Scientist, educator, parent . . . not necessarily in that order. All opinions are mine, mine, mine.
Joined February 2013
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24 Nov 2024
Remaining on this hellsite feels a bit like having a supporting role in an old school war drama.
“I’ll find you there!” I call out bravely across the widening distance between us, as your train pulls away towards Bluesky.
I smile through my tears. We will see each other again.
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May 28
We already have a process for determining whether accusers are credible. It’s called a trial. And a jury already decided they believed E Jean Carroll. THIS is weaponization.
nytimes.com/2026/05/27/us/po… via @NYTimes
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May 25
Pope Leo becoming the leader of the Butlerian Jihad was not on my bingo card.
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May 25
If you’d told me last century that I would be wholeheartedly agreeing with the Pope and utterly ideologically opposed to the US Health Secretary, I’d have checked your tea for LSD.
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May 12
Same Fight. New Generation. All Roads Lead to the South -- National Day of Action For Voting Rights! Help in any way you can. blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofa…
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May 11
The VRA is being dismantled piece by piece
& we are going back to where it was born to fight for it
May 16, Edmund Pettus Bridge & AL State Capitol
Join us - TN 👉blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofa…
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May 10
Almost forgot to post this - Happy John Brown’s birthday to those who celebrate.
Try not to be the sort of person John Brown would have shot.
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The new Jim Crow will be defeated like the old Jim Crow.
We were tired then, but not defeated.
We are tired now, but we will not be defeated.
Weeping may endure for a night, but the morning is coming.
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Well, well, well. You were all laughing when I made my students do their exams with quills and parchment, but looks like I'm the one laughing now
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May 7
The State will tell you what is the Truth, and you will Believe It.
May 5
Breaking News: The FDA has blocked publication of research that found widely used Covid-19 and shingles vaccines were safe. nyti.ms/49dtF24
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May 3
I’ve never shown ID to eat in a restaurant (sure, when I was young and fresh, I showed my ID if I was drinking alcohol).
But nowadays? Nope.
Where does this dude eat?
May 3
Blanche: "There's a lot of things we can be doing, like voter ID. Every time you walk into a restaurant you have to show ID. How about you have to show your idea to vote? That's not anything that's crazy."
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Whoever invents an AI blocker is going to be a quadrillinair and I'm ready to PAY.
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Apr 23
I wrote about this in my newsletter. The Weather Service didn't launch balloons recently and got surprised by tornadoes in Kansas. DOGE cuts at NWS cut out weather balloon launches which gather data for storm prediction. You are less safe because of that choice.
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Apr 21
“if you’re concerned about how much water data centers use, it’s way less than agriculture”
YES BUT WE HAVE TO EAT. WE DONT HAVE TO USE AI
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Demonstrating KU’s prowess in the field of astrophysics, Hayley Beltz, a KU postdoc researcher, has won a highly competitive NASA Hubble Prize Fellowship that will support her research into the magnetic fields of planets beyond our solar system. 🪐 news.ku.edu/news/article/ku-…
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Apr 17
RT @cmclymer: “You just wanna see the Anne Hathaway movie about a tradwife influencer being dropped into the 19th century because it gives…
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Congratulations to the 2026 University Research Awards recipients. Your determination and discoveries help make the world a better place. 🌎 Thank you for exemplifying the creativity, ingenuity, and might that power KU’s legacy as a leading research institution. Rock Chalk!
ALT Professors wearing award medallions pose for a photo at the University of Kansas 2026 University Research Awards ceremony.
ALT University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas A. Girod addresses the audience at the 2026 University Research Awards ceremony.
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Apr 11
April 1945: In the final days of World War II, the Führer obsesses over absurdly large monuments for his reimagined Berlin, focusing on an idealized future rather than the reality of his collapsing Reich.
Apr 10
Trump: “I am pleased to announce that TODAY my Administration officially filed the presentation and plans to the highly respected Commission of Fine Arts for what will be the GREATEST and MOST BEAUTIFUL Triumphal Arch, anywhere in the World. This will be a wonderful addition to the Washington D.C. area for all Americans to enjoy for many decades to come! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
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Apr 10
Something very late Roman about the triumphal arches growing bigger and gaudier as the triumphs themselves grow scarcer and more dubious.
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Apr 11
On the helicopter leaving the ship right now. This planet is impossibly beautiful from every altitude I’ve seen it…surface to 250,000 miles
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