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1. Republicans are attempting to get the FBI to label trans advocacy as domestic terrorism.
Project 2025's parent org is pushing it.
It would not label all trans people as terrorists, but it would open the door for heavy surveillance and disruption.
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Project 2025's parent org is pushing it.
It would not label all trans people as terrorists, but it would open the door for heavy surveillance and disruption.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Republicans Push FBI To Designate Trans Advocacy As Violent Extremism. Inside The Project 2025 Organization's Proposal.
On Thursday evening, news emerged that individuals within and outside of Trump administration were pushing to cast trans activists as domestic terrorists. Then, Project 2025 dropped its proposal.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
1. Republicans are attempting to get the FBI to label trans advocacy as domestic terrorism.
Project 2025's parent org is pushing it.
It would not label all trans people as terrorists, but it would open the door for heavy surveillance and disruption.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Project 2025's parent org is pushing it.
It would not label all trans people as terrorists, but it would open the door for heavy surveillance and disruption.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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there are more urgent global matters than the need for RFK to resign but domestically there are few if any more pressing. The harm he has already done is immense; the harm he's poised to do is incalculable
i cannot overstate how extraordinary it is for federal civil servants to do this
Host: There are new calls this morning for RFK Jr.'s resignation, and those calls coming from inside HHS itself. More than 1,000 current and former HHS workers are making this demand in a letter released this morning. They say his leadership has "put the health of all Americans at risk"
September 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
there are more urgent global matters than the need for RFK to resign but domestically there are few if any more pressing. The harm he has already done is immense; the harm he's poised to do is incalculable
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social @yrfatfriend.bsky.social please enjoy this cat video that accidentally includes a deep fried audio of yall cackling. My boyfriend plays your podcasts to get them used to human voices.
September 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social @yrfatfriend.bsky.social please enjoy this cat video that accidentally includes a deep fried audio of yall cackling. My boyfriend plays your podcasts to get them used to human voices.
If I could change one thing in my field it would be to give mice a blueberry before euthanasia. Especially if they did a really good job on tests. I know it’s not possible for various reasons but it would be so nice.
August 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If I could change one thing in my field it would be to give mice a blueberry before euthanasia. Especially if they did a really good job on tests. I know it’s not possible for various reasons but it would be so nice.
Listening to Judith Butler‘s Who‘s Afraid of Gender? And it’s so precise and clarifying. Hearing the history of anti-gender fascism is so cathartic, and holy shit people really pink-washed Pope Francis.
July 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Listening to Judith Butler‘s Who‘s Afraid of Gender? And it’s so precise and clarifying. Hearing the history of anti-gender fascism is so cathartic, and holy shit people really pink-washed Pope Francis.
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“I asked ChatGPT-“ okay well I asked the big oak tree at the center of the woods and she said you’re a lazy dork
May 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“I asked ChatGPT-“ okay well I asked the big oak tree at the center of the woods and she said you’re a lazy dork
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it's jolting how little AI skepticism has reached the general public. i've had many acquaintances ask whether i use AI for research and seem shocked when i tell them it's completely useless for that purpose. my wife recently told her colleagues about hallucinations and it was news to all of them.
May 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
it's jolting how little AI skepticism has reached the general public. i've had many acquaintances ask whether i use AI for research and seem shocked when i tell them it's completely useless for that purpose. my wife recently told her colleagues about hallucinations and it was news to all of them.
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Know that when RfK JR releases his autism vaccine report the media will cover it the same way.
May 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Know that when RfK JR releases his autism vaccine report the media will cover it the same way.
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NIH is going to hold a town hall for staff with director Jayanta Bhattacharya, and apparently the form to submit questions is publicly available. In case that’s of interest.
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
April 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
NIH is going to hold a town hall for staff with director Jayanta Bhattacharya, and apparently the form to submit questions is publicly available. In case that’s of interest.
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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Tired: Sex is biological, gender is social.
Wired: Sex and gender are different but related, both are spectrums, both have biological and social components, medical transition is literally a sex change, and transmedicalism is shit because everyone’s own experience of gender is valid.
Wired: Sex and gender are different but related, both are spectrums, both have biological and social components, medical transition is literally a sex change, and transmedicalism is shit because everyone’s own experience of gender is valid.
we made a critical error allowing reactionaries to make-up concepts like “biological sex” and frame them as non-ideological when it’s the exact opposite: people who undergo HRT *are literally changing their biological sex.* this is not some philosophical distinction, it is actual biological reality.
April 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Tired: Sex is biological, gender is social.
Wired: Sex and gender are different but related, both are spectrums, both have biological and social components, medical transition is literally a sex change, and transmedicalism is shit because everyone’s own experience of gender is valid.
Wired: Sex and gender are different but related, both are spectrums, both have biological and social components, medical transition is literally a sex change, and transmedicalism is shit because everyone’s own experience of gender is valid.
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Posting this for the umpteenth time.
Beyond XX and XY: The Extraordinary Complexity of Sex Determination
A host of factors figure into whether someone is female, male or somewhere in between
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Posting this for the umpteenth time.
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JUST BECAUSE THE CLOWN CAR GOES VERY FAST DOES NOT MEAN IT ISN’T FULL OF CLOWNS
the speed at which these guys have broken everything has given a lot of folks who should know better the impression that they are an unstoppable force and the only option is to negotiate the terms of surrender
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
Whatever the immediate fallout of the scandal, what is going to stick around is the impression it gives, of hapless idiots doing ridiculous things. And I think that seriously reduces the appeal of capitulating to these jokers.
March 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
JUST BECAUSE THE CLOWN CAR GOES VERY FAST DOES NOT MEAN IT ISN’T FULL OF CLOWNS
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*sigh* SARS-1? Zoonotic. MERS? Zoonotic. Ebola? Zoonotic, including Makena strain. Marburg? Zoonotic. Lassa? Zoonotic. Bubonic plague? Zoonotic. Malaria? Zoonotic. Influenza (1918 or avian) Zoo-fucking-notic.
The lab leak theory gives an illusion of control, but it's still a bs conspiracy theory.
The lab leak theory gives an illusion of control, but it's still a bs conspiracy theory.
March 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
*sigh* SARS-1? Zoonotic. MERS? Zoonotic. Ebola? Zoonotic, including Makena strain. Marburg? Zoonotic. Lassa? Zoonotic. Bubonic plague? Zoonotic. Malaria? Zoonotic. Influenza (1918 or avian) Zoo-fucking-notic.
The lab leak theory gives an illusion of control, but it's still a bs conspiracy theory.
The lab leak theory gives an illusion of control, but it's still a bs conspiracy theory.
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The erosion of trust in science & scientists — sometimes due to complex social/historical factors but often deliberately perpetrated by charlatans — has tragic, deadly consequences, and, if unchecked, is an existential threat to society.
"The vaccination has stuff we don't trust," said the father of the 6-year-old girl who died from measles at the end of last month. Tom Bartlett visited with a family confronting an unthinkable tragedy:
The Texas Girl Who Died From Measles
Her father tells her story.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The erosion of trust in science & scientists — sometimes due to complex social/historical factors but often deliberately perpetrated by charlatans — has tragic, deadly consequences, and, if unchecked, is an existential threat to society.
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Outlive these fucking ghouls
February 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Outlive these fucking ghouls
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too many cooks (too many cooks) too many cooks (too many cooks) too many cooks (too many cooks) too many cooks (too many cooks) too many cooks (too many cooks) too many cooks (too many cooks) too many cooks (too many cooks) too many cooks (too many cooks) too many cooks (too many cooks) too many coo
February 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Oh my god.
They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service.
"Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights"
WOW.
They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service.
"Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights"
WOW.
February 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Oh my god.
They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service.
"Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights"
WOW.
They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service.
"Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights"
WOW.
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Nearly every medicine we benefit from started with NIH-funded research. Early discovery work starts in academia.
Immunotherapies?
Gene therapy for rare diseases?
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines?
Vaccines?
Novel cancer treatments?
Psychiatric medicines?
You betcha.
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Immunotherapies?
Gene therapy for rare diseases?
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines?
Vaccines?
Novel cancer treatments?
Psychiatric medicines?
You betcha.
1/
February 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Nearly every medicine we benefit from started with NIH-funded research. Early discovery work starts in academia.
Immunotherapies?
Gene therapy for rare diseases?
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines?
Vaccines?
Novel cancer treatments?
Psychiatric medicines?
You betcha.
1/
Immunotherapies?
Gene therapy for rare diseases?
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines?
Vaccines?
Novel cancer treatments?
Psychiatric medicines?
You betcha.
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This is a room where we turn very modest salaries and budgets (and lots of coffee) into new knowledge, life-saving innovations, and technology that feeds business growth.
It's literally the loom that spins hay into gold but these numpties are suddenly worried about the cost of hay.
It's literally the loom that spins hay into gold but these numpties are suddenly worried about the cost of hay.
February 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This is a room where we turn very modest salaries and budgets (and lots of coffee) into new knowledge, life-saving innovations, and technology that feeds business growth.
It's literally the loom that spins hay into gold but these numpties are suddenly worried about the cost of hay.
It's literally the loom that spins hay into gold but these numpties are suddenly worried about the cost of hay.
In a mostly predictable turn of events, my tummy hurts after doing trapeze too soon after dinner.
February 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
In a mostly predictable turn of events, my tummy hurts after doing trapeze too soon after dinner.
The Blues Brothers (1980) - Nazis Take a Dive Scene (3/9) | Movieclips
YouTube video by Movieclips
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February 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Best thing I've read all week. www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Best thing I've read all week. www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
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If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:
1. Create a new $15B science fund
2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada
3. Immediate permanent residency
4. Citizenship after 2 years
Overnight a science superpower
If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:
1. Create a new $15B science fund
2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada
3. Immediate permanent residency
4. Citizenship after 2 years
Overnight a science superpower
January 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:
1. Create a new $15B science fund
2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada
3. Immediate permanent residency
4. Citizenship after 2 years
Overnight a science superpower
If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:
1. Create a new $15B science fund
2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada
3. Immediate permanent residency
4. Citizenship after 2 years
Overnight a science superpower