@wade-ingram.bsky.social
Materials Scientist. Dual PhDs. Trying to make a more equitable and sustainable world for all.
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving
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"The secret sauce has been poured down the drain," says David Draper, former Deputy Chief Scientist of NASA, over the recent firing or departure of 1000s of NASA employees, which will be catastrophic for the legacy of the US🇺🇸😖🚀
www.planetary.org/articles/400...
h/t @floragraham.bsky.social 🧪
www.planetary.org/articles/400...
h/t @floragraham.bsky.social 🧪
4,000 gone: Inside NASA’s brain drain
In exclusive interviews, ex-NASA scientists speak out on the impact of the agency's mass departures.
www.planetary.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"The secret sauce has been poured down the drain," says David Draper, former Deputy Chief Scientist of NASA, over the recent firing or departure of 1000s of NASA employees, which will be catastrophic for the legacy of the US🇺🇸😖🚀
www.planetary.org/articles/400...
h/t @floragraham.bsky.social 🧪
www.planetary.org/articles/400...
h/t @floragraham.bsky.social 🧪
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Where are the commanding officers of those sailors in the background. How are they letting this happen?
Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."
October 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Where are the commanding officers of those sailors in the background. How are they letting this happen?
IDT *is* that man. Awesome win today
October 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
IDT *is* that man. Awesome win today
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Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
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Yet another good reason for locals to resist data centers: "electricity now costs as much as 267% more for a single month than it did five years ago in areas located near significant data center activity"
Gift link from @bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Gift link from @bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring
Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.
www.bloomberg.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Yet another good reason for locals to resist data centers: "electricity now costs as much as 267% more for a single month than it did five years ago in areas located near significant data center activity"
Gift link from @bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Gift link from @bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Remco’s melodramatic sit at the finish is killing me 😂 Deep in his feels and just soaking in it. Sorry it didn’t go better for him, but it was still a good result!
September 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Remco’s melodramatic sit at the finish is killing me 😂 Deep in his feels and just soaking in it. Sorry it didn’t go better for him, but it was still a good result!
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Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
September 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
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(Bloomberg) - President Xi Jinping’s export engine has proved unstoppable during five months of sky-high US tariffs, sending China toward a record $1.2 trillion trade surplus.
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
September 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
(Bloomberg) - President Xi Jinping’s export engine has proved unstoppable during five months of sky-high US tariffs, sending China toward a record $1.2 trillion trade surplus.
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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REPORTER: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk.
How are you holding up, sir?
TRUMP: THE NEW BALLROOM IS GONNA BE A BEAUTY!!
This fucking guy, man.
How are you holding up, sir?
TRUMP: THE NEW BALLROOM IS GONNA BE A BEAUTY!!
This fucking guy, man.
![REPORTER: Mr. President, my condolences to you, Sir. My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. [unintelligible]
How are you holding up over the last day and a half, Sir?
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there, you see all the trucks? They've just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get, as you know, for about 150 years. And it's gonna be a beauty. Absolutely magnificent construction. We just started, so it'll get done very nicely.
And it will be one of the best anywhere in the world, actually.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uz5apa2z3jrxhjjzqw5qik65/bafkreig3fdzdxnbha2zwshenqjslpbsx2k53h6psmt2pceord7dtcdgusi@jpeg)
September 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
REPORTER: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk.
How are you holding up, sir?
TRUMP: THE NEW BALLROOM IS GONNA BE A BEAUTY!!
This fucking guy, man.
How are you holding up, sir?
TRUMP: THE NEW BALLROOM IS GONNA BE A BEAUTY!!
This fucking guy, man.
Jonas has to go now if he wants to win the stage
September 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Jonas has to go now if he wants to win the stage
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A rapidly growing body of research has consistently shown how pervasive and problematic #microplastics have become.
A 2024 #ScienceReview provides an overview of this research and the progress made in understanding these pollutants. https://scim.ag/4nePO4G #ScienceMagArchives
A 2024 #ScienceReview provides an overview of this research and the progress made in understanding these pollutants. https://scim.ag/4nePO4G #ScienceMagArchives
Twenty years of microplastic pollution research—what have we learned?
Twenty years after the first publication that used the term microplastic, we review current understanding, refine definitions, and consider future prospects. Microplastics arise from multiple sources,...
scim.ag
September 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A rapidly growing body of research has consistently shown how pervasive and problematic #microplastics have become.
A 2024 #ScienceReview provides an overview of this research and the progress made in understanding these pollutants. https://scim.ag/4nePO4G #ScienceMagArchives
A 2024 #ScienceReview provides an overview of this research and the progress made in understanding these pollutants. https://scim.ag/4nePO4G #ScienceMagArchives
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In Defense One, Jon Duffy, a retired USN captain, furnishes withering analysis of Hegseth's latest escapades in the Caribbean. Essential reading. www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...
A killing at sea marks America’s descent into lawless power
The peremptory strike on a speedboat is a warning to all who serve. Remember your oath.
www.defenseone.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
In Defense One, Jon Duffy, a retired USN captain, furnishes withering analysis of Hegseth's latest escapades in the Caribbean. Essential reading. www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...
A supremely good guy
Matteo Jorgenson stages being shortened due to protests:
"I think sometimes [us] cyclists are really in our own world and focused on our tasks.[...]
And just trying to encourage everyone to come out of that and realise the bigger situations and take some perspective."
"I think sometimes [us] cyclists are really in our own world and focused on our tasks.[...]
And just trying to encourage everyone to come out of that and realise the bigger situations and take some perspective."
September 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A supremely good guy
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Advanced textiles and intelligent wearable devices can provide cooling under extreme heat.
Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/463xZPh
Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/463xZPh
Sustainable personal cooling in a warming world
Advanced textiles and intelligent wearable devices can provide cooling under extreme heat
scim.ag
September 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Advanced textiles and intelligent wearable devices can provide cooling under extreme heat.
Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/463xZPh
Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/463xZPh
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The White House has made it clear that any Republicans considering joining Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) in his bipartisan push to force a vote on the full release of the Epstein files will be treated as committing a “very hostile act to the administration,”
September 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The White House has made it clear that any Republicans considering joining Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) in his bipartisan push to force a vote on the full release of the Epstein files will be treated as committing a “very hostile act to the administration,”
UAE disasterclass incoming?
August 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
UAE disasterclass incoming?
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When you consider that businesses are run by dictators—that a firm is not a democracy—it makes sense why a series of rich guys at the top of the capitalist world think government can be run without following any laws.
How Musk, Trump, and your boss learned to hate democracy
Work is a dictatorship. Is the government next?
www.motherjones.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
When you consider that businesses are run by dictators—that a firm is not a democracy—it makes sense why a series of rich guys at the top of the capitalist world think government can be run without following any laws.
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Do not forget. It’s about control of the Fed. This is a very dark day.
“This is a new attempt of the administration to gain more control over the Fed,” said Claudia Sahm, “They’re pulling as many different levers as they can find to get that control.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Aims to Win Majority on Fed Board With Attempt to Oust Lisa Cook
President Donald Trump’s campaign to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, if successful, would give him the opportunity to exert more influence over the US central bank by securing a majority on i...
www.bloomberg.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Do not forget. It’s about control of the Fed. This is a very dark day.
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This is fascinating. I had no idea that Oval Office ivy plant that Trump got rid of was a famous plant given to JFK by the Irish ambassador back in 1961, and has been tended carefully ever since.
The country’s most famous houseplant is missing. What did Trump do with it?
The country’s most famous houseplant is missing. What did Trump do with it?
The Oval Office Swedish Ivy was a gift to John F. Kennedy.
www.motherjones.com
August 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is fascinating. I had no idea that Oval Office ivy plant that Trump got rid of was a famous plant given to JFK by the Irish ambassador back in 1961, and has been tended carefully ever since.
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When mRNA vaccines are wrongly attacked, this is one of many examples of what you're missing.
A broad spectrum prevention strategy against viruses
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A broad spectrum prevention strategy against viruses
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
August 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
When mRNA vaccines are wrongly attacked, this is one of many examples of what you're missing.
A broad spectrum prevention strategy against viruses
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A broad spectrum prevention strategy against viruses
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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We haven’t expanded the size of the House since before the baby boom. 42 senators represent states with a combined population smaller than that of California’s.
www.pbump.net/o/the-declin...
www.pbump.net/o/the-declin...
The decline of representation in our representative democracy
The effort by Texas Republicans to wring five more GOP House seats from their state triggered a range of responses. For example: This doesn't seem like something that a party confident in its electora...
www.pbump.net
August 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
We haven’t expanded the size of the House since before the baby boom. 42 senators represent states with a combined population smaller than that of California’s.
www.pbump.net/o/the-declin...
www.pbump.net/o/the-declin...
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A sovereign wealth fund is when you have to find a place to invest the foreign reserves you accumulated by running a balance of payment surplus. When you give politicians control of pension money, that's called a political slush fund.
The new director of the US government’s human resources agency wants to make it easier to fire federal workers, drop college degree requirements for certain jobs, and even potentially steer pension money into a sovereign wealth fund.
With Musk Gone, Former a16z Executive Puts Mark on Civil Service
The new director of the US government’s human resources agency wants to make it easier to fire federal workers, drop college degree requirements for certain jobs, and even potentially steer pension money into a sovereign wealth fund.
bloom.bg
August 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A sovereign wealth fund is when you have to find a place to invest the foreign reserves you accumulated by running a balance of payment surplus. When you give politicians control of pension money, that's called a political slush fund.