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Cheryl Rofer
@CherylRofer
Retired nuclear scientist: national security, nature, science, and women's issues. She, her nucleardiner.wordpress.com lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
New Mexico
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    Cheryl Rofer
    @CherylRofer
    Oct 26, 2023
    New pinned tweet 10/26/2023 As you've probably surmised, most of my activity is now on Bluesky. I post occasionally on Mastodon, too. I won't drop this account yet, but please come join me at Bluesky.
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    Cheryl Rofer
    @CherylRofer
    Feb 8, 2022
    For all those removing mask mandates, I repeat a graphic I've been using since March 2020. We keep doing this over and over and over.
    Graph of new cases against time. Red line: business as usual. Green line: with prevention and precaution efforts. The two lines coincide up to a point labled “Efforts start working,” when the green line starts to go down. Shortly after that is a purple marker labeled “Warning! We are close to” with an arrow pointing to “See? It wasn’t so bad. We overreacted,” which delineates a blue box low in the “new cases” space. The green line goes down in the blue box to a minimum labeled in red “We did it!! Let’s stop this and return to normal.” From that point, the green line turns red and goes up as fast as the other red one. Provenance of the graphic not known.
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    Cheryl Rofer
    @CherylRofer
    Jun 12, 2018
    I'm seeing a number of commentators just pleased that we're not in a nuclear war. That's what Trump does: Play up, make possible, an utterly devastating outcome. Then people are pleased when it doesn't happen. Abuser tactics.
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    Cheryl Rofer
    @CherylRofer
    Mar 4, 2022
    None of the reactors at Zaporizhzhia is likely to explode in the way Chernobyl did. But Russians must move away from the plant.
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    Dmytro Kuleba
    @DmytroKuleba
    Mar 4, 2022
    Russian army is firing from all sides upon Zaporizhzhia NPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Fire has already broke out. If it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chornobyl! Russians must IMMEDIATELY cease the fire, allow firefighters, establish a security zone!
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    Cheryl Rofer
    @CherylRofer
    Jan 19, 2017
    Replying to @ddale8
    Did you find any supporters who aren't white?
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    Cheryl Rofer
    @CherylRofer
    Jan 31, 2017
    Attorney General of Massachusetts.
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    Maura Healey
    @maura_healey
    Jan 31, 2017
    I don't wake up every day looking for a way to sue Donald Trump. But we are 10 days in and I've filed three cases already.
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    Cheryl Rofer
    @CherylRofer
    Aug 12, 2022
    A short explainer. I'm not going to limit replies so that people can ask questions, but I will warn the mansplainers in particular to read my pinned tweet.
    washingtonpost.com
    FBI searched Trump’s home to look for nuclear documents and other items, sources say
    Experts in classified information said the unusual search underscores deep concern among government officials about the types of information they thought could be located at Mar-a-Lago.
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    Cheryl Rofer
    @CherylRofer
    Sep 1, 2018
    I think that not all of what we are hearing is subtext. It's description of a man in full, a country for everyone. It seems like subtext only because of the shrunken man in the White House and his enablers.
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    Alison Frankel
    @AlisonFrankel
    Sep 1, 2018
    Every eulogy at McCain’s funeral has the exact same subtext. Trump isn’t at the ceremony and no one has uttered his name. But man, the messages couldn’t be clearer.
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    Cheryl Rofer
    @CherylRofer
    Oct 17, 2019
    Oh man. Protocol is that the flag behind Pence should be an American one. Making America great again
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    Ragıp Soylu
    @ragipsoylu
    Oct 17, 2019
    First pic from Erdogan, Pence meeting. NO ONE is happy
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    Cheryl Rofer
    @CherylRofer
    Mar 31, 2022
    Extremely doubtful that this is true
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    Visegrád 24
    @visegrad24
    Mar 30, 2022
    7 busses with Russian soldiers suffering from Acute Radiation Syndrome have arrived to a hospital in Belarus from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine. They allegedly dug trenches in the highly radioactive Red Forest - UNIAN News Agency
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    Cheryl Rofer
    @CherylRofer
    Oct 11, 2018
    WHY IS A FIVE YEAR OLD'S SIGNATURE LEGALLY BINDING
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    Michael Luo
    @michaelluo
    Oct 11, 2018
    Horrifying story by @stillsarita. A 5-year-old girl, separated from her family, signed away her right to a hearing that would have hastened her release and reunification. newyorker.com/news/news-desk…
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    Cheryl Rofer
    @CherylRofer
    Jun 24, 2022
    And therefore now I'll vote to trash the filibuster and vote for the Women's Health Act. Right, @Sen_JoeManchin?
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    Igor Bobic
    @igorbobic
    Jun 24, 2022
    Manchin: "I trusted Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh when they testified under oath that they also believed Roe v. Wade was settled legal precedent and I am alarmed they chose to reject the stability the ruling has provided for two generations of Americans."
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    Cheryl Rofer
    @CherylRofer
    May 20, 2018
    Teen Vogue gets it, once again. Teen Dating Violence Is an Indicator of Gun Violence
    teenvogue.com
    Teen Shooters Have a History of Violence Against Women, Too
    We need to pay attention.
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    Cheryl Rofer
    @CherylRofer
    Jun 2, 2020
    There's that @nytimes passive again. That tear gas just keeps showing up, all by itself.
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    Maggie Haberman
    @maggieNYT
    Jun 2, 2020
    Protesters Dispersed With Tear Gas So Trump Could Pose at Church - The New York Times nytimes.com/2020/06/01/us/…