BFSCR
@bfscr.bsky.social
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Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
Unitarian Universalist, multi-generation Texan, sometime climate justice organiser, cat person
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
Unitarian Universalist, multi-generation Texan, sometime climate justice organiser, cat person
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We need BETTER leadership
#IMHO the current crop (can only speak to #TOpoli) won't even mouth the words #ClimateCrisis. Find leaders who will plot #TransformTO as a lynch pin to Housing/Affordability, Inequality, Public Health & Infrastructure investments. Waiting for the leaders to make some noise
#IMHO the current crop (can only speak to #TOpoli) won't even mouth the words #ClimateCrisis. Find leaders who will plot #TransformTO as a lynch pin to Housing/Affordability, Inequality, Public Health & Infrastructure investments. Waiting for the leaders to make some noise
We have no shortage of solutions when it comes to the #ClimateCrisis & better city-building. We know what works, & what doesn’t. We know the difference between action & excuse. We have smart cities that inspire us.
We need leadership.
#ActionStartsHere #PaidPartnership @mayors4climate.bsky.social
We need leadership.
#ActionStartsHere #PaidPartnership @mayors4climate.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We need BETTER leadership
#IMHO the current crop (can only speak to #TOpoli) won't even mouth the words #ClimateCrisis. Find leaders who will plot #TransformTO as a lynch pin to Housing/Affordability, Inequality, Public Health & Infrastructure investments. Waiting for the leaders to make some noise
#IMHO the current crop (can only speak to #TOpoli) won't even mouth the words #ClimateCrisis. Find leaders who will plot #TransformTO as a lynch pin to Housing/Affordability, Inequality, Public Health & Infrastructure investments. Waiting for the leaders to make some noise
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Thousands of demonstrators including from the dominant Roman Catholic church clergy are protesting in the Philippines, calling for the swift prosecution of top legislators. n.pr/48brg8f
Thousands in Philippines protest corruption, demand return of stolen funds
Thousands of demonstrators including from the dominant Roman Catholic church clergy are protesting in the Philippines, calling for the swift prosecution of top legislators.
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Thousands of demonstrators including from the dominant Roman Catholic church clergy are protesting in the Philippines, calling for the swift prosecution of top legislators. n.pr/48brg8f
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"The Trumps’ most natural allies – first in business, now also in politics – have long been the rulers of the Gulf’s petro-monarchies, who see no distinction between their states’ interests and their families’." www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
"The Trumps’ most natural allies – first in business, now also in politics – have long been the rulers of the Gulf’s petro-monarchies, who see no distinction between their states’ interests and their families’." www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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“More than a million immigrants have disappeared from the US workforce since Trump took office.”
@andrewperez.bsky.social reports on an anti-ICE ad campaign calling for ICE agents to quit.
Read more: zeteo.com/p/ad-campaig...
@andrewperez.bsky.social reports on an anti-ICE ad campaign calling for ICE agents to quit.
Read more: zeteo.com/p/ad-campaig...
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“More than a million immigrants have disappeared from the US workforce since Trump took office.”
@andrewperez.bsky.social reports on an anti-ICE ad campaign calling for ICE agents to quit.
Read more: zeteo.com/p/ad-campaig...
@andrewperez.bsky.social reports on an anti-ICE ad campaign calling for ICE agents to quit.
Read more: zeteo.com/p/ad-campaig...
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New organization "Broadway Voices for Palestine," announces that tomorrow, they will be performing a virtual reading of plays written by Palestinian children.
Proceeds will go to The Hands Up Project charity.
Allie Trimm, who plays Glinda in Wicked on Broadway, explains more:
Proceeds will go to The Hands Up Project charity.
Allie Trimm, who plays Glinda in Wicked on Broadway, explains more:
December 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
New organization "Broadway Voices for Palestine," announces that tomorrow, they will be performing a virtual reading of plays written by Palestinian children.
Proceeds will go to The Hands Up Project charity.
Allie Trimm, who plays Glinda in Wicked on Broadway, explains more:
Proceeds will go to The Hands Up Project charity.
Allie Trimm, who plays Glinda in Wicked on Broadway, explains more:
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the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
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Thanks! The important issue of our pandemic preparedness and global health is not being adequately addressed by mainstream media. That was something that the CDC docs who quit -- @drdebhoury.bsky.social @drdemetre.bsky.social and Dan Jernigan stressed on the webinar
www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
Reminders Of What Our Losses From CDC And USAID Mean
With the loss of USAID and much of CDC, our ability to respond to pandemics is at risk. Global health issues are a growing threat.
www.forbes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Thanks! The important issue of our pandemic preparedness and global health is not being adequately addressed by mainstream media. That was something that the CDC docs who quit -- @drdebhoury.bsky.social @drdemetre.bsky.social and Dan Jernigan stressed on the webinar
www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
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It’s not easy for Canada to completely restructure its economic system away from a partnership with the United States, a partnership Canada knows… that EVERY nation now knows… can’t be trusted. But it’s the right thing to do. And we’ll be stronger for it.
Will the United States? I doubt it.
Will the United States? I doubt it.
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government announces that Canada is realigning Canada's economy away from the United States.
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It’s not easy for Canada to completely restructure its economic system away from a partnership with the United States, a partnership Canada knows… that EVERY nation now knows… can’t be trusted. But it’s the right thing to do. And we’ll be stronger for it.
Will the United States? I doubt it.
Will the United States? I doubt it.
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This tracks. I worked retail and landscaping but not food service and I would say, without trying to brag, that I’m about 2/3 of a decent person.
Worker's rights, y'all. Dang. The mess here. Be nice to people who are working to help you.
(I've thought for 20 yrs that everyone ought to have to do 6 months in retail & 6 months in food service & 6 months in sanitation/landscaping, and we'd have an entirely better world.)
(I've thought for 20 yrs that everyone ought to have to do 6 months in retail & 6 months in food service & 6 months in sanitation/landscaping, and we'd have an entirely better world.)
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This tracks. I worked retail and landscaping but not food service and I would say, without trying to brag, that I’m about 2/3 of a decent person.
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i am once again popping up to say that stopantisemitism is a far-right pro-maga convicted tax cheat israeli-american millionaire’s astroturfed anti-antisemitism org founded bc the adl was “too liberal” and not anti-palestinian enough and that it has no actual support within the jewish community
the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
i am once again popping up to say that stopantisemitism is a far-right pro-maga convicted tax cheat israeli-american millionaire’s astroturfed anti-antisemitism org founded bc the adl was “too liberal” and not anti-palestinian enough and that it has no actual support within the jewish community
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Fascists are waging a brutal campaign against universities and their employees—and rather than defend themselves and the people they depend on, universities are throwing them to the wolves. They’re risking liability and their own survival—and rewarding the wolves. Stupid. Short-sighted. Heartless.
The other thing is that this is an instructor in graduate school, so no protections and even more consequences potentially to a career. I’m betting she’s getting threatening emails now too. All incredibly scary to someone new without support.
December 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Fascists are waging a brutal campaign against universities and their employees—and rather than defend themselves and the people they depend on, universities are throwing them to the wolves. They’re risking liability and their own survival—and rewarding the wolves. Stupid. Short-sighted. Heartless.
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My new piece looks at the science about low vitamin D levels and why the US Endocrine Society no longer uses the term "deficiency" at all.
gidmk.substack.com/p/theres-no-...
gidmk.substack.com/p/theres-no-...
There's No Such Thing As A Vitamin D Deficiency - Part One
The complex science about vitamin D levels and what they mean
gidmk.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:09 AM
My new piece looks at the science about low vitamin D levels and why the US Endocrine Society no longer uses the term "deficiency" at all.
gidmk.substack.com/p/theres-no-...
gidmk.substack.com/p/theres-no-...
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And sure, I’m interested in what the government is going to release but I also don’t really need to see it to understand how gigantic this already is.
Impeachment can start tomorrow and that’s just the start.
Impeachment can start tomorrow and that’s just the start.
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
And sure, I’m interested in what the government is going to release but I also don’t really need to see it to understand how gigantic this already is.
Impeachment can start tomorrow and that’s just the start.
Impeachment can start tomorrow and that’s just the start.
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Even with all the Epstein talk on the news, we really aren’t talking enough about the significance of the scandal.
It’s not just the Republicans. The major donors for both political parties and at least one president from each party are directly connected to Jeffrey Epstein.
It’s not just the Republicans. The major donors for both political parties and at least one president from each party are directly connected to Jeffrey Epstein.
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Even with all the Epstein talk on the news, we really aren’t talking enough about the significance of the scandal.
It’s not just the Republicans. The major donors for both political parties and at least one president from each party are directly connected to Jeffrey Epstein.
It’s not just the Republicans. The major donors for both political parties and at least one president from each party are directly connected to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Once again I say
So we're done with Beatles content now, right? We can move on to someone else?
November 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Once again I say
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Yep. Wrote about the importance of accountability for torture here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Back to the Dark Side: Explaining the CIA’s Repeated Use of Torture
Since the CIA’s inception, elements of the Agency have researched, used, and taught interrogation tactics for national security and counterterrorism purposes. These have sometimes constituted tortu...
www.tandfonline.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Yep. Wrote about the importance of accountability for torture here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Even if we were at war with Venezuela, and even if the boat folks were smuggling drugs, that DOES NOT MAKE THEM COMBATANTS. I am begging people to consult international law experts. They're out there! They want to talk!
We weren’t (and at this hour still aren’t) at war with Venezuela so both strikes are just murder
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
December 1, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Even if we were at war with Venezuela, and even if the boat folks were smuggling drugs, that DOES NOT MAKE THEM COMBATANTS. I am begging people to consult international law experts. They're out there! They want to talk!
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”Moderates” have a really hard time accepting that the reason why Republicans unanimously voted for Trump in 2016 is because Trump promised the stuff Republicans had been wanting for years, if not decades. Constantly trying to “reach across the aisle” was inevitably gonna lead here
November 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
”Moderates” have a really hard time accepting that the reason why Republicans unanimously voted for Trump in 2016 is because Trump promised the stuff Republicans had been wanting for years, if not decades. Constantly trying to “reach across the aisle” was inevitably gonna lead here
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You, a dangerous radical: We have to change the system so cartoon villains can't wreck the country again
Me, a wise pragmatist: What if we simply rebranded the system? Welcome to America Premium+
Me, a wise pragmatist: What if we simply rebranded the system? Welcome to America Premium+
November 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
You, a dangerous radical: We have to change the system so cartoon villains can't wreck the country again
Me, a wise pragmatist: What if we simply rebranded the system? Welcome to America Premium+
Me, a wise pragmatist: What if we simply rebranded the system? Welcome to America Premium+
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As a centrist, I think Donald Trump is bad, but the political and economic conditions that enabled him to become president twice are good
November 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
As a centrist, I think Donald Trump is bad, but the political and economic conditions that enabled him to become president twice are good
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Yep. Can guarantee a rubric will not save you.
Maybe it’ll provide leverage in a court case years later if you can afford it after your contingent faculty career has been toasted, sure.
But we gotta understand what’s going on here.
Maybe it’ll provide leverage in a court case years later if you can afford it after your contingent faculty career has been toasted, sure.
But we gotta understand what’s going on here.
December 1, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Yep. Can guarantee a rubric will not save you.
Maybe it’ll provide leverage in a court case years later if you can afford it after your contingent faculty career has been toasted, sure.
But we gotta understand what’s going on here.
Maybe it’ll provide leverage in a court case years later if you can afford it after your contingent faculty career has been toasted, sure.
But we gotta understand what’s going on here.
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The Norman HS English teacher who Walters got fired & stripped of her credential is only just now able to try to start petitioning to be reinstated yrs later.
This is a state where an oil baron literally sat in the gallery & ordered legislators to kill a highly-supported teacher strike.
Come on.
This is a state where an oil baron literally sat in the gallery & ordered legislators to kill a highly-supported teacher strike.
Come on.
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
The Norman HS English teacher who Walters got fired & stripped of her credential is only just now able to try to start petitioning to be reinstated yrs later.
This is a state where an oil baron literally sat in the gallery & ordered legislators to kill a highly-supported teacher strike.
Come on.
This is a state where an oil baron literally sat in the gallery & ordered legislators to kill a highly-supported teacher strike.
Come on.
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O Holy Night
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River by Joni Mitchell
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River by Joni Mitchell
What is your favorite "Christian" Christmas song and what is your favorite "Secular" Christmas song?
I will probably always adore "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" for Christian.
And "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" for secular.
I will probably always adore "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" for Christian.
And "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" for secular.
December 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
O Holy Night
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River by Joni Mitchell
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River by Joni Mitchell
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The inverse of this is also true, because science fiction and fantasy are two genres where you can, and will, be exposed to the entire spectrum of what human beings (or at least SFF authors) will rub one out to
Romance covers waaaaaay more territory than people think. There are loads of really great fantasy and scifi stories 'hidden' in romance just because it has a romance and/or smut in it.
December 1, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The inverse of this is also true, because science fiction and fantasy are two genres where you can, and will, be exposed to the entire spectrum of what human beings (or at least SFF authors) will rub one out to
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December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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