Brantman
@brantman.bsky.social
Scientist, Husband, Cat and Dog father
"We have the purpose of preventing bigots and ignoramuses from controlling the education of the United States, and you know it, and that is all." -Clarence Darrow, Scopes Trial 1925
"We have the purpose of preventing bigots and ignoramuses from controlling the education of the United States, and you know it, and that is all." -Clarence Darrow, Scopes Trial 1925
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Brantman
@brantman.bsky.social
· Nov 24
It is worth adding that a huge part of the federal research budget goes through the NIH (under HHS), so Kennedy could do as much if not more damage to science than Elmo. The "pause on infectious disease" is potentially the most deadly sentence ever uttered, especially given recent history.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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...The greatest nations are defined by how they treat their weakest inhabitants...
#NoHate #NoRacism #StrongerTogether
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#NoHate #NoRacism #StrongerTogether
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October 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
...The greatest nations are defined by how they treat their weakest inhabitants...
#NoHate #NoRacism #StrongerTogether
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#NoHate #NoRacism #StrongerTogether
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Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...
www.justice.gov
October 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
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“It is important to demonstrate that authoritarian gains are not permanent. That liberal society has the will to undo their grotesqueries.
Demolishing the Trump ballroom and restoring the East Wing will be symbolic. But symbolism matters to authoritarians.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-will-te...
Demolishing the Trump ballroom and restoring the East Wing will be symbolic. But symbolism matters to authoritarians.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-will-te...
We Will Tear Down the Trump Palace Ballroom and Casino
Thinking like a dissident movement.
www.thebulwark.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“It is important to demonstrate that authoritarian gains are not permanent. That liberal society has the will to undo their grotesqueries.
Demolishing the Trump ballroom and restoring the East Wing will be symbolic. But symbolism matters to authoritarians.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-will-te...
Demolishing the Trump ballroom and restoring the East Wing will be symbolic. But symbolism matters to authoritarians.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-will-te...
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"Viewpoint diversity" about whether human activity is warming the planet, or whether vaccines work, is like "viewpoint diversity" about whether the sky is blue or whether the Earth is round. It falls outside the range of good faith scientific and academic discourse.
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
October 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"Viewpoint diversity" about whether human activity is warming the planet, or whether vaccines work, is like "viewpoint diversity" about whether the sky is blue or whether the Earth is round. It falls outside the range of good faith scientific and academic discourse.
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
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Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
www.volkskrant.nl
October 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
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Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
@moderation.bsky.app @jay.bsky.team
Allowing the .gov accounts here to spread misinformation, racism, and hate, the literal day before WORLDWIDE protests, seems supremely foolish.
If I wanted to read men's room graffiti-quality BS, I would've stayed on Twitter. Do better.
Allowing the .gov accounts here to spread misinformation, racism, and hate, the literal day before WORLDWIDE protests, seems supremely foolish.
If I wanted to read men's room graffiti-quality BS, I would've stayed on Twitter. Do better.
October 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
@moderation.bsky.app @jay.bsky.team
Allowing the .gov accounts here to spread misinformation, racism, and hate, the literal day before WORLDWIDE protests, seems supremely foolish.
If I wanted to read men's room graffiti-quality BS, I would've stayed on Twitter. Do better.
Allowing the .gov accounts here to spread misinformation, racism, and hate, the literal day before WORLDWIDE protests, seems supremely foolish.
If I wanted to read men's room graffiti-quality BS, I would've stayed on Twitter. Do better.
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10/17/2025- No Kings www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/oc...
October 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
10/17/2025- No Kings www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/oc...
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They’re doing the same thing to Mikie Sherrill in NJ. Bashing her like they did Harris but coddling her ultra MAGA opponent.
October 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
They’re doing the same thing to Mikie Sherrill in NJ. Bashing her like they did Harris but coddling her ultra MAGA opponent.
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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The GOP justices are highly intentional operators. Their approach of total solicitousness to Trump on procedural motions, while punting merits rulings for years, will allow them to time rulings to tie Democrats’ hands, if they see partisan winds shifting. www.offmessage.net/p/the-suprem...
October 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The GOP justices are highly intentional operators. Their approach of total solicitousness to Trump on procedural motions, while punting merits rulings for years, will allow them to time rulings to tie Democrats’ hands, if they see partisan winds shifting. www.offmessage.net/p/the-suprem...
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I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort
September 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort
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Jack Ciattarelli, just like 47, shows 0 respect for Veterans & no regard for our laws. If GOP operatives can illegally target Congresswoman Sherrill’s service records, they can & will target ANY of us.
This is an attack on every veteran & every American.
#VoteNJ
This is an attack on every veteran & every American.
#VoteNJ
September 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Jack Ciattarelli, just like 47, shows 0 respect for Veterans & no regard for our laws. If GOP operatives can illegally target Congresswoman Sherrill’s service records, they can & will target ANY of us.
This is an attack on every veteran & every American.
#VoteNJ
This is an attack on every veteran & every American.
#VoteNJ
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September 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Outrageous.
September 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Outrageous.
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Attention NJ Friends 🚨
So Jack Ciattarelli doesn’t have a problem with Trump eliminating the DOE😡
Guess what? I have a problem with it as do New Jersey students, parents, ＆ teachers.
You know what do NJ. Vote for Mikie.
#VoteNJ
So Jack Ciattarelli doesn’t have a problem with Trump eliminating the DOE😡
Guess what? I have a problem with it as do New Jersey students, parents, ＆ teachers.
You know what do NJ. Vote for Mikie.
#VoteNJ
September 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Attention NJ Friends 🚨
So Jack Ciattarelli doesn’t have a problem with Trump eliminating the DOE😡
Guess what? I have a problem with it as do New Jersey students, parents, ＆ teachers.
You know what do NJ. Vote for Mikie.
#VoteNJ
So Jack Ciattarelli doesn’t have a problem with Trump eliminating the DOE😡
Guess what? I have a problem with it as do New Jersey students, parents, ＆ teachers.
You know what do NJ. Vote for Mikie.
#VoteNJ
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The statue of Trump & Epstein (left) lasted 1 day on the National Mall, despite a permit that ran through Sunday.
It was the 3d of 3 such temporary installations (apparently by the same anonymous artist).
The White House criticized the 1st two, but they remained for the duration of their permits.
It was the 3d of 3 such temporary installations (apparently by the same anonymous artist).
The White House criticized the 1st two, but they remained for the duration of their permits.
September 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The statue of Trump & Epstein (left) lasted 1 day on the National Mall, despite a permit that ran through Sunday.
It was the 3d of 3 such temporary installations (apparently by the same anonymous artist).
The White House criticized the 1st two, but they remained for the duration of their permits.
It was the 3d of 3 such temporary installations (apparently by the same anonymous artist).
The White House criticized the 1st two, but they remained for the duration of their permits.
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Just so we are all on the same page, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, whom AAAS and Research!America tapped as their keynote speaking for the National Health Research Forum *LAST WEEK* was STANDING BEHIND TRUMP AND RFK JR AT THAT TYLENOL/AUTISM PRESSER YESTERDAY.
He is not a hero, he is complicit.
He is not a hero, he is complicit.
September 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Just so we are all on the same page, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, whom AAAS and Research!America tapped as their keynote speaking for the National Health Research Forum *LAST WEEK* was STANDING BEHIND TRUMP AND RFK JR AT THAT TYLENOL/AUTISM PRESSER YESTERDAY.
He is not a hero, he is complicit.
He is not a hero, he is complicit.
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Nobody should resubscribe to Disney until we hear Kimmel's first couple of monologues. If everything fascist and authoritarian that came for him is reduced to scorched earth and small cinder, then okay, if you want to reward a corporation for finding its nuts after losing its wallet, cool.
September 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Nobody should resubscribe to Disney until we hear Kimmel's first couple of monologues. If everything fascist and authoritarian that came for him is reduced to scorched earth and small cinder, then okay, if you want to reward a corporation for finding its nuts after losing its wallet, cool.