OBrienSci
@obriensci.bsky.social
Teacher, plant lover, science nerd, maker, voter. Always aiming to learn & do better. Adores critters. COVID cautious. ADHD. NOYCE fellow. Opinions are mine. She/Her.
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Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
Hassett: "On one of the Sunday shows, the anchor criticized the fact Walmart said the Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper by about $10. Then he said, 'Oh yeah, but they substituted generic stuff,' as if having a generic something is a crime for ordinary folks! It shows how out of touch these people are."
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
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Countries that have abortion access, DEI policies or protection for LGBTQ+ people will be considered “human rights violators“ by the Trump regime
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Countries that have abortion access, DEI policies or protection for LGBTQ+ people will be considered “human rights violators“ by the Trump regime
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
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I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
Q: Have you heard this audio that Bloomberg has of Witkoff coaching the Russians on how to appeal to you?
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
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We got a pedal valve bc I don’t even want to touch the sink handle after touching meat!
Just the soap and water.
Just the soap and water.
There are two types of people in the world. People who obsessively wash their hands after touching meat before touching anything else—
and people’s whose house I won’t eat at.
and people’s whose house I won’t eat at.
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
We got a pedal valve bc I don’t even want to touch the sink handle after touching meat!
Just the soap and water.
Just the soap and water.
We do not want our neighbors stolen.
Immigrants belong here!
Immigrants belong here!
This is their playbook: No warning, no transparency, no coordination. Their goal here isn’t safety, it’s to sow chaos, fear, and intimidation.
We’re still gathering information about what happened in St. Paul, but what we do know is that once again, federal authorities provided no notice to local leaders or law enforcement.
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
We do not want our neighbors stolen.
Immigrants belong here!
Immigrants belong here!
MAHA, amirite?
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Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
MAHA, amirite?
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Need a little feel good story?
My neighbor has a cottage baking license & asked if anyone needed homemade bread during the snap crisis.
I brought her some flour for that lil’ project & today she brought me homemade bagels.
A tiny silver lining of this mess is neighbors making new connections. 💗
My neighbor has a cottage baking license & asked if anyone needed homemade bread during the snap crisis.
I brought her some flour for that lil’ project & today she brought me homemade bagels.
A tiny silver lining of this mess is neighbors making new connections. 💗
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Need a little feel good story?
My neighbor has a cottage baking license & asked if anyone needed homemade bread during the snap crisis.
I brought her some flour for that lil’ project & today she brought me homemade bagels.
A tiny silver lining of this mess is neighbors making new connections. 💗
My neighbor has a cottage baking license & asked if anyone needed homemade bread during the snap crisis.
I brought her some flour for that lil’ project & today she brought me homemade bagels.
A tiny silver lining of this mess is neighbors making new connections. 💗
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Winter is welcome, but ICE IS NOT.
MN loves our immigrant neighbors.
MN loves our immigrant neighbors.
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Winter is welcome, but ICE IS NOT.
MN loves our immigrant neighbors.
MN loves our immigrant neighbors.
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Trump never had a fan base.
He had an army of bots who sold his racism and misogyny and xenophobia to uneducated Americans who took voting advice from bald eagle profiles posting Tweets from Eastern Europe.
It’s as stupid as it sounds.
He had an army of bots who sold his racism and misogyny and xenophobia to uneducated Americans who took voting advice from bald eagle profiles posting Tweets from Eastern Europe.
It’s as stupid as it sounds.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Trump never had a fan base.
He had an army of bots who sold his racism and misogyny and xenophobia to uneducated Americans who took voting advice from bald eagle profiles posting Tweets from Eastern Europe.
It’s as stupid as it sounds.
He had an army of bots who sold his racism and misogyny and xenophobia to uneducated Americans who took voting advice from bald eagle profiles posting Tweets from Eastern Europe.
It’s as stupid as it sounds.
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Not giving in to MAGA beauty standards is an act of resistance.
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Not giving in to MAGA beauty standards is an act of resistance.
As the days get darker, the ceramic luminaries shine ever brighter.
Man, I just love these.
Man, I just love these.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
As the days get darker, the ceramic luminaries shine ever brighter.
Man, I just love these.
Man, I just love these.
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If the President doesn’t want to be called a Russian asset, perhaps he should stop acting like a Russian asset.
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
If the President doesn’t want to be called a Russian asset, perhaps he should stop acting like a Russian asset.
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Great job, MAGAs... Turns out owning the Libs was costly.
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Great job, MAGAs... Turns out owning the Libs was costly.
For a graduate level class:
If a professor has a policy that allows you to resubmit work for a higher final grade, what is a reasonable turn around time for an updated grade?
If a professor has a policy that allows you to resubmit work for a higher final grade, what is a reasonable turn around time for an updated grade?
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
For a graduate level class:
If a professor has a policy that allows you to resubmit work for a higher final grade, what is a reasonable turn around time for an updated grade?
If a professor has a policy that allows you to resubmit work for a higher final grade, what is a reasonable turn around time for an updated grade?
My god.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
My god.
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Keep in mind that this serial liar also promised a hundred times during the campaign that he would be able to end the war “in 24 hours” with “one phone call” to Putin because he has “a great relationship” with him, “knows just what to say to him,” & “it won’t even be that hard.”
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Keep in mind that this serial liar also promised a hundred times during the campaign that he would be able to end the war “in 24 hours” with “one phone call” to Putin because he has “a great relationship” with him, “knows just what to say to him,” & “it won’t even be that hard.”
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Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
The resistance is so damn creative.
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The resistance is so damn creative.
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Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
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November 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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So, we don’t call him the richest man in the world anymore.
He’s referred to as the greediest man in the world.
He’s referred to as the greediest man in the world.
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
So, we don’t call him the richest man in the world anymore.
He’s referred to as the greediest man in the world.
He’s referred to as the greediest man in the world.
And this time we need to hold them accountable.
No big pardons like the confederacy and watergate.
And Dem leadership should make that clear NOW.
No big pardons like the confederacy and watergate.
And Dem leadership should make that clear NOW.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
And this time we need to hold them accountable.
No big pardons like the confederacy and watergate.
And Dem leadership should make that clear NOW.
No big pardons like the confederacy and watergate.
And Dem leadership should make that clear NOW.
THIS AIN’T OVER!
Immigrants being in MN!
Thank you, AP Ellison!
Immigrants being in MN!
Thank you, AP Ellison!
Trump’s announcement of termination of Somali TPS holders in Minnesota is legally problematic—while a president does have a lot of authority to designate and revoke TPS, he cannot legally wield that power to discriminate against an ethnic group or to target a state, like MN. This ain’t over.
November 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
THIS AIN’T OVER!
Immigrants being in MN!
Thank you, AP Ellison!
Immigrants being in MN!
Thank you, AP Ellison!