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Fled the Flailing Blue Bird. Humanist; Bird Lover; owned by a Tri-paw Pup named Frankie; adore snorkeling in Maui; #GeeksPersist; #DemCast; Covid Warrior; Clean Air advocate; lover of art, wit & words; retired RN. The banner is a pic of a Maui sunset with orange/pink/grey clouds & a palm tree. My profile pic is by Ethan Kocak. It’s of Morrigan the Irish/Celtic Shapeshifter Goddess of the circle of life & war/death depicted as an older woman. A crow is sitting on her left shoulder. She/her.
A bluejay from the icy time a couple weeks ago
#birds

Scoop @STAT: Some #NIH outside advisors are being removed

A branch chief at the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences told staff last week that “nobody knows why” people were removed and “nobody knows who did it.”

https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/24/nih-outside-scientific-advisers-being-removed/

#health #healthcare #healthpolicy #medicine #research #science

NIH is removing some outside scientific advisers who evaluate agency research

Prominent outside scientists who help the NIH evaluate its internal research programs are being abruptly removed

STAT
Smart.
Jasmine Mooney Detained By ICE For 12 Days: VIDEO

This is very alarming.

Comic Sands
In these busy times where we're throwing out curses like it's beads at mardi gras, I remind you that store bought demons are just fine for your standard curse. It's not what I'd use for fancy, seal-invoking, god-punishing curses, but for your average "I hope your cybertruck implodes with you in it" curses....store bought demons are fine.

Always remember, if they can disappear immigrants, they can disappear anyone.

Judge Not Going To Let Trump Disappear Immigrants To Get Tortured In Foreign Prisons, For Now
https://www.wonkette.com/p/judge-not-going-to-let-trump-disappear

#EndTrump #EndMusk #DonaldKrasnov #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

Judge Not Going To Let Trump Disappear Immigrants To Get Tortured In Foreign Prisons, For Now

Sure are a lot of constitutional crises going on today!

Wonkette
The fact that this gang of criminals is using public rather than officially designated tools to communicate tells you they are executing against this government rather than on its behalf. It’s a hostile takeover. Respond accordingly.

I've noticed something that I think is worth pointing out: pretty much ALL of the pushback I have gotten on LinkedIn over the past few months over stories critical of this administration has come from men in IT. Many of whom no doubt idolize Musk, who in their minds can walk on water.

Conversely, the response almost universally I've seen from female non/male people in IT and security professionals on LinkedIn has been a great deal more appropriate, i.e. horror, disgust and revulsion for the way this administration is treating federal employees, veterans, the courts, judges, lawyers, journalists, and important, long-standing U.S. policy interests.

I guess what I'm saying is nobody should expect the men in IT to lead the resistance. So many of them are like this guy: angry, aggressive, and really excited about the good old US of A going back to the 80s. Like the 1880s.

Huh.

Our instance, like some others are banned in a few countries

Not because we spread mis-information but because we spread factual information

Says a lot more about them than us!