J in the North
@jnannapolis.bsky.social
Nature-inspired, science-promoting, Maryland-based human for good govt & school policies. Air Force x 2 🇺🇸 🫡 parent. St Lawrence River rat. Hiker 🥾. UMich Natural Resources. Retired Fed, Loves life
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Legitimately great news. Substantially increases our odds of taking the senate this year.
#AKSen: It's been expected for a while, but Mary Peltola is getting ready to run against Dan Sullivan.
www.axios.com/2026/01/06/m...
www.axios.com/2026/01/06/m...
Scoop: Mary Peltola prepares for Alaska Senate race
Schumer wants to recruit his way out of a bad map
www.axios.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Legitimately great news. Substantially increases our odds of taking the senate this year.
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He summoned the mob, then cleared their names.
January 5, 2026 at 8:24 PM
He summoned the mob, then cleared their names.
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was dissolved Monday by its board of directors, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations.
www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:12 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was dissolved Monday by its board of directors, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations.
www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
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The Mitchell Scientific Diving Research Internship is provided to an undergraduate student who seeks a scientific diving research experience.
Intern applications are due by January 15th. More information on how to apply and the application form, visit www.owuscholarship.org/internships
Intern applications are due by January 15th. More information on how to apply and the application form, visit www.owuscholarship.org/internships
Internships | OUR WORLD-UNDERWATER SCHOLARSHIP SOCIETY™
www.owuscholarship.org
January 3, 2026 at 8:37 PM
The Mitchell Scientific Diving Research Internship is provided to an undergraduate student who seeks a scientific diving research experience.
Intern applications are due by January 15th. More information on how to apply and the application form, visit www.owuscholarship.org/internships
Intern applications are due by January 15th. More information on how to apply and the application form, visit www.owuscholarship.org/internships
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HEY FIFA, STOP THIS FOOTBALL DEMOLITION IN THE WEST BANK 🤬
⚽ Israeli forces have issued a demolition order against the only football field in Aida Refugee Camp, built right beside the apartheid wall.
🧒 This field is where hundreds of Palestinian children play, train, and escape daily violence. It
⚽ Israeli forces have issued a demolition order against the only football field in Aida Refugee Camp, built right beside the apartheid wall.
🧒 This field is where hundreds of Palestinian children play, train, and escape daily violence. It
December 31, 2025 at 3:51 AM
HEY FIFA, STOP THIS FOOTBALL DEMOLITION IN THE WEST BANK 🤬
⚽ Israeli forces have issued a demolition order against the only football field in Aida Refugee Camp, built right beside the apartheid wall.
🧒 This field is where hundreds of Palestinian children play, train, and escape daily violence. It
⚽ Israeli forces have issued a demolition order against the only football field in Aida Refugee Camp, built right beside the apartheid wall.
🧒 This field is where hundreds of Palestinian children play, train, and escape daily violence. It
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Apparently, ICE isn’t doing enough…
So the gang is expanding its ranks, recruiting *private bounty hunters* to track down immigrants at home and at work
So the gang is expanding its ranks, recruiting *private bounty hunters* to track down immigrants at home and at work
ICE Hires Immigrant Bounty Hunters From Private Prison Company GEO Group
BI Incorporated, a subsidiary of for-profit prison company GEO Group, will help ICE pinpoint the locations of immigrants.
theintercept.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Apparently, ICE isn’t doing enough…
So the gang is expanding its ranks, recruiting *private bounty hunters* to track down immigrants at home and at work
So the gang is expanding its ranks, recruiting *private bounty hunters* to track down immigrants at home and at work
My Christmas present is 🫡🇺🇸 returned from #Alabama where pharmacist wouldn’t give him #Covidvaccine unless he lied in writing to say he had 1 of few allowed conditions, back to sane healthy #Maryland. Vax saves lives, brain/body function to fly $$$ Million helicopters 🚁 , and costs for all.
December 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
My Christmas present is 🫡🇺🇸 returned from #Alabama where pharmacist wouldn’t give him #Covidvaccine unless he lied in writing to say he had 1 of few allowed conditions, back to sane healthy #Maryland. Vax saves lives, brain/body function to fly $$$ Million helicopters 🚁 , and costs for all.
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As we roll into the end of December - if you catch Covid from your friends/family/coworkers and are uninsured or underinsured.
Please utilize the PAXCESS program through Pfizer. It will provide free Paxlovid until end of the day December 31st, 2025. Then the program is done.
Please utilize the PAXCESS program through Pfizer. It will provide free Paxlovid until end of the day December 31st, 2025. Then the program is done.
December 20, 2025 at 5:28 AM
As we roll into the end of December - if you catch Covid from your friends/family/coworkers and are uninsured or underinsured.
Please utilize the PAXCESS program through Pfizer. It will provide free Paxlovid until end of the day December 31st, 2025. Then the program is done.
Please utilize the PAXCESS program through Pfizer. It will provide free Paxlovid until end of the day December 31st, 2025. Then the program is done.
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Liars gonna lie. Trump's "warrior dividend" is not coming from tariffs.
Instead, "More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks."
Votes over troop housing, seems like.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
Instead, "More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks."
Votes over troop housing, seems like.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Liars gonna lie. Trump's "warrior dividend" is not coming from tariffs.
Instead, "More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks."
Votes over troop housing, seems like.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
Instead, "More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks."
Votes over troop housing, seems like.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
#Ny-21 glad to see climbing grifter #Stefanik on her way out. North Country deserves way better. Pity her groveling didn’t get her endorsement she wanted. May Cruella continue counting puppies elsewhere. www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5...
Stefanik is dropping out of NY governor's race and leaving Congress
The surprise announcement is a stunning reversal, coming just weeks after Stefanik announced her gubernatorial candidacy.
www.northcountrypublicradio.org
December 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
#Ny-21 glad to see climbing grifter #Stefanik on her way out. North Country deserves way better. Pity her groveling didn’t get her endorsement she wanted. May Cruella continue counting puppies elsewhere. www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5...
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Guardian: In a move decried as “grossly unethical”, RFK jr gives $1.6 Million to a pair of discredited Danish researchers to run an experiment in Guinea-Bissau, where nearly 20% of adults have Hep B: They will give some babies the vaccine, others a placebo, and then watch who sickens and dies most.
December 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Guardian: In a move decried as “grossly unethical”, RFK jr gives $1.6 Million to a pair of discredited Danish researchers to run an experiment in Guinea-Bissau, where nearly 20% of adults have Hep B: They will give some babies the vaccine, others a placebo, and then watch who sickens and dies most.
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16 Democratic senators joined Republicans in confirming a close ally of Elon Musk as head of NASA:
Baldwin
Cantwell
Durbin
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Kaine
Kelly
Kim
King
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
Baldwin
Cantwell
Durbin
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Kaine
Kelly
Kim
King
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
December 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
16 Democratic senators joined Republicans in confirming a close ally of Elon Musk as head of NASA:
Baldwin
Cantwell
Durbin
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Kaine
Kelly
Kim
King
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
Baldwin
Cantwell
Durbin
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Kaine
Kelly
Kim
King
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
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NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
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Holiday gathering reminder 🎁
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
Study Examines Performance of Serial COVID Testing - News Center
Testing performance of rapid antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2 improved for both asymptomatic and symptomatic patients after testing multiple times in 48-hour intervals, according to findings published in ...
news.feinberg.northwestern.edu
December 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Holiday gathering reminder 🎁
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
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"Second infection in kids doubles long COVID risk
Pediatric data shows that the increase in long COVID risk is also accompanied by the increased chance of developing a number of other related conditions, according to new research at Penn Medicine."
penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-me...
Pediatric data shows that the increase in long COVID risk is also accompanied by the increased chance of developing a number of other related conditions, according to new research at Penn Medicine."
penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-me...
Second infection in kids doubles long COVID risk | Penn Today
Pediatric data shows that the increase in long COVID risk is also accompanied by the increased chance of developing a number of other related conditions, according to new research at Penn Medicine.
penntoday.upenn.edu
December 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"Second infection in kids doubles long COVID risk
Pediatric data shows that the increase in long COVID risk is also accompanied by the increased chance of developing a number of other related conditions, according to new research at Penn Medicine."
penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-me...
Pediatric data shows that the increase in long COVID risk is also accompanied by the increased chance of developing a number of other related conditions, according to new research at Penn Medicine."
penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-me...
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What do you call it when a foreign power’s agents target and damage your transportation infrastructure, drinking water and food safety?
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
What do you call it when a foreign power’s agents target and damage your transportation infrastructure, drinking water and food safety?
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Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
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A team of Michigan Engineering researchers are leading a multi-institutional effort to tackle latency for wheelchair-friendly virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) soccer matches and large-scale VR word puzzles for players fending off the progression of Parkinson’s. myumi.ch/G2EX5
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A team of Michigan Engineering researchers are leading a multi-institutional effort to tackle latency for wheelchair-friendly virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) soccer matches and large-scale VR word puzzles for players fending off the progression of Parkinson’s. myumi.ch/G2EX5
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📖We are often asked where you can find reliable vaccine information. It breaks our hearts to say it, but it’s no longer at CDC
The vaccine integrity project is a great source & has compiled recommendations from medical societies into 1 place for easier reference:
www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
The vaccine integrity project is a great source & has compiled recommendations from medical societies into 1 place for easier reference:
www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
Vaccine Integrity Project - 2025-26 Fall Immunization Information
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
📖We are often asked where you can find reliable vaccine information. It breaks our hearts to say it, but it’s no longer at CDC
The vaccine integrity project is a great source & has compiled recommendations from medical societies into 1 place for easier reference:
www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
The vaccine integrity project is a great source & has compiled recommendations from medical societies into 1 place for easier reference:
www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
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“The National Wildlife Health Center in Madison is the only center in the country dedicated to preventing and detecting wildlife disease. Research at the facility, which has already lost about 30% of staff, includes bird flu, chronic wasting disease and more.”
www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...
www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...
Trump budget jeopardizes 3 U.S. science research centers in Wisconsin
The fate of the centers isn't sealed, since Congress ultimately has the power to assign funds. But until a decision is made, scientists are uneasy.
www.jsonline.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
“The National Wildlife Health Center in Madison is the only center in the country dedicated to preventing and detecting wildlife disease. Research at the facility, which has already lost about 30% of staff, includes bird flu, chronic wasting disease and more.”
www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...
www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...
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Further evidence that widespread covid vaccination is better for everybody.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Further evidence that widespread covid vaccination is better for everybody.
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This is why, when President Slurs McSundown passes away, it's going to be a battle royale as all these selfish grifters shank each other before the funeral is over.
see the thing about them all being the worst people in the world is that even when one of them gets killed they can't create a proper cult of martyrdom around him because the others get jealous he's getting all the attention.
I'm not quite sure where to start
December 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is why, when President Slurs McSundown passes away, it's going to be a battle royale as all these selfish grifters shank each other before the funeral is over.
Thankful for #Annapolis Capital Gazette newspaper for story on how drinking alcohol and conduct in uniform by Navy/DOD leadership affect the standard accepted by junior officers. #Hegseth #USNA www.capitalgazette.com/2025/12/05/p...
December 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Thankful for #Annapolis Capital Gazette newspaper for story on how drinking alcohol and conduct in uniform by Navy/DOD leadership affect the standard accepted by junior officers. #Hegseth #USNA www.capitalgazette.com/2025/12/05/p...
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“I just think we need to kill them. Every last one of them.” - An Israeli interviewed on Sky News,
This girl isn't a monster. She's a product of a monstrous society. This is what 75 years of dehumanization and apartheid creates—a society hungry for genocide.
Very sad 😢
This girl isn't a monster. She's a product of a monstrous society. This is what 75 years of dehumanization and apartheid creates—a society hungry for genocide.
Very sad 😢
December 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
“I just think we need to kill them. Every last one of them.” - An Israeli interviewed on Sky News,
This girl isn't a monster. She's a product of a monstrous society. This is what 75 years of dehumanization and apartheid creates—a society hungry for genocide.
Very sad 😢
This girl isn't a monster. She's a product of a monstrous society. This is what 75 years of dehumanization and apartheid creates—a society hungry for genocide.
Very sad 😢