This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.

Do you feel safer that this administration has decided to bypass nuclear protocols in order to build a bunch of experimental nuclear reactors? Do you think they are competent to create a safe and successful program? 🗽

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

When we wake up and come to our senses and defund and demobilize ICE, WHO is going to take back all the military style arms and equipment? It’s likely these paramilitary gangs are going to be major problem for our society for years if we don’t take decisive action.

The Doomsday Clock now stands at 85 seconds to midnight—the closest it has ever been. When the New START treaty expires next week, there will be nothing stopping a new nuclear arms race. Trump and Putin could agree today to stick with New START limits. We can turn back the clock.

I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.

AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE. We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.

For those in global health informatics, a new version of the #CIEL open source concept dictionary for @openMRS has been posted to #openconceptlab for January 25, 2026: talk.openmrs.org/t/new-versio...

Three years after his appointment as special counsel, Jack Smith finally delivered the legal argument against President Trump on Thursday that he was never allowed to make in court: that Trump "engaged in criminal activity" that undermined democracy. Listen to "The Daily."

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

Sunday, at least 7 ICE agents stormed a house and took an elderly man out into the freezing cold, wearing only his underwear and a blanket. He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War. Notice the suppressors 1/2

Dr. King believed our democracy would only make sense when every child was fed, every mind was educated, and every community had dignity and freedom. That vision is still unfolding. So, on this MLK Day, let us recommit to the work of building the world he dared to imagine.

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🧐Did you know that, 5 years ago this month, the #NuclearBan Treaty became international law? At a time of rising tensions and growing nuclear risks, this anniversary is a reminder: a different future is not only possible, it’s already underway. Read more here: www.icanw.org/5years_tpnw #5YearsTPNW

This should be the loud and clear position of the Democrats.

Please call your reps and tell them NOT to fund this government

Great take on the UK (and yes, the US) infatuation with SMRs. Bad idea. The Parallel Universe of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/12/08/t...

Every damn Democratic congressperson should be physically standing together on the steps of the Capitol and demanding an end to this deadly abuse. Are they really unable to fight back against this despicable propaganda used to justify the killing by ICE and supported by Noem and Trump?

Why did this change? 1. Relentless propaganda by rightwing media complex, including Russia. 2. Corrupt elites, including news media. 3. Radical centrists who believed "woke" are more dangerous. 4. Biden/Garland misjudged the evil, had too much faith in exceptionalism. 5. American goldfish memory.

You can’t import another country’s vaccine policy without first importing their actual healthcare system. Our vaccine recommendations fill structural gaps in our healthcare system, which is widely regarded as fragmented, inaccessible to many, and riven with inequalities.

People think Trump said he’ll be running the country. He meant he’ll be running their oil industry. Don’t think he cares about the rest of the country.

Whatever happens now, we absolutely cannot allow Trump's refusal to seek Congressional authorization for what appears to be a large scale military attack on another country vanish from the media discussion, which already appears to be happening.

For those in global health informatics, a new version of the #CIEL open source concept dictionary for @openMRS has been posted to #openconceptlab for December 24, 2025: talk.openmrs.org/t/new-versio...

On this day, December 21, 1968: The first photo taken of the whole Earth in one frame by a human from Apollo 8. It was the first circumnavigation of the Moon by a crewed spacecraft, and the furthest humans had ever travelled away from the Earth. 📸NASA

Missed #catturday this weekend :(

Just a reminder that renewables like wind and solar are not dominating new energy investment due to subsidies or regulations. They are dominating because they are cheaper and more reliable. Trump wants Americans to pay more, and fall behind in technology, in order to feed his ego. Nothing more.

“To shutter this facility is, frankly, a national security risk,” Kim Cobb told @bloomberg.com about NCAR, given its cutting-edge work on extreme weather and across fields including machine learning and AI. Story w/ @eroston.bsky.social @willwwade.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Jack Smith, the former special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice, forcefully defended his federal prosecution of President Donald Trump in a closed-door hearing Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Shouldn't the headline for this article read: "Jack Smith confirms that there was evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump was part of a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election" among other crimes??? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...

Special issue for the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

On this day in 2017 ICAN was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for our efforts to ban nuclear weapons. Setsuko Thurlow’s message remains clear: “Our light now is the ban treaty.” We keep pushing for a safer world, free from the threat of nuclear war. #TPNW #NuclearBan

If you’ve ever wanted to learn more about the work that is done in international fora on ending the nuclear threat, @nuclearban.bsky.social is the account to follow! Check out the update from our colleagues Celine and Alicia, who were at the UN in Vienna recently. #NuclearBan #Disarmament #Activism

You have to f*ing kidding me. But it actually seems to be true. How many souls will be lost to eternity because of this man 🥲

@drneilstone.bsky.social #medsky

This Cyber Monday, the costs are clear: Big Tech’s data-center boom strains Oregon’s water, raises energy bills, increases pollution, and fuels risky nuclear proposals. Choose a better deal—shop local and support OPSR. Giving Tuesday: oregonpsr.org/donate

Akio Toyoda, Toyota's shadow CEO, has gone full MAGA. Under his watch, Toyota has cozied up to Trump & become the largest funder of climate deniers & the most aggressive anti-climate lobbyist in the auto industry. Toyota's far from the green darling it claims to be.

For those in global health informatics, a new version of the #CIEL open source concept dictionary for @openMRS has been posted to #openconceptlab for November 20, 2025: talk.openmrs.org/t/new-versio...

At one point in the film "A House of Dynamite," a junior official points out that U.S. interceptors have failed almost half their tests, and the secretary of defense responds by bellowing: “That’s what $50 billion buys us?” In real life, the situation is far worse than that.

Trump must work with Russia to stick with New START. This nuclear treaty—the only legal limit on Russian nuclear forces—expires in less than 100 days. No one wants a new nuclear arms race.

Just finished this over the weekend. A must read if you feel the pressure of the times and the imperative to do something. a.co/d/4gtMAP1 @nuclearban.bsky.social @psr.org #beyondwar

I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?

Obviously this person is very dangerous.

Eight Senators snuck in a MILLION-DOLLAR PAYOUT for themselves for being investigated for their possible involvement in the January 6th insurrection. There is no money for healthcare, but there is money for a payout to Senators? This is fucken 🐂 💩!

1/ We might be nearing the end of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. But even if Congress extends #ACAsubsidies, the debate in Washington is way too small. The real issue isn’t actually the subsidies, it’s how completely insane our health care system has become. 🧵

@armscontrolwonk.bsky.social Jeffrey, really nice explainer on destructive force of nuclear weapons and current status of arms control agreements. You never mentioned the total number or Chicago deaths and injuries, only the survivor injuries. Would be good to add that for 21kt and 4MT bombs

What would happen if Chicago were the target of a nuclear bomb? Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social spoke to the Bulletin about what people should know about nuclear weapons—from basic terminology, to which nations have them, and what could occur when they're used.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1.... Well worth the read and comparison to Nixon and how far we have gone down the wrong path.