Marcos Huerta
@marcoshuerta.com
Past: PhD in Astrophysics from Rice University -> Science policy at the US Department of Energy.
Present: Data scientist living in Virginia.
I am also on Mastodon, @[email protected]
https://marcoshuerta.com
Present: Data scientist living in Virginia.
I am also on Mastodon, @[email protected]
https://marcoshuerta.com
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Marcos Huerta
@marcoshuerta.com
· Aug 2
Having a boy or girl at birth is a coin toss: Reanalyzing a new study. – Marcos Huerta
Data is Singular
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The paper in Science Advances that said some moms have more boys than girls that got a lot of press attention? I dove into their raw data and their conclusions seem flawed. #dataBS
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A despicable U.S. government murdered Renee Nicole Good with 3 bullets, then tried to assassinate her character with absurd lies
But brave resisters with cameras pulled back the mask and showed America the truth. Let Jan. 7, 2026 mark a turning point. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/minn...
But brave resisters with cameras pulled back the mask and showed America the truth. Let Jan. 7, 2026 mark a turning point. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/minn...
Minneapolis ICE murder is Trump’s Waterloo in America’s war for the truth | Will Bunch
After federal agents' senseless killing of Renee Good, will Americans believe a rogue government or their own eyes?
www.inquirer.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:27 PM
A despicable U.S. government murdered Renee Nicole Good with 3 bullets, then tried to assassinate her character with absurd lies
But brave resisters with cameras pulled back the mask and showed America the truth. Let Jan. 7, 2026 mark a turning point. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/minn...
But brave resisters with cameras pulled back the mask and showed America the truth. Let Jan. 7, 2026 mark a turning point. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/minn...
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AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.
January 8, 2026 at 12:20 AM
AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.
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On Jan. 6, 2021, bloody insurrectionary violence interrupted the peaceful transfer of power.
Today, America is still caught in an epic struggle between selfish forces of rule-or-ruin autocracy & the unyielding defenders of constitutional democracy all over America.
Today, America is still caught in an epic struggle between selfish forces of rule-or-ruin autocracy & the unyielding defenders of constitutional democracy all over America.
Opinion | Jamie Raskin: Jan. 6 Never Ended
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:40 PM
On Jan. 6, 2021, bloody insurrectionary violence interrupted the peaceful transfer of power.
Today, America is still caught in an epic struggle between selfish forces of rule-or-ruin autocracy & the unyielding defenders of constitutional democracy all over America.
Today, America is still caught in an epic struggle between selfish forces of rule-or-ruin autocracy & the unyielding defenders of constitutional democracy all over America.
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Donald Trump wants you to forget that January 6 happened—but for one police officer who protected the Capitol, and another man who attacked it and was pardoned, there’s no forgetting, Jamie Thompson reports: theatln.tc/o2OQTnKk
January 6, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Donald Trump wants you to forget that January 6 happened—but for one police officer who protected the Capitol, and another man who attacked it and was pardoned, there’s no forgetting, Jamie Thompson reports: theatln.tc/o2OQTnKk
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🥳 Welcome to the Public Domain: creative works from 1930 & sound recordings published in 1925! Duke Law's Center for the Study of the Public Domain has highlighted some of the most anticipated works entering the #publicdomain in 2026!
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January 1, 2026 at 5:02 AM
🥳 Welcome to the Public Domain: creative works from 1930 & sound recordings published in 1925! Duke Law's Center for the Study of the Public Domain has highlighted some of the most anticipated works entering the #publicdomain in 2026!
More ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
@dukelaw.bsky.social
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How about means tested nonrefundable tax credits instead
This would be so popular at the national level if centrist Democrats let us use those words in that order
Mamdani: "The cost of childcare will no longer discourage young adults from starting a family, because we will deliver universal childcare for the many by taxing the wealthiest few"
January 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
How about means tested nonrefundable tax credits instead
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December 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Your company may match donations; I finally started using our giving portal because then I don’t have to remember to request a match.
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"When it happens, Republicans will object (and you can only imagine the meltdown Trump himself will have on Truth Social). The response Dems give should be simple: *Too bad. We have the power now.* A strong message must be sent to the country and future generations that Trump will not be honored."
Why every vestige of Trump must be torn down
He's trying to create a physical legacy. The moment he's out of power, it has to be smashed to bits.
www.publicnotice.co
December 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"When it happens, Republicans will object (and you can only imagine the meltdown Trump himself will have on Truth Social). The response Dems give should be simple: *Too bad. We have the power now.* A strong message must be sent to the country and future generations that Trump will not be honored."
December 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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December 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Ok, @marcoshuerta.com, we watched It's a Wonderful Life 😭 You're right, it's great! Cried my eyes out!
(I hadn't seen it since I was little and remember it being too sad to watch. It was still sad as an adult, but it was also really good.)
Happy holidays, y'all ❤️
(I hadn't seen it since I was little and remember it being too sad to watch. It was still sad as an adult, but it was also really good.)
Happy holidays, y'all ❤️
December 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ok, @marcoshuerta.com, we watched It's a Wonderful Life 😭 You're right, it's great! Cried my eyes out!
(I hadn't seen it since I was little and remember it being too sad to watch. It was still sad as an adult, but it was also really good.)
Happy holidays, y'all ❤️
(I hadn't seen it since I was little and remember it being too sad to watch. It was still sad as an adult, but it was also really good.)
Happy holidays, y'all ❤️
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Journalism is supposed to “afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted,” but Bari Weiss has it backwards. My new column https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/23/bari-weiss-60-minutes-cecot-episode-censorship?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Bari Weiss yanking a 60 Minutes story is censorship by oligarchy | Margaret Sullivan
Weiss ought to cut her losses, green-light the piece, and try to start acting like an editor – not like a cog in the machine of authoritarian politics and oligarchy
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Journalism is supposed to “afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted,” but Bari Weiss has it backwards. My new column https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/23/bari-weiss-60-minutes-cecot-episode-censorship?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.
"In Covid's Wake" Part 1: Lyin… - If Books Could Kill - Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 06/17/2025 · 58m
podcasts.apple.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.
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really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
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CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, the...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
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Oh one more thing about fossil fuel; the whole idea that natural gas is so much greener/cleaner than coal is sort of true when you burn it, but so much methane is emitted when it's extracted, & methane is a potent greenhouse gas, that, well, it's not. And we've know that for a while.
Reality Check: Natural Gas’s True Climate Risk - RMI
Methane leakage as low as 0.2 percent puts gas’s climate impact on par with coal.
rmi.org
December 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Oh one more thing about fossil fuel; the whole idea that natural gas is so much greener/cleaner than coal is sort of true when you burn it, but so much methane is emitted when it's extracted, & methane is a potent greenhouse gas, that, well, it's not. And we've know that for a while.
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This is flat-out illegal.
Congress determines the name of the Kennedy Center.
Demolition of the East Wing is irreversible. This can and must be fixed.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/19/t...
Congress determines the name of the Kennedy Center.
Demolition of the East Wing is irreversible. This can and must be fixed.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/19/t...
Trump name added to Kennedy Center signage
The Kennedy Center board on Thursday voted to add Trump's name to the famed arts institution.
www.cnbc.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is flat-out illegal.
Congress determines the name of the Kennedy Center.
Demolition of the East Wing is irreversible. This can and must be fixed.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/19/t...
Congress determines the name of the Kennedy Center.
Demolition of the East Wing is irreversible. This can and must be fixed.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/19/t...
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Interesting to consider that if you were to go and deface the Kennedy center by removing Trump’s name, you’d be arrested and charged with a crime, but your act would be no more unlawful than what they’re doing right now.
NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Interesting to consider that if you were to go and deface the Kennedy center by removing Trump’s name, you’d be arrested and charged with a crime, but your act would be no more unlawful than what they’re doing right now.
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Yes. Yes. Yes.
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
We need to remake the US high court so Americans don’t suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Yes. Yes. Yes.
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.