Bob Calder
Study how marginalized groups are empowered by the internet.
Retired teacher - web development and thinking skills.
AAAS Section X, Science and Society
Nobody is safe until everybody is safe
My old Blogger: bobcalder.net
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob CalderI genuinely don't think good counter-messaging on trans rights is all that difficult. There are Democrats who aren't doing it not because coming up with it is hard but because they agree with the Republicans and want to disguise their disdain for trans people as a matter of political strategy.
- Reposted by Bob Caldereveryone even mildly into polar exploration knows how badly vitamin A can fuck you up, and seeing the Health Secretary of the US recommend megadoses to measles patients made me so mad i wrote about it. im so angry at this malthusian ghoul buttondown.com/theswordandt...
- <insert Doge meme here/> Such Professional Much Journalism sharylattkisson.com/2025/05/scie...
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- I didn't see this earlier. It's good but why did it happen in the first place? apnews.com/article/inte...
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- To do list: Trump wants to make 50,000 or more career civil servants into political appointees. Volume of comments counts, not content. Make it short and sweet. via Rick Wilson and Lincoln Proj www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
- Anybody else having the left panel scroll upward alongside the feed till it hits the "New Post" button? Pain the the butt it is.
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- As much as I dislike the Bee . . .
- Even the Babylon Bee Gets it #HamasForceOne #SwampForceOnce ✈️
- The entire MAGA communications structure can be described the way teachers describe middle school students. "They think they're slick."
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob CalderNew in PN: Stephen Miller threatens to suspend habeas unless Trump can defy judges "The administration is demanding that it be unconstitutionally allowed to defy the courts, and if it isn’t allowed to do so, it has no choice but to unconstitutionally suspend habeas."
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob CalderTo put it in less wonky terms, assuming zero land impacts from biofuels means assuming the food crops that are diverted from the human food supply (now, for example, 30-40% of U.S. corn) *aren’t being replaced at all.* You are assuming people *are eating less food* so we can instead power vehicles.
- Reposted by Bob CalderWith thanks to @mxabdulaliy.bsky.social, @intersectionist.bsky.social, @geedee215.bsky.social, @hystericalblkns.bsky.social, @philaprint.bsky.social, and everyone else working to make sure MOVE and its people aren't forgotten religiondispatches.org/remembering-...
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Wut? Really? Who would guess! ROFL www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- I had to move over to the philosophy of science feed to regain my cool today.
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob CalderThe “white genocide” myth began as a far-right conspiracy, but has been gradually mainstreamed through right-wing media, populist rhetoric, and selective focus on farm attacks, stripped of overt white nationalist framing but still rooted in the same distorted narrative.
- Reposted by Bob CalderBREAKING: The Episcopal Church has announced it will end its decades-old partnership with the government to resettle refugees, citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa who have been classified as refugees by the Trump admin. religionnews.com/2025/05/12/e...
- Reposted by Bob CalderThis is getting a fair amount of scorn, and I’d say it deserves it. The hidden premise is that “corruption” requires the specific proof that the Supreme Court has decided (controversially) is required for certain very specific federal criminal statutes. /1
- Reposted by Bob CalderA huge fire that burned the largest shopping center in the Polish capital Warsaw to the ground a year ago was set deliberately by people acting on behalf of Russia, Donald Tusk said.
- Reposted by Bob CalderThe group Everyone Hates Elon has plastered London with a fake ad campaign. One sign branded Tesla “the Swasticar,” and announced that the vehicle “Goes from 0 to 1939 in 3 Seconds.” “Now With White Power Steering,” another read.
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder(11/11) Want to help save science? Here’s how to get started: 1. Call your reps: 5calls.org/issue/nih-ns... 2. Join the fight: savensf.com/join-our-list 3. Take action: savensf.com/take-action 4. Spread the word. Science needs you. #SaveNSF #StandUpForScience #WithoutNSF
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob CalderIt's worth noting that the white nationalist cited here — Kevin DeAnna — encouraged other like-minded extremists to apply for White House jobs int he first Trump administration, according to emails that @michaelehayden.bsky.social and I previously obtained. www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...
- Following our report from last week Ed Martin is now disclosing to the Senate that he appeared on a podcast hosted by a white nationalist in 2021 on the website VDare. Our story from last week: www.cnn.com/2025/04/29/p...
- Reposted by Bob Calder"MAGA is essentially a fiction, based upon real people and events, imagining Trump as a good person who actually cares about someone other than himself. Of course, Trump doesn’t care about other people and that’s the secret crux of his appeal. He’s the primal father." This 👇 🎯💡🙏
- Following a prompt from @justinbaragona.bsky.social, I wrote a little about the White House’s trolling social media style — and how we can respond to it. open.substack.com/pub/michaele...
- Reposted by Bob CalderA 25-year-old DOGE bro at the CFPB held $715,000 in stocks that ethics lawyers told him he wasn’t allowed to own while working there — then DOGE fired those ethics lawyers. This is corruption. Always call it out.
- Reposted by Bob CalderChallenging time for bigots who perform on livestreams holding rosaries as props
- Reposted by Bob CalderIn New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive. In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him. Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
- Reposted by Bob CalderTHIS IS UNPRECEDENTED guys this is the biggest and most important data point this is EVERYTHING the pillars of the Synodal Way are forceful and aggressive clerical abuse reforms, women’s ordination, same-sex marriage, LGBTQ rights, etc. the old guard Vatican treated them like HERETICS
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
- Please Stop Trying to Get Kash Patel Fired The last thing this country needs is a FBI director who wants to show up for work and zealously enact Trump’s agenda via @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/1949...
- Reposted by Bob Calder[Not loaded yet]
