poison man

I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible

Trump order gives political appointees vast powers over research grants Researchers are alarmed that the move might upend a long-standing tradition of peer-review for grants.

There are a lot of details in yesterday's sweeping executive order, but the bottom line is that it gives political appointees immense power over scientific grants, which have until now been stewarded by career civil servants and experts.

My reporting:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

If you cannot go to the bathroom at work, you cannot go to work. If you cannot go to the bathroom at school, you cannot go to school. This effectively bans transgender people from a broad swath of public life in the UK

This move is discriminatory and cruel to trans service members and their families.

Here’s the notice terminating EPA union contracts:

Air Force revokes approved retirement for trans service members: 'Complete and utter betrayal' Alyx, who has served in the Air Force for 15 years, said the ban and having her retirement rescinded has put her in a precarious financial situation.

Alyx, a 15 year veteran of the Air Force was approved for early retirement in May. The Trump admin suddenly revoked it on Wednesday because of the trans military ban.

She'll lose out on healthcare and pension benefits as a result.

www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...

god they're really just trying it everywhere huh. fuck this shit

*young me, developing a strong sense of justice*

This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane

Wake up babe a new Pangaea is forming

How Silicon Valley and Big Business Created The Next Lost Generation The kids aren't alright.

My latest newsletter is about how big tech and big business has guaranteed that the next generation to enter the workforce will be poorer, less secure, and lonelier.

And why every generation that follows will be a lost generation.

whatwelost.substack.com/p/how-silico...

This is great.
Keep it up.

Take photos of national park signs now, before they’re whitewashed

A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda.

This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵

Wings out!

If the federal government can simply seize privately held patents then that is the end of the U.S. patent system, the legal basis for American innovation.

Riot is working with MasterCard directly to help with their censorship campaign. A weird choice from MasterCard if you ask me, but very telling that they're willing to leverage any company they can to suppress discussion of this.

Also cool to see where Riot stands. They do not have to do this.

We're young today, but someday we'll be the elder voices for a new generation of traumatized kids who need support.

I think about that a lot.

you know what would be really funny?

if people started calling MasterCard saying "I mentioned MasterCard in a Riot/Valorant/League of Legends stream and I got timed out/warned/banned. I don't understand why that would happen. Can you explain it to me?"

One of the very first things Hitler did was shotgun German academia in the face and permanently destroy its global influence.

Los Alamos happened in the US, not Germany, because of his actions in spring of 1933.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_for...

This is genuinely western liberalism summed up in a 30 second video. Incredible. Put it in an art gallery.

Derrick Van Orden saying YES to 17m lost Healthcare 18m lost school meals and 3 m lost food assistance

This is absolutely real. Not shopped. You can check it out for yourselves. They are celebrating.

If ANY Dem in your district or state running for office mentions working with Republicans or across the aisle, do not vote for or donate a nickel to them. They are not on your side.

REMEMBER: All the "Don't use em-dashes" "don't use rule of three" advice because it makes your writing "look like AI" is because they stole actual writers work, and their "predict the next thing" stuff just simulates what WE FUCKING DO. Keep writing well. Use every style and trick you have. Fuck AI.

Today, 139 EPA employees were placed on administrative leave for signing an email sent to their boss about concerns at their federal agency.

This is America, now.

I have always said that @standupforscience.bsky.social is about science AND DEMOCRACY. Here it is, in action.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

🧵

““They will hunt you, they are like a cross between a lentil and a velociraptor”

Okay, you have my attention.

drawing in black light blue olive green and yellow of a smiling woman on her knees shrugging. Its raining but there’s also a rainbow behind her and the text “EVERYTHING SUCKS BUT IM DOING MY BEST”

mood 🌦️🌱

[ #art | #illustration ]

I cannot overemphasize how mind-bogglingly, brain-meltingly, galactically stupid it is to burn coal for electricity

This amendment vote will happen overnight.

Your script for your senators:

This is really important news!

NASA is being told to cancel 19 *active* missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE *hiring/retention* budget going forward.

I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.

Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win Openly racist rhetoric has become normalized at the highest levels of American politics.

We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent.

Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.

MEDIA: Are you a communist?

MAMDANI: I am not ... I call myself a democratic socialist in many ways inspired by the words of Dr. King from decades ago, who said: 'Call it democracy or call it democratic socialism, there has to be a better distribution of wealth for all of God's children'