LabLizard
@lablizard.bsky.social
I'm going to mostly post about science stuff you might have wondered about. Knowledge is power or at least it used to be. Maybe now it is simply protection.
Did anyone think getting rid of the penny would help us?
December 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Did anyone think getting rid of the penny would help us?
Another day, another warship.
December 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Another day, another warship.
Hanging out in the Virgin Islands.
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Hanging out in the Virgin Islands.
An example of a politician who should be investigated not getting investigated.
Miller-Meeks no longer registered to vote in IA-01
Laura Belin: It's hard to believe a politician as experienced as Miller-Meeks has botched questions about her residence so badly.
www.bleedingheartland.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
An example of a politician who should be investigated not getting investigated.
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The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.
Opinion | Banning Abortion a Hallmark of Authoritarian Regimes
Seda Saluk writes about how U.S. policy on abortion rights has started to mirror patterns seen in authoritarian regimes around the world.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.
Cruise ships to war ships. Spoiled view at a restaurant near Venezuela. Lots of money to "fight drugs" while pardoning drug dealers. Also, not good for turtles.
December 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Cruise ships to war ships. Spoiled view at a restaurant near Venezuela. Lots of money to "fight drugs" while pardoning drug dealers. Also, not good for turtles.
Worth remembering.
Bhopal: a lesson on the lesson of cost saving measures
We’re at the anniversary of the deadliest global chemical disaster, harming more than half a million people in Bhopal, India .
catherinehaustein.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Worth remembering.
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Public land grant universities with a mission to serve the residents of their respective states are the great economic equalizers. So of course Republicans and billionaires want to destroy them. 😖
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Public land grant universities with a mission to serve the residents of their respective states are the great economic equalizers. So of course Republicans and billionaires want to destroy them. 😖
A nice little restaurant view in the Virgin Islands but in the distance, some kind of war ship hoping to start something in Venezuela.
November 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A nice little restaurant view in the Virgin Islands but in the distance, some kind of war ship hoping to start something in Venezuela.
I'm at the thank g*d I just got paid stage of the holiday already.
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I'm at the thank g*d I just got paid stage of the holiday already.
Small islands. Huge boats. apnews.com/article/airc...
Aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean in major buildup near Venezuela
The most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier has arrived in the Caribbean Sea in a display of American military power. The presence of the USS Gerald R.
apnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Small islands. Huge boats. apnews.com/article/airc...
A link between Jan 6 and TP?
New evidence unsealed of how Trump's Jan. 6, 2021 rally was funded
A trove of evidence released in Trump's election interference case shows an organization paid for Jan. 6 rally attendees' transportation.
www.usatoday.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A link between Jan 6 and TP?
People have faced government censorship before and responded creatively. www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/there-w...
There Will Come Soft Rains (War Time) By Sara Teasdale, Famous Nature Poem
The Sedition Act of 1918 made it a crime to express any dissenting views about the U.S. involvements in World War I. This forced writers like Sara Teasdale to express their opposition to the war in mo...
www.familyfriendpoems.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 AM
People have faced government censorship before and responded creatively. www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/there-w...
School personnel ask for mental health resources and the elected officials offer thoughts and prayers and computers. And talk about themselves.
Pella School Board Hosts Lawmakers, Who Hear from Staff About Mental Health Challenges
The Pella School Board invited state lawmakers to the annual legislative roundtable work session Monday evening. This year, the board had a specific request for Senator Ken Rozenboom and Representativ...
www.kniakrls.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
School personnel ask for mental health resources and the elected officials offer thoughts and prayers and computers. And talk about themselves.
What they grow is dictated and subsidized by the government. My guess is that the Trump administration will allow some farms to go under, their rich friends will buy them, then the money from our taxes will flow to the rich friends.
October 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
What they grow is dictated and subsidized by the government. My guess is that the Trump administration will allow some farms to go under, their rich friends will buy them, then the money from our taxes will flow to the rich friends.
Another shooter from a MAGA family. www.thedailybeast.com/mormon-churc...
Mormon Church Shooter’s MAGA Mom Shared Chilling Message Before Massacre
Thomas Sanford’s mother didn’t name names in the pointed message.
www.thedailybeast.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Another shooter from a MAGA family. www.thedailybeast.com/mormon-churc...
Word of the day: sanctimonious. Rich, white people congratulate themselves for not rioting.
September 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Word of the day: sanctimonious. Rich, white people congratulate themselves for not rioting.
I missed this "Iowa in the news" article but apparently, people in the Okoboji region were complete jerks in 2020 and caused a covid hot spot. (My family vacationed in Detroit and the Lelanau Penninsula that year, wore masks, and didn't get infected because Big Gretch took summer vacation seriously.
The Complex Reasons Why Some Refuse to Wear a Mask
No mask, no problem? A new study reveals the thinking behind the refusal to wear a mask.
www.psychologytoday.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I missed this "Iowa in the news" article but apparently, people in the Okoboji region were complete jerks in 2020 and caused a covid hot spot. (My family vacationed in Detroit and the Lelanau Penninsula that year, wore masks, and didn't get infected because Big Gretch took summer vacation seriously.
An up close encounter with Turning Point. Say what you will, it is not intellectual and shouldn't have been around schools.
My Charlie Kirk story: How I was introduced to Turning Point USA
Kira Barker: I would never celebrate Charlie Kirk's death. Don’t let them make an enemy out of me or out of “Democrats.”
www.bleedingheartland.com
September 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
An up close encounter with Turning Point. Say what you will, it is not intellectual and shouldn't have been around schools.
SC rules profiling legal. Better run out and get botox, filler, fake tan, a bunch of golf clubs and a big watch so you don't get profiled as Antifa.
September 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
SC rules profiling legal. Better run out and get botox, filler, fake tan, a bunch of golf clubs and a big watch so you don't get profiled as Antifa.
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I cannot express how sick I am of self-declared "free speech champions" who actually censor speech, threaten journalists, ban books, monopolize the media, and spy on us. So it is meaningful to me to work with people who have the power and commitment to push back against that nonsense.
September 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I cannot express how sick I am of self-declared "free speech champions" who actually censor speech, threaten journalists, ban books, monopolize the media, and spy on us. So it is meaningful to me to work with people who have the power and commitment to push back against that nonsense.
But her calls for genocide were met with an invitation. Maybe because she wore a cross at a TP event?
Oklahoma Indigenous leaders criticize Ann Coulter social media post advocating for genocide
Conservative pundit Ann Coulter was unequivocal in her social media post.
www.kosu.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
But her calls for genocide were met with an invitation. Maybe because she wore a cross at a TP event?
I agree that numerical evaluations are not helpful and lead to gaming the system. At the U of Iowa, we had to write a paragraph for an evaluation. You can quickly sus out who has something valuable to say when they have to do more than check a box.
How Teacher Evaluations Broke the University
“We give them all A’s, and they give us all fives.”
www.theatlantic.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I agree that numerical evaluations are not helpful and lead to gaming the system. At the U of Iowa, we had to write a paragraph for an evaluation. You can quickly sus out who has something valuable to say when they have to do more than check a box.
I'm finding out that a lot of people in my locality have been maimed by Dr. Dobson.
James Dobson is dead. His books should be buried with him.
There is irrefutable proof, acknowledged across the spectrum, that Dobson's teachings were harmful and in some cases dangerous. The only way to right this wrong is to pulp his books.
darrelllucus.substack.com
September 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I'm finding out that a lot of people in my locality have been maimed by Dr. Dobson.
Dos anyone look at the old logo and think about the old navy joke about "your time in the barrel"? I didn't used to but I do now and hopefully, this politician will have her time in the barrel soon. www.facebook.com/MillerMeeksI...
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
I love Cracker Barrel and I almost always stop there when taking road trips, so this is fascinating and sad. Out of touch CEO who doesn’t know or understand the brand, the company and why people go...
www.facebook.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Dos anyone look at the old logo and think about the old navy joke about "your time in the barrel"? I didn't used to but I do now and hopefully, this politician will have her time in the barrel soon. www.facebook.com/MillerMeeksI...