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"it's all a sham, it's not on the level" -- @matthewcort.land is spot on, this is an antivax show trial by antivaxxers
see also this NEJM piece by 12 bipartisan former FDA directors (35 yrs!):
"it relies on the rigor and goodwill of the people doing the evaluation"
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
see also this NEJM piece by 12 bipartisan former FDA directors (35 yrs!):
"it relies on the rigor and goodwill of the people doing the evaluation"
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
December 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"it's all a sham, it's not on the level" -- @matthewcort.land is spot on, this is an antivax show trial by antivaxxers
see also this NEJM piece by 12 bipartisan former FDA directors (35 yrs!):
"it relies on the rigor and goodwill of the people doing the evaluation"
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
see also this NEJM piece by 12 bipartisan former FDA directors (35 yrs!):
"it relies on the rigor and goodwill of the people doing the evaluation"
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
I, too, am "perfectly normal"
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I, too, am "perfectly normal"
Did everyone get a headache in the past hour or so in msp or are you not sensitive to barometric pressure?
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Did everyone get a headache in the past hour or so in msp or are you not sensitive to barometric pressure?
Can only assume this 3Q wolves
Cue the circus music
November 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Can only assume this 3Q wolves
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Twin cities friends: I'll be speaking tomorrow at the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science on how AI disrupts the sometimes precarious balance of scientific incentives.
Excited to welcome @lmesseri.bsky.social, @cameronbuckner.bsky.social and @carlbergstrom.com to campus a week from today for the “AI and the Nature of Science: Concepts and Controversies” event. 14.11.25, 1400 - 1800.
AI and the Nature of Science
Bringing together cutting-edge perspectives and helping set an agenda for future research and application
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Twin cities friends: I'll be speaking tomorrow at the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science on how AI disrupts the sometimes precarious balance of scientific incentives.
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seems like a lot of effort just to protect bill clinton tbh
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
seems like a lot of effort just to protect bill clinton tbh
It really feels like a bunch of people were just dropped into traffic and had never seen it before, what is going on?
October 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It really feels like a bunch of people were just dropped into traffic and had never seen it before, what is going on?
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Why don't we have more good journalism?
Mostly, because people are unwilling to pay for it.
We have, collectively, gotten the idea that information should be free for the reading.
You can't complain about lousy reporting & analysis and also gripe about paywalls.
Mostly, because people are unwilling to pay for it.
We have, collectively, gotten the idea that information should be free for the reading.
You can't complain about lousy reporting & analysis and also gripe about paywalls.
October 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Why don't we have more good journalism?
Mostly, because people are unwilling to pay for it.
We have, collectively, gotten the idea that information should be free for the reading.
You can't complain about lousy reporting & analysis and also gripe about paywalls.
Mostly, because people are unwilling to pay for it.
We have, collectively, gotten the idea that information should be free for the reading.
You can't complain about lousy reporting & analysis and also gripe about paywalls.
AUDIBLE whoa on video after this quote.
According to Phee, Cathy said: “Caitlin should be grateful she makes $16 million off the court because without the platform that the WNBA gives her, she wouldn’t be making anything.”
#wnba
#wnba
September 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
AUDIBLE whoa on video after this quote.
They have broken Phee y'all. She's lighting it on fire. I rec watching
www.startribune.com/live-updates...
www.startribune.com/live-updates...
September 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
They have broken Phee y'all. She's lighting it on fire. I rec watching
www.startribune.com/live-updates...
www.startribune.com/live-updates...
This. The committee was full of skeptics before who wanted proof of safety and efficacy --- who it has now are denialists at one end, non-expert conspiracy theory believers -- appointed rather than rigorously vetted.
Stop co-opting the word skeptic.
Stop co-opting the word skeptic.
The assault on science continues, and the @nytimes.com enables it by giving them the moniker of “skeptics”.
No. Skeptics don’t blindly trust claims or anecdotes, they want proof. People who ignore a vast body of evidence are deniers, not skeptics.
Buy a f*cking dictionary 🤦🏻♂️
No. Skeptics don’t blindly trust claims or anecdotes, they want proof. People who ignore a vast body of evidence are deniers, not skeptics.
Buy a f*cking dictionary 🤦🏻♂️
CDC committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of hepatitis B shots at birth or delaying them. The vaccine is credited by public health experts with nearly eliminating maternal transmission of the disease in the U.S.
September 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This. The committee was full of skeptics before who wanted proof of safety and efficacy --- who it has now are denialists at one end, non-expert conspiracy theory believers -- appointed rather than rigorously vetted.
Stop co-opting the word skeptic.
Stop co-opting the word skeptic.
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i feel so bad for people who were close with Speaker Hortman, to have to watch her name get used like a political football this week
our legislators are traumatized, I honestly can't imagine what this session will be like but I hope the state is offering some sort of assistance
our legislators are traumatized, I honestly can't imagine what this session will be like but I hope the state is offering some sort of assistance
September 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
i feel so bad for people who were close with Speaker Hortman, to have to watch her name get used like a political football this week
our legislators are traumatized, I honestly can't imagine what this session will be like but I hope the state is offering some sort of assistance
our legislators are traumatized, I honestly can't imagine what this session will be like but I hope the state is offering some sort of assistance
This is the best piece I've read on this -especially to clarify what to do with our empathy when someone who deserves no mourning dies.
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This is the best piece I've read on this -especially to clarify what to do with our empathy when someone who deserves no mourning dies.
And just in case anyone is wondering "genetic, neurologic, or metabolic conditions" are listed separately for children and teens. And those are quite broad without further definitions.
This was how CVS worked for me but for my son at Walgreens they verified 3x that he had a health condition after my attestation AND asked which one. So heads up for minors, I even challenged asking that question
And good god, can we do something about pharmacy privacy?
And good god, can we do something about pharmacy privacy?
FYI, the Walgreens app just asks you to check a box that you’re eligible for a Covid vaccine. No wait at the Snelling & Randolph location right now
September 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
And just in case anyone is wondering "genetic, neurologic, or metabolic conditions" are listed separately for children and teens. And those are quite broad without further definitions.
This was how CVS worked for me but for my son at Walgreens they verified 3x that he had a health condition after my attestation AND asked which one. So heads up for minors, I even challenged asking that question
And good god, can we do something about pharmacy privacy?
And good god, can we do something about pharmacy privacy?
FYI, the Walgreens app just asks you to check a box that you’re eligible for a Covid vaccine. No wait at the Snelling & Randolph location right now
September 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This was how CVS worked for me but for my son at Walgreens they verified 3x that he had a health condition after my attestation AND asked which one. So heads up for minors, I even challenged asking that question
And good god, can we do something about pharmacy privacy?
And good god, can we do something about pharmacy privacy?
Stephanie White, ayfkm
September 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Stephanie White, ayfkm
I would do Mr. Rogers neighborhood complete with the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the most important part. (With some extra pieces to improvise!)
in case you - how do I put this delicately - also need perhaps a bit of a wholesome palate cleanser in your feed tonight, let's play a game
what is the #1 thing in all the world you MOST would want to build and display a huge Lego set of
(money no object. say you get one free bc it was your idea)
what is the #1 thing in all the world you MOST would want to build and display a huge Lego set of
(money no object. say you get one free bc it was your idea)
September 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I would do Mr. Rogers neighborhood complete with the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the most important part. (With some extra pieces to improvise!)
Brett kavanaugh deciding infringement on civil liberty is ok so long as it is a minor inconvenience is wildly lazy justification
This is a paragraph Brett Kavanaugh wrote on his little computer and then sent out into the world:
September 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Brett kavanaugh deciding infringement on civil liberty is ok so long as it is a minor inconvenience is wildly lazy justification
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today @jayboller.bsky.social went off on the Strib's dumbest columnist
Strib's Pistol-Packing, Raw-Milk-Drinking Columnist Lectures Grieving City on Gun Debate Decorum - Racket
Plus rejected fair art, annoying U of M guests, and fair facts galore in today's Flyover news roundup.
racketmn.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
today @jayboller.bsky.social went off on the Strib's dumbest columnist
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For my Substack, I wrote about the chaotic final days of summer with kids and the quiet relief of Tuesday's first day of school against a backdrop of last week's tragedy.
Read/subscribe for free:
thefriscalatingdusklight.substack.com/p/how-close-...
Read/subscribe for free:
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How close is too close?
Trying to process a tragedy.
thefriscalatingdusklight.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
For my Substack, I wrote about the chaotic final days of summer with kids and the quiet relief of Tuesday's first day of school against a backdrop of last week's tragedy.
Read/subscribe for free:
thefriscalatingdusklight.substack.com/p/how-close-...
Read/subscribe for free:
thefriscalatingdusklight.substack.com/p/how-close-...
I watched this whole thing and now I need a nap.
trying to imagine firefighters getting dispatched to this house and the absolute nightmare that would be
August 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I watched this whole thing and now I need a nap.
Great post, but also - all I think of when I hear this song is Rev 105's final days.
August 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Great post, but also - all I think of when I hear this song is Rev 105's final days.
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I think the DFL often has a very insulting way of dealing with its Somali/East African bloc. Some is lack of knowledge or interest in that community. Some is pure transactional greed. But I think the State party should be very careful in fucking with a major electoral engine keeping the state blue.
August 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I think the DFL often has a very insulting way of dealing with its Somali/East African bloc. Some is lack of knowledge or interest in that community. Some is pure transactional greed. But I think the State party should be very careful in fucking with a major electoral engine keeping the state blue.
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Ok, story’s out about DFL mayoral endorsement being revoked. Remember as you talk to folks:
- Fateh had nothing to do with faulty tabulation
- Frey finished with 30%, pathetic for an incumbent
- Maybe pay attention to the guy actually hurt, who came out of nowhere to grab 20%: DeWayne Davis.
- Fateh had nothing to do with faulty tabulation
- Frey finished with 30%, pathetic for an incumbent
- Maybe pay attention to the guy actually hurt, who came out of nowhere to grab 20%: DeWayne Davis.
August 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Ok, story’s out about DFL mayoral endorsement being revoked. Remember as you talk to folks:
- Fateh had nothing to do with faulty tabulation
- Frey finished with 30%, pathetic for an incumbent
- Maybe pay attention to the guy actually hurt, who came out of nowhere to grab 20%: DeWayne Davis.
- Fateh had nothing to do with faulty tabulation
- Frey finished with 30%, pathetic for an incumbent
- Maybe pay attention to the guy actually hurt, who came out of nowhere to grab 20%: DeWayne Davis.
Been more afraid of Dream than liberty all season. Tonight does not calm my nerves!
August 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Been more afraid of Dream than liberty all season. Tonight does not calm my nerves!