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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Flagstaff is also a dark sky city. It is nice to be able to see the stars, probably good for health and sleep, and doesn't cause any increase in crime.

Penzeys is great. the Ozark is really good on pork chops. I use the others all the time as well.

I've been sent video from the end of the ICE raid at the Zipps on 32nd and Shea.

It shows protesters -- on the sidewalk, impeding no one -- getting drive-by maced by an ICE agent from a truck as it rolls away down the road.

Hard to see how such tactics are justifiable.

These guys are lending the legitimacy of the medical profession to everything that is happening now.

That’s why anyone who legitimized and endorsed them helped bring us to this moment.

Measles coming to metro Phoenix, I'm guessing the rural counties will also get hit hard--Yavapai, Mojave, Gila, Graham, Greenlee...

The fascists are getting more violent.

they are criminals

a man with curly hair and glasses is wearing a suit and tie and making a funny face . ALT: a man with curly hair and glasses is wearing a suit and tie and making a funny face .

I wouldn't worry too much, the FVI is busy looking for Antifa.

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This is how locals in Flagstaff can tell who is up from Phoenix or visiting from So. Cal.

The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru & @Garrett_Archer X.com I'm told teachers at Vail Unified have had over 3,000 death threats regarding their costume t shirts. The teachers in the math department were accused of mocking the death of Charlie Kirk by wearing bloodied "problem solved" t-shirts. However the school's Facebook page shows they wore the same shirts in 2024. 9:00 PM • 11/1/25 • 4.6K Views

Turning Point USA doing what they do best

My favorite as a veterinarian is when people call the bordetella vaccine a “bordello” vaccine.

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

It's getting hard to tell actual NPR headlines apart from NTY Pitchbot satire.

"The villagers had said justice had been done, and she'd lost patience and told them to go home, the, and pray to whatever god they believed in that it was never done to them. Because the smug face of virtue triumphant could be almost as horrible as wickedness revealed."

Hoping Governor Hobbs does something like this in AZ.

Antivaxxers are going to take away our access to vaccines.

RFK Jr. says he is removing all 17 members of CDC's vaccine advisory committee HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Monday he is removing all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee.

There is no rationale for removing every member of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) and replacing them, except for RFK Jr. to appoint members who spread disinformation.

I am *disgusted* by Republicans for letting this happen to the U.S.

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Yeah, a generous interpretation is that he read (and misunderstood) a toxicology report on Fluoride.

I think RFK Jr appeals to 3 groups of people

1. People who think the "MAHA" movement sounds good without really knowing what any of it means

2. People who like conspiracy theories, fringe science, and are antivaxxers

3. Eugenecists who believe that the disabled and sick are better off dead

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Bobby Brain Worms doesn’t have any training in animal husbandry, epidemiology, or genetics. But, he probably read a few debunked articles on the internet (“doing his own research”) and thinks he is qualified to make an assessment (an utterly baseless one) on how to deal with avian flu strains.

HPV vaccine has been shown to reduce cervical cancer incidence by at least 90%. A new report (below) shows that the incidence of precancerous lesions has dropped by about 80% since 2008 as well. The Secretary of HHS, Mr. Kennedy, claims that HPV vaccines *cause* cancer.

“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

I've met with many cabinet nominees across many admins, and my meeting with RFK Jr. was by far the most troubling.

He rattled off debunked conspiracy theories & lied to my face—denying his own statements he'd made on record. We cannot confirm an anti-vaxxer as Secretary of Health.