Ruth Zardo
@celizwh.bsky.social
aka weak pyridaben carbazole sound, aka houyhnhnm. Shitlib. Merry Can. Retired HS science teacher. Love science, hate woo.
I don't write poetry and I don't own a duck. I'm just a cranky old woman who cusses a lot. No DMs
I don't write poetry and I don't own a duck. I'm just a cranky old woman who cusses a lot. No DMs
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Ruth Zardo
@celizwh.bsky.social
· Dec 21
I just updated my bio and added "not a resister" LMAOOOOO.
a woman in a suit stands at a podium with the words do not come above her
ALT: a woman in a suit stands at a podium with the words do not come above her
media.tenor.com
Dem bashers, accelerationists, Bernie bros will not get a follow back
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Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!
December 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!
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Another problem with CO2? It messes with plants. Some grow faster; others don’t.
But for our food crops, it makes them have lower nutrient levels — and just more empty calories.
Elevated CO2 is plant *junk food*.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
But for our food crops, it makes them have lower nutrient levels — and just more empty calories.
Elevated CO2 is plant *junk food*.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
CO2 Rise Directly Impairs Crop Nutritional Quality
This analysis studies the direct effect of CO2 rise on nutrient quality by synthesizing pre-existing data on ~59,000 samples across 43 different food crops, where half of the plants were grown under ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Another problem with CO2? It messes with plants. Some grow faster; others don’t.
But for our food crops, it makes them have lower nutrient levels — and just more empty calories.
Elevated CO2 is plant *junk food*.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
But for our food crops, it makes them have lower nutrient levels — and just more empty calories.
Elevated CO2 is plant *junk food*.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Bondi Beach is literally what "Globalize the Intifada" means.
December 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Bondi Beach is literally what "Globalize the Intifada" means.
I'm one of the 300,000
🚨BREAKING: More than 300,000 Missourians have signed a petition demanding that the gerrymander be put to a statewide referendum, advocacy organization People Not Politicians announced as it delivered those signatures to the state government Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
300,000 Missouri Voters Sign Petition To Put GOP Gerrymander to Statewide Vote
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I'm one of the 300,000
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This is the moment Qatar realized they spent more than they needed to.
December 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This is the moment Qatar realized they spent more than they needed to.
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
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The president’s tariff taxes continue to drive up prices, kill good-paying jobs, and crush American small businesses.
Republicans in Congress must join with Democrats to put an end to these reckless trade policies before more damage is done.
Republicans in Congress must join with Democrats to put an end to these reckless trade policies before more damage is done.
🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The president’s tariff taxes continue to drive up prices, kill good-paying jobs, and crush American small businesses.
Republicans in Congress must join with Democrats to put an end to these reckless trade policies before more damage is done.
Republicans in Congress must join with Democrats to put an end to these reckless trade policies before more damage is done.
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this is what democracy looks like
December 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
this is what democracy looks like
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
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Thank you so much for sharing this. Folks treat Dems like the parent who stays after the divorce and makes sure you have all you need, feel safe and goes to all of your school events. They also get all the resentment and are taken for granted while the GOP suffers nothing for not giving a crap.
November 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Thank you so much for sharing this. Folks treat Dems like the parent who stays after the divorce and makes sure you have all you need, feel safe and goes to all of your school events. They also get all the resentment and are taken for granted while the GOP suffers nothing for not giving a crap.
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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For more than half a century, x-ray technicians were taught to give increased levels of radiation to Black patients.
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
For more than half a century, x-ray technicians were taught to give increased levels of radiation to Black patients.
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if you don't show up to vote, it doesn't matter how many protests you arrange or attend, how loud you yell for a general strike, or anything else you've been doing for the last 10 months.
one vote means more than all of that put together. use your power.
one vote means more than all of that put together. use your power.
November 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
if you don't show up to vote, it doesn't matter how many protests you arrange or attend, how loud you yell for a general strike, or anything else you've been doing for the last 10 months.
one vote means more than all of that put together. use your power.
one vote means more than all of that put together. use your power.
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Undocumented presence in the United States is NOT a crime.
It’s a civil offense.
Correct this whenever you hear it.
It’s a civil offense.
Correct this whenever you hear it.
November 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Undocumented presence in the United States is NOT a crime.
It’s a civil offense.
Correct this whenever you hear it.
It’s a civil offense.
Correct this whenever you hear it.
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The “Person who wants a political party to lose describes what that political party must do to win” genre of article is just incredibly insulting to everyone’s intelligence yet it will persist until the end of time
November 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The “Person who wants a political party to lose describes what that political party must do to win” genre of article is just incredibly insulting to everyone’s intelligence yet it will persist until the end of time
I don't do so well on this game so I've got to brag about my purple first today.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I don't do so well on this game so I've got to brag about my purple first today.
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My latest column in Science appeared a few days ago, entitled Trojan gold: New US “standard” is another veiled attack on science. doi.org/10.1126/scie... The main points are as follows: 1/n
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Trojan gold: New US “standard” is another veiled attack on science
Transparency, reproducibility, and acknowledging uncertainty are meritorious attributes of science that differentiate it from other human endeavors, such as politics. But they can also be subverted. In the United States, an executive order from the Trump administration called Restoring Gold Standard Science illustrates how this can be achieved despite it being cloaked in language that most of the scientific community would enthusiastically support. The order seeks to “to ensure that federally funded research is transparent, rigorous, and impactful, and that Federal decisions are informed by the most credible, reliable, and impartial scientific evidence available,” and it has already informed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) revised procedures for conducting risk evaluations for chemicals already in commerce.
doi.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
My latest column in Science appeared a few days ago, entitled Trojan gold: New US “standard” is another veiled attack on science. doi.org/10.1126/scie... The main points are as follows: 1/n
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🧊✈️ HEADS UP KANSAS CITY‼️⚠️
👉 ICE Air arriving to MCI 👀
🔸Coast Guard C27J – Tail: 2709
👉 ICE Air arriving to MCI 👀
🔸Coast Guard C27J – Tail: 2709
October 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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"Slender-billed curlews were striking birds. They stood proud with their long legs and slim, pointed, black bill. Their calls were sweet and whistling, but somewhat haunting. It is a sad fact that this bird will never be seen or heard again."
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theconversation.com/slender-bill...
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theconversation.com/slender-bill...
Slender-billed curlews are officially extinct – here’s why the loss of these migratory birds really matters
Why the loss of this species shines light on the global extinction crisis.
theconversation.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"Slender-billed curlews were striking birds. They stood proud with their long legs and slim, pointed, black bill. Their calls were sweet and whistling, but somewhat haunting. It is a sad fact that this bird will never be seen or heard again."
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theconversation.com/slender-bill...
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theconversation.com/slender-bill...