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Former computer programmer, former research scientist, current used #bookseller. I'm interested in #science and debunking #pseudoscience.
I support #tolerance, #civility, and #democracy.
Jeff Nesbit: The Evisceration of the American Mind: The National Science Board has always been the gold standard for independent governance because it prioritized 'talent as treasure'
#Science #NSF #trump #antiscience #TheContrarian
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/the-evisceration-of-the-american
Erin Garcia de Jesús: How warming is shifting microbial worlds: Climate change is affecting microbes, and that has implications for all life on Earth
#ScienceNews #microbes #ClimageChange
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-change-disrupts-microbes-soil
Nikk Ogasa: Tear gas and pepper spray can have lasting health effects: Evidence is mounting for longer-term impacts beyond immediate pain and tears.
#protest #miscarriage #menstruation #health #ScienceNews
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tear-gas-pepper-spray-health-effects
Gina McCarthy, Janet McCabe, & Joseph Goffman: The Supreme Court Killed the Clean Power Plan — and Public Confidence. Chief Justice John Roberts launched a practice that denies public’s insight into the court’s reasoning.
#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #authoritarianism
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/the-supreme-court-killed-the-clean
Jason Stanley: Why is the #US #media silent about Israel’s role in tRump’s decision to go to #war? I suspect the main reason they avoid criticizing Israel is that they believe that would be antisemitic. But this is both dangerous and wrong.
"It is antisemitic to treat criticism of Israel’s foreign influence as antisemitic. But it is not just antisemitic - it also contributes substantially to antisemitism."
#Israel #trump #antisemitism #Netanyahu #propaganda #censorship
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/27/trump-israel-trump-war
Contact your Congressional representatives:
Stop Mass Warrantless #Surveillance: Reform Section 702
#Congress #ACLU
https://action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-mass-warrantless-surveillance-reform-section-702
"You can tax the rich or you can eat the rich. Rich people should prefer being taxed." — paraphrased what Adam Becker said at a book reading
Juliana Kaplan: New York wants to tax empty second homes. Here's what happened in cities that tried it. NYC's proposed tax targets wealthy absentee owners, aiming to raise $500 million annually.
Miles Taylor: In tRump's America, fighting back against the #KKK is now basically an act of "terrorism." The Justice Department brought charges against a major civil rights organization. This will be Trump's template for prosecuting the entire American left.
#trump #KashPatel #FBI #SPLC #civilrights
https://www.defiance.news/p/in-trumps-america-fighting-back-against
Jennifer Rubin: Words & Phrases. We can agree #Iran has not agreed to anything.
"tRmp lacks skills essential in high-stakes negotiation (grasp of details, understanding of what his opponent needs, appreciation of his opponent’s leverage, awareness of his limited military options, and patience). His equally ill-equipped negotiators—Steve #Witkoff and Jared #Kushner — seem hopelessly outmatched by the savvy, experienced Iranian negotiators."
#trump #language #TheContrarian
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/words-and-phrases-560
Miles Taylor: #tRump notches lowest approval rating ever. Panic sets in at the White House. White House chief of staff Susie Wiles holds emergency meeting as tRump’s approval rating sinks to a dismal 32 percent.
#maga #republicans #Iran #war #tuckercarlson
https://www.defiance.news/p/trump-notches-lowest-approval-rating
Brittany Allen: The #tRump administration is illegally gutting NASA’s largest research library. Meet the team fighting to save our scientific knowledge.
"In the words of Colette Delawalla, the CEO of Stand Up For Science—an activist organization dedicated to defending and advancing America’s scientific ecosystem—the imminent purge is illegal. And tantamount to a 'modern day book burning.'"
#science #NASA #libraries #books
https://lithub.com/the-trump-administration-is-illegally-gutting-nasas-largest-research-library/