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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 9h

Very good points by Allison Gill.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9h

NEW: Comey is going to challenge the legality of Lindsay Halligan's authority. Here's an explanation from my show this past Sunday. You can watch the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/PkEOK7J...

ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 2d

Sad to see decimation of CBSNews with the right wing takeover.

🌬CasuallyLucid🌀🌊 @casuallylucid.bsky.social · 2d

"Mr. Berliner’s essay was met with rebuttals from many employees at NPR..., who wrote that it contained “many sweeping statements for which the writer is unable to offer evidence...'pro-establishment bilge' that allows wealthy Americans “to pretend that they are actually besieged outsiders.”

#Pinks

Paramount Buys The Free Press, Ushering in a New Era at CBS News

www.nytimes.com

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JAMA @jama.com · 2d

Inhaler-related #greenhouse gas emissions in the VA health system dropped 68% from 2008 to 2023, primarily due to policy and formulary changes favoring lower-emission inhaler options.

ja.ma/4nYMM54

Greenhouse gas emissions from inhaled medications, 2008-2023. Emissions from SAMA & SABA-SAMA decreased, ICS-LABA increased, SABA stable. Key events: CFC inhaler phase-out, VA formulary changes favoring DPI over MDI.

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 4d

They are terrorizing Americans.

Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 6d

This should enrage you. This is NOT WHO WE ARE.

ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 4d

Unacceptable intimidating tactics.

Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 5d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 4d

Scary. Here comes mass scale surveillance. Amazon’s Ring camera is going to implement facial recognition and store the data on its servers. Will be very scary for people doing political canvassing door-to-door. Other companies will do the same.

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Analysis | Amazon’s Ring plans to scan everyone’s face at the door

For the first time, the company is putting facial recognition into its home security doorbells and video cameras.

www.washingtonpost.com

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 4d

Good article regarding the darkness that is settling over this country. (Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...

Opinion | What I Learned From My Days in Russia: Silicon Valley Needs to Start Speaking Out About Trump

www.nytimes.com

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 6d

Ridiculous!

Rebeka Ferreira @philobitch @philosop-her.bsky.social · 6d

elon musk leads campaign to erase #LGBTQ shows and characters from #netflix

#feminism #Blacksky #theresistance 💪🏽 #philsky #academicsky #edusky

Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters | Erin Reed | 18 comments

Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters. If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBT...

www.linkedin.com

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 6d

Actually, the NYT did endorse the Harris/Waltz campaign in 2024.

www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/o...

Opinion | The Only Patriotic Choice for President (Published 2024)

www.nytimes.com

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 6d

Letter by U of AZ faculty chair slamming the dirty demand by the WH and urging the university president to reject this. #AcademicSky #ScienceSky 🧪

tucson.com/news/local/e...

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you, Rep. Stanton for sending this letter. What this administration is doing is totally unacceptable.

ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 7d

www.committeeforthefirstamendment.com

Committee for the First Amendment

www.committeeforthefirstamendment.com

ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Fonda leads hundreds to re-launch a McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech

www.npr.org/2025/10/01/n...

Hundreds of celebrities relaunch a McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech

The Committee for the First Amendment first launched in the 1940s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee accused Hollywood actors, directors and writers of being communists or sympathizers.

www.npr.org

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8d

AOC: And when Republicans use a legislative mechanism to gut the American health care system, we have to use a legislative mechanism in order to restore it and to fight for it.

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 9d

So, our money is indirectly going to enrich the billionaire Rob Citrone even more!

Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 9d

"Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire

A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary"

@juddlegum.bsky.social for @popular.info

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire

A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary

popular.info

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 10d

How soon can we get rid of this despicable Democratic “leader”?

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 10d

Statement by Hakeem Jeffries on Eric Adams announcement that he is dropping out of the Mayor’s race:

ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 10d

This is so hilarious! The graph clearly establishes who has been committing all these violence over the last thirty years.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10d

White House Deputy Press Secretary posts a graph showing 30 years of right-wing violence dramatically outpacing left-wing violence while trying to prove the Left is uniquely violent

White House Deputy Press Secretary tweet:
"Democrats, calling your political opponents Nazis has consequences.

Study: Left-wing terrorism climbs to 30-year high"

ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 10d

I don’t see China, India, Russia, Sri Lanka, … in this list.

Greychin 🇦🇺 @greychin.bsky.social · 10d

I can't see Australia, Canada, Great Britain, France

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 11d

Very well said!

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 12d

Yes, I too loved this book. Great writing!

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hedgelord2.bsky.social @hedgelord2.bsky.social · 12d

I got this excellent book, Separation of Church and Hate by @johnfugelsang.bsky.social this week and I am finding it hard to put down.
I come from a family of not-necessarily-religious theological scholars for whom debating bible verses is standard fare 🧵

Cover of Separation of Church and Hate, a book by John Fugelsang

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ScienceLover58 @lovescience58.bsky.social · 15d

youtu.be/c1tjh_ZO_tY

Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 15d

Advanced sensor technologies are providing real-time insights into the internal processes of metal 3D printing, supporting improved quality control and reliability for additive manufacturing applications. doi.org/g94kzc

Advanced sensors peer inside the 'black box' of metal 3D printing

With the ability to print metal structures with complex shapes and unique mechanical properties, metal additive manufacturing (AM) could be revolutionary.

techxplore.com

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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 16d

Indoor surfaces can absorb and retain harmful volatile organic compounds for extended periods, potentially exposing occupants through air and skin contact even after the original source is removed. doi.org/g94g7p

Indoor surfaces can act as massive sponges for harmful chemicals

Indoor surfaces have an unexpectedly strong ability to absorb and hold harmful chemical compounds that can threaten human health for as long as a year, according to air chemistry researchers at the University of California, Irvine.

phys.org

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