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Universal healthcare, universal childcare, public health, education, cancelling student loans, science and research funding, welfare programs are all much better uses of that much money.

Thank you, Michael!

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I hope the international community holds these people responsible for their war crimes

‘Excellence’: Smithsonian exhibit celebrates HBCUs amid attacks on Black history The Smithsonian’s African American history museum has partnered with HBCUs to display archival materials

‘Excellence’: Smithsonian exhibit celebrates #HBCUs amid attacks on Black history - The Guardian www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

This is a good week to be way too busy to keep up with the news.

I've realized why I hate AI's usage of emdashes. It uses emdashes to create zig-zaggy sentences. Strong scientific writing takes complex ideas and lays them out linearly

Congress is set to vote on bipartisan war powers resolutions this week meant to limit President Trump's military operations in Iran.

The dual efforts in the House and Senate face uphill battles to become law, as previous efforts have failed in asserting congressional authority to declare war.

They went to war with Iran (which nobody in America was asking for) so they could conjure an excuse to allow ICE to keep murdering Americans and teargassing schools here at home with impunity (which nobody in America was asking for).

Donald, you're not denying it.

I genuinely think this is because Trump met some quantum physics, quantum chemistry, or quantum computing professors while partying with fellow sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

I'm not sure what this one is either, but while we are making things up...

How about quaternary biology?

This is cruel and unusual punishment. This is unconscionable.

I'll make sure they have to spell it correctly on the final

I just taught my students about Aflatoxin, but it sounds like I need to give a correction that it's one of the worst.

So many TPS reports

This is 90% of why my husband left his tenured professor position

we dont have the money for universal health care but we have tons of money for concentration camps and a surveillance society

Sometimes. I cannot precisely agree or disagree

The "fun" thing about Epstein helping to fund sleezebag scientists' labs is that the funding allowed the sleezebags to hire more graduate students and postdocs to sexually harass.

I have a male friend who spent some time in Axel's lab. About the 3rd conversation he had with Axel, Axel broke the ice with "So, have you fucked [a female postdoc in the lab] yet?"

My friend was horrified...

By itself, this should be considered utterly disqualifying for confirmation.

I respect your opinion

If Pete is the democratic candidate, I hope that voters to the left of his policy priorities are willing to vote for him.

A further Republican president will be worse for trans people, unions, Palestinians, Ukranians, women, immigrants, brown people, white men, blue collar workers

I respect your opinion. I will vote Pete in a primary. I encourage you to vote for a more left policy candidate to drive the policy progressive.

But I am an optimistic pessimist. I used to believe in making the world a better place. Now, I believe in slowing the decline.

I think he is in brainstorm phase

YouTube video by Jubilee Pete Buttigieg vs 25 Undecided Voters | Surrounded

youtu.be/YE1f3n_n9UA?...

This video is also amazing. Pete builds policy by talking to Americans from diverse backgrounds and talking to/reading writing from experts who study societal things.

He is a solutions person. He is almost certainly thinking about the specifics of those solutions.

Great questions!

I encourage you to watch his long-form policy interviews, especially the Q&As at college. They are 1 hour sessions recorded on YouTube. I binged last August and was so blown away. I understand that an hour is a long time, but I really really think nerds will enjoy it