ProfWhatsHerName

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Buffalonian stuck in SoCal

Professor teaching GenBio, Marine Biology, Oceanography, Microbiology, and Zoology at a Community College.

My research speciality is marine microbiology, focusing on harmful algal bloom ecology. I still manage a HAB monitoring citizen science project in SoCal, but my day to day life is currently devoted to working on increasing STEM student success with active learning pedagogy.

I don't create original posts often, but I read every day, and boost what I enjoy.

Nick Fuentes Very Optimistic About 'Fascist Dictator' Spencer Pratt, Hopes He'll Kill A Lot Of Unhoused People https://www.wonkette.com/p/nick-fuentes-very-optimistic-about
Nick Fuentes Very Optimistic About 'Fascist Dictator' Spencer Pratt, Hopes He'll Kill A Lot Of Unhoused People

That's certainly an endorsement.

Wonkette
If you thought Pam Bondi and Tulsi Gabbard were bad, wait till you hear about the people Trump picked to replace them. He’s rewarding their fealty with positions of power, but the quid pro quo is a danger to us all. My write-up in the link in comments.
You may think this is a far-fetched hypothetical.

But remember: Lady Liberty isn't Donald Trump's type.
Former Prince Andrew made money subletting cottages on his rent-free estate, report shows

The National Audit Office report said Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor received income from renting out the cottages on the Royal Lodge estate, his home near Windsor Castle for more than 20 years. A lease for Royal Lodge signed in 2003 shows he paid only a nominal fee known as a “peppercorn rent” for the property, which included a 30-room mansion and eight cottages, three of which he was allowed to sublet.

PBS News

New data on #COVID19:

COVID still declining with no sign of a summer surge. COVID remains near record lows. COVID is Very Low in every state (for the first time ever.)

Based on Emergency Dept data, CDC estimates COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in 1 state (FL). (ED data is a weak signal.)

Biofire reports a declining rate of COVID positivity.

Happy to report COVID's low risks continue in the US!

https://www.cdc.gov/wastewater/respiratory-viruses/national.html?cove-tab=1

https://www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling-and-forecasting/rt-estimates/index.html?tab=0

https://www.syndromictrends.com/

National Wastewater Data for Respiratory Viruses

View national wastewater viral activity data for Influenza A, COVID-19, and RSV.

CDC's Wastewater Monitoring Program

Hahaha the Onion is so funny! They nailed it.

……….wait.

Amazon Employees Show Up to City Council Meeting to Demand Limits on Data Centers
https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-employees-publicly-demand-regulations-on-data-centers/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Business @business-WIRED

Amazon Employees Show Up to City Council Meetings to Demand Limits on Data Centers

Activists say it’s the first time Big Tech employees have publicly called for regulations governing data center projects.

WIRED
Let me tell you, there’s nothing worse than the worst case scenario.
The problem isn’t woke; the problem is work. It’s a lack of social mobility. It’s that college may no longer elevate a graduate to the middle class. It’s that nobody even bothers to pretend that a house, a good job and the ability to start a family are at all guaranteed.

From

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/opinion/graduation-speakers-ai-college-commencement.html?unlocked_article_code=1.n1A.Jeaz.7DS0B8WN4AKV&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Opinion | It’s No Wonder Grads Are Booing Their Commencement Speakers

Companies are trying to automate graduates’ futures away. No wonder they’re furious.

The New York Times
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