Zachary Bretton
@zbretton.bsky.social
Computational / Cognitive Neuroscience Ph.D. 🧠
Brooklyn born & raised 🗽
Diehard Brooklyn Nets fan 🏀
Constitutional Liberal 📘
Brooklyn born & raised 🗽
Diehard Brooklyn Nets fan 🏀
Constitutional Liberal 📘
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“The Vice President, Secretary of Defense, and several Cabinet members and high ranking White House officials were conducting war strategy in a group chat on an iphone app” is such a perfect scandal for Democrats to go scorched earth on. I can’t wait to see how they fuck it up.
March 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
“The Vice President, Secretary of Defense, and several Cabinet members and high ranking White House officials were conducting war strategy in a group chat on an iphone app” is such a perfect scandal for Democrats to go scorched earth on. I can’t wait to see how they fuck it up.
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I think this is the disconnect.
Schumer still focused on POLITICAL STRATEGY.
Democratic grassroots focused on the SUBSTANTIVE HARM being done to the United States.
Schumer still focused on POLITICAL STRATEGY.
Democratic grassroots focused on the SUBSTANTIVE HARM being done to the United States.
Schumer on CBS on calls for him to go:
"Here’s what I say — I’m the best leader for the Senate. I am the best at winning Senate seats."
"Here’s what I say — I’m the best leader for the Senate. I am the best at winning Senate seats."
March 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I think this is the disconnect.
Schumer still focused on POLITICAL STRATEGY.
Democratic grassroots focused on the SUBSTANTIVE HARM being done to the United States.
Schumer still focused on POLITICAL STRATEGY.
Democratic grassroots focused on the SUBSTANTIVE HARM being done to the United States.
Okay, not that this matters AT ALL since the base idea here is fucking insanely rude, stupid, and ridiculous... but the idea that THE WHOLE COUNTRY OF CANADA WOULD BE A SINGLE STATE IS INCOMPREHENSIBLE. His complete lack of awareness of the structure of one of our closest allies is mind-boggling.
Trump: "To be honest with you, Canada only works as a state. We don't need anything they have. As a state it would be one of the great states. This would be the most incredible country visually. If you look at a map, they drew an artificial line right through it."
March 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Okay, not that this matters AT ALL since the base idea here is fucking insanely rude, stupid, and ridiculous... but the idea that THE WHOLE COUNTRY OF CANADA WOULD BE A SINGLE STATE IS INCOMPREHENSIBLE. His complete lack of awareness of the structure of one of our closest allies is mind-boggling.
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Duterte flown to The Hague after arrest over Philippines drug war killings
Ex-president to face charges of crimes against humanity over ‘war on drugs’ that rights groups say left 30,000 dead
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Ex-president to face charges of crimes against humanity over ‘war on drugs’ that rights groups say left 30,000 dead
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Duterte flown to The Hague after arrest over Philippines drug war killings
Ex-president to face charges of crimes against humanity over ‘war on drugs’ that rights groups say left 30,000 dead
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Duterte flown to The Hague after arrest over Philippines drug war killings
Ex-president to face charges of crimes against humanity over ‘war on drugs’ that rights groups say left 30,000 dead
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Ex-president to face charges of crimes against humanity over ‘war on drugs’ that rights groups say left 30,000 dead
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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man he's a perfect synthesis of patrick bateman and gob bluth, isn't he? so perfect that i don't have to say his name for you to know exactly who i'm talking about
March 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
man he's a perfect synthesis of patrick bateman and gob bluth, isn't he? so perfect that i don't have to say his name for you to know exactly who i'm talking about
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Somehow this story is even worse than it first appeared: “When the acting head of the Bureau of Reclamation did not relent, the DOGE agents flew to California with the goal of turning the pumps on themselves, in what people familiar with the incident characterized as a stunt for a ‘photo op.’”
NEW: Fresh details on the chaos leading up to the WH ordering the US Army Corps to release billions of gallons of water from 2 CA dams in Jan. Included DOGE reps demanding to “turn on the pumps” themselves at a federal water plant, while getting their picture taken. www.cnn.com/2025/03/07/c...
Behind the scenes of Trump and DOGE’s chaotic effort to release billions of gallons of California’s water | CNN
President Trump falsely claimed the LA fires were a result of the state’s water policies. DOGE agents flew to California to turn pumps on themselves.
www.cnn.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Somehow this story is even worse than it first appeared: “When the acting head of the Bureau of Reclamation did not relent, the DOGE agents flew to California with the goal of turning the pumps on themselves, in what people familiar with the incident characterized as a stunt for a ‘photo op.’”
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I am proud to learn that my department chair (and former NIMH director), psychiatrist & neuroscientist Dr. Josh Gordon, will be addressing the NYC rally.
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Stand Up for Science on March 7th, 2025! 🌎🧪🧬🔭🩺
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March 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I am proud to learn that my department chair (and former NIMH director), psychiatrist & neuroscientist Dr. Josh Gordon, will be addressing the NYC rally.
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Why is our entire political class constantly telling us to put truth and morality aside to focus on optics
That was a very effective speech.
You can hate it or him.
But that speech was aimed squarely at issues where the public is with Trump -- and filled with made-for-sharing moments.
A master image-maker at work (and you can hate him and acknowledge that's true!)
You can hate it or him.
But that speech was aimed squarely at issues where the public is with Trump -- and filled with made-for-sharing moments.
A master image-maker at work (and you can hate him and acknowledge that's true!)
March 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Why is our entire political class constantly telling us to put truth and morality aside to focus on optics
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How could that Trump voter have believed electing him would make IVF free? She must've been into fringey alternative media, maybe saw it from some influencer, professional media outlets would never oh no.
February 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
How could that Trump voter have believed electing him would make IVF free? She must've been into fringey alternative media, maybe saw it from some influencer, professional media outlets would never oh no.
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Democrats should call this "the Stupid Recession." I know they're scared of big mean words but its time to belittle Trump for once
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits last week jumps to 242,000, a three-month high.
February 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Democrats should call this "the Stupid Recession." I know they're scared of big mean words but its time to belittle Trump for once
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“And therefore, we will _____.”
A statement from a spokesperson for The New York Times on White House press coverage:
February 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“And therefore, we will _____.”
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First measles death in the West Texas outbreak reported. The patient's age hasn't been released, but most of the cases have been in children. apnews.com/article/meas...
First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak that's infected more than 120 people
A person who was hospitalized has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first since the outbreak began late last month.
apnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
First measles death in the West Texas outbreak reported. The patient's age hasn't been released, but most of the cases have been in children. apnews.com/article/meas...
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Yes! The people defending this as trolling don’t understand what trolling is. “Libs will get offended by ANYTHING these days” only works if the thing you’re doing isn’t offensive!
i keep seeing the right argue that the nazi salutes are "trolling." i think there's some truth to that, but know what exactly is being mocked. they aren't mocking the idea that they could be nazis, they're mocking the idea that they should care one way or the other.
February 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Yes! The people defending this as trolling don’t understand what trolling is. “Libs will get offended by ANYTHING these days” only works if the thing you’re doing isn’t offensive!
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yes we know, that's the problem
Alina Habba: This is what we're about. We're running this county like President Trump runs the Trump Organization. Like Elon Musk running X. That's what we're doing.
February 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
yes we know, that's the problem
This would be insanely dumb on so many levels... embarrassing, truly.
BREAKING: U.S.-Russia peace negotiations include discussions on withdrawing from or not deploying U.S. troops in countries that joined NATO after 1990
February 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This would be insanely dumb on so many levels... embarrassing, truly.
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Every scientist, long before they were a scientist, was a little kid who stood in front of a fish tank or stared up at the stars or turned over a rock to look at the bugs underneath and said “wow”. On the best days, working in science still feels like that.
February 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Every scientist, long before they were a scientist, was a little kid who stood in front of a fish tank or stared up at the stars or turned over a rock to look at the bugs underneath and said “wow”. On the best days, working in science still feels like that.
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Remember how Trump said he "sent the military in and opened up the water flow" in CA? It appears he forced the Army Corps to just drain reservoirs into recently flooded farmland without telling local farmers or leaders. “In 25 years, I’ve never seen anything like this.”
sjvwater.org/decision-to-...
sjvwater.org/decision-to-...
Decision to dump water from Tulare County lakes altered after sending locals into a mad scramble – SJV Water
Water managers were relieved Thursday evening after the Army Corps of Engineers agreed to back off of a sudden decision earlier in the day to dump massive
sjvwater.org
January 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Remember how Trump said he "sent the military in and opened up the water flow" in CA? It appears he forced the Army Corps to just drain reservoirs into recently flooded farmland without telling local farmers or leaders. “In 25 years, I’ve never seen anything like this.”
sjvwater.org/decision-to-...
sjvwater.org/decision-to-...
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As true today as it was nearly seven years ago
January 31, 2025 at 8:34 PM
As true today as it was nearly seven years ago
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Elon Musk thinks he can gut the U.S. government like he gutted Twitter without facing any real consequences. He is dangerously wrong. His ransacking of the federal workforce is going to get people killed. slate.com/news-and-pol...
January 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Elon Musk thinks he can gut the U.S. government like he gutted Twitter without facing any real consequences. He is dangerously wrong. His ransacking of the federal workforce is going to get people killed. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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This is not business as usual.
It’s not just a change in funding priorities going forward; it is the reneging on funding agreements and is profoundly disruptive for even those grants that will be found to be compliant.
Meanwhile, trainees who often live paycheck to paycheck are going unpaid.
It’s not just a change in funding priorities going forward; it is the reneging on funding agreements and is profoundly disruptive for even those grants that will be found to be compliant.
Meanwhile, trainees who often live paycheck to paycheck are going unpaid.
EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders
Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review
www.science.org
January 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is not business as usual.
It’s not just a change in funding priorities going forward; it is the reneging on funding agreements and is profoundly disruptive for even those grants that will be found to be compliant.
Meanwhile, trainees who often live paycheck to paycheck are going unpaid.
It’s not just a change in funding priorities going forward; it is the reneging on funding agreements and is profoundly disruptive for even those grants that will be found to be compliant.
Meanwhile, trainees who often live paycheck to paycheck are going unpaid.
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Boy, these last eight days feel like a good reminder why democracies generally avoid letting people who attempt a coup come back to power….
January 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Boy, these last eight days feel like a good reminder why democracies generally avoid letting people who attempt a coup come back to power….
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