" #Indiana Lt. Gov. #MicahBeckwith says Americans have made a terrible mistake by trying to eliminate #hate from public life, arguing instead that the country should relearn how to hate properly, starting with #Islam, "Marxists," and whatever else the modern right currently considers..." #Atheism

#OMB’s proposed rule would require all scientific #grants to be approved by political appointees, stealing approval power from career experts in their fields. Funding would be required to align with “Administration policies and priorities.” Add feedback to the Federal Register. #SUFS #Science

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Florida's long shot attempt to sue California and Washington state over the issuance of commercial driver licenses to truckers who don't speak English and are not authorized to be in the United States. https://to.pbs.org/4wWKHfi

Piedmont Triad soybean farmer discusses difficulties: 'Pretty tough all around'

During flooding that occurs at the end of the Congo Basin's rainy season, thousands of tiny shellear fish (Parakneria thysi; ~1.5in long) complete the 50ft vertical climb up Luvilombo Falls through the use of hook-like pads on their pectoral and pelvic fins! 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Wow..."“Probably half of all deaths have a component that is immunological,” says Liston."

Donna Strickland won the #NobelPrize in 2018 for her work on #lasers. She developed a method to create short, powerful laser pulses, now used in #EyeSurgery and elsewhere. Her love of problem-solving and curiosity about how #Light works led her into #Science. #WomenInSTEM

The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

#Trump admin is ignoring #vaccine effectivness to push their #pseudoscience narrative. #StandUpForScience #science

North Carolina pays our teachers thousands less per year than any of our neighboring states in the southeast and far below the national average. Becoming the best paying state in the southeast is possible if the NC Senate cooperates. #ncpol #teachers #kidsovercorporations @wearencae.bsky.social#ncpol

How Does Your Brain Know a Cat Is a Cat? A conversation with renowned neuroscientists Lisa Feldman Barrett and Earl Miller about categories, “folk psychology,” beginner’s mind, and thinking fast and slow nautil.us/how-does-you... #neuroscience

Huge Turnout in #Raleigh to support #PublicEducation. #ncpol. #NorthCarolina. #Education. #EduSky

Dear @trahan.house.gov @warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social @sethmoulton.bsky.social @rikleen.bsky.social please fight this 👇 like our future depends on nixing it 🧪⚒️

🧪 #ionchannels #neuroskyence

Rep. Haley Stevens is here to #ImpeachTheQuack !

Latest details on the largest wind farm in the world – to power 3.3 million homes – as it prepares to connect to the grid. As renewables saved the UK £1bn in gas imports in March, Reform UK is still saying it wants to scrap Net Zero.

I'm attending North Carolina Association of Educators's event, “NCAE May 1st Rally RSVP” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/ncae/event/9...

This is a bit of #ChistopherHitchens talking how struggling is not just a part of but an important part of life. #Religion. #God. #Atheism. #Anxiety

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Chien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese-American physicist who made groundbreaking discoveries in nuclear physics. She is best known for the “Wu Experiment,” which proved that the law of parity — once thought to be universal in physics — did not apply to certain atomic reactions. #WomenInSTEM

H.R. 38 and S. 65 would create a new federal mandate that would force every state to recognize every other state's standards for carrying a concealed and loaded #gun in public—including states with weak or no standards at all. This #legislation puts all of our communities at risk. #EveryTown

“EPA’s repeal of the #endangermentfinding and safeguards to limit vehicle emissions marks a complete dereliction of the agency’s mission to protect people’s health and its legal obligation under the #CleanAirAct.” Dr. Gretchen Goldman, president and CEO of #UCS

"...Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s stark dissent (says) that this decision “threatens the very essence of public education.” #AmericanAtheists #Education #Atheism #Religion #SCOTUS

Industrial heat is one of the hardest parts of the energy transition. This sand battery is now delivering fossil-free heat for industry, storing renewable electricity as high-temperature heat and releasing it when needed. Simple idea, big impact.

From the kindness community on Reddit: NEW: Native dancers held a #JingleDress Healing Ceremony at the memorials of #AlexPretti and #ReneeGood in #Minneapolis - #Prayer, #Culture, and #Solidarity.

If you’re curious what the inside of the #Whipple building is like… #ICE. #Minnesota. #Immigration. #Humanity

I'm attending North Carolina Association of Educators's event, “Kids Over Corporations Mass Meeting” - sign up now to join me! #NCAE #NCPol. #NorthCarolina #EduSky. #PubicEducation

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Donald #Trump is going to try and steal the US #elections, and this is how he’s going to do it. #Georgia. #Minnesota #Midterms

On Wednesday, the FBI executed a search warrant at the Fulton County, Georgia Elections Operations Center and seized ballots and other materials from the 2020 presidential election. Text SIGN PFBQRW to 50409 #resistbot resist.bot/petitions/PF...

(2) ...the fact that meat consumption contributes **massively** to climate change. 🌎 bsky.app/profile/doug...

#LoisGibbs is an #Environmental Health activist who discovered that her neighborhood in #LoveCanal, #NewYork, was built on top of a toxic chemical dump. When people in her community began getting sick, Gibbs organized local families to demand answers. #WomenInSTEM

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I can admit that there are some things #Trump has done with which I support. #Nuance not #dogmatism is my goal. However, the cruelty and lawlessness far outweighs any of that. I can't sit down with you at this point if you support him. #ICE is Trump's army. What more need you see?! #Resist

Children and nursing mothers are apparently being fed putrid water. This is beyond unacceptable. #ICE. #CBP. #Immigration. #Minnesota. #Resist

"The streets were blockaded by police, she said. People were walking all around her. "They were so calm and so peaceful, and my fear melted away because they're not going there to be violent," Zielinski said. "They're going there to be a voice.""

Taken from Reddit. The post reads, "Seen on a Wall in #LA". #ICE #Resist #Justice #Protest

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

I'm attending Engaged Defenders for Democracy's event, “National Walkout Day: Chapel Hill” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

"These #tariffs are not tied to any economic emergency. They are explicitly being used as political coercion to force sovereign nations to comply with the #Trump regime’s demands. Tariffs ...would raise prices in the United States while damaging relationships with #allies." #Greenland #Annexation

"It might seem obvious that differences in each person’s immune system can affect how well they fight off pathogens. But uncovering the specific causes of this variation has enabled researchers to find ways to treat and even prevent severe infections that used to seem like random cases of bad luck"

Urge #Congress to use its constitutional and statutory authority to enforce the #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct and to ensure that no executive agency is permitted to place itself beyond oversight, #JudicialReview, or the #RuleOfLaw.

"Neuronal activity in dreaming rats suggests they dream about specific places – for example, mazes they’ve explored while awake. And not only that, they might even walk those routes in reverse and imagine new routes in their dreams, too."

Ellen Ochoa is an engineer, scientist, and astronaut who became the first Hispanic woman to travel into space. She worked on developing ways for computers to process images. She spent nearly 1,000 hours in space on 4 missions. Ochoa became the director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. #WomenInSTEM

Each of us has been told not to push back because “people would lose their jobs.” Refrains heard in the hallways include: “What I’m being asked to do feels wrong, but I need my health insurance” and “we have to keep our heads down and avoid putting a target on our backs.” #NIH #Science #Trump #DEI

“It’s shooting ourselves in the foot that we’re not going to be able to influence the policy implications,” she said. “So this idea that the U.S. is somehow better off not even being part of the international community on this is clearly just not true on the face of it.” #science #IPCC #Climate

Does anybody subscribe to a monthly service to an #HVAC, #electrical, and/or #plumbing service? I have for several years but the company I've used for all 3 raised their yearly rate from about $100/yr. to $360/yr. They give 10% discount on work and a regular check-ups of systems.

In a surprise move, the #DeptofEd announced a $50m cut to #education funding in #NC, mainly hitting our #ruralschools. I’m taking them to court. - AG Jeff Jackson. #ncpol

"Cooper’s plan... has the potential to relieve $4 billion in existing hospital medical debt for people... it’s not a mandatory program ... Those that do agree to forgive medical debts would receive higher reimbursements for treatment of Medicaid patients."