Timis8octo
@timisocto8.bsky.social
Nature nut, science geek, dinosaur and paleo person, octopus rule!
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AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
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If a swastika or a noose isn't a symbol of hate, what on earth is?
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
If a swastika or a noose isn't a symbol of hate, what on earth is?
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She ignored the question, but here’s the answer:
The Trump admin doesn’t think that a swastika is a hate symbol.
The Trump admin doesn’t think that a swastika is a hate symbol.
Leavitt skips a question about the Coast Guard no longer classifying swastikas as hate symbols
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
She ignored the question, but here’s the answer:
The Trump admin doesn’t think that a swastika is a hate symbol.
The Trump admin doesn’t think that a swastika is a hate symbol.
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The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
Postal traffic to US drops more than 80% after trade exemption rule ends, UN agency says
The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
n.pr
September 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
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Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history act.indivisible.org/sign/smithso...
Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history
The Trump regime’s campaign of whitewashing US history has reached the halls of the Smithsonian museums, with exhibits dealing with slavery, the civil rights movement, and other struggles against oppr...
act.indivisible.org
August 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history act.indivisible.org/sign/smithso...
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Remembering today when pro-GOP media erupted with outrage over Kamala Harris' warning that Trump had plans to militarize the national guard and deploy them on the streets of US cities. Indeed, he had such plans. And now he's implementing them.
August 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Remembering today when pro-GOP media erupted with outrage over Kamala Harris' warning that Trump had plans to militarize the national guard and deploy them on the streets of US cities. Indeed, he had such plans. And now he's implementing them.
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"The DC resistance isn’t manifesting this week as recognizable members of Congress marching up and down Pennsylvania Avenue..., but as an array of ordinary DC residents documenting what’s happening in their neighborhoods and mobilizing pop-up actions based on the information being shared."
The resistance is active in DC—you’re just not looking closely enough
It's not massive protests on Pennsylvania Avenue, but happenstance hecklers and Nextdoor posts.
www.motherjones.com
August 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"The DC resistance isn’t manifesting this week as recognizable members of Congress marching up and down Pennsylvania Avenue..., but as an array of ordinary DC residents documenting what’s happening in their neighborhoods and mobilizing pop-up actions based on the information being shared."
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The historian has one responsibility: to tell the truth as best they can--all these questions about patriotism or making people feel "bad" or "guilty" about the past are totally irrelevant.
You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying."
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The historian has one responsibility: to tell the truth as best they can--all these questions about patriotism or making people feel "bad" or "guilty" about the past are totally irrelevant.
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“It now seems clear that the military will not rescue Americans from Mr. Trump’s misuse of the nation’s military capabilities.”
Martial law by any other name is still dictatorship and rings the death knell for liberty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
Martial law by any other name is still dictatorship and rings the death knell for liberty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
Opinion | How the Military Became Another Instrument of Trump’s Power
www.nytimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“It now seems clear that the military will not rescue Americans from Mr. Trump’s misuse of the nation’s military capabilities.”
Martial law by any other name is still dictatorship and rings the death knell for liberty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
Martial law by any other name is still dictatorship and rings the death knell for liberty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
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Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."
August 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared a video of a Christian nationalist pastor who believes women shouldn't be allowed to vote.
Trump and his inner circle want to replace democracy with a MAGA theocracy that would strip away our freedoms.
Be warned. https://youtu.be/-XsORP-VuRI?feature=shared
Trump and his inner circle want to replace democracy with a MAGA theocracy that would strip away our freedoms.
Be warned. https://youtu.be/-XsORP-VuRI?feature=shared
Why Trump Is Partnering With Christian Nationalists | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
August 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared a video of a Christian nationalist pastor who believes women shouldn't be allowed to vote.
Trump and his inner circle want to replace democracy with a MAGA theocracy that would strip away our freedoms.
Be warned. https://youtu.be/-XsORP-VuRI?feature=shared
Trump and his inner circle want to replace democracy with a MAGA theocracy that would strip away our freedoms.
Be warned. https://youtu.be/-XsORP-VuRI?feature=shared
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My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator.
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“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
June 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator.
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Incredibly dangerous authoritarianism here.
August 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Incredibly dangerous authoritarianism here.
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The deportations are about to turn into detentions.
There isn’t money in deporting folks, but there is in detaining them…
There isn’t money in deporting folks, but there is in detaining them…
July 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The deportations are about to turn into detentions.
There isn’t money in deporting folks, but there is in detaining them…
There isn’t money in deporting folks, but there is in detaining them…
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The EPA is preparing a proposal that would revoke a critical 2009 legal determination stating that greenhouse gases are harmful to human health. That finding has been the backbone of U.S. climate regulations for over a decade.
July 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The EPA is preparing a proposal that would revoke a critical 2009 legal determination stating that greenhouse gases are harmful to human health. That finding has been the backbone of U.S. climate regulations for over a decade.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
July 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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ICE's current budget is around $10 billion.
The Big Ugly Bill currently being voted on in the House adds $100 billion more. And takes money from Medicaid, food & nutrition programs and so much more to pay for it and for massive tax cuts for the wealthiest.
#CALLyourREPS
time.com/7299360/big-...
The Big Ugly Bill currently being voted on in the House adds $100 billion more. And takes money from Medicaid, food & nutrition programs and so much more to pay for it and for massive tax cuts for the wealthiest.
#CALLyourREPS
time.com/7299360/big-...
The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Add Billions to ICE’s Budget
Under the Senate version of the bill, the agency would receive an infusion of more than $100 billion through 2029.
time.com
July 3, 2025 at 5:09 AM
ICE's current budget is around $10 billion.
The Big Ugly Bill currently being voted on in the House adds $100 billion more. And takes money from Medicaid, food & nutrition programs and so much more to pay for it and for massive tax cuts for the wealthiest.
#CALLyourREPS
time.com/7299360/big-...
The Big Ugly Bill currently being voted on in the House adds $100 billion more. And takes money from Medicaid, food & nutrition programs and so much more to pay for it and for massive tax cuts for the wealthiest.
#CALLyourREPS
time.com/7299360/big-...
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Wow. The EPA has placed 144 employees on administrative leave after the workers signed a public letter criticizing EPA leadership for disregarding scientific expertise and rolling back environmental and public health protections.
July 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Wow. The EPA has placed 144 employees on administrative leave after the workers signed a public letter criticizing EPA leadership for disregarding scientific expertise and rolling back environmental and public health protections.
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Mike Johnson just said if you are for reducing the deficit, this bill is for you.
The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit.
They just lie.
The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit.
They just lie.
July 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Mike Johnson just said if you are for reducing the deficit, this bill is for you.
The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit.
They just lie.
The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit.
They just lie.
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American Police State: Congress has just authorized $170B for ICE (not $37.5B), more than the ENTIRE NATIONAL DEFENSE BUDGET for every country on the planet except China.🤮
source: www.democracynow.org/2025/7/2/tru...
source: www.democracynow.org/2025/7/2/tru...
July 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
American Police State: Congress has just authorized $170B for ICE (not $37.5B), more than the ENTIRE NATIONAL DEFENSE BUDGET for every country on the planet except China.🤮
source: www.democracynow.org/2025/7/2/tru...
source: www.democracynow.org/2025/7/2/tru...
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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Help raise awareness about the specifics of Trump’s Tax Scam by using our social toolkit. When people know what’s in the GOP’s dangerous reconciliation bill, they overwhelmingly oppose it — but a lot of people still aren’t aware of the details. We need to change that: app.sosha.ai/toolkit/trum...
July 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Help raise awareness about the specifics of Trump’s Tax Scam by using our social toolkit. When people know what’s in the GOP’s dangerous reconciliation bill, they overwhelmingly oppose it — but a lot of people still aren’t aware of the details. We need to change that: app.sosha.ai/toolkit/trum...