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@dpetrock

Wife, mother, data scientist, into arts, cooking, reads, public health/epidemiology and preserving democracy.

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This is excellent news for our students. Spread this around to your friends, family, colleagues, and neighbors. Finding reliable information is getting harder to come by. I count The Atlantic as a reliable source.

Great news, indeed.

18.09.2025 04:04 πŸ‘ 240 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4
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A real life American Hero... not hiding behind a mask. I bet soon we will know his name. We salute you brother for your civil courage and the eloquence.

09.06.2025 10:20 πŸ‘ 4595 πŸ” 1841 πŸ’¬ 206 πŸ“Œ 266

Putting our national security in the hands of a Fox co-host who sweats Tanqueray. What could go wrong?

www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

26.03.2025 22:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | The End of the University as We Know It The Trump administration’s attacks on universities will lead to the permanent diminishment of vital American institutions.

The End of the University as We Know It www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...

20.03.2025 18:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The ability to control mass party opinion this directly is unlike anything I’ve really seen in my time covering politics.

07.03.2025 20:55 πŸ‘ 25328 πŸ” 4633 πŸ’¬ 1812 πŸ“Œ 404

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

05.03.2025 22:34 πŸ‘ 96626 πŸ” 26670 πŸ’¬ 1538 πŸ“Œ 1256
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06.03.2025 01:49 πŸ‘ 199 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4

Yes

01.03.2025 02:23 πŸ‘ 112787 πŸ” 15466 πŸ’¬ 2161 πŸ“Œ 429
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Photos: β€˜Distress flag’ towers over Yosemite to protest cuts as crowds view firefall Saturday’s protest sought to bring attention to the thousands of federal job cuts made by President Donald Trump’s administration this month.

"'We’re bringing attention to what’s happening to the parks, which are every American’s properties,' said Gavin Carpenter, a maintenance mechanic with Yosemite and military veteran who supplied the flag and helped hang it."
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

23.02.2025 14:31 πŸ‘ 2078 πŸ” 555 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 24
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Echoing Kremlin, Trump calls Zelensky a dictator, angering Ukrainians Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has low approval ratings and that elections are needed, statements also made in the past week by the Kremlin.

You know who Trump never calls a dictator? Putin. And he actually is a dictator. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

19.02.2025 19:00 πŸ‘ 1384 πŸ” 244 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 2
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11.02.2025 19:58 πŸ‘ 3639 πŸ” 1147 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 82
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Petition for Denmark to buy California for $1 trillion surpasses 200,000 signatures A satirical online petition is catching the attention of Californians and Danes alike.

Take us for free Denmark, the American people would love it
www.cbsnews.com/news/denmark...

12.02.2025 16:51 πŸ‘ 397 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 10

One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.

13.02.2025 17:33 πŸ‘ 13220 πŸ” 3308 πŸ’¬ 528 πŸ“Œ 691
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Yup.

25.11.2024 15:34 πŸ‘ 39343 πŸ” 7416 πŸ’¬ 994 πŸ“Œ 356
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This needs to be said, loud, and often.

25.11.2024 17:20 πŸ‘ 92587 πŸ” 25806 πŸ’¬ 2204 πŸ“Œ 1434



How I arrived at bluesky

25.11.2024 00:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Trump-Trumpist Divide The incoming president wants to do things his voters have not embraced.

Read @adamserwer.bsky.social, who talked to MAGA voters and "encountered a tendency to deny easily verifiable negative facts about Trump" and to "believe he will do only the things they think are good."

(confirms my report on what internal Harris testing found)

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

24.11.2024 13:33 πŸ‘ 680 πŸ” 184 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 16
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Still true…

24.11.2024 22:04 πŸ‘ 7364 πŸ” 2705 πŸ’¬ 250 πŸ“Œ 146

Trump ran one of the most successful disinformation operations in modern history.

21.11.2024 13:58 πŸ‘ 1554 πŸ” 438 πŸ’¬ 141 πŸ“Œ 30
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Rafael Nadal Reflects On His Legacy As He Says Goodbye To The Sport | 2024 Davis Cup Finals
Rafael Nadal Reflects On His Legacy As He Says Goodbye To The Sport | 2024 Davis Cup Finals YouTube video by Tennis Channel

A legendary and gracious goodbye from Rafa Nadal.

youtu.be/r08kIPtcS-M?...

21.11.2024 20:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Now that I've fled Leon's site for bluer skies, I'm sure I'll be called an #Ex-X, but personally, I'll always consider myself a #TwitterQuitter.

18.11.2024 23:01 πŸ‘ 168714 πŸ” 13765 πŸ’¬ 6127 πŸ“Œ 1026

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