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Recently retired scientist. Still adjusting. I want to understand…everything. And I make stuff.

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scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 25d

Went to a big sporting event last night. Have always been a loud, albeit off-tune, national anthem singer.

But last night the anthem hit different. I mumbled my way through.

I’ll never forgive the bastards who made me question my love for the US.

How dare they.

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Dr. Merri 🐸 @merri24.bsky.social · 7h

Artist - @omenet.bsky.social

Unicorn panda dinosaur and frog puffy costumes drawn via marker and crayon lifting up the American flag much like the statue showing our soldiers pushing up the flag

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scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 1h

You want people to have more kids, reduce the costs. It’s that simple.
Day care for a single kid costs half a salary.

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Quinn Leone @quinnleone.bsky.social · 1d

Graham Platner for US Senator (Maine-Dem)

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 1d

We are fighting for true freedom. The freedom to live a life of dignity and joy.

A life of 80 hour work weeks, of constantly struggling to get by, being trapped in a shitty job by your health insurance — this is not freedom, and we are not free. But we could be. If we fight.

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scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 17h

How much would you like to bet that all of these are broad social programs that disproportionately support red states?

scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 19h

Well that’ll certainly put an end to those “racist” accusations…

a man wearing glasses and a suit is making a face

ALT: a man wearing glasses and a suit is making a face

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scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 1d

Start sending (slightly) used bicycle seats to his Congressional office.
By the hundreds…
With the card:
“All our love, Portland”

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John Gholson @gholson.bsky.social · 2d

Doctors at John Hopkins say the President suffers from “Sexy Librarian Bending Over to Pick Up a Book Neck”

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scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 2d

To quote the late George Carlin (he himself a dead person) “a new study shows saliva swallowed in small amounts over a long period of time causes death…“

scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 2d

Yes and no…
I committed to rereading some of the classics I hated when I was force fed them as a teen.
Turns out the books haven’t changed, but I have.
I understand them at a depth *I* was lacking.
The Old Man and the Sea?
Achingly beautiful.
The symbolism I missed before lays bare.
New eyes 👀

scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 3d

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 4d

Old joke:
“I gave my wife $1 million and told her to spend $1000 a day on whatever she wanted. In three years she came back and asked for more money.
So I gave her $1 billion with the same instructions. She didn’t come back for 3000 years.”

scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 4d

Transitions are hard. Transition from Erickson to Andersen was ugly. Transition from Andersen to Smith was ugly.

But this is worse. This is year two.

Your average 2A Oregon HS team can get off a field goal attempt, but this team can’t.

The trajectory of this team is straight down.

scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 5d

He’s not wrong.
Dude’s got a cannon for an arm, but dances backwards more than Ginger Rogers.

scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 5d

They are on record as wanting a “100% American“ workforce.
Only way to achieve that is to have a permanent under-class of poor whites, minorities and children that are forced into farm labor because they have no other options.
A return to feudalism.
Which is a stated goal

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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 6d

To all the fake Christians out there…

We see you.

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scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 7d

Don’t the makers of Tylenol have lawyers?
Is this not some form of defamation? Surely there must be some form of legal redress.

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scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 7d

The $$$ is in detention, not deportation. Deportation $$$ go overseas, detention $$$ line local pockets.
Every time they detain a US citizen, they still get paid, even though the citizen is eventually released. Every night they are held is an additional paycheck.

scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 7d

I should have added, you can cut and paste the link.

scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 7d

There is a local TV station (KATU) that has a 24-hr live feed from ICE HQ, that shows the “protests” of a handful of very calm crowd.

katu.com

Portland News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News

KATU ABC 2 offers coverage of news, weather, sports and community events for Portland, Oregon and surrounding towns, including Beaverton, Lake Oswego, Milwaukie, Happy Valley, Gresham, Vancouver, Hill...

katu.com

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scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 7d

And I’m sure those studies will be unbiased, hypothesis-driven, scrupulously analyzed data sets, right?

a close up of a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and overalls making a funny face .

ALT: a close up of a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and overalls making a funny face .

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scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 7d

Yes. Road cams, sky cams, etc

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View from Alphabet District in Portland, Oregon Live cam

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scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 7d

There are multiple WebCams around the city of Portland. I keep trying to push out links, so people can see Portland in real time.

Reality is available for those who care to look.

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【LIVE】 Live Cam Portland - Oregon | SkylineWebcams

View from Alphabet District in Portland, Oregon Live cam

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scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 8d

No, no…
IT fucks HIM.

scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 8d

Apparently, also in the works, the Melania stamp.
It cost $50, but it licks you back.

scienceintheend.bsky.social @scienceintheend.bsky.social · 9d

Because it’s easy propaganda and it works with their base.
If it weren’t trans, they’d find something else.