Do not get in a car. If someone grabs you or you see someone being grabbed make as much noise. Yell help, and make eye contact with people, say “you in the house shirt help me.” It helps break bystander syndrome. Tasers are $20 on Amazon. Pepper spray too

If you're not down with what is happening & about to happen, congratulations - you, too, are now an enemy of the state, whatever you think about politicians or know about "how all this works."

Grieve the loss of the old world, accept reality, & start doing what needs to be done. You're needed.

let me strongly recommend the flu shot to whoever hasn't gotten one for this season. i just had a *terrible* bout with the flu that almost certainly would have been WAY worse had i not been vaccinated

USAID Fraud Allegations: Fact vs. Fiction

Fact
Inspector General’s Investigations:
- USAID’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) actively investigates allegations of major fraud, corruption, and misconduct within its programs and operations, demonstrating accountability in addressing internal issues.

they are stealing data from the american people and depriving us of the transparency that we are entitled to by law. none of this is legal and not a single federal employee has any reason to comply.

Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.

when you have anti-DEI proponents openly going after black military officers for recruiting from HBCUs and suing schools for their black and Hispanic enrollment *even after the schools ended any racial preferences* then the only honest label for these people is "segregationist"

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