Brett @astrobug75.bsky.social · 03/01/2026If a twice-impeached president who orchestrated an insurrection is continuing to break U.S. laws and violate our Constitution, what makes us think he is going to care at all about breaking international laws? 000 0
Brett @astrobug75.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Just thinking out loud here, but if you were a malignant narcissist running a country with a very powerful military... and your poll numbers were tanking... and your name shows up a lot in the Epstein files that you're supposed to be releasing... maybe just wag the dog? 000 0
Brett @astrobug75.bsky.social · 03/01/2026NYE at 11:59pm: 2025 was the worst year ever. So 2026 has to be better, right? 3 days later...well, maybe 2027 won't be as bad as the year before it? 000 0
Reposted by BrettPat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Well, if we’re going to prosecute people for lying to Congress… 271901645 1.9K
Reposted by BrettWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2025War-ravaged Portland 538184334332 18.4K
Reposted by BrettBill-a Lugosi's Dead @neokefka99.bsky.social · 22/07/2025And one final thought: Ozzy going out after giving an emotional final performance that raised a ton of money for charity is more spiritually uplifting and did more genuine good than anything any televangelist and religious grifter who railed against him ever did combined. 75120963307 12.1K
Reposted by BrettLar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Cartoon: Weird Bugs Yankovic. I'm still riding a bit high from Weird Al's Toronto concert and was watching some cartoons. Bugs has a great history of music and impersonation. Then I thought of a carrot weiner sandwich and I had to draw it. Enjoy! 420262 202
Reposted by BrettNina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 22/06/2025War kills people, and those it doesn’t kill, end up carrying a heavy burden of trauma. Americans do not want war and they certainly do not want politicians who cheer it on. The politicians don’t go to war, the working class does. We must center humanity and stand against war. 6626135 626
Reposted by BrettCAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 22/06/2025youtu.beCake - War PigsYouTube video by iacobelli7 2042479 424
Reposted by BrettSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 20/06/2025What better way to observe the end of slavery than a rich old white man yelling to work harder. 231162093143 16.2K
Brett @astrobug75.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Ah, 🍊💩⛳...why do always gotta fall for the 🚀 man? You know that come morning, he's going to climb out of the K-hole, talk some shit and break your ❤️! 000 0
Reposted by BrettBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Elon threatening to just leave people on the ISS is making a pretty good case for why you nationalize your space program! 326230634141 23.1K
Reposted by BrettSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Today is the LAST DAY to order a Biology is Bigger Than Binaries shirt! I'm sending numbers to the print shop first thing tomorrow morning, so get these shirts now or never. I can't store them in my house right now, so we're doing one big order! RTs extremely appreciated Squidfacts.bigcartel.com 8213130 213
Reposted by BrettJoshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 31/05/2025How bad will it be? Catastrophic. Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come. But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget. Speak up now before it is too late. (inflation adjusted $-s below) 7025981363 2.6K
Brett @astrobug75.bsky.social · 26/05/2025It seems pretty clear that this administration is waging an all-out war on poor people, while doing all it can to make people poor, who will then be killed by their cruel policies. 010 1
Reposted by BrettAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Dr. Wild's Big Gallery of Bug Sexalexanderwild.comInsect Sex - Alex WildThe world's millions of insect species display a glorious diversity of strategies for courting and mating. 35214 52
Reposted by BrettNPR @npr.org · 24/05/2025A new study details the evolutionary change of Anna's Hummingbirds, finding their beaks have grown longer and more tapered to get the most from common feeders.npr.orgBackyard feeders changed the shape of hummingbird beaks, scientists sayA new study details the evolutionary change of Anna's Hummingbirds, finding their beaks have grown longer and more tapered to get the most from common feeders. 13152751078 5.3K
Reposted by BrettCoral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Believe it or not, all three of these fish are the same species… the bluehead wrasse. Wrasses are protogynous hermaphrodites, meaning they transition from female to male over the course of their lives. Each phase can look radically different from each other as evidenced here #coralcitycamera 214101791451 10.2K
Reposted by BrettCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/05/2025#WorldPressFreedomDay 🔥 @froomkin.bsky.social 161113604249 11.4K
Reposted by BrettLGBTQ Shrink @drronholt.bsky.social · 20/04/2025This account is welcoming. 🏳️⚧️ 9460274 460
Brett @astrobug75.bsky.social · 16/04/2025How surprised can we be that the tyrant who led an insurrection against a coequal branch of government 4 years ago is now ignoring orders from the other coequal branch and showing similar contempt towards the constitution itself? 100 1
Reposted by BrettDavid Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Grievances 16-19 in Declaration of Independence 16. "For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world" 17. "For imposing taxes on us without our consent" 18. "For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Jury trial" 19. "For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences" 241951761 2K
Reposted by BrettJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 15/04/2025The White House cites an NPR feature that states "banana slugs are hermaphrodites" as a reason to cease public funding of the network. But banana slugs literally are hermaphrodites! Like that is just a scientific fact! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_... 23751581246 5.2K
Reposted by BrettCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13/04/2025Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner. nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comSeniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die OffSometimes older voters aren’t just naturally more conservative. It’s just that wealthier and whiter people tend to live longer and healthier lives. 172110133764 11K
Reposted by BrettDavid Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 13/04/2025‘These people don’t deserve to wield this power’ is true not because they are clowns (which they are) but because no one could deserve this power. 07417 74
Reposted by BrettSidney Morss @sidneymorss.bsky.social · 11/04/2025owning a small business in 2025… 20090372692 9K
Reposted by BrettDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 07/04/2025Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science. 365242177677 24.2K
Reposted by BrettRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported. 12134351012223 43.5K
Reposted by Brettaventurera.bsky.social @aventurera.bsky.social · 06/04/2025📢 EL PUEBLO, UNIDO, JAMÁS SERÁ VENCIDO!! 📢 021 2
Brett @astrobug75.bsky.social · 03/04/2025My hypothesis for Trump's endgame: Becoming 'Dear Leader' of US. If so, how would he do it? 1) Destroy the institutions that could stop him. (military, federal LE/intel, courts, press, academia) 2) Cause chaos and declare martial law. (say, by crashing the economy or starting a war) 120 2
Brett @astrobug75.bsky.social · 28/03/2025So just to be clear, y'all are totally fine with reverting civil rights protections (or lack thereof) to circa 1945. But if that time was so great, why aren't we reinstating the old tax rate (45%) for the rich? 🤔 010 1
Reposted by BrettAlanna Vagianos @alannavagianos.bsky.social · 27/03/2025NEW: The Trump administration pulled funding for research to protect pregnant women from domestic violence, citing it as a “DEI” initiative.huffpost.comTrump Admin Pulls Research Funding To Protect Pregnant Women From Domestic ViolenceHomicide by an abusive partner is the leading cause of death for pregnant women in the U.S. – and researchers are gutted by the sudden cuts. 15223121312 2.3K
Brett @astrobug75.bsky.social · 25/03/2025So how is this whole 'meritocracy' movement in the U.S. Federal Government working out? Did the drunk guy with credible rape accusations against him who was entirely unqualified to be Secretary of Defense fuck up in some major, stupid, public way? 110 1
Reposted by BrettEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 23/03/2025A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved 5940141640 4K
Reposted by BrettDr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025The Mariana snailfish thrives at record-breaking depths, proving that the harshest environments can still support life. Education should be the same—accessible no matter where you are. Those who destroy education want only the privileged to thrive. Snailfish would disagree. #marinelife #deepsea 311923 119
Reposted by BrettTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17/03/2025You don’t know who we just disappeared to El Salvador. Think about that. 702300478388 30K
Reposted by BrettThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14/03/2025The Trump administration is planning to cancel its lease at a government laboratory in Hawaii, a site where scientists support key observations of surging greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, according to a list obtained by Democratic members of Congress and shared with The Post.washingtonpost.comTrump moves to close facility that helps track planet-warming pollutionThe lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data to produce the Keeling Curve, a chart on the daily status of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. 127983551 983
Brett @astrobug75.bsky.social · 14/03/2025So the people whose 'house on fire' response has long been 'you nerds should build a better thermometer!' are now going to smash the smoke detector that has been going off since 1958. 000 0
Brett @astrobug75.bsky.social · 11/03/2025My non-AI summary of the current administration: Billionaires are gleefully tearing apart our government so they can more effectively wage war on poor people. This is textbook sociopathy. 010 1
Reposted by BrettGod @thegodshow.com · 11/03/2025Can you all just admit that the GOP never gave a fuck about veterans? 583162442385 16.2K
Reposted by BrettJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/03/2025"A renowned medical school whose faculty helped treat a young cancer survivor honored this week by President Donald Trump is facing potentially devastating funding cuts because of the White House."usatoday.comTrump honored a cancer survivor. The boy's doctors now face his budget cuts.President Donald Trump honored a child cancer survivor during his joint address to Congress amid proposing vast cuts to medical research. 802446974 2.4K
Reposted by BrettWe Are Somebody @wearesomebody.bsky.social · 10/03/2025🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 Today, we are releasing our Freedom Budget for All Americans, a 9-pillar outline to eradicate poverty. The original Freedom Budget for All Americans was created by A. Philip Randolph, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., & Bayard Rustin. Full Freedom Budget 🧵 420355 203
Reposted by BrettAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 09/03/2025A Sceliphron mud dauber wasp carries a glob of mud back to her mud nest, the weight of her load counterbalanced by her unusual petiolate abdomen. Texas. 925547 255
Reposted by BrettKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 09/03/2025A century ago, there was none of this woke food safety. Listeria and Cronobacter contamination was just a fact of life! Sure, way more people died horribly, but 331015277 1K
Reposted by BrettNoelle @finallynoelle.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Might save a life. 2232991814769 29.9K
