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I must be the most trustworthy scientist ever, since I say fuck very frequently 🤣

Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million. Note That Number. A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.

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GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ (@grrlscientist@mastodon.social) Attached: 1 image "Even on Gilligan's Island, they listened to the Professor, not the millionaire." #politics #billionaire #education #plutocrat #fElonMusk #GreedyBastards #money

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USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."

How bird-brained! (actually my apologies to birds as they are much more intelligent than these people.) www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

J.D. Vance | The Universities are the Enemy | National Conservatism Conference II YouTube video by National Conservatism

The cuts to grant funding and attacks on US Universities will continue and are by design: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FR6...

This framing is their framing, and NYT took the bait. The correct and accurate framing is: “Deep cuts to medical research threatens progress on cancer and heart disease research, costs the economy $80B, and threatens 300,000 jobs across red and blue states”

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How America Keeps Its Citizens Uneducated YouTube video by ashley viola

Why is Trump trying to bankrupt universities and dissolve the Department of Education? www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcYP...

Hell continues in #LosAngeles with the #LAfires. I live next to #Altadena, which is pretty much destroyed. My power finally came on after three cold nights. So many have lost their homes, and danger not over since big winds are coming back starting tomorrow. Views at my house Wednesday early am.

I continue to be deeply moved by this statement to the heavens by President Carter.

#fungi #mushroom 🍄🌱📷

mushroom and banana slug. I saw a similar mushroom being eaten by two black slugs but they did not seem to be moving anymore. #mushroom #slug 🍄🌱

mushrooms seen during coastal hike #fungus 🌱 📷 🍄

Thank you - very cool to kearn about these algae and cyanobacteria! #PepeMCNuggets

Saw these today in SF Bay Area #mushrooms

Tiny white mushrooms growing from a log in a stream. #mushroom

saw this today surrounded by moss, I saw these tiny globules - any ideas what this is? #mushroom #lichen #moss

Concerning

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#hope #giving

Why is Becton, Dickinson and Company, estimated to hold the largest market share in ventilator production, considered among the best income stocks to buy right now? Feeling oddly concerned about losing Mitch's leadership.