Cynthia Fox
@cynthfox.bsky.social
Author WW Norton's “Cell of Cells”; scientific editor, reporter, reviewer. Articles in Esquire, Fortune, Forbes, Discover, Wired, Rolling Stone, etc. Review of Cells in The Economist, The London Times, Science, etc https://sites.google.com/site/cynthiaffox
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Cynthia Fox
@cynthfox.bsky.social
· Feb 20
After we’ve discriminated against all immigrant, gay, transgender, disabled, female, and minority people, yet find the problems we blamed them for “are still staring us in the face….what next? All the atrocities of human history lurk in the answer.” Gov. Pritzker, Skokie, Illinois, Feb 19, 2025
10,000 —and counting—PhD level US scientists are gone.
Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) posted on LinkedIn
Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) posted images on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:40 AM
10,000 —and counting—PhD level US scientists are gone.
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The great Pritzker explains the reason he stands up to Trump so eloquently: his mother. m.youtube.com/watch?v=nv7W...
How Gov. JB Pritzker Honors His Late Parents By Serving The People Of Illinois
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
m.youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:45 AM
The great Pritzker explains the reason he stands up to Trump so eloquently: his mother. m.youtube.com/watch?v=nv7W...
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The luminous and eloquent Mamdani noted this week that many religions make “love the stranger” their siren call. “For the stranger is us and we are them.” He then detailed how NYC is gearing up to “protect all New Yorkers from ICE” in the most massive city defense yet. m.youtube.com/watch?v=uoU9...
Welcome The Stranger
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
m.youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:03 AM
The luminous and eloquent Mamdani noted this week that many religions make “love the stranger” their siren call. “For the stranger is us and we are them.” He then detailed how NYC is gearing up to “protect all New Yorkers from ICE” in the most massive city defense yet. m.youtube.com/watch?v=uoU9...
The luminous and eloquent Mamdani noted this week that many religions make “love the stranger” their siren call. “For the stranger is us and we are them.” He then detailed how NYC is gearing up to “protect all New Yorkers from ICE” in the most massive city defense yet. m.youtube.com/watch?v=uoU9...
Welcome The Stranger
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
m.youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:03 AM
The luminous and eloquent Mamdani noted this week that many religions make “love the stranger” their siren call. “For the stranger is us and we are them.” He then detailed how NYC is gearing up to “protect all New Yorkers from ICE” in the most massive city defense yet. m.youtube.com/watch?v=uoU9...
The great Pritzker explains the reason he stands up to Trump so eloquently: his mother. m.youtube.com/watch?v=nv7W...
How Gov. JB Pritzker Honors His Late Parents By Serving The People Of Illinois
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
m.youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:45 AM
The great Pritzker explains the reason he stands up to Trump so eloquently: his mother. m.youtube.com/watch?v=nv7W...
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Rachel Maddow has repeatedly noted that the US is nearing Harvard's 3.5% mark. The last No Kings protest brought out 2% of the population--the most in US history. If all those marchers bring 1 friend each to the March 28 No Kings protest, the US will sail past 3.5%. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
‘3.5% rule’: The anti-Trump movement is nearing an important threshold
If you want to guarantee success against authoritarianism, research shows you need at least 3.5% of the country’s population on your side.
www.ms.now
February 1, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Rachel Maddow has repeatedly noted that the US is nearing Harvard's 3.5% mark. The last No Kings protest brought out 2% of the population--the most in US history. If all those marchers bring 1 friend each to the March 28 No Kings protest, the US will sail past 3.5%. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Wow. I wonder what could possibly be distracting these gifted and impossibly hard-working kids. Could it be a terrifying president publicly berating them for their defense of democracy—as the world blames them for the way the same president is destroying it?
February 15, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Wow. I wonder what could possibly be distracting these gifted and impossibly hard-working kids. Could it be a terrifying president publicly berating them for their defense of democracy—as the world blames them for the way the same president is destroying it?
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More than 350 judges have rejected Trump’s deportation “strategies.”
February 15, 2026 at 4:22 AM
More than 350 judges have rejected Trump’s deportation “strategies.”
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Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
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The radical, shocking, and ongoing destruction of the NIH is not even remotely about a backlash to Covid. The destruction was planned by the Far Right for years, and was fully and meticulously spelled out in Project 2025. This article details what to do. www.liberalcurrents.com/propaganda-r...
Propaganda, Rather than Pandemic Policies, Caused the War on Public Health
The backlash narrative ignores basic facts of the case.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:01 AM
The radical, shocking, and ongoing destruction of the NIH is not even remotely about a backlash to Covid. The destruction was planned by the Far Right for years, and was fully and meticulously spelled out in Project 2025. This article details what to do. www.liberalcurrents.com/propaganda-r...
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"Now young people are abandoning Trump faster than any other voting block."
"Most members of Generation Z were still children when Trump came down the escalator…They don’t view Trump as sui generis or beyond the pale, because he’s been the dominant force in our politics for as long as they’ve been politically aware."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Disappointment of Young Trump Voters
Americans under 30 swung to the right in 2024, but they’re not getting what they voted for.
www.theatlantic.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:05 AM
"Now young people are abandoning Trump faster than any other voting block."
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HHS canceled $500M in novel mRNA research, narrowed criteria on who should get the mRNA COVID vaccine, refused to review a completed study of a mRNA flu vaccine.
“We reject the claim that our approach to vaccines is anti-science or hostile to innovation.”
🧪 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
“We reject the claim that our approach to vaccines is anti-science or hostile to innovation.”
🧪 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:09 AM
HHS canceled $500M in novel mRNA research, narrowed criteria on who should get the mRNA COVID vaccine, refused to review a completed study of a mRNA flu vaccine.
“We reject the claim that our approach to vaccines is anti-science or hostile to innovation.”
🧪 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
“We reject the claim that our approach to vaccines is anti-science or hostile to innovation.”
🧪 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
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CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss’ editorial direction prompted Anderson Cooper’s exit from 60 Minutes, a report says.
MAGA-Curious CBS Boss’ ‘Direction’ Forced ’60 Minutes’ Star Out
Anderson Cooper wasn’t comfortable with Weiss’s rightward newsroom decisions, a report claims.
trib.al
February 17, 2026 at 1:50 AM
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss’ editorial direction prompted Anderson Cooper’s exit from 60 Minutes, a report says.
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Lauren, thank you for including me! He is the deranged foreign inhabitant! Followed & Sharing! @ltwlauren.bsky.social 💙🙏💪 go.bsky.app/HT74Mh3
February 16, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Lauren, thank you for including me! He is the deranged foreign inhabitant! Followed & Sharing! @ltwlauren.bsky.social 💙🙏💪 go.bsky.app/HT74Mh3
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Illinois has eliminated its bill backlog and debts.
Illinois has enshrined reproductive rights.
Illinois has reaffirmed labor rights.
Illinois has rebuilt its infrastructure.
Illinois has prioritized our children’s education.
Illinois has invested in our future — with more to come.
Illinois has enshrined reproductive rights.
Illinois has reaffirmed labor rights.
Illinois has rebuilt its infrastructure.
Illinois has prioritized our children’s education.
Illinois has invested in our future — with more to come.
February 16, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Illinois has eliminated its bill backlog and debts.
Illinois has enshrined reproductive rights.
Illinois has reaffirmed labor rights.
Illinois has rebuilt its infrastructure.
Illinois has prioritized our children’s education.
Illinois has invested in our future — with more to come.
Illinois has enshrined reproductive rights.
Illinois has reaffirmed labor rights.
Illinois has rebuilt its infrastructure.
Illinois has prioritized our children’s education.
Illinois has invested in our future — with more to come.
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NAILED IT!!!
REPUBLICAN Rep. Thomas Massie went nuclear tRumpstein over his handling of the Epstein files, branding the White House the “EPSTEIN ADMINISTRATION.”
REPUBLICAN Rep. Thomas Massie went nuclear tRumpstein over his handling of the Epstein files, branding the White House the “EPSTEIN ADMINISTRATION.”
GOP Rebel Humiliates Trump White House With Brutal New Nickname
Rep. Thomas Massie went nuclear on President Donald Trump over his handling of the Epstein files, branding the White House the “Epstein administration.” Massie slammed Trump for “rubbing shoulders” wi...
www.yahoo.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM
NAILED IT!!!
REPUBLICAN Rep. Thomas Massie went nuclear tRumpstein over his handling of the Epstein files, branding the White House the “EPSTEIN ADMINISTRATION.”
REPUBLICAN Rep. Thomas Massie went nuclear tRumpstein over his handling of the Epstein files, branding the White House the “EPSTEIN ADMINISTRATION.”
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"In Pennsylvania, the Shapiro administration is warning federal officials that it will not issue required state permits for two planned immigration detention centers..."
www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
Shapiro admin tells ICE to drop plans for PA detention centers
ICE detention centers planned for Berks and Schuylkill Counties would burden residents and possibly violate state legal requirements, officials say.
www.spotlightpa.org
February 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
"In Pennsylvania, the Shapiro administration is warning federal officials that it will not issue required state permits for two planned immigration detention centers..."
www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
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Anderson Cooper said he was leaving his correspondent role at “60 Minutes” on CBS, but would continue his anchor job at CNN. nyti.ms/4kEZNA4
Anderson Cooper Is Leaving ’60 Minutes’
Mr. Cooper said in a statement that he was leaving as a correspondent for the show to focus on his CNN program and spend more time with his children.
nyti.ms
February 17, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Anderson Cooper said he was leaving his correspondent role at “60 Minutes” on CBS, but would continue his anchor job at CNN. nyti.ms/4kEZNA4
"Now young people are abandoning Trump faster than any other voting block."
"Most members of Generation Z were still children when Trump came down the escalator…They don’t view Trump as sui generis or beyond the pale, because he’s been the dominant force in our politics for as long as they’ve been politically aware."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Disappointment of Young Trump Voters
Americans under 30 swung to the right in 2024, but they’re not getting what they voted for.
www.theatlantic.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:05 AM
"Now young people are abandoning Trump faster than any other voting block."
Reposted by Cynthia Fox
Hate paywalls? So does John Cusack www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-...
Hate paywalls? So does John Cusack
‘If you're making $40,000 a year, you're not going to be able to pay for the information you need,’ Cusack said on ‘In The Loop.’
www.wbez.org
February 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Hate paywalls? So does John Cusack www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-...
The radical, shocking, and ongoing destruction of the NIH is not even remotely about a backlash to Covid. The destruction was planned by the Far Right for years, and was fully and meticulously spelled out in Project 2025. This article details what to do. www.liberalcurrents.com/propaganda-r...
Propaganda, Rather than Pandemic Policies, Caused the War on Public Health
The backlash narrative ignores basic facts of the case.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:01 AM
The radical, shocking, and ongoing destruction of the NIH is not even remotely about a backlash to Covid. The destruction was planned by the Far Right for years, and was fully and meticulously spelled out in Project 2025. This article details what to do. www.liberalcurrents.com/propaganda-r...
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
Reposted by Cynthia Fox
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.