CGelb
@cgelb.bsky.social
Former news producer and health communications expert. Reader, writer, engaged with the world.
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At some point the press needs to stop adopting right-wing framing that this is a "DEI purge" and call it what it is — white supremacist violence against our collective past.
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Jackie Robinson’s Army career wiped from military website in DEI purge
Robinson trained as an officer and was assigned to a tank regiment during World War II.
www.nbcnews.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
At some point the press needs to stop adopting right-wing framing that this is a "DEI purge" and call it what it is — white supremacist violence against our collective past.
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
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I am begging blue state governors to have lunch this week with your adjutant general of the National Guard.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
March 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I am begging blue state governors to have lunch this week with your adjutant general of the National Guard.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
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Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
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By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
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Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
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Just now picking up my daughter’s Claudia’s Corgi, Gracie, from her spaying procedure from Friendship Animal Hospital in northwest DC.
It turns out they are doing something amazing for people victimized by the insane government purges 👉
It turns out they are doing something amazing for people victimized by the insane government purges 👉
Animal hospital in DC waives fees for laid off federal workers
Community members are thanking the hospital for its generous gesture.
www.wusa9.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Just now picking up my daughter’s Claudia’s Corgi, Gracie, from her spaying procedure from Friendship Animal Hospital in northwest DC.
It turns out they are doing something amazing for people victimized by the insane government purges 👉
It turns out they are doing something amazing for people victimized by the insane government purges 👉
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That Trump is now calling Pres. Zelensky a “dictator” and it talked the U.S. into spending $350 billion (a lie) for a war Ukraine started (another disgusting lie) should remind you the White House occupant is mentally deranged and must be opposed at all times.
February 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
That Trump is now calling Pres. Zelensky a “dictator” and it talked the U.S. into spending $350 billion (a lie) for a war Ukraine started (another disgusting lie) should remind you the White House occupant is mentally deranged and must be opposed at all times.
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This needs to happen. Right now.
Opinion | What should Democrats do now? Form a shadow cabinet.
The venerable British institution of the opposition would serve America well today.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
This needs to happen. Right now.
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social
A few notes I took from Heather Cox Richardson.
No mandate.
No majority.
No landslide in House/Senate
Direct attack on #democracy
Voter suppression.
Gerry mandering.
Claiming power but the the hell are they?
Angry toddler.
Where are your tax dollars headed?
Privatization.
A few notes I took from Heather Cox Richardson.
No mandate.
No majority.
No landslide in House/Senate
Direct attack on #democracy
Voter suppression.
Gerry mandering.
Claiming power but the the hell are they?
Angry toddler.
Where are your tax dollars headed?
Privatization.
January 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
A few notes I took from Heather Cox Richardson.
No mandate.
No majority.
No landslide in House/Senate
Direct attack on #democracy
Voter suppression.
Gerry mandering.
Claiming power but the the hell are they?
Angry toddler.
Where are your tax dollars headed?
Privatization.
A few notes I took from Heather Cox Richardson.
No mandate.
No majority.
No landslide in House/Senate
Direct attack on #democracy
Voter suppression.
Gerry mandering.
Claiming power but the the hell are they?
Angry toddler.
Where are your tax dollars headed?
Privatization.
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The halt is part of the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid last week, and instructs organizations overseas to stop distributing HIV medications bought with U.S. aid, even if they have already been acquired and have made it to local clinics.
https://newrepublic.com/post/190773/trump-hiv-a…
https://newrepublic.com/post/190773/trump-hiv-a…
Trump Proves the Cruelty Is the Point With HIV Funding Move
Donald Trump’s decision to halt all HIV/AIDS funding contains some especially callous details.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The halt is part of the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid last week, and instructs organizations overseas to stop distributing HIV medications bought with U.S. aid, even if they have already been acquired and have made it to local clinics.
https://newrepublic.com/post/190773/trump-hiv-a…
https://newrepublic.com/post/190773/trump-hiv-a…
How can one man unilaterally rename a geographic location and then Google decides to change its maps. Is that all it takes, one man deciding he prefers Gulf of America to Gulf of Mexico?
January 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
How can one man unilaterally rename a geographic location and then Google decides to change its maps. Is that all it takes, one man deciding he prefers Gulf of America to Gulf of Mexico?
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CNN anchor Jim Acosta, who rose to acclaim as a hard-charging reporter who frequently clashed with members of the first Trump administration, said Tuesday that he will be leaving the network he has worked at since 2007.
Jim Acosta announces he’s leaving CNN
The CNN anchor will leave network he has worked at since 2007 after losing his 10 a.m. time slot.
wapo.st
January 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
CNN anchor Jim Acosta, who rose to acclaim as a hard-charging reporter who frequently clashed with members of the first Trump administration, said Tuesday that he will be leaving the network he has worked at since 2007.
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Once upon a time, newspapers were just fancy blogs for rich people. We’re just heading there again.
December 13, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Once upon a time, newspapers were just fancy blogs for rich people. We’re just heading there again.
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A quote that a veteran Chicago reporter once told me be about newspaper owners that always sticks with me “No one ever bought a bicycle that they didn’t want to ride.”
Scoop: Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong killed an editorial that was critical of Trump's Cabinet picks, weeks after he blocked a planned endorsement of Kamala Harris by the LAT editorial board www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/b...
Los Angeles Times Owner Wades Deeper Into Opinion Section
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s public comments and actions, including recently blocking an editorial weighing in on President-elect Trump’s cabinet picks, have concerned many staff members.
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2024 at 11:17 PM
A quote that a veteran Chicago reporter once told me be about newspaper owners that always sticks with me “No one ever bought a bicycle that they didn’t want to ride.”
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No one should be jailed in this country for being political opponents of the president-elect, for doing their jobs, or for investigating an attempt to overturn an election. Following through on this would effectively mean an end to the US as a free republic. Shouldn't have to say that, but I will.
Trump says members of Jan. 6 committee should be jailed
Donald Trump said he would not instruct his pick for attorney general to investigate Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed to investigate him, in an interview with “Meet the Press.”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:19 PM
No one should be jailed in this country for being political opponents of the president-elect, for doing their jobs, or for investigating an attempt to overturn an election. Following through on this would effectively mean an end to the US as a free republic. Shouldn't have to say that, but I will.
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Hi Blueskyers. I run the organization @protectdemocracy.org which aims to do just that.
Over the past decade we’ve won countless cases to protect voters and truth, helped pass legislation, and unfortunately predicted much of what’s happened.
Follow and repost so we can keep doing that here.
Over the past decade we’ve won countless cases to protect voters and truth, helped pass legislation, and unfortunately predicted much of what’s happened.
Follow and repost so we can keep doing that here.
November 24, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Hi Blueskyers. I run the organization @protectdemocracy.org which aims to do just that.
Over the past decade we’ve won countless cases to protect voters and truth, helped pass legislation, and unfortunately predicted much of what’s happened.
Follow and repost so we can keep doing that here.
Over the past decade we’ve won countless cases to protect voters and truth, helped pass legislation, and unfortunately predicted much of what’s happened.
Follow and repost so we can keep doing that here.
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I just posted my 2nd blog post.
Here's the idea: How do we assess ideas about humanoids, without our anthropocentric bias? Maybe if the ideas were being pushed by another species. Beetles?
It's only a four-minute read.
mtmason.com/the-beetle-r...
Here's the idea: How do we assess ideas about humanoids, without our anthropocentric bias? Maybe if the ideas were being pushed by another species. Beetles?
It's only a four-minute read.
mtmason.com/the-beetle-r...
The Beetle Roboticists: A Parable - Matthew T. Mason
How do we assess ideas about humanoids, without our anthropocentric bias? Maybe if the ideas were being pushed by another species. Beetles?
mtmason.com
November 24, 2024 at 10:14 PM
I just posted my 2nd blog post.
Here's the idea: How do we assess ideas about humanoids, without our anthropocentric bias? Maybe if the ideas were being pushed by another species. Beetles?
It's only a four-minute read.
mtmason.com/the-beetle-r...
Here's the idea: How do we assess ideas about humanoids, without our anthropocentric bias? Maybe if the ideas were being pushed by another species. Beetles?
It's only a four-minute read.
mtmason.com/the-beetle-r...
