Reposted by norsecloneMicah @rincewind.run · 25/08/2026we simply didn’t have to do this vaccination was working we solved this problem it was over with we did not have to do this 403938954
Reposted by norseclonePatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026That was me, it was March of 2020, and it’s only gotten more accurate in the last six years 252225491
Reposted by norsecloneScientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A 2023 interview with Heidi Overton, now nominated by President Trump to lead the FDA, reveals her calling on conservatives to create “alternative systems” for publishing research that backs their policiesscientificamerican.comIn a 2023 interview, Trump’s FDA new pick laid out a vision for "conservative-based" scienceIn a 2023 podcast interview, Heidi Overton called for the creation of "alternative systems" for publishing research that backed conservative policy 92815
Reposted by norsecloneRory Johnston @roryjohnston.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Your regular reminder that excluding crude oil the US has always had a large trade surplus with Canada. 42826262
Reposted by norsecloneNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Natalie Harp is one of the most powerful people alive. I'm not joking or exaggerating. Controlling what information the US president gets and publicly communicating on behalf of the president give someone significant influence over policy of the world's most powerful country, all the way up to war. 982187563
Reposted by norsecloneMark Histed @markhisted.org · 09/08/2026Trump 2.0 has blown up US scientific research in a way that will take decades to roll back. Labs that took years to build have closed, young people have left science. NYT Mag published a long report on Dismantling Cancer Research. Why does Ross Douthat lie like this? 661823433
Reposted by norsecloneRick McKee @rmckee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I drew this August 23, 2022, and it’s coming to pass. 273186824692
Reposted by norsecloneThe Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Disbar some motherfuckers. 412823
norseclone @norseclone.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Um, @openargs.bsky.social ? news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/corporat...news.bloomberglaw.comCorporations Can Vote in Some Delaware Elections, Judge Says (1)Corporations, partnerships, trusts, limited liability companies, and other “artificial entities” have the right to vote in Delaware elections under some circumstances, a judge said in a novel ruling T... 131
Reposted by norsecloneStephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 13/05/2026SCOTUS in 2022: Five months before Election Day is too late for Louisiana to redraw its GOP House map that harms Black voters. It must wait until 2024. SCOTUS in 2026: Louisiana may cancel its imminent primary—where >40,000 already voted—to enact basically the same old map that harms Black voters 561109483
Reposted by norsecloneKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/05/2026When white supremacists described the first black politicians winning elections in the South during Reconstruction, they too called it a "reign of terror" that innocent white people had to suffer under. Black leaders! Elected to federal office! Can you imagine the indignity?! 9828181144
Reposted by norsecloneRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/02/2026www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...irishtimes.com‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since SeptemberSeamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record 22139461920
Reposted by norsecloneMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 20/01/2026I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place 15213625083
Reposted by norsecloneMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Really is a problem that for every Mark Cuban ("omg I can buy sports teams yay") there are, like, 25 billionaires who believe God has chosen them to cleanse the Earth with fire and to seed the future of humanity. It's just too much damn money, brains can't handle it. 25932220
Reposted by norsecloneBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 05/12/2025lol the ACIP committee let Aaron Siri speak for some 90 minutes and cut off CDC experts and scientists off after two minutes (sometime yelling at them to shut them up). Incredible stuff. 11530226
Reposted by norseclonePhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 06/12/2025The Trump administration has removed MLK Day and Juneteenth as holidays that include free entrance to national parks, adding the president’s birthday insteadsfgate.comNational parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black peopleFree entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth. 109630371
Reposted by norsecloneIngrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 23/11/2025www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslightcnbc.comAmericans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economyAmericans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy. 1111850361
Reposted by norsecloneJosie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 09/09/2025“We believe that in the near future half the people on the planet will be AI, and we are the company that’s bringing those people to life,” said CEO Jeanine Wright, who was previously chief operating officer of podcasting company Wondery www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...hollywoodreporter.com5,000 Podcasts. 3,000 Episodes a Week. $1 Cost Per Episode — Behind an AI Start Up’s PlanFormer Wondery exec Jeanine Wright is leading a new firm, Inception Point AI, that's betting on flooding the zone with audio content: “I think that people who are still referring to all AI-generated c... 10617532
Reposted by norsecloneMatt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 08/09/202590 yrs ago SCOTUS told FDR directly that he couldn't fire an FTC commissioner over policy disagreements--only for cause. This court has now for at least the 3rd time this year indicated *on the shadow docket w/out explanation* that it no longer considers Humphrey's Executor to be good lawsupreme.justia.comHumphrey's Executor v. United States, 295 U.S. 602 (1935)Humphrey's Executor v. United States 36529
Reposted by norsecloneKristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Not to belabor a "I told you so", but it's been clear for years that the whole "lab leak" discourse has absolutely nothing to do with a potential lab leak and everything to do with a broader anti-science agenda. I really, and truly, hope more scientists will realize this and take corrective action. 231587397
Reposted by norsecloneLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Parking a bunch of military vehicles outside Union Station is extremely weird. 811818
norseclone @norseclone.bsky.social · 09/08/2025@mattcameron.bsky.social Do you need a new t-shirt? @openargs.bsky.social 030
Reposted by norsecloneMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/06/2025The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm. 9804548411125
Reposted by norsecloneAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge. 4674881811139
Reposted by norsecloneTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 09/06/2025Watch the slow motion: it appears to me that the officers discuss the photographer and reporter before the one on the end fires on them (it looks to me like he's aiming at the camera, not the reporter, but you decide) 1093132525242
Reposted by norseclonePeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 09/06/2025there are so many thoroughly antisocial behaviors that would shock and disturb you coming from any other human being but are completely standard for cops 8755971330
Reposted by norsecloneAdrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 24/05/2025I want to emphasize that this is 18,000 avoidable deaths per year *of Medicare enrollees.* They aren't in CBO's "uninsured" count — they're older people and folks with disabilities on Medicare who won't get extra financial help because of a proposed moratorium on a regulation. 6467245
Reposted by norsecloneAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 24/05/2025Every Harry Potter book or shirt you buy directly funds the persecution of trans people. There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people. 14493094194
Reposted by norsecloneEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 24/05/2025Was quite a moment, a sense we reached some kind of inflection point in U.S. history. You can now personally pay a U.S. president to gain an audience. 671532438
Reposted by norsecloneMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Yep. It's not possible to understand politics today, much less predict future trends, without recognizing that a large segment of the population lives in an alternate reality increasingly untethered from the real world via nonstop right-wing propaganda on every issue. 531562430
Reposted by norseclone#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 23/05/2025Elon and his goons are still stealing your data. They're still assaulting the Constitution. They're still terrorizing federal workers. Don't buy his bullshit. "Stepping back" just means "please stop protesting my business." You know what to do. #teslatakedown 13651291
Reposted by norseclonejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/05/2025this entire paragraph is Stephen Pinker openly saying, "I think race science is real and correct." 435103752061
Reposted by norsecloneBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22/05/2025boy if I was the editor of the NYT (Harvard class of 1987) I might be thinking twice about why I empowered a racist attack on the institution for weeks, laying the groundwork for the deranged policy attacks of today. 191901280
Reposted by norsecloneBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 18/05/2025As long as we’re talking about Naomi Wolf I want to remind you once again about the time she thought Apple invented vaccines that let you travel backwards in time 1695414774
Reposted by norsecloneMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 12/05/2025"I think it should be controversial to NOT say anything" about Gaza I spoke to YouTube star and children's educator Ms. Rachel about her outspoken support for Palestinian kids in Gaza - and the bad-faith attacks on her in response. Full interview here: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-... 804995979
Reposted by norsecloneTaylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics. He was asked whether or not he’d interviewed Hamas, Houthis, or Hezbollah members. He was questioned about his opinions on Trump and Israel.usermag.coHasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics"They straight up tried to get something out of me that I think they could use to basically detain me permanently" 362632778
Reposted by norseclonePhil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 11/05/2025True story: When I was a contractor at a NASA facility I kept M&Ms on my desk. A civil servant I worked with ate a few one day. The next day I came in to find a pound bag on my desk. He wanted to "reimburse" me because he didn't want the few he ate to be seen as a gift. Anyway 963924904
Reposted by norsecloneRicci @riccisergienko.bsky.social · 01/05/2025All of this for some students watching a documentary on campus. Fucking ridiculous. 5224791100
Reposted by norsecloneSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 02/05/2025apnews.com/article/scho...apnews.comThe Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fallThe Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across ... 59664306
Reposted by norsecloneCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 02/05/2025I love how finding out the head of HHS doesn't believe in germs isn't the craziest part of that fucking sentence 191286313
Reposted by norsecloneJoshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 01/05/2025“However bad everyone on the outside thinks it is, it is a million times worse. They’re dismantling and destroying everything.” Read, share, respond. Call your representatives. The health and well-being of Americans & America's innovation economy are at stake. www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNIH insiders: Trump is ‘dismantling and destroying everything’After just 100 days, agency scientists say U.S. health institutes are demoralized and have lost essential staff and funding 2616191010
Reposted by norsecloneDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 01/05/2025This is a widely inaccurate & dangerous mischaracterization. The vaccine was developed in fetal cells obtained from two elective abortions in the early 1960s. There is not abortion debris floating around in the vaccine. And the Vatican has okayed its use. RFK Jr. is again spreading disinformation. 623127344360
Reposted by norsecloneHunter @statisticurban.bsky.social · 30/04/2025This is your economy on Republicans 0645
Reposted by norseclonejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/04/2025yeah i am pretty much on the side of primary everyone 1115286235165
Reposted by norsecloneMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Looking forward to Chief Justice Roberts saying absolutely nothing about the Secretary of State, at a Cabinet meeting with the President next to him, remarking—unprompted—that the federal judiciary is beneath him and he will not comply with their rulings. 321637429
Reposted by norsecloneBilly Binion @billybinion.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Yesterday the Solicitor General’s office told the Supreme Court—with a straight face—that it’s asking too much for FBI agents to confirm they have the right address before blowing up someone’s home & ripping the door from its hinges. Government entitlement is really something else. 424252
Reposted by norseclonejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/04/2025it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months 973533699779
