This is why we keep our voices loud. We can stop this administration if enough of us speak up consistently. Keep the pressure on!

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 2d ago

RFK Jr’s unethical experiment on African babies is officially canned, thanks to public backlash driven by Stand Up For Science 🎉 ✊️ 🧵 🧪

The DOJ has never been perfect. There has always been plenty to criticize. But the DOJ today, after not even two years of Trump, is a rotten shell of what it once was; untrusted by sizeable portions of the federal judiciary, hollowed out at the core, and run without principle.

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · 2w ago

We've been boiled frogs for so long this never gets mentioned. But this violates DOJ policies that have been in place for decades, ones that Defense Attorney Todd Blanche said should have extended for the entirety of the time his client had declared his candidacy. (Tho I think this was DHS.)

I do not think an exec branch led by a man who thinks he is entitled to treat federal agents as an arm of his firm, refers to Somali Americans as “garbage” and has said racist things specifically about Omar is capable of neutrally applying the law to her, to put it mildly apnews.com/article/ilha...

Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say

Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.

apnews.com

You’re fucking right you did.

I'm sure things like this happened at times during "don't ask, don't tell," but it seems rather notable that the panel did so here and quickly, did so explicitly and in writing, and did so in this environment — both as in this administration and as in this broader anti-trans moment.

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW: If Trump and Hegseth weren’t trying to kick trans people out of the military, a Navy board recently wrote of a trans women that it “without reservation would recommend retention based on a record of exemplary service," lawyers revealed today. www.lawdork.com/i/219495792/...

Amazing. Think about this when you don’t think you can have an impact.

TW@twesq.bsky.social · last mo.

this is fantastic and I learned something new

Just also want to note that trans people and advocates for the unhoused have told people for years that Gavin Newsom is trash. If this is what makes people realize how awful he is, great, but I really hope this is also a wake-up call to listen the first time someone tells you who they really are.

Nick Field@nickfield.bsky.social · last mo.

The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...

some people replying and saying ed sheeran can’t take the same risks as an established legend like david byrne, but then you look at olivia rodrigo who is 12 years younger than sheeran and just organized an entire festival to support ABORTION. bravery has little to do with age/experience.

last night we had ed sheeran apologizing for saying what’s happening in palestine is bad and at the same time david byrne putting up a huge graphic that says MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN and showing footage of ICE brutality to a sold out crowd. you can actually be famous and successful AND give a shit.

Those ”free speech” people sure are scared about…… free speech……

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · last mo.

Yikes, if this is accurate, its basically the owner class using their power to shut down dissent. The Patriots Robert Kraft told Sheerhan his concert would be cancelled if Mackelmore stayed on the your, and that other stadium owners would follow suit.

None of these fascists will face any real accountability from elected officials or from corporate media. Anti-Muslim hate remains a celebrated form of bigotry in 2026 USA. Don't fall for this culture war. They're waged to distract you from a broken economy & failing democracy. Stand United. 2/2

Mike Rogers is running a full blown TV ad trying to tie 9/11 to Abdul El Sayed. Rudy Giuliani is losing his mind trying to get Zohran Mamdani to not attend the 25 year memorial for 9/11. Randy Fine is calling to ban Muslims from serving in elected office on account of our faith. 1/2

Love a direct, to the point queen. Say it plainly and leave no space for bad-faith bullshit.

Laura Chapin@laurachapin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"For the next two minutes, Cloud detailed three issues impacting women that she believes deserve more attention than Freedom: domestic violence, sexual assault and food insecurity." www.nytimes.com/athletic/754...

Dolly Parton used her gift for music to highlight the challenges of poverty, inequality, and struggle in ways that uplifted and inspired working people. “And I told 'em all the story / Momma told me while she sewed / And how my coat of many colors / Was worth more than all their clothes”

In a world of assholes, be Dolly.

Kill Tim Faust 💀@tbone.malware-virus.biz · 2mo ago

my wife has a friend who sent Dolly Parton a painting she made & a letter explaining how much Dolly's music meant to her while she was transitioning. Dolly responded to it personally & paid for her top surgery. Sounds like an urban legend but it's real. I think we're going to more stories like this.

NYC street artists work fast….Fulton Street is now Parton Street 🙏 *Work by plannedalism(IG)

Science is so fucking cool man.

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Before mRNA technology, cancer immunologists were tinkering with peptides and proteins and other molecules to try to build a vaccine. These more “traditional” biomaterials can induce an immune response against tumor antigens, but mRNA has particular advantages, experts told STAT.”

I hope everyone caught this Lancet study confirming that Elon Musk & DOGE are responsible for genocidal levels of suffering & death.

Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis

USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

thelancet.com

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

Fun fact: So convinced were white officials in 1963 that the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on the national mall would bring lawless and violent hordes of Black people that they imposed an emergency ban on alcohol sales in all of DC and neighboring Montgomery and PG counties.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

Sean Duffy on today's Indycar race in downtown DC: "I think this is better ... they can sell beer. This is the first time they're going to sell beer on the mall of the capital"

ALT version.

The White House fired me for being transgender. In 2013 I became the first CIA officer to successfully transition. I worked for Mike Pence for a year. Then I volunteered to serve the second Trump White House.

The Wrong Kind of American

The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.

theatlantic.com

Thank you, @juliacurlee.bsky.social, for your service to this country and for standing up and speaking truth to power. Standing with you!

Roger Parloff@rparloff.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"The wrong kind of American: The Trump White House needed me—until the fact I am trans became public." In @theatlantic.com (gift) By my @lawfaremedia.org colleague @juliacurlee.bsky.social . www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects

A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it

ysph.yale.edu

No I’m not to repost the Elon AI slop video. How fucking embarrassing. Also HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA wheeeeezing. It’s so cringe.

Deranged and diabolical

Comfortably Boo@numb.comfortab.ly · 2mo ago

jfc, I hadn't read the article yet when I posted this, and I thought (I hoped) I was exaggerating, but NYT:

being afraid of the DSA is loser shit, sorry. “these progressive ideas are scary!” grow up.

The Dutch equivalent of Cass, (except it’s a proper scientific review not pseudoscientific drivel like Cass) has wholeheartedly endorsed puberty-blockers and full gender affirming care for young trans people.

Landmark Official Dutch Review Recommends Trans Youth Care, Call For Expanding Treatment

The review finds that wait times must be shortened, that few people detransition, and that trans youth care has enormous benefits.

erininthemorning.com

This straightforward, non-partisan, completely accurate factual description of the Iran omnishambles is readily available to be used by editors & writers at the NYT & every other major media outlet in the country.

Elizabeth N. Saunders@profsaunders.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Can't get numb to this: The United States is stuck in a war it started, cannot end, and may further escalate to no avail, having dismantled its diplomatic apparatus, depleted its military stockpile, and destroyed its credibility. A historic strategic mistake harming millions in many different ways.

A quick update on the Cyclospora outbreak.