Vicky
@vickyswalker.bsky.social
❤️ the soft, the cuddly, the cute, the beautiful, the epicurean.
Be open minded with a dash of empathy, or fuck off.
Be open minded with a dash of empathy, or fuck off.
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The judge had issued a temporary restraining order against an administration plan to freeze payments for grants and other federal programs, but says the administration has not been fully complying.
Judge says Trump administration is not in full compliance with order on spending
The judge had issued a temporary restraining order against an administration plan to freeze payments for grants and other federal programs, but says the administration has not been fully complying.
www.npr.org
February 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The judge had issued a temporary restraining order against an administration plan to freeze payments for grants and other federal programs, but says the administration has not been fully complying.
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Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
February 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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US Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-2131
The switchboard will transfer you to your rep regardless of your district. It may be busy. Keep calling.
The switchboard will transfer you to your rep regardless of your district. It may be busy. Keep calling.
February 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
US Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-2131
The switchboard will transfer you to your rep regardless of your district. It may be busy. Keep calling.
The switchboard will transfer you to your rep regardless of your district. It may be busy. Keep calling.
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Not so brilliant.
Meanwhile... we the people have spent 7 million dollars on Elon and his stooges for a weeks worth of "work". Make it make sense. rollcall.com/2025/02/04/w...
White House opens funding spigot for DOGE expenses - Roll Call
Nearly $7 million over the past week has gone to cover the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency’s expenses.
rollcall.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Not so brilliant.
This was a super helpful analysis for me, highly recommend watching. It's 13 minutes well spent.
From @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social. "If you’re always consumed by the next outrage, you can’t look closely at the last one. The impression of Trump’s power remains; the fact that he keeps stepping on rakes is missed. The projection of strength obscures the reality of weakness. Don’t believe him."
Don't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
This was a super helpful analysis for me, highly recommend watching. It's 13 minutes well spent.
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I have signed an executive order to slightly increase total daylight every successive day until June of this year! Our many months of darkness will soon be over! Enjoy!
January 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I have signed an executive order to slightly increase total daylight every successive day until June of this year! Our many months of darkness will soon be over! Enjoy!
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January 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Hit home today that Elon’s zooming in to a rally of the German hard right to tell them to stop feeling bad about the past and embrace German glory was right before Holocaust Remembrance day.
January 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Hit home today that Elon’s zooming in to a rally of the German hard right to tell them to stop feeling bad about the past and embrace German glory was right before Holocaust Remembrance day.
Jewish prisoners wait in a clearing near a grove of trees before being led to the gas chambers in May 1944.
Today is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
edition.cnn.com/2025/01/27/w...
2/3rds of Europe's Jews, and 1/3 of the world's Jews, were murdered in the Holocaust.
Today is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
edition.cnn.com/2025/01/27/w...
2/3rds of Europe's Jews, and 1/3 of the world's Jews, were murdered in the Holocaust.
January 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Jewish prisoners wait in a clearing near a grove of trees before being led to the gas chambers in May 1944.
Today is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
edition.cnn.com/2025/01/27/w...
2/3rds of Europe's Jews, and 1/3 of the world's Jews, were murdered in the Holocaust.
Today is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
edition.cnn.com/2025/01/27/w...
2/3rds of Europe's Jews, and 1/3 of the world's Jews, were murdered in the Holocaust.