Only 5 people and bots follow me on here so cc: some scientists that might care: @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social@rebeccasear.bsky.social@jedidiahcarlson.com
Race scientist Bryan J. Pesta lost his lawsuit against Cleveland State University for firing him. He argued his free speech rights were being violated (where have I heard that before?) but the undisputed facts show it was because he misused NIH genetic data. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Thank you! Only 8% of Americans abroad voted in 2020. There are 2 million overseas who can vote in swing states. If we can get one American abroad to vote who can get one American abroad to vote and so on, it could change everything. www.votefromabroad.org
In much of the US, itās the last week to register to vote in the US election in November. Do not miss your opportunity (and if you are registered, to check your registration to make sure it is still valid). Get registered and encourage everyone you know to register. Hereās where to start: Vote.gov
Find the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government.
Since Donald Trump is back to saying the 2020 election was stolen from him, claims regularly echoed by his followers, it's helpful to keep on hand one or two of the exhaustively detailed state-by-state accounts by election lawyers and scholars of why this isn't so. Links follow. /1
Unfortunately, I think he is still effective enough at the Gish gallop.
GOP threatens omnibus spending bill over SAVE Act. Here are two posts explaining why in my estimation illegal noncitizen voting is too uncommon āto have changed any federal election outcome in any state over the past generation.ā 1st: www.cato.org/blog/no-ille...www.cato.org/blog/sheddin...