ICE action at 125th and Aurora in Seattle. Please share and let people know they are in the neighborhood

Happy to see common sense and equality prevail across our troubled nation. Keep showing up and voting - that's an order from the Admiral!

YouTube video by Meiko - Topic No Rain

Such a nice cover of No Rain by Meiko. Perfect for a Seattle rainy day like this.
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"But let him dream."

Congrats on your anniversary! Thanks for sharing your journey with all of us and making our treks through the stars even brighter.

probably my most deeply-held belief: it is not possible for a slide deck to be both (1) a good presentation aide; and (2) a standalone document that can be read and understood in isolation.

In my 30 years as a #StarTrek researcher, this will forever be one of my coolest finds: This screenshot from #StarTrekTNG's "Qpid" shows both 24th/25th century Starfleet Captain Jean-Luc Picard ⬅️ and 20th/21st century thespian Sir Patrick Stewart ➡️ on screen at the same time. How, you ask? 🧵 1/6

FBI Readies New War on Trans People “We’re looking at the entire spider web”

This follows reporting by Ken Klippenstein that the FBI will label trans people as domestic terrorists.

www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readie...

This is exactly the right way to think of this; precisely what I'm saying, yes

Black graphic with a quote in white text: "We should not have to live in a country where the government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." In red text, the quote is attributed to Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Dissenting in Noem v. Perdomo

Yesterday's Supreme Court decision endangers our communities and subjects people to immigration stops simply because of the color of their skin, occupation, or the language they speak.

This fight isn't over. Our right to live free from racial profiling is fundamental.

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.

This is not a joke. This is not normal.

Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

A yellow bowl with about 10 plums in it

Good news! William Carlos Williams missed our house last night

And our campaign is super simple: we pay in cash until guns are cash-only. We have the power to make this happen.

If MasterCard and VISA are in to being imposers of their morality, it's time for us to start a massive campaign to lobby them to not process payments for guns. When lobbying the government fails as it has, it's time to start attacking the private mechanics of the process. Who's in?

I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.

HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.

Data arm

R2 in Data arm

The Measure of a Man

The Measure of a Man

Star Trek: The Next Generation (The Measure of a Man, Season 2, 1989): R2-D2 has always been part of Data—at least in the internal electronic section of Data's arm ☝️

"Constructed from resin and model parts-including glued tank treads, an R2-D2 piece, and kitbashed tech."

HLA-A∗03:01 as predictive genetic biomarker for glatiramer acetate treatment response in multiple sclerosis: a retrospective cohort analysis HLA-A∗03:01 carrying patients with MS specifically benefit from GA treatment and GA significantly outperforms IFN in these patients. Therefore, determining HLA-A∗03:01 status before choosing a platfor...

Exciting paper showing how understanding T cell receptor targets can lead to improved treatment.

www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...

There originally was another scene in #StarTrekTNG's "The Best of Both Worlds II"⬆️ (image courtesy of Trekcore) that showed Riker staring out the ready room window ⬆️ way before Picard's iconic scene ⬇️. It's fun to see the footage without the Enterprise hull miniature hiding the set construction.

“Lost Voyages: Phase II and the Rebirth of Star Trek” explores the bumpy road between the cancellation of the original Star Trek in 1969, and its remarkable rebirth ten years later on the silver… The Roddenberry Archive: Lost Voyages: Phase II and the Rebirth of Star Trek

I loved every bit of this new documentary about "Star Trek: Phase II" by @archive-x.bsky.social and OTOY! I'm particularly amazed by the recreated Phase II sets and ships. This was written by Mike and Denise Okuda, so it can only be excellent! Go watch it! 🖖

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDms...

Support the NASA Voyager Declaration Now! — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE Your solidarity with the NASA heroes helps their fight to preserve NASA's vital missions.

The Voyager Declaration - I like the sound of that!

Support NASA and our real-life Starfleet officers by signing, calling your reps, and being a STEM champion locally and nationally.

🫡

www.standupforscience.net/nasa-voyager...

Court Strikes Down NIH's Unlawful Termination of Research Grants on Topics Including DEI and Gender Identity | ACLU In a sweeping rebuke, a court ruled that NIH’s actions targeting research involving "disfavored" topics and populations were unlawful, arbitrary, and capricious, and therefore void. Ibis Reproductive ...

A federal court struck down NIH's politically-driven termination of federal research grants.

Our client, @ibisrh.bsky.social, highlights the importance of protecting research critical for public health.

Apollo 11.
Rarely seen shot of Eagle, the Moon and Earthrise, taken on this day, July 21, 1969.
Mike Collin's alternate photo is extremely well known, but this one - shown remastered and cropped - is an absolute beauty!

Since 2021, Mastercard has been imposing strict regulations on platforms that use the company's financial services — and Steam appears to be their latest target.

Tell Mastercard to reverse this harmful policy at action.aclu.org/petition/mas....

I'd quite like to get to the bottom of this little art mystery. Anyone know the artist of this Enterprise and/or the bridge one?

how can you be charged with (let alone convicted of) interfering with an officer if the officer isn't wearing a uniform or a badge?

to put the same question another way: how can you resist being kidnapped in these United States without running the risk of being charged with resisting an officer?

White House Launches Another Assault on Science Funding, Targeting NSF, EPA The Trump administration is targeting still more federal science funding, this time more than $30 billion at the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation and other agencies

The Trump admin has launched another assault on science, targeting over $30B of funding.

This is a wide-sweeping crisis - a direct assault on Congress, the law, AND public science.

This fight for science is just as much a fight for democracy. #StandUpForScience


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Today I’m leading 152 House Democrats in challenging Trump's devastating cuts to life-saving NIH research grants. Congress—not Trump—controls federal spending.

Trump must do his job, “faithfully execute” the laws and stop violating the Constitution to undercut public health.

star trek lower decks fan art illustration of Mariner holding a bass guitar in the shape of a Klingon Battlecruiser. on the guitar the words say "this machine kills petaqs." which is a Klingon riff off of Woody Guthrie's guitar which had "this machine kills fascists" written on it.

Late night doodle. Night, skeeters. ✌🏻

BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled Tennessee’s law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth can remain in effect.

This is devastating for trans people and our families but doesn’t end our work against President Trump’s attacks on trans people and our health care.