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Activist and scientific consultant for Downwinders in Utah. Degrees in Chemistry (BS), Biochemistry (M.Phil) and Biomedical Engineering (Ph.D). So can do anything, but somehow strangely unemployable. Love living by the Wasatch mountains. Wikipedia editor.

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All this in 9 months. Where are going to be in 3 more years?

30.09.2025 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You implied I was an unwanted interloper in an earlier conversation group. Leaving now. Got the hint.

30.09.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"Interlocutor". Checking out now. I was just trying to point out that everyone has been having very different lived experiences for the past 9 months.

30.09.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Idk, we didn't have a nuclear war (yet) so everything is cool?

30.09.2025 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I work in a field of biomedical research. This administration has
been a career-ending apocalypse to dozen of my former classmates and colleagues - especially those from other countries. And I'm talking about some other most brilliant scientists I know.

30.09.2025 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"Biggest surprise for me is just how, uhh, quiet, uneventful, stable it's all been

(I said what I said)"

30.09.2025 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I know. Just pointing out that, for some, the past 9 months have been far, far worse than 'normal'.

30.09.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Half the people I'm friends with are immigrant and have had a very different experience then me for the past 9 months. Just pointing that out.

30.09.2025 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you're white...

30.09.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d expect a 1000 more retweets on this post from the liberals so adamantly against free speech restrictions…

24.09.2025 04:42 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Wait, there was already a trial?

23.09.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty sure she thinks she can guilt them into being decent citizens. Probably naive. Might work a bit.

23.09.2025 03:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

jesus christ

15.09.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 9623    πŸ” 1738    πŸ’¬ 237    πŸ“Œ 52
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It is here. McCarthyism 2.0. Wrongthink now gets you on a list that is openly trying to liaison with the government (which has already said it will be doing similar work in the weeks to come). The list referenced below now exceeds 100,000 people. People on the list are already getting death threats.

15.09.2025 06:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1429    πŸ” 686    πŸ’¬ 152    πŸ“Œ 79

I'm a 59-year old white male. Was I saved by my graduate degree?

08.09.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Same here - Wallgreens in Utah. They still tried to tell me I didn't qualify since I hadn't had an organ transplant or was immunocompromised. "Check you list, I qualify under "depression".

06.09.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely not mine - a Wallgreens in Utah. Also needed a prescription from my doctor. Elderly couple in front of me denied for not having a prescription even though people 65+ are not supposed to need one. Woman stormed off yelling, "Utah is screwed!"

06.09.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

LOL. The elderly woman stormed off yelling, "UTAH IS SCREWED!"

06.09.2025 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Got mine at a UT Wallgreens today. Watched an elderly couple turned away for not having scripts. Pointing out that those over 65 don't need one didn't help them. I was asked if I'd had an organ trans or was immunocomp'd and answered, no. "Then you can't get the shot" Check the list-depression works.

05.09.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Here ya go Greg

05.09.2025 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been following MY, literally, since he was a student at Harvard. He appeared at just the right time to describe the short-comings of the Bush admin at a time the media refused to post-911. (mediawhoreonline era). His writing now seems to be suffering from the fact he's never done anything else.

05.09.2025 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Camacho > Trump

04.09.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I made it happen.

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03.09.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):

01.09.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4007    πŸ” 1359    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 22

As a friend recently put it: the venn diagram of people who assured us the gun violence was worth it because we need the guns to protect ourselves against a tyrannical federal government and the people cheering on Trump as he deploys the military to take over American cities is a circle

31.08.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3295    πŸ” 839    πŸ’¬ 97    πŸ“Œ 30

Yeah, that one was tricky:
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27.08.2025 04:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Utah election audit finds no β€˜significant fraud,’ but raises concern over voter roll maintenance β€’ Utah News Dispatch A new legislative audit on Utah's election system found 1,400 names on Utah's voter rolls were deceased, but no "significant fraud."

The only fraud identified since Utah started voting by mail is in-house impersonation fraud (e.g., husband fills out deceased wife's ballot). Out of 2 million votes in each election since 2016, the cases of fraud have been in the single digits. utahnewsdispatch.com/2024/12/09/u...

15.08.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not *this* guy.

15.08.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

10,000 Personality Disorders

13.08.2025 05:28 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Peach Jelly

13.08.2025 05:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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