Tom Buckley

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Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Primary this guy. Announce it today. Trump is an existential threat and we can’t fight him without clarity

This is utter, nonsensical bullshit.

Their fecklessness comes from the fact that they're feckless fucking cowards.

“As a final message to our warriors, the Ivy League faculty lounges may loathe you, the so-called elite of academia may mock your patriotism and disdain your sacrifice, but never forget that we the War Department have your back.”

First of all -- fuck you, Pete. None of this is happening in the faculty lounges of your fever dreams.

Second, I've taught military personnel in our PhD programs and if you think slamming the door to Harvard and Princeton in their faces is "having their back" you're even dumber than you sound.

Plant neighbours, not consumers, drive intraspecific phytochemical changes of two grassland species in a field experiment Plants use chemicals to respond to consumers, competitors, and the wider environment. Most work has focused on consumers in driving the diversity of these

♻️ Plant neighbours, not consumers, drive intraspecific phytochemical changes of two grassland species in a field experiment by Joshua Brian and co-authors.

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When I was at MIT I knew a few nuclear sub officers who came from the military to study nuclear engineering at MIT. Now that is banned.

Strikes me that letting military members draw on the full resources the US has available to learn makes us all safer.

My dad, an officer on nuclear subs who studied at Berkeley. My uncle got his PhD in Nuclear Engineering at Virginia - fellowship at Harvard. After his retirement as a Major General, this academic training helped, when he managed Los Alamos National Laboratory for a stint. They helped keep us safe.

The government illegally took your money.

They won’t give it back.

the fact the president of the united states is even thinking about asserting emergency powers to disrupt an election - just a few years after he incited an armed coup attempt - should be the top issue. but the media mostly shrugs and the opposition doesnt focus on it.

Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure In his first speech as Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F Kennedy Jr laid out a plan to restore trust. The COVID-19 pandemic saw public faith in Federal health...

"There is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm. Calls for his resignation now number in the thousands." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

This would pretty much be America’s Enabling Act moment.

Casey Means, Trump's nominee to be Surgeon General, makes her living promoting questionable medical products online. I confronted her in today's nomination hearing over her practice of regularly illegally hiding that she is getting paid to promote these products.

This is very bad. Handing CNN to Bari Weiss/David Ellison is very, very bad.

How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account Our national project of elite impunity

After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The First Version Wins A fake Newsom quote went viral today. Every time this happens, the real story disappears.

From Parker Molloy:

30 years.

This video should be on every network.

That's not Mark Carney in the picture. This is obviously AI generated

Stable size structure of the Pediocactus bradyi population average over the 1988–2017 study period. We show these population attributes as estimated from a population

🌵🌧️ New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring whether root contraction, a drought-escape strategy in Pediocactus bradyi, truly shapes long-term population dynamics in the desert.

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As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

The Constitution clearly gives Congress the power to spend taxpayer funds, and no law allows the president to halt if he feels some US states aren’t being “good stewards” of the money.

In case there’s any confusion on this, the Impoundment Control Act forbids it.

Taxation without representation.

Australian gas not keeping the lights on in Japan. What's the scam? - Michael West In 2024, Japan exported 40% of the gas it imported from Australia, keeping prices high here. What's the scam?

Australia, you are being scammed! #IEEFA shows Japanese export 40% of Aussie gas exports. Yep, they on-sell our gas for a profit while the corporations cry poor about tax and royalties and gas shortages @kimwingerei.bsky.social

#auspol #whatsthescam
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Evolution of floral traits and mating systems under drought: a range-wide study of Mimulus cardinalis Climate change is intensifying droughts globally, challenging species to adapt to novel conditions. While plant physiological and phenological responses to

♻️ Evolution of floral traits and mating systems under drought: a range-wide study of Mimulus cardinalis by Olivia Wilborn-Pilotte and co-authors.

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Man, elected Democrats need new leadership soooooooooo goddamned bad.

On 12 Feb, Prof @ybuckley.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social was presented with the 2026 RIA Gold Medal in the Environmental Sciences, Geography and Geosciences.

Watch Prof Buckley's interview to hear what this accolade means to her, and why ecology is more important than ever: youtu.be/-7CDE0fM5Hs

perhaps I have made a mistake

Unfortunately they have no leadership

The guys who stole our intellectual property are pretty sore about someone else stealing their intellectual property.