If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.

The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.

Upper Valley resident detained at citizenship interview in Colchester Friends of White River Junction resident Mohsen Mahdawi say he was called in for a citizenship interview Monday and left in handcuffs.

Mohsen Mahdawi, a permanent U.S. resident living in White River Junction, was arrested Monday when he arrived for a citizenship interview at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field office in Colchester, according to court filings.

Also enjoyed (but didn't get a pic) of the sign reading "TRANS PEOPLE ARE NOT THE 1% I'M WORRIED ABOUT, BAN THE BILLIONAIRES"

image of watchmen's doctor manhattan, a superhero who is entirely blue and nude, sitting on a rock, small in frame, on what is depicted to be a very pink version of the surface of the planet mars. he looks pensive.

It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—

"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."

With the attacks on science and academia by the current administration, if those of us who have tenure don't speak up, it's really hard to continue justifying the tenure system based on academic freedom.

REST IN PEACE TOM ROBBINS

YOU ARE A BIG PART OF WHY I AM LIKE THIS

Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

if I had to see this my 10 followers do too

There are lots of disheartening things happening, but seeing Starbucks and Amazon employees organizing and fighting so hard for fair treatment is really inspiring!!!

Prices for 5 drugs were hiked without proof of new benefits, costing the U.S. $815M in 2023, report finds Report: Prices for 5 drugs were hiked without proof of new benefits, costing the U.S. $815 million in 2023.

Prices for 5 drugs were hiked without proof of new benefits, costing the U.S. $815M in 2023

KNIVES OUT is a Christmas movie because Chris Evans wears a sweater.

Just a friendly reminder to any Dems on the House Ethics Committee that they are fully protected constitutionally if they decide to read the whole Matt Gaetz ethics report into the record on the House floor….