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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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Gift link for anyone who needs it,

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
Opinion | The Globalization of Canadian Rage
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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If watching the news feels too heavy right now, I see you. I get it. That reaction makes complete sense.

What I'm trying to learn right now is how to live my life in a world that has never actually known peace.

Read more: zerlinamaxwell.substack.com/p/trying-to-...
February 6, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Heads up, folks.
New, from me: Trump finalized his Schedule F policy, allowing him to remove job protections from career civil servants.

The new rule is dishonest and unmoored from reality in its effort to formalize the politicization of the federal government 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trumps-sch...
Trump's Schedule F Rule Finalized
A bizarro rule formally justifies politicizing public services
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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I spoke to a tipster from the latest Epstein file dump. Her formal FBI interview document is MISSING from the release, but she told me what she reported about Trump's Modeling Agency trafficking girls to Epstein. www.youtube.com/live/xiSmcNV...
LIVE: Epstein Files Tipster IDENTIFIES MISSING DOCS!!!
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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I 100% expect him to do this, yes.
He’s going to tear down the Kennedy Center. The entire building. He tore down half the White House and no one stopped him; now he’s doing this. It’s annoying how many people are pretending they don’t understand this is what he’s openly saying he’s going to do.
February 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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As a part of a yearlong study, Texas county jails are collecting data about pregnant inmates’ prenatal care, mental health indicators, pregnancy outcomes and more.
Texas is studying its pregnant jail inmates
As a part of a yearlong study, Texas county jails are collecting data about pregnant inmates’ prenatal care, mental health indicators, pregnancy outcomes and more.
www.texastribune.org
February 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Trump and Republicans have made it crystal clear they have zero interest in working with Democrats on anything.

The only thing Trump and Republicans want to fix, is elections.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
February 3, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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convergence of Trump policies is exponential escalation of the catastrophes he has unleashed
February 2, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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this
January 31, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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I may have a stroke.

Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”

A PROTESTant.

I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Lady Gaga summons the grace and power of Mr. Rogers.

youtu.be/gMFQmOBO6D4
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Lady Gaga
YouTube video by Lady Gaga
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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Arresting journalists. Good God.
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning

I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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Happy to share I have made it to the final round of Wildlife Photographer of the Year. I can’t share which image but this is the species #greatgrayowl #greatgreyowl #owl #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #wildlifevideo
January 24, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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The DNI? So we don’t see her for Venezuela strikes and grabbing a head of state, or imperialist threats against Greenland (allegedly for our national security), but she’s on the scene for THIS? Hmmm.
“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.”

@reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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January 28, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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#maddow children begging for release from the concentration camps of this criminal government of trump per Eric Lee their lawyer
January 27, 2026 at 2:57 AM
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“Because the Korean Legislature hasn't enacted our Historic Trade Agreement, which is their prerogative, I am hereby increasing South Korean TARIFFS on Autos, Lumber, Pharma, and all other Reciprocal TARIFFS, from 15% to 25%.”
January 26, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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white baseball players are saying shit like "silence is a privilege and silence is complicit"

it's a new day
Former MLB OF Kole Calhoun speaks out. “What this administration is doing is blatantly racist…I’ve been silent because that is easy. I don’t care what side you’re on or who you voted for, this is wrong… Wake up! Speak out!”
January 26, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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Frances Fukuyama: "I would liken Donald Trump to a ten-year-old boy who has discovered a flame thrower in his parents’ backyard, and has come to realize that he can burn up anything he wants with it. He’s now actively looking for other things he can set on fire."
January 25, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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I cannot get past what it must feel like, as a parent, to watch your child be murdered
January 25, 2026 at 1:04 AM