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Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 6h

WE ARE NOT READY!
SPD nor any other WA police department has pledged to protect us from ICE or federalized troops.

If you and governor Ferguson do nothing but hope troops are not sent here, then we have already lost. The courts will not "save us" from tyranny, that's your job ffs.

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bennydiego @bennydiego.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon by @bagleycartoons.bsky.social

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Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 1d

Get your frog costumes ready Seattle. #MeltICE
youtube.com/shorts/lVpaa...

The Portland protest frogs are multiplying

YouTube video by The Oregonian

youtube.com

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Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 1d

"Car Brain" is a transportation commission voting down a project to provide safe bike and pedestrian infrastructure because it would have used 1 of 6 car lanes and that might have caused a 0.01% slow down for commuters during rush hour. It's insanity!

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Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 2d

I think GOP is just an old name for the right-wing extremists in the same way the KKK is the old name for the Patriot Front.

We need a more modern designation that covers everyone from MAGA supporters to Moms for Liberty and includes hate groups and tech bros who call themselves independents.

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Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not sure if the opposition to anti-fascism or "antifa" ideology is pro-fascism (profa?) or simply fascism ideology.

It would be nice to have a short 2-3 syllable word that describes all the different white nationalist, toxic masculinity, and right-wing extremist groups.

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Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 2d

I'm far less concerned about "recruitment" than I am about the orders the national guard troops are willing to follow.

How many national guard troops are willing to invade and occupy American cities?

How many troops are willing to help dissappear people and shoot at unarmed protesters?

Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 2d

How will this "lost science" series deal with all the both-sidesism and normalizing of disinformation that is so prevalent at the NYT? What will your NYT colleagues do when your boss demands that you not report any scientific discoveries the current admin doesn't like?

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Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 2d

I'm confused, I've only ever seen catholic church groups spread fear and hate for immigrants.

Is the pope failing to represent his people?
or
Are the catholic people failing to follow the pope?

NPR @npr.org · 2d

The apostolic exhortation is Pope Leo's first since his election in May. n.pr/3VWUvEJ

Pope Leo says faith and love for migrants are connected

In his first major document as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo urges nations and believers to care for the poorest in society.

n.pr

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Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 2d

Does the pope really think his followers will stop supporting capitalism simply because that economic system was designed for the poor to suffer while the wealthy control the means of production?

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Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 3d

The real problem are the hyperfast four-wheelers that kill over 40,000 people a year.

But sure let's talk about fast moving e-bikes that kill almost no one. If we built wide protected bike lanes with plenty of room for passing e-bikes and fast cyclists could easily pass slow moving cyclists.

Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 4d

Ugh, mayor Harrel is the worst.

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Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 5d

This chart doesn't seem to include the Kemper Freedman factor that keeps Bellevue from doing anything about traffic.

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Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 5d

RFK Jr's CDC that no longer follows science says what?

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Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 6d

MSM be like...
The trump administration says up is down and black is white. But experts don't agree causing many people to question reality.

Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 6d

It's so much easier and way less expensive to just provide housing to the unhoused and mental health care to those in need.

However in the US, people are more interested in paying loads more for failed solutions that punish people who need help.

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Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 6d

The Statue of Liberty is just false advertising now. 💔

Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 7d

Pathetic. The biased courts have proven once again that women can not expect to get justice through the legal system.

Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 7d

NOPE! No more surveillance! I'm so done with these police state tactics. ACAB

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Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 8d

Does she believe Seattle can become a 100% bikable city like Paris is becoming under the leadership of mayor Anne Hidalgo?

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Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 8d

How many streets will she redesign for pedestrians and cyclists for emissions free zones in Seattle neighborhoods?

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Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 9d

The more the mad king dismantles the federal government, the easier it is to make the case that states should split off into new self governed countries.

It's clear the "union" is no longer united. Let's draft a EU like acquis communautaire with other blue states and declare independence.

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Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 9d

I love these mass timber build projects and passivhaus designs that improve the built environment.

What do you think about incorporating uneven floors that are more like the earth's natural surfaces, similar to how Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna was built?

hundertwasser.com/en/texts/der...

Hundertwasser - Text Detail

Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000) Hundertwasser, a visionary and responsible creator, mobilizes the power of his art in order to spread his message for a life in harmony with nature and the ind...

hundertwasser.com

Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 10d

Where are the new impeachment articles?

I'm still waiting for Dems to actually fight to uphold the Constitution. If the party in power ignores the law and the opposition party ignores the law breaking then the federal government should be shut down.

Science Be 🏳️‍🌈 @scienceb.bsky.social · 10d

The question now is...
Will these military leaders start drafting invasion plans for US cities to appease trump
OR
will they defend the Constitution and the people of the US in opposition to trump?

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