The world would be a much better place if Trump and his allies had watched a little more Sesame Street as kids

Everything Trump touches dies. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

@mitofficial.bsky.social this is an important start. But you need to follow the lead of your cousin up the river (Harvard) and call out government actions as the assault on science and knowledge and humanity that they are. orgchart.mit.edu/letters/furt...

Harvard gives me hope

Where the trade war with China could go: 1) Trump retaliates again 2) China retaliates by stopping buying, or selling, US Treasury bonds 3) T bond market collapses. (Interest rates skyrocket ) 4) Trump retaliates by defaulting on debt to (at least) China 5) economic chaos

Using the right language is important

He must have shorted the market. It’s the only thing that makes sense . If he did and gets away with it, the old evil or stupid debate is finally settled - evil. If he did not, well, he is just stupid.

A sign of things to come?

It occurs to me that a whole generation of people will likely grow up thinking that “business casual” means putting on pants

In Ny….watching Hamilton on stage for the first time. when Lafayette sings “immigrants ….we get the job done” the audience cheered….and I found myself in tears

Thank you @cantwell.senate.gov . I am sure it was my call to your office this morning, asking for exactly this that led to your decision to do this. :-)

Glad to see not everyone bends the knee

@booker.senate.gov had it right. The power of the people is greater than the people in power. @cantwell.senate.gov and @murray.senate.gov , where are you?

In a world of Chuck Schumers, be a Cory Booker

In the shit show exposed by the Atlantic magazine, I found one positive thing to note. At least Elon was not in the meeting, making the decisions.

Mystery behavior of the day.... "I will miss our next call because I will be in Europe". This happens a lot. Do they not have internet in Europe?

Here is a list curated by a friend of NIH grants that she knows that have been cancelled. Take a minute to explore it. (It works better on a PC than on a phone.) The scope is breathtaking and appalling. People will die. airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJ...

"Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches."

But her emails….

Heads should roll. For even using an app like that. Even if the journalist had NOT been included. But no one will care

Hopefully, this will be the start of something bigger. Mercer Island, Washington believes in democracy.

Make no mistake. This is a war on science and a war on health. People will die.

All the wrong people are making all the wrong decisions for all the wrong reasons

At last I am cool

USAID. NIH. The VA. VOA. The DOE. The EPA. The worst people in America are destroying what is best about America.

I used to criticize those who called for the abolishment of ICE. I now see I was probably wrong. But more importantly, we need to punish its ultimate boss. Without due process, no one is safe, even if you are a citizen. How could you prove it?

I can tell you what to expect. Trump will blame them for the worsening economy and claim that he should take over the Fed

Taxes filed. Going to be really annoyed if they do not have enough staff to process my refund

@murray.senate.gov and @cantwell.senate.gov ….I respect you. I am proud of you. I appreciate you. I thank you. If only others in the Senate had the courage you do.

So much winning. (S&P inauguration to today.)

Attention the rest of the world. Please put a 500% tariff on Teslas.

When Wednesday is your only “in office” day, you need to celebrate “pi day (observed)”

Trump is upset by Canada taxing electricity sold to the US , so he puts a tariff on the electricity bought by Americans. So he’s upset that Americans are having to pay too much for electricity, and his solution is to make them pay even more for electricity. Did I get that right?

Today's whiny post to distract myself from the crap-show that is our country right now. If you are going to put a statement similar to this on your website, please specify the time zone. . "Please complete this form and click Submit. Chat Hours: Monday - Friday: 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM"

Where will we be without public health research? Less healthy. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Free speech has ended. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/n...

How soon we forget

Maybe something good will come out of this. Maybe a few Supreme Court justices , senators, representatives, or even the President will decide not to comply. THAT could solve the problem.

Is there any other country besides the USA where airports make you pay to use luggage carts?

chat is it good for a dictionary to be mad at you

Firing 6,000 IRS workers in tax season. What could go wrong? I guess if you are expecting a refund, you should file now.

I like the idea of skiing more than I like actually skiing. But I like the experience of scuba diving far more than the idea of scuba diving.

A French fry vending machine. Where has this been all my life? Bummer that it is broken.

I think I need to stop and buy some of these. Because, as exhausted as we all are, reaching the point of “ no more fuchs to give” is just not an option.

I like to check my pulse and blood pressure every morning. I’ve come to realize that it’s essential that I do so before checking my email or other news sources.

So Elon is making a bid to buy ChatGPT. What could go wrong?

Undocumented immigrants sometimes pay INTO social security, but they cannot collect. Removing them from Social Security hurts the solvency of the system and does nothing to help America or Americans.

We spent all that time worried about the enemies without and we are being destroyed by the enemy within

Why are Elon and the muskrats not in jail for destruction of public property, hacking, and violation of numerous privacy laws?

Trump and the muskrats are destroying our country from within just as surely as if they had landed troops on our shores. It is time to respond with the same urgency as we would if there were an invading army.