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Dr. Jenny Morber

@jrmorber.bsky.social

PNW freelance sci journo, PhD nanosci and materials engineering. World traveler, field reporter. Newly focused on probing solutions to our biggest problems, but still interested in whale anuses and poo. I love the weird things. she/her

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Satellite images provide view inside Iran at war Satellite images from commercial companies show the extent of U.S. and Israeli strikes, and how Iran is responding.

Commercial satellite images are providing a unique look at the extent of damage being done to Iran's military facilities across the country.
@npr.org's @gbrumfiel.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2026/03/01/n...

02.03.2026 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me: I like all types of music
Friend: No you don't! You don't like...death metal.
Me: Hell yeah, I do.

Closet metalheads, I see you.

02.03.2026 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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02.03.2026 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 659    πŸ” 260    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

this one fucked me up so much. guy turns his life around after a drug conviction, becomes a happy, beloved, pet rescuing houseboat dad who undersells his mechanic services so poor folks can afford them. ICE grabs him one day out of the hospital for heart problems which then kill him. horrifying

02.03.2026 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1727    πŸ” 667    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

We voted for this in my state, but the feds won't approve it.

02.03.2026 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My kid has eczema. Doesn't look like that.

02.03.2026 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sammeee

02.03.2026 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Microbe Challenge Our Fourth annual Museum of Beadwork Challenge is open to submissions until May 1st, 2026.This challenge is once again being co-sponsored byΒ Miyuki Co., Ltd. and Caravan Beads and being joined by The ...

For the beautiful people who make #sciart #art #microbes

www.museumofbeadwork.org/pages/microb...

02.03.2026 05:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Political storm in Wyoming as far-right activist caught handing checks to lawmakers Photograph shows conservative activist handing slip to Darin McCann and Marlene Brady holding a similar paper

meanwhile, in Wyoming

01.03.2026 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Every time Western allies justify Donald Trumps breaches of international law, they pave the way for him to do it again, further sending the global system into a downward spiral.

02.03.2026 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 218    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

How I feel, every day.

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This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

I can't fucking believe we're doing this again.

28.02.2026 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 13751    πŸ” 3330    πŸ’¬ 111    πŸ“Œ 70
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Literally

28.02.2026 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3870    πŸ” 1335    πŸ’¬ 151    πŸ“Œ 65

International law β€” here the UN Charter, the prohibition on the use of force against other states with the narrowest of exceptions β€” is enforced through the outrage of other states.

It is how the world responds to violations that will determine whether these rules continue to stand.

28.02.2026 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Me: Sleeping in on a Saturday.

Child: Enters room. Did you see the news? We are at war with Iran?

Me: Why?

Child: Regime change? Apparently bombed a school of girls.

28.02.2026 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I mean.

28.02.2026 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 346    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

β€œfor all intents and purposes, we live under an elected (for now) monarch who makes tax, spending, and war decisions on his own by executive fiat and completely disregards Congress because he feels confident that no one will hold him to account.”

28.02.2026 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today’s military strikes on Iran β€” carried out by the United States and Israel β€” mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.

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Novartis settles with Henrietta Lacks' estate over use of her 'stolen' cells to advance medicine Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and...

Whoop whoop

apnews.com/article/henr...

27.02.2026 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

My god, can you imagine how amazing things would be today if a cabal of foreign agents, working together with the world's corporate oligarchs worked for the last three decades to bolster human rights, democracy, and protect girls vulnerable to exploitation, instead of the opposite?

27.02.2026 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Brazil revokes decree privatizing three Amazonian rivers after Indigenous protests Brazil has revoked a presidential decree that placed sections of three Amazonian rivers β€” the TapajΓ³s, Madeira and Tocantins β€” under a state-led privatization program. Indigenous groups had protested…

Brazil revoked a plan to privatize parts of the TapajΓ³s, Madeira and Tocantins after Indigenous protests.

Following a 33-day blockade of Cargill’s SantarΓ©m port, the government scrapped the grain export initiative.

27.02.2026 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Hegseth believes he's in a Salem Witch Trials period piece

27.02.2026 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vegetarians have β€˜substantially lower risk’ of five types of cancer Study shows lower risk for multiple myeloma as well as pancreatic, prostate, breast and kidney cancers

πŸ§ͺ www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

27.02.2026 06:30 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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This is the front cover of the new edition of @thelancet.com (thanks to @profstevegriffin.bsky.social for sharing) #HealthPolicy #Science πŸ§ͺ🧡

27.02.2026 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 658    πŸ” 344    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 17
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Gigantic Form Energy battery to power Google data center in Minnesota The startup has struck a deal with Xcel Energy to build a 30 gigawatt-hour battery plant that will deliver clean energy, round the clock, to a Google…

NEW: Google will pay Minnesota’s Xcel Energy to build tons of wind and solar generation β€” and the power produced will be stored in Form Energy batteries.

25.02.2026 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

oh my god

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How community solar turned a Superfund site into savings in Illinois A new 9.1-MW solar array will help residents of Waukegan, Illinois, reduce energy bills. State incentives for low-income solar made the project possible.

"Now, Amador has become an evangelist for something that can provide a modest measure of relief: a community solar project, built on a Superfund site too polluted for much else...

From @canarymedia.com

www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

27.02.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Karen Joy Fowler’s foreward to Ursula Le Guin’s The Dispossessed:

β€œWithout a serious, insistent recommitment to the idea that no man is above the law, we will soon see [the US] experiment end.” πŸ‘€

27.02.2026 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War A statement from our CEO on national security uses of AI

Anthropic says of Hegseth demands: β€œwe cannot in good conscience accede to their request.”

www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

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A 65 year old legally blind and disabled woman says she has unintentionally lost 28 pounds because she can’t afford enough food under the Trump administration.

β€œLike the previous caller said, the end is coming near, and it couldn’t be any more true than for me.”

Heartbreaking

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