OBrienSci
@obriensci.bsky.social
Teacher, plant lover, science nerd, maker, voter. Always aiming to learn & do better. Adores critters. COVID cautious. ADHD. NOYCE fellow. Opinions are mine. She/Her.
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My deepest condolences to the friends & family of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom of the 863rd Military Police Company, 111th Engineer Brigade, West Va Army National Guard.
She had volunteered to serve this weekend & made the ultimate sacrifice.
May we find a greater peace within our nation.
She had volunteered to serve this weekend & made the ultimate sacrifice.
May we find a greater peace within our nation.
November 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
My deepest condolences to the friends & family of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom of the 863rd Military Police Company, 111th Engineer Brigade, West Va Army National Guard.
She had volunteered to serve this weekend & made the ultimate sacrifice.
May we find a greater peace within our nation.
She had volunteered to serve this weekend & made the ultimate sacrifice.
May we find a greater peace within our nation.
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
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I wish ppl wouldn't go after RFK for being a heroin addict.
drug addiction is an illness. lots of addicts are lovely people who are not trying to destroy the public health system and murder children. 1
drug addiction is an illness. lots of addicts are lovely people who are not trying to destroy the public health system and murder children. 1
November 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I wish ppl wouldn't go after RFK for being a heroin addict.
drug addiction is an illness. lots of addicts are lovely people who are not trying to destroy the public health system and murder children. 1
drug addiction is an illness. lots of addicts are lovely people who are not trying to destroy the public health system and murder children. 1
Most of us work so much harder and don’t get their salary, their pension, their healthcare, and their insider trading deals.
My god. Such weenies.
My god. Such weenies.
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Most of us work so much harder and don’t get their salary, their pension, their healthcare, and their insider trading deals.
My god. Such weenies.
My god. Such weenies.
The house accomplished almost nothing.
And they were on break for months.
WTF???
Try being a teacher for a week.
Jfc.
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And they were on break for months.
WTF???
Try being a teacher for a week.
Jfc.
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Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The house accomplished almost nothing.
And they were on break for months.
WTF???
Try being a teacher for a week.
Jfc.
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And they were on break for months.
WTF???
Try being a teacher for a week.
Jfc.
🙄
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I hope folks realize the orange demon is going to use what happened in DC to spread Islamophobia.
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I hope folks realize the orange demon is going to use what happened in DC to spread Islamophobia.
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Yes.
And then also fired a ton of senior agents with a ton of counterterrorism experience, including the Acting Director.
And then also fired a ton of senior agents with a ton of counterterrorism experience, including the Acting Director.
Didn’t the FBi pull a lot of personnel from anti terrorism to put them on deportations?
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Yes.
And then also fired a ton of senior agents with a ton of counterterrorism experience, including the Acting Director.
And then also fired a ton of senior agents with a ton of counterterrorism experience, including the Acting Director.
What. the. fuck. is. this. bullshit.
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
What. the. fuck. is. this. bullshit.
I'd like to see us, liberals, get better at collectively translating conservative-speak.
For example, "Women should stay home & take care of the kids."
In reality, "Women should stay home to take care of the kids AND ME bc I'm a man-baby who wants a sex-toy servant to wait on me."
For example, "Women should stay home & take care of the kids."
In reality, "Women should stay home to take care of the kids AND ME bc I'm a man-baby who wants a sex-toy servant to wait on me."
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I'd like to see us, liberals, get better at collectively translating conservative-speak.
For example, "Women should stay home & take care of the kids."
In reality, "Women should stay home to take care of the kids AND ME bc I'm a man-baby who wants a sex-toy servant to wait on me."
For example, "Women should stay home & take care of the kids."
In reality, "Women should stay home to take care of the kids AND ME bc I'm a man-baby who wants a sex-toy servant to wait on me."
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I’m horrified by the news coming out of our nation’s capital today.
Our guardsmen selflessly dedicate themselves to service. This violence cannot be normalized in our country.
Minnesota is sending our love to the families of the service members who were killed.
Our guardsmen selflessly dedicate themselves to service. This violence cannot be normalized in our country.
Minnesota is sending our love to the families of the service members who were killed.
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I’m horrified by the news coming out of our nation’s capital today.
Our guardsmen selflessly dedicate themselves to service. This violence cannot be normalized in our country.
Minnesota is sending our love to the families of the service members who were killed.
Our guardsmen selflessly dedicate themselves to service. This violence cannot be normalized in our country.
Minnesota is sending our love to the families of the service members who were killed.
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The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
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Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
Hassett: "On one of the Sunday shows, the anchor criticized the fact Walmart said the Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper by about $10. Then he said, 'Oh yeah, but they substituted generic stuff,' as if having a generic something is a crime for ordinary folks! It shows how out of touch these people are."
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
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Countries that have abortion access, DEI policies or protection for LGBTQ+ people will be considered “human rights violators“ by the Trump regime
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Countries that have abortion access, DEI policies or protection for LGBTQ+ people will be considered “human rights violators“ by the Trump regime
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
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I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
Q: Have you heard this audio that Bloomberg has of Witkoff coaching the Russians on how to appeal to you?
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
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We got a pedal valve bc I don’t even want to touch the sink handle after touching meat!
Just the soap and water.
Just the soap and water.
There are two types of people in the world. People who obsessively wash their hands after touching meat before touching anything else—
and people’s whose house I won’t eat at.
and people’s whose house I won’t eat at.
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
We got a pedal valve bc I don’t even want to touch the sink handle after touching meat!
Just the soap and water.
Just the soap and water.
We do not want our neighbors stolen.
Immigrants belong here!
Immigrants belong here!
This is their playbook: No warning, no transparency, no coordination. Their goal here isn’t safety, it’s to sow chaos, fear, and intimidation.
We’re still gathering information about what happened in St. Paul, but what we do know is that once again, federal authorities provided no notice to local leaders or law enforcement.
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
We do not want our neighbors stolen.
Immigrants belong here!
Immigrants belong here!
MAHA, amirite?
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Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
MAHA, amirite?
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Need a little feel good story?
My neighbor has a cottage baking license & asked if anyone needed homemade bread during the snap crisis.
I brought her some flour for that lil’ project & today she brought me homemade bagels.
A tiny silver lining of this mess is neighbors making new connections. 💗
My neighbor has a cottage baking license & asked if anyone needed homemade bread during the snap crisis.
I brought her some flour for that lil’ project & today she brought me homemade bagels.
A tiny silver lining of this mess is neighbors making new connections. 💗
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Need a little feel good story?
My neighbor has a cottage baking license & asked if anyone needed homemade bread during the snap crisis.
I brought her some flour for that lil’ project & today she brought me homemade bagels.
A tiny silver lining of this mess is neighbors making new connections. 💗
My neighbor has a cottage baking license & asked if anyone needed homemade bread during the snap crisis.
I brought her some flour for that lil’ project & today she brought me homemade bagels.
A tiny silver lining of this mess is neighbors making new connections. 💗
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Winter is welcome, but ICE IS NOT.
MN loves our immigrant neighbors.
MN loves our immigrant neighbors.
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Winter is welcome, but ICE IS NOT.
MN loves our immigrant neighbors.
MN loves our immigrant neighbors.
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Trump never had a fan base.
He had an army of bots who sold his racism and misogyny and xenophobia to uneducated Americans who took voting advice from bald eagle profiles posting Tweets from Eastern Europe.
It’s as stupid as it sounds.
He had an army of bots who sold his racism and misogyny and xenophobia to uneducated Americans who took voting advice from bald eagle profiles posting Tweets from Eastern Europe.
It’s as stupid as it sounds.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Trump never had a fan base.
He had an army of bots who sold his racism and misogyny and xenophobia to uneducated Americans who took voting advice from bald eagle profiles posting Tweets from Eastern Europe.
It’s as stupid as it sounds.
He had an army of bots who sold his racism and misogyny and xenophobia to uneducated Americans who took voting advice from bald eagle profiles posting Tweets from Eastern Europe.
It’s as stupid as it sounds.
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Not giving in to MAGA beauty standards is an act of resistance.
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Not giving in to MAGA beauty standards is an act of resistance.