Kevin McLin
@zwickynocal.bsky.social
Astronomer, science educator, photographer, outdoor enthusiast, music appreciator.
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![Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicenlzjvvtlegllp5khszuneez6ygyiq3d5g37oaqz5hkwoqhteru)
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Right now, every issue other than stopping fascism is a distraction. If we fail to defeat it, every other cause becomes moot because the rights and institutions needed to fight for them may no longer exist. Talk about fascism. Expose it. Organize against it. Stop it. Scream it from the rooftops!
September 2, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Right now, every issue other than stopping fascism is a distraction. If we fail to defeat it, every other cause becomes moot because the rights and institutions needed to fight for them may no longer exist. Talk about fascism. Expose it. Organize against it. Stop it. Scream it from the rooftops!
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so unfair that you might be attacked for just wanting a white ethnostate
anyway after like a decade plus of usage i canceled my @1password.bsky.social subscription and switched to apple passwords. took 15 minutes.
anyway after like a decade plus of usage i canceled my @1password.bsky.social subscription and switched to apple passwords. took 15 minutes.
ah yes once again the racists are the real victims
September 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
so unfair that you might be attacked for just wanting a white ethnostate
anyway after like a decade plus of usage i canceled my @1password.bsky.social subscription and switched to apple passwords. took 15 minutes.
anyway after like a decade plus of usage i canceled my @1password.bsky.social subscription and switched to apple passwords. took 15 minutes.
Absolutely.
You don’t have to sell us on the midterms.
“If you elect these guys, you're gonna have months and months of impeachments. They want impeachments to take place, trials to take place, they wanna go after the president and his family, and people within the cabinet." - Fox & Fiends
“If you elect these guys, you're gonna have months and months of impeachments. They want impeachments to take place, trials to take place, they wanna go after the president and his family, and people within the cabinet." - Fox & Fiends
August 30, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Absolutely.
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Todd Blanche, Trump’s former lawyer turned acting AG, flew down to “meet” with Ghislaine Maxwell… and suddenly she’s in a minimum security camp where she gets puppy playtime & custom meals.
He never stopped being Trump’s personal attorney. He just changed offices.
Blanche must not be confirmed.
He never stopped being Trump’s personal attorney. He just changed offices.
Blanche must not be confirmed.
July 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Todd Blanche, Trump’s former lawyer turned acting AG, flew down to “meet” with Ghislaine Maxwell… and suddenly she’s in a minimum security camp where she gets puppy playtime & custom meals.
He never stopped being Trump’s personal attorney. He just changed offices.
Blanche must not be confirmed.
He never stopped being Trump’s personal attorney. He just changed offices.
Blanche must not be confirmed.
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ICE lied about how Renee Good was shot.
They lied about how Alex Pretti was shot.
And now they’re lying about how Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot.
Don’t believe their story for a second.
They lied about how Alex Pretti was shot.
And now they’re lying about how Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot.
Don’t believe their story for a second.
July 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
ICE lied about how Renee Good was shot.
They lied about how Alex Pretti was shot.
And now they’re lying about how Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot.
Don’t believe their story for a second.
They lied about how Alex Pretti was shot.
And now they’re lying about how Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot.
Don’t believe their story for a second.
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If Susan Collins can win in Maine, Democratic party operatives certainly could've found a viable woman candidate to run instead of him. And maybe now they'll have to contend with what it says about them and about the party's priorities that they didn't try.
July 7, 2026 at 8:58 AM
If Susan Collins can win in Maine, Democratic party operatives certainly could've found a viable woman candidate to run instead of him. And maybe now they'll have to contend with what it says about them and about the party's priorities that they didn't try.
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Buy. Break. Replace. Repeat. Across Europe, products are made to fail - and we’re the ones paying for it.
EU leaders are deciding now whether to fix this.
>> Sign to demand products that last!
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EU leaders are deciding now whether to fix this.
>> Sign to demand products that last!
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Longer life, lower costs!
Share the petition and you'll help multiply the impact of this campaign: Longer life, lower costs!
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July 7, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Buy. Break. Replace. Repeat. Across Europe, products are made to fail - and we’re the ones paying for it.
EU leaders are deciding now whether to fix this.
>> Sign to demand products that last!
action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-05...
EU leaders are deciding now whether to fix this.
>> Sign to demand products that last!
action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-05...
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Remember when egg prices were breaking everyone’s backs? Turns out the prices were fixed.
This punishment isn’t fitting the crime. The difference between $1.2 billion in profits and a $3.3 million fine for lying to consumers is insane.
The math isn’t mathing.
This punishment isn’t fitting the crime. The difference between $1.2 billion in profits and a $3.3 million fine for lying to consumers is insane.
The math isn’t mathing.
July 7, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Remember when egg prices were breaking everyone’s backs? Turns out the prices were fixed.
This punishment isn’t fitting the crime. The difference between $1.2 billion in profits and a $3.3 million fine for lying to consumers is insane.
The math isn’t mathing.
This punishment isn’t fitting the crime. The difference between $1.2 billion in profits and a $3.3 million fine for lying to consumers is insane.
The math isn’t mathing.
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👇🎯 As we've known since Dec 12, 2000, we don't live under a democracy. We live under a 9-member, unelected oligarchy, where all of our rights - including whether our votes count & the equal protection clause applies to everyone & whether people born in 🇺🇸 are actually citizens - depend on 1 vote.
June 30, 2026 at 4:20 PM
👇🎯 As we've known since Dec 12, 2000, we don't live under a democracy. We live under a 9-member, unelected oligarchy, where all of our rights - including whether our votes count & the equal protection clause applies to everyone & whether people born in 🇺🇸 are actually citizens - depend on 1 vote.
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It was 95° at 2pm in Tejon CA as these tractor operators worked in tandem pulling an implement to lay irrigation line across a freshly tilled field. A worker walked alongside guiding and monitoring the placement of the surface drip irrigation tape in prep for planting. #WeFeedYou
June 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
It was 95° at 2pm in Tejon CA as these tractor operators worked in tandem pulling an implement to lay irrigation line across a freshly tilled field. A worker walked alongside guiding and monitoring the placement of the surface drip irrigation tape in prep for planting. #WeFeedYou
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As climate threats grow, the Trump admin is dismantling the tools scientists use to protect our communities.
Ignoring the science won’t change the reality - it just leaves us less prepared for it.
Article: zurl.co/6jDTk
Ignoring the science won’t change the reality - it just leaves us less prepared for it.
Article: zurl.co/6jDTk
Scientists warn Trump plan to axe US ocean monitoring system will leave world ‘flying blind’
Experts say dismantling the ocean observation system will ‘severely degrade’ the accuracy of weather predictions
zurl.co
June 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
As climate threats grow, the Trump admin is dismantling the tools scientists use to protect our communities.
Ignoring the science won’t change the reality - it just leaves us less prepared for it.
Article: zurl.co/6jDTk
Ignoring the science won’t change the reality - it just leaves us less prepared for it.
Article: zurl.co/6jDTk
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The US World Cup in one photograph 🙄😔
June 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
The US World Cup in one photograph 🙄😔
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Canada just posted its biggest trade surplus since before Trump’s tariffs hit. Record exports. Second straight month in the black. Energy up. Wheat up. Farmers winning.
Turns out standing firm works. 🇨🇦🍁
#CanadaStrong #Carney
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/AAp18iVJbSBW...
Turns out standing firm works. 🇨🇦🍁
#CanadaStrong #Carney
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/AAp18iVJbSBW...
Canada's economy posts biggest trade surplus since before Trump's tariffs — Financial Post
Exports hit record high of $75.2 billion, driven by oil and gas
apple.news
June 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Canada just posted its biggest trade surplus since before Trump’s tariffs hit. Record exports. Second straight month in the black. Energy up. Wheat up. Farmers winning.
Turns out standing firm works. 🇨🇦🍁
#CanadaStrong #Carney
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/AAp18iVJbSBW...
Turns out standing firm works. 🇨🇦🍁
#CanadaStrong #Carney
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/AAp18iVJbSBW...
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You can't make this up: House Republicans just snuck a provision to help private jet owners avoid state and local taxes into a major AIR SAFETY bill!
Instead of working to prevent another mid-air collision, the GOP is more concerned with making their wealthy donors even richer.
Instead of working to prevent another mid-air collision, the GOP is more concerned with making their wealthy donors even richer.
GOP Blasted for 'Handout to the Superwealthy' Private Jet Owners Slipped Into Air Safety Bill | Common Dreams
"Oh look—Republicans helping private-jet billionaires avoid paying taxes," said one Senate Democrat. "If only they worke
www.commondreams.org
June 9, 2026 at 10:15 PM
You can't make this up: House Republicans just snuck a provision to help private jet owners avoid state and local taxes into a major AIR SAFETY bill!
Instead of working to prevent another mid-air collision, the GOP is more concerned with making their wealthy donors even richer.
Instead of working to prevent another mid-air collision, the GOP is more concerned with making their wealthy donors even richer.
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"Mr. Pelley also wrote that senior managers at CBS News had pressured him to insert bias into stories for “60 Minutes” this past season, though he did not provide details about specific segments."
Pretty important part of the story re his firing.
Maybe *the* most important part.
CBS = new Fox.
Pretty important part of the story re his firing.
Maybe *the* most important part.
CBS = new Fox.
CBS News Fires Scott Pelley of ‘60 Minutes’
www.nytimes.com
June 3, 2026 at 3:18 AM
"Mr. Pelley also wrote that senior managers at CBS News had pressured him to insert bias into stories for “60 Minutes” this past season, though he did not provide details about specific segments."
Pretty important part of the story re his firing.
Maybe *the* most important part.
CBS = new Fox.
Pretty important part of the story re his firing.
Maybe *the* most important part.
CBS = new Fox.
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This is truly one of the worst things the court has done — both in terms of legitimacy and in terms of the law — since I have been covering the court.
BREAKING: In an unsigned, per curiam opinion on the shadow docket, the SCOTUS conservatives allow Alabama to use a congressional map held repeatedly by a lower court to have been enacted with discriminatory intent.
June 3, 2026 at 2:04 AM
This is truly one of the worst things the court has done — both in terms of legitimacy and in terms of the law — since I have been covering the court.
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Scott Pelley is leaving, but not before he drops a big stack of receipts on what happened at 60 minutes.
It's worse than you could have imagined, and bless this man for fighting as hard as he could and then tearing down the blackout curtains so we could see what's happening inside.
It's worse than you could have imagined, and bless this man for fighting as hard as he could and then tearing down the blackout curtains so we could see what's happening inside.
June 3, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Scott Pelley is leaving, but not before he drops a big stack of receipts on what happened at 60 minutes.
It's worse than you could have imagined, and bless this man for fighting as hard as he could and then tearing down the blackout curtains so we could see what's happening inside.
It's worse than you could have imagined, and bless this man for fighting as hard as he could and then tearing down the blackout curtains so we could see what's happening inside.
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The immense economic power of the richest Americans allows them to wield immense political power, too.
They can pour millions into our elections to elect politicians that will continue to rig the system in their favor.
We must end this vicious cycle.
They can pour millions into our elections to elect politicians that will continue to rig the system in their favor.
We must end this vicious cycle.
May 28, 2026 at 10:30 PM
The immense economic power of the richest Americans allows them to wield immense political power, too.
They can pour millions into our elections to elect politicians that will continue to rig the system in their favor.
We must end this vicious cycle.
They can pour millions into our elections to elect politicians that will continue to rig the system in their favor.
We must end this vicious cycle.
The Current Crisis: What's Happening to Science in America | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...
The Current Crisis: What's Happening to Science in America
www.science.org
May 29, 2026 at 11:59 AM
The Current Crisis: What's Happening to Science in America | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...
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"The pursuit of greater profits cannot justify choices that systematically sacrifice jobs, because the human person is an end, not a means, and the economic order must remain subordinate to human dignity and the common good."
—Pope Leo XIV
—Pope Leo XIV
May 26, 2026 at 6:01 PM
"The pursuit of greater profits cannot justify choices that systematically sacrifice jobs, because the human person is an end, not a means, and the economic order must remain subordinate to human dignity and the common good."
—Pope Leo XIV
—Pope Leo XIV
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The real welfare queen in America is Jeff Bezos, worth $279 billion, who pays wages so low his workers rely on food stamps and Medicaid while he sailed on his $500 million yacht to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring because his tax rate is less than 1%.
May 26, 2026 at 8:03 AM
The real welfare queen in America is Jeff Bezos, worth $279 billion, who pays wages so low his workers rely on food stamps and Medicaid while he sailed on his $500 million yacht to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring because his tax rate is less than 1%.
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May 25, 2026 at 1:27 AM