Dan Papaj
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We live in an episode of Veep
October 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We live in an episode of Veep
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Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."
October 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."
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Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧
October 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧
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Release the Epstein Files.
October 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Release the Epstein Files.
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Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity
October 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity
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Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.
Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:
When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
October 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Wow.
People fighting for freedom in China, encouraging Americans to "be braver" now.
h/t @samanthaculp.bsky.social
People fighting for freedom in China, encouraging Americans to "be braver" now.
h/t @samanthaculp.bsky.social
In which I said to Americans: “I just can’t emphasize enough to be braver than you think you can. If you don’t pay the middle price now, you’re gonna pay a huge price. People go to jail, people disappear, people die for the right to speak, now you only need to lose your job.” pen.org/what-oversea...
Propaganda, Isolation, Censorship, and Entertainment: What Overseas Press Know About the Authoritarian Playbook
Anna Nemzer, M. Gessen, and Yaqiu Wang discuss how media falls victim under authoritarianism, and what America should watch out for.
pen.org
September 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Wow.
People fighting for freedom in China, encouraging Americans to "be braver" now.
h/t @samanthaculp.bsky.social
People fighting for freedom in China, encouraging Americans to "be braver" now.
h/t @samanthaculp.bsky.social
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How about that.
September 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
How about that.
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The motivation of the man who shot Charlie Kirk isn't clear (although he's probably mentally unstable--duh). What is clear is it was another example of American gun violence.
September 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The motivation of the man who shot Charlie Kirk isn't clear (although he's probably mentally unstable--duh). What is clear is it was another example of American gun violence.
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his father was unavailable for comment
RFK Jr: We had lots of guns when we were kids. Kids brought guns to school and were encouraged to do so. And nobody was walking into schools and shooting people. There are many things that could explain this. One is the dependence on psychiatric drugs.
September 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
his father was unavailable for comment
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A professor at Texas A&M taught… something related to gender that offended a student, who secretly filmed herself objecting. That video is picked up by TX legislators, who demand her firing, and now the dean and dept head have been fired.
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A professor at Texas A&M taught… something related to gender that offended a student, who secretly filmed herself objecting. That video is picked up by TX legislators, who demand her firing, and now the dean and dept head have been fired.
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
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Our statement on behalf of our client former CDC Director Susan Monarez in light of HHS Secretary Kennedy's unsworn testimony before Senate Finance Committee today:
September 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Our statement on behalf of our client former CDC Director Susan Monarez in light of HHS Secretary Kennedy's unsworn testimony before Senate Finance Committee today:
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'Overall, the message from this survey is positive– evolutionary biologists are readily employable outside of academia, generally well-prepared for those jobs, and report high levels of satisfaction in their non-academic careers.'
#Preprint
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Preprint
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Leaving Academia: Insights from Evolutionary Biologists on Their Career Transitions and Job Satisfaction
Many who have obtained PhDs in evolutionary biology will ultimately pursue careers that fall outside a narrow definition of an academic career. At the same time, PhD students and supervisors of PhD st...
www.biorxiv.org
September 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
'Overall, the message from this survey is positive– evolutionary biologists are readily employable outside of academia, generally well-prepared for those jobs, and report high levels of satisfaction in their non-academic careers.'
#Preprint
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Preprint
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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SCOOP: Three Trump Cabinet Members Have Multiple Primary-Residence Mortgages @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @justinelliott.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...
www.propublica.org
September 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
SCOOP: Three Trump Cabinet Members Have Multiple Primary-Residence Mortgages @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @justinelliott.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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CINDY MCCAIN: “The desperation is overwhelming.”
August 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
CINDY MCCAIN: “The desperation is overwhelming.”
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Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.
The end of an era.
insidemedicine.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
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HELLO: As I mentioned on Friday, I got laid off from my role at Splinter. I have now migrated my long-dormant newsletter, Gravity Is Gone, to a better home (Ghost), and will start writing and reporting over there. I would *love* it if you would sign up.
www.gravityisgone.com/gravity-rela...
www.gravityisgone.com/gravity-rela...
Gravity Relaunched
The media industry: great fun forever.
Last week, I was laid off from my role as deputy editor of Splinter, where I spent about a year and a half covering — among other things — climate change, scien...
www.gravityisgone.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
HELLO: As I mentioned on Friday, I got laid off from my role at Splinter. I have now migrated my long-dormant newsletter, Gravity Is Gone, to a better home (Ghost), and will start writing and reporting over there. I would *love* it if you would sign up.
www.gravityisgone.com/gravity-rela...
www.gravityisgone.com/gravity-rela...
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💥 The NFL is stoked to be woke.
“All 32 teams will feature an end zone message of their choice at each home game throughout the season, selecting from four options: ‘End Racism,’ ‘Stop Hate,’ ‘Choose Love’ or ‘Inspire Change.’
africa.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
“All 32 teams will feature an end zone message of their choice at each home game throughout the season, selecting from four options: ‘End Racism,’ ‘Stop Hate,’ ‘Choose Love’ or ‘Inspire Change.’
africa.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Social justice messages to continue in end zones
For the sixth straight season, all 32 NFL teams will feature a message of their choice in one end zone at each home game and "It Takes All of Us" in the opposite one.
africa.espn.com
August 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
💥 The NFL is stoked to be woke.
“All 32 teams will feature an end zone message of their choice at each home game throughout the season, selecting from four options: ‘End Racism,’ ‘Stop Hate,’ ‘Choose Love’ or ‘Inspire Change.’
africa.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
“All 32 teams will feature an end zone message of their choice at each home game throughout the season, selecting from four options: ‘End Racism,’ ‘Stop Hate,’ ‘Choose Love’ or ‘Inspire Change.’
africa.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
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Many thanks to @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social for featuring our new book #scienceundersiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social for your Sept/Oct issue devoted to the attacks on science and the scicomms response
August 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Many thanks to @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social for featuring our new book #scienceundersiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social for your Sept/Oct issue devoted to the attacks on science and the scicomms response
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Do you love alpine plants, ancient DNA, and/or population genetics? My lab will be hiring a postdoc soon to be based at the University of Maine! We’re looking for someone who uses genetic tools and thinks like a community ecologist. Happy to chat at #ESA2025 if you’re interested.
August 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Do you love alpine plants, ancient DNA, and/or population genetics? My lab will be hiring a postdoc soon to be based at the University of Maine! We’re looking for someone who uses genetic tools and thinks like a community ecologist. Happy to chat at #ESA2025 if you’re interested.
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“...disinformation, conspiracy theories & political violence is getting scarier by the day. I’m very worried about how this is now going beyond defunding of infectious diseases & public health to political violence against the people working in those fields."
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...
After Years of Anger Directed at C.D.C., Shooting Manifests Worst Fears
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“...disinformation, conspiracy theories & political violence is getting scarier by the day. I’m very worried about how this is now going beyond defunding of infectious diseases & public health to political violence against the people working in those fields."
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...
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This was an attack on a federal institution. An attack BECAUSE it is Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This was domestic terrorism.
Why isn’t it getting more press coverage? Some coverage, not enough.
Domestic. Terrorism.
This was domestic terrorism.
Why isn’t it getting more press coverage? Some coverage, not enough.
Domestic. Terrorism.
August 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This was an attack on a federal institution. An attack BECAUSE it is Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This was domestic terrorism.
Why isn’t it getting more press coverage? Some coverage, not enough.
Domestic. Terrorism.
This was domestic terrorism.
Why isn’t it getting more press coverage? Some coverage, not enough.
Domestic. Terrorism.