Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social)
I love this. And judges should just be tossing cases.
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I love this. And judges should just be tossing cases.
Coleen Murphy (@ctmurphy1.bsky.social) reposted
"I don’t care what motivates mass shooters. It doesn’t matter if they’re motivated by far-right white nationalism, QAnon, radical Islam, delusion, sexism or revenge. Without access to guns, these motives won’t result in mass shootings; it’s that simple."
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
I don’t understand your insistence on being unquestionably right.
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m sure there are no other factors 🧐
Lawrence Hurley (@lawrencehurley.bsky.social) reposted
The judge for some reason apologized for not knowing that SCOTUS shadow docket orders are considered precedent, which is something no one else knew either until a couple of weeks ago.
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
Does take nutrients out of the marine ecosystem though. How to replace limiting nutrients would need to be considered.
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
You make an assumption that everything has to be done privately, which isn’t true.
Ben Carlos Thypin (@bct.bsky.social) reposted
Trump may not be dead but I think we should keep going with the conspiracy theorizing, maybe it’ll eventually force the media to cover how he’s obviously demented.
Texas Observer (@texasobserver.org) reposted
Congratulations to @stevanzetti.bsky.social and @tristanl.ee (of @bellingcat.com) for winning the Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award, small newsroom category from @journalists.org, for a series of articles identifying online extremists. awards.journalists.org/entries/open...
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
We don’t have to make everyone a billionaire, LOL
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social)
Two weeks
Del Wasso (@banksyfella.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Alabama has mail-in voting too Go figure
The Fig Economy (@figgityfigs.bsky.social) reposted
Lol motherfucker just said he was pulling space force from Colorado to extort them to change their election laws.
Lucie🐈⬛Catnip (@luciecatnip.bsky.social) reposted
He's moving Space Force to Alabama, which also has mail in voting.
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social)
What my Senator says!
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
Transphobes too
JoyComethInTheMorning (@sheadapts.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Here's a really bad, important post. Boost. bsky.app/profile/cweb...
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social)
Go!
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
Unfortunately Schumer is no Lyndon Johnson, he’s not even a Harry Reid.
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Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.onestnetwork.com) reposted reply parent
They’ve put cars blocking the view, one camera was let in to film the proof of his existence. I’m not into conspiracies, but this is a weird behavior, especially for DJT, and especially since he wasn’t seen since Tuesday.
Mike Boylan-Kolchin (@mbkplus.bsky.social) reposted
The main things I know about Hunter Biden are (1) he likes to party (2) the worst people I know hate him and (3) he’s out here spitting fire about the consultant class of the Democratic Party
The Guardian (@theguardian.com) reposted
Five arrested after masked men try to enter west London asylum hotel
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
Luna is obviously unwell.
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks like Rubber Johnny with a bottle perm
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
You need to learn about parliamentary procedure
Dan Emerson (@danemers.bsky.social) reposted
Mass shooters since 2018 who were transgender — 4. Mass shooters since 2018 who were not transgender — 4,193. Hope that helps.
Ellen Prager, PhD (@elprager.bsky.social) reposted
It's misinformation time again! People saying wind turbines and windmills kill whales. NO!! Scientific evidence and data document this is not true. Please help combat this fake, false, untrue, incorrect, and absurd idea. 🧪🐋
29 U.S.C. § 157 (@organizingpower.bsky.social) reposted
If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
I think we oughta find out
Jen Bendery (@jbendery.bsky.social) reposted
Unbelievably bad. “The CDC you knew is over. Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.” www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social) reposted
The Republican Congress is going to try to rewrite the history of RFK Jr.’s confirmation as HHS Secretary. “We didn’t know” “Nobody told us” “He promised he wouldn’t…” This thread will be about the warnings from thousands of scientists and HCW who loudly and publicly opposed his confirmation.
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
Where is the solidarity they talk about?
Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf (@rahmstorf.bsky.social) reposted
I was shocked when I first saw these results from standard climate models used in IPCC reports: for high emissions, the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC shuts down in all 9 models that ran past 2100, and is well on the way to shutdown by 2100. Our paper on that is out today.🧵
CJC <3 🇺🇦🌾🚜🌾🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 (@castyman22205.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
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Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social)
A little light chaos for a Friday night youtu.be/iY4iEEWb7c8?...
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
Legislatures could pass shield laws for that
Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
If Trump and RFK are going to rip the country in half over public health, Dems should polarize the living heck out of this debate on their own terms. Scour the law for as many ways as possible to protect your people from Trump/RFK's reign of mass destruction. newrepublic.com/article/1998...
Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Blue states can also buy vaccines in bulk and distribute them via their chief medical officer or via doctors, says @sbagen.bsky.social. The idea would be to make vaccines available to all, including those restricted under RFK lunacy. Great stuff from Sam here: newrepublic.com/article/1998...
Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Health officials under JB Pritzker, who is showing how to take on Trump, are moving forward. They're exploring buying vaccines in bulk themselves. Mass. Gov Maura Healey is in talks with multiple other states about coordinating purchasing of pediatric vaccines. newrepublic.com/article/1998...
Erin Fogg (@criminalerin.bsky.social) reposted
What fucking year is it 🪿 WHAT FUCKING YEAR IS IT YOU NAZI MOTHERFUCKERS 🪿
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
Truth
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
These same people aren’t really big on bodily autonomy either, so we should just take a kidney from him.
THEE NWMagpie - #KHive - FREE L.A. and D.C. (@thenwmagpie.bsky.social) reposted
I still check out Reddit's "Herman Cain Awards." The stories are horrifying, and I think that people who've forgotten that time did so to preserve their mental well-being. However, it happened, and it can't be denied.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (@pnas.org) reposted
Once believed to be isolated just 10,000 years ago, the Saimaa ringed seal may have a much longer evolutionary history. Discover how DNA and tooth shape help researchers uncover their origins in the latest Science Sessions. Listen now: www.pnas.org/post/podcast...
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
Doesn’t help at all if his only response is defensive though
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social)
If we ever get control of Congress or the WH again…. I sure hope they use their powers. In particular, Dem presidents should use all the new powers the Roberts court has given the executive branch,
Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
In a kleptocracy like Trump is building, merit means nothing. Look at what’s happening at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts have fled. Hacks and kooks are in charge. People will die because of Trump’s power grab. 5/
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
Any of these accelerationist techbros need to practice what they preach. Or, be turned into Objectivist jerky.
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
As we see with Trump, oftentimes the “calamity” is manufactured
N.P. Thompson 🍁 (@nptwrites.bsky.social) reposted
Pay attention, Canada. If Alberta is successful in this book banning, this will spread. Look around you, b/c this is how it starts. We're on the same ledge the US was on. And we either start fighting this right-wing rise now, or we follow the Americans over the edge. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social)
Seems like Congress really ought to do something to prevent the dismantling of public health in the US.
CJC <3 🇺🇦🌾🚜🌾🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 (@castyman22205.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
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CJC <3 🇺🇦🌾🚜🌾🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 (@castyman22205.bsky.social) reposted
Thread 🧵 of important science news as it relates to Donald Trump
CJC <3 🇺🇦🌾🚜🌾🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 (@castyman22205.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 (@emilylhauser.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
*8/28/2025 thread of noncooperation* As @boghuma.bsky.social says at the end of this excellent & very necessary thread: "The list is long and includes low hanging fruit like physical inactivity.... Know the list, find your comorbidity and get your booster come fall." 11/
Carl Zimmer (@carlzimmer.com) reposted
On the new acting CDC director. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
GC runs last more than 2 minutes
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social)
You first, Jimmy
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social)
WITAF
Madhu Pai, MD, PhD (@madhupai.bsky.social) reposted
“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time rather than his current ability to kill by the thousands. Why is it that killing a single person is seen as murder but killing masses is excused if you are a politician?” Dr Bill Foege
darth™️ (@darthbluesky.bsky.social) reposted
the harsh realization that every single administration hire is one of the shittiest unqualified mediocre people in the world
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
Like there are no other grocery deserts in Seattle?
Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) reposted
Important clarification, multiple CDC sources tell me: Federal employees are not allowed to strike/walk out, so this is *not* a walkout but a "clap out" to show support for departing leadership. Current employees were either given permission to attend by a supervisor or used leave time to attend.
Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 (@merz.bsky.social) reposted
“In 2011 O’Neill referred to Thiel as his ‘friend and patron.’”
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
What a snake. I hope she forwards it to wifey.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Why do we still allow people with serious mental illness to buy guns? Because the first law Republicans passed under Trump in 2017, made it easier. There were over 4,000 mass shootings between 2017-2024, and this country elected him again. If that’s not proof America is sick, I don’t know what is.
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
A hundred bucks a month for people most likely earning below minimum wage, and/or part time, no benefits. Sickening.
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
Also note he put his pronouns in his signature. *chef’s kiss*
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
[stares in female]
Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) reposted
#ICYMI: Me on Trump's latest request for "emergency" relief from #SCOTUS (on foreign aid impoundment), and how it depends upon an emergency the government manufactured and a claim that DOJ failed to properly preserve below. In other words, it relies upon the justices not caring about being played:
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social)
I dunno, saying mitochondrial dysfunction causes ASD just sounds like another way to blame mothers. In spite of the association between ASD and paternal age.
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
He has filled the most powerful vaccine advisory board at CDC with sycophants. He has placed a man who is opposed to COVID19 vaccines in charge of their approvals at FDA Their hands are tied, and they correctly refuse to “just follow orders”.
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social)
They are doing this in Washington state. I’m furious.
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
The gray rhino
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
Think of the possibilities. Mercuric chloride? Opium?
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
A lot of us are stupid as individuals as well…
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social)
The grey rhino strikes again
STEMthebleeding (@stemthebleeding.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
And let's not even mention that Citizen United was formed as an anti-Clinton group in the 1990s (if not earlier), that the person who was targeted by them was Hillary, the person whose behalf the FEC sued on was Hillary, and the candidate who pledged to end CU on day 1 was - Hillary.
Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
It is not just that these employees are risking being put on leave or even fired for standing up for science (see EPA/FEMA officials), they are standing in front of a workplace that was the subject of a terrorist attack a couple of weeks ago, by a man who believes what their boss believes.
Ioannis Ziogas (@ziogas.bsky.social) reposted
"The nostalgia for the idea of American democracy can’t blind us to its collapse. Americans are less free than they were a year ago, more subject to state power directed by a President disinterested in democratic norms." An amazingly clear-eyed summary of Trump's authoritarianism by Don. Must read.
Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
"Obviously I hope to get lots of small money donors because that shows there is interest from a broad segment of the population. That being said, I'm more than happy to take corporations' money with the caveat that they know up front I'm going to use that money to overturn Citizens United."
Alt CDC (they/them) (@altcdc.altgov.info) reposted
AP Livestream - CDC coming out in force to support our ousted leaders.
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe she has already? What’s stopping her?
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
Do they have fragging in the intelligence community?
Karl (@gonzoknox.bsky.social) reposted
Canada has those same drugs. In fact, the better part of the civilized world has them, and hardly any mass shootings Maybe it's the right wing culture culture that produced rfk jr. and trump, and project 2025, and maga, that's diseased! Robert Mengele Kennedy is going to kill so many! #rfkjr
Dan Murphy (@bungdan.bsky.social) reposted
AP live feed of the CDC walkout in Atlanta. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social)
Witkoff totally out of his depth
Matt Kriner (@mattkriner.bsky.social) reposted
Hello Bluesky! I'm the founder and Managing Director of the Accelerationism Research Consortium (ARC). Since ARC's founding, militant accelerationist aligned terrorism has remained a persistent threat. Read my piece: An Introduction to Militant Accelerationism www.accresearch.org/shortanalysi...
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social)
Maybe they should leave Ukraine
bill (@bill-of-lefts.bsky.social) reposted
At around the 22-25 minute marks, Yarvin, JD Vance’s court philosopher, proposes a system where black people would be made wards of religious ministers, who could force them to work as indentured servants and require them to submit to 24/7 “air-tag” monitoring.
Alt CDC (they/them) (@altcdc.altgov.info) reposted
🚨🚨 Pre-Labor Day Massacre We don’t know the why but several of our (excellent) leaders are resigning, effective (we think) immediately. Is this an act of resistance or a purge by our anti-science government?
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social)
The Wednesday Massacre
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social)
Tom Clancy’s The Porphyrins
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
CHAOS ERUPTS AT CDC CDC Director Susan Monarez has been ousted after RFK Jr. demanded she change her policy on the COVID vaccine. Top officials from the Vaccine Unit, Zoonotic Division, and the Chief Medical Officer are resigning, per reports. Horrifying news for public health.
ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper.com) reposted
yeah. the fact that conservatives are bleating about women's sports at all is a huge tell, 5 minutes ago these people were mocking the WNBA and trying to dismantle Title IX
Birdie (@chemparrot.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe your mom does
The Guardian (@theguardian.com) reposted
Scottish government trial of four-day week improves productivity and staff wellbeing