This.

Filming them committing terrorism is now itself an act of terrorism?

Glutamate is the primary molecule that neurons use to communicate with each other. Previously, scientists have mostly recorded when neurons fire output signals, but now with a new glutamate indicator, they can record the many inputs that causes cells to fire. 🧵 #neuroskyence

From the department of redundancy department: stimulants stimulate the reward systems ("brain areas involved in alertness and motivation"] in the brain...duh. So does cocaine. P.S. They've always known this.

What are we missing? Did we trust economic data too much in the Biden admin? "Mainstream economists..muse on why economic data shows a good economy even as the public says otherwise, ignoring the fact that systemic cheating in prices doesn’t show up in [the stats]" @hcrichardson.bsky.social

We need more posts about reading books, holding hands, and worshipping the dark lord.

"This administration has exposed how the Supreme Court has made the Bill of Rights almost entirely reliant on the executive branch’s willingness to police itself. If federal police officers can violate constitutional rights with impunity, those rights may as well not exist": tinyurl.com/2dxv7j87

Lotta love here!

..not to mention the guest star, Sammy Davis, Jr., whose parents were both born in the US.

In case you need a positive reminder: How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

To RFK Jr.: They were your neighbor's child that everyone ridiculed and even your parents misunderstood. They were kept away from you in special schools or institutions and labeled 'mentally retarded'... I'm your age -they were there.

"There are three kinds of people who practice discrimination," she said. "First, the politician who doesn't care about your problems. Second, the businessman who says 'it's bad for business.' And third, the person who honestly believes that one race is superior." Sounds damn familiar, doesn't it?

"Not to like little children, or find them interesting and enjoy their company, is no crime. But it is surely a great misfortune and a great loss, like having no legs or being deaf or blind." How Children Learn John Holt

He's right - never been told this by any tree vendor ever...

Best Christmas Poem, 2025

Thank you, @theguardian.com!

My 'we' is bigger, too... #WeAreAmerica

oh...if only he were...

Go, @charlotteclymer.bsky.social!

We are some of the lucky ones this year, with a roof over our heads, food on the table, and family and friends close to hand. We are blessed. But it has not always been this way. For those struggling [today] a reminder, if it helps, that Christmas marks the time when the light starts to come back.

This. DOGE is still alive: "Oligarchs normally operate outside government, buying up media or financial properties that they can leverage in service of the autocrat. "Here the oligarch is operating alongside the head of state and has a parallel civil service inside government that answers to him."

Y'know, the word "sociopath" is tossed around casually these days, but...

Seems like a winner to me...3 minutes tops, though...

ICE Agents Break Into Women’s Bathroom: “Pull Your Pants Up!”

December 23, 2025 A collaboration with @lizadonnelly.bsky.social tonight...

This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.

Lovely fun, ICYMI!

Merry Resist-mas to all from the West LA Freeway Brigade! @indivisiblewestsidela.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social @rbhubbell.bsky.social @markhamillofficial.bsky.social @jerilryan.bsky.social @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @wajali.bsky.social

This would actually be accurate...

Truth.

Wrong. The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.

For those who think the Republicans are still all behind him: "In a new YouGov poll conducted for The Economist, fewer than half of Republicans say they “strongly approve” of Trump, and only a third of Republicans approve strongly of his handling of inflation and prices."

Golden Fleet? More like a Golden Fleece! (Meaning no disrespect to Jason and the Argonauts)

Thank you, Allison, and thanks to the sender!

And, I would say, the maleness and the 'not-them-ness'.

1/4 Brilliant thread from a FB friend: My title: "They tend to distract from the foundational war on women." "The White supremacy is huge. The attacks on immigrants and education and science and the working class are mind-boggling. But they tend to distract from the foundational war on women.

"It’s pretty simple to get it right when you’re telling the truth—but Smith’s opponents fail to understand that about how he operates." ..and much more!

You know what? Historians rock!

Thank you, Frontline!

Hate to say it, but you should no longer trust anything from CBS News. I'm sure there are great reporters there trying to do honest work, but how can we know anymore? If they're willing to kill a Trump-critical 60 Minutes segment at the order of Bari Weiss, it's been over.

Despicable!

We never did. And we still hold most of the power in the western world. Any other construction of these facts is pure-d racism.

Sing Hallelujah!

As usual, HCR tells us what we need to understand, whether we know it or not! This LFA is great example of stuff I didn't know I needed to know! (And, of course, our historical record needs it, too.) Let's keep thanking her for all this very hard work!

SO telling...and we know there are many more descriptions like this. I think they haven't released all the files because they haven't had time to redact them all!

Yeah, dude, that's not kindness...sorry...

The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.

Unhealthy for democracy - and deliberately so!