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DrArchivalGenomics
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🧪ancient DNA sleuth, ex-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Scientist-Archive explorer. Fond of Museums, Madagascar, Mummies, Crocodiles & Conservation. #BeKind ❤️ posts mine (🌏🌍🌎)
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DrArchivalGenomics @ehekkala.bsky.social · Nov 22
Hi! I study DNA from museum specimens and fossils to see how animals are responding to change in the environment. This is a cave in Madagascar where bones of extinct species can help us in our research #ScienceIsForEveryone #ScienceSelfie
Selfie of me at the entrance to a sinkhole with banyan tree roots in southwestern Madagascar. There are lots of fossils under there!
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 16h
To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids
Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.
abcnews.go.com
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 1d
"How to Stand Up to a Dictator" author Maria Ressa
explains how social media companies used the Philippines as a testing ground for mass manipulation before employing their tactics in the U.S. #cdnpoli
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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 14h
Welp—CDC’s entire data team for its legendary national health and nutrition survey (NHANES)—our health census—has been laid off. Now we are flying blind to nutrition and chronic disease status in the U.S.—is this supposed to help us be MAHA? www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off
NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.
www.statnews.com
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14h
AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h
“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup
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Boilerkitten - DemCastUSA 🦅🇺🇲🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🌊💙 @boilerkitten.bsky.social · 14h
I am not okay with this.
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 21h
The US President is bragging about murdering people in international waters, with zero due process, zero legal authoriy.

You cannot be okay with this.
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Ellsworth Green @greenellsworth.bsky.social · 14h
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d
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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 18h
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-v...
“That’s 27 lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law,” said one critic of the boat strikes.
"Extrajudicial Murders"!!!
'These Are Murders': Trump Condemned After Bombing Yet Another Boat Off Venezuelan Coast | Common Dreams
President Trump orders lethal military strike on boat off Venezuela coast, claiming it was involved in drug trafficking. Legal experts condemn the action.
www.commondreams.org
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15h
This is real. Chicago today.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15h
Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby
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itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 14h
The erosion of norms, social contracts and rule of law has always been part of the plan. Nine months ago:
www.thebulwark.com/p/vice-is-a-...
Vice Is a Moat
If Pete Hegseth is confirmed, it won’t be in spite of his personal failings. It’ll be because of them.
www.thebulwark.com
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KAMALA NATION @kamalanation.bsky.social · 14h
Just this week alone:
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15h
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16h
Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the most important redistricting and voting rights case of the term. Democracy Docket isn't just covering it for the day. It has been covering this case for years.

Support its vital work to help keep you informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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Gonits Shiven 💫 @bluegenxveteran.bsky.social · 1d
Almost as if, in America, politicians are of, by, & for the people!

I don’t live in NYC, but I like that he wants to fix, improve, try. The status quo just isn’t good enough for him and that’s how it should be for us all.
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yellowschwinn.bsky.social @yellowschwinn.bsky.social · 15h
Trump Yanks Zuckerberg’s Leash - YEP sfist.com/2025/10/14/t...
Trump Yanks Mark Zuckerberg’s Leash Again, Meta Deletes Page That ICE Didn’t Like
Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook content moderation had “gone too far” earlier this year, and promised less censorship. Until his boss man Trump told him to censor a Facebook page that ICE complained abo...
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Acta Non Verba 💙⚓️🌊 @actanonverbame.bsky.social · 1d
Antifa laying their lives on the line to defeat the enemy.
American WWII GIs packed in a landing craft. They are armed and ready.
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DrArchivalGenomics @ehekkala.bsky.social · 14h
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anonamouspixie @annonamouspixie.bsky.social · 14h
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LetsGetIntoIt2025 (@letsgetintoit2025)
I hope Stephen Colbert lands somewhere else because we need him. Also, I can’t hear the Rainbow Connection song without tearing up, never have been able to - even a parody version. I love this so ...
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anonamouspixie @annonamouspixie.bsky.social · 14h
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LetsGetIntoIt2025 (@letsgetintoit2025)
I hope Stephen Colbert lands somewhere else because we need him. Also, I can’t hear the Rainbow Connection song without tearing up, never have been able to - even a parody version. I love this so ...
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voteinthemidterms.bsky.social @voteinthemidterms.bsky.social · 14h
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StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎 @stacescases2.bsky.social · 1d
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 18h
Kudos to dozens of airports across the country that are refusing to play state propaganda.
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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 1d
How many days has it been since Grijalva won her election? Release the Epstein Files! #arresttrump #epsteinfiles
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 20h
Sickening. Revolting. Vile. This makes you want to throw up.

This is the kind of garbage that the worst kind of people say when they think nobody is watching.

And where are Republican leaders from Trump on down condemning these comments swiftly and unequivocally!?

I’m waiting to hear it.
A headline from POLITICO reads: "‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat"
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Representative Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 21h
Who were the 6 people the Administration just killed without due process?

Were they children?

Were they victims of human trafficking?

WE DON’T KNOW—they refuse to show proof.

No one made Trump judge, jury & executioner. This is a gross violation of international human rights.
Trump Administration Strikes Another Boat It Says Was Trafficking Drugs
The president said that six were killed in the latest military action off the coast of Venezuela.
www.wsj.com
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