Sean Allred
@celebrate-we-will.bsky.social
Data is data, even which disappoints. (so it goes in science and life) Waking up each day trying to serve something bigger than myself. PNW
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I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.
June 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.
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Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
May 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
What exactly do insurance companies contribute to the quality of care in the United States? Does it improve care? Lower cost?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers
A Guardian investigation finds insurer quietly paid facilities that helped it gain Medicare enrollees and reduce hospitalizations. Whistleblowers allege harm to residents
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
What exactly do insurance companies contribute to the quality of care in the United States? Does it improve care? Lower cost?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes?
Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce.
Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.
Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce.
Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.
February 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes?
Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce.
Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.
Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce.
Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
The firehouse of misinformation always goes unchecked with Rogan and others. I want a podcast of play by play fact checking the alternate reality. You and many of your colleagues would be excellent! Mike Benz is off the charts on Rogan.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The firehouse of misinformation always goes unchecked with Rogan and others. I want a podcast of play by play fact checking the alternate reality. You and many of your colleagues would be excellent! Mike Benz is off the charts on Rogan.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#2272 - Mike Benz
Podcast Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 02/12/2025 · 3h 30m
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February 19, 2025 at 4:58 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
The firehouse of misinformation always goes unchecked with Rogan and others. I want a podcast of play by play fact checking the alternate reality. You and many of your colleagues would be excellent! Mike Benz is off the charts on Rogan.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The firehouse of misinformation always goes unchecked with Rogan and others. I want a podcast of play by play fact checking the alternate reality. You and many of your colleagues would be excellent! Mike Benz is off the charts on Rogan.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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I was previously told by Republicans that the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan was one of history’s greatest scandals. But the chaotic withdrawal of *all* USAID from the whole globe?! Crickets.
Via Robbie Gramer at Politico, in a legal filing a USAID employee details trying to leave Kinshasa, Congo with their family and leaving their possessions behidn amid panic created by Trump and Musk's sudden shutdown of the agency
February 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I was previously told by Republicans that the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan was one of history’s greatest scandals. But the chaotic withdrawal of *all* USAID from the whole globe?! Crickets.
This is the way.
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
February 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This is the way.
@altnps.bsky.social My family has nearly finished our goal of visiting all 50 states. This has mostly been done through the NPS, and I’m concerned units will shut down. In particular those sharing our history so well regarding civil rights. Grateful to the countless staff who educated our kids.
January 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
@altnps.bsky.social My family has nearly finished our goal of visiting all 50 states. This has mostly been done through the NPS, and I’m concerned units will shut down. In particular those sharing our history so well regarding civil rights. Grateful to the countless staff who educated our kids.
Take a look at Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park www.nps.gov/malu/index.htm
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)
Welcome to Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park & Preservation District<br />A young boy grows up in a time of segregation… He is moved by destiny into leadership of the modern civil right...
www.nps.gov
January 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Take a look at Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park www.nps.gov/malu/index.htm
Take a look at Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument www.nps.gov/bicr/index.htm
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
In 1963, images of snarling police dogs unleashed against non-violent protesters and of children being sprayed with high-pressure hoses appeared in print and television news around the world. These dr...
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January 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Take a look at Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument www.nps.gov/bicr/index.htm
Take a look at Freedom Riders National Monument www.nps.gov/frri/index.htm
Freedom Riders National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
In 1961, a small interracial band of “Freedom Riders” challenged discriminatory laws requiring separation of the races in interstate travel. They were attacked by white segregationists, who firebombed...
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January 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Take a look at Freedom Riders National Monument www.nps.gov/frri/index.htm
Take a look at Maggie L Walker National Historic Site www.nps.gov/mawa/index.htm
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
Maggie Lena Walker devoted her life to civil rights advancement, economic empowerment, and educational opportunities for Jim Crow-era African Americans and women. As a bank president, newspaper editor...
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January 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Take a look at Maggie L Walker National Historic Site www.nps.gov/mawa/index.htm
In a nutshell, it’s pretty clear we’re being asked the same question past generations have had to answer. The Freedom Riders clearly had to rely on a power bigger than themselves to get on that bus. I pray to be humble and faithful enough to do so as well.
There were christians on both sides of the civil rights movement. Followers of Christ got on the bus and followers of something else terrorized and beat those on the bus. Simple as that. www.msn.com/en-us/societ...
MSN
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January 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
In a nutshell, it’s pretty clear we’re being asked the same question past generations have had to answer. The Freedom Riders clearly had to rely on a power bigger than themselves to get on that bus. I pray to be humble and faithful enough to do so as well.
There were christians on both sides of the civil rights movement. Followers of Christ got on the bus and followers of something else terrorized and beat those on the bus. Simple as that. www.msn.com/en-us/societ...
MSN
www.msn.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
There were christians on both sides of the civil rights movement. Followers of Christ got on the bus and followers of something else terrorized and beat those on the bus. Simple as that. www.msn.com/en-us/societ...
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Here is my response to Donald Trump’s latest malicious lies:
January 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Here is my response to Donald Trump’s latest malicious lies:
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ICYMI — @RepJeffries: “The 🇺🇸 people elected Trump.”
*Republicans stand & cheer*
🔥JEFFRIES: “That’s ok — There are no election deniers on our side of the aisle. One should love 🇺🇸 if you win or lose. That’s the patriotic thing to do.”
*Republicans stand & cheer*
🔥JEFFRIES: “That’s ok — There are no election deniers on our side of the aisle. One should love 🇺🇸 if you win or lose. That’s the patriotic thing to do.”
January 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
ICYMI — @RepJeffries: “The 🇺🇸 people elected Trump.”
*Republicans stand & cheer*
🔥JEFFRIES: “That’s ok — There are no election deniers on our side of the aisle. One should love 🇺🇸 if you win or lose. That’s the patriotic thing to do.”
*Republicans stand & cheer*
🔥JEFFRIES: “That’s ok — There are no election deniers on our side of the aisle. One should love 🇺🇸 if you win or lose. That’s the patriotic thing to do.”
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We have massive problems in our country, lots to be angry about, lots of frustration.
But I, for one, will take a moment to grieve with Tahlequah.
Value all life.
But I, for one, will take a moment to grieve with Tahlequah.
Value all life.
Mother orca Tahlequah once again carrying her dead calf
Tahlequah is once again carrying a dead calf, researchers said, as she did in 2018 in a 17-day, 1,000-mile tour that shocked the region and world.
www.seattletimes.com
January 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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The orca who swam with her dead calf for 17 days in an apparent act of grieving recently gave birth to a new baby
A killer whale carried her dead calf for 17 days. She now has a new baby | CNN
The killer whale who swam with her dead calf for 17 days in an apparent act of grieving recently gave birth to a new baby, according to Michael Weiss, research director of the Center for Whale Researc...
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December 25, 2024 at 3:05 AM
The orca who swam with her dead calf for 17 days in an apparent act of grieving recently gave birth to a new baby
Simply having equality across the tax base would prevent the need for the majority of Americans to retire later. Doesn’t this statement prove trickle down economics will benefit only a certain class of Americans? Higher earners have a fraction of income taxed for Social Security. 100% for most.
Rep. Mark Alford: "It's gonna mean cuts to the 24 percent of the discretionary spending that we have. And it's also going to mean looking long term at the front end of some programs like Social Security and Medicare ... we can move the retirement age back a little bit."
December 9, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Simply having equality across the tax base would prevent the need for the majority of Americans to retire later. Doesn’t this statement prove trickle down economics will benefit only a certain class of Americans? Higher earners have a fraction of income taxed for Social Security. 100% for most.
Amen.
NO. /nō/
69 years ago today, the Montgomery Bus Boycott put America on notice: Black people were tired of giving in. This pivotal stand helped integrate public buses & ignited the Civil Rights Movement. It showed the power of unity & the demand for justice.
69 years ago today, the Montgomery Bus Boycott put America on notice: Black people were tired of giving in. This pivotal stand helped integrate public buses & ignited the Civil Rights Movement. It showed the power of unity & the demand for justice.
December 5, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Amen.
We can make meaningful just change together. We need sober peaceful leaders to not return the hate and manipulation. The propaganda fight has been lost, need to shine light. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgom...
Montgomery bus boycott - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
December 5, 2024 at 4:22 PM
We can make meaningful just change together. We need sober peaceful leaders to not return the hate and manipulation. The propaganda fight has been lost, need to shine light. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgom...
Data is data.
Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
November 17, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Data is data.
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New in PN: "Black women have long had to navigate being twice as good to get half the amount of credit. Kamala Harris’s presidential run was evidence of this." -- @itsafronomics.bsky.social
Kamala Harris’s hidden barrier
Her rise and fall illustrates the Glass Cliff.
www.publicnotice.co
November 16, 2024 at 3:09 PM
New in PN: "Black women have long had to navigate being twice as good to get half the amount of credit. Kamala Harris’s presidential run was evidence of this." -- @itsafronomics.bsky.social