This is not what the problem is. We have many excellent, talented, engaging science communicators. Their reach is deliberately truncated by the social media companies, and billionaire-owned news outlets do not platform them.

Oh for sure. I’m probably that person for several people.

I take this role very seriously.

The proposal would eliminate the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s longstanding “blanket rule,” which automatically grants protections to species listed as threatened.

Dept. of Ed is reclassifying all the female dominated professions (nurse, therapist, speech pathologist, PA) as not having “professional” degrees, which makes it harder for them to get educational loans. Another FUCKED UP thing this admin is doing to attack women’s power. Take that shit to court!

Birthday thread! Had an excellent workout this morning. It’s a good thing the gym was empty, because I was watching Critical Role C1, ep 109 and cackling like a crazy person while on the treadmill.

This is the WHO, right? This is what the WHO is for. But somebody threw a tantrum and decided to take the US ball and go home. Somebody…. somebody…. who was that…. OH YEAH. THESE SAME GUYS.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly swatted down a Democratic offer to reopen the government and extend expiring health care subsidies for a year, calling it a “nonstarter” as the partisan impasse over the shutdown continued into its 38th day. https://to.pbs.org/47F61LP

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪

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Reposting because, and I say this with love, some of you are going to see this and go “oh shit, I need to check my bottle” and then immediately forget about it so if this could affect you, go check right now before you even scroll to the next post, I mean it.

Gotta love how the biggest victory yesterday was Zohran Mamdani, a socialist who ran ads about how trans people built NYC, and somehow this morning the news is like: "Yesterday proves Dems should be more moderate and not focus on LGTBQ issues"

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

It’s real real interesting to see what happens when you win a major American election after your own party leadership refuses to endorse you, so you don’t owe them or their pollsters and lobbyists jack shit

Democrats swept key elections across the country on Tuesday night, delivering a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s second term so far and boosting the party’s hopes ahead of the midterms. Here are some top takeaways:

Relieved that voters resoundingly rejected this fascist bullshit. Angry that we still have at least another year of it, probably another three, and that we're by no means in the clear. Livid that it all could have been avoided if we had simply not reelected the asshole who tried a coup.

The public-facing side of American conservative politics more or less amounts to crashing out constantly about a bunch of shit that either you or the weird liars you listen to uncritically have made up. The non-public part, from what we've seen of the chat logs and such, is somehow much worse.

What to do if your flight is delayed or canceled during the US government shutdown apnews.com/article/gove... With Thanksgiving coming up, this might be very important for some of you. I hope that you will not suffer as a result of it. #StrongerTogether

We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

BlueSky is a club for 42-year-olds with a stomach ache and no serotonin. I thought we all knew this.

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Actions speak louder than words. If House Republicans and this administration wanted to avoid this shutdown or end it, they would have been open to a conversation.

“They were careless people, … they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made" - F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

I have watched this work locally. When things are going terribly and the local GOP abandons their people and the local dems show up with food pantries and stuff to help anyone who needs it. It bleeds through the noise. Sometimes it radicalizes them into our cause. But we get NO support down here.

This World Series has been nothing but natural 1 attack rolls and natural 20 saving throws.

I heard AFGE said @democrats.org should fold / pass a continuing resolution to temporarily fund the government. But here’s an AFGE local saying “Hold the Line.” I wish Democrats would communicate every day why they can’t sign on to a CR. Example: ~20 million Americans will see premium increases.

Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.

just shared this in a group and realised it’s the anniversary of this absolute s tier tweet by @jon-snow-420.bsky.social

Um, do they not understand how insurance works? Or what it’s for? The goal is to pay for it and not have to use it, except for preventative things, which with the decline of our useful public health officials, many people don’t know about.

I need every beginner artist out there who thinks their work isn’t good enough to know that in this AI-poisoned environment seeing your raw, human art gives me fucking life. Any imperfection born from a living soul infinitely trumps whatever “polished” slop they’re trying to force feed us.

This perfectly encapsulates what the GOP position is on the shutdown.

I don’t know how many times I have to say this but if you didn’t know any geek girls in high school or you don’t know any now it’s because they didn’t trust you and you’re *NOT A SAFE PERSON* for women to be themselves around.

As someone who depends on SNAP, I wanter to give some tips to those of you who are also not getting your cards refilled next month. A thread 🧵 (And if you don't depend on SNAP, many of these tips can help you reduce your food costs since its expensive out there rn)

This is a perfect example of “be careful who you trust”. The cops said the monkeys had hep C, herpes, and COVID. The *university*, though, said they were not infectious.

The Trump administration has already canceled or threatened to cancel billions of dollars of previously approved federal spending and now wants to go after even more funding during the government shutdown. https://to.pbs.org/48QCYpy

World Central Kitchen is awesome but what an embarrassment of a country.

Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000. RFK Jr. must resign.

The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟

Measles was eliminated in the US in 2000. Gone, with the exception of international travelers bringing it back in and causing small outbreaks. But now it's roaring back — it's incredibly contagious — thanks to guess who. Guess who! Yup. Anti-vaxxers.

Symbolically, the destruction of the East Wing is the end of an era, and it has been seen as a slight to the traditional respect for the Office of the First Lady.

Sounds a lot like what @katmabu.bsky.social is doing, making mutual aid a key component of her campaign www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/kat...

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Cannot express enough appreciation for the teams *flying through a hurricane* while not being paid.

A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.

Democrats should hold a press conference and announce that if Mike Johnson has no interest in running the House they'd be happy to do it for him

It's moments like these that I think we can bring back the old internet.