Alex Madonik

@alexmadonik.bsky.social

Scientist and chemistry teacher

NEWS: Ireland launches mass protests against Trump and he is not happy. Censorship backfires as Jimmy Kimmel's interview of James Talarico has more than double the viewers Trump's convention speech had. Houthis make rapid advances stunning America. Subscribe to support my work:

NEWS: Mass Anti-Trump Protests Erupt in Ireland, Censorship of Kimmel Backfires as Views Surge, Houthis Make Major Advances in War

Good morning.

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Talarico on Republican name-calling: “These nicknames don’t lower the cost of groceries, gas, healthcare, or childcare. I think Texans are really fed up with this professional wrestling of politics.

📌All the bigots asking why the mayor of New York City is presiding over the remembrance of the 9/11 attacks, need to shut up and explain to us why they support the traitor who attacked us Jan. 6.

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I love how Hollywood executives scream antisemitism on actors who call them out on being greedy bastards but nobody has a problem with assholes saying Mamdani shouldn’t attend 9-11 ceremonies because he’s Muslim?

Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026

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#Denmark built so much wind that some blustery hours the turbines out-produce what the whole country is using. When that happens, the extra power doesn’t sit idle. It moves through Denmark’s links into the wider European network and heads to neighbors like Germany, Norway, Sweden. #ActOnClimate

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The ultra-wealthy keep trying to pit the rest of us against each other with scare tactics ("communists!" "men in the ladies room!!" "brown people!!!" "drag queens!!!!") to keep us from noticing that our real problem is THEM. They want us to fight *any* war—except a class war. Happy Labor Day.

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During summer, Louisiana’s Angola prison could rise up to 115 degrees. Duncan said he experienced seizures: “There were times when I got out of bed and I didn’t even know if I was left-handed or right-handed. … I didn’t even know my name.”

He Spent 27 Years on Death Row as a Wrongfully Convicted Man. What Comes Next?

23-hour solitary confinement. 115-degree heat. Jimmie Duncan is haunted by the decades he spent in Louisiana’s Angola prison — and how, even after being released, he still isn’t truly free.

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