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Mike Westphal
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Biologist, writer, father of three. he/him www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Westphal/publications
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ā€œHe is the most dangerous person ever. I had suspicions when I talked to you about his mental decline and so forth, but now I realize heā€™s a total fascist. He is now the most dangerous person to this country,ā€ Milley said. ā€œA fascist to the core.ā€ www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Trumpā€™s top general calls ex-president ā€˜fascist to the coreā€™
Trumpā€™s top general calls ex-president ā€˜fascist to the coreā€™

General Mark Milley expressed his concerns about Trump to author Bob Woodward in March 2023

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Six years ago today, down in the woods beneath the overpass

Edgeland coyote
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I had a therapist tell me in 2016/17 that their clients were reacting to Trump's election in a similar way to 9/11. Except worse, in some ways, because there was a new trauma each day & the knowledge that the people who voted for him -those who caused said trauma - lived around you.

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We all know them as ā€œduckbills,ā€ but hadrosaurs were more like shovelbeaks. Gryposaurus here, like other hadrosaurs, had rough keratin covering the bones at the front of the jaw, great for cropping plants that could be mashed to paste by the tooth batteries behind. šŸ§Ŗ

A close up of the skull of the beaked dinosaur Gryposaurus
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Well, it's ten years now & I'm alive & a lot more focused than I was. It got my attention. Thanks, Jack!

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Nuclear weapons (a good Nobel Prize!) are one of the biggest reasons to vote for Harris over Trump. Here's a thread of articles about the stakes in this election for science, health, environment & more -- in one convenient location for any undecided or unmotivated voters. This is important. (1/7) šŸ§Ŗ

How the 2024 Presidential Election Will Shape Science, Health and the Environment
How the 2024 Presidential Election Will Shape Science, Health and the Environment

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris represent very different futures when it comes to science-related policy issues that deeply affect our lives. Scientific American has rounded up the U.S. presidential ca...

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Extremely sad to hear that that fucking asshole who got bitten by a taipan both survived and got a new taipan

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Gosh, yes, to all who celebrate! I just found out yesterday that fallers depend on a tool they call a ā€œscrenchā€ to perform maintenance tasks on a chainsaw. Maybe a good test is to ask a prospective hitchhiker if theyā€™ve got one you can borrow.

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Happy Eleanor Roosevelt's birthday!

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Todayā€™s the day I mail 200 postcards to voters in Pennsylvania urging them to vote. Iā€™ve already voted myself. We all gotta do our bit to give the middle finger to fascism

A stack of 200 postcards ready to go to Pennsylvania voters.
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Mike Westphal
@mfwestphal.bsky.social
Biologist, writer, father of three. he/him www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Westphal/publications
99 followers160 following440 posts