I am Bruce
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Tech guy with too many interests and not enough time.
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"Rather than attend the dignified transfer of the bodies of four U.S. Army soldiers who died on a training mission in Lithuania, Trump flew to Florida to watch a Saudi-funded LIV golf tournament at his own course."
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-picks-...
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-picks-...
Trump Picks Golf Dinner Over Dignified Transfer of U.S. Troops’ Bodies
Trump flew to the Saudi-funded event in Florida on Friday.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"Rather than attend the dignified transfer of the bodies of four U.S. Army soldiers who died on a training mission in Lithuania, Trump flew to Florida to watch a Saudi-funded LIV golf tournament at his own course."
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-picks-...
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-picks-...
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The NIH has made headlines for terminating grants and delaying peer review. But there’s another, less visible way the agency is disrupting science: It’s quietly removing some grant applications from review for the indefinite future. chroni.cl/4leEu8z
The Quiet Way the NIH Is Stalling Some Research Before It Starts
A number of grant proposals have disappeared from scientists’ review pipelines, with little explanation. Applicants are bewildered and frustrated.
chroni.cl
April 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The NIH has made headlines for terminating grants and delaying peer review. But there’s another, less visible way the agency is disrupting science: It’s quietly removing some grant applications from review for the indefinite future. chroni.cl/4leEu8z
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I learned this week that you can put our troops' lives in danger, compromise our national security, and violate the Espionage Act. And the government will do nothing.
But if you write an editorial for your school newspaper that Trump doesn't like, you will be abducted on the street and disappeared.
But if you write an editorial for your school newspaper that Trump doesn't like, you will be abducted on the street and disappeared.
March 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I learned this week that you can put our troops' lives in danger, compromise our national security, and violate the Espionage Act. And the government will do nothing.
But if you write an editorial for your school newspaper that Trump doesn't like, you will be abducted on the street and disappeared.
But if you write an editorial for your school newspaper that Trump doesn't like, you will be abducted on the street and disappeared.
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School-based Medicaid programs are vital in ensuring that millions of children, particularly those with disabilities, receive services such as speech therapy, mental health support, and medical assistance.
These funds are a high target for upcoming cuts.
Our students deserve better.
#SaveMedicaid
These funds are a high target for upcoming cuts.
Our students deserve better.
#SaveMedicaid
March 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
School-based Medicaid programs are vital in ensuring that millions of children, particularly those with disabilities, receive services such as speech therapy, mental health support, and medical assistance.
These funds are a high target for upcoming cuts.
Our students deserve better.
#SaveMedicaid
These funds are a high target for upcoming cuts.
Our students deserve better.
#SaveMedicaid
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How ironic would it be if the U.S. government were to build a small prison for illegal immigrants using wood imported from Russia that was harvested and milled by North Korean inmates?
March 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
How ironic would it be if the U.S. government were to build a small prison for illegal immigrants using wood imported from Russia that was harvested and milled by North Korean inmates?
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This timeline leaves a lot to be desired.
March 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This timeline leaves a lot to be desired.
And this helps the US economy how exactly?
The Agriculture Department has axed two programs that gave schools and food banks money to buy food from local farms and ranchers, halting more than $1 billion in federal spending.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
States have been notified that they will not receive 2025 funding for schools to buy food from nearby farms.
www.politico.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
And this helps the US economy how exactly?
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"downsizes" is a weak way of saying "forced to cancel dozens of programs, which jeopardizes future STEM careers of talented undergrads" @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF downsizes summer research program for undergraduates
Many participants are from groups underrepresented in science
www.science.org
March 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"downsizes" is a weak way of saying "forced to cancel dozens of programs, which jeopardizes future STEM careers of talented undergrads" @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
Won’t be long before our only friends are Russia and…well, that’s about it.
March 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Won’t be long before our only friends are Russia and…well, that’s about it.
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You had it right the first time.
Old Video Of Marco Rubio Warning Republicans About Supporting Trump Resurfaces—And It's On Point
You were right the first time, Marco.
www.comicsands.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
You had it right the first time.
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More of this, America.
February 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
More of this, America.
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Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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The only way to save yourself is to name the person who is harming you and then join us against him…
February 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The only way to save yourself is to name the person who is harming you and then join us against him…
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Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
February 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
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The U.S. #NationalWeatherService, housed within #NOAA, is a truly world-class meteorological predictive service, perhaps singularly so. It costs only ~$3/yr per taxpayer, & yields ~10:1 return on investment--saving economy 10s-100s of billions, not to mention thousands of lives.
Hearing reports that Musk’s cronies are targeting NOAA — infiltrating key systems and locking out career employees.
NOAA is vital for weather forecasting, scientific research and more. Their critical work saves lives.
My team and I are looking into this and we will not stand for it.
NOAA is vital for weather forecasting, scientific research and more. Their critical work saves lives.
My team and I are looking into this and we will not stand for it.
February 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The U.S. #NationalWeatherService, housed within #NOAA, is a truly world-class meteorological predictive service, perhaps singularly so. It costs only ~$3/yr per taxpayer, & yields ~10:1 return on investment--saving economy 10s-100s of billions, not to mention thousands of lives.
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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...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
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.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
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Biden’s team isn’t giving up just because his term is ending.
Democrats prepare to fight Trump’s Day 1 executive orders in the courts
While Joe Biden’s presidency comes to an end on Monday, Democrats aren’t stepping down from the fight just yet, as they prepare to battle Donald Trump through the court system.� The Democracy ...
www.dailykos.com
January 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Biden’s team isn’t giving up just because his term is ending.
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I guess this didn’t make the cut for the official portrait
January 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I guess this didn’t make the cut for the official portrait
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Who else is really looking forward to not watching the Inauguration?
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January 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Who else is really looking forward to not watching the Inauguration?
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Went to a Lowe’s last night and perused their XMAS decorations, but didn’t see one of these…
November 26, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Went to a Lowe’s last night and perused their XMAS decorations, but didn’t see one of these…
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So, the same Republicans who spent years & tens of millions of our tax dollars demanding to see the contents of a laptop belonging to Joe Biden’s private citizen son, don’t want to see the ethics report on the former Congressman Trump wants to make our nation’s Attorney General?
November 18, 2024 at 5:07 PM
So, the same Republicans who spent years & tens of millions of our tax dollars demanding to see the contents of a laptop belonging to Joe Biden’s private citizen son, don’t want to see the ethics report on the former Congressman Trump wants to make our nation’s Attorney General?
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The first mainland European bird to go extinct in 500 years.
The slender-billed curlew is declared extinct
This is the first mainland European bird declared extinct in 500 years.
buff.ly
November 18, 2024 at 5:57 PM
The first mainland European bird to go extinct in 500 years.
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Morning, friends. Time to dig back in to all of this.
Democracy matters.
Democracy matters.
November 17, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Morning, friends. Time to dig back in to all of this.
Democracy matters.
Democracy matters.
How much worse will things get re: critical thinking and flexibility in beliefs if the U.S. Dept of Education is gutted/closed?
A frustrating component of many scientists believing “we just need to teach people facts to change their behavior” is an inability to recognize most people don’t think or operate the way scientists do. (Scientists, in theory, are carefully trained to change our minds/views in response to new data).
In brief, this is the idea that if people just KNEW more about the problem, they’d think and act differently. Knowledge ->attitudes -> behavior. This leads to a lot of cries that we need to just “educate people”…
November 18, 2024 at 1:01 PM
How much worse will things get re: critical thinking and flexibility in beliefs if the U.S. Dept of Education is gutted/closed?