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@mathienz.bsky.social
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Scientist/Mol cell biologist; studying rare degenerative brain disease; Sci-fi, LOTR, DC/Marvel & Trekie/Star Wars fan; for Progressive causes and politics; posts are my views! 🚫No MAGA/Porn/Prosti/Crazies (image credit: Dr Tim Snyder, “On Tyranny”)
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mathienz.bsky.social
“Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. Individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want and then offer themselves without being asked.” -- Yale Professor Timothy Snyder in his book, “On Tyranny.”
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grahamformaine.bsky.social
We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
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markhisted.org
Well, looks like we were right about the Vought strategy:

Two steps taken, and after public outcry, just one step back.
joshuasweitz.bsky.social
Friday night: ~1,250 fired in CDC, immediate pushback.

Saturday: administration says layoffs were in 'error'.

*But* does not specify how many.

Now, @axios.com reports ~600 remain RIFed by an admin that blends incompetence & malice to public health.

Mismanagement should have consequences.
axios.com
Axios @axios.com · 10h
About 600 CDC staff in offices dealing with health statistics, injury and violence prevention, congressional outreach and human resources are out of work as a result of the Trump administration's mass layoffs of agency workers Friday, sources familiar said.
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markhisted.org
Seeing a lot of celebration of this as a win.

But at NIH we have seen this exact play before.

It looks like it is the Vought strategy -and to stop the lawless firings we have to see the bigger picture.
A 🧵:
Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error
www.nytimes.com
mathienz.bsky.social
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jonathanstea.bsky.social
When scientists look under the tinfoil hat, they see that conspiracy mentality is linked to distress, impulsivity, negative affect, and lack of intellectual humility.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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rbreich.bsky.social
As ICE terrorizes communities, remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies that will make bank off his budget bill.

And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.

Cashing in on cruelty.
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sarahlongwell25.bsky.social
@lauren-egan.bsky.social: "As the country careens into a succession of crises brought about by the hand of Donald Trump, it’s semi-shocking to see Democrats resort to humor as a primary form of pushback."

Mock him. @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/can-democr...
Can Democrats Mock Trump Into Defeat?
As the president embraces strongman politics, Democrats are increasingly trying to make him seem little.
www.thebulwark.com
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tsakraklides.bsky.social
ICE is what happens to a society that thought democracy was a capitalist commodity to be taken for granted, bought, sold, and left to the dumbest fucks to “manage” just because they hold the guns
mathienz.bsky.social
No surprises 👇🏼
carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. a nagging worry is beginning to grow louder on Wall Street: What if these kinds of collapses, capable of taking bonds from par to cents on the dollar in a matter of days or weeks, are not an aberration after all?” 👀

@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
mathienz.bsky.social
Another collateral damage of the administration’s awful policies #StandUpForScience #ResearchSavesLives
mathienz.bsky.social
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
Portland continues to amaze me 👏
mathienz.bsky.social
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mathienz.bsky.social
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mathienz.bsky.social
Amen to that 🙏🏼
mathienz.bsky.social
🎯💯 Americans always put “World…” in whatever sports competition title they create.
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strictlychristo.bsky.social
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders are doing a Town Hall on CNN this Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at 9:00 PM (Eastern Time)
Bernie and AOC
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ianlmorgan.bsky.social
Attracting new scientists is what makes America a global leader.
mathienz.bsky.social
I knew of scientists (including a colleague) who left the US this year because of the current state of the country…
mathienz.bsky.social
It’s like you thought the Leopard won’t eat your face if you feed it with rotten meat 🥩 whilst you lounge inside the cage the whole time. 🤷🏻‍♂️
theserfstv.bsky.social
Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism
Ben Shapiro warns that conspiratorial right is taking over social media
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
"Look at the picture... One of these is a member of a private militia that supports the President and was involved in a violent effort to overturn the election, the other is an agent of the state. Can you tell the difference?" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...
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pamkeithdc.bsky.social
FUN FACT:

Our military is not being paid,

but the ICE gremlins are.

Make that make sense.