Mary M
@marym.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy
Lady physicist. Opinionated nerd.
[bridged from https://universeodon.com/@marym on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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People think that nonviolence works by appealing to the conscience of the bad guys, and that really it doesn't usually work, because by definition the bad guys have no conscience. But that is not what nonviolence is.
Is everyone familiar with the idea of a "social construct"? Like borders - […]
Is everyone familiar with the idea of a "social construct"? Like borders - […]
Original post on universeodon.com
universeodon.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:15 PM
People think that nonviolence works by appealing to the conscience of the bad guys, and that really it doesn't usually work, because by definition the bad guys have no conscience. But that is not what nonviolence is.
Is everyone familiar with the idea of a "social construct"? Like borders - […]
Is everyone familiar with the idea of a "social construct"? Like borders - […]
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Did anyone else listen to the podcast Reply All? I feel like Mastodon is full of people who did. So then we should all know who PJ Vogt is - one of the hosts of Reply All, and now the host of "Search Engine" another podcast which I very much enjoy.
This week's episode of Search Engine is all […]
This week's episode of Search Engine is all […]
Original post on mendeddrum.org
mendeddrum.org
January 10, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Did anyone else listen to the podcast Reply All? I feel like Mastodon is full of people who did. So then we should all know who PJ Vogt is - one of the hosts of Reply All, and now the host of "Search Engine" another podcast which I very much enjoy.
This week's episode of Search Engine is all […]
This week's episode of Search Engine is all […]
Got at new #framework 13 for Christmas. Actually we ordered it in November *just* before the price of RAM started to go up. It's the DIY edition (so that I ended up putting the memory and SSD in myself before installing the keyboard and display bezel), and I […]
[Original post on universeodon.com]
[Original post on universeodon.com]
December 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Got at new #framework 13 for Christmas. Actually we ordered it in November *just* before the price of RAM started to go up. It's the DIY edition (so that I ended up putting the memory and SSD in myself before installing the keyboard and display bezel), and I […]
[Original post on universeodon.com]
[Original post on universeodon.com]
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Anyone want to send their name around the moon with Artemis-II? Sign-up before Jan 21st (it's all free). 🧪🔭
ℹ️: www3.nasa.gov/send-your-na...
ℹ️: www3.nasa.gov/send-your-na...
December 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Anyone want to send their name around the moon with Artemis-II? Sign-up before Jan 21st (it's all free). 🧪🔭
ℹ️: www3.nasa.gov/send-your-na...
ℹ️: www3.nasa.gov/send-your-na...
Apparently unpopular opinion on Senate bill to end the shutdown: If there's an opportunity to fund SNAP for the whole year and THEN go back to fighting about healthcare, I think we need to take it. Kids need to eat.
This bill (unlike one passed by the House in September) includes funding for […]
This bill (unlike one passed by the House in September) includes funding for […]
Original post on universeodon.com
universeodon.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Apparently unpopular opinion on Senate bill to end the shutdown: If there's an opportunity to fund SNAP for the whole year and THEN go back to fighting about healthcare, I think we need to take it. Kids need to eat.
This bill (unlike one passed by the House in September) includes funding for […]
This bill (unlike one passed by the House in September) includes funding for […]
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Hi! Do I know anyone in biotech or medical engineering who’d be up to chat with my niece for a writing assignment she has?
September 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Hi! Do I know anyone in biotech or medical engineering who’d be up to chat with my niece for a writing assignment she has?
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"Republican leadership in #texas refused to let Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier leave the House chamber after she refused to agree to a 24/7 police "escort."
... #Democrats who left the state would only be allowed to leave the chamber on Monday if they […]
[Original post on newsie.social]
... #Democrats who left the state would only be allowed to leave the chamber on Monday if they […]
[Original post on newsie.social]
August 19, 2025 at 2:54 AM
"Republican leadership in #texas refused to let Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier leave the House chamber after she refused to agree to a 24/7 police "escort."
... #Democrats who left the state would only be allowed to leave the chamber on Monday if they […]
[Original post on newsie.social]
... #Democrats who left the state would only be allowed to leave the chamber on Monday if they […]
[Original post on newsie.social]
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@juddlegum.bsky.social notes that the announcement of yet another Trump Tower (aka bribery concrete) got <400 words of coverage from any major outlet, and none from most outlets.
popular.info/p/the-medias...
popular.info/p/the-medias...
July 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
@juddlegum.bsky.social notes that the announcement of yet another Trump Tower (aka bribery concrete) got <400 words of coverage from any major outlet, and none from most outlets.
popular.info/p/the-medias...
popular.info/p/the-medias...
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Stunning image of wildfire smoke from the Manitoba fires across eastern North America over a three day period.
GOES Imagery from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University and NOAA
GOES Imagery from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University and NOAA
June 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Stunning image of wildfire smoke from the Manitoba fires across eastern North America over a three day period.
GOES Imagery from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University and NOAA
GOES Imagery from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University and NOAA
Reposted by Mary M
I’m a couple of days late to this very interesting development: Democratic Senators and Representatives have introduced a bill to put the U.S. Marshals, who provide security to federal judges, under the supervision of the federal judiciary rather than the executive branch DOJ […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
May 26, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I’m a couple of days late to this very interesting development: Democratic Senators and Representatives have introduced a bill to put the U.S. Marshals, who provide security to federal judges, under the supervision of the federal judiciary rather than the executive branch DOJ […]
Reposted by Mary M
I think this got me kicked out of an "Andor" Facebook group, so I'm gonna post it over here:
Luthen's "ends justify the means" approach is the attitude of a villain, not a hero. All these guys on Facebook want you to think we should admire him anyway, and that killing innocent people to achieve […]
Luthen's "ends justify the means" approach is the attitude of a villain, not a hero. All these guys on Facebook want you to think we should admire him anyway, and that killing innocent people to achieve […]
Original post on mendeddrum.org
mendeddrum.org
May 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I think this got me kicked out of an "Andor" Facebook group, so I'm gonna post it over here:
Luthen's "ends justify the means" approach is the attitude of a villain, not a hero. All these guys on Facebook want you to think we should admire him anyway, and that killing innocent people to achieve […]
Luthen's "ends justify the means" approach is the attitude of a villain, not a hero. All these guys on Facebook want you to think we should admire him anyway, and that killing innocent people to achieve […]
Reposted by Mary M
I think about this comic at least once a week
May 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I think about this comic at least once a week
Reposted by Mary M
“A crypto billionaire with a side hustle as President”
(All of you who complained about the alleged, never-proven Biden bribery but stay silent about this — we see you)
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
(All of you who complained about the alleged, never-proven Biden bribery but stay silent about this — we see you)
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
May 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“A crypto billionaire with a side hustle as President”
(All of you who complained about the alleged, never-proven Biden bribery but stay silent about this — we see you)
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
(All of you who complained about the alleged, never-proven Biden bribery but stay silent about this — we see you)
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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Today I learned there is a vaccine for the cancer that killed my mom in development. In a stage 1 trial, it cured the cancer for people with Stage III and IV cancer. That made me tear up for what might have been. Then I learned that legislators in some states are trying to ban RNA vaccines […]
Original post on toot.boston
toot.boston
May 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Today I learned there is a vaccine for the cancer that killed my mom in development. In a stage 1 trial, it cured the cancer for people with Stage III and IV cancer. That made me tear up for what might have been. Then I learned that legislators in some states are trying to ban RNA vaccines […]
Reposted by Mary M
#Trump says, ‘I don’t know,’ when asked if he’s required to uphold Constitution https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/04/trump-nbc-interview-constitution-economy/
May 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#Trump says, ‘I don’t know,’ when asked if he’s required to uphold Constitution https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/04/trump-nbc-interview-constitution-economy/
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Facebook tracked when adolescent girls deleted selfies so it can serve a beauty ad to them at that moment. 😳
Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty Ads
A recent tell-all by a Facebook insider reveals the insidious nature of Facebook's advertising empire, and the dangerous consequences.
futurism.com
May 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Facebook tracked when adolescent girls deleted selfies so it can serve a beauty ad to them at that moment. 😳
Reposted by Mary M
Adam Serwer
"The Trump administration is defying a Supreme Court order to retrieve a man they marooned in a gulag abroad, while pretending to comply with it. What it could do to him, it could do to anyone. More significantly, if the Trump administration can defy court orders with impunity, and […]
"The Trump administration is defying a Supreme Court order to retrieve a man they marooned in a gulag abroad, while pretending to comply with it. What it could do to him, it could do to anyone. More significantly, if the Trump administration can defy court orders with impunity, and […]
Original post on mastodon.scot
mastodon.scot
April 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Adam Serwer
"The Trump administration is defying a Supreme Court order to retrieve a man they marooned in a gulag abroad, while pretending to comply with it. What it could do to him, it could do to anyone. More significantly, if the Trump administration can defy court orders with impunity, and […]
"The Trump administration is defying a Supreme Court order to retrieve a man they marooned in a gulag abroad, while pretending to comply with it. What it could do to him, it could do to anyone. More significantly, if the Trump administration can defy court orders with impunity, and […]
Reposted by Mary M
The Largest Tuberculosis Outbreak in U.S. History is Happening Right Now in Kansas. And the news comes as the Trump administration has “paused” all public messaging by the CDC.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a63577552/kansas-tuberculosis-outbreak-america/
#tuberculosis […]
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a63577552/kansas-tuberculosis-outbreak-america/
#tuberculosis […]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
January 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The Largest Tuberculosis Outbreak in U.S. History is Happening Right Now in Kansas. And the news comes as the Trump administration has “paused” all public messaging by the CDC.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a63577552/kansas-tuberculosis-outbreak-america/
#tuberculosis […]
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a63577552/kansas-tuberculosis-outbreak-america/
#tuberculosis […]
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How to be A Bad Teacher
1. Unclear expectations. Don't plan anything.
2. Excessive randomly applied consequences.
3. Yell, yet only follow through on what you yell about some of the time.
4. Dislike the students.
5. Dislike the subject. (and do a bad job hiding it)
6. Forget about knowing names […]
1. Unclear expectations. Don't plan anything.
2. Excessive randomly applied consequences.
3. Yell, yet only follow through on what you yell about some of the time.
4. Dislike the students.
5. Dislike the subject. (and do a bad job hiding it)
6. Forget about knowing names […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
April 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
How to be A Bad Teacher
1. Unclear expectations. Don't plan anything.
2. Excessive randomly applied consequences.
3. Yell, yet only follow through on what you yell about some of the time.
4. Dislike the students.
5. Dislike the subject. (and do a bad job hiding it)
6. Forget about knowing names […]
1. Unclear expectations. Don't plan anything.
2. Excessive randomly applied consequences.
3. Yell, yet only follow through on what you yell about some of the time.
4. Dislike the students.
5. Dislike the subject. (and do a bad job hiding it)
6. Forget about knowing names […]
Reposted by Mary M
AP Exclusive: “US & #Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as potential destinations for resettling Palestinians uprooted from the #gaza Strip under #Trump ’s proposed postwar plan […]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
March 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Reposted by Mary M
“I recommend being in the office at least every weekday…60 hours a week is the sweet spot of productivity” - Sergey Brin
He sounds like the boss in the old joke.
"My boss arrived at work today in a brand new Ferrari..
I said ‘wow, that’s an amazing car!’
He said ‘If you work hard, put all […]
He sounds like the boss in the old joke.
"My boss arrived at work today in a brand new Ferrari..
I said ‘wow, that’s an amazing car!’
He said ‘If you work hard, put all […]
Original post on mendeddrum.org
mendeddrum.org
March 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“I recommend being in the office at least every weekday…60 hours a week is the sweet spot of productivity” - Sergey Brin
He sounds like the boss in the old joke.
"My boss arrived at work today in a brand new Ferrari..
I said ‘wow, that’s an amazing car!’
He said ‘If you work hard, put all […]
He sounds like the boss in the old joke.
"My boss arrived at work today in a brand new Ferrari..
I said ‘wow, that’s an amazing car!’
He said ‘If you work hard, put all […]
"Last month, President Donald Trump, as part of his crackdown on illegal immigration, signed an executive order to expand Guantánamo and fill it with “the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people.” The first batch of nearly 200 migrant detainees shipped there were […]
Original post on universeodon.com
universeodon.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Last month, President Donald Trump, as part of his crackdown on illegal immigration, signed an executive order to expand Guantánamo and fill it with “the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people.” The first batch of nearly 200 migrant detainees shipped there were […]
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Hey everyone! @co2ley.bsky.social — who was fired by NOAA yesterday as the Director of the Ocean Acidification Program — is now here on Bluesky! Follow her! Also, someone please offer Sarah a job! 🌊
Thanks for the shoutout. Yesterday was quite a day. Working on how to create good trouble today.
February 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Hey everyone! @co2ley.bsky.social — who was fired by NOAA yesterday as the Director of the Ocean Acidification Program — is now here on Bluesky! Follow her! Also, someone please offer Sarah a job! 🌊