Robert Mahon
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Sedimentologist, cyclist, runner, potter. Born at 348 ppm CO2. PhD UWyo, MS Idaho State, BS UMontana. PG (LA). he/him. Pro Choice. Pro DEIA. Pro Democracy. Anti-fascist. Views mine 🏳️🌈
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Destroying the world in order to torture five little kids
I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12.
Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
September 20, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Destroying the world in order to torture five little kids
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🔥 “Bill Maher hasn’t worked for Republicans. I have. Bill Maher doesn’t know shit.”
Ex GOP fundraising strategist Miles Bruner backs up @jessicatarlov.bsky.social after @billmaher tried to say Dems aren’t “less crazy” — to score brownie points with the far right yet again
Ex GOP fundraising strategist Miles Bruner backs up @jessicatarlov.bsky.social after @billmaher tried to say Dems aren’t “less crazy” — to score brownie points with the far right yet again
September 20, 2026 at 1:56 PM
🔥 “Bill Maher hasn’t worked for Republicans. I have. Bill Maher doesn’t know shit.”
Ex GOP fundraising strategist Miles Bruner backs up @jessicatarlov.bsky.social after @billmaher tried to say Dems aren’t “less crazy” — to score brownie points with the far right yet again
Ex GOP fundraising strategist Miles Bruner backs up @jessicatarlov.bsky.social after @billmaher tried to say Dems aren’t “less crazy” — to score brownie points with the far right yet again
Like all private equity shitbags, all Trump knows how to do is take over and ruin things...
Biggest problem with The Kennedy Center: Donald Trump
How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center
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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center
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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Like all private equity shitbags, all Trump knows how to do is take over and ruin things...
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Biggest problem with The Kennedy Center: Donald Trump
How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Biggest problem with The Kennedy Center: Donald Trump
How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
How would you describe your social media reach?
September 20, 2026 at 6:56 AM
How would you describe your social media reach?
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Universities and their donors have significant political influence. Universities should be engaging in collective action. And sitting top donors down "we're not asking for money; we need you to explain to your associates in Congress that lawful administration of research funding is imperative".
Russell Vought wants to be in charge of #ScienceDeathPanels at NIH.
Congress has made it pretty clear they don’t want political appointees in charge of funding decisions.
Science community: it’s time to get loud (again)!
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Congress has made it pretty clear they don’t want political appointees in charge of funding decisions.
Science community: it’s time to get loud (again)!
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control
The move came after the NIH director refused Trump’s request to cut Harvard grants in an Oval Office meeting.
www.politico.com
September 20, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Universities and their donors have significant political influence. Universities should be engaging in collective action. And sitting top donors down "we're not asking for money; we need you to explain to your associates in Congress that lawful administration of research funding is imperative".
It's almost Gumbo's gotcha-saga-versary. What should we do to celebrate?
September 20, 2026 at 4:05 AM
It's almost Gumbo's gotcha-saga-versary. What should we do to celebrate?
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Mark Carney: “I would now like to inform you that the teleprompter has ceased to function. Unlike a certain world leader, I do not view this as a conspiracy.”
September 19, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Mark Carney: “I would now like to inform you that the teleprompter has ceased to function. Unlike a certain world leader, I do not view this as a conspiracy.”
Australia to the US:
“You run a country where 600k people will sleep on the streets without a home, where 40% of adults cannot cover a $400 emergency expense without borrowing money, where a dose of insulin costs more than a monthly car payment, forcing people to ration their insulin to stay alive
“You run a country where 600k people will sleep on the streets without a home, where 40% of adults cannot cover a $400 emergency expense without borrowing money, where a dose of insulin costs more than a monthly car payment, forcing people to ration their insulin to stay alive
September 19, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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OpenAI's forecast of losses from 2026 until the first year of projected profit, by quarter in which the forecast was made.
2025Q1: $39B (first profit 2029)
2025Q3: $107B (first profit 2030)
2026Q1: $218B (first profit 2030)
2026Q3: $278B (first profit 2031?)
2025Q1: $39B (first profit 2029)
2025Q3: $107B (first profit 2030)
2026Q1: $218B (first profit 2030)
2026Q3: $278B (first profit 2031?)
OpenAI Said to Forecast Nearly $280 Billion in Cash Burn Through End 2030
OpenAI has told some investors that it expects to burn $278 billion by the end of 2030, the Financial Times reported, as it spends more on cloud computing and chips to run and train its AI. The foreca...
www.theinformation.com
September 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
OpenAI's forecast of losses from 2026 until the first year of projected profit, by quarter in which the forecast was made.
2025Q1: $39B (first profit 2029)
2025Q3: $107B (first profit 2030)
2026Q1: $218B (first profit 2030)
2026Q3: $278B (first profit 2031?)
2025Q1: $39B (first profit 2029)
2025Q3: $107B (first profit 2030)
2026Q1: $218B (first profit 2030)
2026Q3: $278B (first profit 2031?)
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New:
Officials battled over NIH in the Oval Office today, per people familiar.
RUSS VOUGHT criticized NIH "woke" spending and floated executive order to review its grants.
JAY BHATTACHARYA defended NIH's alignment with Trump.
TRUMP appeared to side with Vought.
with @rbeggin.bsky.social
Officials battled over NIH in the Oval Office today, per people familiar.
RUSS VOUGHT criticized NIH "woke" spending and floated executive order to review its grants.
JAY BHATTACHARYA defended NIH's alignment with Trump.
TRUMP appeared to side with Vought.
with @rbeggin.bsky.social
Vought pushes for scrutiny of NIH grants in Oval Office clash
A heated debate took place in the Oval Office on Friday, with some Trump officials accusing the National Institutes of Health of funding grants that conflict with the president’s agenda.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 19, 2026 at 3:23 AM
New:
Officials battled over NIH in the Oval Office today, per people familiar.
RUSS VOUGHT criticized NIH "woke" spending and floated executive order to review its grants.
JAY BHATTACHARYA defended NIH's alignment with Trump.
TRUMP appeared to side with Vought.
with @rbeggin.bsky.social
Officials battled over NIH in the Oval Office today, per people familiar.
RUSS VOUGHT criticized NIH "woke" spending and floated executive order to review its grants.
JAY BHATTACHARYA defended NIH's alignment with Trump.
TRUMP appeared to side with Vought.
with @rbeggin.bsky.social
there is no ethical use of LLMs/genAI.
September 19, 2026 at 2:47 AM
there is no ethical use of LLMs/genAI.
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We shared an image of Gaza earlier that was apparently not real, saying it’s what macklemore was booted from tour for protesting. Apologies.
Here, this is real:
Here, this is real:
September 19, 2026 at 2:20 AM
We shared an image of Gaza earlier that was apparently not real, saying it’s what macklemore was booted from tour for protesting. Apologies.
Here, this is real:
Here, this is real:
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WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE EVEN FUCKING DOING ANYMORE
September 19, 2026 at 2:16 AM
WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE EVEN FUCKING DOING ANYMORE
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What's the rule?
DO NOT. PICK UP. OR TOUCH. THE BATS.
DO NOT. PICK UP. OR TOUCH. THE BATS.
if you’re the white woman who was picking up a bat in downtown minneapolis on hennepin ave between washington & 3rd on 9/15 at noon, the minnesota department of health would like to talk to you because that shit was RABID!
i would also like to talk to you because girl, wtf
i would also like to talk to you because girl, wtf
September 19, 2026 at 1:30 AM
What's the rule?
DO NOT. PICK UP. OR TOUCH. THE BATS.
DO NOT. PICK UP. OR TOUCH. THE BATS.
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Once again: Pleochroism seals it for me!!! #Andalusite will appear different colors if viewed from different angles, due to polarization!
Vote #Andalusite for #MinCup26!!
Vote #Andalusite for #MinCup26!!
September 19, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Once again: Pleochroism seals it for me!!! #Andalusite will appear different colors if viewed from different angles, due to polarization!
Vote #Andalusite for #MinCup26!!
Vote #Andalusite for #MinCup26!!
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Q: China is one of the most repressive countries for journalists in the world--
TRUMP: Well, I don't know about that. I think we're repressive also
TRUMP: Well, I don't know about that. I think we're repressive also
September 18, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Q: China is one of the most repressive countries for journalists in the world--
TRUMP: Well, I don't know about that. I think we're repressive also
TRUMP: Well, I don't know about that. I think we're repressive also
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This is the way.
POWERFUL MOMENT
Americans forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center to protect a national memorial from a president threatening to tear it down.
JFK’s niece, Kerry Kennedy, called on people to show up, and they did.
This will never be the Trump Center, in the people’s eyes.
Americans forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center to protect a national memorial from a president threatening to tear it down.
JFK’s niece, Kerry Kennedy, called on people to show up, and they did.
This will never be the Trump Center, in the people’s eyes.
September 19, 2026 at 1:13 AM
This is the way.
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"...findings that 3 [insts] violated civil rights law by tolerating antisemitism were predetermined by political priorities that blew past the evidence and cast aside standard investigative procedures..."
Reading the whistleblower statement and taking rage breaks
www.ms.now/news/frame-u...
Reading the whistleblower statement and taking rage breaks
www.ms.now/news/frame-u...
Whistleblower says probes into antisemitism at colleges were ploys to harass and strip millions
A former Justice Department lawyer says the Trump investigations squeezed Ivy League universities for millions before they were even concluded. A top Democrat is demanding answers.
www.ms.now
August 18, 2026 at 5:46 PM
"...findings that 3 [insts] violated civil rights law by tolerating antisemitism were predetermined by political priorities that blew past the evidence and cast aside standard investigative procedures..."
Reading the whistleblower statement and taking rage breaks
www.ms.now/news/frame-u...
Reading the whistleblower statement and taking rage breaks
www.ms.now/news/frame-u...
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You knew this. I knew this. We all knew this. Yet Columbia and Brown made agreements with the federal government anyways.
August 18, 2026 at 5:48 PM
You knew this. I knew this. We all knew this. Yet Columbia and Brown made agreements with the federal government anyways.
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PFAS in the blood of 97% of Americans
Data centers are swapping water for forever chemicals to keep AI cool | Fortune
A new ChemSec report finds most of the world's largest PFAS producers are expanding output to meet demand from AI data centers.
fortune.com
September 18, 2026 at 7:45 PM
PFAS in the blood of 97% of Americans
Well I just met the sweetest cutest 3mo old rescue puppy named Russet Potato so today is a good day
September 18, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Well I just met the sweetest cutest 3mo old rescue puppy named Russet Potato so today is a good day
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September 18, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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Some 6,000 people — 200 of them children — are right now starving to death in a humanitarian catastrophe orchestrated by Vladimir Putin's Russia.
Editorial: The world must force Russia to end mass starvation in occupied Oleshky
Some 6,000 people — 200 of them children — are right now starving to death in a humanitarian catastrophe orchestrated by Vladimir Putin's Russia.
The town of Oleshky and its surrounding district in t...
kyivindependent.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Some 6,000 people — 200 of them children — are right now starving to death in a humanitarian catastrophe orchestrated by Vladimir Putin's Russia.