Miriam Blake
@meblake.bsky.social
Information geek at a research lab. RDM. Scholarly publishing. Cats. Art of all forms. World peace.
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All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house.
This is where America is now
This is where America is now
December 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house.
This is where America is now
This is where America is now
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A textbook example of killing the messenger.
Russ Vought’s cultish anti-science fervor will not slow or stop climate change. But it will help blind us to what’s coming. And how to stop it.
Russ Vought’s cultish anti-science fervor will not slow or stop climate change. But it will help blind us to what’s coming. And how to stop it.
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 17, 2025 at 6:51 AM
A textbook example of killing the messenger.
Russ Vought’s cultish anti-science fervor will not slow or stop climate change. But it will help blind us to what’s coming. And how to stop it.
Russ Vought’s cultish anti-science fervor will not slow or stop climate change. But it will help blind us to what’s coming. And how to stop it.
Weirdness
December 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Weirdness
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U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
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This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.
America is on the brink of martial law.
Do not be silent.
America is on the brink of martial law.
Do not be silent.
This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
October 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.
America is on the brink of martial law.
Do not be silent.
America is on the brink of martial law.
Do not be silent.
Environmental innovations are pivoting out of necessity. I am grateful for the brave leadership of people doing these things, and bless them if they make a lot of filthy lucre.
Boring can be brilliant. In Pueblo, Colorado, they're planning to replace a coal plant with one of largest clean energy hubs in US.
At its core: a thermal battery. These batteries can provide round-the-clock heat, slashing emissions, creating jobs, and improving public health.
At its core: a thermal battery. These batteries can provide round-the-clock heat, slashing emissions, creating jobs, and improving public health.
September 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Environmental innovations are pivoting out of necessity. I am grateful for the brave leadership of people doing these things, and bless them if they make a lot of filthy lucre.
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*siiiiiiigggghhhh*
September 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
*siiiiiiigggghhhh*
Et tu Berkeley?
It's "great" to see my employer releasing names and information about *alleged* behavior to the Trump admin, without even telling the people who've been accused what it is that they're accused of. Utterly reprehensible.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Et tu Berkeley?
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MAGA does not understand that the joke is on them, and that every accusation against Newsom is a confession about Trump.
August 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
MAGA does not understand that the joke is on them, and that every accusation against Newsom is a confession about Trump.
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"In the letter, the signatories warned that National Science Foundation grants now underwent a 'covert and ideologically driven secondary review process'...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/s...
Amid Fear of Retaliation, N.S.F. Workers Sign Letter of Dissent
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
"In the letter, the signatories warned that National Science Foundation grants now underwent a 'covert and ideologically driven secondary review process'...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/s...
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Posting this 1967 Birmingham News editorial cartoon for all the people who don't realize that this is how MLK was viewed by a big chunk of white America.
June 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Posting this 1967 Birmingham News editorial cartoon for all the people who don't realize that this is how MLK was viewed by a big chunk of white America.
Fully agree. I’ve had people in my life who are mentally ill post screeds like this. Where is the alarm and discussion of mental decline?
I do understand that Biden’s inner circle covered up his decline. Got it. What I don’t understand is the same journalists and pundits pounding that story are ignoring this psychopath like it’s normal. I accepted Biden was old all along. I can’t accept this lunatic leading us.
May 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Fully agree. I’ve had people in my life who are mentally ill post screeds like this. Where is the alarm and discussion of mental decline?
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Aaaand there it is.
May 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Aaaand there it is.
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Good night 😴
War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
Benjamin Franklin
War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
Benjamin Franklin
May 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Good night 😴
War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
Benjamin Franklin
War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
Benjamin Franklin
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Can't be overstated how fucked up it is that Black folk came up with a word to express people being aware of the oppression of other people and it's now targeted by far right governments globally as something evil that must be destroyed
May 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Can't be overstated how fucked up it is that Black folk came up with a word to express people being aware of the oppression of other people and it's now targeted by far right governments globally as something evil that must be destroyed
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By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose…
www.propublica.org
April 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
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Truth. Let's F*cking Go!
April 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Truth. Let's F*cking Go!
The kids know the score
"Hundreds of military children who are students at Defense Department schools across the globe walked out of class to protest book bans, curriculum changes and restrictions on extracurricular activities that have resulted from Trump's crackdown on diversity." www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Hundreds of Students at Military Base Schools Walk Out to Protest Trump Administration’s Anti-Diversity Policies
The walkouts, which included about a dozen schools on U.S. military bases in Europe, Asia and at least one stateside, represent the biggest collective action military children have taken since the sta...
www.military.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The kids know the score
Unbelievable. And no mention of this in the NYT at all. WTF?
This bill disenfranchises a whole lot of women, but it disproportionately disenfranchises Republican women. Married women lean Republican. Married women who change their names definitely lean Republican. Seems a little self-defeating.
The SAVE Act passed the House today
April 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Unbelievable. And no mention of this in the NYT at all. WTF?
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I don't think people realize that in important respects tariffs are now higher & more inflationary than what was announced on last Wednesday.
Since then we've gone from 54% to 125% on China, our 3rd largest trading partner. That outweighs delaying the increases on 70+ others.
Since then we've gone from 54% to 125% on China, our 3rd largest trading partner. That outweighs delaying the increases on 70+ others.
April 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I don't think people realize that in important respects tariffs are now higher & more inflationary than what was announced on last Wednesday.
Since then we've gone from 54% to 125% on China, our 3rd largest trading partner. That outweighs delaying the increases on 70+ others.
Since then we've gone from 54% to 125% on China, our 3rd largest trading partner. That outweighs delaying the increases on 70+ others.
Great advice!
As a 20 year communications professional I’d like to offer Democrats my most sophisticated advice: While Trump is punching himself in the nuts, you could choose to 1. Also punch him in the nuts; or 2. Punch yourself in the nuts. I strongly advise number 1.
April 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Great advice!
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Must’ve cost big bucks to pay millions of people in 1,100 cities.
April 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Must’ve cost big bucks to pay millions of people in 1,100 cities.