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Brizo75 🇵🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 @brizo75.bsky.social · 15h

Well put.
I maintain that one of the greatest weapons against fascism is joy. They dont understand it, they can't buy or sell it, they can't control it, they can't kill it or imprison it, it can happen anywhere at any time, even in the darkest corner in the darkest moment, and in it there is hope.

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Yamuna Krishnan @krishnanyamuna.bsky.social · 9h

Cornell was rainy the whole day, but friends bring their own sunshine 🌞 a wonderful day of stained glass and gorges and slopes. Thank you @jeremybaskin.bsky.social for an unforgettable afternoon.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 10h

Holy crap. This is terrible.

The article states it's "not related to the current U.S. government shutdown". But of course it is: they are both connected by the GOP destroying everything good about this country from the top down and the bottom up.

Reuters @reuters.com · 12h

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Yamuna Krishnan @krishnanyamuna.bsky.social · 9h

Academic writing : in this novel I shall
Show that the butler did it.

Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 9h

Why is academic writing so boring?

Every now again I like to post my old Guardian columns. This one, from 2007, now counts as an antique.

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Literary boredom

Academics love a dull read, says Jonathan Wolff.

www.theguardian.com

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Helmholtz Institute Würzburg @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social · 18h

Looking to start your own lab? 🧬🧪 The Helmholtz Institute Würzburg (HIRI) is offering group leader positions in RNA biology, RNA medicine & RNA technology. Apply by October 31 at www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale...

E15 Groups

The Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Researchopens a call for

www.helmholtz-hiri.de

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 11h

‘Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth’ by @philipcball.bsky.social in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Screenshot that reads:

The award "underlies the importance in investing in science for innovation and long-term economic growth", says economist Diane Coyle of the University of Cambridge. "It's great to see the Nobel prize recognize the importance of this topic," adds innovation policy researcher Richard Jones of the University of Manchester, UK. "It's important that economists understand the conditions that lead to technological progress," he adds. The winners, says Coyle, "have long been on people's list of potential candidates".

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 5d

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” This Collection recognises the achievements of the Laureates. #chemsky 🧪

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.”

go.nature.com

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 2d

As the founder and executive director of an organization @standupforscience.bsky.social who is saying *AND DOING* exactly this:

You can support our fresh, edgy, nimble, grassroots efforts by donating TODAY. act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

This Is Fascism

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago journalist Debbie Brockman, who was thrown to the ground & handcuffed by ICE, has been released without charges

DHS said she assaulted an officer, but eye witnesses claim she didn’t

The lack of charges makes it clear that ICE is lying to try and cover up the fact that they attack the press

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Yamuna Krishnan @krishnanyamuna.bsky.social · 2d

I became a subscribing member because of Ben Meislas’s genuineness and commitment to relay current events without whitewashing.

Steve Rose @steverose7.bsky.social · 2d

I spoke to the hardest working man in podcasting: BEN MEISELAS of Meidas Touch, who's taking the fight to Maga (and beating Joe Rogan in the ratings), and doesn't mince his words about the state of US media, and its failure to meet the current moment.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

‘We’re fighting for you!’ Podcaster Ben Meiselas on taking on the Maga media – and winning the ratings battle

His channel, MeidasTouch, puts out 15 videos a day exposing Republican failings – and it is getting bigger audiences than Joe Rogan’s. Is this the champion the American left has been waiting for?

www.theguardian.com

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suzette sommer @suzette.bsky.social · 2d

OCTOBER 17th

Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 2d

I’m a mom.
I’m a scientist.
I’m an activist.

I’m not going to stand by while unqualified, Quack, fringe-ass conspiracy theorists make decisions about my family’s health that is going to kill people.

Join me outside of HHS on 10/16 at 3pm.
@standupforscience.bsky.social

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 3d

I love this image.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 2d

So to summarize:

- There is a pattern where Vought makes the RIFs too wide, apparently to flood the zone with sh*t and see who will draw protests.
- They restore some people after outrage and work by us.
- But we are still left with many who remain fired at the end.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2d

I’m signing SB 41 to lower health care costs for all Californians.

Alongside the 2025 budget and CalRx, this bill marks the most aggressive effort in the nation to drive down prescription drug prices, boost transparency, and ensure savings reach consumers and families.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder: Trump vaccinates himself 👇🏽

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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 2d

I can't get over how the CDC layoffs are coming less than two months after the attempted mass shooting. The agency is being taken apart brick by brick. The public servants there do not deserve this.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 2d

Seeing a lot of celebration of this as a win.

But at NIH we have seen this exact play before.

It looks like it is the Vought strategy -and to stop the lawless firings we have to see the bigger picture.
A 🧵:

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Yamuna Krishnan @krishnanyamuna.bsky.social · 2d

I became a subscribing member because of Ben Meislas’s genuineness and commitment to relay current events without whitewashing.

Steve Rose @steverose7.bsky.social · 2d

I spoke to the hardest working man in podcasting: BEN MEISELAS of Meidas Touch, who's taking the fight to Maga (and beating Joe Rogan in the ratings), and doesn't mince his words about the state of US media, and its failure to meet the current moment.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

‘We’re fighting for you!’ Podcaster Ben Meiselas on taking on the Maga media – and winning the ratings battle

His channel, MeidasTouch, puts out 15 videos a day exposing Republican failings – and it is getting bigger audiences than Joe Rogan’s. Is this the champion the American left has been waiting for?

www.theguardian.com

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Steve Rose @steverose7.bsky.social · 2d

I spoke to the hardest working man in podcasting: BEN MEISELAS of Meidas Touch, who's taking the fight to Maga (and beating Joe Rogan in the ratings), and doesn't mince his words about the state of US media, and its failure to meet the current moment.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

‘We’re fighting for you!’ Podcaster Ben Meiselas on taking on the Maga media – and winning the ratings battle

His channel, MeidasTouch, puts out 15 videos a day exposing Republican failings – and it is getting bigger audiences than Joe Rogan’s. Is this the champion the American left has been waiting for?

www.theguardian.com

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Hutsutgirl @hutsutgirl.bsky.social · 2d

For those of us who want to know what's going on across the pond, (not least because yes it could happen here). Reporting always backed up 'with receipts'.

Steve Rose @steverose7.bsky.social · 2d

I spoke to the hardest working man in podcasting: BEN MEISELAS of Meidas Touch, who's taking the fight to Maga (and beating Joe Rogan in the ratings), and doesn't mince his words about the state of US media, and its failure to meet the current moment.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

‘We’re fighting for you!’ Podcaster Ben Meiselas on taking on the Maga media – and winning the ratings battle

His channel, MeidasTouch, puts out 15 videos a day exposing Republican failings – and it is getting bigger audiences than Joe Rogan’s. Is this the champion the American left has been waiting for?

www.theguardian.com

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Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 2d

1. My father's funeral was this week. This morning, I attended my first @nihvigils.bsky.social with my family. I shared my father's story. My father immigrated from South Korea. This was possible with #NSF funding. I know we are sister agencies, but science is under attack in multiple departments.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Cartoon by John Deering.

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