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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 1h

#EugenicsHighlyDangerous #EugenicsOnTheRise

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 4d

Science is intertwined with eugenics, and eugenic ideologies continue to negatively impact #Indigenous communities and science today.

Read a timely and important perspective piece in #GENETICS from @jazlynmooney.bsky.social and colleagues: buff.ly/T7rbV3k

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 1h

#SouthCarolina_MeaslesRising

Antivax rhetoric and misinformation by RFK Jr is resulting in resurgence of diseases that can cause serious harm to our children.

The danger of #measles is less if most everyibe in a population get vaccinated. - "herd immunity"

#FireRFKJr

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 1d

From NBC News:
153 measles infected kids are in quarantine in South Carolina.

118 kids in Minneapolis.

If this continues, We will likely lose our official measles elimination status.

This is the outcome of antivax rhetoric.

🧪 www.statnews.com/2025/06/24/u...

A grim milestone: U.S. is on the cusp of losing its official measles elimination status

We have had the ability to prevent nearly all cases of measles for more than 60 years. Yet the number of cases keeps growing.

www.statnews.com

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 1h

#FundCancerResearch #RestoreNIH #RestoreNSF

President Nixon played a valuable role in funding cancer research in the United States. Fighting cancer by funding research should not be a partisan issue.

US citizens did not vote to slash cancer research!

#StandUpForScience

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · May 11

🧪Did you know that America is known for its cancer research b/c of the National Cancer Act in 1971 signed by Nixon. Mary Lasker took her cause to congress and the American public as a leading proponent of the National Cancer Act. She said, "If you think research is expensive, try disease!"

Letter to Mary Lasker from Richard Nixon dated Jan 11 1972.
Regarding the signing of the National Cancer Act of 1971.
https://laskerfoundation.org/the-promise-of-the-cancer-moonshot/

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 1h

Fighting Cancer by funding research should not be partisan.

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Stand Up For Science and Sanity

Stand up for Science and Sanity because science and democracy go hand and hand!

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 1h

#PortlandPersists #SendNationalGuardHome

Go Weiner Dog! What a colossal waste of taxpayers money to have the National Guard deployed in Portland, Chicago and LA.

No money for SNAP but plenty for militarization???

No one voted for this!
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3h

Portland continues to amaze me 👏

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 1h

#IndivisibleSantaCruzStartingSpeakers'CornerWeekly

In London for decades there's been a #Speakers'Corner in Hyde Park, providing a forum for different opinions. This seems well worth considering to spark weekly, civil local dialogue..

After No Kings Day?

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A Speakers' Corner for Santa Fe

Indivisible Santa Fe has a new project: A Speakers' Corner for Santa Fe. Continuing our fight for constitutional democracy and civil rights, we have started a weekly Speakers’ Corner.

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 2h

#VoteYesOnProp50inCalifornia

#Proposition50 is a TEMPORARY measure so California "does not unilaterally disarm". Ballots are out; vote by November 4

Trump has railed against this when he is the one that demanded that Texas redistrict which started this.

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 3h

Gutless red-state governors are bending over backwards to do Trump’s bidding – and they’re taking down democracy with them.

California is fighting back! VOTE Yes on Prop 50! #YesOnProp50

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 2h

#VPVance'sLiesCalledOutByGovPritzker

#GovPritzker calls for all of us to stand up together for rule of law, democracy and our constitution while he denounces VP Vance spewing misinformation & unfounded accusations.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 2h

#HealthcareCosts #Murray(D-WA)SpeaksOnHealthcareCrisis

Senator Murray warns that many Republican citizens don't know their 2026 insurance premiums will zoom (b/o of poor reporting on this inconventient truth by right wing media).

Letters on 2026 rates arrive in November.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

A lot of Republican Members of Congress are in a total bubble.

Right-wing media can paint a rosy picture of our economy, sure.

But reality is gonna come crashing down on Republicans when their constituents see their premiums more than double, or even quadruple.

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 2h

#Palecek(D_Candidate_IL)SaysShe'dRefuseNat'lGuardDeploymentForOccupyingAPeacefulCity

Others should consider their oaths if they are being deployed for nefarious purposes.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Sep 9

“Will you refuse to take that mission?”
“Absolutely.”

ILLINOIS congressional candidate Demi Palecek (D), who is in the National Guard, says she would refuse to be deployed as part of Trump’s War on Chicago - even if it gets her discharged.

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 2h

Disgusting.

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 3h

Tragic. Shame on our country.

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 6h

#PROTEST: if you're near #Palo_Alto on #Halloween please Stand Up for Science & Sanity by attending our #Rally, #CostumeParty & #ProtestMarch - sign up now to join us!

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Protest & Costume Party: Stand Up For Science & Sanity Rally/March · Stand Up for Science and Sanity

Join our eighth Rally, March, and Costume Party to protest indignantly yet JOYFULLY the outrageous assaults on our scientific research, healthcare, free speech, universities & our democracy. SPEECHES...

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 23h

#RottenApple #BoycottAppleAppStore

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 1d

We wouldn't want to document abuses of power, would we?

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Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 23h

#BewareOfTOOTHPASTE #BrilliantSatire #FireRFKJr

Totally hilarious but actually the clever author of this piece used the same kind of logic as the addled and unscientific HHS chief RFK Jr and the same disjointed dialogue as our failing President.

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US government issue warning about potential link between toothpaste and decapitation

The US government has today issued a warning about the potential link between using toothpaste to brush your teeth and decapitation.

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 23h

#AmphibianOfPortland

Please enjoy this great video. I've been reflecting a lot on why this image so resonates with so many of us. It's partly because the frog highlights how incredibly absurd it is to have ICE in peaceful & joyous Portland.

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SilverMoon FAFO 💙🦋💙 @silvermoonfafo.bsky.social · 4d

The Antiphibian of Portland is gearing up to be an iconic symbol of resistance

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 23h

#PortlandTRexSnubbedForNobelPrize #NobelPrize #GoPortland

Personally I was rooting hard for the Portland Frog or Chicken. I think the frog may become a symbol of our movement. So brilliant!

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Humor For Resistance @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 1d

#satire

the balloon costumes that protesters are wearing - a dino, a raccoon, an a unicorn - Outrage in US as Nobel Peace committee snubs Portland novelty T-Rex

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 23h

#AlexanderHamilton #MoralFiber&LackThereof

Prophetic words by Alexander Hamilton. Our founding fathers tried to protect us against demagogues like Trump but it's hard to guard against every failure of human judgement.

It's our turn: Restore democracy & then remake it.

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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · May 2

Hamilton obviously saw all this coming.

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 23h

#HideousConditions#ElPasoConcentrationCamp #HungerStrike

How can the people running these camps live with themselves? Remember Nuremberg???

Texas state officials must investigate though many Republican ones will block it.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨🚨Hunger strike at concentration camp in El Paso because a staff member told detainees that the food may have been responsible for the camps most recent death. 1/2

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 1d

#RuleOfLaw #MaxwellPedophiliaAnOutrage

Releasing the #EpsteinFiles is crucial to maintaining the #RuleOfLaw in the US.

If we accept these travesties we have lost our moral fiber.

Seat #Grisalva and let's get on with it!

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Paul @endthecaste.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump to Epstein conveyor belt of trafficked underage girls..

THAT is why Retrumplicans and Trump and the DOJ are doing all possible to block the release of the files!

Release the Epstein-Trump files!

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 1d

#VirginIaSenateStandsUp #MutualDefensePactsNeeded #AcademicFreedom

#Five star alarm. This is great news. But #Universities need to form mutual defense pacts and stand up TOGETHER against the assaults on academic freedom. Like NATO--an assault on one is an assault on all.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 1d

#RFK-MustGo #FireRFKJr 😱

Major medical associations are calling for firing RFK Jr - he's already done terrible harm to US public health and research. DJT won't yet but carrysigns for this on No Kings Day& talk to press about it especially in Red and Purple states.😱

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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · Sep 4

FIRE HIM, STAT!
Medical groups say remove the not-so-pale horseman.

Signatories included the Infectious Diseases Society of America ; American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology; American Public Health Association; and American Association of Immunologists

www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Medical groups call on US Health Secretary Kennedy to step down

Multiple health groups said he was disregarding decades of lifesaving science and reversing medical progress.

www.reuters.com

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 1d

#KudosToClimateScientists&Advocates #Climate.us_Rocks

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Climate.us @climate.us · 3d

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 1d

#ViolenceFromRightWingAppalling
#PressPleaseHighlightTheseViolentPoliticians

We must not let the violent threats go unnoticed. Press all over the country can publicize who these people are calling for violence with profiles etc. Ministers in AZ/KS could protest?

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 10d

I feel like we've gotten numb to these threats but it really is something to stack them all next to each other www.theverge.com/policy/79051...

Ingersoll’s calls for violence are in line with the official Republican position. John Gillette, a Republican state representative for Arizona, called for Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) to be hanged on his X account. Two Kansas Republicans alluded to — “joked” — about shooting a former Democratic colleague on the floor of the Kansas House. Louisiana Republican Clay Higgins threatened to jail the mayor of Denver, while Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna threatened to refer him for criminal charges. Arizona Republican Paul Gosar shared an anime video depicting him killing Ocasio-Cortez and attacking then-President Joe Biden.

Denaturalization is another favorite Republican threat. Republican Andy Ogles of Tennessee said that New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani should be stripped of his citizenship and deported; Ogles later demanded the same for Rep. Delia Ramirez of Illinois. Texas Republican Brandon Gill, Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, and South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace have called for Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, a naturalized US citizen, to be deported.

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 1d

#GoPortland #PortlandFrogStandsUp #JoyousProtestVerySerious&SMART

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!

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