Interesting. Does anyone know how this turned out?
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Interesting. Does anyone know how this turned out?
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At some point they'll run out of idiots and maybe have to appoint someone halfway intelligent. (Wishful thinking, I know.)
09.08.2025 00:17 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We are really grateful for that. The funding status was unclear for a bit but it fell into place.
04.08.2025 14:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I have a son who graduated from UC Berkeley this year and graduate programs are challenging now. He's secured a research spot in a lab at Cal for the next year and we'll definitely be looking at European genetics PhD programs.
04.08.2025 03:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0“Does there exist an organized political force capable of resisting the dehumanization and repression that is spreading before our eyes? Can such a force be mobilized? Will it be mobilized? Or will the U.S. become the El Salvador of the North?”
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
Trump's "gold standard" for science gives political appointees—most of whom are not scientists—the authority to define scientific integrity and then decide which evidence counts and how it should be interpreted, David Michaels and Wendy Wagner argue:
20.07.2025 13:45 — 👍 131 🔁 57 💬 14 📌 5I don’t care what side of the aisle you’re on, the President of the United States even joking about revoking someone’s citizenship should be met with universal condemnation.
12.07.2025 16:32 — 👍 23962 🔁 5888 💬 1656 📌 468Very good work. Read it and act.
www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-secret...
I pledge my blood to the Dark Lord Oski, dread sovereign of college football
07.07.2025 21:23 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
Happy 4th of July, Batman.
04.07.2025 03:44 — 👍 13539 🔁 3503 💬 193 📌 111Thanks for this. I always enjoyed your similar Gettysburg post back on Twitter. This year it's making me get a little misty eyed in light of what went on in the House this morning.
03.07.2025 19:59 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0John Steed from the Avengers. Middle aged man in suit and bowler hat holding umbrella
30.06.2025 16:29 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0111 years ago Franz Ferdinand was shot in Sarajevo and we are still dealing with the fallout. Here’s how it almost didn’t happen:
28.06.2025 14:57 — 👍 257 🔁 40 💬 9 📌 4He still really thinks he’s in the running for that Nobel Peace Prize, doesn’t he?
24.06.2025 03:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Major corporations quietly supporting ICE contracts while preaching “diversity & inclusion” is the definition of double-speak. You can’t market justice and bankroll oppression. 💸🧊
23.06.2025 13:00 — 👍 353 🔁 231 💬 17 📌 7If you're heading to a protest tomorrow, it's important to know your rights. Consult this information from the ACLU.
Be peaceful. Be safe. Be careful. Be strong.
It was very good. The whole podcast thing had me perplexed but I'm happy to see him stepping up and defending what's left of our democracy.
11.06.2025 01:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0BREAKING: Tonight, California Gov. Newsom will be addressing California — and the nation — LIVE at around 6:30pm PT regarding Trump’s illegal militarization of LA and his broader assault on our democracy. Watch exclusively on the MeidasTouch channel.
11.06.2025 01:01 — 👍 3872 🔁 1050 💬 180 📌 89I always LOL at Grant's anecdote in his memoirs about Braxton Bragg: Both were stationed up on the CA north coast and Bragg, as both commander & quartermaster, would submit requisitions to himself and then deny them.
11.06.2025 00:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Even if we ignore the obvious Confederate thing why did we want to rename Ft. Bragg when it's in honor of probably the most awful general of the Civil War?
11.06.2025 00:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0There’s obviously a lot going on right now, but the Speaker of the House calling for the Governor of California to be tortured seems like it should be a pretty big story.
10.06.2025 15:49 — 👍 6406 🔁 1885 💬 247 📌 107The No Kings protest map will help you find a place to exercise your First Amendment rights this weekend. (It's also a pretty good argument against the Electoral College.) www.nokings.org
10.06.2025 01:49 — 👍 7272 🔁 2959 💬 202 📌 151I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.
09.06.2025 21:28 — 👍 12642 🔁 5695 💬 214 📌 248You would think savvy medieval merchants would have insured their eels, but then perhaps there was a “no pirates” exclusion. 🏴☠️
09.06.2025 21:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0ICE agents intentionally started the violence in LA.
09.06.2025 16:20 — 👍 8102 🔁 3647 💬 325 📌 248BREAKING: California’s attorney general says the state's sovereignty was “trampled” by Trump ordering the National Guard to Los Angeles protests.
09.06.2025 18:50 — 👍 555 🔁 142 💬 19 📌 13Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
08.06.2025 21:54 — 👍 47588 🔁 14767 💬 3035 📌 1411Talk about a blue wall of resistance!🔥
Every single Democratic Governor has signed a statement standing with Gov. Newsom
@governor.ca.gov and
eviscerating Trump for abusing his power by deploying California’s National Guard and threatening to send U.S. Marines into American neighborhoods.
Are we at our Reichstag Moment™ yet? I've been waiting for it for a while now, and it kinda feels like we could *finally* be in that place.
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