Robb Stankey 👨🔬
@robb.stankey.me
Scientist in synthetic biology and natural products. Formerly served as Trustee for Shorewood Hills, WI. Interests include microbiology 🦠, space 🔭, birds 🐦, cycling 🚴, and the interface between religion ⛪️ and politics 🏛️
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Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too. www.wired.com/story/us-tra...
US Trade Dominance Will Soon Begin to Crack
Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too.
www.wired.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too. www.wired.com/story/us-tra...
Merry Christmas to all!
December 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Merry Christmas to all!
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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An American beast. Tamed.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
December 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
An American beast. Tamed.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
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Unless I missed the best news ever, it seems a bit premature to have a Donald Trump Memorial Center.
December 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Unless I missed the best news ever, it seems a bit premature to have a Donald Trump Memorial Center.
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Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Friday.
Just like the TikTok ban, in Trump II congressionally mandated deadlines are optional
As @mcopelov.bsky.social likes to say: the institutions are not self-enforcing
As @mcopelov.bsky.social likes to say: the institutions are not self-enforcing
December 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Friday.
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Noem is using the Brown University shooter to end an entire visa program, but it should be noted that Pete Hegseth, just today, murdered more than twice as many people
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Noem is using the Brown University shooter to end an entire visa program, but it should be noted that Pete Hegseth, just today, murdered more than twice as many people
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I refuse to believe David Brooks would countenance, hang on, here comes a wedding photo
December 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I refuse to believe David Brooks would countenance, hang on, here comes a wedding photo
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Trump just announced he will be giving members of the military a $1776 bonus. So re-upping this shutdown piece about the dangers of a the leader of a personalist regime presenting himself as the paymaster of the armed forces.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-risks-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-risks-...
The risks of letting Trump become the military paymaster
Trump will demand their loyalty in return
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Trump just announced he will be giving members of the military a $1776 bonus. So re-upping this shutdown piece about the dangers of a the leader of a personalist regime presenting himself as the paymaster of the armed forces.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-risks-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-risks-...
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U Wisconsin summarizes the new US travel bans: iss.wisc.edu/dec-16-2025-...
If your institution hasn’t done the same, make sure folks potentially affected know about it. I worry that some international offices might not be on top of this given breaks, yet many people are traveling
#AcademicSky
If your institution hasn’t done the same, make sure folks potentially affected know about it. I worry that some international offices might not be on top of this given breaks, yet many people are traveling
#AcademicSky
December 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
U Wisconsin summarizes the new US travel bans: iss.wisc.edu/dec-16-2025-...
If your institution hasn’t done the same, make sure folks potentially affected know about it. I worry that some international offices might not be on top of this given breaks, yet many people are traveling
#AcademicSky
If your institution hasn’t done the same, make sure folks potentially affected know about it. I worry that some international offices might not be on top of this given breaks, yet many people are traveling
#AcademicSky
I asked my library to buy Life After Cars and it showed up today 😊
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December 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I asked my library to buy Life After Cars and it showed up today 😊
@sgoodyear.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @naparstek.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social
@sgoodyear.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @naparstek.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social
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shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights
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It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
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I am dead serious when I say that if one of the most vulnerable people in the country can do this with the right allies, no fight in American politics is completely hopeless.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.
December 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I am dead serious when I say that if one of the most vulnerable people in the country can do this with the right allies, no fight in American politics is completely hopeless.
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
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There must be a million iconic images of nature they could have chosen, but in a personalist regime you are forced to carry the image of the man damaging the national parks you are visiting
Here's what some of the new National Park Service passes will look like, starting Jan 1
December 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
There must be a million iconic images of nature they could have chosen, but in a personalist regime you are forced to carry the image of the man damaging the national parks you are visiting
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Here's what some of the new National Park Service passes will look like, starting Jan 1
December 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Here's what some of the new National Park Service passes will look like, starting Jan 1
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In a normal administration, this would be a career-ending, weeks-long scandal
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In a normal administration, this would be a career-ending, weeks-long scandal
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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Here's my list of the essential truths about our current crisis that are routinely missing from New York Times coverage: presswatchers.org/2025/12/new-...
December 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Here's my list of the essential truths about our current crisis that are routinely missing from New York Times coverage: presswatchers.org/2025/12/new-...
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In spirit, content and intent, this was really no different to a Klan rally.
The exception being the wholesale absence of outrage in mainstream media.
This period of history will be an indictment on those standing silent, as much as the monster himself.
The exception being the wholesale absence of outrage in mainstream media.
This period of history will be an indictment on those standing silent, as much as the monster himself.
Trump: "Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch ... we ought to get her the hell out ... she's here illegally."
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
December 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
In spirit, content and intent, this was really no different to a Klan rally.
The exception being the wholesale absence of outrage in mainstream media.
This period of history will be an indictment on those standing silent, as much as the monster himself.
The exception being the wholesale absence of outrage in mainstream media.
This period of history will be an indictment on those standing silent, as much as the monster himself.
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"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
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So to be clear: ACIP didn’t vote to remove the hepatitis B birth dose because of new safety concerns. They did it to make a political point about mandates. Thank you for saying so explicitly.
December 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
So to be clear: ACIP didn’t vote to remove the hepatitis B birth dose because of new safety concerns. They did it to make a political point about mandates. Thank you for saying so explicitly.