Reposted by Wes CosandGeoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027. 382018706
Reposted by Wes CosandOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 04/10/2026Texas-based Dynamic Frontier Holdings, linked to Konstantin Sokolov, RU-US businessman who was a private donor to Trump’s $350M WH ballroom, received authorization from the Treasury Dep to complete an acquisition of Teghut, one of Armenia’s largest copper mines, involving sanctioned Russian bank.esquire.com 18449273
Reposted by Wes CosandJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 28/09/2026“It has nothing to do with religion," (pediatrician Michael Hopper) says. "It has everything to do with the skepticism that politicians are putting out there." (Religion note: there were some pre-COVID religious oppositions to some vaccines, but they were rare*) www.axios.com/local/washin...axios.comD.C.-area parents seek "vaccine friendly" doctors as practices crack downSome local families are switching pediatricians as clinics enforce immunization policies. 2277
Reposted by Wes CosandSpooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Gee I can’t imagine why Trump might believe he’s immune from any kind of legal limit ***cough John Roberts cough*** 35116
Reposted by Wes CosandCongressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Wilber Garces Perez was shot in the back by an ICE agent in Austin. Now he's in detention with the bullet still in his body. Today, 100+ Members of Congress are demanding that ICE get him medical care, stop trying to deport a key witness, and immediately release the video footage. 216959
Wes Cosand @wescosand.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We already have our arch. It is beautiful and meaningful 010
Reposted by Wes CosandKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/09/2026When we stop talking about climate change like it’s a political issue and start talking about it as a shared challenge that we all need to work together to solve, that’s when we’ll finally be able to start talking about saving ourselves. That is our conclusion here! 13332102
Reposted by Wes CosandHelen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Kid was asking some pointed questions about how babies are born which led to me drawing the best picture I’ve drawn in my life 397130711226
Reposted by Wes CosandSimon W Davis @woodforbrains.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Ho-LEE fuck democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...democrats-appropriations.house.govDefense Officials Attempt to Raid NIH Funds to Cover Department of Defense ActivitiesHouse Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) has learned that officials at the Department of Defense (DoD) are working to divert billions of dollars from the National Institute... 441431637
Reposted by Wes CosandFCNL @fcnl.bsky.social · 29/08/2026One year after the Trump administration began blowing up civilian boats off the coasts of Latin America, these strikes have become almost routine, largely fading from the headlines. 📢 But we must not allow government-sanctioned murder to be normalized.fcnl.orgThis Week in the World: One Year Later, Congress Must Stop Trump's Murder at Sea | Friends Committee On National LegislationNext week will mark one year since the Trump administration carried out its first attack against an alleged drug trafficking boat, killing 11 people.In that time, the U.S. military has blown up 68… 0148
Reposted by Wes CosandMark Schleifstein @mschleifstein.bsky.social · 29/08/2026“I feel very strongly about the federal government coming in and taking our guns — I don’t like that,” Gov. Gordon said at the meeting. “And I don’t like the federal government coming in and taking our votes, either.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...nytimes.comWyoming Governor Objects to ‘Very Odd’ D.O.J. Election MonitoringGovernor Mark Gordon, a Republican, said he was concerned by the behavior of election observers who visited a polling station in Cheyenne. 1329
Reposted by Wes Cosandspence16.bsky.social @spence16.bsky.social · 14/08/2026He Says Obscene Things About Mothers and Children. Mike Johnson Is Raising Money for Him. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/o...nytimes.comOpinion | He Says Obscene Things About Mothers and Children. Mike Johnson Is Raising Money for Him. (Gift Article)Thanks to Trump, G.O.P. extremism has become so ordinary that it breaks through only when it reaches an absurdly high level. 032
Reposted by Wes CosandJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 03/07/2025This is what the great Tony Judt said he most appreciated about the United States - exactly what we are destroying. 117157
Reposted by Wes CosandJJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 08/08/2026⚠️ GREENLAND GAMBIT UNDERWAY? “An American oil company connected to Donald Trump is preparing to sink wells in remote Greenland despite not having received permission from the local authorities.”theguardian.comGreenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drillIsland’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling 1311164625
Reposted by Wes CosandSarah Karlin-Smith @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social · 28/07/2026“It belies that idea that any of this is about public safety because now two people are dead and three young girls are without parents for the rest of their lives.” 03419
Reposted by Wes CosandAnabaptist World @anabaptistworld.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Doris Kramer, 102, the first woman to serve on the Mennonite Board of Missions, the mission agency of the Mennonite Church, died May 20 in St. Jacobs, Ont.anabaptistworld.orgFirst woman to serve on MC mission board dies | Anabaptist WorldDoris Kramer, 102, the first woman to serve on the Mennonite Board of Missions, the mission agency of the Mennonite Church, died May 20 in St. Jacobs, Ont. 032
Reposted by Wes CosandNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026The US built the greatest talent magnet ever, attracting the smart, skilled, and striving. They’d come to study, then stay and build things here, or leave with positive impressions and fruitful connections. Helped make the US wealthy and powerful. Then America chose to throw it away. And for what? 20746321579
Reposted by Wes CosandDavid French @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Birthright citizenship is noxious to MAGA. They scorn it as relying on magic dirt — the idea that there is something inherent in American soil that makes a person an American citizen. Yet the same populists seem to believe in something like magic blood — that one’s lineage can make one superior.nytimes.comOpinion | MAGA’s Birthright Meltdown Is in Full Effect 58821
Wes Cosand @wescosand.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Excellent thread by a scientist about the reflecting pool 000
Reposted by Wes Cosandryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 15/06/2026"Either way, the concentration of wealth at the very top is much higher now than it ever was during the Gilded Age. And these are numbers from last year, before the SpaceX IPO. The robber barons were pikers compared with today’s oligarchs." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/meet-the-n...paulkrugman.substack.comMeet the New Bosses, Worse Than the Old BossesThe second Gilded Age is much uglier than the first 241590599
Wes Cosand @wescosand.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Julie Bosman has a great story. Suffice it to say, the Pope had a problem with customer service.nytimes.comWhat Happened When the Pope Had to Call Customer Service 020
Reposted by Wes CosandAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 20/04/2026There’s no routine screening for pancreatic cancer, most cases aren’t operable, and the five year survival rate after diagnosis is around 13%. It’s a traumatic news. But new personalized mRNA immunotherapy is showing encouraging results in Phase 1 clinical trials. Keep funding science!nbcnews.comPancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trialScientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later. 613142734
Reposted by Wes CosandHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Todd is the man who was fired for refusing to hand over Eisenhower’s sword to Trump. He’s GREAT at making history fun and relevant on social media. Worth making his dream come true. 🙂 60927264
Reposted by Wes CosandStephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 29/03/2026"President Trump’s ballroom has rushed toward construction, with little time for public review of this major addition to the White House. "Critics warn it still has many issues — its portico is too big, its stairs lead nowhere, its columns will block views from inside the ballroom."nytimes.comTrump’s Ballroom Design Has Barely Been ScrutinizedFake windows and a stairway to nowhere: Three months that could change the White House for generations. 75340120
Reposted by Wes Cosandemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Attacks on Stephen Miller getting far more specific in this Daily Mail (why are the best right-on-right hitjobs always laundered thru the UK?). 1) He ordered confrontation w/protestors b4 CBP murdered Alex Pretti. 2) He countermanded Trump order not to focus on farmworkers. 10130831235
Reposted by Wes Cosandsam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 29/03/2026A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l... 163135315007
Reposted by Wes CosandGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Awful: Stephen Miller is privately urging Texas lawmakers to restrict funding for the public education of undocumented kids. This has long been a right-wing dream: They want to get SCOTUS to reverse Plyler v Doe and further chip away at 14th Amendment. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2081... 642182912
Reposted by Wes CosandSpooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 23/03/2026So, uh, when 25-50% of the flying public is afraid to go to the airport that might do something to shorten TSA lines. 🤷♂️ 42813
Wes Cosand @wescosand.bsky.social · 15/03/2026 “Nes gadol haya sham” — “A great miracle happened there.” The ICE invasion “happened to all of us. And then we redefined ‘us.’”nytimes.comOpinion | How Minnesota Beat Trump 020
Wes Cosand @wescosand.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Doesn't the business community understand that there are real costs incurred when people like this are elected? No, I don't think I'd enjoy visiting my family in Nashville this year. No, I don't think a scientist from U of T would fit into the pluralistic culture of my company. No, no, no... 000
Reposted by Wes CosandRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/03/2026It seems like any Democrat intending to fund more missiles for Hegseth to play with should at least get some answers from the Pentagon first about the bombing of the girls elementary school. Unless you want to be responsible for financing the next one without any due diligence. 782130487
Reposted by Wes CosandMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/03/2026Very strong statement from the First Lady of Iraq: 31593292840
Reposted by Wes CosandBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 28/02/2026“To initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole.” Judgment of the international Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, Germany. 2655308
Wes Cosand @wescosand.bsky.social · 21/02/2026I give you my solemn word I will never shop in Quakertown, PA again. Not at Moyers Shoes, not at CountrySide Homecenter. I will no longer go to a dentist or St. Luke’s Hospital. The Bucks County DA has announced an investigation of the police in their response to the anti-ice student protest. 010
Reposted by Wes CosandKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 13/02/2026Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes! "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."academic.oup.comScientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to BlueskySynopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For 9667902209
Reposted by Wes CosandQuinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social · 13/02/2026there's fierce competition, but this is one of the most stomach-turning things I've read in some timereuters.comExclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents showThe White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit... 212013740
Reposted by Wes CosandMary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Every American needs to watch this: 5972080710425