Robb Stankey 👨🔬
@robb.stankey.me
Scientist in synthetic biology and natural products. Formerly served as Trustee for Shorewood Hills, WI. Interests include microbiology 🦠, space 🔭, birds 🐦, cycling 🚴, and the interface between religion ⛪️ and politics 🏛️
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"In his final drive for power Hitler had considerable financial backing from a fairly large chunk of the German business world...What good [that] eventually did these politically childish men of the business world will be seen later in this narrative."
-The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 242
-The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 242
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"In his final drive for power Hitler had considerable financial backing from a fairly large chunk of the German business world...What good [that] eventually did these politically childish men of the business world will be seen later in this narrative."
-The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 242
-The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 242
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in the end, the future of cinema is Hundreds of Beavers
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
in the end, the future of cinema is Hundreds of Beavers
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These people are interested in developing AI for the common good in the same way eugenicists are interested in genetics and military leaders are interested in particle physics.
Meta allegedly buried research showing its products are harming users
Meta has been accused of burying research showing its platforms are bad for users mental health.
www.engadget.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
These people are interested in developing AI for the common good in the same way eugenicists are interested in genetics and military leaders are interested in particle physics.
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Reminder about Jan 6:
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Reminder about Jan 6:
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
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Still incredible that we did less than nothing & allowed the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch perpetrators to escape all consequences & seize political control of the government in three years instead of ten. A total failure of every societal & political institution & elected official in 🇺🇸. A national shanda.
December 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Still incredible that we did less than nothing & allowed the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch perpetrators to escape all consequences & seize political control of the government in three years instead of ten. A total failure of every societal & political institution & elected official in 🇺🇸. A national shanda.
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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 5:20 PM
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:
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There is now zero reason why a married couple will choose to live in the USA if one of them doesn't have permanent residency.
Another hole in the brain drain.
Another hole in the brain drain.
If you are married to a US spouse, your temporary visa (usually for 3 months) will lapse before your case is processed. The government allowed you could stay in the US while awaiting case processing. Now the Trump admin is saying that is a visa overstay and arresting the spouses.
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
There is now zero reason why a married couple will choose to live in the USA if one of them doesn't have permanent residency.
Another hole in the brain drain.
Another hole in the brain drain.
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If you are married to a US spouse, your temporary visa (usually for 3 months) will lapse before your case is processed. The government allowed you could stay in the US while awaiting case processing. Now the Trump admin is saying that is a visa overstay and arresting the spouses.
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
If you are married to a US spouse, your temporary visa (usually for 3 months) will lapse before your case is processed. The government allowed you could stay in the US while awaiting case processing. Now the Trump admin is saying that is a visa overstay and arresting the spouses.
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This ridiculous sentence is written like a bothsides-ish balancing statement, but it isn’t one. When the mob is in charge, paying the protection money they extort from you is a cost of doing business. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This ridiculous sentence is written like a bothsides-ish balancing statement, but it isn’t one. When the mob is in charge, paying the protection money they extort from you is a cost of doing business. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
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My message to the white men who ran Clinton and Obama’s campaigns is this: Thank you for your successful service to this country, but we will now be focusing on a good economy and staying woke, because we will have equality and freedom for everyone and we are not going back.
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My message to the white men who ran Clinton and Obama’s campaigns is this: Thank you for your successful service to this country, but we will now be focusing on a good economy and staying woke, because we will have equality and freedom for everyone and we are not going back.
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
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Bolsonaro to jail for 27 years. Trump completely free 🤡
Other, more serious countries, etc. etc.
Other, more serious countries, etc. etc.
Breaking News: The last pending criminal prosecution against President Trump was dismissed by a judge in Georgia, effectively ending efforts to hold Trump criminally responsible for attempts to overturn the 2020 election. trib.al/EnJu57H
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Bolsonaro to jail for 27 years. Trump completely free 🤡
Other, more serious countries, etc. etc.
Other, more serious countries, etc. etc.
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Congress requires DOD to facilitate Scouts activities but the Secretary can ignore the law in cases where it is “detrimental to national security." Hegseth is preparing to do so because the scouts have become too inclusive of girls.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Congress requires DOD to facilitate Scouts activities but the Secretary can ignore the law in cases where it is “detrimental to national security." Hegseth is preparing to do so because the scouts have become too inclusive of girls.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
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Maintained for years that Google's heel turn was killing Reader
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Maintained for years that Google's heel turn was killing Reader
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I really wish more scientists & artists were on here. When I go to in-person gatherings it’s really clear what a small sliver of us are here.
And I get it, how many social media collapses do you have to weather before you just give up?
But organizing would be so much easier if we were all here 😭
And I get it, how many social media collapses do you have to weather before you just give up?
But organizing would be so much easier if we were all here 😭
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I really wish more scientists & artists were on here. When I go to in-person gatherings it’s really clear what a small sliver of us are here.
And I get it, how many social media collapses do you have to weather before you just give up?
But organizing would be so much easier if we were all here 😭
And I get it, how many social media collapses do you have to weather before you just give up?
But organizing would be so much easier if we were all here 😭
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Every Democrat in Congress should put out a video saying troops have an obligation to refuse unlawful orders. Make them prosecute all of you. This isn't a close call.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Every Democrat in Congress should put out a video saying troops have an obligation to refuse unlawful orders. Make them prosecute all of you. This isn't a close call.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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I just feel we need to keep saying, over and over, that the problem with DOGE was not its failure to cut spending. the problem with DOGE is that it CUT GLOBAL AID LEADING TO THE DEATHS OF 600K PEOPLE AND COUNTING. 1
DOGE is one of the greatest failures of the Trump administration. The next Democratic administration should pick up that issue and actually work to cut government waste, fraud, and abuse. I’d suggest starting by taking a look at Elon Musk’s government contracts.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I just feel we need to keep saying, over and over, that the problem with DOGE was not its failure to cut spending. the problem with DOGE is that it CUT GLOBAL AID LEADING TO THE DEATHS OF 600K PEOPLE AND COUNTING. 1
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They could start even with just caucusing. Less than 10 people, quite literally, could end most of the madness tomorrow.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
As @mcopelov.bsky.social repeatedly points out, at any time they could just caucus with Democrats and vote for impeachment
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
They could start even with just caucusing. Less than 10 people, quite literally, could end most of the madness tomorrow.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
As @mcopelov.bsky.social repeatedly points out, at any time they could just caucus with Democrats and vote for impeachment
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
As @mcopelov.bsky.social repeatedly points out, at any time they could just caucus with Democrats and vote for impeachment