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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1h

Also it’s going to be, like, moms

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1h

i have to be honest, gang, i have some questions about this republican strategy of telling everyone to tune in and pay attention to what’s likely to be one of the largest days of political protest in american history directed at the republican party

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 38m

*does not play well with MAGAts

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 1h

The secret weapon of all 50something white lib moms is that the opposition often mistake us for one of them and it’s horribly embarrassing for them when they discover how fiercely we oppose everything they stand for. Use that power, ladies.

ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 1h

My 57 year old white mom ass is going to be out in the thick of it all day so feel free to come at me for being antifa because I AM

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Martha Bhattacharya @marthabhattacharya.bsky.social · 2h

This is my district. We elected Adelita by a huge margin. We want representation NOW.

Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 17h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Sam Gershman @gershbrain.bsky.social · 8h

When I was an undergrad, I saw a talk by Oliver Sacks about music. During the Q&A, someone asked Sacks if he thought science would reveal the deepest mysteries of art. Sacks (a rare humanist among scientists) said that he doubted it, at which Eric Kandel (the host) leaped up and grabbed the mic.

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 6h

Was feeling cranky on my way to the gym and saw this

Sunrise over route 18. Clouds are sky blue pink. Sun is framed by pedestrian bridge

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 18h

Being a woman on the internet, exhibit 739628949:

TLDR: “Consider letting someone more adult be the voice of your movement, you sound like a ditsy socialist liberal”

A man telling me to consider having someone else as the voice of my movement.

A man telling me my voice sounds like a ditsy socialist liberal (“and I honestly don’t mean to insult you”) and I should let someone who is a real adult step in.

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Karen Fisher, PhD @fisherke.bsky.social · 1d

Happy to say the 3 major NY area airports are refusing to show Noem's video - www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/a...

Airports refuse to show DHS Sec. Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for government shutdown

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates three major airports, said, its "policies prevent airing of politically partisan messages."

www.cnbc.com

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 1d

Come learn the tricks of giving a BAD talk: begin the process by organizing your slides - the more, the better, try to impress, run over your time, embrace distractions, and treat questions as threats!
Join us tomorrow at Weill Cornell for this month's Postdoc Night Science NYC!

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Ishmail Abdus-Saboor @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social · 1d

We were just having this conversation @meera-sundaram.bsky.social! Using C.elegans as a model in your lab as a PhD student, I learned to think about biological systems as integrated networks. This has shaped my approach to studying the nervous system, attempting to link the body and brain.

Meera Sundaram @meera-sundaram.bsky.social · 3d

Reaffirming the value of model organisms in training scientific minds @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social exactly what we were talking about re your #Celegans background setting you up for creative work in other systems! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 1d

Love that recipe! Here's a favorite & simple lemon/olive/arugula orzo recipe from a very loved & old New York Cookbook by Molly O'Neill (RIP)

Lemon & olive orzo recipe

1 pound orzo
Zest of 1 lemon
1 c pitted calamata olives
2c chopped arugala
1/2c olive oil (can use less)
1 c crumbled feta cheese
Black pepper, to taste

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 2d

Oy, Concur!

Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 2d

It’s great to be paid for protesting and everything but let me tell you the whole antifa reimbursement process is just terrible

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Dana 🌈🔬🪱 @millerlab.bsky.social · 2d

Respect. It was quite chilly.

Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 2d

honestly props to the Emergency Naked Bike Riders, the weather was absolute shit today

Naked bike riders crossing an intersection

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 2d

I'll be a frog on Oct 18 but not a naked frog

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile in glorious Portland, OR.

This feels like when your younger, blue haired, emo cousin absolutely owns your weird MAGA uncle at Thanksgiving dinner for being weird and MAGA.

I’m living for it.

MOCKERY WORKS.

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Live from the Emergency Naked Bike Ride 🚲 where the crowd hase just erupted in cheers with the arrival of the Unipipier

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Karen Fisher, PhD @fisherke.bsky.social · 2d

-80 freezer at -20

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3d

"The chancellor approved it"

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Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD @rburdine1.bsky.social · 3d

Grant scored over payline

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 3d

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

The more things change, the more they stay the same

Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 3d

My quote of the day

Nancy Hopkins et al., A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT (1999)

They found that discrimination consists of a pattern of powerful but unrecognized assumptions and attitudes that work systematically against women faculty even in the light of obvious good will. Like many discoveries, at first it is startling and unexpected. Once you "get it", it seems almost obvious.

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Dana 🌈🔬🪱 @millerlab.bsky.social · 3d

I’m on the list - you should preorder it, too!

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.

www.pilsencommunitybooks.com

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 4d

For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.

Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 4d

Greg Dunn, Cortical Forest, ink and gold leaf on watercolor paper #sciart

Painting of neuron shapes in gold, brown and gray

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 4d

The specifics of the RIFs I’ve seen in group chats have been staggering. Bracing & reminding myself these are specifically intended to cause fear & distress.

Please share URLs for any good trackers you seen as they emerge. (I want more than OMB’s version) fedscoop.com/trump-federa...

Table of how many federal employees have been laid off in the latest RIF (Reduction in Force). This is from an OMB legal filing from Oct 10. For each agency, it lists number of fired employees, RIF notice date, and whether the administrations has recalled any of those employees to do work. Total headcount is 4,100 across 8 agencies. Treasury (1446) and HHS (1200) are the most affected. EPA (30) had the fewest layoffs this time.

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 4d

I wanted a job at Cornell after that amazing hospitality

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 4d

Last line in clip "that's almost an insurrection"

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