Jesse Becker

Aquatic ecologist, cyclist, fan of good beer and whisky

[Paul Krugman @paulkrugman]

By now many people have noticed that Jason “try that in a small town” Aldean grew up in a city with 150k people. What you may not know: last year Macon had 70 homicides. NYC, with 8.4 million people, had 438.

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Ron DeSantis campaign staff just shared a video with DeSantis and a Nazi symbol imposed over a flag of Florida with soldiers marching toward it.

[Jesse Becker @Jesse_B42]

@LakotaMan1 Nope

[Jesse Becker @Jesse_B42]

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[Jesse Becker @Jesse_B42]

@dirtybiker The xenophobia hasn't gone away (just like the homophobia never did), they're just seeing if they can make another one of their favorite forms of hate gain back some traction.

[Jesse Becker @Jesse_B42]

@edburmila Vermont. He described Vermont...

[Jesse Becker @Jesse_B42]

@TheRealHoarse @BigJonny Does he not understand that modern farming uses a lot of those deep carbon supplies? Of course he doesn't...

[Dan O'Dowd @RealDanODowd]

In my ride along with Ross Gerber, @Tesla Full Self-Driving ran a stop sign at 35mph. If Ross hadn't slammed on the brakes, FSD would have T-boned a car obeying the rules.

FSD tried to kill us in an hour of city driving! Everyone should demand it be banned immediately. @NHTSAgov

[Jesse Becker @Jesse_B42]

@CyanoTracker @DrLimnology @CA_DWR @CaWaterBoards @USGSwaterCA @CAWaterAlliance @EnvCalifornia @CopernicusEU when I worked on CL in the mid-90s, blooms were almost all aphanezemenon(sp?). I had heard that the blooms were much reduced for quite some time. I wonder if the main drivers have changed?

[Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @jimstewartson]

Today is a good day to remember Josh Hawley raised his fist to the neo-Nazis and QAnon cult members who were about to attack the Capitol — and then ran out like a frightened child when they did it.

[Rutger Bregman @rcbregman]

Three of the most terrifying graphs on the internet right now.

[regular steve albini @electricalWSOP]

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I work in an arcane field where the job requires specific technical knowledge, built on a ladder of understanding and breakthroughs going back over 100 years. It's not immunology but it's not nothing.

[Destiny | Steven Bonnell II @TheOmniLiberal]

Reminder

We are over 3 years and almost 13 BILLION doses of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccines (including mRNA vaccines) given worldwide.

There have been NO mass deaths.
NO mass side effects.
NO research proving issues.
NO widespread panic.
NO mass birth defects.
NO mass sterilizations.
NO sweeping new government mandates.
NO permanent lockdowns.
NO permanent vaccine passports.

Anyone who's claiming that they were "proved right" about vaccine conspiracy nonsense are speaking from a place of profound paranoia and ignorance.

The mRNA tech has proven itself a valid concept, anyone who says otherwise is living in a delusional land of podcasts and YT conspiracies.

[David Simon @AoDespair]

A technobrat and third-tier actor have teamed to get people killed. And when polio and all else makes its inevitable comeback, they'll be elsewhere, walking sideways, counting cash. And I tweet this knowing every anti-vax moron will find me and I can block rank idiocy en masse.

[CT Public Health @CTDPH]

The Connecticut Department of Public Health today is issuing new or modified consumption advisories for certain fish species caught in several waterbodies in Connecticut. Read the news release here: https://t.co/FehDOoCEAF

[Jesse Becker @Jesse_B42]

Because of course he did... 🤣🤣🤣

[HuffPost @HuffPost]

The Miami New Times said a “knowledgeable source” claimed the former president left Versailles in Little Havana before anyone could order anything. https://t.co/RXe1mEmpKL

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

I got 4

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

Holy shit

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

in 2016 I was told to ‘Calm down.’

‘You’re being dramatic.’ they said.

‘He’ll be humbled by the weight of the office. He’ll grow into the job.’ they said.

Well, two impeachments, one coup, and a federal indictment under the Espionage Act later, and it appears THEY were wrong.

[LeGate @williamlegate]

🚨 BREAKING: Ron DeSantis chartered private jets, paid for by taxpayers, to traffic migrants to blue states
https://t.co/UO9rcK58D7