Part of the problem is the way We have treated scientific discovery as if it is made by brilliant men. All science is built on the science that came before. It is collaborative in multiple ways. All attempts to credit a single scientist with THE crucial discovery are flawed.

I assume Schumer knows this is the end of his political career?

I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them

Kaine’s answering machines have business hours, but the contact form on his website works if you’re a constituent and have feelings about his statement. www.kaine.senate.gov/contact/shar...

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

What’s happening inside the Conservative Party under Pierre Poilievre isn’t normal turbulence. It’s institutional decay disguised as discipline. It's a flashing red light signaling rot, with a party on the brink of combustion. This isn't a political party; it's a cult. #cdnpoli

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

The news that Lethbridge police got away with stalking, harassing and threatening Phillips because the chance of conviction was too low is an indictment of the entire justice system in Alberta.

@senatedemocrats.bsky.social You fold?? EACH OF YOU WILL BE PRIMARIED.

Whatever else is in the deal, agreeing to merely have a vote on ACA is a fig leaf. Even if it passes the Senate, it won't in the House, which also makes it an easy yes vote for the Senate Rs who might want to, defusing it as an attack on them. It is a stupid ask even on Team Schumer's own terms.

Pay attention to what Democratic candidates are saying right now. Find and support the fighters. Having a spine must be a litmus test issue in 2026 and beyond.

This isn’t very hard, folks.

Thanks to Chuck Schumer, the assembly line at the Lucy/Charlie Brown football meme factory has broken down. Folks are advised to look for other metaphors until service can be restored.

UPDATE: NSO just hired former Trump ambassador to Israel. They're trying to push Pegasus spyware to 🇺🇸America. Your rights and freedoms are in danger. NSO Group is no friend to the US & has spent years undermining our security & values 1/

#AcademicSky #SciComm 🧪 — word use matters

the angry base has been right and the savvy "calm down" caucus has been wrong every step of the way for the last 10 years

Yeeeeees!!!!!!!

Trump and Hegseth booed mercilessly for 2 minutes straight tonight by Washington Commanders fans.

Dems should be all over THIS, not caving on a shutdown and healthcare premiums on which the publicly currently clearly blame Trump and the GOP for.

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BREAKING: Trump was just viciously BOOED at the Washington Commanders Detroit Lions game. I’ve never heard a president booed this loudly in my life. Holy cow!

I am in the airport in Ottawa, quietly waiting and hoping my flight fir the UK will be able to take off (snow!). And I went to the washroom and was delighted to wee that the feminine hygiene products were free. That has been a welcome and *huge* change in my lifetime.

Me: "There are three years left in his term and he's only going to get worse. … I don't mean to be pessimistic on this. I think at the end of the day, we're going to survive this, but it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better."

Is there really ever a time where 'utilized' is a better word than 'used'? (I mean, obviously if you're a writer getting paid by the letter)

Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people. Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.

While we're waiting to hear the terms of a shitty deal, this needs to be said. Whatever reason Trump is claiming there'll be a $2K tariff dividend (remember the $5K DOGE dividend), there'll be no such thing. Right now Trump is staring at a $200B tariff payback hole. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

www.cam.ac.uk/research/new... #covid19 #research #science

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

"The anti-vaccine, anti-government crusade to save "the miracle cure birds" is over — and the fringe activists lost." www.msnbc.com/news/news-an... #Canada #Ostriches

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Yet another record breaking storm supersized by a warming world 😢 Climate change doesn’t create these storms: it makes them worse. They intensify faster, reach higher strengths and dump more rain. That’s why climate action isn’t just about saving the planet: it’s quite literally about saving US.

Whether climate change is playing a role in this particular drought is secondary to the fact that this is what climate change impacts will look like at many other locations around the world. Buckle up.

Have you heard about this? "As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash." h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com

How long are we going to allow the wealthy to do this to us? Cartoon from 1894...

One of these things is not like the other. Not sure how Poilievre's Conservatives can even pretend they are wrapping themselves in the Canadian flag when half of them are Trumpists. #cdnpoli

A variation on the story from the other day about how many teens think factual reporting is routinely made up:

BREAKING: Trump says that Every American, who isn't a High Income earner, will get $2000 in Cash. In other words he wants to issue a stimulus check because the economy is sucking. In other words he wants to increase our deficit by $650 BILLION.

SCOOP: Alexander Smirnov, the FBI informant convicted of lying about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released from prison just months into a six-year sentence—raising concern he could be pardoned by Trump any moment. jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/fbi-inform...

This is huge news! Keep pushing-the American people and most in Congress still support strong funding for biomedical research

I feel sorry for American towns that rely on us but all of this just speaks to refusing to understand that for people like me, who see that the United States has gone full Nazi, we KNOW the only thing that destroys fascism is a bad economy. We are DOING OUR JOB. We are FIGHTING FASCISM.

“It was never meant to be used for the benefit of the government itself, only for the benefit of citizens (the public).” - David King, former Alberta Minister of Education calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Alberta needs anti slapp laws so badly. This is nonsense. But of course the very people most likely to bring these lawsuits (hello The Breakdown) are the ones in bed with the ucp. Support Luke if you can.

The UCP of 2025.

Australia has so much solar power that they're offering free electricity during peak hours because solar power is so cheap. Here in Ontario, Doug Ford is doubling down on nuclear, which is the most expensive form of electricity. And subsidizing it with our tax dollars. electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

Hi Bluesky 👋 Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵

Canada adds surprise 67,000 jobs in October, unemployment rate drops to 6.9% #cdnpoli www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/can...

The Fraser Institute published a study on the fiscal cost of Canada’s low-carbon economy -- one that (shocker!) found lots of money spent on relatively few jobs. I fact checked it for them. It didn't go well. maxfawcett.substack.com/p/lies-damn-...

Not every fact is fun