Sophia Florence
@sophiaflorence.bsky.social
ChemEng/data/applied math (pharma formulations + disinformation), writer/comedian (stand-up and horror films), health/science/tech policy consultant, copywriter, host of the Crumbling Podcast (about disinformation), Connecticut enthusiast.
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2. We'll be revealing our new co-host soon
3. We've got two episodes on the NCAA coming out, two more interviews, then a long series on libertarianism, and then one on Ed and Lorraine Warren
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Maybe it is Netanyahu's long-running corruption that has bitterly divided the country, rather than the due process of law.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel's president to grant him a pardon during his long-running corruption trial that's bitterly divided the country. n.pr/48FC2Ue
Netanyahu submits request for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel's president to grant him a pardon during his long-running corruption trial that's bitterly divided the country.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Maybe it is Netanyahu's long-running corruption that has bitterly divided the country, rather than the due process of law.
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The lesson I have learned over the last 10 years more than any other: Hatred and bigotry and greed are the flames of fascism, but its kindling are people who claim to be well-meaning, yet diagnose our problem as "polarization" without giving thought to the causes over which we are polarized.
November 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The lesson I have learned over the last 10 years more than any other: Hatred and bigotry and greed are the flames of fascism, but its kindling are people who claim to be well-meaning, yet diagnose our problem as "polarization" without giving thought to the causes over which we are polarized.
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i’ve been laughing at my own joke for 6 minutes so far
November 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
i’ve been laughing at my own joke for 6 minutes so far
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i wonder if there are any cases of a us soldier exposing american war crimes under a democratic presidency and then also what happened to that person hm imagine if
November 30, 2025 at 5:42 AM
i wonder if there are any cases of a us soldier exposing american war crimes under a democratic presidency and then also what happened to that person hm imagine if
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Starbucks baristas are on strike and the No Kings Alliance stands with them. Don’t shop at Starbucks while workers fight for fair pay, better staffing, and an end to union-busting: nocontractnocoffee.org/#pledge
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Starbucks baristas are on strike and the No Kings Alliance stands with them. Don’t shop at Starbucks while workers fight for fair pay, better staffing, and an end to union-busting: nocontractnocoffee.org/#pledge
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Yes, that's right: Kristi Noem said "persecute," not "prosecute."
Noem: "Anyone who has info on this needs to know we will be coming after you & we will bring you to justice. We absolutely will persecute you b/c we do know that we will never allow this to continue to happen in our country -- allow individuals who came to our country unvetted by Joe Biden ... "
November 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Yes, that's right: Kristi Noem said "persecute," not "prosecute."
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Imagine being so far gone into Trumpism/Republicanism that you would say this to someone who was shot in the head in an act of political violence.
MAGA legal world, man…
Gorsuch and Grassley should be so proud.
Gorsuch and Grassley should be so proud.
November 30, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Imagine being so far gone into Trumpism/Republicanism that you would say this to someone who was shot in the head in an act of political violence.
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Retraction Watch has covered the problem of the “national IQ” database. Should be noted I’m far from alone in working to remove these publications. The spreadsheet of pubs which use NIQ - linked to in the article - was started by @kohngregory.bsky.social; a project also worked on by Cathryn Townsend
. @rebeccasear.bsky.social is on a mission to get all studies using a database linking #IQ and race retracted. I spoke to her for @retractionwatch.com to find out more: retractionwatch.com/2025/11/25/m...
Meet the researcher aiming to halt use of ‘fundamentally flawed’ database linking IQ and nationality
Rebecca Sear Rebecca Sear is on a mission to convince publishers to retract articles that use a database that purports to rank countries based on intelligence. To maintain the integrity of scientif…
retractionwatch.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Retraction Watch has covered the problem of the “national IQ” database. Should be noted I’m far from alone in working to remove these publications. The spreadsheet of pubs which use NIQ - linked to in the article - was started by @kohngregory.bsky.social; a project also worked on by Cathryn Townsend
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Quick read this weekend: “Sex is a Spectrum” by Augustín Fuentes. Fuentes expertly draws from biological research on non-human animals and human anthropology to reveal the inadequacy of the sex binary for understanding human and non-human biological sex. The book is pretty dense, but a great read.
November 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Quick read this weekend: “Sex is a Spectrum” by Augustín Fuentes. Fuentes expertly draws from biological research on non-human animals and human anthropology to reveal the inadequacy of the sex binary for understanding human and non-human biological sex. The book is pretty dense, but a great read.
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I heard that if you stand next to Lara Trump your thumbs turn into two middle fingers to your constituents and everyone that knocked on doors, campaigned and voted for you.
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I heard that if you stand next to Lara Trump your thumbs turn into two middle fingers to your constituents and everyone that knocked on doors, campaigned and voted for you.
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We are past the point when advocates need to think long and hard if they are complicit in legitimizing current HHS leadership by participating in agency promotion of policy changes. Advocates shouldn't give any legitimacy to Prasad, Makary, Kennedy & others by sharing a microphone.
Big change: FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements under RFK Jr ally
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 AM
We are past the point when advocates need to think long and hard if they are complicit in legitimizing current HHS leadership by participating in agency promotion of policy changes. Advocates shouldn't give any legitimacy to Prasad, Makary, Kennedy & others by sharing a microphone.
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Actually, leftover scumbags from the NIXON administration.
Cheney, Rumsfeld, Roger Ailes, Roger Stone, Kissinger, all should have died in prison at a bare minimum. The George W Bush administration would never have even happened if we didn't let this nest of fascist ratfuckers fester.
Cheney, Rumsfeld, Roger Ailes, Roger Stone, Kissinger, all should have died in prison at a bare minimum. The George W Bush administration would never have even happened if we didn't let this nest of fascist ratfuckers fester.
The main reason we're in this situation is a bunch of war criminal shitbags from the Reagan administration paved the way for fascism.
And the best thing you can do is ask the grunts not to follow illegal orders. What about your part of the bargain?
And the best thing you can do is ask the grunts not to follow illegal orders. What about your part of the bargain?
November 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Actually, leftover scumbags from the NIXON administration.
Cheney, Rumsfeld, Roger Ailes, Roger Stone, Kissinger, all should have died in prison at a bare minimum. The George W Bush administration would never have even happened if we didn't let this nest of fascist ratfuckers fester.
Cheney, Rumsfeld, Roger Ailes, Roger Stone, Kissinger, all should have died in prison at a bare minimum. The George W Bush administration would never have even happened if we didn't let this nest of fascist ratfuckers fester.
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
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tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
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Two U.S. Navy F/A-18Es appeared and disappeared from radar off the coast of Venezuela.
November 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Two U.S. Navy F/A-18Es appeared and disappeared from radar off the coast of Venezuela.
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"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
We're hitting the time of year where people either panic about the holidays and work out, or do a New Years Resolution, and I have one piece of advice for you all who are new to it: your weight, as a number, will not usually be meaningful. If you're really working out well and lifting and doing
November 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM
We're hitting the time of year where people either panic about the holidays and work out, or do a New Years Resolution, and I have one piece of advice for you all who are new to it: your weight, as a number, will not usually be meaningful. If you're really working out well and lifting and doing
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"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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"What we see on the street is just the tip of the iceberg. There's an entire world of homelessness that has been rendered invisible."
Here's the YouTube link to my PBS News Weekend interview:
Here's the YouTube link to my PBS News Weekend interview:
Millions of full-time workers are struggling to afford a place to live. Here’s why
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
"What we see on the street is just the tip of the iceberg. There's an entire world of homelessness that has been rendered invisible."
Here's the YouTube link to my PBS News Weekend interview:
Here's the YouTube link to my PBS News Weekend interview:
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
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If you want to know what it's like to be a trans woman on the internet at this particular moment in time, just imagine that every single ad you see is someone calling you a predator and telling you to kill yourself. Your adblocker doesn't work and if you report them you get more.
November 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
If you want to know what it's like to be a trans woman on the internet at this particular moment in time, just imagine that every single ad you see is someone calling you a predator and telling you to kill yourself. Your adblocker doesn't work and if you report them you get more.
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Fuck yeah, Yorkshire pudding this mug!
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Fuck yeah, Yorkshire pudding this mug!
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"you just want to have a beer with him"
I absolutely fucking did not, thank you very much
I absolutely fucking did not, thank you very much
heard george w bush’s voice in the martin scorsese documentary for the first time in years and felt the exact same surge of involuntary hostility towards it that i always used to feel
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"you just want to have a beer with him"
I absolutely fucking did not, thank you very much
I absolutely fucking did not, thank you very much
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Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
It doesn’t get anymore textbook than this:
It doesn’t get anymore textbook than this:
November 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
It doesn’t get anymore textbook than this:
It doesn’t get anymore textbook than this:
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Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Everyone should read this terrifying thread about Hegseth’s published views wrt war crimes. It’s pretty fucking radical …. We needed to hear about this in his confirmation hearing.
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.