Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
07.11.2025 20:38 β π 4155 π 2123 π¬ 5 π 2
Walmart and McDonaldβs are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year β over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M β 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
04.11.2025 19:30 β π 22299 π 8160 π¬ 632 π 345
Democrats: "We don't think hard-working people should go bankrupt paying their medical bills just to give tax cuts to billionaires."
Republicans: "Then we're at an impasse."
04.11.2025 18:27 β π 350 π 125 π¬ 5 π 5
Infuriating
05.11.2025 00:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
If you are not in love with maple trees right now, what are you even doing?
04.11.2025 00:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The average US taxpayer spends $36 a year on SNAP
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If youβre angry about βyour moneyβ feeding people but not angry itβs giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
Youβre doing their dirty work.
31.10.2025 20:44 β π 10104 π 3926 π¬ 137 π 112
We need to remove the cancer in the Oval Office to restore funding to childrenβs cancer research.
21.10.2025 20:12 β π 15879 π 5275 π¬ 610 π 204
If North Carolina enacts this new map, it will be sued.
I don't bluff and I usually win.
22.10.2025 02:39 β π 12418 π 3378 π¬ 356 π 71
My favorite t-shirt. Charlotte No Kings protest
18.10.2025 20:33 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
18.10.2025 20:15 β π 12 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
If we had to lose a 79 year old
Why take Diane Keaton when he is RIGHT. THERE.
12.10.2025 00:19 β π 938 π 116 π¬ 25 π 8
Disney REALLY hopes releasing a new STAR WARS trailer will make everyone stop talking about how theyβre the villains in STAR WARS.
22.09.2025 16:44 β π 417 π 87 π¬ 10 π 4
I guess Trump and RFK Jr werenβt happy with the studies that said sperm from older men significantly raises the risk of autism.
22.09.2025 16:06 β π 3692 π 1340 π¬ 202 π 76
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is ONE WHINY BITCH.
He spends an endless amount of time in interviews and speeches bemoaning the "lack of a rule of law" and how his Supreme Court "isn't respected" and then gives Mango Mussolini any and everything he wants.
Bitch, please.
22.09.2025 20:39 β π 2941 π 756 π¬ 112 π 35
What a great photo
17.09.2025 14:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
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11.09.2025 13:15 β π 10284 π 3980 π¬ 316 π 170
Facts are facts: Right-wing extremists account for the overwhelming majority of extremist-linked deaths in America.
11.09.2025 22:15 β π 7633 π 3644 π¬ 237 π 199
12.09.2025 02:44 β π 40342 π 8449 π¬ 519 π 245
Decrying violence against political opponents rings a bit hollow when you pull Secret Service protection from your political opponents.
11.09.2025 17:16 β π 38622 π 10038 π¬ 646 π 337
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