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@pelesfire

PhD in Nutritional Biology | Immunology | Microbiology | Food Science Nutrition is interdisciplinary by its very nature. Ask me about honey consumption and your gut microbes. They/Them Still not your celebrity grandma.

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strongly recommend preemptively blocking this guy on here. he aggressively name searches anyone wo criticizes him, jesse singal, or other transphobic journalists and posts screenshots with identifying info on twitter to encourage harassment

24.02.2026 18:03 πŸ‘ 1346 πŸ” 337 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 23
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Trump administration removes Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument The Trump administration removed a large Rainbow Flag from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument, the National Park Service confirmed to Gay City News

They have now removed the Pride flag from the Stonewall Inn.

Erasure. Just like the Nazis.

gaycitynews.com/trump-rainbo...

10.02.2026 05:12 πŸ‘ 3163 πŸ” 1463 πŸ’¬ 124 πŸ“Œ 126
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09.02.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 1659 πŸ” 434 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 86
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

20.01.2026 22:53 πŸ‘ 14447 πŸ” 8316 πŸ’¬ 90 πŸ“Œ 765

Had the three Dems who voted for this held the line and voted no, they could have blocked it.

18.12.2025 00:26 πŸ‘ 4737 πŸ” 1660 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 144

Primary these assholes. This is abhorrent, but it will absolutely keep happening if there are no consequences when they vote for shit like this. Kick them out.

16.12.2025 15:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Texas city among first in the nation to kill LGBTQ+ protections Residents pleaded with the city council toΒ keep the ordinance in place.

NEW: Here's my story on Arlington, Texas, becoming the first known city in the nation to kill a city-wide LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination policy in response to the Trump administration. With no statewide protections, it was one of the few things protecting LGBTQ+ Texans: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

10.12.2025 15:51 πŸ‘ 313 πŸ” 171 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 28

Thank you. Just, thank you.

03.12.2025 22:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I got offered a LOT of money to host an official HP podcast and turned it down immediately. I’m assuming since I am not a podcaster that they have an extremely long list of people who have also said no to this. Dunno whatβ€˜s going on with the actors but the comics are holding the line lol

03.12.2025 18:30 πŸ‘ 1819 πŸ” 303 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 11

Lithgow saying that a family friend with a trans kid came to him and literally said β€œplease don’t do this” and he did it anyway really gives the game away. they don’t not know

03.12.2025 19:11 πŸ‘ 3558 πŸ” 959 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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29.11.2025 21:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's giving "deranged shut-in wants to know why you're at the door and are you a cop."

29.11.2025 17:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Everything is very hard but my chaos gremlins are very good. If you also need some chaos gremlins in your life, please enjoy. A tiny 🧡:

27.11.2025 15:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.

Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

21.11.2025 16:54 πŸ‘ 1225 πŸ” 865 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 112
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Happy Native American Heritage MonthΒ 2025! Happy Native American Heritage and Indigenous History Month! We're celebrating, as we do, with books by Indigenous authors, starring Indigenous characters. (Note: Despite the title of the post, these books include indigenous characters from all over.) While the usual affiliate links are included, you’re strongly encouraged to order from the Native-owned Birchbark Books where available! Picture Books Phoenix Ani' Gichichi-I'

Happy Native American Heritage MonthΒ 2025!

Happy Native American Heritage and Indigenous History Month! We're celebrating, as we do, with books by Indigenous authors, starring Indigenous characters. (Note: Despite the title of the post, these books include indigenous characters from all over.)…

03.11.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

In case people forget. You should be boycotting Starbucks. Tomorrow starts their strike. Going to Starbucks is crossing picketing lines.

Be a better person and don’t go to Starbucks ✌🏼 it’s not that hard

12.11.2025 15:34 πŸ‘ 581 πŸ” 217 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 32
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Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...

New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings

β€œBig tech has made their choice”

www.404media.co/google-has-c...

13.11.2025 14:11 πŸ‘ 3452 πŸ” 2270 πŸ’¬ 98 πŸ“Œ 224

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.

This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

07.11.2025 22:56 πŸ‘ 9840 πŸ” 3814 πŸ’¬ 104 πŸ“Œ 179
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Remember Rev. David Black, the Chicago pastor who was shot in the head with pepper balls? If you haven't heard him speak yet, listen to this.

To ICE: "You can repent"

07.11.2025 20:04 πŸ‘ 745 πŸ” 285 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 50

Don't trust a New York Times reporter. Don't talk to a New York Times reporter. They are the most ambitious journalists on the planet and will do anything to get the story their editor wants. The truth doesn't matter to them, only getting the story their editor wants so they can move up.

05.11.2025 23:18 πŸ‘ 1747 πŸ” 675 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 5
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All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning

So uh.

I've spent the last five years working on a book about grief, mourning, who is allowed to grieve and how, and where we go from here, and...

you can now preorder it!

05.11.2025 15:59 πŸ‘ 1283 πŸ” 369 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 39

This is perfection. I'm going to just go ahead and get off the internet now, so I can leave it on a high note.

05.11.2025 23:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you, New York City. Together we made history.

Now let’s get to work.

transition2025.com

05.11.2025 16:58 πŸ‘ 54238 πŸ” 8132 πŸ’¬ 1370 πŸ“Œ 675

I am certainly no seasoned strategist but I am a little skeptical of the political wisdom behind building a giant golden ballroom and sharing a dozen photos of a renovated marble bathroom at the very moment that millions of people are losing access to healthcare and food.

31.10.2025 18:07 πŸ‘ 8438 πŸ” 1923 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 224

Yes, this does mean that I am saying that all billionaires are bad people. Yes, all of them. Yes, I mean it. If you are hoarding that much wealth, you are evil at your core. Good people don't become billionaires; they use their money to help their fellow human and never accumulate that much wealth.

30.10.2025 04:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It truly is not possible to be a billionaire and a good person. They are mutually exclusive. You can try to name your favourite billionaire exception, but there are no exceptions. That level of wealth requires a willingness to exploit the vulnerable that is not a feature of good humans.

30.10.2025 04:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Note that it's local businesses who are stepping up. Your neighbors who are operating on thin margins.

Where the hell are WalMart, Kroger, Amazon, and the other giants? Who should get your dollar after this?

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