Anna Rogers

I heard from an inflatable unicorn that frog suits are backordered to late november

Such extremism! So much terror!

a couple of bees are giving away free patches to protestors in Oakland

band starting up early at Oakland No Kings

We will have reporters and producers in the field in a few different places today, including DC, NYC, LA, SF, Oakland.

Follow @motherjones.com to see what we see in real time.

not that this probably matters to those involved, but there are rules about which platforms agencies are allowed to be on, and there at least used to be a lengthy process for even creating an account on an approved platform

worth noting that last I heard, gov agencies aren’t allowed to make bluesky accounts

Whether intentional or ignorant, seems ominous: CDC cuts the unit that assessed whether its proposed research studies are ethical.

Here is a clip from the panel, where Eric Green states we can't even assess what it will take to rebuild the NIH given it could fall even further

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Stupid, yes. Kids, no. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.

This is a jaw-dropping, terrifying number. The CDC's workforce has decreased by 3,000 people since January.

YouTube video by Mother Jones This Secret Tech Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You

We just released a BIG undercover investigation…and it’s all on tape.

In collaboration with @lighthousereports.com, @papertrailmedia.de, and other media partners around the world, I made this video for @motherjones.com & @revealnews.org

Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...

The White House is already walking back hundreds of federal layoffs Trump's cronies fired critical public health workers. Regret set in immediately.

It's hard to overstate just how badly and completely they screwed up.

"Make the proof" colloquial phrase that means fabrication of data

"To make the proof" shows how absurd this all is from a scientific standpoint.

a magazine all about how to “improve your life with ChatGPT”

spotted in line at the grocery store 🙃

Ireland has approved plans to permanently implement a basic income program that will support up to 2,200 artists.

A cost-benefit analysis found that for every €1 invested, society receives €1.39 back.

Officials from other countries are now expressing interest in the program.

Acting CDC boss wants to break up MMR vaccine into three shots Jim O’Neill joins President Donald Trump’s call for three distinct measles, mumps and rubella shots, claiming a separation would ‘reduce the risk of side effects’ and ‘maximize parental choice’

The acting CDC Director has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health. Trump has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health.

Both are calling to make the MMR vaccine into 3 separate shots, which makes absolutely no scientific or public health sense.

It's true: The internet skews the reality of women (and men) in the workforce Age and gender biases are baked into what we see online, a large new study confirms.

“If you have biased data going in, you will in all likelihood replicate the bias. And we see this again and again.”

The internet is skewing the reality of women (and men) in the workforce, a large new study confirms.

An older male chef and a younger female chef stand over a pot. The male chef holds a ladle up.

Two scientists work side by side. One is an older man and the other is a younger woman.

Two pharmacists talk to each other. The one on the left is a younger woman and the one on the right is an older man.

there are also loads of images like these, which were all very high up in the search results for "chef," "scientist," and "pharmacist" respectively

A younger woman therapist talks to a client with a pen and notebook.

An older man therapist listens to a client with a pen and notebook.

and these are the top two for "therapist"

Older man sits in the driver's seat of a school bus.

Younger woman sits in the driver's seat of a school bus and is high-fiving a child.

for a few search terms I've tried out, these are the top two google image results for "bus driver"

It's true: The internet skews the reality of women (and men) in the workforce Age and gender biases are baked into what we see online, a large new study confirms.

Often when you read a research study, the findings aren't something you can easily see for yourself. But I highly suggest googling any profession and looking at the image search results.

My latest for @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/media/2025/1...

The human costs of Trump's war on government For many disabled workers, federal jobs were decent, human, and accommodating: everything the president hates.

For National Disability Employment Awareness Month at @motherjones.com, I spoke to four disabled federal workers who were laid off about how their old jobs were very accessible—and what the federal government loses out on by having fewer disabled employees. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

SCOTUS wades back into the war on trans kids—and considers greenlighting conversion therapy The science is in: The anti-LGBTQ "treatments" are ineffective and dangerous.

“It is psychologically manipulative."

"A place of constant, albeit quiet, torment.”

“A lot of thoughts [were] placed into my head about how disturbing and gross and creepy people like me were... I internalized a lot of these projections.”

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

How this week’s Supreme Court case on conversion therapy could impact the regulation of medicine The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a challenge to a Colorado law banning mental health practitioners from performing conversion therapy

The Supreme Court hears arguments on a conversion therapy law tomorrow. "What you have is competing visions of how states regulate medicine and whether regulation of medicine should be solely evidence-based or not,” one expert said. More here on the potential impact: www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/s...

For furloughed workers, Trump's partisan shutdown jabs are just the latest slight “Not only is it insulting to the standards we’re all supposed to abide by, but it’s also insulting to our intelligence.”

"The Trump administration’s blatant disregard of the laws and traditions governing federal communications—rules that most employees follow dutifully throughout their careers—has left some workers with a bad taste in their mouth."

From @jollyette.bsky.social

Russ Vought is Trump’s shutdown hero. His neighbors think his work is "abhorrent." The people living near Trump's "grim reaper" of government cuts have put up signs letting him know they stand with federal workers.

“Everyone still remembers when he said he wanted to cause maximum trauma to federal workers."

Huge thanks to the federal workers who spoke with me about their experiences with this shutdown and every way it's outside the norms of previous ones.