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Jan Igaki
@janigaki.bsky.social
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Biologist, potter, crochet nut, cat mom, loving living in Hokkaido
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warren.senate.gov
Is it too much to ask for an IRS Commissioner who understands the law?
May 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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verybadllama.bsky.social
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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theonion.com
Irish-Americans Gear Up For ’The Reinforcin’ O’ The Stereotypes’
Irish-Americans Gear Up For ’The Reinforcin’ O’ The Stereotypes’
March 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.
March 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
This is a coup! U.S. Institute for Peace called the DC police on the Musk team members in an effort to stop them from trespassing because the institute has control of its own building and the land it sits on. But instead, the DC police allowed them to enter and kicked out the institute’s officials.
March 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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thegodpodcast.com
Imagine caring more about the stock market than people, only to tank the stock market because of you fucked over the people.
March 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
Man I wish I had done something like this.

It’s probably good that I didn’t.

But boy howdy there are stories.
adrianaguatame.bsky.social Adriana Guatame-García @adrianaguatame.bsky.social · Mar 6
A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
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There have been people less than helpful in my journey here. I wanted to acknowledge those too, bc I know I am not unique in this experience. No thank you to the physics study assoc that made me sing songs about how women couldn't study physics without sleeping with the professor, the day I stepped into university life. No thank you to the 5th year physics student that decided to assign me a stripper name within the first minute of meeting me in the physics coffee corner in my first year. No thank you to the technician that was responsible for onboarding me on the use of the cluster in my third year who raised his eyebrows and asked me if that meant I was some sort of computer girl. No thank you to the senior researcher that sent me utterly inappropriate texts after a conference, then proceeded to apologise months later by telling me they had not been meant for me anyway so no hard feelings remain hopefully And no thank you to him for attending every conference I've been to since. No thank you to the people who told me that it was surprising that I was doing a PhD since I was a girl. No thank you to the man who mistook me for a coffee lady at a conference, and after having to correct him two times that I did not work there, responded with you should consider it. No thank you to the researcher that asked me what I was wearing underneath my outfit during a conference. No thank you to the physicist who declared to a room full of other physicists that biologists don't know how to design an experiment. No thank you to the people who have called me scary instead of strong and intimidating instead of intelligent. And finally, no thank you to the exec board of the TU Delft, whose knee-jerk reaction to being held up a mirror about the social safety at the university, was to sue the party holding up the mirror instead of looking at the problems they highlighted. ... You have made me feel like I do not belong in science & I cannot forgive you for that.
March 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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npr.org
The kindergarten vaccination rate against the measles in Gaines County is 82%, far below the 95% needed to achieve herd immunity.
How a measles outbreak overwhelmed a small West Texas town
The kindergarten vaccination rate against the measles in Gaines County is 82%, far below the 95% needed to achieve herd immunity.
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March 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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npr.org
Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket but lost contact minutes into the test flight.
SpaceX loses contact with spacecraft during Starship mega rocket test flight
Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket but lost contact minutes into the test flight.
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March 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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sarahwood.bsky.social
With Mrs. WWE leading education, kids are going to be put in a ring and fight it out for funding.
March 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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drpauldorfman.bsky.social
An everyday murderer.
Trump: Putin launching massive strike on Ukraine is ‘what anybody would do’.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump: Putin launching massive strike on Ukraine is ‘what anybody would do’
US president says Russian counterpart ‘doing what anybody else would do’ as Ukraine faces escalating aerial attacks
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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altcdc.altgov.info
A cartoon of a woman looking at her computer monitor. The title of the cartoon is "Peak Operational Efficiency." Quote bubbles coming out of the monitor suggest numerous emails with contradictory information and instructions. "You're fired!" "NO - WAIT! Never mind!" "Back to work!" "Send your manager FIVE accomplishments or you're fired!" "No don't!" "Send five or you're fired!" There's an additional chat bubble coming from the monitor with an apparent headline that reads, "Thousands of fired federal workers called back to work." Finally, there is a cell phone on the desk, and the caller is asking, "Hey...do you still have a job?
March 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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drpauldorfman.bsky.social
Everyday murder.
Trump administration to drop case against plant polluting Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’.
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Trump administration to drop case against plant polluting Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
Biden-era suit sought to curb emissions of the carcinogen chloroprene at Denka plant formerly owned by DuPont
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March 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Oooh! Oooh! I know! Mar-a-Lago.
A screenshot of an X post by Paul Graham (@paulg ) posted 13 hours ago on March 7, 2025, asking which American Republican leaders are bold enough to respond to a question posed by Inna Sovsun (@InnaSovsun ). Inna Sovsun's post challenges those suggesting Ukraine give up Crimea and Donbas for peace by asking them to name a specific region in their own country they would surrender if Putin started bombing their cities.
March 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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garius.bsky.social
Always wondered how the Star Wars Emperor could start with a battle-hardened army and end up with an "entire legion of his best troops" being beaten to death by teddybears with sticks.

Then Hegseth ended up as US Defence Sec. And now yeah that makes sense.
February 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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February 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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altnps.bsky.social
The Trump administration often labels judges as activists when they rule against its interests but remains silent when decisions are in its favor.
February 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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q4nwspunk.bsky.social
The truth is disgustingly obvious and …. Ignored…
February 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
GOP leaders advise lawmakers to stop hosting town halls altogether.
February 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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thegodpodcast.com
We should be writing Project 2029—defining the society we want, clearly and publicly.

Let’s start today.
Announcing Project 2029
The Progressive Blueprint for a Fairer, Stronger Future.
www.thegodpodcast.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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theonion.com
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
WASHINGTON—Addressing the ongoing outbreak in Texas that has infected at least 124 state residents and killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Thursday to mak...
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February 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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lindaarbuckle.com
Book review from NY Times: Money, Lies, and God by Katherine Stewart. How Trump Rode a Wave of ‘Reactionary Nihilism’ to the White House. I keep wondering how America got to this place, where it's ok to publicly be a white supremacist. NOT OK in my book!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/b...
Text: Stewart makes passing mention of Darren Beattie, a White House speechwriter who left his post in 2018 after news reports revealed that he stoke at a conference attended by white nationalists. "Beattie was too far out even for the Trump adminstration," she writes - a plausible observations that was nevertheless committed to print too soon. A couple of weeks ago, Trump tapped Beattie for a top job at the State Department, putting him in charge of the country's public diplomacy a mere 4 months after Beattie declared on X, "Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work."
February 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
Since Trump has claimed Elon doesn’t run DOGE, we wanted to make sure you know who is running our government. This list has been updated with 15 names.
February 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM