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Noelle Machnicki, PhD @noelleon.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

My favorite halftime show ever. Beautiful, joyful, political. It was perfect.

Noelle Machnicki, PhD @noelleon.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Today I was standing on a busy street crossing waiting for the light to change while busses flew by a few feet away. I had an intrusive thought: if someone shoved me from behind as one passed I’d die. The guy standing next to me turns to me and says “I saw a guy get hit here last week.”

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Noelle Machnicki, PhD @noelleon.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Still coming down from that #seahawks win. My watch recorded my heart rate in the 4th and OT as 12 minutes of exercise and gave me a decibel warning from my own screaming. One that I will never forget!

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 17/12/2025

NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.

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Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado

The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

once again the best trump rejoinder is “fuck you, make me”

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Noelle Machnicki, PhD @noelleon.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I’ve been struggling with the implications of widespread AI use in education- my gut says that the bad outweighs the good. This excellent piece validated a lot and was an absolute gut punch to read. I want more resistance.

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AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself

Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.

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Noelle Machnicki, PhD @noelleon.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween from Arlo the chicken!

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Noelle Machnicki, PhD @noelleon.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

My travels to Poland have taught me that painstakingly restoring destroyed historic buildings is possible. It won’t be the same but it will be better than a gaudy golden ballroom standing as a reminder of our abject failure as a country to stop this POS.

The East Wing of the White House ripped open by machinery.

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Noelle Machnicki, PhD @noelleon.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Proud of the Mariners and thankful we got to experience October baseball even though it nearly killed me with stress. Looking forward to seeing the Jays destroyed by the Dodgers. Their dumb HR jacket is the douchiest thing I’ve ever seen.

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Drone637 @drone637.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

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Noelle Machnicki, PhD @noelleon.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

RIP Jane Goodall. Her work captivated me as a girl and inspired me to be a scientist. She showed us the depth of animal lives and emotions while going against the scientific consensus at the time. Her voice is needed so badly at this time and it will be missed. Thank you, Jane.

A photo of primatologist Jane Goodall sitting on the ground and smiling. A young Chimpanzee sits next to her resting its back against her side.

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Noelle Machnicki, PhD @noelleon.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

🎶🎵 its here…. 🎵🎶 If you are unfamiliar with Fat Bear Week it’s time to get with the program

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Fat Bear Week 2025

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

u know who are skeptics scientists are skeptics being anti-science is not being a skeptic

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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 14/09/2025

me: magic isn’t real also me, after the Mariners win eight in a row: the Etsy witch is real, and she is my president

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Noelle Machnicki, PhD @noelleon.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Got my Covid booster today at a CVS in WA. The pharmacist said they could only give doses those over 65 and those who were high risk. She all but winked and said “we don’t have to ask condition you have, you just have to say yes.” It’s stupid you have to do that but at least it’s available.

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Good morning! MAGA/MAHA dude Jay Bhattacharya will forever be remembered as RFK Jr’s biggest champion (he campaigned for him/spoke at his rallies) & the NIH director who presided over the destruction of US health research—including childhood brain cancer research 🤬 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...

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Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I took this picture myself at the CDC protest today. These are among the hundreds of bullet holes in CDC headquarters windows, visible from the street. I heard today that the admin has no urgent plan to fix these windows. Imagine being a CDC employee going to work under these conditions

CDC headquarters windows with visible bullet holes

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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 22/08/2025

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

It’s mind boggling how many additional people this administration is killing. “I have been in this business for over 50 years on the front lines of public health…And I can say unequivocally that this was the most dangerous public health decision I have ever seen made by a government body.”

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Federal mRNA funding cut is 'most dangerous public health decision' ever, expert says

Many public health experts and scientists say they are stunned by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s decision to cancel nearly half a billion dollars in federal funding for future vaccine develop...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/07/2025

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

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Danny THEE Himbo @br00taldan.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Heads up if you live in Seattle, Chicago, Philly, DMV, and NYC. Be careful and know your rights. Protect each other and keep yourself safe

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Noelle Machnicki, PhD @noelleon.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I guess one way to “re-establish public confidence” in vaccines is to make them unavailable so that people have to deal with the devastating consequences of infectious diseases that they have never experienced BECAUSE THEY FUCKING WORK.

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Health Secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panel

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken the extraordinary step of firing the expert panel that advises the CDC.

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Noelle Machnicki, PhD @noelleon.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

This man is dangerous AF and is about to usher us into a new era of people needlessly dying from preventable diseases.

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Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts

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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 05/06/2025

This is a big day for couples that are one super online person and one normal

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Alt National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI) 🧬 @alt-thenci.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Did the Tr*mp administration cancel your NIH or NCI grant proposal? Know someone who was affected? The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology in the House wants to hear from you. Please fill out this link and share. forms.office.com/pages/respon... #CancerResearch #OncoSky #CanSky

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a man says please tell us what you know in a netflix advertisement

ALT: a man says please tell us what you know in a netflix advertisement

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Noelle Machnicki, PhD @noelleon.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

More of this please! We scientists need to be communicating to the general public that science cuts are going to make us less informed, less safe and people will needlessly DIE.

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RavenMae @ravenmae.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

I know everyone is struggling but I need help. Due to my loss of income, dad & I are at risk of losing the house from debt. Any help/reskeet you can give me to hold onto this house until we're better situated to sell it vs losing it would be greatly appreciated. gofund.me/fa508967

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Donate to Help RavenMae Save Her Home from Bankruptcy, organized by Jane Powers

I haven’t been able to work due to my failing health. My dad, who lives with m… Jane Powers needs your support for Help RavenMae Save Her Home from Bankruptcy

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Noelle Machnicki, PhD @noelleon.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Look at this absolute masterpiece of an adoptable dog 😍

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Noelle Machnicki, PhD @noelleon.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Pretzel in his surgery recovery onesie. He pretended his legs didn’t work at first but he’s got used to it pretty quickly. His recovery is going great.

A wide-eyed tabby cat sits in a fuzzy green dog bed. He’s wearing a pale green onesie.

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Noelle Machnicki, PhD @noelleon.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Pretzel is making great progress! It took him about 24 hours to snap out of his drugged haze and start eating, which had us worried. Apparently he was “spicy” so he may have gotten some extra strong drugs at the vet. Anyway, he’s eating, drinking and pooping and we are thrilled.

A boy feeds a tabby cat a tube of churu. The cat is getting a cone break but it’s going back on, per vet instructions.

A cat wearing a cone of shame lays on a bed with his pink shaved belly exposed. A lap and laptop are at the edge of frame, showing a cat-recovery home office setup.

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Noelle Machnicki, PhD @noelleon.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

He’s recovering at home! The kids have tucked him in with his favorite blanket and are trying not to fuss over him too much. Thank you everyone for helping us save Pretzel. I’ll keep posting as he recovers.

A drunk cat in a cone lays on a green dog bed. He’s tucked in under a pink fleece blanket covered in a gray kitten print. His absurdly big naked belly pooch is exposed.

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Noelle Machnicki, PhD @noelleon.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I love all you wonderful people of BlueSky, you are awesome and I will be donating to the cat rescue that helped me with his family (and getting mom spayed) when we can and I will forever share and chip in when you need a hand.

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Noelle Machnicki, PhD @noelleon.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

He’s home! Thank you so much to everyone for any help you provided. Pretzel lives!! It was a nerf bullet and two mystery rubber discs that are about nickel sized. I have no idea what they are but he’s still a big idiot and I am getting pet insurance so we aren’t in this situation again.

A drunk looking tabby lays on a wood floor in a cone. His front leg has a bandage on it.

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Novelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

when people like Bill Gates say shit like "there won't be doctors or teachers in ten years" we should consider that as a threat. His ass is going to see a real human doctor! His grandkids will have real human teachers! He's talking about YOU!!

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Blair Braverman @blairbraverman.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

You don't have to give up because people tell you to. ❤️

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Blair Braverman @blairbraverman.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

They fucking did it. They mushed to Nome.

A man in a white parka sits next to a gray and white husky with a white strike down her forehead. She nibbles something tasty off the ground while he looks over his shoulder. Above them is the burled arch that marks the Iditarod's finish line in Nome. They did it.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Before I start, let me thank the brave folks within NIH who have shared information, hints, and other materials that have helped me sort this out. I don’t know most of your names and, even if I did, no one would ever hear them from me. So here is what appears to be going on… 1/n

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year. “'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'" Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

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F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots

The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.

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Noelle Machnicki, PhD @noelleon.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I’m so thankful for this sweet goober of a horse and our mutual love of flying around an arena over not-too-high jumps under a pink sunset sky. My brain chemistry needed that.

A bay horse with a kind eye and white star stands facing the camera. He’s in crossties, wearing a fleece cooler, and is expecting his carrot now, thank you.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who killed so many children in Samoa they ran out of child-sized coffins, has been confirmed to lead Health and Human Services. The vote was 52-48. All Dems and Mitch McConnell, whose fault this is, voted no. All other Republicans voted yes. The blood will be on their hands.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/02/2025

Microsoft's own research confirms something that was already pretty obvious: relying on a text generating machine to come up with answers erodes critical thinking, and is a method favoured by those who never liked doing critical thinking in the first place advait.org/files/lee_20...

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