Ty Ross

@cooltxchick.bsky.social

Author, screenwriter, independent journalist. TV/Movie List writer for Collider. Pardon the Insurrection podcast co-host. Democracy dies in the daylight…

On November 3rd, #VoteBlue. Use your vote to bring about real change. Immigrants are not a problem. They cannot get social security, Medicare, food stamps etc. They are our friends, neighbors and community members who are just looking for a safe life, a better life. #Pinks

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Deprioritizing basic research that gave us the GPS, cell phones, Wegovy, etc. for commercialization & AI will usher in a Fool’s Golden Age of Science. Pair this w/arbitrary grant terminations & repeated attempts to test the limits of defiance. RIP real gold standard science. 🧪 archive.today/Yk939

White House report calls for big changes to ‘calcified’ U.S. science system

In Congress today, Trump science adviser Michael Kratsios faced critics of the proposals

science.org

The "checks and balances" in our system were based on, essentially, the honor system. As long as those in the highest seat of power upheld them, those checks and balances were in place. Now soulless demons are at the helm. And those checks and balances? Gone. #democracy

I find it incredible that so many people don't seem to understand the importance of being in community. Being in community has saved my life. Time and time again. I'm grateful. 🖤 #community

People are claiming that Mitch McConnell being braindead disqualifies him from being a member of Congress. Honesty, after watching Congress for decades, I assumed that was a *qualification* for being in Congress.

🇺🇦 The outcome of the war with Russia will be decided by the battle in the air, — Zelensky for FT “When thousand drones fly towards Moscow… he will understand. Advisers will convince him to move somewhere beyond the Urals. The further Putin is from Moscow, the closer the end of the war will be."

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"There needs to be immediate action by Congress to create pathways to residency for holders of this status, to intervene in the catastrophe that will unfold if over a million people are pushed into undocumented status, and quite possibly to their deaths," writes @hebagowayed.bsky.social.

The US supreme court just put the lives of 1.3 million immigrants in danger| Heba Gowayed

The court’s TPS decision is devastating for those whose countries of origin are deemed unsafe. Congress must act

theguardian.com