I had the same feeling when I arrived in Scotland the first time. I was baffled in the train station; are they speaking English?
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I had the same feeling when I arrived in Scotland the first time. I was baffled in the train station; are they speaking English?
Enjoy your measles outbreaks, Florida. (Coincidentally, when I first came to America, we went to Disney World and both my baby brother and I caught chicken pox. Welcome to America...Florida-style.) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
RFK Jr. is going to release a report on what he thinks are the causes of Autism Spectrum Disorder. There is reason to believe it won’t be trustworthy, so @defendpublichealth.bsky.social has released our own evidence-based report of ASD risk factors to the public. Vaccines aren’t one of them.
As with Texas, what we perceive as a red state, or even a deep red state, is NOT reflected in how voters are registered. Could be all those "unaffiliated" are far right or something, but it needs to be asked why the legislature is not representative of the registered voting body.
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Time to water the plants, mom.
I saw I had a stack of #hibiscus #blooms from my Sweetie Pie hibiscus so went out & took their picture in the rain before they got too storm-battered. #dailybloom #bloomscrolling
Aug 29, 2005: Hurricane Katrina devastates the Gulf Coast. Mississippi was flattened. New Orleans drowned. The storm hit but it was the levees that failed. And the government? Slower than the floodwaters. If you remember it, you lived history. #HurricaneKatrina #ThisDayInHistory #365History
New Orleans is a special city that deserved better than Katrina and its aftermath and continues to deserve better than the rapacious, privatizing, and exploitative governance that followed.
After being sparse on #blooms this summer, my rosebush suddenly produced multiple blooms following my pup’s passing. One for each year of her too short life. #dailybloom #floralfriday #bloomscrolling
We lost our baby yesterday so I am right there with you. Our furbaby only made it to 6. I feel like my heart has been ripped out.
Kakistocracy realized
Only one day gone and I miss my puppy so much.
Go Gophers!…? I remember hockey being bigger there? But I feel you. I have worked in the SEC since 2005. One year the president even canceled Thursday afternoon classes to be able to have an ESPN featured game.
Trying to get back to normal routines including my #dailybloom posts. Had this #hibiscus #flower brighten my day so thought I would share to try and brighten yours. Too much sadness in the world. #bloomscrolling
"The fascists want us depleted, numb, and cynical." - I keep this top of mind daily and I actively refuse.
Anti-trans hate mob coming in three, two, one…. www.kare11.com/article/news...
But we are sitting vigil with my doggo tonight. We are losing her in the morning. So are deeply heartbroken and not eating much.
I do like potato salad.
I would give anything for some joy right now.
It has been a really challenging couple of weeks & hasn’t gotten better. I haven’t had it in me to keep up with my #flower posts. But today my orange #rose bush grew to be as tall as me with 5 flowers on top. Eyeline view. #dailybloom #bloomscrolling
So one convicted pathological lying liar exonerates another convicted pathological lying liar? Who do you believe? This riddle isn’t hard to figure out folks.
Twice as many strongly disapprove as strongly approve.
Telling you the ER vet is ready to see you then making you anxiously wait another hour in a cold exam room with only your dog’s name written on the whiteboard in the ink cloud of past pet names is cruel & unusual punishment.
This law is going to pass in other southern states in a matter of time. If that happens will Bluesky just keep the South from participating?
True story.
Looks idyllic
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
There was a James Phelps who dismembered and disemboweled a woman and buried her in his yard in Missouri but I don’t think he has died yet. Maybe God knows something is coming for him.
ICE agents in Lynwood, CA tried to break into a barbershop without a warrant. When the owner refused to open the door, they threatened him: “I’m going to go get your dad and I’m going to get your mom!” Is this the America we want to live in?
I think about it but only because I lived in Minnesota for five years including the year that deep fried sticks of butter were added to the menu.
I just need @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to end all these with #ShowUsTheEpsteinFiles
Those were my thoughts exactly
So this is amazing. Wendy Castillo & Kamden Strunk's new book on "How to Quant Crit: Applying #CriticalRaceTheory to #QuantitativeData in #Education" is now available #openaccess! Get your copy here: www.routledge.com/How-to-Quant... #booksky #socialscience #academia
Now I want to go home and hold my dog
Veritas…Truth
No public Google drives. I got in trouble one time when I started a website for my Psych of Evil class that included all the readings for anyone who wanted to follow along.
Exactly, here is also a report with multiple "bad apple" case examples that keep popping up in law enforcement. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
And here is a Congressional report even on the increase in military members reporting seeing white supremacist incidents www.congress.gov/event/116th-...
Here is one of the open access reports on extremism among veterans: www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
Further, the fact that they conceal their faces increases the likelihood of deindividuation.
As far as where folks discuss things online, research shows that extremists have diversified. Where they use to focus on one platform they use more mainstream outlets to recruit new members and then yes bring them into private forums.
Add to that the difference in responsibilities between military and ICE in who you choose to work for and what goals you seek to achieve there would be reason to expect higher endorsement in ICE.
The common refrain is that this is just a few “bad apples” and I know of no study of ICE attitudes or psychology that isn’t released by ICE itself. But if you look at studies of say extremism in the military you find numbers as high 28.8% endorsing Great Replacement theory.
They only care about human trafficking done by “other” people (in wayfair cabinets to the non-existent basements of pizza parlors)
This is not surprising. We all know this. This is what happens when you dehumanize people. Like calling them “subhuman” and “tonks.” Remember that revelation? www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report... Or the one about forced sterilization that just disappeared from the news? www.npr.org/2020/09/18/9...
My Texan grandfather would say “what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.”
Is it just me or does she look AI-generated?
Texas is fucked up (and I say this as a half-Texan)
Starting Aug 25, I’m teaching a 4-week online course on the psychology of misinformation—how it spreads, how to spot it, and how AI/algorithms shape what we see. Course details and syllabus here! matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/the-social...
My Sweetie Pie #hibiscus produced this tiny bloom today. Half the size of the usual #flower. More like a Sweetie Tart than a Pie. #dailybloom #bloomscrolling
He says people want to talk about how the U.S. is hot but then he bans us from knowing about climate change.
The state with the highest murder rate is sending National Guard to DC. www.nola.com/news/politic...
If it tweets like a Nazi…
If you’re raising them right
Of course the authoritarians also have those tools.
Climate models since the 1970s nailed it—most predicted global warming almost exactly as it happened.
But guns don’t kill people, toddlers kill people
Closeup of an #orchid bloom that looks like a tiny white-headed bird with purple eyes and giant purple wings. #macromonday #dailybloom #bloomscrolling
I hadn’t even known it was #StandingStoneSunday when I chose today’s #stunday photo. What a weird coincidence.
Having lived in 3 out of 8 of those states I can say “yup.”
Can you imagine if the U.S. was expected to just give over land to stop an invasion? (Cuz we all know that once you give a bully something they want they never come back…)
“Liberals already ruined it.” www.thebulwark.com/p/watch-trum...
The propagation of misinformation on social media is among the greatest threats to public health right now. Many people want to ignore this, but there are millions of Americans who have been groomed to believe that science is just some kind of scam.
Back to the hospital in the morning to see what we can do for my mom since #unitedhealth has decided at exactly 5pm on a Friday that her hip fracture (requiring metal rods to repair) was only a “minor break” that shouldn’t require follow-up inpatient PT. #wishmeluck
Thank you!
It was the solar eclipse in April of 2024
Yes it is L2 data cdn.prod.website-files.com/5c58bb15ad2d...
Where to find your local concentration camp
Talk about cherry picking data. She might have also bothered to look at the breakdown of registered voters.
Sunday #stunday - it might be a commonly photographed #landmark but I took this on the day of the eclipse so it felt special. #stonehenge #eastcoastkin #photography #landscape
Aw shucks mom another photo of me with the roses? Okay…if you insist. (Leia responding to “aw pretty” yet again as I am trying to take my #rosesunday photo) #dailybloom #bloomscrolling #dogsofbluesky #australianshepherd
Stripe-throated hermit Costa Rica 2019 @blu-dot.bsky.social #Stunday #EastCoastKin #photography #Birds
I wish this wasn’t an AI image. All I can see is that the one cop is the 6 fingered man. I know someone who might be looking for him.
I am relieved the bots are on this with their good vibes. That’ll fix it!
So glad climate change is a hoax, or I would be really worried about an already massive and catastrophic hurricane, potentially doubling or tripling in size. Relieved that there’s no cause for alarm here.
Health insurance companies suck. That is all.
Are you a researcher who could do with £8k to engage the public about your research working with a gallery, museum, library or archive? We’ll shortly be opening a call so I just wanted to give you a heads up this is coming www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/shap...
Science for democracy. Much needed. Powerful @science.org editorial by @gretchentg.bsky.social & @chenoweth.bsky.social “The ability to tell the truth, especially when it does not suit any particularly partisan aims, is an essential prerequisite for a free society” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A terrorist linked to Geuzenbond—part of the transnational neo-Nazi Active Club network—has been arrested while allegedly preparing an attack. The arrest comes as Active Clubs have surged worldwide, growing up to 187 chapters in 27 countries, including “Youth Clubs” recruiting boys as young as 15.
Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪
The clerodendrums have bloomed and the photos continue to remind me of classic still life paintings #floralfriday #dailybloom #bloomscrolling
I was wondering the same thing when I saw DC rollout: I live in Baton Rouge. I literally had a gun thrown in my front yard used to murder someone the night before 2 weeks after I moved here. Where is our National Guard police reinforcement? Murder rate 31.72.
Anyone from these professions qualify to nominate: nominators include members of national assemblies, governments, and certain academics like professors of history, social sciences, law, philosophy, theology, and religion, as well as directors of peace research institutes.
I know if I try Hillary it is just gonna be Clinton memes
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“Florida cannot call itself the “freest state” while it blatantly violates the First Amendment rights of our youngest citizens.”
Officer hit by Subway
This was the playlist recommended for me as if my cell phone was eavesdropping. Not my playlist. Just “recommended.”
Today has been so rough I am actually listening to country music. Well…Shaboozey #musicsky #badday
Want to join me for this Indivisible Baton Rouge event? mobilize.us/s/yOZxjK
Missing the face masks concealing their identity
🚨BREAKING: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling Thursday, striking down Louisiana’s state legislative maps for violating the Voting Rights Act. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Brought my mom an #orchid from my orchid class to brighten up her boring white hospital room #dailybloom #bloomscrolling
The occupational hazard of being a woman and the greater risk of needing a restraining order to stay safe from a stalker is a risk to heart health 💔
Thank you! I love my hibiscuses. They are often the highlight of my day.
Might not be #macromonday but it’s #rosewednesday and my freshly watered heritage #rose is ready for her closeup. Looks so velvet you can almost feel it. #dailybloom #bloomscrolling #redrose
