June Blender

Rolling Stone excerpt about Montana’s ballot initiative to combat Citizens United

This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇

Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.

Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book

If he didn't provide evidence, why did you write it that way?

Shocking? Who's shocked?

Can networks be pawns for the Republican party?

Photos: Here Are the Piles of Used Bedding and Children’s Play Sets Left Near DOGE’s Old Offices Elon Musk’s DOGE minions have largely moved out of the General Services Administration. A dystopian scene of bedding and discarded kids’ toys remains.

SCOOP: Elon Musk’s associates at DOGE have begun vacating their headquarters at the General Services Administration in Washington, DC, and they’re leaving behind an apocalyptic scene of toddler play sets, mattresses, and pillows.

We got photos. 👇

What are "police-related deaths?" Did the police kill someone? Are they like "officer-involved shootings," where a cop shoots someone? Why the doublespeak?

Is an "officer-involved shooting" when the police kill someone? Why the funny language?

Wake up Democratic Party old guard establishment. This isn’t about New York City. This is the way the wind is blowing. Step aside for young people who this country will need over the next several decades long after you are gone. Enough with your egos and the big money interests.

Former Jan. 6 defendant Kyle Colton says Donald Trump's pardon also covers his child pornography charge because it stemmed from the J6 search warrant.

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At no point in this entire article of 16 paragraphs does ABC mention that another cop killed this cop by shooting her in the back. Nor does it mention the name of the cop who killed this cop. Nor does it mention that the civilians involved never fired at them.

ABC might as well be state media.

@barbmcquade.bsky.social Please explain the phrase "as next friend on behalf of" in the title of some immigration cases. Thanks! #sistersinlaw

Law enforcement officers should never cover their faces when making arrests or conceal their identities (unless they are working undercover). They work for us. We have a right to know who they are. These face coverings are frightening & unAmerican, as though they're ashamed of what they're doing.

He interrupts continuously because he's afraid to let the committee and the public hear her answers.

If I ever called an explosion a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" in my work, all of my amazing editors, colleagues, and managers -- and the tech community -- would have disabled my login and withdrawn all permissions until I recovered my sanity. Who do they think they're fooling?

The Albert Kahn Garden in Paris is exquisite even if you're not in Paris.

CRISPR‐Editing of the Vero Cell Line Improves Processability of Live Virus Vaccines by Enabling Targeted Proteolysis of Fibronectin Removal of host cell components is a significant cost driver in the production of live virus vaccines. Filtration processes such as tangential flow filtration can be effective in this capacity by lev...

One of the best things about working in industry is sometimes you wind up *way* outside your comfort zone.

This (out today in B&B) was definitely that kind of project for me. 🧵

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Unfortunately, the Roberts Court agrees.

Extortion

A tactile model of the Gateway Arch and surrounding Park with Braille descriptions.

This tactile model of the Gateway Arch is augmented with Braille descriptions. I wouldn't have noticed it were it not for the great explanations from @blindish.bsky.social

Fascinating. Thanks for explaining.

Like with tariffs, and attacks on universities and law firms, the threat to movies is just an invitation to bribe him. It's extortion.

Can you please summarize this in simple (but accurate) terms for non-scientists? I don't want people to misinterpret it. Thanks!

The corner store used to be standard in most cities, but zoning laws that created exclusively commercial and exclusively residential zones intentionally eliminated them. (Keys To The City by Sara Bronin)

My PhD student's NSF grant was terminated today. Her dissertation investigates why air pollution monitoring, metrics, and regulations don't properly capture the harms experienced by marginalized communities--esp in the most polluted Detroit neighborhoods. She and I are happy to talk with press etc.

So "-" means multiply in France?

What happens when death row inmates file an hour late?

Good way to see the current tariffs, as of literally today, is no tariffs on high value add manufactured goods marketed to middle and upper middle classes. Massive tariffs for cheap consumer items which amount to the biggest economic privilege of working class/middle class life in US.

What are the rules for transporting presumably innocent people in custody to another state or another country? #sistersinlawpodcast

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Well that shows how ignorant I am about court-required check-ins. Thanks for your patience.

ICE makes people report in daily? That's completely unreasonable. How do you manage a daily check-in when you have a job and other responsibilities?