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JAD Vargas

@jadvargasphd.bsky.social
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Scientist, human. Hobbies include photography, architecture appreciation, and travel. Leica Q3 and Nikon Z8 are my goto setups.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/04/2025
NEW: The Supreme Court is creating a due process gap through the redistribution of rights. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-suprem...
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The Supreme Court’s Redistribution of Rights
It’s almost unfathomable to me what the Supreme Court has done to us in the last 15 years, but we all should have seen it coming.
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E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 13/03/2025
A French University is funding a Safe Place For Science program meant to recruit scientists who cannot continue their work in the US. www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/a...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/03/2025
Over the last three years, the head of a small charter school network that serves fewer than 1,000 students has taken home up to $870,000 annually, a startling amount that appears to be the highest for any public school superintendent in Texas. By @emsimani.bsky.social and Lexi Churchill
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This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.
On paper, Salvador Cavazos earns less than $300,000 to run Valere Public Schools, a small Texas charter network. But taxpayers likely aren’t aware that in reality, his total pay makes him one of the…
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 07/03/2025
Russia’s ‘3-day war’ is now 3 YEARS old—and they’re getting wrecked. 800,000 casualties, no tanks, no fleet… and now Trump is cutting Ukraine’s aid to throw Putin a lifeline. Sad! Read how Ukraine is WINNING despite the betrayals adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/trumps-lif...
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Trump's Lifeline to Putin: Cutting Ukraine's Aid Amid Russia's Collapse
Marco Rubio, Michael Waltz, and their ilk will spend the rest of their lives avoiding Ukrainians for fear of being spit on
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
This is absolutely chilling. A glimpse of the totalitarian state to come.
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
What people are failing to realize as the Tech CEOs and billionaires fall over each other to try and appease Trump as he comes to power, is they have some of the best and smartest advisors money can buy. They are looking at the Russian example under Putin and Trump’s aspirations. They are terrified!
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 06/01/2025
The January 6th attacks weren’t just a dark day—they were a violent, harrowing warning that our freedoms and democracy are under siege. We can never forget, downplay, or excuse the gravity of what happened. Our democracy demands action, and we must stand firm to protect it!
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
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With gratitude
I am overwhelmed by the response
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Yup. They all knew it was disgraceful.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
“Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back.”—Gore Vidal
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Sound of Fear on Air
It is an ominous sign that Morning Joe felt it had to apologize for something I said.
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
There it is
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Facts matter. Science saves lives. Anti-science destroys them.
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... Putin outsmarted about 1/2 of American voters. He didn’t have to drop a single bomb. A collapse from within.
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Tulsi Gabbard’s history with Russia is even more concerning than you think
One expert says her views are ‘so wildly fringe that her potential appointment as DNI is genuinely alarming’, Richard Hall and Andrew Feinberg write
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Really wish @maddow.bsky.social would have asked GovAct CEO what the plan is if Troops start rolling in to carry out mass deportation and denaturalization orders. Assuming this will be all court battles and the rule of law will prevail is folly, that was lost when SCOTUS greenlit the coup candidate.
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
BDay Weekend Photo walks…
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NPR @npr.org · 18/11/2024
The patient was traveling from East Africa, where the mpox disease is endemic. The CDC says the strain does not present a high risk to the general population.
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A more severe strain of mpox has been detected in the U.S. for the first time
The patient was traveling from East Africa, where the mpox disease is endemic. The CDC says the strain does not present a high risk to the general population.
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 18/11/2024
After a relatively tranquil, dry fall in California, this week’s weather forecast could not be more different. Extreme rainfall totals are predicted throughout parts of the Bay Area.
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California bracing for extreme rainfall. Here’s why this atmospheric river will be different
A bomb cyclone off the Washington coast will promote an atmospheric river-fueled storm over Northern California. Here's how much rain and wind to expect.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
1/ X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to systematically boost Republican-leaning accounts and Elon Musk's own account following his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to a newly released computational study of engagement from the Queensland University of Technology.⬇️
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Sydney at night. #nikon #zeiss #photography #australia #travel
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
DC shot with Leica Q2
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Da pup
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Destroying the concept of expertise - of preparation, of qualification, of distinction - has been necessary to Trump’s rise, and to his “smash and grab”plans for our country. Trump’s own incompetence & compromised ethics & morality invite many people to feel comfortable with a world w/o rules.
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
NYC shot from what will probably be my first and last helicopter tour ever. It was terrifying! But the pics were worth it. This was one of the last photo trips with my Nikon D850 before I traded it in for a Z8. #NYC #photography
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Sakura 🌸 #nikon #zeiss
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Amsterdam
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
NYC
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
#wildlife
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
#wildlifewednesday NikonZ8
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
What we are not ready to come to terms with as a nation is that no one was fooled into voting for Trump. It wasn’t that avg Americans didn’t believe the generals, the staffers, his former VP, and they didn’t vote for him in spite of that, they voted because of all that, he is who they wanted.
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
SF
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Smiski
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Joshua Tree, Joshua Tree National Park.
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Yosemite National Park, Nikon Z8, Zeiss 50mm Milvus.
Yosemite
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Aristide “Ari” shot on film. Leica M3, Ilford HP5, 50mm Summicron.
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Bird on a rope fence
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JAD Vargas @jadvargasphd.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Guggenheim black and white.
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