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bugs, birds and stuff
democracy aspirant
trying not to play in D minor
Pinned
it is my sincere hope that the good and hopeful people of this land will spit forcefully this government out through its teeth with the velocity of a watermelon seed.
From a friend: “Someone I know had a meeting with a Trump agriculture transition team member. This person said surely you’re not going to impose tariffs on food imports. He responded why wouldn’t we? And my person said: because about 30% of the food Americans regularly consume cannot be grown here…”
pretty low for a saturday night ngl
The piss tank on the ISS is now 25% full.
December 14, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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As Russian so called hybrid attacks continues the documentation project of dr @amaragraps.bsky.social entered a new phase.

It is now easier than ever to help build the database keeping track of all the attacks. Do join!
December 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Saturday night in America: trying to decide if we should make the rest of the drive to Providence for a show which starts in 30 mins bc the venue in is in lockdown with an active shooter situation two blocks away
December 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Just for the record

We really should start to take global warming seriously otherwise we are toast...

Or do you think the physics of a water planet know mercy?

#Climate #Earth
A principal short on why we will likely reach 2 °C of warming around 2030
Sadly, we are not able to accept the new reality and are still in denial.
medium.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Someone vandalized our anti-ICE #nativity, but we came back stronger than ever. It’s a piece of living art, and we’re not going to stop sharing our message of compassion and love. We get knocked down, but we get back up again - better and stronger. Love wins - never doubt it.
December 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
this is 💖

my condolences to the sound techs tho 🤯 hypercardioids ftw
Weerzien met Radiohead in Berlijn. Wat een avond:
December 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Wow. This is an absolutely terrifying read. We now live in an age when a single company can, through what appears to be plain old bureaucracy, can more or less brick your entire digital life.
posted about my Apple ID woes, please share widely?

hey.paris/posts/appleid/
December 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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A new study of the last 50 years of US pop music shows “a significant increase in stress-related language, alongside declines in positive sentiment and lyrical complexity.”
Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023 - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023
www.nature.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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They really don’t want to be held accountable for anything.
BREAKING: DC Circuit, 2-1, temporarily halts Judge Boasberg's plan for contempt hearing re Alien Enemies Act deportations that may have violated his order. Majority Rao/Walker (Trump). Dissent: Childs (Biden). Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
CADCBoasbergStay121225
www.documentcloud.org
December 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.

Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Here's Sandra Day O'Connor endorsing News Max levels of voter fraud conspiracies in the 2000 election.
December 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Okay here's the thing

Impeachment does not, in principle, require extensive factual hearings

Hearings are for when relevant facts are in dispute!!
Significant statement from Jeffries and House Democratic leaders saying they will vote “present” on the motion to table Al Green’s resolution to impeach President Trump. They say they’re “laser-focused on fighting to lower the high cost of living” plus on health care and corruption.
December 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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it is my sincere hope that the good and hopeful people of this land will spit forcefully this government out through its teeth with the velocity of a watermelon seed.
From a friend: “Someone I know had a meeting with a Trump agriculture transition team member. This person said surely you’re not going to impose tariffs on food imports. He responded why wouldn’t we? And my person said: because about 30% of the food Americans regularly consume cannot be grown here…”
November 15, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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Judge Xinis: “Respondents SHALL release Abrego Garcia from ICE custody immediately”
December 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Covid mRNA vaccines have a rare link to myocarditis adverse events (~30 cases per million 2nd doses).
Extensive work in mice shows two inflammation mediators that appear to be the mediators and a plant-derived anti-inflammatory (genistein) that blocks it
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Inhibition of CXCL10 and IFN-γ ameliorates myocarditis in preclinical models of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination
Preclinical models of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination revealed a targetable CXCL10–IFN-γ axis that drives cytokine-induced cardiac injury.
www.science.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Holy crap....this is a Pumpkin toadlet and it is the best
December 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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I’m but a simple country theoretical physicist, and I can say, in my professional capacity, “datacenters in space” is so colossally, monumentally stupid that it is difficult to know where to start with which laws of physics the idea is spitting in the face of the most.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
December 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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November 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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So, I'm trying out a thing.

Feedback is welcome.

If enough people like it, I might do it again...

youtube.com/shorts/ptJ66...
The ICECAST December 11, 2025 #shorts
YouTube video by JJ in DC
youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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US CPI inflation +24.2% since the start of 2021 @AugurInfinity
augurdigest.com/p/au...
December 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
same
December 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"Once you know certain truths, you cannot unknow them."
December 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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“The U.S. says it wants a ‘free and open Indo-Pacific’ —
while demanding access to five years of your tweets before you can enter the country.”

www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12...
U.S. may require tourists to disclose social media history to customs
The U.S. is planning to require all foreign tourists to disclose five years of their social media history under a new proposal for enhanced border security.
www.japantimes.co.jp
December 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Good morning my sweet Deadheads. 🌹⚡️❤️

music.youtube.com/watch?v=qJl3...
Little Sadie (acoustic) - Grateful Dead - 10-31-1980 Radio City, NY set1-03
YouTube video by LoloYodel
music.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Onthophagus rangifer, one of the most extraordinary horned dung beetles you might ever see. From a baited pitfall trap near Skukuza on our #MSc #Wildlife #Conservation field course in the #Kruger park. #HullWildlifeConservation #insects #coleoptera #wildlifephotography @uniofhull.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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BREAKING: Democrats have *flipped* a seat in Georgia's state House tonight.

Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.

This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
December 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM