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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.

RIP Her memory is a blessing

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POTUS appropriately described the US war on Iran as “war” and also claims “we’re doing very well on the war front… I’d rate it a 15 (on scale of 10).”

All legacy news orgs are sanewashing Trump and his illegal war.

Thank you @atrupar.com for documenting this insanity.

Thanks!

When Compliance Becomes A Crime What Does Transgender Citizenship Mean after a New Kansas Law?

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thank you. I am at peace now but was impeded by it through a lot of my career. I am also startled to see all these names--Trivers, Pinker, Brockman, Summers and others--show up in the Epstein context. It paints my history (and others) with a collectively evil brush, not just a few mean individuals.

Meet three scientists who said no to Epstein The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude”

The science bros. (Add in Pinker and Trivers to the list at the end of the articles) This is the world I inhabited as a working scientist. No wonder I always felt out of place and blamed my own personality failings. www.science.org/content/arti...

Kansas revoked transgender people’s IDs overnight – researchers anticipate cascading health and social consequences With invalid driver’s licenses and birth certificates, transgender people are at risk for more than just steep fines and imprisonment.

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Jonathan V. Last (@jvlast) I hope you’ll read this because my sense is that America has moved on from Minneapolis. But that battle is nowhere near over.

We still Ned to keep our eyes on Minnesota, even with every thing else. This a worthwhile read and not too long.
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I know there’s a lot and it gets more each day. But let’s not take our eyes off of Minnesota.
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SecDef Hegseth Announces Trans Scouts In Scouting America Will Be Outed, Segregated The policy is the latest in a trend of organizations capitulating to Trump over transgender people.

What does the defense department have to do with Scouting?

SecDef Hegseth Announces Trans Scouts In Scouting America Will Be Outed, Segregated
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ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Kansas Trans Drivers License Revocations, Bathroom Bounty Hunter Law The lawsuit was filed in state court on Friday.

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both joe rogan and megyn kelly—two of the biggest podcasts out there—had guests today who argued that it’s unnatural for women to work outside the home. so that’s how that’s going

"The architect of the current Court — the Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo — was behind the litigation that undid the tariffs. That tells you all you need to know."

OMG I no longer know where I got that figure from In the original it may have been hyperlinked to a source. I can look for it. What is Fuentes using it for?

Anti-Trans National Legal Risk Assessment Map: Feb 2026 The situation continues to deteriorate when it comes to transgender youth care. For adults, we see Kansas as the newest state added to a "Do Not Travel" advisory list.

Anti-Trans National Legal Risk Assessment Map: Feb 2026
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The liberal white boys are in love with Talarico. They gaga over him and dont even mention Jasmine Crockett. It drives me crazy.

Idaho House Votes, Passes Trans Bathroom Ban In Private Businesses As Bill Rockets Through Legislature The bathroom ban bill will now go to the senate.

1. Terrible news for trans people in Idaho.

The state's House just passed one of the first private business bathroom bans in the United States.

It allows you to sue any private business that lets trans people pee if you think they're in the wrong bathroom.

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none of these faces surprise me.

BIG TURN, BIG RESISTANCE Why Minnesota's winter music festival matters more than ever in an age of fear, isolation, and federal crackdowns

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Sophie Labelle (@sophielabelle) That’s not a question.

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I gotta say, "the Pentagon uses a high powered laser to shoot down a party balloon" feels like enough symbolism for awhile. all full up thanks

Huh...the New Yorker writer who wrote the bootlicking profile of Anthropic *AND* who writes about "technology & books" doesn't mention the massive lawsuit against Anthropic for stealing authors' work.

I have heard of a no bill but zero votes is new to me

My sense of Minnesota today is that there’s less tear gas and the same amount of unlawful detention, destruction of families, loss of livelihood, people in hiding.

There is less tear gas at places like Lake and Lyndale, so it’s not making news.

If you have a few extra bucks to help Minnesota, they still need support

Sometimes very hard not to feel like the rest of the country has abandoned Minnesota. We STILL have ICE everywhere. Our schools, businesses, and economy are in profound crisis. But without Bovino here throwing tear gas, much of the country seems to not care at all what’s being done to us.

Why Trump’s Attack on Refugees Could Hurt Grandma It’s immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries who care for our elderly, and nobody’s lining up to take their place.

"The [nursing home] director said many of her Jewish residents were distraught at the prospect of losing their Haitian caregivers—and asked if they could hide them, as some gentiles had done for Jews during the Holocaust."

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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

1969: Diane Crump (20) becomes 1st woman jockey to ride against men at a major US racetrack, aboard Bridle ’n Bit in a race at Hialeah Park, in Hialeah, Florida #WomensHistory

Tear gas and pepper spray can have lasting health effects The chemicals are widely used for crowd control, but their long-term health risks are poorly understood.

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