Niki Dykstra
@enephdee.bsky.social
Biologist, veterans advocate & labor union enthusiast. Rutgers PhD. New Englander. Sometimes I’m in the Army. All posts personal.
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Niki Dykstra
@enephdee.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Don’t underestimate the power of gumming up the works.
Break Ya Neck in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. We live in wild times man
November 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Break Ya Neck in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. We live in wild times man
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Writing isn’t boring!!! If you’re using AI for the parts of your writing that you find boring, WHY ARE YOU WRITING?!?!?
Literally!!! Ask yourself!!! Why are you doing this!!!!
Literally!!! Ask yourself!!! Why are you doing this!!!!
November 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Writing isn’t boring!!! If you’re using AI for the parts of your writing that you find boring, WHY ARE YOU WRITING?!?!?
Literally!!! Ask yourself!!! Why are you doing this!!!!
Literally!!! Ask yourself!!! Why are you doing this!!!!
Some delightful reading for fellow orange cat enjoyers:
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Some delightful reading for fellow orange cat enjoyers:
Super interesting thread!
Baby names aren’t just personal choices; they reflect culture, geography, gender, identity, and as i've been investigating, politics too. I’ve been analyzing 50 years of U.S. baby naming to see how they map onto political polarization in the U.S.
Here’s what I found 🧵
Here’s what I found 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Super interesting thread!
Yippee ki-yay, Charlie Brown
No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition, Charlie Brown
We're Here To Talk About Your Drinking, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Yippee ki-yay, Charlie Brown
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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these epstein emails are pretty damning. i sure hope that we haven't spent the last couple years in a cultural backslide where men are seemingly allowed to openly and gleefully fantasize about dominating young women without any threat of reproach
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
these epstein emails are pretty damning. i sure hope that we haven't spent the last couple years in a cultural backslide where men are seemingly allowed to openly and gleefully fantasize about dominating young women without any threat of reproach
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Go volunteer for a progressive launching a “hopeless” campaign against an extremely entrenched incumbent currently squatting in a safe Blue seat. The worst thing that happens, is that you drag the incumbent to the Left. Best case? Zohran Mamdani, who was polling at 6% in January.
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Go volunteer for a progressive launching a “hopeless” campaign against an extremely entrenched incumbent currently squatting in a safe Blue seat. The worst thing that happens, is that you drag the incumbent to the Left. Best case? Zohran Mamdani, who was polling at 6% in January.
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Donald Trump has asked his employees on the Supreme Court to overrule lower court orders demanding that he fulfill his duties to feed Americans who are due SNAP benefits
AND
He's demanding that states which just rushed to fill the vacuum created by his cruelty "undo" that work.
AND
He's demanding that states which just rushed to fill the vacuum created by his cruelty "undo" that work.
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Donald Trump has asked his employees on the Supreme Court to overrule lower court orders demanding that he fulfill his duties to feed Americans who are due SNAP benefits
AND
He's demanding that states which just rushed to fill the vacuum created by his cruelty "undo" that work.
AND
He's demanding that states which just rushed to fill the vacuum created by his cruelty "undo" that work.
Imagine an end to doomscrolling into the wee hours, and instead a restful night of sleep, every night until you die
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Imagine an end to doomscrolling into the wee hours, and instead a restful night of sleep, every night until you die
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Raising a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight. James Watson absolutely did her dirty.
But beware...
But beware...
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Raising a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight. James Watson absolutely did her dirty.
But beware...
But beware...
No mention of Rosalind Franklin? Fucking lame
James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died, according to his former research lab. He was 97.
https://to.pbs.org/4qPbNSp
https://to.pbs.org/4qPbNSp
James D. Watson, scientist who co-discovered DNA's double-helix shape, dies at 97
The breakthrough -- made when the brash, Chicago-born Watson was just 24 -- turned him into a hallowed figure in the world of science for decades. But near the end of his life, he faced condemnation and professional censure for offensive remarks, includ...
www.pbs.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
No mention of Rosalind Franklin? Fucking lame
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"Strictly speaking, this was misdemeanor assault. He threw an object. It hit an officer. Those are the facts. Any other context, any other time, that’s a conviction. The jury could have found him guilty on the law and the facts.
open.substack.com/pub/mikebroc...
open.substack.com/pub/mikebroc...
Twelve Citizens and the Social Contract
Twelve citizens sat in a room and remembered who they were.
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"Strictly speaking, this was misdemeanor assault. He threw an object. It hit an officer. Those are the facts. Any other context, any other time, that’s a conviction. The jury could have found him guilty on the law and the facts.
open.substack.com/pub/mikebroc...
open.substack.com/pub/mikebroc...
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
There will be some recounts, but early results are that Dems flipped 30 towns in Connecticut. Republicans flipped 1, by less than 10 votes, which will go to a recount.
30 towns.
30 towns.
—Larry Krasner & Bragg win
—Coloradoans fund free school meals
—JD's half-brother loses
—PA Dems flip Erie County exec, Bucks DA + sheriff
—PA Dems oust all GOPers from Bucks school boards once 'ground 0' of right-wing takeover
—Charlotte approves transit tax
—Dems flip CT towns like New Britain.
—Coloradoans fund free school meals
—JD's half-brother loses
—PA Dems flip Erie County exec, Bucks DA + sheriff
—PA Dems oust all GOPers from Bucks school boards once 'ground 0' of right-wing takeover
—Charlotte approves transit tax
—Dems flip CT towns like New Britain.
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
There will be some recounts, but early results are that Dems flipped 30 towns in Connecticut. Republicans flipped 1, by less than 10 votes, which will go to a recount.
30 towns.
30 towns.
Average home gardening experience
Toad put his head very close to the ground and shouted, “NOW SEEDS, START GROWING!”
November 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Average home gardening experience
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It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
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“Oh poor people can buy popsicles with food stamps” shut the fuck up the government gives perverts a trillion dollars in government money each year for pervert factories for billionaires the fucking popsicles are none of your fuckin business
November 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
“Oh poor people can buy popsicles with food stamps” shut the fuck up the government gives perverts a trillion dollars in government money each year for pervert factories for billionaires the fucking popsicles are none of your fuckin business
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November 16, 2024 at 1:38 AM
The Land of Steady Habits (derogatory)
I think it's revealing that Lamont is at +32% and still lacked the fiber to stand up to rich NIMBY cities at the end of the last legislative session.
janet mills is the 47th-most-popular governor in america
October 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Land of Steady Habits (derogatory)
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The dooming on this site is getting out of control. Every time you post anything about politics some rando condescendingly wonders how you can't possibly know that elections are over and all hope is lost. If you've completely lost hope, I'm sorry, but shut the fuck up, OK? You're not helping.
October 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The dooming on this site is getting out of control. Every time you post anything about politics some rando condescendingly wonders how you can't possibly know that elections are over and all hope is lost. If you've completely lost hope, I'm sorry, but shut the fuck up, OK? You're not helping.
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The government shutdown is especially tough on men, who are losing $1.00 for every 75¢ a woman loses.
October 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The government shutdown is especially tough on men, who are losing $1.00 for every 75¢ a woman loses.