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Mellow Lugosi’s Dead 🧛🏻‍♂️ @flyingtrilobite.com · Jun 8

This article by @ykarenkwon.bsky.social is so important.

Thanks to @sciam.bsky.social and then-EIC @laurahelmuth.bsky.social for publishing it. (Photo by Pablo Monsalve/Getty).

How to Protect Yourself during Protests

Demonstrators face tear gas, flash bangs, coronavirus and surveillance

www.scientificamerican.com

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Rebel Science Union @rebelscienceunion.bsky.social · Jun 13

Tomorrow is "NO KINGS" day! Anyone making posters tonight?

Share your designs and slogans in the comments!

We have free protest posters for download!
rebelscienceunion.com/shop/poster

Stay safe tomorrow! 📣

#sciart #protestposters #protest #activism #nokings #rebelscienceunion

Photo of three protest posters on the ground. "Vote for the forest" with an owl, "migration is not a crime" with a monarch, and "bring heat melt I.C.E." with a melted ice cube

Protest posters on the ground. "migration is not a crime" with a monarch

Protest posters on the ground. "Vote for the forest" with an owl

Protest posters on the ground. "bring heat melt I.C.E." with a melted ice cube

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Rebel Science Union @rebelscienceunion.bsky.social · Jun 13

🚨It's here!🚨
The Underground Journal Launched Today!
@lindzeamays.bsky.social is our first featured artist! Sign up to learn more about Lindsay's work as a science illustrator.

We are already accepting submissions for the next issue! So excited to see what you all create!
#sciart #scicomm

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Rebel Science Union @rebelscienceunion.bsky.social · Jun 13

We are sooo excited to share all the amazing #sciart we received for the first issue of the Underground Journal.

Here is a little sneak peek!

Sign up now!
www.rebelscienceunion.com

#sciencefeed #newsletter #rebelscienceunion #UndergroundJournal #scienceforthepeople #RadicalResearch

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Rebel Science Union @rebelscienceunion.bsky.social · Jun 13

Hey fellow Rebels!

The Underground Journal is right around the corner!

A love letter to resistance, curiosity, and the weird, wonderful edges of science, art, and truth.

Sign up now to get rad sci art straight to your mailbox.
www.rebelscienceunion.com

#sciart #science #rebelscienceunion

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Rebel Science Union @rebelscienceunion.bsky.social · Jun 10

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Rebel Science Union @rebelscienceunion.bsky.social · Jun 10

Trump's birthday parade on June 14th is estimated to cost over $45M. But, scientific research is considered an extraneous cost. Are you furious, too!? Scream it with a poster! Link in bio to submit your designs and have it featured on our website for others to use at the #NoKings protest!

Two red and blue buzzing megaphones mirror the words "We Need your Posters". At the bottom are 5 red and blue yelling mouths with speech bubbles and the words "knowledge itself is power", "No kings!!!", "Resist!", and "Stand Up!"

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jun 9

Wow. RFK announced via a Wall Street Journal opinion piece that he is removing all 17 members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, which is the expert panel at the CDC that decides who is eligible for vaccines and whether insurers should cover them.

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Rebel Science Union @rebelscienceunion.bsky.social · Jun 9

Support, sign, SHARE! 👏👏 This is huge. We applaud Dr. Jenna Norton and the NIH staff who are taking a stand.

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jun 9

"We are speaking on behalf of hundreds of NIH staff who are standing up together to say: WE DISSENT.

I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up."

Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!

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Aquarium of the Pacific 🐋 @aquariumpacific.bsky.social · Jun 8

Happy World Ocean Day! 🌎💙

Today we celebrate the vast beauty and vital importance of our one World Ocean. It connects us all, but it needs our care.

Together, we can be stewards of a thriving ocean. 🌊

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Rebel Science Union @rebelscienceunion.bsky.social · Jun 8

Happy #WorldOceanDay! To celebrate, here’s our version of an alignment chart. Did we get it right? 😃

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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · Jun 6

World Oceans Day: Scientists find new clues about frontiers of ocean life news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

World Oceans Day: Scientists find new clues about frontiers of ocean life

In 2008, the United Nations recognized June 8 as World Oceans Day to spotlight the rising vulnerabilities facing the oceans that cover more than 70% of Earth’s surface. Seventeen years later, average ...

news.mongabay.com

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Rebel Science Union @rebelscienceunion.bsky.social · Jun 8

Understanding human rights ain’t rocket science.
We stand with immigrant families. ❤️

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Rebel Science Union @rebelscienceunion.bsky.social · Jun 6

Good fonts deserve to be seen everywhere...

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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · Jun 5

Least surprising breakup since Stephen Miller and his suit made of human skin

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Rebel Science Union @rebelscienceunion.bsky.social · Jun 6

Hello to our new followers! We were so delighted to wake up and read your supportive messages and email inquires about how to get involved. We're working on getting back to each of you and sending some exciting updates to your inbox shortly. Stay tuned!!

a cat is sitting in front of a laptop computer on a table .

ALT: a cat is sitting in front of a laptop computer on a table .

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jun 5

"Knowledge is power when it is wisely used to shape public health policy. The measles vaccines have saved around 94 million lives over the past 50 years." @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Public health suffers when those in power dismiss knowledge

“Knowledge is power”—or at least it was when Sir Francis Bacon coined this phrase in the 16th century. In today’s world, we frequently encounter a different variant of this philosophy, perhaps best de...

www.science.org

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Rebel Science Union @rebelscienceunion.bsky.social · Jun 5

*can't 😅

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Rebel Science Union @rebelscienceunion.bsky.social · Jun 5

🙌 Awesome! Thanks for the support. Can wait to join the conversation.

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Rebel Science Union @rebelscienceunion.bsky.social · Jun 3

Caption Contest! 🐸🐍 💬 Submit your caption in the comments for a chance to have it featured in our upcoming newsletter. Readers will vote for their favorite and the winner will receive an exclusive RSU sticker!
Submit by June 11th. Illustration by @baileybat.bsky.social

#scienceart #captioncontest

Illustration of a black and red snake with a dark green frog in its mouth. The front half of the frog is sticking out with a blank look on its face. The background is olive green. Above the illustration is a speech bubble that says "??" and below reads "CAPTION THIS!"

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Rebel Science Union @rebelscienceunion.bsky.social · May 30

🚨Big Announcement!🚨 We're rolling out our newsletter, bursting with rebellious art and science stories from our community. It's our way of speaking out against the attack on science and elevating science voices. Join the resistance and sign-up today! www.rebelscienceunion.com

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Nature @nature.com · May 29

More than 1,000 scientists took to the streets yesterday in Buenos Aires and other cities in Argentina wearing gas masks to protest the collapse of science in the country, which they say was initiated by their government.

https://go.nature.com/43QWX4f

‘Scienticide’ in Argentina sparks huge protest by researchers

Hundreds of activists wearing gas masks took to the streets to call out their government for slashing science funding.

go.nature.com

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Jackie Mountcastle @jackiemcastle.bsky.social · Apr 5

Amazing turn out for the #HandsOff protest in Lakewood CA and across the country! It feels good to be alongside so many people standing up for democracy!

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Jackie Mountcastle @jackiemcastle.bsky.social · Apr 5

We ready 😤 🔬 Attending #HandsOff in Long Beach, CA with @rebelscienceunion.bsky.social posters!

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Rebel Science Union @rebelscienceunion.bsky.social · Apr 4

Who's joining us for to the "Hands Off!" protest tomorrow, April 5th?
HANDS OFF our science!
HANDS OFF our public health!
HANDS OFF our education!
HANDS OFF OUR DEMOCRACY!
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We've got free poster downloads from our member artists on our website. Print them! Share with friends!
rebelscienceunion.com

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