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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 8h

#GeorgeTheThird:OurFirstMadKing #DeclarationofIndependence_IndictesMadKing

Sound familiar? Here is what our forefathers wrote about the unforgivable offenses of #MadKing George in our Declaration of Independence.

Please review. Sound familiar? 😱

Thank you for your attention

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 12h

He has…sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people…

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

—Declaration of Independence, 1776

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 2d

ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog.

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 8h

#JesseWelles_ProtestSong #Anti-IceSong

Please listen to and widely circulate this brilliant protest song against ICE by Jesse Welles.

Excellent for singing outside ICE facilities and everywhere else until we succeed in stopping this horror.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Aug 8

we can sneak around town / hunting working folks down / I hear they got a great benefit plan

join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice

www.tiktok.com/@jessewelles...

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 8h

BRILLIANT and thank so much Jesse Wells

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 8h

#TexasSpeaksOutAgainstICECruelty #ICEOutOfControl

Compassion and decency matters.

No one voted for this.

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Buddy Spell @buddyspell.bsky.social · 1d

Fort Worth, Texas.

#WeAreEverywhere

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 9h

#NoKingsDay_PaloAlto #MultipleWaysToParticipate

If you live near Palo Alto please join this festive but essential Parade and Democracy Fair on #October18 to protest PEACEFULLY and learn more about how to organize to preserve decency and democracy in our country.

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Indivisible Palo Alto Plus @indivisiblepaplus.bsky.social · 6d

On Oct 18, we come together to declare that here, we accept no kings. Go to www.indivisiblepeninsulabayarea.org/nokings to join.

Poster with No Kings! over a crown with red X, and date 10/18

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 9h

Stand Up For Science and Sanity members will be joining this important Parade and March. We're sure it will be festive while a major way to stand up for Democracy and learn more about how to organize to save our country from authoritarians.

Hope to see you there!

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 9h

#GoodClimateNews(AmidstTheBad)

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Assaad Razzouk @assaadrazzouk.bsky.social · 23h

Good climate news this week
1 Global: Renewables generation surpasses coal for 1st time
2 Global: Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries
3 Global: Solar and wind generation grew in 1st half by more than overall demand increased in the same period

1/5

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 9h

#Rainbows #Funny_IfOnly...

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 9h

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 9h

#PopeAsksNewsAgenciesToStandUpForTruth #TruthMatters #StandUpForHonestJournalists

Honor and defend the free press!

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 22h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 9h

#GoodNews #GovernorNewsomeSignsPrescriptionPricingBill

Yesterday Governor Newsome (CA) signed into law a bill reining in abusive behavior by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that raise drug prices and kill neighborhood pharmacies.

sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/governo...

Governor Newsom Signs Nation-Leading Bill To Crack Down on Prescription Drug Price Gouging By Megacorporations

Official website of Senator Scott Wiener, representing California Senate District 11.

sd11.senate.ca.gov

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 9h

#UmbrellaAttacksTrump

"He’s going to have Bondi indict the umbrella now, isn’t he?"--Jo Jo Fromierz

Elevators, umbrellas, sound systems and windmills seem to have it in for Little Donnie.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump gets some help closing his umbrella while boarding Air Force One

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 9h

#NatureAmazing #FibonacciSequenceIsCool

We live on an amazing planet. Let's unite to save it for our children and grandchildren.

Enjoy these pictures and check out the Finonacci Sequence just for fun!

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 12d

Did you know that pinecones, snail shells, fern fronds, and even Romanesco broccoli all follow the same mathematical pattern?

It’s called the Fibonacci sequence, and it shows up in nature more often than one might think.

What are your favourite examples? 🌿🐌🥦🌲

$A collage of four close-up images showing natural spiral patterns: a pine cone on a branch, a snail shell against a reddish surface, an unfurling green fern frond, and the fractal spirals of a Romanesco broccoli. UNEP logo appears in the top right corner.$

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 10h

#WildAnimals #CollaborationHelpsPreserveAnimals

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 9d

Did you know that there's a whole treaty dedicated to migratory animals, such as whales, birds, and butterflies?

The @cms.int is the only international convention specialising in the conservation and sustainable use of migratory animals and their habitats.

More info: www.cms.int/what-are-mig...

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 10h

World#AntimicrobialResistance Awareness Week Is Next Month

We need to develop new antibiotics so microbes do not get ahead of us. For this we need to restore NIH and NSF funding and stop disrupting the work of the CDC.

RFK Jr. must be fired. 🙏 Write your congresspeople🙏

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 1d

World #AntimicrobialResistance Awareness Week is coming up next month under the theme “Act Now: Protect Our Present, Secure Our Future.”

Drug-resistant infections are rising worldwide, and stronger action is needed to safeguard health.

Get involved: https://tinyurl.com/utkd4cfk #WAAW

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 10h

#ChicagoFatherKilledByICEAfterDroppingKidsAtDaycare

NO ONE VOTED FOR THIS. We need a full investigation. Kristi the Gnome cannot be trusted to do it.

www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...

Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty, a father of two, had built a quiet life in the US

An agent shot Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, father of two, during a massive immigration sweep.

www.reuters.com

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 10h

#KristiTheGnomeandThe#PortlandChicken #Noeme'sLiesAreEpic

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

(new piece)
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MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 11h

This is true, Mr. Conway. But the public gets confused since Trump's mental function is highly variable. When people's brains are compromised by early dementia they have good \and bad times that depending on variable blood flow to their brains. A healthy person can compensate for this.Trump cannot.

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 11h

#TrumpFlunksGeography

This isn't just embarrassing for Trump. It's humiliating to the United States that our President is so ill-informed and poorly briefed. This hurts our standing in the world, which already has been damaged by failing to defend Ukraine etc.

www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

Trump, 79, Skewered for Embarrassing Geographical Flub

The president clearly didn’t have access to a map.

www.thedailybeast.com

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 13h

#EugenicsHighlyDangerous #EugenicsOnTheRise

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 4d

Science is intertwined with eugenics, and eugenic ideologies continue to negatively impact #Indigenous communities and science today.

Read a timely and important perspective piece in #GENETICS from @jazlynmooney.bsky.social and colleagues: buff.ly/T7rbV3k

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 13h

#SouthCarolina_MeaslesRising

Antivax rhetoric and misinformation by RFK Jr is resulting in resurgence of diseases that can cause serious harm to our children.

The danger of #measles is less if most everyibe in a population get vaccinated. - "herd immunity"

#FireRFKJr

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 2d

From NBC News:
153 measles infected kids are in quarantine in South Carolina.

118 kids in Minneapolis.

If this continues, We will likely lose our official measles elimination status.

This is the outcome of antivax rhetoric.

🧪 www.statnews.com/2025/06/24/u...

A grim milestone: U.S. is on the cusp of losing its official measles elimination status

We have had the ability to prevent nearly all cases of measles for more than 60 years. Yet the number of cases keeps growing.

www.statnews.com

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 13h

#FundCancerResearch #RestoreNIH #RestoreNSF

President Nixon played a valuable role in funding cancer research in the United States. Fighting cancer by funding research should not be a partisan issue.

US citizens did not vote to slash cancer research!

#StandUpForScience

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · May 11

🧪Did you know that America is known for its cancer research b/c of the National Cancer Act in 1971 signed by Nixon. Mary Lasker took her cause to congress and the American public as a leading proponent of the National Cancer Act. She said, "If you think research is expensive, try disease!"

Letter to Mary Lasker from Richard Nixon dated Jan 11 1972.
Regarding the signing of the National Cancer Act of 1971.
https://laskerfoundation.org/the-promise-of-the-cancer-moonshot/

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 13h

Fighting Cancer by funding research should not be partisan.

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Stand Up For Science and Sanity

Stand up for Science and Sanity because science and democracy go hand and hand!

www.scienceandsanity.org

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 13h

#PortlandPersists #SendNationalGuardHome

Go Weiner Dog! What a colossal waste of taxpayers money to have the National Guard deployed in Portland, Chicago and LA.

No money for SNAP but plenty for militarization???

No one voted for this!
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16h

Portland continues to amaze me 👏

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 13h

#IndivisibleSantaCruzStartingSpeakers'CornerWeekly

In London for decades there's been a #Speakers'Corner in Hyde Park, providing a forum for different opinions. This seems well worth considering to spark weekly, civil local dialogue..

After No Kings Day?

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A Speakers' Corner for Santa Fe

Indivisible Santa Fe has a new project: A Speakers' Corner for Santa Fe. Continuing our fight for constitutional democracy and civil rights, we have started a weekly Speakers’ Corner.

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 14h

#VoteYesOnProp50inCalifornia

#Proposition50 is a TEMPORARY measure so California "does not unilaterally disarm". Ballots are out; vote by November 4

Trump has railed against this when he is the one that demanded that Texas redistrict which started this.

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 15h

Gutless red-state governors are bending over backwards to do Trump’s bidding – and they’re taking down democracy with them.

California is fighting back! VOTE Yes on Prop 50! #YesOnProp50