@pragmaticdem.bsky.social
Biomedical Researcher in STIs. Dog lover (particularly Shelties). Pragmatic center-left politically. Want sanity in government (will have the opposite from 2025-2028). UNC faculty
July 12, 1926: Publishing houses Henry Holt and MacMillan have begun altering high school biology textbooks to satisfy Texas officials who regard Darwinian science as anti-religious. All references to “evolution” are changed ro “development” and mentions of human evolution are entirely removed.
Nyckelharpa prog metal?! I'm in love. 😍
"Fable" - Intervals (nyckelharpa metal cover)
YouTube video by Amy Hakanson
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I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers. Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now: bit.ly/4a2VtHw
“It was a delight to catch a glimpse of Khalil in the throes of laughter. He laughed as though each laugh were a physical vessel urgently exiting his body, or a secret he’d held for so long that it had forced its way out.”
Zohran Mamdani and Mahmoud Khalil Are In on the Joke
What it feels like to laugh when the world expects you to disappear.
newyorker.com
What is this bullshit? what is wrong with these people to do this?
Vans full of handcuffed kids. Just arrived. Los Angeles, Ca Federal Building Tonight, 7/12
So. I've been on field manual labor crews where most of my coworkers were convicts. I've also worked with a lot of tech companies on automating farms. And this press conference is incredible. Rollins hasn't the foggiest clue what she's on about.
Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly."
If it took 8 days to build a massive concentration camp in Florida then it means they could build and house the homeless at any point but choose not to
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Here’s some dog content to temporarily distract you from the mess happening in the world
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
Over on X, the right wingers are melting. Some of my favourites 🧵 1. "NY will turn into London" 😂
Haha! I love Paul Krugman and admit I would have answered the same on nearly all of these questions!
amazing q&a with paul krugman
the thing I find profoundly depressing is that for you and me, this is it. America is most likely in the ditch for the rest of our time in this world.
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future
Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
thank you Elon and DOGE! what the world definitely needs is unchecked drug resistant gonorrhea
Well this seems like a fantastic plan. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/h...
A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
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Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.