R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Mad scientist, playing with the building blocks of life. I know stuff, and publish about some of it. (PubMed me) Led the Munich Science March & am an Egalitarian! #IDeactivatedTwiXter, did you? If you didn't, you are supporting fascism, period. #BlueVerse
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Jess Schomberg (@schomj.bsky.social) reposted
I know USians don't like to do research but some of these "I'm going to move to X country where [insert global social injustice] doesn't exist!" takes are wild. Like I beg of you, find a local newspaper and follow along for a bit.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Exactly
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Keep saying Maga and all you are doing is letting Republicans off the hook for creating this mess in the first damn place. Republicans built this, and it started LONG before tRump.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
But did you lick them to stick them?
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
To hell with that Conservofascist idiot, who thinks he can poll a virus. What a maroon, as Bugs would say.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
The movement that has been going on since Reagan? Unless annihilated, you are just asking for more Conservofascism Republican style. The "Teabaggers" are now the Freedom Caucus. Same racist bigots, REPUBLICAN.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
And you morons act like that will solve everything. It will not. Republicans built this, they are still there. tRump can die a thousand times, but it won't change the Conservofascist Republican Party. Make the Republican Party PAY! Oh, and fucking say "Republicans are fascists!!!!" already.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
People barely remember that the Republican Conservofascism started with Reagan and The Heritage Foundation.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Not when sold at once as the Republicans have done for over 30 years.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
That is called "Nationalization", aka Nationalism, and that was brought in by Newt Gingrich. That action helped launch the Fox Spews GOPravda network. Their first action, to drone on about how Clinton stole their policies (he did) and didn't get 50+% of the vote in '92.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
The Republican Party by any other name is still a Conservofascist Party. Has been since Reagan and The Heritage Foundation teamed up to bring us the Conservofascism!
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
I have seen grant proposals that used "buzzwords" to sell their nonsense. I will bet somewhere is also says "nanotechnology". lol
bmcarthur17 (@bmcarthur17.bsky.social) reposted
Fuck I love this guy. He's a breath of fresh air. #Resist
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Wall Street Charlie Brown Dems do not want to share the lead with Progressives. They too know their days are limited, and are all too willing to be appeasers, and let Lucy yank that ball every time.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
To be honest, Biden running again after promising he wouldn't is what was the problem. And much of that had to do with Wall Street Appeaser Dems not wanting Progressives to lead the Democrat Party. I have my bones to pick with them too, especially concerning the absolutely bogosity of SuperDs!
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Remember which Party made shareholder value a priority over worker's compensation. That is how Reagan and the Republicans killed off the Middle-Class, and rebranded it "medien-income".
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
The Conservofascist Republican Party and base will still be there, and they are the ones that actually built this, Blame Republicans or be prepared to live under some form of Republican Conservofascism, Reagan and Heritage Foundation style.
Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Choices: Republicans have always made the wrong one, but try like hell to rewrite history.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
I won't follow any list that includes any former Republican. Especially those Lincoln Log scammers. They built this. They sold us the Conservofascism of Reagan and the Heritage Foundation, using racism and bigotry. They are responsible for the current state of the Republican Party.
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
Those who have the power to stop mass shootings can go to hell with their "thoughts and prayers." Do something about it, you evil bastards.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Republicans NEED TO GO! They built this. Hold them accountable. All of them.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Won't help. Republicans built this, and they will continue to profit from the Conservofascist shit long after tRump is gone. You want real change, make sure no Republican is ever elected again.
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R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Fuck Republicans. Continue to only blame Trump, and all you are doing is letting Republicans continue their Conservofascist shit unabated. This did NOT happen in a vacuum. Republicans built this.
MAKS 25 ๐๐บ๐ฆ (@maks23.bsky.social) reposted
โผ๏ธ Russia is spying on U.S. and NATO weapons routes in eastern Germany with drones, - NYT Dronesโsome Iranian-made, possibly launched from Baltic shipsโare tracking weapons shipments headed for Ukraine. U.S. and German officials say this could aid sabotage or give Russia battlefield intel.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Republicans are the ones doing the damage. Never forget that.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
The Republican response. They invented their racist bigoted Republican Southern Strategy. This did not happen in a vacuum. Republicans built this, on purpose.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Curious so many don't want to blame Republicans, as if tRump could do all this alone. Stop it. Blame Republicans, or be a part of their fascist problem. It is that simple.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Stop calling them maga and call them what they are!!!!! REPUBLICANS!!!!!
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
We don't have to imagine. All we need to do is look at Republicans, and what they have done since the Heritage Foundation and Ronald Reagan.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
More fucking lying. The Heritage Foundation wrote the Project, and Reagan got the first one. Republicans did this. All of them. Blaming anyone else is a LIE!!!!
Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) (@axidentaliberal.bsky.social) reposted
Catelin Drey didn't just win She CRUSHED it Preventing Republicans from controlling the Iowa Senate with a supermajority And continuing a remarkable string of victories that Democrats have had since Trump won in November Don't believe the media narrative folks Democrats. Are. ASCENDING!
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Take note of the influencers who post "MAGA", but refuse to blame Republicans or the Republican Party, as if there is a difference. Watch them only blame "maga", and call them out for it. Especially those who criticize the media for not blaming "Republicans" or seeing the fascism. Ironic!
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Number one on their list is to not blame Republicans, but to blame only "maga" or whatever the traitorous flavor of the day is. I have been calling them out for MONTHS now. They are so painfully obvious as they refuse to say Republicans are at fault or that ConservoFASCISM is their Party's MO.
Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) reposted
Ignorance isnโt harmless...it's a public health hazard. Missouriโs kindergarten vaccination rate has dropped to 90%...below the 95% herd immunity threshold. Weโre not just vulnerable...weโre sweating. Dumb f*&^ing people. www.columbiamissourian.com/news/state_n...
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Is that even a thing anymore?
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
It is called the Republican Party.
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
The mayor of Minneapolis, where a gunman killed at least two children and injured 17 other people during morning Mass at a Catholic Church, said "thoughts and prayers" were not a sufficient response. โDon't just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying."
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
How it started. The manifesto even talked about taking control of State Houses, and gerrymandering in order to hold States for generations to come. Those with privilege looked away. Now they are in the crosshairs, so to speak, and they don't like it. Beware convenient friends who were ok before.
MSNBC (@msnbc.com) reposted
"My friend Victor like saved me though, because he laid on top of me. But he got hit." 10-year-old describes witnessing Minneapolis shooting.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Go Darwin, Go!
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
The Republican voters wanted racism, bigotry and fascism. They are not innocent in this. They were fucking warned. Period.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
They only say what the Republican Party and base want to hear. Never forget that. Republicans built all this on purpose. Stop trying to pre-forgive them when they are still doing the criming and damage. Beat the hell out of their agenda, first. All of it, and that means the GOP goes bye-bye.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
BTW, the Heritage Foundation playbook Reagan used called for GERRYMANDERING states for Republican gain. This dude is OK with gerrymandering you, but not him. Wake up people. Listen to what he (they) is really saying. He is only pissed because Republican policies are now effecting him.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
All your life, yet this is what turns you off the Republican Party? Racism - OK War-mongering - OK Racism in overdrive - OK Gerrymander your district - NO What is wrong with this picture? He wants the old timey wink & nod racist bigoted GOP is what he is saying.
Governor Tim Walz (@governorwalz.mn.gov) reposted
Minnesota is heartbroken. From the officers responding, to the clergy and teachers providing comfort, to the hospital staff saving lives, we will get through this together. Hug your kids close.
Corey S. Powell (@coreyspowell.bsky.social) reposted
I'm looking away from our world for a moment. I'm looking at the little dot in this image. It's a newborn planet, 5 times the mass of Jupiter, carving a path through the disk of dust around its star. This is the first time we've seen the process clearly. ๐งช๐ญ www.eso.org/public/image...
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
I have been involved in politics since the 70s. Based on any definition, the Right has been nuts since the McCarthy era, both of them.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
"The genuine Right has been hijacked, just as the Left has." What a bunch of naive bullshit.' The RIGHT has never been genuine or good. Hijacked my ass. They built this ON PURPOSE and it was spelled out in 1980 by CPAC, Heritage Foundation and Reagan.
Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett.bsky.social) reposted
NEW STUDY: Types of science๐งช articles shared on Bluesky: Health 29% Social 25% Physical 23% Life 23% arxiv.org/pdf/2507.18840 Worth reading--lots of other insights! Lately, I've been sharing our new article on global religious decline www.nature.com/articles/s41...
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
We all know when it happened, why it happened and how it happened. Problem is, too many refuse to say it out loud. Republicans. And it started LONG before tRump!
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
This is why. Corporate Fascism, The Heritage Foundation style. Reagan took the Conservofascism to the people with a Heritage Foundation Manifesto. All to benefit shareholder value over worker compensation. This killed the Middle Class, and they called it "median income" instead.
Laura Haynes๐ฉโ๐ฌโพ๏ธ๐พ๐ (@drlaurahaynes.bsky.social) reposted
Hey look๐ Another benefit of the shingles vaccine: Shingles vaccine linked to reduced risk of heart attacks, stroke Have you had yours yet? www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap...
muirneag.bsky.social (@muirneag.bsky.social) reposted
My friend just posted this and now I TOTALLY WANT A PROSTHETIC ROBO DINOSAUR TAIL.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe, just maybe if we called it what it really is, The Heritage Foundation, and mention the fact they gave their first conservofascist Project to Ronald Reagan, people would take it more seriously.
John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) reposted
This feels like a spot of good news www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
It is what REPUBLICANS say! AND have for DECADES!!!! This is not new. This is Reagan and The Heritage Foundation.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Not ignore how it came to be for one. Far too many want to ignore the DECADES of conditioning into Conservofascism, and it shows. I have been warning for over 35 years, and fighting inside the Dem Party to get people to pay fucking attention. I was more often than not, ignored. Well, now?!?!
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
This POS still owes millions (billions today) for a Texas stadium he got gov-subsidization for. This isn't new, and DECADES of data say so. Republicans started their Conservofascist shit in 1981! None of this happened in a vacuum. Most of you just were not paying attention, and it shows.
Allison Richards @PC2DC (@pc2dc.bsky.social) reposted
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Republicans will be Republicans.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Tell us again how it isn't all Republicans...
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Republicans are fascist? Ah that's right, Conservofascism. As introduced in 1980 by Reagan and The Heritage Foundation. And you'all thought Project 2025 was the beginning. Idiots, the beginning was 1980 and their fascist Mandate for Leadership. Look it up!!!!
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
And yet all these idiots want to solely blame tRump. This did NOT happen in a vacuum. Republicans WANT all this, and more. Mark my words. Every single anti-tRump Rethug will fight like hell to keep the horrid policies., Republicans built this. Republicans WANT this.
Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) reposted
"If you live in Alaska, I need you to buy a Ukrainian flag and turn any area that Putin is going to be into a sea of Ukrainian flags - so many that, when Putin lands, all he's going to see is just yellow and blue."
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
They made a fortune with their captive audience "fake-internet" intranet world. I wonder how many people realized that in the early days you had to go through a "back-door" out of AOL world to actually get into the WWW.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
He knew and paid attention, while others with privilege did not.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
There is a whole Party of bitches that needs removed.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
All allowed for the Second Coming.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
That is the reason Reagan, and The Heritage Foundation, went there to kick off his 1980 and 1984 campaigns. In 1980, it was on KKK Day at the fair. Republicans wanted the racists, bigots, KKK, Dixiecrats and Wallace-minded. All part of the "Mandate for Leadership" Conservofascist Manifest.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
They are called ZioNazis and they too are not new, especially in the Christo-fascist Republican circles.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Cuomo is a fucking Appeaser. Imagine him falling again and again for Lucy and her football.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
I have been hearing that since Reagan and The Heritage Foundation introduced Conservofascism to the Republican Party in 19 fucking 80!
Apoorva Mandavilli (@apoorvanyt.bsky.social) reposted
CDC workers were terrified as gunman shot at the agencyโs headquarters yesterday. Today they are still reeling from shock, fear โ and rage. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
PLOS One (@plosone.org) reposted
In this article, researchers present SRplot, a free easy-to-use web tool designed to make #DataVisualization and presentation easier, faster, and more appealing to a wider community of scientists, educators, and students. Learn more at plos.io/3HtNZBA.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social)
Republicans are pathologically incapable of being humble. They are also A-OK with lying and hypocrisy. Winning, as they perceive it, at all costs is their core belief. All Republicans are responsible for what is happening to our country, and a massive extent to the genocide in Gaza.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
How very Conservofascist of the Republicans. Gerrymandering the '90 Census was part of the Reagan plan, with the help of The Heritage Foundation.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
I drink the zest. I have also added orange juice/zest to all lemon recipes since I learned about it back in the 60s/70s. Make a syrup of the juices instead of a drink, reduce it and pour that over your next NY Cheesecake. Wow.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
That Conservofascist base will still have to be dealt with, and that will take DECADES! If ever!!!! This did not start with tRump, it won't end with him either. People need to start realizing that. Republicans will fight like hell to keep all policies, while lip-serving anti-tRump sentiment.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social)
This fits my model of life. Too bad my former group couldn't see it. I need to mathify my model and publish it. Unfortunately, math is not my forte.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
All part and parcel to the Conservofascist plan of Reagan and the Heritage Foundation to repeal the New Deal, get rid of the Dept. Of Education, un-tax the rich/corporations, and spend trillions on the military-industrial complex Ike warned about. This did NOT happen in a VACUUM!
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
They helped build this the most. Wilson writes racist ads and trained under Atwater. Schmidt gave us Palin. Con-way is a con and helped Bush push the Conservofascist Iraq attack. They are NOT INNOCENT in all this. They want to profit from it after tRump is gone, and keep the policies.
The Associated Press (@apnews.com) reposted
BREAKING: Germany will not authorize exports of military equipment that could be used in Gaza โuntil further notice," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says. This decision comes after the Israeli Cabinet announced plans to take over Gaza City.
R Caldwell ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent
Republicans and their Christofascism of the Second Coming. I have heard it since the '70s in the south. Republican Evangelicals hate Jews (and Catholics) and only tolerate Israel as it plays a role in the return of Republican Jebus, and his pet dragon.