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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The last book was short, so next off the shelf, science history! #books #reading #nonfiction #history #science #everyoneshouldreadmore 📚📘💙

Cover of The Northern Lights by Lucy Jago

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Next off the Shelf- more history of my place of origin. #reading #books #nonfiction #history #eveyoneshouldreadmore 📚📘💙

Cover of “By the Shining Big-Sea-Water” by Olive M. Anderson

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 03/10/2026

“Last month, a prototype of the Bone Dissolver unexpectedly dissolved a number of human bones”: Jay Katsir imagines what a slowdown for this rapidly growing technology could look like.

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I’m Calling for a Pause in the Development of the Universal Bone Dissolver

A recent incident has raised my concerns: Last month, the Bone Dissolver unexpectedly dissolved a number of bones.

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It takes very little reading of history (military or general) to learn that most wars are won or lost based on competence, planning, and logistics. All three of those are lacking in the current pentagon leadership

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Are we really to be surprised that AI agents are breaking rules and ostensibly committing crimes? They are trained on (largely misappropriated) collections of human output. Beyond the training by theft, have you met humanity? AI models are just reproducing humanity’s foibles with more efficiency

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The only conceivable manner in which this would be okay is if they were replacing the loans with grants. We need musicians and historians and social workers more than ever. Fuck these fucking fucks.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My quote of the day How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. Anne Frank

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your fucking philosophy.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I think something to consider here is that Collins voted to confirm Russ Vought as OMB Director despite the fact that he said a billion times that he thought Trump had a constitutional right to illegally impound funds, and now she’s doing shocked Pikachu reactions.

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Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration. This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress's Constitutional power of the purse.
This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.

Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress's appropriations powers.
OMB is an agency of the executive branch. It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.
The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.
I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My quote of the day It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. Upton Sinclair

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Seconded. It’s not worth giving in to have it now. Better to sit empty until he’s gone and then bring it back

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Thank you for bringing this up. As a 60+ geek, I both watched movie and read three novels in this series. Accordingly, every time I see Elmo’s machine referenced by name, I cringe and internally ask “did he think this was a good name?”

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Donald Trump is the worst president in American history. Every Republican running in November represents that legacy. Send a message. Vote them out.

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Next off the shelf: more history (of a sort) from my hometown. #books #reading #nonfiction #history #everyoneshouldreadmore 📚📘💙

Cover of A Face in the Rock by Lore Graham

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Reposting with a reminder to my fellow Maine residents that Susan Collins was a critical vote putting RFK jr into his position. 😑🤦‍♂️

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Almost forty years living in the northeast can’t disguise the fact that I grew up in the upper Midwest. (But they clearly need some questions to identify the Yooper accent, as I am not from Minnesota 🤣)

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Once again, all available evidence suggests that there is not a shred of morality or decency in any member of this administration

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Based on essentially all available evidence, there isn’t a single decent human in this administration

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Unregulated capitalism will eventually rob, sicken, and possibly kill you.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern?

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Reading books printed on paper is my go to form of pushback. #reading #books #everyoneshouldreadmore

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Robert P. Jones @robertpjones.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

These side by side images tell the story: Trump welcomes only white South Africans while ICE descends on Haitians who have fled violence & established lives here legally. By abruptly ending TPS for Haitians & initiating mass deportations, our government is gleefully enacting racial apartheid in US.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

THIS is an example of what many have been worried about wrt NIH Institute Directors. No NIH experience, limited publication record, minimal management experience but LOADS OF CONNECTIONS AROUND POLITICIZED ISSUES THAT OVERLAP WITH SCIENCE.

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Jeff Tirdrich’s challenge still stands

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Next off the shelf. Back to ecology, nature, and science. #books #reading #nonfiction #everyoneshouldreadmore 📘📚💙

Cover of Consulting there Genius of the Place by Wes Jackson

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This 👇👇👇👇👇

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

1. No Ordinary Time - Doris Kearns Goodwin 2. In Praise of Walking - Shane O’Mara 3. Whatever strikes me as appropriate from my pile of “to read” 4. The Invention of Nature - Andrea Wulf (best this year)

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The only thing (and I do mean only) that air travel has in its favor is speed. Every other aspect is unpleasant at best, and more often it’s just miserable. And that’s not counting the siphon that the airlines themselves insert nto your wallet

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God @thegodshow.com · 05/08/2026

Racism will never bring down the cost of groceries or gas.

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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 30/05/2026

"Instead of getting to enjoy a planet bursting with life and love, I have to watch while the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet kill everything in their path on their quest to hoard the most amount of money possible."

saint_vein posts:
Sorry l've been distant and sad lately, it's just that l'm dealing with the crushing existential dread of living on a beautiful planet bursting with life and love and instead of just getting to enjoy it, I have to watch while the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet kill everything in their path on their quest to hoard the most amount of money possible.

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

“we should never normalize the idea of an entire government weaponizing itself against some innocent person, just because the president is a colicky piss-baby who can never admit culpability for any of his disasters.”

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Every senator that voted for his confirmation should resign in disgrace

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Every journalist on the Reflecting Pool story knows damn well that Trump’s “vandalism” claim is complete bullshit. The way they mindlessly amplify what they know is a lie is a perfect example of how normalizing Trump misinforms readers. This is a huge journalistic failure and history will be unkind.

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🦋 Still Standing 🦋 @imstillstanding.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Well…isn’t this a little gem. @jenpsaki.bsky.social did you know about this?

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

My quote of the day Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. Warren Buffett

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Sure, but tell me again how Troy Jackson had angry outbursts 🙄

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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

"The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." ~ Plato

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

To be fair, it’s likely he doesn’t know what he looks like since he almost certainly casts no reflection in a mirror

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

There is literally never a bottom with these miscreants. It seems every day brings another attack on universities and the research community

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JoelGinBH @joelinbh.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Going into the Wayback Machine for this one, I’m going with Deal of the Century (1983)

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

"Between May 29 and July 9, roughly 51,000 comments were posted to regulations.gov (and over 200,000 more had been received but not yet published). The verdict on public sentiment is clear and lopsided: about 94 percent oppose the proposed rule..." www.techpolicy.press/the-public-r...

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The Public Rejects OMB's Federal Financial Assistance Rule

Tens of thousands of scientists, clinicians, and ordinary citizens warned OMB about putting political appointees in charge of which research gets funded.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Democrats are communists in the same sense that Donald Trump is a Christian: They are not.

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