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The U.S. government is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research, jettisoning key climate science projects in the process
Scientists Decry Trump's Plan to Kill Crucial Atmospheric Science Center
The U.S. government is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research, jettisoning key climate science projects in the process
www.scientificamerican.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The U.S. government is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research, jettisoning key climate science projects in the process
A WI judge stepped up to protect an immigrant trying to comply with the law from friggin ICE and the Feds went after her. Aided and abetted by cowardly colleagues. I weep for my country.
Day Three of Judge Hannah Dugan’s trial has begun. Stay tuned for more coverage at All Rise News.
ICYMI, yesterday, a fellow judge in Dugan’s court testified against her. buff.ly/uTfZCOl
And so did a parade of law enforcement witnesses. buff.ly/Vcdf7M0
ICYMI, yesterday, a fellow judge in Dugan’s court testified against her. buff.ly/uTfZCOl
And so did a parade of law enforcement witnesses. buff.ly/Vcdf7M0
December 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A WI judge stepped up to protect an immigrant trying to comply with the law from friggin ICE and the Feds went after her. Aided and abetted by cowardly colleagues. I weep for my country.
Holy moly. This is from the friggin' National Review, the most traditional conservative propaganda rag. It's a Christmas miracle.
(Thanks to @evanbernick.bsky.social for sharing.)
(Thanks to @evanbernick.bsky.social for sharing.)
Jim Geraghty, National Review
December 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Holy moly. This is from the friggin' National Review, the most traditional conservative propaganda rag. It's a Christmas miracle.
(Thanks to @evanbernick.bsky.social for sharing.)
(Thanks to @evanbernick.bsky.social for sharing.)
What he said @captmarkkelly.bsky.social @gallego.senate.gov
Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
December 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
What he said @captmarkkelly.bsky.social @gallego.senate.gov
[email protected] @gallego.senate.gov As a regular ACT Blue donor and your past supporter I will never donate to either of you again and will do everything I can to get you primaried. This is a complete betrayal of many of your constituents and bending the knee to GOP hate. Ashamed of you.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
[email protected] @gallego.senate.gov As a regular ACT Blue donor and your past supporter I will never donate to either of you again and will do everything I can to get you primaried. This is a complete betrayal of many of your constituents and bending the knee to GOP hate. Ashamed of you.
Can't recommend this publication enough. You don't need to be a scientist to find it fascinating.
Our newest issue is live online! Read the latest on killer whales, flashes in the night sky, friendly robots, and much, much more!
Scientific American Volume 334, Issue 1
"These Orcas Are on the Brink—And So Is the Science That Could Save Them", "Mysterious Bright Flashes in the Night Sky Baffle Astronomers", "Meet Your Future Robot Servants, Caregivers and Explorers" ...
www.scientificamerican.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Can't recommend this publication enough. You don't need to be a scientist to find it fascinating.
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Bonus video of Judy releasing a Ruru at Sculpture Park along the Waitakaruru Stream (which incidentally means 'owl by the river') sculpturepark.co.nz
December 16, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Bonus video of Judy releasing a Ruru at Sculpture Park along the Waitakaruru Stream (which incidentally means 'owl by the river') sculpturepark.co.nz
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The 2025 writers room is still pushing horrific storylines
December 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The 2025 writers room is still pushing horrific storylines
The last sentence- 🎯. No "maybe" about it.
ICYMI: I wrote about Trump's truly vile response to Rob Reiner's death. Shocking but not surprising. Again. Have a look.
www.azcentral.com/story/entert...
www.azcentral.com/story/entert...
Trump post on Rob Reiner's murder is sick. Even for him | Opinion
Donald Trump used the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer, to promote himself and suggest that Reiner's politics were to blame. Really?
www.azcentral.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The last sentence- 🎯. No "maybe" about it.
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Happy Hanukah!
a menorah with one lit candle and a shooting star in the sky
Alt: a menorah with one lit candle and a shooting star in the sky
media.tenor.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Happy Hanukah!
Time when I miss getting the print edition. The e-newspaper is nice but just not the same. Enjoy.
Always a thrill to have a centerpiece. Click the link to learn more about how "Arthur's Perfect Christmas" really hit home.
December 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Time when I miss getting the print edition. The e-newspaper is nice but just not the same. Enjoy.
More pure evil and cruelty from this regime, purely for the sake of cruelty. And evidently a third of Americans are OK with it. What have we become?
Groups that keep people off the streets are in “limbo” even after HUD momentarily retreated from a plan to slash federal aid for housing programs.
HUD freezes billions in homeless aid, putting Phoenix area in 'limbo'
Groups that keep people off the streets are in “limbo” even after HUD momentarily retreated from a plan to slash federal aid for housing programs.
bit.ly
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
More pure evil and cruelty from this regime, purely for the sake of cruelty. And evidently a third of Americans are OK with it. What have we become?
All these years, I think this is the first time I've done it in 6. Sad state of affairs when it seems like the only positive thing that has happened. 🤦♀️
🙂 Daily Quordle 1420
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m-w.com/games/quordle/
🙂 Daily Quordle 1420
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m-w.com/games/quordle/
December 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
All these years, I think this is the first time I've done it in 6. Sad state of affairs when it seems like the only positive thing that has happened. 🤦♀️
🙂 Daily Quordle 1420
6️⃣4️⃣
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m-w.com/games/quordle/
🙂 Daily Quordle 1420
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m-w.com/games/quordle/
I've come to believe that the Republican party is trying to kill off the elderly so they can get rid of social security, Medicare, Medicaid and other social safety nets. Full return of the Gilded Age oligarchy.
Home health workers and caregivers fill a critical role in the health care ecosystem as America ages and demand for caregivers soars.
But government funding cuts, a caregiver shortage and immigration limits are layering new strains on the industry.
But government funding cuts, a caregiver shortage and immigration limits are layering new strains on the industry.
The business of caring for older Americans is in a deepening crisis
Government funding cuts, caregiver shortages and immigration limits are adding new strains to an industry that’s already hard-pressed to meet demand.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I've come to believe that the Republican party is trying to kill off the elderly so they can get rid of social security, Medicare, Medicaid and other social safety nets. Full return of the Gilded Age oligarchy.
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Long shot, but does anyone in Switzerland have an emergency Theremin to loan tomorrow night ( Friday 12 December )?
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Long shot, but does anyone in Switzerland have an emergency Theremin to loan tomorrow night ( Friday 12 December )?
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
Correction: REPUBLICANS on Thursday rejected legislation to extend the ACA tax credits. Dems just rejected their cover scam to try and bribe people who don't understand how things work.
The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year. yhoo.it/44nYhM9
December 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Correction: REPUBLICANS on Thursday rejected legislation to extend the ACA tax credits. Dems just rejected their cover scam to try and bribe people who don't understand how things work.
First time I've watched a video and WANTED it to be an AI fake. 😱
December 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
First time I've watched a video and WANTED it to be an AI fake. 😱
Given their track record, I had to laugh at the disclaimers from AZ GOP politicians. It's so bad I expected them to start bringing their white hoods out of the closet.
The Christmas Crusade event is being hosted by NicoPAC and Republicans for National Renewal, whose founder Shane Trejo, previously hosted a podcast called "Blood Soil", a reference to a phrase most commonly associated with Nazi Germany.
Story by @jerodmacevoy.com
Story by @jerodmacevoy.com
GOP lawmakers back out of event hosted by group with white nationalism connections
Arizona GOP lawmakers backed out of an event hosted by Republicans for National Renewal after they learned of its ties to white nationalism.
azmirror.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Given their track record, I had to laugh at the disclaimers from AZ GOP politicians. It's so bad I expected them to start bringing their white hoods out of the closet.
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The Washington Post's TikTok guy @davejorgenson.bsky.social has launched his own media outlet. Local News International — which Jorgenson launched with two of his former WaPo colleagues — is taking a social-first approach to journalism, telling news to younger audiences on TikTok and YouTube.
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Washington Post's TikTok guy @davejorgenson.bsky.social has launched his own media outlet. Local News International — which Jorgenson launched with two of his former WaPo colleagues — is taking a social-first approach to journalism, telling news to younger audiences on TikTok and YouTube.
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I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
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NASA revealed they found some of the building blocks of life in a sample brought back from an asteroid (on a University of Arizona-led mission, by the way).
It raises some big questions about whether there’s other life somewhere out there in the universe. According to my math, probably.
It raises some big questions about whether there’s other life somewhere out there in the universe. According to my math, probably.
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
NASA revealed they found some of the building blocks of life in a sample brought back from an asteroid (on a University of Arizona-led mission, by the way).
It raises some big questions about whether there’s other life somewhere out there in the universe. According to my math, probably.
It raises some big questions about whether there’s other life somewhere out there in the universe. According to my math, probably.
If you don't already subscribe, this issue alone is worth the price of admission :)
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So astonished to be on this great list. Thanks, @sciam.bsky.social and @breezybrik.bsky.social! www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Scientific American Staff’s Favorite Books of 2025
Here are the 67 books Scientific American staffers couldn’t put down this year, from fantasy epics to gripping nonfiction
www.scientificamerican.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
If you don't already subscribe, this issue alone is worth the price of admission :)
(Right now you can get a year digital for <$20.)
(Right now you can get a year digital for <$20.)