David Protter

Zoe Donaldson lab postdoc studying vole love. Microscopes are dope, frisbee is fun, and maturity is abandoning the comfort of seeing the world in black + white

[Michael 英泉 Eisen @mbeisen]

It’s like saying you’re going to save money on a football team by cutting all the linemen.

[David Protter @BiochemAndStuff]

@jonfavs @mehdirhasan These simply arent mutually exclusive. People can be feeling the squeeze because of decades of neoliberal economics (as well as lifestyle choices, i suspect), then be convinced to assign that blame to an administration that was actually moving things in the correct direction.

[David Protter @BiochemAndStuff]

@TheMildWorld @beatmastermatt is it "manipulated" or "inaccurate" ? You havent provided better sources, or said what the magnitude of the effects would be on the data thats out there based on your issues with how its collected. There is no perfect data source, but theres a good chance these are "less wrong"

[Jemaine Clement @AJemaineClement]

Yeah, so cool that the underdog kid who was born a millionaire and his sponsor, the richest human being alive aren't damn "elites".

[David Protter @BiochemAndStuff]

All I can think about is how throughout all of human history no messages have been more effective at amassing power than "the other side looks down on you" and "outsiders are ruining your way of life." No rational arguments seem to penetrate them

[sid 🌹🔆🇨🇦 @lilbabygandhi]

> be democrats
> pull the economy out of a crater
> rebuild manufacturing in the USA
> pump up the stock markets to record highs
> bring unemployment to the lowest rate in decades
> lose

[The Onion @TheOnion]

Election Touchscreen Map Takes Deeper Look Inside Key Swing Voter | Onion News Network

ONN political analyst Jason Copeland breaks down the latest presidential polling trends going on inside Pennsylvania resident Nick Camden.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

RFK Jr.: Yes, I would sign a national abortion ban

[Joao Pereira @jdpereira]

I will die on this one: pay is the single largest gatekeeper we have in academia.

This crap isn’t viable.

It’s hurting people, and limiting the pool of talented folks that think it’s a good idea to do science or have the resources to do so.

[Tom Hilton @TVHilton]

Wow, this kind of blanket denigration of Democrats is definitely going to spark a huge media frenzy

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

But it’s time Dems tone down the rhetoric, amirite?

[Dylan Park-Pettiford @dyllyp]

They called you a DEI driver your entire career.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Libertarians: if this is not a five-alarm fire for you then what is?

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

Focusing for a moment on the POLICIES at play.

Voters were asked whether they supported 100 different policies, but weren't told whether the policy was from Trump or Harris.

Nearly all of Harris' policies got majority support from the public, and... 🧵

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

There's a pretty striking pattern here. If you can guess who wins the election, you can probably also guess what comes next.

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

It's an astonishing feat of mathematics to raise taxes on 95% of Americans all in the name of cutting taxes on average.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

It’s one thing for some leftist group to call you a fascist. Quite another when it’s a fellow Republican. And absolutely astonishing when it’s your own chief of staff.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

John Kelly, Donald Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, said Trump met the definition of a fascist and would try to govern like a dictator if elected. Read more: https://t.co/r02PIXbjQ3

[The New York Times @nytimes]

The Justice Department sent a letter to the super PAC founded by Elon Musk warning that awarding $1 million to registered voters who signed a petition might violate federal laws against paying voters, according to people with knowledge of the situation.
https://t.co/vMSojHpN7y

[Michael McKean @MJMcKean]

History doesn’t repeat itself but it does rhyme.