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Most researchers have nothing on Larry Richardson. Racking up more than 130 citations in 4 years, he seemed like a scientific superstar in the making. Except the studies were gibberish—and Larry is a cat. Learn more on #InternationalCatDay: https://scim.ag/3SjaUoJ

“The moral of the story is Stephen Miller is a terrible neighbor, on a mission to take away our first amendment rights.” From @FriendsofUSAID: www.instagram.com/reel/Da_jjeu...

“We are deeply disturbed to learn so many senior members of the Trump administration gathered in the Situation Room to discuss the release of the Epstein Files as a reputational problem… we are separately concerned Todd Blanche was at that table.”

"Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason." - Mark Twain #Truth

Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week. ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.

Fundamental point made here. The one advantage we have over people in the past is that we can learn from them. Since we can we should. That’s the premise of my book "On Tyranny." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/o...

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

Joe Rogan has one of the world's most popular podcasts. Unfortunately, like nearly all of the most popular online shows, his tends to spread climate misinformation. For @climateconnections.bsky.social I scrutinize his recent episode with octogenarian climate contrarians Lindzen & Happer 🧵 (1/11)

The renovations happening at the White House are because they never plan to relinquish power. #deconstruction #exvangelical #currentevents #news

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

NEWS: Trump launches massive attack on climate change studies. Issue public comment here: act.link/gi-eaaap

As Trump and his allies in Congress try to gut public funding for PBS, watch this 1971 clip of Rev. Jesse Jackson and the kids of Sesame Street. This is why we need public broadcasting.

Just a reminder. Climate change is the greatest threat we face and it is not going away without humans changing their behavior.

Democrats cannot win by giving in to Republican cultural populism. Instead, they must hammer economic populism. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/where-the-hell-is-the-moderate-middle

Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it" by Colette Delawalla (@cdelawalla.bsky.social), Victor Ambros, Carl Bergstrom, Carol Greider, Michael Mann and Brian Nosek for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Phang: We don’t need the Ten Commandments hanging in Texas schools. What we need is common-sense gun legislation—so the kids can live. If my kid goes to a public school in Texas and they can’t come home alive, I don’t give a shit about the Ten Commandments being posted on the wall.

No, global temperatures are not "rising faster than climate models seem able to explain". They are rising EXACTLY as fast as climate model predicted. AND THAT'S BAD ENOUGH! bsky.app/profile/mich... #TruthIsBadEnough

Crisis at NASA It's very bad news all round for NASA science, but the worst hit is Astrophysics (which includes cosmology) where the proposed cut is about two-thirds, which would be devastating.

Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.

Under Fascism, the state makes sweeping changes (sold as an attack on waste, fraud, and abuse) in the name of efficiency…and “the trains will run on time!” Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.

This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

The founders signed the Declaration of Independence knowing that they would be killed if they were defeated. Think about the next time you decide to take the easy road.