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The $87 Trillion Bill That Comes From Denying Reality Even putting aside science, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s decision to reverse the finding that greenhouse-gas emissions are a danger to the public makes no economic sense.

Bloomberg argues Zeldin’s plan to revoke EPA’s 2009 greenhouse‑gas finding is fiscally reckless: it might save ~$1T in compliance but risks ~$87T in climate damages.

Legally shaky and economically absurd, it shifts massive costs to the public, on top of massive health risks.

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There are Black people in the future 👽

On our way to the FASEB Ion Channel Regulation Meeting! Passed by a lovely exhibition at SFO. Surprised to see it still standing! ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 @drcontrexin.bsky.social

But also entire research areas are being de-prioritized or wiped out. I think our ability to advance knowledge of biological sex differences could definitely be at risk. Climate change related research, etc. All very much at risk.

I’m worried the longest lasting effect will be a loss of trainees. They could very reasonably become disillusioned with the process and decide to pursue something else. We are also at risk of losing a lot of international talent that has been crucial to scientific progress in the US.

Yesterday I had the chance to let @mikethompson.house.gov know just how important it is he continue advocating against the destructive federal research funding cuts. I spoke about the importance of our research and how the cuts are affecting future generations of scientists.

Texas House Republicans unveil new congressional map that looks to pick up five GOP seats The first draft of the lower chamber’s new redistricting map targets Democratic members of Congress in the Austin, Dallas and Houston metro areas and in South Texas.

Texas Republicans, at Trump’s request, are redrawing their Congressional district lines to steal FIVE additional seats.

They’re undoing democracy to keep themselves in power. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/30/t...

Current advances in large‐pore channels: From structure–function to physiology and disease Click on the article title to read more.

Large-pore channels: the Transformers of membrane proteins, versatile, dramatic, and never just selective or passive conduits.

Not just simple (typical) ion channels, they’re molecular multitaskers we’re beginning to comprehend.

Don’t miss the first-ever special issue dedicated to this!

Heyyyyyyy!!! So glad you’re here!!! Welcome 🤗

"NIH, EPA, & now NASA. The federal government’s scientists & science-adjacent employees are in open revolt against an administration that wears its disdain for such work and expertise on its sleeve..."

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#VoyagerDeclaration

The problem with this headline writing style is now that it is possible for a vehicle to actually do this without human guidance it’s actually a problem that AP refuses to say that a person drove their vehicle into a crowd

Which is terrible

More than two thirds of New Yorkers are tenants. Andrew Cuomo compared them to hotel guests.

We need a Mayor who will bring our city together around an agenda to lower costs for everyone, whether they rent or own.

If you see AI videos of a man in a Guy Fawkes mask speaking and pretending to be Anonymous, those are fake and are being generated by MAGA. Be aware and know the signs.

It's cringe, don't fall for it.

Art can't just be a luxury for the few. That requires a city where artists can actually afford to live and create, and where musicians don't just receive recognition but fair pay.

That's what @local802.bsky.social organizes for and I'm so proud to have their endorsement.

Portrait of Kyndall Nicholas smiling, labeled as an HHMI Gilliam Fellow from the University of Pennsylvania, set against a soft-focus background.

Meet Kyndall Nicholas, an HHMI Gilliam Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania (@upenn.edu). She studies how our everyday diet can build resilience against traumatic brain injury, asking what we can eat daily to help protect our brains.

“I said I just know how the constitution works” 🔥

Coach intervened as Trump’s Gestapo showed up in NYC… at a kids baseball practice 😳

Senator @johnfetterman.com — whose wife was an undocumented immigrant, and who said he was grateful that her family “broke the law” — now speaks up supportively of ICE as they terrorize others.

What a tremendous hypocrite.

WATCH:

Domestic terrorists…

“If ICE was a military, it would have the 16th biggest budget in the world. You wanna talk about America First? Think about all the things we could do in this country, like giving a [hurricane] warning system to these folks in rural Texas, instead of plucking brown people out of their homes.”

A chart showing ICE with twice the funding (nearly $40 billion) of the combined totals for the FBI, IRS-Criminal and Civil Tax Enforcement, U.S. Secret Service, DEA, SEC, and ATF.

Trump’s Tax Scam makes ICE the largest federal law enforcement agency in the history of the republic. To put that in perspective, here are the sizes of other federal law enforcement agencies:

To this point, we are being told to vacate our apartment immediately, with no help, no resources and nowhere to go.

I want everyone to be aware that there is no help for many of these families: no FEMA because there is no federal disaster declaration yet and I called 211, and they said there is not even shelters or ‘churches’ helping yet.

I don't know what's going on, but people are pre-ordering the hell out of this book. Thanks for doing that. ☀️

A win for one Black author is a win for all Black authors. #booksky #blacksky

As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas

🚨 NYT: As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas

Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.

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"Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials," per NYT.

As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas

The United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because it’s shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.

Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

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curious if we're far enough from the Cold War that liberals are going to regularly start talking like this

I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is.

In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.

And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.