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Shannon Becker, PhD

@grouchyscientist

Former academic scientist. Science is a process. Evidence-based everything. Baker and crafter.

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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.

19.11.2025 21:48 👍 14137 🔁 3647 💬 232 📌 160

I woke up and couldn't go back to sleep, so I listened to a podcast. #ThisAmericanLife reminded me of how much we lost so quickly. I'm constantly trying to mitigate hardships and plan ahead. I fear for my kids. 2/2

16.09.2025 07:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm feeling so sad for our country. I remember when I voted for #Obama and how excited and hopeful I felt. I just started graduate school in January, and was looking forward to my life as a #scientist in progressive #USA. We got #Obamacare. Not perfect, but huge step for healthcare. 1/

16.09.2025 07:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

ICE will be the vehicle, the gestapo empowered by the President, to enforce his will, first among vulnerable undocumented people, then among legal immigrants, then among political rivals, then among citizens who speak out against the Trump grift.

05.07.2025 15:30 👍 1430 🔁 406 💬 25 📌 23

There are violent extremists on the left but they are not in charge of the party. You can find them on social media, not in the halls of power.

The violent extremists on the right are in congress, on courts, and sitting in the Oval Office.

11.09.2025 13:48 👍 12494 🔁 4011 💬 333 📌 250
Charlie Kirk quote "gun violence deaths are the cost of keeping our 2nd amendment rights"

Charlie Kirk quote "gun violence deaths are the cost of keeping our 2nd amendment rights"

#gunviolence #guncontrol

11.09.2025 00:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The guard is preparing to invade and occupy Chicago in the morning according to the Governor. And those are the words he used. He also expressed his opinion that we will have no opportunity to vote in the near future. He said it appears like the administration is taking all necessary steps to stop

06.09.2025 04:29 👍 34 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 0

Why isn’t anyone talking about this? I watched the interview but no Trump people are giving details!! Sure means he is guilty and proof exists unless they are burning 🔥 it.

06.09.2025 04:44 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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a man with long hair is giving a thumbs up and saying he 's gonna fix the economy . Alt: a man with long hair is giving a thumbs up and saying he 's gonna fix the economy .
06.09.2025 05:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of Fox news reporting Whitehouse Cage match

Screenshot of Fox news reporting Whitehouse Cage match

Not #theonion. #idiocracy #Trump #cagematch

06.09.2025 05:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Exactly

11.07.2025 21:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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As a descendant of people targeted by the #Nazis, I can reassure you that this is the same energy. This is so wrong.

06.07.2025 14:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Musk announces arrival of new ‘America Party’ after Trump split The billionaire donor has teased the launch of a third party ever since his megabill squabble with Trump.

HERE WE GO

05.07.2025 22:07 👍 1559 🔁 382 💬 328 📌 110

Everything is horrible, BUT Netflix has #Portlandia now! Love this show. #PutABirdOnIt #WeCanPickleThat

05.07.2025 20:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Rainbow colored challah

Rainbow colored challah

Rainbow colored challah

Rainbow colored challah

Rainbow colored challah

Rainbow colored challah

Made a #rainbow #challah for #pride #shabbat. Beautiful 6 stand #braiding!

13.06.2025 17:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Slowly this country is being transformed into a third world nation.

08.06.2025 17:32 👍 88 🔁 27 💬 3 📌 2
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Breaking: ABC News says senior national correspondent Terry Moran "has been suspended pending further evaluation." This since-deleted tweet is the reason for the suspension:

08.06.2025 15:03 👍 16638 🔁 5910 💬 2872 📌 2020
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29.05.2025 01:01 👍 1123 🔁 239 💬 50 📌 12
Glow sticks near a clear pool float

Glow sticks near a clear pool float

Various colored glow sticks

Various colored glow sticks

Various colored glow sticks

Various colored glow sticks

Fun with glow sticks, at the lake #lakegaston #nc #northcarolina #chemicals

26.05.2025 01:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Catalog of Courses Browse the latest courses from Harvard University

Harvard offers 142 free online courses

pll.harvard.edu/catalog/free...

24.05.2025 14:44 👍 286 🔁 116 💬 9 📌 10
My math puzzle

My math puzzle

7 year old does a math puzzle

7 year old does a math puzzle

My son and I made rules to do this #math #puzzle. All math #equations are correct. #STEM

23.05.2025 00:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Have you ever taken antibiotics for a bacterial infection? Yay they work! Except resistance is growing & we urgently need new ones. Axing grants awarded to outstanding scientists studying a massive & neglected public health threat serves no purpose but to at prop up fascism at America’s expense.

14.05.2025 01:01 👍 239 🔁 116 💬 8 📌 0

If they rescind habeas corpus, it won’t be just for immigrants. It will be suspended for anyone who speaks up when we see people shoved into unmarked cars by masked men without badges.

1/3

10.05.2025 00:50 👍 1482 🔁 385 💬 35 📌 20

Using a fork with nonstick pan. Yum

10.05.2025 16:14 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Are these really ice agents or militia groups part of Donald Trump’s Gestapo #Immigration #IceAgents #Deportation

10.05.2025 13:40 👍 40 🔁 1 💬 4 📌 0

Please link to the original poster. I'm sure they appreciate your amplifying them, but cite them please

10.05.2025 13:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They are kidnapping people.

10.05.2025 13:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This is a great article! In #Hadassah magazine May/June 2025.

08.05.2025 21:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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There it is…

07.05.2025 12:54 👍 21508 🔁 5541 💬 349 📌 192
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