@janrocks.bsky.social
Geophysicist, ballet fan, 3rd generation Oklahoman.
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Listen, all I’m saying is that I’ve seen more pictures of Donald Trump partying with Jeffrey Epstein than I have of Donald Trump playing with his son Barron.
December 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Listen, all I’m saying is that I’ve seen more pictures of Donald Trump partying with Jeffrey Epstein than I have of Donald Trump playing with his son Barron.
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Funny you should mention that arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/w...
Scientists once hoarded pre-nuclear steel; now we’re hoarding pre-AI content
Newly announced catalog collects pre-2022 sources untouched by ChatGPT and AI contamination.
arstechnica.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Funny you should mention that arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/w...
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Brett Kavanaugh's "minor inconvience" now includes beating people up and cutting off their wedding rings for [checks notes] "observing ICE from a distance."
Federal agents are arresting American citizens.
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Brett Kavanaugh's "minor inconvience" now includes beating people up and cutting off their wedding rings for [checks notes] "observing ICE from a distance."
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Months before the start of the World Cup, the MAGA regime are planning to require all foreign tourists to submit five years of their social media data upon entering the United States.
This is what fascism looks like and FIFA gave it a fake bullshit peace award. Disgusting.
This is what fascism looks like and FIFA gave it a fake bullshit peace award. Disgusting.
December 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Months before the start of the World Cup, the MAGA regime are planning to require all foreign tourists to submit five years of their social media data upon entering the United States.
This is what fascism looks like and FIFA gave it a fake bullshit peace award. Disgusting.
This is what fascism looks like and FIFA gave it a fake bullshit peace award. Disgusting.
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Susan Monarez was fired after less than a month as Director of the CDC for holding the line on scientific integrity
She is part of Nature's 10 - our list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/48FnHpx
She is part of Nature's 10 - our list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/48FnHpx
The top US health director who stood up for science — and was fired
Susan Monarez is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
go.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Susan Monarez was fired after less than a month as Director of the CDC for holding the line on scientific integrity
She is part of Nature's 10 - our list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/48FnHpx
She is part of Nature's 10 - our list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/48FnHpx
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Information on the magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Japan, including an animation showing the seismic waves as they were detected by seismometers across North America. 🧪
December 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Information on the magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Japan, including an animation showing the seismic waves as they were detected by seismometers across North America. 🧪
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Before the vaccine for Hepatitis 20,000 infants got it
After the vaccine 20 got it
Please vaccinate
After the vaccine 20 got it
Please vaccinate
December 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Before the vaccine for Hepatitis 20,000 infants got it
After the vaccine 20 got it
Please vaccinate
After the vaccine 20 got it
Please vaccinate
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"About 25% of children who develop chronic hepatitis B will die of their infection."
--Dr. Andrew Pavia, pediatric infectious disease specialist, professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Utah, and spokesperson for the Infectious Diseases Society of America
--Dr. Andrew Pavia, pediatric infectious disease specialist, professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Utah, and spokesperson for the Infectious Diseases Society of America
December 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"About 25% of children who develop chronic hepatitis B will die of their infection."
--Dr. Andrew Pavia, pediatric infectious disease specialist, professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Utah, and spokesperson for the Infectious Diseases Society of America
--Dr. Andrew Pavia, pediatric infectious disease specialist, professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Utah, and spokesperson for the Infectious Diseases Society of America
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
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Trump is summarily executing people suspected of being drug dealers, without providing any proof.
How close are we to Trump ordering the execution of Americans he considers opponents? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-illegal-executions
How close are we to Trump ordering the execution of Americans he considers opponents? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-illegal-executions
December 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Trump is summarily executing people suspected of being drug dealers, without providing any proof.
How close are we to Trump ordering the execution of Americans he considers opponents? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-illegal-executions
How close are we to Trump ordering the execution of Americans he considers opponents? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-illegal-executions
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Whom among us….
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Whom among us….
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Breaking: Sen. Jacky Rosen of the Foreign Relations Cmte. says, if reports are true, "Hegseth likely committed a war crime when he gave an illegal order that led to the killing of incapacitated survivors of the U.S. strike in the Caribbean."
Rosen adds: "He should resign immediately."
Rosen adds: "He should resign immediately."
December 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Breaking: Sen. Jacky Rosen of the Foreign Relations Cmte. says, if reports are true, "Hegseth likely committed a war crime when he gave an illegal order that led to the killing of incapacitated survivors of the U.S. strike in the Caribbean."
Rosen adds: "He should resign immediately."
Rosen adds: "He should resign immediately."
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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Let’s be clear: these are extrajudicial killings. “Kill them all” Hegseth needs to be held accountable.
What’s more, Trump promised the American people no new wars but is now manufacturing this conflict & lying about his motives.
This warmongering has got to stop.
What’s more, Trump promised the American people no new wars but is now manufacturing this conflict & lying about his motives.
This warmongering has got to stop.
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 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Let’s be clear: these are extrajudicial killings. “Kill them all” Hegseth needs to be held accountable.
What’s more, Trump promised the American people no new wars but is now manufacturing this conflict & lying about his motives.
This warmongering has got to stop.
What’s more, Trump promised the American people no new wars but is now manufacturing this conflict & lying about his motives.
This warmongering has got to stop.
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Did you know that scientist don’t really use the Richter scale anymore? The most common magnitude scale used these days is called the “Moment Magnitude” scale. Here’s more info 🧪
November 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Did you know that scientist don’t really use the Richter scale anymore? The most common magnitude scale used these days is called the “Moment Magnitude” scale. Here’s more info 🧪
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Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
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MEDICARE FOR ALL IS POPULAR: “A new poll finds 65% of voters support a Medicare for All system. That includes 78% of Democrats, 71% of independents, and 49% of Republicans.”
Making a broken system less bad is not enough. #MedicareForAllNow
jacobin.com/2025/11/medi...
Making a broken system less bad is not enough. #MedicareForAllNow
jacobin.com/2025/11/medi...
November 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
MEDICARE FOR ALL IS POPULAR: “A new poll finds 65% of voters support a Medicare for All system. That includes 78% of Democrats, 71% of independents, and 49% of Republicans.”
Making a broken system less bad is not enough. #MedicareForAllNow
jacobin.com/2025/11/medi...
Making a broken system less bad is not enough. #MedicareForAllNow
jacobin.com/2025/11/medi...
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Did you know using cloud services in the senate is a constitutional violation of the speech or debate clause? Since it would put congressional data outside the Capitol building?
I didn't either and mysteriously neither did the senate the second McConnell's office started messing with Office 365.
I didn't either and mysteriously neither did the senate the second McConnell's office started messing with Office 365.
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Did you know using cloud services in the senate is a constitutional violation of the speech or debate clause? Since it would put congressional data outside the Capitol building?
I didn't either and mysteriously neither did the senate the second McConnell's office started messing with Office 365.
I didn't either and mysteriously neither did the senate the second McConnell's office started messing with Office 365.
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Pablo Picasso, The Turkey (Le Dindon), 1936 www.moma.org/collection/w...
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Pablo Picasso, The Turkey (Le Dindon), 1936 www.moma.org/collection/w...
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To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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November 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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“I watched as Bobby cut nearly a half billion dollars for research into mRNA vaccines, technology that could be used against certain cancers.” Heartbreaking piece by Tatiana Schlossberg, President Kennedy’s granddaughter and RFK Jr.’s cousin.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“I watched as Bobby cut nearly a half billion dollars for research into mRNA vaccines, technology that could be used against certain cancers.” Heartbreaking piece by Tatiana Schlossberg, President Kennedy’s granddaughter and RFK Jr.’s cousin.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...