DocMaertens
@toxicological.bsky.social
Toxicologist, systems biologist. Bringing bioinformatics to environmental health. Interested in using computational toxicology to design safer chemicals? There’s a book for that! https://www.amazon.com/Green-Toxicology-Making-Chemicals-Benign/dp/1839162287
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Amazon paid millions of dollars for an ad that only led to it getting its ass kicked for partnering with Flock but you do you, Meta. Let's see how that works out.
Wow: Meta has been working on plans to add facial recognition technology to its AI smart glasses. nyti.ms/3Os1oxf
And this was the company’s cynical view on when, and how, to do it:
And this was the company’s cynical view on when, and how, to do it:
February 13, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Amazon paid millions of dollars for an ad that only led to it getting its ass kicked for partnering with Flock but you do you, Meta. Let's see how that works out.
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"And all of this is happening not after the great shocks of a depression or a world war, not at a time when the country was reeling from earth-shattering events...The rise of Trump came at a time of relative peace and prosperity. We have no excuse for having succumbed to the degree we already have."
February 3, 2026 at 3:17 PM
"And all of this is happening not after the great shocks of a depression or a world war, not at a time when the country was reeling from earth-shattering events...The rise of Trump came at a time of relative peace and prosperity. We have no excuse for having succumbed to the degree we already have."
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The Anthem could make so much bank if it renamed itself "Kennedy Center" until the end of this Administration
December 29, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The Anthem could make so much bank if it renamed itself "Kennedy Center" until the end of this Administration
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I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 23, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.
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I stand with the US Postal Service
January 22, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I stand with the US Postal Service
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This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
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The Danish Ministry of Digital Affairs is moving away from Microsoft and switching instead to Linux and LibreOffice
www.heise.de/news/Von-Wor...
www.heise.de/news/Von-Wor...
Abschied bis Herbst: Dänisches Digitalministerium kehrt Microsoft den Rücken
Beim dänischen Digitalministerium sollen alle Angestellten ohne Microsoft auskommen. Stattdessen werde man Linux und LibreOffice nutzen, sagt die Ministerin.
www.heise.de
January 20, 2026 at 8:06 AM
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This, right here 🎯💯. I’ve been trying to communicate this to people, as a native 🇨🇦, for a year now. Again, the fact that this wasn’t immediately seen as a presidency-ending, beyond-the-pale thing for all 535 Congresspeople, the media, & the public is deeply ugly & shameful for us as a country.
January 19, 2026 at 4:21 AM
This, right here 🎯💯. I’ve been trying to communicate this to people, as a native 🇨🇦, for a year now. Again, the fact that this wasn’t immediately seen as a presidency-ending, beyond-the-pale thing for all 535 Congresspeople, the media, & the public is deeply ugly & shameful for us as a country.
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Joe Rogan is telling his millions of listeners the Trump admin is acting like Nazis.
Shawn Ryan is telling his millions of listeners the White House is actively protecting pedophiles.
Meanwhile, the paid GOP shills on Twitter want you to believe Trump is as popular as ever.
Shawn Ryan is telling his millions of listeners the White House is actively protecting pedophiles.
Meanwhile, the paid GOP shills on Twitter want you to believe Trump is as popular as ever.
January 16, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Joe Rogan is telling his millions of listeners the Trump admin is acting like Nazis.
Shawn Ryan is telling his millions of listeners the White House is actively protecting pedophiles.
Meanwhile, the paid GOP shills on Twitter want you to believe Trump is as popular as ever.
Shawn Ryan is telling his millions of listeners the White House is actively protecting pedophiles.
Meanwhile, the paid GOP shills on Twitter want you to believe Trump is as popular as ever.
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A group of us have come together to continue to support food, lawyers, and organizing In Minneapolis
These were all kind donations from physicians and scientists. I encourage others not able to go to Minneapolis to do their own part
www.2harvest.org
www.ilcm.org
www.miracmn.com
These were all kind donations from physicians and scientists. I encourage others not able to go to Minneapolis to do their own part
www.2harvest.org
www.ilcm.org
www.miracmn.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:38 PM
A group of us have come together to continue to support food, lawyers, and organizing In Minneapolis
These were all kind donations from physicians and scientists. I encourage others not able to go to Minneapolis to do their own part
www.2harvest.org
www.ilcm.org
www.miracmn.com
These were all kind donations from physicians and scientists. I encourage others not able to go to Minneapolis to do their own part
www.2harvest.org
www.ilcm.org
www.miracmn.com
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Shouldn't it be a bigger story that the immigration cops are seizing and imprisoning people who CANNOT POSSIBLY BE IMMIGRANTS
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE
The Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota has demanded the Department of Homeland Security release tribally enrolled citizens held by ICE, according to a statement released by the tribe.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Shouldn't it be a bigger story that the immigration cops are seizing and imprisoning people who CANNOT POSSIBLY BE IMMIGRANTS
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Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
inthesetimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
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Van Hollen: We are here to say not one more dime for Donald Trump's ICE operations
January 13, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Van Hollen: We are here to say not one more dime for Donald Trump's ICE operations
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That first photo is a gut punch. A bunch of heavily armed goons too scared to show their faces bullying a scared kid with the full force of the federal government behind them.
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 7:15 PM
That first photo is a gut punch. A bunch of heavily armed goons too scared to show their faces bullying a scared kid with the full force of the federal government behind them.
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this is wildly illegal and the courts will rule it such, but congressional democrats should be thinking long and hard about the terms under which they will agree to continue funding this government
Trump: "Starting February 1, we're not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities"
January 13, 2026 at 8:02 PM
this is wildly illegal and the courts will rule it such, but congressional democrats should be thinking long and hard about the terms under which they will agree to continue funding this government
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I think we need to turn this into a mandatory re-post whenever it comes up.
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I think we need to turn this into a mandatory re-post whenever it comes up.
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All of this. In this day and age, once someone decides to stop being part of the problem and be a part of the solution, I'm gonna give them at least a partial pass. Doesn't mean I have to become best friends with them, but I can at least focus on our (now) common goal instead of past differences.
Should they have cared about all this before now? Yes.
Did you reach the right position before them? Sure, here's a gold star.
Do we need their numbers to make this work? Yes. Please stop acting like the hipster who knew about this band before anyone else. We actually do need the normies.
Did you reach the right position before them? Sure, here's a gold star.
Do we need their numbers to make this work? Yes. Please stop acting like the hipster who knew about this band before anyone else. We actually do need the normies.
January 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
All of this. In this day and age, once someone decides to stop being part of the problem and be a part of the solution, I'm gonna give them at least a partial pass. Doesn't mean I have to become best friends with them, but I can at least focus on our (now) common goal instead of past differences.
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I am not an expert on police/community relations, but I’m pretty confident that it is a solid gain if police everywhere followed in line with this and served and protected their community from poorly-trained federal squads.
Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal:
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
January 10, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I am not an expert on police/community relations, but I’m pretty confident that it is a solid gain if police everywhere followed in line with this and served and protected their community from poorly-trained federal squads.
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They absolutely do!
January 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM
They absolutely do!
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Trump & RFK Jr.'s coterie of bootlicking doctors are real pieces of shit, we argue in the British Medical Journal, essentially.
Link: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Link: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
January 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Trump & RFK Jr.'s coterie of bootlicking doctors are real pieces of shit, we argue in the British Medical Journal, essentially.
Link: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Link: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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Here are some of the heroes who saved countless lives, including all the Republican bastards and traitors who have now turned their backs on them
January 6, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Here are some of the heroes who saved countless lives, including all the Republican bastards and traitors who have now turned their backs on them
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Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection #January6th
January 6, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection #January6th
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(and here's the source link!) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Morally Motivated Networked Harassment as Normative Reinforcement - Alice E. Marwick, 2021
While online harassment is recognized as a significant problem, most scholarship focuses on descriptions of harassment and its effects. We lack explanations of ...
journals.sagepub.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM
(and here's the source link!) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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head of chiquita banana wanting to ask the forbidden question now that trump is overthrowing governments for oil companies
January 5, 2026 at 3:00 AM
head of chiquita banana wanting to ask the forbidden question now that trump is overthrowing governments for oil companies
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Tomorrow is the 5th anniversary of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.
January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.
I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.
January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.
January 5, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Tomorrow is the 5th anniversary of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.
January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.
I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.
January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.