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Betty Cracker of Florida

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Postcards from the sedge. DMs are painfully awkward if we don’t know each other. Peace, love, gators. 🐊

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Betty Cracker of Florida @bettycrackerfl.bsky.social · Feb 20

I used to retweet this periodically at The Bad Place because it's the perfect timeline cleanse. Now here. You're welcome.
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Hanging bats filmed upside-down look like a Goth nightclub

YouTube video by Viral Reddit

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 6h

Joseph Ladapo was once a successful normie: A Harvard Medical School grad w/ faculty positions at NYU & UCLA

Then his wife & an ex-Navy SEAL-turned-guru came along 👀

@kieraevebutler.bsky.social & I on the pair of mystics who seem to lack any Western medical training yet have inspired FL's top doc:

From medicine to mysticism: the radicalization of Florida's top doc

Joseph Ladapo was a normie—until he met his wife and a guru into levitating and communicating with spirits.

www.motherjones.com

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 6h

Flagging that both Mike Johnson and Tom Emmer have now referred to the No Kings protest scheduled for 10/18 as a "hate America rally." Both singled out the one planned for DC - Johnson said it'll feature "pro-Hamas" people and "antifa," and Emmer said it'll appease the "terrorist wing" of the party

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 6h

Every targeted institution (my own very much included) should cut and paste this letter onto their letterhead.

Kathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social · 7h

A master class from MIT in responding to authoritarian overreach:

Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
… America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.

Dear Madam Secretary,
I write in response to your letter of October 1, inviting MIT to review a "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." I acknowledge the vital importance of these matters.
I appreciated the chance to meet with you earlier this year to discuss the priorities we share for American higher education.
As we discussed, the Institute's mission of service to the nation directs us to advance knowledge, educate students and bring knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges.
We do that in line with a clear set of values, with excellence above all. Some practical examples:
• MIT prides itself on rewarding merit. Students, faculty and staff succeed here based on the strength of their talent, ideas and hard work. For instance, the Institute was the first to reinstate the SAT/ACT requirement after the pandemic. And MIT has never had legacy preferences in admissions.
• MIT opens its doors to the most talented students regardless of their family's finances. Admissions are need-blind. Incoming undergraduates whose families earn less than $200,000 a year pay no tuition. Nearly 88% of our last graduating class left MIT with no debt for their education. We make a wealth of free courses and low-cost certificates available to any American with an internet connection. Of the undergraduate degrees we award, 94% are in STEM fields. And in service to the nation, we cap enrollment of international undergraduates at roughly 10%.

source:
https://orgchart.mit.edu/letters/regarding-compact

• We value free expression, as clearly described in the MIT Statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom. We must hear facts and opinions we don't like - and engage respectfully with those with whom we disagree.
These values and other MIT practices meet or exceed many standards outlined in the document you sent. We freely choose these values because they're right, and we live by them because they support our mission - work of immense value to the prosperity, competitiveness, health and security of the United States. And of course, MIT abides by the law.
The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
In our view, America's leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking and open competition for excellence. In that free marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences. Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education.
As you know, MIT's record of service to the nation is long and enduring. Eight decades ago, MIT leaders helped invent a scientific partnership between America's research universities and the U.S. government that has delivered extraordinary benefits for the American people. We continue to believe in the power of this partnership to serve the nation.
Sincerely,
Sally Kornbluth

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Micah @rincewind.run · 6h

they are clearly trying to terrify everyone out of showing up to the No Kings protest and I simply do not think it is going to work

see you all there

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Betty Cracker of Florida @bettycrackerfl.bsky.social · 6h

Fair!

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swampbabe81.bsky.social @swampbabe81.bsky.social · 9h

It’s actually a “We love America” rally, Mikie. We hate you

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Betty Cracker of Florida @bettycrackerfl.bsky.social · 8h

Government OF the people BY the billionaires FOR the billionaires. That's a rotten deal for the people. 🤔

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 9h

"There are at least ten billionaires at the highest levels of government, from Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick." www.liberalcurrents.com/billionaires...

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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gvbodenhausen.bsky.social @gvbodenhausen.bsky.social · 10h

A cadre of coots. Or coven of coots? Or? 🪶

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 10h

It really feels like they’re trolling our autocrat.

Reuters @reuters.com · 12h

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

These founders, CEOs and investors—from OpenAI, Oracle, Nvidia, AMD and others—keep getting richer while critics condemn their “circular deals.”

These Billionaires Have Gotten $450 Billion Richer From Striking AI Infrastructure Deals For Their Own Firms

These founders, CEOs and investors—from OpenAI, Oracle, Nvidia, AMD and others—keep getting richer while critics condemn their “circular deals.”

www.forbes.com

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Tesla Takedown Boston @teslatakedwnboston.bsky.social · 21h

See you at #NoKings on Oct 18th, as we TAKE ACTION to TAKE DOWN Trump's regime! T-Mobile has cozied up to Trump and Musk, and we need YOU to join the tmobileboycott.org! Let's make it clear that funding tyrants does not pay!

#BoycottTmobile #TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com @mass50501.bsky.social

An inflatable Elon Musk holding a bag of money in front of a T-Mobile store

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 17h

bubble dance party

a person in an inflatable unicorn costume and a person in an inflatable peacock costume dance as a person holds a bubble gun shooting lots of small bubbles over them

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Betty Cracker of Florida @bettycrackerfl.bsky.social · 10h

Tubby gonna be BIG mad!

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transi...

www.nobelprize.org

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 21h

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 20h

Every "Give Trump the Nobel" op-ed has the tone of an exhausted parent arguing with the other about letting their tantrum fueled toddler have the toy so they can just get the hell out of Target without child services being alerted.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 19h

No money flowing to USAID and hardly any to PEPFAR despite their duly enacted funding; well north of twenty billion dollars being deployed for other weird hair autocrats. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, treasury secretary confirms

The U.S. Treasury has finalized a financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country’s central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 19h

$20 BILLION.

Remember that we’re being lied to whenever we’re told that we can’t afford something that helps American families.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 20h

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 18h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 1d

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 21h

Our enemies are cowards, and we're going to defeat them.

By frog.

Be it by chicken.

Be it by ballot box.

Be it by shield.

We will win.

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 21h

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

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Betty Cracker of Florida @bettycrackerfl.bsky.social · 21h

Best kind of mistake. Enjoy!

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23h

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 22h

I have to fan-girl for a minute here. My friend @rosvall-lab.bsky.social built an app to gather data on bird behavior during the 2024 solar eclipse. 10,000+ citizen scientists contributed (including my kids), and the resulting paper was published in Science today!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science

On 8 April 2024, a total solar eclipse disrupted light-dark cycles for North American birds during the lead-up to spring reproduction. Compiling more than 10,000 community observations and artificial ...

www.science.org

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Betty Cracker of Florida @bettycrackerfl.bsky.social · 22h

My 20-something kid played a So True podcast episode during our ongoing road trip. The host (Caleb Hearon) interviewed Midwest queer historian Stuart Hinds. Fascinating convo. Toward the end, Hearon asked Hinds what is “so true,” and Hinds said, “Your phones are crack.” He’s not wrong. 🤔

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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 1d

It's always lurking in the background and should surprise no one when the old scourge breaks cover.

Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 1d

The antisemitic portion of RFK Jr’s conspiracism has made its entrance.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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