Metisse
@metisse.bsky.social
Biophys/Biochem Physics Modeling/ Educator, preK->grad school. Proud member of International Soc of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopists, and owner of 2 Mickey Mouse watches! Fighting facism with every breath I take. Owned by Aussies. StL, MO.
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DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad
Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect.
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The agency has now confirmed cases tied to the outbreak in Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Carolina, according to the official. The additions bring the tally of affected states to 15. #ExplosiveDiarrhea #MakingAmericaSickAgain #Blues
C.D.C. Expands Cyclospora Outbreak to More States (Gift Article)
Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Carolina are now among the states linked to the outbreak associated with iceberg lettuce.
nytimes.com
NEW: Trump is speaking today at a casino owned by a company battling lawsuits alleging its properties failed to stop the trafficking of a 9-year-old girl and other victims. The suits allege negligence and inadequate security. Our latest:
Trump to Speak at Casino Owned by Company Facing Lawsuit Alleging Failure to Prevent Trafficking of 9-Year-Old Girl
The ownership group is battling multiple lawsuits involving sex trafficking victims
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Computer scientist Frances Allen was a pioneer in the field of optimizing compilers. + 1st woman to win the Turing Award + Her research directly shaped compiler design, code optimization & automatic parallel processing Born #OTD in 1932 & died #OTD in 2020. #WomenInSTEM #CompSci
Dr. Laurie Leshin became the first female director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and vice president of Caltech in 2022. A geochemist & planetary scientist, she is the University Professor for Space Futures at Arizona State University. She was born #OTD in 1966. #WomenInSTEM #geochemistry
A 4th data center? WTF? This is why Elon targeted Memphis for xAI — he knew local officials would let him do whatever he wanted regardless of the community’s health/input. @mayorpaulyoung 🤔 (Even after canceling the promised water facility) More: www.instagram.com/p/DblVyoMgKO...
Seattle voters are currently approving the library levy renewal by nearly 72%.
Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 16h agoGreetings from the Yes Seattle Libraries election night party at Reuben's downtown, featuring CM Dionne Foster.
Maybe if El-Sayed was a Republican like "JD," he could just change his name a few times...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h agoJD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "
Oklahoma cyclosporiasis cases climb to 426, health officials say www.kswo.com/2026/08/04/o...
Oklahoma cyclosporiasis cases climb to 426, health officials say
The Oklahoma State Department of Health has released its weekly update on the cyclosporiasis outbreak across the state.
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Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules
Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules
Climate nonprofits can again access their federal funding more than a year after the Trump EPA ordered Citibank to freeze their accounts.
techcrunch.com
A federal judge has slammed the DOJ as he “reluctantly” granted the Trump administration’s request to throw out charges against nine Oath Keepers.
Judge Torches Trump’s DOJ Goons in Scathing Ruling
The judge ripped into the administration for moving to dismiss charges against the worst Jan. 6 defendants.
thedailybeast.com
Butterflies around the world are changing habitats – and experts say it’s ‘signalling a warning’: New research shows early-warning species is on the move, expanding or contracting geographic range and changing altitude Butterflies, often considered a “sentinel of change”, are on the move ...
Butterflies around the world are changing habitats – and experts say it’s ‘signalling a warning’
Butterflies around the world are changing habitats – and experts say it’s ‘signalling a warning’: New research shows early-warning species is on the move, expanding or contracting geographic range and changing altitude Butterflies, often considered a “sentinel of change”, are on the move ...
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No, this is not WW3. It's a "conflict in Ukraine".
Savchenko Volodymyr@savchenkoua.bsky.social · 11h ago🇰🇵🚀🇺🇦 Update: North Korea is transferring a missile unit of about 90 people to Russia for strikes on Ukraine, - Reuters DPRK military can be armed with 120 ballistic missiles and six launchers. Pyongyang has already delivered a new batch of 40 KN-23 and KN-24 missiles.
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN SE ASIA Min 29.7 Tak HOTTEST AUGUST NIGHT EVER IN THAILAND Records smashed in every region of the country Min 28.4 Tagbilaran PHILIPPINES 27.2 Palu INDONESIA Thailand,Philippines and Indonesia have broken thousands of records for 1200+ consecutive days!
russia struck Kyiv with cluster-warhead missiles Absolute scum. Cluster warheads release dozens of small bomblets over a wide area, making them especially dangerous for civilians
Rates are now as bad as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick and dying. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines. n.pr/4yZJVPo
Appalachia's black lung rates highest in nearly 50 years as miners' protections stall
Rates are now as bad as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick and dying. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.
n.pr
1/ 🧵 It costs 8 cents to make you skip an election. Not a typo. A peer reviewed PNAS study found the right ad, aimed at the right voter, erased 1 in 6 votes of color in swing counties. The billionaires who lost Michigan can buy a lot of 8 cent nudges. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
War! What is it good for? Absolutely humongous oil company profits | First Dog on the Moon
War! What is it good for? Absolutely humongous oil company profits | First Dog on the Moon
Mission accomplished
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This is who the Repub led Senate wants to confirm as the US AG in the next couple days. It’s not about following laws—it’s about controlling women and girls with no regard to health outcomes. WE ARE NOT OUTRAGED ENOUGH! We need to flip 4 Senate seats. Please help get out the VOTE in NOV!
I remember someone recently telling me they thought Uber had cleaned up its act since Travis left years ago. But then...
Veena Dubal@veenadubal.bsky.social · yesterday“The litigation has revealed a clear pattern: Uber’s lawyers scour women’s private communications, medical records, therapy notes …They grill the women about those issues, their sex lives and their behavior on the night of the incident.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/b...
The role of ChatGPT in the accused FSU shooter’s case goes beyond providing tips, our investigation reveals. In the 12 months before his attack, he messaged with ChatGPT more than 6,600 times—including conversations revealing he was aggrieved, focused on extremist violence, and suicidal.
Inside a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT
A year of chats reveals glaring red flags—and disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before a rampage at Florida State University.
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I will never ever forget learning of the warm-water-filled gloves placed in the hands of dying patients. Hospitals were overrun, under-equipped; and families couldn’t be with their loved ones. People were dying alone, with water balloons as comfort. This guy should be run out of public life.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoRFK Jr: Trump wanted to end lockdowns. In Fauci's diary, he talks about how the president was calling him trying to get him to reopen the country BASH: The lockdowns were down by governors K: They cited Fauci B: Govs were hearing from hospitals that their ICUs were overrun K: That's not true
WaPo alone found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, namely to spy on girlfriends or ex-wives. They interviewed ~seven victims w/ stories of abuse that are really awful. One police chief "watched every single move" his ex made.
Drew Harwell@drewharwell.com · 3d agoNew: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo
In the room with POTUS, no one can smell your diaper...
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 22h agoOh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
Every day, China is practicing... Will they invade Taiwan before the November midterms?
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 18h ago21 sorties of PLA aircraft, 9 PLAN vessels and 5 official ships operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 17 out of 21 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s northern, central and southwestern part ADIZ.
Missouri voters have overwhelmingly rejected Amendment 5, the GOP-backed plan to phase out the state income tax and replace it with higher sales taxes
Missouri voters reject Amendment 4. The Republican-backed measure, designed to make it far harder for citizen initiatives (like abortion rights, marijuana, etc.) to pass by requiring majorities in all 8 congressional districts, has failed. Simple statewide majority rule stays.
In May, a US military GPS blocking experiment caused a medevac plane to crash, killing 4: x.com/i/status/208...
Aakash Gupta (@aakashgupta) on X
An air traffic controller phoned the US military mid-flight and asked them to stop jamming GPS over New Mexico. The jammers went quiet. Then the military was told it could switch them back on. Five mi...
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