Im spending a lot more time on my more professional account @aklane.bsky.social because Im sharing about the state of science funding, higher education, and trans rights in this country with my colleagues. That being said, if you’re interested in those things, you should follow me there too.

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

Want to see some actual heroics? Give this thread a read.

I want an “Ashley Johnson is my president” sticker. So you know @criticalrole.bsky.social merch…you’re welcome to have that.

I think it’s really important we identify the companies that are doing the right thing and reward them with our business.

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

Oogenesis in humans typically starts 8-20 weeks post implantation. Spermatogenesis in humans typically starts at puberty. So, technically, that Executive Order defines us all as asexual neuter. Hope that helps.

Lower in the comments, the OP, an evolutionary biologist, also posts this absolute gem of a meme:

"…Trump, a convicted felon who attempted to overturn the results of a free and fair election four years ago, was sworn in as the 47th president inside the Capitol his supporters violently attacked in an effort to keep him in power." 🔥

Rhetorical: couldn’t we have dismantled the propaganda hellscape that is Twitter…I mean X BEFORE going after the social media app that like pays a lot of people and boost up small business and mutual aid?

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has sued Elon Musk, alleging he failed to properly disclose his ownership of X, which allowed him to buy shares at "artificially low prices." Read more: cnn.it/3Wle61T

If you are a female student in Florida, this is the kind of guy that Ron DeSantis is appointing to manage your university. www.idahoednews.org/news/medicat...

There is a two-tiered system of justice in this country, and Donald Trump lives on the tier where he gets to walk into the White House without spending a single day in jail or being put on probation after being convicted of 34 felonies. www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

That judge is a coward and laws are only for the poor and unprivileged. That’s all I have to say on the matter.

Truth.

We shouldn’t accept that a CEO killer must get a national manhunt when cops don’t solve most murders at all. A migrant teenager was just murdered in NYC, cops just killed a guy here — the lives of these other people are worth just as much as that CEO.

FYI South Korea was briefly under martial law Rebels in Syria overtook Aleppo Revolutionaries in Georgia are rioting against their heavily pro-Russia government Namibia elected their first woman VP It ain’t just the US gov’t living in unprecedented times

The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.

It should be noted that the original person who said this is @mollycrabapple.bsky.social - artist and activist. I find it odd that her name got cropped out of the original screenshot (from an article in LA Times, btw) and the uncredited version is the one that makes the viral rounds.

A lot of people think everything will work out if we just play by the rules but don’t seem to recognize that rules only matter when everyone agrees to follow them and, well, that isn’t our present reality.

Friendly reminder from a shop steward: don't cross the picket line. No deal is worth your soul or stiffing workers.

Get you a friend you can talk about DWTS with on two different platforms at the same time. (One for actual show commentary and the other for show related drama…gotta keep the thought processes separate) @lambells.bsky.social

Literally......

A California woman told police that Trump Cabinet pick Pete Hegseth physically blocked her from leaving a hotel room, took her phone, and then sexually assaulted her even though she “remembered saying ‘no’ a lot,” a police report obtained by CNN shows.

If you want to follow my professional updates you can find those at my sci comm account @aklane.bsky.social This is going to be my personal ranting and hobby account. The other one will be for being fancy. 😎🧐

The only reason for Republicans to block this is if it includes evidence that he is the piece of sh*t we expect him to be. If it absolved him or was neutral they’d be chomping at the bit to get it out there.

10 years ago a single bathroom bill passed in north carolina received so much pushback from all angles that the fucking NBA boycotted the state btw. that’s where we were then versus now. cool cool cool

“What radicalized you?” Bro I was told to treat people the way I would want to be treated in kindergarten and it made sense idk what else there is to say

Okay, I need Taylor Tomlinson to be on BlueSky, immediately. Thank you.

I don’t know what is says about me that my comfort tv is Criminal Minds and anything with Taylor Tomlinson but I’m sure it says something.

“They think they’re heroes and we’re monsters, and because they believe it all the way down to the base of them, they can do almost anything and feel like they’re doing the right thing.” -Seanan McGuire, Where the Drowned Girls Go Fitting words for how I feel lately.

My phone just auto corrected "trauma dumping" to "trauma dumpling," so I painted this in case anyone would like a visual of my mental state. How's everyone else doing?

My mood upon the US election results.

This is worse than I ever could have imagined. A second Trump presidency and he is going to have all of congress.

btw for everyone joining bsky today but worried about trying to find their friends from back on twitter: ✨ sky follower bridge ✨ is an extension on chrome and firefox that lets you sort through your following on twitter to see if any of them have associated bsky accounts

Okay. It’s time to learn to doomscroll on this app instead.

I cannot currently attend the protests to divest at UMN due to other responsibilities. But I fully support our students and my colleagues who are expressing their demands. True justice involves community ownership over public services so we should be listening to our students 1/4

MWAHAHA. THE SKILL OF GRADIENTS SHALL NOT DEFEAT ME.

Statnews has a great write up on this for those without an NYT subscription.

A new study suggests that depleted serotonin due to remnants of the coronavirus in the gut could explain memory problems and some neurological and cognitive symptoms of Long Covid.

Life feels a bit out of control right now so you know what that means…time to start thinking of my next tattoo! 😂😅

I paint dees.

I paint dis.

Brassica xkcd.com/2827

I feel like I am officially too old for this...