Scientist Mel

Scientist Mel

@scientistmel.bsky.social

Scientist, content creator (YouTube, twitch), comedy, & educator BSBio&Chem,MAT,MS #TheScienceOf #ThisWeekInBS #NASASocial Views are my own.

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Backlash to data centers might very well be the biggest issue in the midterms, with nearly 70 percent of Americans opposing them. Is it any wonder why?

If you haven’t seen this film, please go see it. It’s called You Can See Everything. It is an amazing three hours. And I have to say it’s the best documentary I’ve ever seen. 

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As a veteran, I'm furious he told those poisoned by Camp Lejeune's water they'd only get help IF REPUBLICANS WIN. This rotten son of a bitch sees veterans as tools to manipulate. I know, that’s not news. We’ve known this. But..that makes it no less disgusting or disturbing. VOTE.

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The 5-year cancer survival rate is up to 70% SIDS deaths have decreased by over 50% 89% decline in tornado deaths All thanks to federal investment in science and OUR tax dollars at work!

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

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Laika Studios made an amazing new stop-motion movie called Wildwood that was 16 years in the making! In the age of AI slop, it is incredible to see this real art made by human hands❤️ Please support it by going to the cinema when you're interested! Behind the scenes: youtu.be/gZy36NLObaU?...

youtu.beWildwood: Where the Woods Awaken (Official Featurette)YouTube video by LAIKA Studios
ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social

‘Wildwood’ director Travis Knight on AI: “A pencil is a tool. A paintbrush is a tool. A 3D printer is a tool. A digital capture is a tool. AI is not a tool. AI can go fuck itself.”

This is horrific and disgraceful

Ashton Pittman@ashtonpittman.bsky.social

JUST IN: The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office said on Monday. Her office will not charge the white officer who shot the child.

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Public announcement: Will every dumbfuck on the internet stop falling for the same engagement grift every three months? No, Anonymous is not about to release the Epstein files. These fake videos, are produced in the Middle East, are designed to generate engagement and money.

This should be used in public speaking classes on what not to do. My God, she is terrible 

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

😬 Katie Zacharia's first press briefing was brutally bad 😬 Trump managed to find a press secretary who can barely read, but she does have the number one qualification -- looking like Ivanka Here's a supercut from Zacharia's first briefing, which made Karoline Leavitt seem like Ronald Reagan

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I left Twitter because I was permanently banned for writing about fascism. . . . . .Because Twitter is now a fascist platform controlled by the richest fascist in the world. Some of us aren’t allowed there. So, the pro-X discourse seems like desperate (fascist) propaganda.

Gil Durán@gilduran.com

It's official! I'm *permanently* banned from X for tweeting "TLDR: Fascism." (appeal denied) What an honor—and a sign that the Silicon Valley billionaires feel threatened by my book. (One of my final viral posts featured this cover.) Pre-order here! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

This is funny to me because it was presented by Marsha Blackburn…who has refused to debate any Governor candidates and walks away from interviews. She is pro data center, ICE, fed occupation, and defunding of schools. No one is going to want to visit Tennessee for tourism given its hell hole state

Bill Bot@bill-bot.bsky.social

S195 American Music Tourism Act of 2025 📜 Signed by President. https://congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/195 #S195 #congress119 #senate #republican #congress #newbill

Notice that women are always kicked to the curb…not the men…WOMEN. Kimberley isn’t a good token anymore

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Trump asked Guilfoyle to resign as ambassador to Greece amid allegations of threats to allies, conflicts of interest and a $100K request to a donor. Her departure could hinder investigations, leaving prosecution decisions to Trump-appointed officials.

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Often, in earlier years I'd find myself carrying an opinion simply because someone I loved or admired held that view. It took a while, but all parties benefited, and still do, by my determination to recognise where I'm wrong, not buy an opinion, and to seek honest verifiable data. They pay for lies

One of the things I learned in the early 1990’s is that evangelicals will celebrate violence against people they hate. I worked with a woman who would minister to violent criminals in jail giving forgiveness to r*pists and then say gay people deserved AIDS. The goalposts move but hatred remains.

Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com

Prominent white evangelical leaders don’t want kids watching Ms. Rachel. They say Pride flags are dangerous. They want "Thou shalt not kill" posted in classrooms. But a live-streamed government-sponsored execution? That's just fine. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-pro-li...

The target changes according to politics. They will often do what their pastor tells them. Growing up in the Bible Belt taught me that it is all arbitrary and no one really reads their own Bible. God’s message is easily weaponized and pastors have way too much power to not pay taxes.

This is why pastors have gotten away with SA of women and children…some have stolen from the church. Others shift politics according to who pays the most in tithes. Check out your local mega churches and see which senators and representatives attend. Pastor endorsement means more than it should

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Walmart is the largest private employer in America, yet 16,055 of its employees were on Medicaid in just 6 states, and 15,515 were receiving food stamps in 9 states. Mostly red states. And those aren’t even national totals. #RepublicanAffordabilityCrisis

I watched some of Gillis’ monologue through a content creator… Y’all…when we said trans jokes are misogynistic…we meant it. This is the next step. Attack on trans people is an attack on women. Gillis made misogynistic jokes about women at gyms…a male dominated space. See the pattern yet?

Liz Renzetti@lizrenzetti.bsky.social

Dan Levy doing what more men should do -- calling out Shane Gillis's misogyny. This is the top story on Variety right now, alongside a report on Russell Brand's rape trial beginning. In case we're still wondering why women are angry variety.com/2026/tv/news...

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Zelenskyy on the Yandex bot purge: "when our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations. Because there were fewer bots."

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Zelenskyy tells Warsaw forum that Ukraine honoured Trump's energy ceasefire while Russia continued bombing Ukrainian energy facilities. He also linked Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centres to a decline in bots spreading hate and division online.

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Zelenskyy might be saving our democracy. The mad genius is bombing Russian data centers linked to FAKE NEWS bot farms. Without them, Putin’s midterm influence will accidentally fall from a 30th floor window. I 💙 Ukraine 🇺🇦

I’ve seen a lot of people criticize individuals for commenting on Susan Dell’s looks… When people use the term “Mar-a-Lago face” and make comments on plastic surgery and misuse of weight loss/diabetic medication … they’re speaking against fascism 🧵 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 

theguardian.comThe not-so secret language of fascist fashionToday’s rightwingers want their message to go mainstream, so it’s coming to a store near you
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I am body positive. I am not fascist positive. If you choose to look like a fascist, dress like a fascist, act like a fascist…I’m going to criticize your choices. If your choices make you look horrific because you’re falling in line with a fascist aesthetic… yes, you should be called out 

Fascists in all forms should be criticized, punched, shunned…receive the most brutal of consequences because they are for m*rdering other people. I don’t believe anything that comes out of Susan Dell‘s mouth. She looks like a monster because she dresses and presents herself like a fascist 

I’ve seen a lot of people criticize individuals for commenting on Susan Dell’s looks… When people use the term “Mar-a-Lago face” and make comments on plastic surgery and misuse of weight loss/diabetic medication … they’re speaking against fascism 🧵 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 

theguardian.comThe not-so secret language of fascist fashionToday’s rightwingers want their message to go mainstream, so it’s coming to a store near you

These women are making a choice to look a particular part to fit within the cult of personality known as “MAGA”. Much like the bigoted racist who wear the red hats, hang confederate flags on their trucks, wear/tattoo nahtsee imagery … they are making a choice to express their fascism.

These women are falling in line to fit a particular type of aesthetic not unlike those fashion trends that we saw with nahtsee women in the 1930-40’s Criticizing the way that they look is not off limits when they’ve made a choice to exude fascist fashion, and aesthetics They’re choosing fascism 

JFC…Vance is pushing eugenics 🐂 💩

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: You mentioned you want people like Elon Musk to come here, but he didn't build his companies overnight. So how do you decide who is the next Elon Musk? VANCE: One, does the person fill a position that simply cannot be filled by an American worker? Two, is this person a truly elite human being?