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Nicholas Bauer PhD

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Computational biology and superresolution microscopy. Tech and politics nerd. Promoter of rationality. Progressive. Somerville, MA Signal: BioTurboNick.24

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Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · Jan 7

It ends:

"So, unfortunately, the only message that the public will receive from this “peaceful transfer of power” is: We surrender."

Democrats’ high road in peaceful transfer of power feels like a dead end

In her article “As Harris certifies her own loss, some see message about democracy” (Page A1, Jan. 4), Tal Kopan presents the view of top Democrats, including our own Senator Elizabeth Warren, that not making a stand to object to Donald Trump’s reelection is “the right thing to do,” that it shows “we still believe in following the Constitution.”

Maybe there once was a world where that could be true, but that is not this world.

Trump’s election to a second term is the culmination of the Jan 6, 2021, insurrection. Our Founders knew a Republic cannot hand power to an insurrectionist and expect to get it back when his turn is up; Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which Warren did not mention, exists to prevent this scenario.

So, unfortunately, the only message that the public will receive from this “peaceful transfer of power” is: We surrender.

Nicholas C. Bauer

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Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 13m

I guess?

Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 14m

Waffles

Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 17m

Is this what you call factual reporting?

Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 21m

And yet they're murdering people for him.

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 1h

I am not voting for anyone for Governor of Massachusetts whose response to the detentions of Marcelo Gomes Da Silva and of Rümeysa Öztürk is "the government didn't execute well"

Just to be clear

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Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 47m

Strikes me that you didn't see that the NDAA passed the Senate with Democratic votes.

Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 50m

Are those soldiers following illegal orders? Y/N?

Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 51m

NPR this morning reported that DHS propaganda is airing in airports to blame Democrats for the shutdown.

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Jonah Blank @jonahblank.bsky.social · 14h

A two-minute standing ovation.

Not at a State of the Union, or other big public event. Just at a small meeting, with no cameras, for maybe a dozen (maximum two dozen) people.

Two. Minutes. Set a timer, and imagine a dozen people clapping that long.

For a boss who isn't Kim Jong Un.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Rollins: "We had an amazing cabinet meeting. President Trump walked in before the cameras were there. We all stood up & gave him a two minute standing ovation. There's so much love in that room & respect & just appreciation for him. No one could do what that man is doing today. So I was so grateful"

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Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 1h

That very much depends on how this ends.

They just voted to fund Trump's military.

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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 2h

De minimis: "UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems: Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance" www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

www.nbcnews.com

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Fiona Wallace @fiionawallace.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING

Prime Minister of South Africa:

“If international law means anything, Netanyahu must be arrested. Otherwise, the ICC is a Western puppet.”

#ICC #Netanyahu #NetanyahuWarCriminal #Justice

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Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 2h

People never thought calculators could give them life advice.

Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 2h

You should go back to school, re-learn how to read, and then try again.

Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 9h

He also says we should give Trump the benefit of the doubt in "protecting" us.

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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 10h

A friend sent me this article and genuinely it’s f***ing insane and I can strongly recommend reading it. futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 10h

Not really a break

Joel Reinstein @joelreinstein.bsky.social · 10h

Meaningless crap, worse than nothing

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Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 10h

Well, about that

Joel Reinstein @joelreinstein.bsky.social · 10h

Meaningless crap, worse than nothing

Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 10h

About the Oklahoma Governor's statement...

Joel Reinstein @joelreinstein.bsky.social · 10h

Meaningless crap, worse than nothing

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 10h

Adventures in framing:

Headline presenting this as a real-world question. Rather than as another sign of deepening vortex of narcissistic delusion and detachment from reality.

Headline: Trump Has His Eyes on Nobel Prize. Will He Get It?

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Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 19h

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 11h

The preview promotional image in Android Play store shows it but it has a W in the image too.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 11h

Dems keep funding the military that Trump is using to extrajudicially murder people with and invade our own cities.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11h

The Senate has just passed the military NDAA containing 2 anti-trans provisions: a surgery ban using federal funds (dependents too), and a sports ban on military academy spaces.

This will be the STARTING point for negotiations with the House, which has even worse provisions.

Only 20 Dems opposed.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 12h

Presidents and governors shouldn't be able to deploy National Guard troops from one state to another if that state's governor objects.

That is common sense, and yet Republicans just blocked my amendment to stop this blatant abuse of power. Another shameful abdication of duty.

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