Brendan
@brendan-jt.bsky.social
Veteran video producer and media project manager, creative, impassioned educator, seeking outlets for growth as well as others to be inspired by and with.
@nickofferman.bsky.social Thought of you
October 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
@nickofferman.bsky.social Thought of you
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This is what not giving up looks like.
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This is what not giving up looks like.
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THE OCTOBER GIRL Book One is up for pre-order!
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April 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
THE OCTOBER GIRL Book One is up for pre-order!
madcavestudios.com/product/the-...
Or support your local shop and pre-order it through Bookshop.Org:
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
madcavestudios.com/product/the-...
Or support your local shop and pre-order it through Bookshop.Org:
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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May 6th.
From me and DC Comics.
Magic. And mystery. And friendship bracelets. Soooo many friendship bracelets.
DC's MISFITS OF MAGIC.
Pre-order it now!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/782939...
From me and DC Comics.
Magic. And mystery. And friendship bracelets. Soooo many friendship bracelets.
DC's MISFITS OF MAGIC.
Pre-order it now!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/782939...
March 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
May 6th.
From me and DC Comics.
Magic. And mystery. And friendship bracelets. Soooo many friendship bracelets.
DC's MISFITS OF MAGIC.
Pre-order it now!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/782939...
From me and DC Comics.
Magic. And mystery. And friendship bracelets. Soooo many friendship bracelets.
DC's MISFITS OF MAGIC.
Pre-order it now!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/782939...
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It Makes a Kind of Sense -- The Trump Tariff Tier List
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
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April 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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One of the remarkable things about #NIH is how rigorously its grants, research, and employees are reviewed. NIH science and scientists are held to a high standard by external reviewers — via study sections and councils, or BSC/site visit reviewers. And the reviews have teeth. 🧪
I’ve served as one of several invited external reviewers for evaluation of an intramural division. The process was rigorous, detailed, and we external reviewers were not afraid to give sharp feedback. Program leadership heard it earnestly; the quality of the intramural science was extraordinary.
February 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
One of the remarkable things about #NIH is how rigorously its grants, research, and employees are reviewed. NIH science and scientists are held to a high standard by external reviewers — via study sections and councils, or BSC/site visit reviewers. And the reviews have teeth. 🧪
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- Not to take on prescription price gouging
- Not to protect veterans’ health care
- Not to protect our avian flu response
- Not to protect funding for firefighters
- Not to protect funding for police officers
All to pay for tax breaks for corporations.
- Not to protect veterans’ health care
- Not to protect our avian flu response
- Not to protect funding for firefighters
- Not to protect funding for police officers
All to pay for tax breaks for corporations.
February 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
- Not to take on prescription price gouging
- Not to protect veterans’ health care
- Not to protect our avian flu response
- Not to protect funding for firefighters
- Not to protect funding for police officers
All to pay for tax breaks for corporations.
- Not to protect veterans’ health care
- Not to protect our avian flu response
- Not to protect funding for firefighters
- Not to protect funding for police officers
All to pay for tax breaks for corporations.
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On a Saturday too? Wow — well, here’s a summary of what Republicans voted to do this week:
- Defund Medicaid
- Defund Medicare
- Not to protect IVF funding
- Not to protect food assistance
- Defund Medicaid
- Defund Medicare
- Not to protect IVF funding
- Not to protect food assistance
February 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
On a Saturday too? Wow — well, here’s a summary of what Republicans voted to do this week:
- Defund Medicaid
- Defund Medicare
- Not to protect IVF funding
- Not to protect food assistance
- Defund Medicaid
- Defund Medicare
- Not to protect IVF funding
- Not to protect food assistance
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Make it make sense! 🤦🏻♀️
February 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Make it make sense! 🤦🏻♀️
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They are just swinging sledgehammers in the dark.
New: The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter
Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department
The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
They are just swinging sledgehammers in the dark.
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Lord knows I’m not a constitutional scholar not even a lawyer (and I’ve yet to check in with @kateshaw.bsky.social) but a legal regime in which “you can do crimes if you’re buddies with the president or praise him publicly” is *on its face* a violation the equal protection of the laws.
February 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Lord knows I’m not a constitutional scholar not even a lawyer (and I’ve yet to check in with @kateshaw.bsky.social) but a legal regime in which “you can do crimes if you’re buddies with the president or praise him publicly” is *on its face* a violation the equal protection of the laws.
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This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake
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NASA Intern Found Hope in the Moon - NASA
Lee esta historia en español aquí
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February 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
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Musk has as much legal authority to shut down USAID as I do to shut down Tesla, which is to say: none.
February 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Musk has as much legal authority to shut down USAID as I do to shut down Tesla, which is to say: none.
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I think we are all searching in vain for evidence that Donald Trump or Elon Musk are serving America rather than other interests.
Their anger at USAID sounds like ventriloquism from Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. It makes no sense whatsoever to anyone who actually loves this country and its values.
Their anger at USAID sounds like ventriloquism from Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. It makes no sense whatsoever to anyone who actually loves this country and its values.
February 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I think we are all searching in vain for evidence that Donald Trump or Elon Musk are serving America rather than other interests.
Their anger at USAID sounds like ventriloquism from Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. It makes no sense whatsoever to anyone who actually loves this country and its values.
Their anger at USAID sounds like ventriloquism from Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. It makes no sense whatsoever to anyone who actually loves this country and its values.
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We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
February 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
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If you got anything done today, you can count that as a victory
February 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
If you got anything done today, you can count that as a victory
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
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