken down a webpage warning about these and other dangerous remedies claiming to treat autism.

02.03.2026 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 879    πŸ” 414    πŸ’¬ 75    πŸ“Œ 77
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Why big tech billionaires are trying to make dystopian science fiction into reality The Nation’s Jeet Heer on how Thiel, Musk, and Bezos are animated by Heinlein, Rand, and Campbell

I really enjoyed this conversation between @mattsheffield and @Jeet about the kind of science fiction dystopia that our silicon valley overlords are working hard to bring about.

https://plus.flux.community/p/why-big-tech-billionaires-are-trying

27.02.2026 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The 53 cars at the Hagerstown Maryland warehouse this morning, appearing a few hours after we left, are NOT the 100 on their way from Minneapolis.

Detention center is more MASSIVE than you can imagine. All this β€œmoving in” while there’s a law suit from MD & other actions to keep from opening.

01.03.2026 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1429    πŸ” 697    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 31
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Vanderbilt Will Stop Providing Gender-Affirming Surgeries to Trans Adults The hospital cited β€œoperational limitations” for the decision.

www.them.us/story/vander...

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Minneapolis

02.03.2026 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Proposal would loosen rabies vaccine requirements for certain pets β€” for a fee β€’ New Hampshire Bulletin The New Hampshire House of Representatives is considering a bill that would exempt some pets from booster shots intended to protect against rabies, but state veterinarians said the proposal was not fo...

RFK Jr.'s brain worm has metastasized

newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/02/24/p...

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