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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 8h

The ICE Barbie. Why devote so much money and time to cosmetic procedures and makeup? For whose eyes?

www.thelist.com/1968439/kris...

Kristi Noem's Face And Style Have Changed A Lot Over The Years - The List

From South Dakota rancher to Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem's face and style have transformed just as much as her job title over the years.

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 2d

Nooo! Now they plan to set the EPA loose to monitor wastewater for traces of mifepristone or its metabolites to monitor the use of abortion pills.

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

The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 2d

Wishing safety for you and your family, Prof. Bray. Please continue to do your research on this important topic. We need it like never before.

ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 3d

I am not shocked, given her character.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 3d

Very good explanation. The embedded short 3 minute video by Omar Farha is worth watching. 🧪

The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 3d

The Nobel Prize in chemistry went to the scientists behind metal-organic frameworks — tunable crystal structures with remarkably high porosity.

A MOF researcher reflects on why, even after years of studying them, these structures still feel a little “like magic” 🧬 ⬇️

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Metal-organic frameworks: Nobel-winning tiny ‘sponge crystals’ with an astonishing amount of inner space

Just a gram of these tiny crystals can have an internal surface area as big as a soccer field. A materials expert explains the almost magical chemistry of MOFs.

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 3d

Good explanation. 🧪

The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 3d

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics honors scientists who proved that quantum effects persist even in large superconducting circuits.

If you’re still scratching your head about it, we had an electrical engineer try to explain the work:

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Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched a quantum technology

The discovery that superconducting circuits can behave like quantum particles was a revolutionary development in the field of quantum technologies.

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 3d

Good reminder of our place in the universe.

Nereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 3d

"The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars.
We are made of starstuff."

— Carl Sagan. Cosmos (1980).

Image source➡️ imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/10sep08...

🔭 🧪 #science

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The image is an artist's illustration of one model of the bright gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B.
The explosion appears highly beamed into two bipolar jets, with a narrow inner jet (white) surrounded by a wider outer jet (green).

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 3d

A very well deserved Nobel prize for very impactful work on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).

Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi who win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering the creation of metal-organic frameworks, which can capture and store molecules such as carbon dioxide.
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#Nobel25

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Chemistry Nobel for scientists who developed massively porous ‘super sponge’ materials

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi pioneered the creation of metal-organic frameworks, which can capture and store molecules such as carbon dioxide.

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 3d

Very well said, AG James!

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 3d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 3d

This is autocracy unfolding in plain daylight. They are going to go after everyone on his “enemy list” one by one, with fabricated and spurious charges.

AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 3d

The indictment of a sitting Attorney General for spurious charges is, even for the Trump administration, a shocking abuse of power. I stand with Attorney General James and the rule of law. These charges will be thrown out quickly if there’s any justice left in the United States.

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 3d

Leticia James has been indicted! Adam Schiff is next. Theater of the absurd!

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 3d

Very good post by Maggie Reed. Worth watching.

Maggie Reed @mermaidmamamaggie.bsky.social · 4d

Hypocrisy in its lowest form

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Maggie Reed @mermaidmamamaggie.bsky.social · 4d

Hypocrisy in its lowest form

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 4d

Very good points by Allison Gill.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4d

NEW: Comey is going to challenge the legality of Lindsay Halligan's authority. Here's an explanation from my show this past Sunday. You can watch the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/PkEOK7J...

ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 6d

Sad to see decimation of CBSNews with the right wing takeover.

🌬CasuallyLucid🌀🌊 @casuallylucid.bsky.social · 6d

"Mr. Berliner’s essay was met with rebuttals from many employees at NPR..., who wrote that it contained “many sweeping statements for which the writer is unable to offer evidence...'pro-establishment bilge' that allows wealthy Americans “to pretend that they are actually besieged outsiders.”

#Pinks

Paramount Buys The Free Press, Ushering in a New Era at CBS News

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JAMA @jama.com · 6d

Inhaler-related #greenhouse gas emissions in the VA health system dropped 68% from 2008 to 2023, primarily due to policy and formulary changes favoring lower-emission inhaler options.

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Greenhouse gas emissions from inhaled medications, 2008-2023. Emissions from SAMA & SABA-SAMA decreased, ICS-LABA increased, SABA stable. Key events: CFC inhaler phase-out, VA formulary changes favoring DPI over MDI.

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 9d

They are terrorizing Americans.

Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 10d

This should enrage you. This is NOT WHO WE ARE.

ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 9d

Unacceptable intimidating tactics.

Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 9d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 9d

Scary. Here comes mass scale surveillance. Amazon’s Ring camera is going to implement facial recognition and store the data on its servers. Will be very scary for people doing political canvassing door-to-door. Other companies will do the same.

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Analysis | Amazon’s Ring plans to scan everyone’s face at the door

For the first time, the company is putting facial recognition into its home security doorbells and video cameras.

www.washingtonpost.com

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 9d

Good article regarding the darkness that is settling over this country. (Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...

Opinion | What I Learned From My Days in Russia: Silicon Valley Needs to Start Speaking Out About Trump

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 10d

Ridiculous!

Rebeka Ferreira @philobitch @philosop-her.bsky.social · 10d

elon musk leads campaign to erase #LGBTQ shows and characters from #netflix

#feminism #Blacksky #theresistance 💪🏽 #philsky #academicsky #edusky

Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters | Erin Reed | 18 comments

Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters. If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBT...

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 10d

Actually, the NYT did endorse the Harris/Waltz campaign in 2024.

www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/o...

Opinion | The Only Patriotic Choice for President (Published 2024)

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 10d

Letter by U of AZ faculty chair slamming the dirty demand by the WH and urging the university president to reject this. #AcademicSky #ScienceSky 🧪

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you, Rep. Stanton for sending this letter. What this administration is doing is totally unacceptable.

ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 11d

www.committeeforthefirstamendment.com

Committee for the First Amendment

www.committeeforthefirstamendment.com