Fun riddle for working parents who start work at 9am … the elementary schools in Maryland don’t start until 9:30am 🤪🫠😬
Dr. Susanne Brander
@smbrander.bsky.social
Environmental toxicologist, mom, liberal, Project director - science at Pew (DC), courtesy faculty Oregon State
I have never related more to a song 😂 Maybe Mitski also has adhd.
Electric shock gloves? 🤬 apple.news/ATy7q3eW7Qnu...
US immigration agency plans to buy electric shock gloves, raising alarm among rights advocates — Reuters
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency plans to buy electric shock gloves for officers in the field, alarming rights advocates who have condemned the action of ICE during President Dona...
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According to NYT, Trump was hidden in a catering cart and wheeled onto a military jet for a secret flight out of Turkey last month. 😂 We’re sorry, but we cannot get past the catering cart part. Imagine being Secret Service and hearing, “The eagle is in the chafing dish.”
If nothing else, we have good memes? Sigh. #cateringtruck
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Trump shuts down all federally funded reporting on climate change in the arctic region, because the data refutes his ideas about there being no climate change. We are living through the most anti-science presidency in US history. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...
POLITICO Pro: NOAA to end support for Arctic climate change report
The authors were informed Monday of the action, which jeopardizes public dissemination of the report on the fast-changing region.
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Had so much fun on my birthday this year, rooftop salsa on Embassy row in DC 10/10! 💃
We are disgraceful. This is the thanks he gets? apple.news/AeGtpkBWSQ7q...
Senate committee set to vote on whether to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress — NPR
Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security Committee want to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress after he refused to answer their questions about the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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From my 10 yr old on the metro this morning … “I’d like to visit the Pentagon someday, but it’s a little extra right now.” 😂 #genalpha
Important history lesson: Fascism rose partly as a result of the 1918 pandemic.
I’m sorry but where is the mom strength beer? It would need to have a higher percentage of alcohol 🙄
Move in day! Excited to be an east coaster again 🌳 🏠
Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.
was literally crying at Sally Ride and Amelia Earhart’s flight suits being side by side
Better than I’ve heard anyone say it so far. youtube.com/shorts/sAmcu...
When you strip away humanity
YouTube video by Josh Johnson
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Pete Hegseth just blocked the promotions of seven senior Navy officers — five of whom are women or people of color — to two-star admiral rank. For the first time in more than a decade, no female active-duty naval officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.
Opportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions
For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.
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When Gen Alpha folds the laundry they request a “bonus” … seems reasonable?
Lightening bugs (aka fireflies) spotted tonight in Rock Creek Park ✨ #waitforit
Lindsey Graham was one of the main subjects of a @theatlantic.com cover story I wrote in 2020, on why people collaborate with regimes they know are immoral. Here's a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
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Don’t forget to submit your comment by COB tomorrow 🧬 🧪 🐟 🔬 💪 www.faeb.org has a great template. @pnwmicroplastics.bsky.social
This is the latest escalation in Trump’s years-long effort to control U.S. media outlets, following previous financial settlements with news organizations 📰 David Folkenflik, Willem Marx NPR apple.news/ANm1gvJm8RM-... This material may be protected by copyright.
Justice Department subpoenas New York Times reporters over Air Force One reporting — NPR
The Times says federal agents turned up on the doorsteps of several of its journalists to force grand jury testimony next week over their coverage of the Air Force One plane gifted to Trump by Qatar.
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