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drmaB🎃🎃

@drmag00.bsky.social

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Dad of 3, husband, liberal, no - more liberal than that, geek in many ways, writer, former physics teacher, consultant, maker of puns. He/him/his

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drmaB🎃🎃 @drmag00.bsky.social · Nov 6

As I walk through this wicked world
Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity
I ask myself, "Is all hope lost?
Is there only pain and hatred and misery?"
And each time I feel like this inside
There's one thing I wanna know
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding?

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 1h

"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."

I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.

White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion

Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.

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drmaB🎃🎃 @drmag00.bsky.social · 40m

By his own admission, Mike Johnson, one of the most powerful people in the country, is less aware of current events than your average toddler.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 47m

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1h

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drmaB🎃🎃 @drmag00.bsky.social · 1h

youtu.be/8CdluP9Odbo?...

Indigo Girls - Shame On You

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drmaB🎃🎃 @drmag00.bsky.social · 1h

I needed this.

drmaB🎃🎃 @drmag00.bsky.social · 1h

The audience for this might be limited, but IYKYK. 🎢

Nicole "They call me Spooky. Spooky Mulder" Gugliucci @noisyastronomer.com · 2h

It feels weird laughing at ANYTHING Nazi related right now, BUT...

I've seen several variations of fake subtitles on this fictional Hitler scene but this.... THIS ONE... is a must see if you're a physicist.

I didn't even have to take that course and I am WHEEZING 🤣
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm-4...

Hitler learns Jackson E&M

YouTube video by Kian Kamgar-Parsi

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drmaB🎃🎃 @drmag00.bsky.social · 1h

Griffiths makes sense. Jackson…does not. I remember when, after teaching Griffiths like 8 times, I opened Jackson and something finally made fucking sense. It was amazing.

drmaB🎃🎃 @drmag00.bsky.social · 1h

It’s what we need, but the media has failed us so many times over the last decade that it’s hard to expect anything different.

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Cris @crisvector.com · 2h

Chat GPT

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drmaB🎃🎃 @drmag00.bsky.social · 2h

Yep. I was told by someone that in recent years they’ve only seen their company hire people who’ve done that exact same job elsewhere. Probably lower risk for them, but impossible for anyone looking to move in a new direction. Also, they miss a ton of great, innovative people. So frustrating.

drmaB🎃🎃 @drmag00.bsky.social · 16h

I’m surprised Hegseth hasn’t gone on tv to yell at them.

drmaB🎃🎃 @drmag00.bsky.social · 16h

Happy Birthday!

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17h

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 17h

Why are they sending extras from the “Da Bears” sketch to Illinois? These guys are straight out of Chicagoland central casting.

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A Blog of Their Own @blogoftheirown.bsky.social · 18h

Here, let me help

“the article is badly written. he vetoed one bill that made changes to technical language of another bill and has taken no action on the other bills. if he does nothing the bills become law without his signature.”

“sorry, to clarify my own post -- he vetoed one bill that made changes to
*existing policy*, not another bill. and it's policy that's already under review in a study so...again, not worth the fury demanded by the bsky masses”

“I was suspicious when i couldn't find any reporting on this from other sources”

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A Blog of Their Own @blogoftheirown.bsky.social · 18h

Please read the comments before you make your FUCK NEWSOM post. This is NOT the outrage you think it is. Newsom could and should be way better on trans issues, but this is misleading.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 20h

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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drmaB🎃🎃 @drmag00.bsky.social · 18h

Chicago does not need saving, Kash Patel, you ambulatory podcast.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18h

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row

Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.

www.choosechicago.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 19h

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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drmaB🎃🎃 @drmag00.bsky.social · 18h

Oh, that’s good. Thanks for that.

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Second Great Bisexual Awakening @suesswassersee.bsky.social · 20h

I'm just going double down that any person who is killed breaks the heart of everyone around them in widening circles out to the whole world. People aren't disposable, we're breaking humanity by pretending they are.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

We are here because policing in the U.S. has been this way for generations. This is why ICE acts with impunity. They know they can act this way.

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drmaB🎃🎃 @drmag00.bsky.social · 20h

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

The Onion @theonion.com · 21h

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat https://theonion.com/u-s-military-carries-out-strike-on-scuffy-the-tugboat/

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat
Pentagon Claims Little Red Vessel Working With ‘Narco-Terrorists’

drmaB🎃🎃 @drmag00.bsky.social · 21h

Can they get my employer to run out of AIdeas?

drmaB🎃🎃 @drmag00.bsky.social · 22h

I've been saying that since the Bush administration, and my list just keeps growing.

drmaB🎃🎃 @drmag00.bsky.social · 22h

It's not really your bullshit unless you go into an analysis of how Tolkien's worldbuilding was influence by epic poems and an exploration of how humanity began telling itself stories.