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Nick Sammons
@nickct.bsky.social
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Biotech Scientist, News Junkie. Twitter refugee.
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 3d
a man wearing glasses and suspenders is making a funny face
ALT: a man wearing glasses and suspenders is making a funny face
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 3d
These things are meant to help you gain mass, right?

What's heavier than lead?
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 3d
An appropriate visual metaphor for the state of soy bean farmers in Trump's economy.
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 4d
I remember a day when it was considered a faux pas for our president to been seen supporting candidates in foreign elections.
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 6d
We need to get more aggressive on regulating flourocarbons. Some of things should just be outright banned.

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
www.propublica.org
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 11d
He's already on to the next threat. Not paying federal workers.

Possibly a more meaningful threat as Trump's business career is littered with angry contractors that he didn't pay.
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 11d
Maryland should definitely appropriate Philly cheesesteaks.

mocoshow.com/2025/10/07/m...
Maryland Restaurant Flooded With Customers After Viral Cheesesteak Post - The MoCo Show
A small Maryland restaurant has found itself at the center of a viral food frenzy. The Original Rocky’s Pizza Cascade & Creative Kitchen, located in Cascade, MD (Washington County), sold […]
mocoshow.com
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 18d
The DHS social media is totally essential. How else is America gonna troll the rest of the world?
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 18d
It would be interesting to know what it cost to assemble 800 of the military's senior leadership to give them a lecture on fitness.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
A Novice Defense Secretary Lectures the Brass on What It Takes to Win
www.nytimes.com
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 20d
New truths don't triumph by convincing their opponents and making them see the light, but rather because their opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with them.
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 20d
"So what if they have slaves, they're paying me enough to look the other way."

Wow. I hope his comedy routine is better......

www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...
Marc Maron, Human Rights Watch and others slam Saudi comedy festival
The participation of big name funnymen, including Dave Chappelle, Aziz Ansari and Kevin Hart, provoked criticism from fellow comedians and human rights groups.
www.npr.org
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 20d
I'm sorta surprised by how negative a lot of the Telegraph's Trump commentary is.

www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Mormon church gunman was Marine ‘who supported Trump’
Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, killed by police after ramming truck into Michigan church and opening fire on worshippers
www.telegraph.co.uk
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 20d
Thiel is a dangerous nut job.

www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...
Peter Thiel and the Antichrist
Plus, world-building in AI, the brewing Zuck vs. Musk battle and a look at AI’s spending problem, in this edition of the Technology newsletter.
www.wsj.com
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 23d
Wow.... this dude is Welsh, a mormom, a far-righter, and a Russian shill all-in-one. Weird combo.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ex-Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
www.bbc.com
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 24d
Industry friendly means bankers get to gamble with your money.
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 24d
I'm always curious to understand how we got to the weird place we're at now.

America has had a number of anti-science movements (e.g. anti-evolution, anti-flouridation, anti-cigarettes cause cancer, anti-global warming), but the scope and scale of what we have now seems different.....
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 24d
I'm in DC.

And yes, I agree. There's definitely been an anti-science, anti-intellectual, anti-professional wave in the US. It's made folks distrustful of stuff we all used to take for granted.

Sadly, it will likely lead to poorer decision making.
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 24d
I hate to say it, but I'm guessing the great mass of folks aren't going to be convinced until they see folks getting real sick all around them.
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 24d
The UK really needs some economic realignment. Other countries in Europe have better economic models. Less reliance on the financial sector would be a good idea.

www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Britain is slowly going bust
Even with a huge majority and plenty of time, Labour is drifting towards a fiscal crisis
www.economist.com
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 24d
I hate to say this cause I'm pro-public transport, but I can't help but feel that the Purple Line was sorta DOA as soon as the decision was made to make it light rail.
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 24d
If you're from Maryland, it's a 104% chance.
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 25d
Rhode Island managed to overcome the political resistance to their ocean wind farm....... we still can't seem to get one off ocean city.
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 25d
Stop brain worm hate.
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 25d
Nat guard to Dallas?
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Nick Sammons @nickct.bsky.social · 25d
One very key difference between generally open, free, and democratic societies versus the "others" is that in free societies people don't get "disappeared".