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Josh Rosenau

@joshrosenau.bsky.social

Science belongs in politics. Nature-poker, mountain lion defender, climate hawk, evolution fan. he/him
https://scienceleagueofamerica.com
Seattle area
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He knows there’s someone with a gun somewhere in that room. Or poison! Maybe some weird umbrella poison they inject in his Big Mac!! Why did Melania’s letter about how she was happy he was alive sound like a misspoken obit? A hillbilly elegy even!? Where is that PJ guy anyway? Was that a balloon or…
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Neighbor cat has a side quest.
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See they almost set up the joke but not quite here. abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
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Oh now that reminds me of this classic moment from an RNC convention.
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My reply to every news story about Vance.
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I would appreciate reporting to clarify when and how Melania found out about the shooting, and where she was at the time. I’m going to guess she doesn’t watch the rallies live, and clearly doesn’t attend them. apnews.com/article/trum...
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I dunno Maggie, you talk to him all the time. Do you, an experienced reporter, think Trump is a serious person when discussing foreign policy problems? Is Biden’s assessment credible? Or are we just scripting a RiffTrax?
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Project 2025 would, wherever possible, replace EPA scientists with Young Republicans Club presidents, or failing that potted plants.
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Do you enjoy the Texas abortion bounty program? Then you’ll love Project 2025’s scientist bounty program. If you find an EPA scientist doing science, turn them in for REAL CASH PRIZES!
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Project 2025 would move FEMA to the Department of the Interior. Next to the Park Service? I don’t even get the point here unless it’s some weird way to placate folks with conspiracy theories about black helicopters.
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Of course Project 2025 wants to eliminate the US Global Change Research Program and other federal leadership and coordination on climate research and policy. Outsource it to the private sector!
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Project 2025 would privatize the TSA. Because giving tax dollars to unaccountable security contractors is what travelers want, not shorter lines.
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Project 2025 would shut down research on endangered species by federal scientists.
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It would also overrule scientists and force the delisting of grizzly bears, wolves, sage grouse regardless of evidence. And would take “species specialists” out of the loop. (The IQA plays a central role as an anti-science tool in Mooney’s The Republican War on Science.)
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This is just bloodthirsty brutality. Killing bear cubs in winter dens, stuff like that. Wyoming law doesn’t even apply animal cruelty laws to carnivores!
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Project 2025 wants to take away the law that lets the President preserve our natural heritage. Everyone from Teddy Roosevelt on has used it to save what makes America beautiful, unique, great. But the Property Developer in Chief doesn’t like it.
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It’s like they never even watched Swiss Army Man.
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Pertinent but not sufficient. There should be no chance Hughes ever gets to hear a case, and his past rulings all need to be scrutinized.
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In the episode, a group of men from Oakland recount how they became pimps, including how they recruited. One describes walking into a bar, picking a woman, and ordering her “buy me a drink.”. Most said “fuck off.” Some did it. Those, he would push further with other demands.
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Once you start noticing that every goddamn story about deadly heatwaves is illustrated with beach fun it really increases your desire to strew caltrops near oilfield roadways.
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Sir Elton? Sir Billy? Who even knows?
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And bragged about walking into pageant changing rooms. This Donald Trump.
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Pratt wrote a whole book lionizing Guatemalan and Philippine death squads, holding them up as a necessary bulwark against communism. In fact they committed mass murder and genocide of their political rivals to prevent democratic transfer of power. The Shoah Foundation: sfi.usc.edu/collections/...