Brian
@drosera91.bsky.social
Molecular/cellular biologist, currently mostly pancreatic cancer research (developmental neurobiology by PhD training). Ready to stand against what's coming after this election. Oh, and my dog, Simon, is pretty cute 🙂.
Civil disobedience, a bedrock of the civil rights movement, was criminal. Corporations buying huge amounts of political influence is legal, but obviously wrong. The law does not determine what is "fine and ok", even if we seek to make it reflect morality.
February 4, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Civil disobedience, a bedrock of the civil rights movement, was criminal. Corporations buying huge amounts of political influence is legal, but obviously wrong. The law does not determine what is "fine and ok", even if we seek to make it reflect morality.
No, but you've just revealed your motivation. Have fun making yourself feel better while accomplishing nothing.
February 4, 2026 at 12:59 AM
No, but you've just revealed your motivation. Have fun making yourself feel better while accomplishing nothing.
Great, try making that clear up front, then. Voting is necessary, but likely not sufficient, for addressing this situation.
February 3, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Great, try making that clear up front, then. Voting is necessary, but likely not sufficient, for addressing this situation.
Wow, you've been talking about this dream for a long time! It's really cool to see it come to fruition
February 2, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Wow, you've been talking about this dream for a long time! It's really cool to see it come to fruition
Falls of societies and revolutions lead to mass suffering and deaths of the most marginalized. As you were just told, "crack a book", your fantasy isn't going to come true.
January 31, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Falls of societies and revolutions lead to mass suffering and deaths of the most marginalized. As you were just told, "crack a book", your fantasy isn't going to come true.
Software engineer (sorry to those of you who don't suck, but the pseudo intellectuals with the hierarchical opinions love to claim they are you...)?
January 29, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Software engineer (sorry to those of you who don't suck, but the pseudo intellectuals with the hierarchical opinions love to claim they are you...)?
We can't ask the rest of the world to help us fix our mess and we can't all just flee. It's ultimately up to us to fix this.
January 24, 2026 at 10:42 PM
We can't ask the rest of the world to help us fix our mess and we can't all just flee. It's ultimately up to us to fix this.
Boycotting is opposition, not living in fear.
January 24, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Boycotting is opposition, not living in fear.
My phone has been going crazy all of a sudden with junk emails to my Gmail
January 24, 2026 at 7:12 PM
My phone has been going crazy all of a sudden with junk emails to my Gmail
And us biologists (I'm a developmental neurobiologist PhD) keep telling them they're wrong and that biology is far more complicated than they believe.
January 24, 2026 at 7:11 PM
And us biologists (I'm a developmental neurobiologist PhD) keep telling them they're wrong and that biology is far more complicated than they believe.
It's not an excuse, it's a fact. Revolutions can be effective, and kill lots of vulnerable people (as history has shown). Taking a real stand is removing the fascists from power, not shutting down nearly all EXCEPT ice.
January 24, 2026 at 7:06 PM
It's not an excuse, it's a fact. Revolutions can be effective, and kill lots of vulnerable people (as history has shown). Taking a real stand is removing the fascists from power, not shutting down nearly all EXCEPT ice.
No? You really think ice wouldn't fund it's own leadership or that somehow they wouldn't get orders?
January 24, 2026 at 2:59 PM
No? You really think ice wouldn't fund it's own leadership or that somehow they wouldn't get orders?
Currently ice is funded through 2028, shutdown or not.
January 24, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Currently ice is funded through 2028, shutdown or not.
Don't nominate. The worst dem is still better than the GOP. As long as the GOP has the majority, ice will get it's funding.
January 24, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Don't nominate. The worst dem is still better than the GOP. As long as the GOP has the majority, ice will get it's funding.
And Good's autopsy revealed the first two shots were not fatal. It was the third shot, when he was no longer in the vehicle's path at all, that killed her. Not even the thinnest veneer of a self defense case (not that there ever was one)
January 22, 2026 at 10:52 AM
And Good's autopsy revealed the first two shots were not fatal. It was the third shot, when he was no longer in the vehicle's path at all, that killed her. Not even the thinnest veneer of a self defense case (not that there ever was one)
It's hard to imagine these aren't deliberate attempts to invite violence (with the other, non-mutually exclusive hypothesis being these people are violent sociopaths getting their rocks off doing what they've always wanted...)
January 22, 2026 at 10:49 AM
It's hard to imagine these aren't deliberate attempts to invite violence (with the other, non-mutually exclusive hypothesis being these people are violent sociopaths getting their rocks off doing what they've always wanted...)
That's not how federal income taxes work. We each pay those ourselves, either directly or by having it withheld from our paychecks. I don't disagree withholding taxes could be effective if done en masse, but don't set this up as another thing the blue state governors are failing to do.
January 22, 2026 at 10:46 AM
That's not how federal income taxes work. We each pay those ourselves, either directly or by having it withheld from our paychecks. I don't disagree withholding taxes could be effective if done en masse, but don't set this up as another thing the blue state governors are failing to do.
No, it's not, but useful idiots like you will keep helping fascists get elected. Good job, that's clearly helping.
January 21, 2026 at 11:50 AM
No, it's not, but useful idiots like you will keep helping fascists get elected. Good job, that's clearly helping.
I'm not "the Democratic party" and I'm also pissed as hell at apathetic voters.
January 21, 2026 at 11:47 AM
I'm not "the Democratic party" and I'm also pissed as hell at apathetic voters.
Anyone reading this should immediately ask for reliable sources. This is a screenshot from reddit. We all have a responsibility to stop the spread of disinformation.
January 19, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Anyone reading this should immediately ask for reliable sources. This is a screenshot from reddit. We all have a responsibility to stop the spread of disinformation.
For the primaries, the strategy is to convince others to vote for your preferred candidate, not attack anyone who disagrees. Ask the Bernie Bros how that approach worked out.
January 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM
For the primaries, the strategy is to convince others to vote for your preferred candidate, not attack anyone who disagrees. Ask the Bernie Bros how that approach worked out.
They listed multiple bad policies, hardly a one track mind.
January 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM
They listed multiple bad policies, hardly a one track mind.
This discussion is about the primaries, the bar for the general is so low it's irrelevant. Conflating the two arguments seems to lead to entrenchment that spills over into the general. Yeah he's better than the GOP, but there are better options for the primaries.
January 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM
This discussion is about the primaries, the bar for the general is so low it's irrelevant. Conflating the two arguments seems to lead to entrenchment that spills over into the general. Yeah he's better than the GOP, but there are better options for the primaries.
The discussion here is the primary, not the general. I'd vote for a tortoise over Vance or whoever the GOP puts forward.
January 16, 2026 at 12:56 PM
The discussion here is the primary, not the general. I'd vote for a tortoise over Vance or whoever the GOP puts forward.
I'm sure, but clearly your buttercup has the best going for 'em 🙂
January 16, 2026 at 2:34 AM
I'm sure, but clearly your buttercup has the best going for 'em 🙂