Nicholas Bauer PhD
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Computational biology and superresolution microscopy. Tech and politics nerd. Promoter of rationality. Progressive. Somerville, MA
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Nicholas Bauer PhD
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· Jan 7
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"So, unfortunately, the only message that the public will receive from this “peaceful transfer of power” is: We surrender."
"So, unfortunately, the only message that the public will receive from this “peaceful transfer of power” is: We surrender."
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None of this was particularly difficult to see coming and yet Senate Democrats let it happen
What are we calling the new Gestapo, which will have the military. budget of a G7 country?
January 15, 2026 at 1:26 PM
None of this was particularly difficult to see coming and yet Senate Democrats let it happen
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21st century nazis have made the 'are we baddies' sketch obsolete. It is very clear they know they're the baddies, and they love it. They think it's awesome. They worship evil, and are euphoric in disbelief that they're allowed to get away with it.
Demonstrators apparently retrieved from the cars belonging to ICE these "challenge coins" that ICE mercenaries receive when they carry out arrests.
This one is decorated with a skull wearing a crown.
ICE mercenaries serve king death. They are evil incarnate.
This one is decorated with a skull wearing a crown.
ICE mercenaries serve king death. They are evil incarnate.
January 15, 2026 at 9:11 AM
21st century nazis have made the 'are we baddies' sketch obsolete. It is very clear they know they're the baddies, and they love it. They think it's awesome. They worship evil, and are euphoric in disbelief that they're allowed to get away with it.
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Reminds me of the story about the person who went on the field at the Harvard stadium every day over the summer, blowing a whistle and throwing birdseed.
They were unable to have football that fall.
Turn nature itself against them, that’s what I’m saying.
They were unable to have football that fall.
Turn nature itself against them, that’s what I’m saying.
I can't believe that this has been an option the entire time
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*
January 15, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Reminds me of the story about the person who went on the field at the Harvard stadium every day over the summer, blowing a whistle and throwing birdseed.
They were unable to have football that fall.
Turn nature itself against them, that’s what I’m saying.
They were unable to have football that fall.
Turn nature itself against them, that’s what I’m saying.
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Absolutely. There’s currently a federal occupation of the Twin Cities. Trump already escalated and will threaten further escalation no matter what happens.
This is why any talk of "not taking the bait so they won't escalate" was always a fantasy.
January 15, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Absolutely. There’s currently a federal occupation of the Twin Cities. Trump already escalated and will threaten further escalation no matter what happens.
Trump pretended to de-escalate before attacking last time.
FT - Intense diplomatic efforts to dissuade Donald Trump from striking Iran, including communication between the Islamic republic and the US administration, have de-escalated tensions in the Gulf, according to people close to Arab governments. www.ft.com/content/df0c0833-5...
Arab governments believe US-Iran tension ‘de-escalated’
Moves of US military personnel and aircraft carrier keep region on edge
www.ft.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Trump pretended to de-escalate before attacking last time.
If a government is unable to try protecting its citizens from an invasion, it loses its legitimacy to exist.
States are not just hapless administrators of bundles of tax policies and social programs, even if that's all their political leaders signed up to do.
States are not just hapless administrators of bundles of tax policies and social programs, even if that's all their political leaders signed up to do.
January 15, 2026 at 1:06 PM
If a government is unable to try protecting its citizens from an invasion, it loses its legitimacy to exist.
States are not just hapless administrators of bundles of tax policies and social programs, even if that's all their political leaders signed up to do.
States are not just hapless administrators of bundles of tax policies and social programs, even if that's all their political leaders signed up to do.
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Like, a governor should be saying “here’s what the state is doing to aid & protect you. Here’s how we’re coordinating with local govt & nonprofits to do that. Here’s how we’re coordinating with other states.”
January 15, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Like, a governor should be saying “here’s what the state is doing to aid & protect you. Here’s how we’re coordinating with local govt & nonprofits to do that. Here’s how we’re coordinating with other states.”
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“Bait” doesn’t attack and kill you.
“Bait” sits around draws you in.
“Bait” is a worm on a sharp hook.
“Bait” is not three gunshots to the face.
I don’t think these people have ever been fishing.
“Bait” sits around draws you in.
“Bait” is a worm on a sharp hook.
“Bait” is not three gunshots to the face.
I don’t think these people have ever been fishing.
wooof having watched that presser just now, "don't take the bait" is a real shit thing to tell people who are, by all knowledge and information and evidence, acting in defense of themselves and their neighbors and their communities
January 15, 2026 at 6:22 AM
“Bait” doesn’t attack and kill you.
“Bait” sits around draws you in.
“Bait” is a worm on a sharp hook.
“Bait” is not three gunshots to the face.
I don’t think these people have ever been fishing.
“Bait” sits around draws you in.
“Bait” is a worm on a sharp hook.
“Bait” is not three gunshots to the face.
I don’t think these people have ever been fishing.
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no more “saving your powder.” it is time for our leaders to personally demonstrate the power of nonviolent resistance for the people they serve.
state and local political leadership at this time requires a willingness to be in the streets facing agents of the federal government. don't know what else to say but that
January 15, 2026 at 6:31 AM
no more “saving your powder.” it is time for our leaders to personally demonstrate the power of nonviolent resistance for the people they serve.
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They want to send JAGs to Minneapolis to help justify the atrocities they are committing
AP: Hegseth intends to send JAGs to Minneapolis
"CNN ... says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is asking the branches to identify 40 lawyers known as judge advocate general officers or JAGs, and 25 of them will serve as special asst U.S. attorneys in Minneapolis."
"CNN ... says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is asking the branches to identify 40 lawyers known as judge advocate general officers or JAGs, and 25 of them will serve as special asst U.S. attorneys in Minneapolis."
January 15, 2026 at 5:06 AM
They want to send JAGs to Minneapolis to help justify the atrocities they are committing
This is almost delusional. You can't be an island of decency, justice, or peace under an invasion.
State investigators have been on the scene in North Minneapolis.
I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets.
But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
Don’t give him what he wants.
I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets.
But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
Don’t give him what he wants.
January 15, 2026 at 5:10 AM
This is almost delusional. You can't be an island of decency, justice, or peace under an invasion.
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After a document leak from DHS outed him, Enrique Tarrio, head of the Proud Boys militia group, acknowledged that he was now an ICE officer. www.telemundo.com/noticias/not...
Enrique Tarrio, exlíder de los Proud Boys, dice que se ha convertido en agente de ICE
Tarrio, quien recibió un indulto de Trump por su participación en el asalto al Capitolio en 2021, fue detenido un mes después de su liberación por un cargo de agresión en Washington D.C.
www.telemundo.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:55 AM
After a document leak from DHS outed him, Enrique Tarrio, head of the Proud Boys militia group, acknowledged that he was now an ICE officer. www.telemundo.com/noticias/not...
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Google AI has decided Renee Good was an ICE agent
January 15, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Google AI has decided Renee Good was an ICE agent
Isn't this the literal role for the National Guard?
Yeah, they'll have to be ordered not to respond to an illegal attempt to federalize them. Hopefully Walz has already talked to them about their duty and loyalty by now.
Yeah, they'll have to be ordered not to respond to an illegal attempt to federalize them. Hopefully Walz has already talked to them about their duty and loyalty by now.
Jacob Frey: "We need our officers responding to the basic day to day 911 calls. We don't have the capacity to deal with that and all of this conduct that we are seeing from ICE on a daily basis. Today and yesterday I was out on a couple major commercial corridors in our city. People are scared."
January 15, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Isn't this the literal role for the National Guard?
Yeah, they'll have to be ordered not to respond to an illegal attempt to federalize them. Hopefully Walz has already talked to them about their duty and loyalty by now.
Yeah, they'll have to be ordered not to respond to an illegal attempt to federalize them. Hopefully Walz has already talked to them about their duty and loyalty by now.
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Here's Jacob Frey & his police chief. Is Frey telling his police to protect his own residents? No! He's letting his police chief order protestors to stop exercising their first amendment rights, and calling them "criminal demonstrators"
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Here's Jacob Frey & his police chief. Is Frey telling his police to protect his own residents? No! He's letting his police chief order protestors to stop exercising their first amendment rights, and calling them "criminal demonstrators"
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Boston area folks, here's info on our ICE watch. Spread the word. bsky.app/profile/pron...
Friends—I need you to connect to your rapid response in your city. Your ICE watch. If you don’t have one, start one. I’m watching Minneapolis and we need to be prepared for what comes next. Know the activists in our neighborhoods. If you don’t know your rights now is the time to learn. Have a plan.
January 15, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Boston area folks, here's info on our ICE watch. Spread the word. bsky.app/profile/pron...
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That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:09 AM
That is what was relayed
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Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
Republicans getting to the I word before most Democrats is so fucking embarrassing.
Rep Don Bacon (R-NE) says he anticipates that Trump will be impeached if he invades Greenland. omaha.com/news/local/g...
Rep. Don Bacon says House could impeach Trump if U.S. invades Greenland
Rep. Don Bacon tells The World-Herald that there would be GOP support for an impeachment of Donald Trump if the U.S. invaded Greenland.
omaha.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Republicans getting to the I word before most Democrats is so fucking embarrassing.
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Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
January 15, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
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Would like to see governors and state legislatures get state defense forces doing this, too. Puts less onus on civilians and ICE chuds are less likely to get violent with people in uniform.
January 15, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Would like to see governors and state legislatures get state defense forces doing this, too. Puts less onus on civilians and ICE chuds are less likely to get violent with people in uniform.
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This is a huge, huge deal.
Meanwhile the Director of the National Institute for Neurological Disease and Stroke (the agency that funds this kind of work) has been dismissed and the funding for disease research is being cut.
Meanwhile the Director of the National Institute for Neurological Disease and Stroke (the agency that funds this kind of work) has been dismissed and the funding for disease research is being cut.
Epstein-Barr Virus #EBV was linked to #MultipleSclerosis - now a plausible cause has been found, misidentification by longterm memory T-cells that pick on the wrong protein, ANO2, instead of the EBV-antigen. Massive inflection towards the elimination of MS!!!
🧪🧠Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
🧪🧠Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Anoctamin-2-specific T cells link Epstein-Barr virus to multiple sclerosis
Researchers identified anoctamin-2 (ANO2) as a frequent autoimmune target in multiple
sclerosis, with T cell responses against ANO2 occurring in over half of patients.
These ANO2-specific T cells shar...
www.cell.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:20 AM
This is a huge, huge deal.
Meanwhile the Director of the National Institute for Neurological Disease and Stroke (the agency that funds this kind of work) has been dismissed and the funding for disease research is being cut.
Meanwhile the Director of the National Institute for Neurological Disease and Stroke (the agency that funds this kind of work) has been dismissed and the funding for disease research is being cut.
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Might be a tad bit late once the U.S. has attacked a NATO ally.
The War Powers Resolution is notable because it provides the *minority* a mechanism for forcing votes on unauthorized military actions.
Senator Tillis is in the majority which has many more tools available—and available now.
The War Powers Resolution is notable because it provides the *minority* a mechanism for forcing votes on unauthorized military actions.
Senator Tillis is in the majority which has many more tools available—and available now.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), to Bloomberg TV:
“If there is military action against #Greenland, I will be one of the first people to file and co-sponsor a War Powers Resolution. It will pass.”
“If there is military action against #Greenland, I will be one of the first people to file and co-sponsor a War Powers Resolution. It will pass.”
January 15, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Might be a tad bit late once the U.S. has attacked a NATO ally.
The War Powers Resolution is notable because it provides the *minority* a mechanism for forcing votes on unauthorized military actions.
Senator Tillis is in the majority which has many more tools available—and available now.
The War Powers Resolution is notable because it provides the *minority* a mechanism for forcing votes on unauthorized military actions.
Senator Tillis is in the majority which has many more tools available—and available now.
The degree of illegality here, and lack of degree of response to it, just continues to be shocking.
What on Earth? US sells $500m of Venezuelan oil and is holding proceeds in…Qatar?
January 15, 2026 at 2:11 AM
The degree of illegality here, and lack of degree of response to it, just continues to be shocking.
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Ain't no rule that says you can't impeach the whole administration
January 15, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Ain't no rule that says you can't impeach the whole administration