Baggage
@carrieonbaggage.bsky.social
Science, politics, environment, community 🐸
Kindness and smarts are our best hopes
Assoc. Prof. Micro+Ento+Ag Eco systems
PhD Virology
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Kindness and smarts are our best hopes
Assoc. Prof. Micro+Ento+Ag Eco systems
PhD Virology
🇬🇧🇦🇺🇺🇸🇪🇺 (it's complicated)
Proud Union Member
Always celebrating Global Pride 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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It is those who live in the states in the South and Midwest that ALREADY have the HIGHEST infant mortality and black babies who will suffer disproportionately as their state governors will like accede to ACIP's recommendation. 2/
December 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
It is those who live in the states in the South and Midwest that ALREADY have the HIGHEST infant mortality and black babies who will suffer disproportionately as their state governors will like accede to ACIP's recommendation. 2/
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
This is obscene
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
This is obscene
Cudos to @khanna.house.gov and Massie for introducing the bill.
This is huge
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is huge
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US federal judge orders release of Epstein grand jury materials
Ruling compels unsealing of documents from 2006-2007 federal investigation into Epstein in Florida
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Cudos to @khanna.house.gov and Massie for introducing the bill.
This is huge
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is huge
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I guess they're not hiding anymore
The new National Security Strategy of the U.S. contains some pretty explicit white nationalism:
“We want to support our allies in preserving the freedom and security of
Europe, while restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity.”
“We want to support our allies in preserving the freedom and security of
Europe, while restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity.”
December 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I guess they're not hiding anymore
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Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
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Cheaper for Big Oil to buy Congress than to pay taxes. Let alone pay for the harm of their pollution.
American Big Oil Pays More in Taxes Abroad
A new report details how fossil fuel lobbyists have won huge U.S. tax giveaways.
inequality.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Cheaper for Big Oil to buy Congress than to pay taxes. Let alone pay for the harm of their pollution.
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But of course...
December 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
But of course...
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Magaziner: "This is not about the drugs. This is about oil."
December 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Magaziner: "This is not about the drugs. This is about oil."
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NYT: “.. Johnson’s grasp on his gavel appears weaker than ever, as members from all corners of his conference openly complain about his leadership. Some predict that he may not last as the speaker for the rest of this term.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
December 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Morning Bluesky.
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Morning Bluesky.
Bring it on
Free read:
Free read:
New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Bring it on
Free read:
Free read:
Surely he's toast now?
Pentagon report concludes Hegseth put troops in danger with Signal chat
Report says defense secretary violated policies in sharing secret information in March on planned airstrike in Yemen
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Surely he's toast now?
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This week Trump pardoned a private equity fraudster, the drug-trafficking ex-president of Honduras, and a Congressman who allegedly took bribes.
Meanwhile, he's weaponizing government to go after his enemies.
An utter mockery of the rule of law. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0
Meanwhile, he's weaponizing government to go after his enemies.
An utter mockery of the rule of law. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0
Trump’s Pay-to-Pardon Scheme
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This week Trump pardoned a private equity fraudster, the drug-trafficking ex-president of Honduras, and a Congressman who allegedly took bribes.
Meanwhile, he's weaponizing government to go after his enemies.
An utter mockery of the rule of law. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0
Meanwhile, he's weaponizing government to go after his enemies.
An utter mockery of the rule of law. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0
This timeline is nuts
Epstein real estate, Cuellar, Kegbreath on Signal, ICE in New Orleans, detaining the innocent, and persecuting Somalis.
All in one day.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Epstein real estate, Cuellar, Kegbreath on Signal, ICE in New Orleans, detaining the innocent, and persecuting Somalis.
All in one day.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Democrats decry ‘harrowing’ photos of Epstein’s private island home and demand end to Trump’s ‘cover-up’ – live
New media release shows Epstein’s home, including several rooms, a telephone, and a chalk board with the words ‘intellectual,’ ‘deception’ and ‘power’
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This timeline is nuts
Epstein real estate, Cuellar, Kegbreath on Signal, ICE in New Orleans, detaining the innocent, and persecuting Somalis.
All in one day.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Epstein real estate, Cuellar, Kegbreath on Signal, ICE in New Orleans, detaining the innocent, and persecuting Somalis.
All in one day.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Florida
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Florida
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
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Ok, with this year being what it has, we all deserved and needed this today. Do yourself a favor and watch it. You deserve it.
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Ok, with this year being what it has, we all deserved and needed this today. Do yourself a favor and watch it. You deserve it.
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It's decided.
Europe is closing the tap on Russian fossil fuels once and for all.
Energy independence starts now.
→ link.europa.eu/tykVJf
Europe is closing the tap on Russian fossil fuels once and for all.
Energy independence starts now.
→ link.europa.eu/tykVJf
December 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
It's decided.
Europe is closing the tap on Russian fossil fuels once and for all.
Energy independence starts now.
→ link.europa.eu/tykVJf
Europe is closing the tap on Russian fossil fuels once and for all.
Energy independence starts now.
→ link.europa.eu/tykVJf
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NEWS: Democrat Mary Robichaux has defeated Republican incumbent Kurt Wilson in a runoff election to become the next Mayor of Roswell, Georgia. A major upset and another sign of shifting suburban politics in the South.
December 3, 2025 at 4:49 AM
NEWS: Democrat Mary Robichaux has defeated Republican incumbent Kurt Wilson in a runoff election to become the next Mayor of Roswell, Georgia. A major upset and another sign of shifting suburban politics in the South.
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The GOP has even lost Newsmax…
Everyone involved should be prosecuted for a war crime: Judge Andrew Napolitano | National Report
youtu.be/uT7XPXh6ras
Everyone involved should be prosecuted for a war crime: Judge Andrew Napolitano | National Report
youtu.be/uT7XPXh6ras
Everyone involved should be prosecuted for a war crime: Judge Andrew Napolitano | National Report
YouTube video by Newsmax
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The GOP has even lost Newsmax…
Everyone involved should be prosecuted for a war crime: Judge Andrew Napolitano | National Report
youtu.be/uT7XPXh6ras
Everyone involved should be prosecuted for a war crime: Judge Andrew Napolitano | National Report
youtu.be/uT7XPXh6ras
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How about we worry less, as a society, about whether individuals might be cheating to get a disability accommodation or some help buying food, and more about whether extremely wealthy people and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes?
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
How about we worry less, as a society, about whether individuals might be cheating to get a disability accommodation or some help buying food, and more about whether extremely wealthy people and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes?
Sweating with Tennessee tonight
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Live Results: Tennessee 7th Congressional District special election
Less than a month after Democrats scored a string of victories over Republicans in the Nov. 4 general election, the next test at the ballot box for both parties heading into the 2026 midterm season wi...
www.pbs.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sweating with Tennessee tonight
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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And costs.
Lehrmann is like a moth banging its head against a lampshade.
The people who saw this person as a vehicle for opposing the #MeToo movement should feel nothing but shame.
Linda Reynolds and Scott Morrison should feel shame.
#AusPol
Lehrmann is like a moth banging its head against a lampshade.
The people who saw this person as a vehicle for opposing the #MeToo movement should feel nothing but shame.
Linda Reynolds and Scott Morrison should feel shame.
#AusPol
Live: Bruce Lehrmann loses appeal against failed defamation case
Bruce Lehrmann has lost his appeal against a Federal Court ruling that found on the balance of probabilities he had raped his then-colleague Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019.
www.abc.net.au
December 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM