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Joachim Frank

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Scientist, 2017 Chemistry Nobel Prize (math and computational methods underlying cryo-EM of biological molecules), fiction writer, photographer, gardener. Climate change, science education, fight of fascism franxfiction.com and joachimfranklab.org

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Balint to Noem: "You're the secretary of DHS -- for now. And you think you're immune from accountability. But I promise you this: one day he is not gonna be president anymore. And when that day comes, we will still be here. And in hearings like this, we are going to continue to prove your guilt."

04.03.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 26417    πŸ” 7151    πŸ’¬ 1094    πŸ“Œ 621
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AOC: We already have multiple American service members who are dead for an illegal action that the president has pursued with no plan out. They don’t know why they got into this war. They’re talking about a hundred different reasons, and they don’t know how they’re getting out.

04.03.2026 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 15380    πŸ” 4288    πŸ’¬ 370    πŸ“Œ 157
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Only the best people....

05.03.2026 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

A more complete set of voices in a companion piece.

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05.03.2026 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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AOC: He impulsively went in on Venezuela. He impulsively went in on Iran. It led to increased global instability and every time he’s done that, it has been consistent with a spike in what is happening with the Epstein files. I think that he feels existentially tied to it.

05.03.2026 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 13848    πŸ” 3987    πŸ’¬ 308    πŸ“Œ 157
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79K views Β· 16K reactions | Neguse: Where is this company headquartered? Noem: I don’t know. Neguse: I don’t know either. We can’t find it. We did find an address that’s registered to a political o... Neguse: Where is this company headquartered? Noem: I don’t know. Neguse: I don’t know either. We can’t find it. We did find an address that’s registered to a political operative. This company that....

You've got to watch this! Kristi Noem gave $143 million contract to a friend. The company was just created 8 days before she gave them all this money. She has no idea where the company is headquartered and it goes back to a political operative. Corrupt.

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05.03.2026 06:28 β€” πŸ‘ 142    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4
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Jayapal: DHS is supposed to be protecting our residents. You have actually turned the United States government against its own residents. Yours is a case of failed leadership secretary, you need to resign, be fired, or be impeached.

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NOEM: Our federal detention centers are held to the highest standards in comparison to other detaining facilities

McBATH: Did you just hear me? He has to crawl through mold and feces and bodily fluids just to take a shower. This is absolute lunacy and you know it.

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Karoline Leavitt told us the US State Department was helping Americans stranded in the Middle East.

She lied.

One Texas woman in Dubai called the State Department hotline, was scolded for being scared and then hung up on.

This administration is *full* of incompetent, rude people.

05.03.2026 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 8305    πŸ” 3287    πŸ’¬ 373    πŸ“Œ 143
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Navel Gazing of the new "Patriots"

05.03.2026 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lawmakers call on Columbia, NYPD to release video footage in ICE arrest of student The officials said in a letter the "public interest demands transparency and accountability."

Lawmakers call on Columbia, NYPD to release video footage in ICE arrest of student

Columbia University sends alerts w/photos of individuals who steal packages, so why aren't they providing footage of ICE thugs who illegally terrorize their students?

@columbiauniversity.bsky.social

02.03.2026 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nancy Mace moves that the Oversight Committee subpoena Pam Bondi to testify about the Epstein investigation

04.03.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1630    πŸ” 347    πŸ’¬ 90    πŸ“Œ 31
Screenshot of an X post by journalist Jonathan Karl quoting a message heard when calling the State Department emergency number, advising Americans not to rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation. Below is a video still of Karl speaking in a newsroom.

Screenshot of an X post by journalist Jonathan Karl quoting a message heard when calling the State Department emergency number, advising Americans not to rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation. Below is a video still of Karl speaking in a newsroom.

Rubio’s State Department had all this time to prepare but failed to consider what the impact would be. Just like what happened with USAID when they gutted it overnight. Criminal incompetence.

04.03.2026 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1290    πŸ” 343    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 21

Thank you @mlipsitt.bsky.social for including me in your

starter pack.

I appreciate all your hard work putting this great starter pack together.

It's always an honor to be included in your amazing starter packs

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02.03.2026 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Magnificent prescient writing!

She has no sense of self, no sense of humanity, no ethics, no sense of government's responsibilities. She is thoroughly empty, just reflexively spitting White House-prepared counterattacks when questions are put to her. Trump has surrounded himself with empty shells

04.03.2026 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
β€˜please do not rely on the US government for assisted departure or evacuation at this time. there are currently no United States evacuation points.’
β€” the recorded message you hear when you call the Office of Overseas Citizens Services hotline.

β€˜please do not rely on the US government for assisted departure or evacuation at this time. there are currently no United States evacuation points.’ β€” the recorded message you hear when you call the Office of Overseas Citizens Services hotline.

I'm not making this up. if you're an American stranded in the Middle East and you call the State Department help line, you get a recorded message pretty much telling you to go fuck yourself. thank you for your attention to my extremely angry post about it. link is here: bit.ly/409JSAA

04.03.2026 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1416    πŸ” 494    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 27
Coaches for Campus Freedom: Let universities be free and independent Coaches across the U.S. are joining together to support a public letter defending the universities and colleges.

coachesforcampusfreedom.org

04.03.2026 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

MTG realizes she can make more money fighting Trump than supporting him.

03.03.2026 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Brandon Straka: I’m at the Pentagon this morning for a briefing with 
@SecWar
 
@PeteHegseth
 on the Iran strikes. Session starts in 10 minutes.

Brandon Straka: I’m at the Pentagon this morning for a briefing with @SecWar @PeteHegseth on the Iran strikes. Session starts in 10 minutes.

Here's a Jan. 6 rioter posing with a press pass before Pete Hegseth's press conference, just to give you a sense of the type of "journalists" who were in the Pentagon briefing room this morning.

02.03.2026 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3298    πŸ” 1442    πŸ’¬ 124    πŸ“Œ 76
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GM & TY, Sue! πŸ’™

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01.03.2026 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Donald Trump, wearing a black suit and red tie while looking scared, exposes his palms while standing in front of an airplane.

Donald Trump, wearing a black suit and red tie while looking scared, exposes his palms while standing in front of an airplane.

Breaking News: Trump's attacks on Iran fail to kill everyone on Earth who knows about the Epstein Files.
#USDemocracy #MomSky

01.03.2026 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 215    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5
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What Say You,Chump's MAGATS ?

01.03.2026 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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Firstly, abolish ICE; secondly, prosecute and imprison ICE.

#ProudBlue #FuckICE #AOC

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Everything the Ellison family could own if Paramount buys Warner Bros:

Paramount+
CBS
CNN
Showtime
HBO
Warner Bros
TNT
TBS
MTV
DC Studios
Nickelodeon
Comedy Central
Cartoon Network
And more...

This is a rotten deal that the Trump regime has rubber stamped.

State AGs must step in and block it.

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Rather, you lay down with the fleas and you get up with a dog

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I missed that Konan v. USPS came out yesterday. This is the case where the Post Office refused to deliver mail to a Black woman. Of course Clarence Thomas, 5-4, says it's okay.

Clarence Thomas is the worst thing to happen to Black people since Roger Taney

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

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β€œIt’s no longer a political calculus. It’s a moral and legal and Constitutional obligation of Congress to [impeach]. It would be a violation of the oath of office for a member of Congress not to push for impeachment when it is possible.”

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Onfim’s drawing of himself on horseback as a warrior defeating an enemy.

Onfim’s drawing of himself on horseback as a warrior defeating an enemy.

Two of Onfim’s works.  On the left is a copy of a passage from the Book of Psalms he did for schoolwork.  On the right is an apparently autobiographical depiction of a monster labeled with β€œI am a wild beast.”

Two of Onfim’s works. On the left is a copy of a passage from the Book of Psalms he did for schoolwork. On the right is an apparently autobiographical depiction of a monster labeled with β€œI am a wild beast.”

Some more spelling practice by Onfim with some human figures who have round heads and varying numbers of fingers on their big hands.

Some more spelling practice by Onfim with some human figures who have round heads and varying numbers of fingers on their big hands.

Onfim’s writing practice accompanied by 7 little people in his particular drawing style, who tend to have very big hands with many fingers.

Onfim’s writing practice accompanied by 7 little people in his particular drawing style, who tend to have very big hands with many fingers.

Nice AI-image-generating tool, but it will never be as great an artist as Onfim, a child who lived in the Novgorod Republic in the mid-1200s and who scribbled these drawings and schoolwork writings on birch bark at the age of 6 or 7.

26.02.2026 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2949    πŸ” 934    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 41
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It’s one thing to be a Trump sycophant, but it’s a whole other thing to participate with complete complicity in the coverup of the most heinous of crimes against children.
Trump will die of old age & never seen accountability, but this one? She must be held accountable for her multitude of crimes.

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