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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!

"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

According to a new analysis by Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee, the average American family has paid more than $700 in higher costs per month since Trump took office.

Remember when Trump said he would end inflation on "day one"?

So, in order to win, democrats have to win? They can’t enact election reform without a majority and they can’t get a majority without these election reforms? Seems impossible. No?

A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.

I thought AfD lost?! 😳

MeidasTouch (@meidastouch) on Threads Republican Congressman Mark Alford is hearing from his constituents in Missouri loud and clear today: Hey-hey! Ho-ho! Elon Musk has got to go! (via Brian Johnson / KMBC)

#turnout #constituents #protests www.threads.net/@meidastouch...

Photo from today showing a huge turnout of people to a congressman’s town hall in a rural MO county that Trump got 65% of the vote. Videos she sent had people chanting “hey hey, ho ho. Elon Musk has got to go”

Just when you think things can’t get scarier…

I keep saying Dems need to do a daily briefing on Capitol Hill and fill the void, fact check the WH. Hire Pete Buttigeig and give him a staff to do this.

Fourteen hours before the crash. 👇

Senior FBI leaders ordered to retire, resign or be fired by Monday | CNN Politics At least six senior FBI leaders have been ordered to retire, resign or be fired by Monday, according to sources briefed on the matter, extending a purge that began last week at the Justice Department ...

NEW: At least 6 senior FBI officials have been ordered to resign or be fired by Monday. They include those that oversee cyber, national security and criminal investigations. www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/p...

#WordOfTheDay #hypernormalisation: feeling the need to act like things are normal when they aren’t because people are acting like normal. It was coined to describe 1980s Soviet life when many “knew the system was failing, but […] resigned to maintaining the pretense of a functioning society”

Dark Brandon Godfather Moves Sixteen things Biden, Harris & the Dems can—but would never—do in the next six weeks to stymie Trump, thwart the rise of U.S. fascism, protect the American people, and safeguard global democracy

Any talk about this kind of stuff happening? gregolear.substack.com/p/dark-brand...

Dark Brandon Godfather Moves Sixteen things Biden, Harris & the Dems can—but would never—do in the next six weeks to stymie Trump, thwart the rise of U.S. fascism, protect the American people, and safeguard global democracy

Any talk about this kind of stuff happening? gregolear.substack.com/p/dark-brand...

Remy!
*Show me your #pet and what they are named after* #bluesky #Dog #Xmen

The hardest thing to get used to about Bluesky is not getting nasty replies from people who don’t know the difference between ‘your’ and ‘you’re’.