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Dr. Larissa

@rissarwx.bsky.social

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Senior Scientist ‪@windbornewx.bsky.social‬ . Weather model nerd. Dallas area sports fan. Knitter, sci-fi and fantasy reader, cook and baker. Reluctant but obsessive politics follower. 📍 Bay Area Cash app : $TempestRevolt Opinions my own.

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Dr. Larissa @rissarwx.bsky.social · Feb 27

For everyone asking what they can do: call your representatives. Protest.

You can also help me pay expensive DC rent after I moved my entire life halfway across the country 6 months ago if you’re so inclined : cash app $TempestRevolt

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 7h

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 9h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 12h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

Pete Hegseth is Gob Bluth.

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Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 15h

Labeling a nonviolent protest against authoritarianism as ‘anti-American’ is the kind of rhetoric used to silence dissent, not defend democracy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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The Onion @theonion.com · 13h

What To Know About NSPM-7 https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-nspm-7/

Q: How does the order define anti-American?

A: They can’t tell you. That would ruin the surprise.

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Dr. Larissa @rissarwx.bsky.social · 13h

Playing as a formerly enslaved person and fighting the KKK? I would have put in a pre-order the instant it was announced. Racists ruin everything

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 18h

Assassin's Creed pulls planned game about the Civil War, apparently because having a black protagonist fighting the KKK would offend too many Americans

www.polygon.com/assassins-cr...

The canceled Assassin's Creed Civil War game was a powder keg waiting to explode

Ubisoft was reportedly working on a game set after the Civil War era, but canceled it due to politics and Assassins Creed Shadows backlash.

www.polygon.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Alan Burdick @alanburdick.bsky.social · 1d

A new NYT as-told-to series, "Lost Science," documents the work of researchers who have lost their jobs or funding after cuts by the Trump administration. Share your story with us!

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

www.nytimes.com

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

Second threat walked back after a couple days.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Jack Posobiec spread antisenitic hate on Twitter for years, including tagging Jews with triple parentheses.

JD Vance wrote the forward to Posobiec’s book, Unhuman.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

If this stuff would end up on the news it would absolutely motivate voters. Plenty of people who don't give a shit about politics would absolutely give af about this.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 1d

The Pentagon already wastes billions of dollars on overpriced, subpar weapons. Congress is considering changes to the acquisition and testing process that would only make the problem worse. bit.ly/43ddfnj

How Acquisition Reform Could Make Military AI More Expensive and Less Safe

Proposed changes to how the military acquires and tests weapons expose taxpayers to more wasteful spending while undermining the delivery of safe and effective capabilities.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Dr. Larissa @rissarwx.bsky.social · 1d

In the same category as Nvidia, DeepSeek, and Anthropic 👌

WindBorne Systems Atlas: The Best Inventions of 2025

Find out why WindBorne Systems Atlas is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 1d

Oh, look, it's the Republican health-care plan: sharp reductions in access to care while piously pretending to have done so for people's own good.

Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 1d

NEW: 51 Senators urge RFK Jr. and Marty Makary to end telemedicine prescriptions of the abortion drug mifepristone— and to suspend its distribution as an "imminent hazard" under Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Collins and Murkowski only GOP members not to sign
justthenews.com/sites/defaul...

screenshot of letter dated 10/9/25
Today, your agencies have all the information they need to bring an end to previous Democrat-administrations’ abortion drug regulations while a comprehensive review is conducted. As a starting point,
we recommend the following:
1. Suspend the approval of any new generic versions of mifepristone pending the outcome of the REMS safety review;
2. Commit to ensuring that all generic versions of mifepristone are included in the ongoing reevaluation of prior REMS approvals;
3. Reinstate the in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone and all its generic versions;
4. Suspend the distribution of mifepristone and all generic versions as an “imminent hazard” under Section 505(e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA); and
5. Withdraw FDA guidance permitting pharmacy distribution of mifepristone and all its generic versions.

We are committed to continuing to work together to give a voice to the voiceless and protect women from the dangerous effects of unregulated access to chemical abortion drugs. The life, safety, freedom, and health of millions of Americans, born and unborn, depend on it.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 2d

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats again to Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 2d

More history from this Nazi adulated by the Trump team. These are explicit, proud Nazis who scream and cry and call every referee they can find when you quote their Nazism back to them.

Multiple tweets from Nazi Jack Posobiec in 2016 making "jokes" involving the Nazi code "1488."

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Dr. Larissa @rissarwx.bsky.social · 2d

no shit

ICIJ @icij.org · 2d

More than 3,500 of the IRS probationary workers dismissed earlier this year were rated as “fully successful” or better, while the remainder had no performance rating or record, a recent report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration notes.

Watchdog report finds overwhelming majority of IRS employees fired by DOGE for performance had no documented issues - ICIJ

A new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration notes that the termination letters were written for the agency by the OPM and its cuts failed to follow internal IRS procedures.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller froze after mentioning “plenary authority.”

… but what is plenary authority?

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 2d

"We took the freedom of speech away." - Donald Trump, 10/8/25

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Dr. Larissa @rissarwx.bsky.social · 2d

Hope no one wants any federal crimes to get investigated properly. You know, like child sex trafficking ...

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

Breaking news: Nearly a quarter of FBI agents across the country are currently reassigned to immigration enforcement.

The large number of reassignments reflect a vast reshaping of the agency and could put other priorities at risk.

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently reassigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 2d

“Knit Hello is a typeface for hand knitting. It was made for beginners: knitters and typographers who love type.” [kottke.org]

Knit Hello, a Simple Typeface for Knitting

Designer Rüdiger Schlömer has created a new typeface for beginning knitters called Knit Hello. Knit Hello is a typeface for hand knitting. It was made for beginners: knitters and typographers who love type. You m

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