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Back in the old days, we used to call this a purge. Firing all your senior leaders at NIH? It's a purge. Just call it what it is.
More news (not good) from NIH
The renewal request from National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke Director Walter Koroshetz has been denied.
I guess the NIH_leadership™ needed another position to fill with their time-tested recruitment process.
The renewal request from National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke Director Walter Koroshetz has been denied.
I guess the NIH_leadership™ needed another position to fill with their time-tested recruitment process.
December 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Back in the old days, we used to call this a purge. Firing all your senior leaders at NIH? It's a purge. Just call it what it is.
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Barely a blip in the news. 🦗from the New York Times editorial and opinion pages. Compare with days of Hunter Biden Hysteria about unprecedented abuse of the pardon power.
December 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Barely a blip in the news. 🦗from the New York Times editorial and opinion pages. Compare with days of Hunter Biden Hysteria about unprecedented abuse of the pardon power.
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The Washpost edit board calls Trump’s bombing in Nigeria “a welcome change in a part of the world that has always been little more than an afterthought for the president” — and has zero mention of the thousands in Africa facing starvation because of USAID cuts
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Why West Africa is worth worrying about
Strikes on ISIS targets in Nigeria are welcome but insufficient.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The Washpost edit board calls Trump’s bombing in Nigeria “a welcome change in a part of the world that has always been little more than an afterthought for the president” — and has zero mention of the thousands in Africa facing starvation because of USAID cuts
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Amazing that this review paper from 2021 just became my most cited paper of my 30+ yr career. I am honored to have been the lead first co-corresponding author with @ChiaWang8. COVID is indeed airborne--as are most other respiratory viruses. @ucsandiego.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Airborne transmission of respiratory viruses
A Review discusses the scientific basis of and factors controlling airborne transmission of respiratory viruses including coronavirus.
www.science.org
December 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Amazing that this review paper from 2021 just became my most cited paper of my 30+ yr career. I am honored to have been the lead first co-corresponding author with @ChiaWang8. COVID is indeed airborne--as are most other respiratory viruses. @ucsandiego.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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This!👇
Viruses can have major impacts on our health. Learning about them should be part of the core curriculum in both elementary and high school, so that there is equal opportunity for ppl to learn about how to keep themselves healthy.
So many adults have no clue, and their children suffer for it.
Viruses can have major impacts on our health. Learning about them should be part of the core curriculum in both elementary and high school, so that there is equal opportunity for ppl to learn about how to keep themselves healthy.
So many adults have no clue, and their children suffer for it.
It is so terribly apparent that very few lay people understand how viruses work. We've had colds circulating for decades that we never become immune to, and yet somehow that nugget of personal experience eludes people.🤨
December 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This!👇
Viruses can have major impacts on our health. Learning about them should be part of the core curriculum in both elementary and high school, so that there is equal opportunity for ppl to learn about how to keep themselves healthy.
So many adults have no clue, and their children suffer for it.
Viruses can have major impacts on our health. Learning about them should be part of the core curriculum in both elementary and high school, so that there is equal opportunity for ppl to learn about how to keep themselves healthy.
So many adults have no clue, and their children suffer for it.
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I spoke to her attorney yesterday; she is still in the country as far as they know bsky.app/profile/aila...
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
bit.ly
December 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I spoke to her attorney yesterday; she is still in the country as far as they know bsky.app/profile/aila...
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They're desperate to rationalize "heritage American" as if it's some serious intellectual theory and not a white nationalist twitter meme. Which doesn't work because it is, in fact, just a white nationalist twitter meme.
December 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
They're desperate to rationalize "heritage American" as if it's some serious intellectual theory and not a white nationalist twitter meme. Which doesn't work because it is, in fact, just a white nationalist twitter meme.
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Since it's the holidays, you'll finally have time to catch up Hard Drugs episodes!
Here's a thread of all of them so far:
Here's a thread of all of them so far:
LAUNCH DAY 🚀
Today I’m launching a new podcast, Hard Drugs, with Jacob Trefethen (@jacobtref.bsky.social)
Our first episode is about lenacapavir — a new HIV drug that blocks infections with an efficacy rate of nearly 100%, and which could completely change the fight against HIV worldwide.
Today I’m launching a new podcast, Hard Drugs, with Jacob Trefethen (@jacobtref.bsky.social)
Our first episode is about lenacapavir — a new HIV drug that blocks infections with an efficacy rate of nearly 100%, and which could completely change the fight against HIV worldwide.
Lenacapavir: The miracle drug that could end AIDS
Hard Drugs · Episode
open.spotify.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Since it's the holidays, you'll finally have time to catch up Hard Drugs episodes!
Here's a thread of all of them so far:
Here's a thread of all of them so far:
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Look at this chart and remember:
1) the COVID immune damage claim is that after a COVID infection, influenza gets worse
vs
2) the "immunity debt" claim is that after a bad influenza season, influenza gets better
Now look at how 2022-23 compares to previous years, and ask "Which claim was right?"
1) the COVID immune damage claim is that after a COVID infection, influenza gets worse
vs
2) the "immunity debt" claim is that after a bad influenza season, influenza gets better
Now look at how 2022-23 compares to previous years, and ask "Which claim was right?"
Why not both? Bad flu strain and population-level immune dysfunction from mass, repeat COVID infection.
#MaskUp and get vaxxed indeed!
P.S. We are at 29,099 cases already this year as of Dec 19.
P.P.S. Chart also shows spreading flu is a choice 🤬
#MaskUp and get vaxxed indeed!
P.S. We are at 29,099 cases already this year as of Dec 19.
P.P.S. Chart also shows spreading flu is a choice 🤬
December 27, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Look at this chart and remember:
1) the COVID immune damage claim is that after a COVID infection, influenza gets worse
vs
2) the "immunity debt" claim is that after a bad influenza season, influenza gets better
Now look at how 2022-23 compares to previous years, and ask "Which claim was right?"
1) the COVID immune damage claim is that after a COVID infection, influenza gets worse
vs
2) the "immunity debt" claim is that after a bad influenza season, influenza gets better
Now look at how 2022-23 compares to previous years, and ask "Which claim was right?"
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"Nathaniel Raymond, a public health scholar and the executive director of the lab, estimates that between 30,000 and 100,000 people may have been killed in six weeks, with 60,000 as a plausible midpoint."
Opinion | This Is What the Murder of a Whole City Looks Like
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:26 AM
"Nathaniel Raymond, a public health scholar and the executive director of the lab, estimates that between 30,000 and 100,000 people may have been killed in six weeks, with 60,000 as a plausible midpoint."
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Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
December 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
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This administration lied about the people it sent to an overseas torture prison. It lies about the people it’s deporting. It lies every day to gain political advantage. Not a chance in hell they won’t lie about huge swaths of people they suspect might vote for the other party.
December 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This administration lied about the people it sent to an overseas torture prison. It lies about the people it’s deporting. It lies every day to gain political advantage. Not a chance in hell they won’t lie about huge swaths of people they suspect might vote for the other party.
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my crank opinion is that using your phone while operating a motor vehicle should be treated as equivalent to drunk driving and that platforms should instaban users doing shit like this.
An online creator in Illinois who struck and killed a pedestrian with her car during a livestream she was hosting on TikTok was charged this week with two felonies, the police said.
Driver Livestreaming on TikTok Is Charged After Fatally Striking Pedestrian, Police Say
The driver, who is known to her followers as Tea Tyme, was charged with two felonies in connection with the crash last month, the police in Illinois said.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
my crank opinion is that using your phone while operating a motor vehicle should be treated as equivalent to drunk driving and that platforms should instaban users doing shit like this.
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Good article, but I think we could add that many of the current government officials & influencers spreading political point-scoring falsehoods during crisis events HAVE BECOME gov officials & influencers BECAUSE of their bullshit-spreading talents. System effects of rotten attention dynamics.
Government Officials Once Stopped False Accusations After Violence. Now, Some Join In.
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Good article, but I think we could add that many of the current government officials & influencers spreading political point-scoring falsehoods during crisis events HAVE BECOME gov officials & influencers BECAUSE of their bullshit-spreading talents. System effects of rotten attention dynamics.
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Holman Jenkins is pretty far right, and he semi-endorses her complaint about the “60 Minutes” story. But this is quite a passage: “Ms. Weiss has so far upheld what I will courteously assume was the implicit bargain that landed her the CBS job. Don’t gasp. She knew why she was being hired.”
Opinion | Bari Weiss Delivers for CBS’s Parent
The Ellison family is getting what it paid for when it acquired the journalistic mouthpiece.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Holman Jenkins is pretty far right, and he semi-endorses her complaint about the “60 Minutes” story. But this is quite a passage: “Ms. Weiss has so far upheld what I will courteously assume was the implicit bargain that landed her the CBS job. Don’t gasp. She knew why she was being hired.”
Best news of the day
South Park called it, and it’s hilarious.
One of the creators purchased the Trump Kennedy Center URL address before the name was even changed because they know Trump’s narcissism is in the driver’s seat.
One of the creators purchased the Trump Kennedy Center URL address before the name was even changed because they know Trump’s narcissism is in the driver’s seat.
December 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Best news of the day
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Just like they were going to leave New York City if Mamdani won and now they are not just staying but setting up new facilities and larger workforces?
Y’all can’t even keep the lies you’re telling for the wealthy straight anymore it’s just vapid fear mongering and open lies from the times.
Y’all can’t even keep the lies you’re telling for the wealthy straight anymore it’s just vapid fear mongering and open lies from the times.
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Just like they were going to leave New York City if Mamdani won and now they are not just staying but setting up new facilities and larger workforces?
Y’all can’t even keep the lies you’re telling for the wealthy straight anymore it’s just vapid fear mongering and open lies from the times.
Y’all can’t even keep the lies you’re telling for the wealthy straight anymore it’s just vapid fear mongering and open lies from the times.
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Trump is at his lowest point of popularity. His sycophants and enablers are losing election after election. Some of his staunchest supporters are abandoning ship. The momentum is on our side and the regime knows it.
Pitch in if you can to power the nationwide organizing we need to win the midterms.
Pitch in if you can to power the nationwide organizing we need to win the midterms.
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December 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Trump is at his lowest point of popularity. His sycophants and enablers are losing election after election. Some of his staunchest supporters are abandoning ship. The momentum is on our side and the regime knows it.
Pitch in if you can to power the nationwide organizing we need to win the midterms.
Pitch in if you can to power the nationwide organizing we need to win the midterms.
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Ben Kingsley’s birth name is Khrishna Pandit Bhanji, and yet I have seen his casting as Gandhi being described as whitewashing a number of times!
Kingsley is definitely the OG “looks vaguely ethnic unless the role needs him not to” actor.
I’d also nominate Edward James Olmos here.
I’d also nominate Edward James Olmos here.
December 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Ben Kingsley’s birth name is Khrishna Pandit Bhanji, and yet I have seen his casting as Gandhi being described as whitewashing a number of times!
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As someone who watched her dad fall victim to the CB radio craze of the 1970s and who has listened to more than one Mannheim Steamroller Christmas album in her life, I really enjoyed this article and I think you will too
Finally, the Christmas piece you’ve all been waiting for—the one that connects the fates of C.W. McCall and Mannheim Steamroller.
David Buck outdid himself this time:
tedium.co/2025/12/25/c...
new @tedium.co
David Buck outdid himself this time:
tedium.co/2025/12/25/c...
new @tedium.co
Convoy Steamroller: C.W. McCall’s Unexpected Christmas Music Tie
The unexpected connection between advertising, a 1975 novelty song, CB radio, and some of your favorite modern Christmas tunes.
tedium.co
December 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
As someone who watched her dad fall victim to the CB radio craze of the 1970s and who has listened to more than one Mannheim Steamroller Christmas album in her life, I really enjoyed this article and I think you will too
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Ah, but China's population is heavily concentrated in the east, unlike... errr...
Well, China is extremely mountainous, which... err...
Well, China is extremely mountainous, which... err...
My whole life we’ve been told that The US is simply too big to have high speed rail
December 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Ah, but China's population is heavily concentrated in the east, unlike... errr...
Well, China is extremely mountainous, which... err...
Well, China is extremely mountainous, which... err...
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Conflating adoption with citizenship would have been bizarre gibberish to the Romans. But if you really want to draw an analogy, the famously unique thing about Roman citizenship is how they were (relatively, in fits and starts) so much more liberal in granting its expansion than competing powers.
I had missed this latest delirium by Adrian Vermeule on birthright citizenship
'Common law?! NAH, it's the Roman law of adoption that should govern the interpretation of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution!'
thenewdigest.substack.com/p/immigratio...
'Common law?! NAH, it's the Roman law of adoption that should govern the interpretation of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution!'
thenewdigest.substack.com/p/immigratio...
December 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Conflating adoption with citizenship would have been bizarre gibberish to the Romans. But if you really want to draw an analogy, the famously unique thing about Roman citizenship is how they were (relatively, in fits and starts) so much more liberal in granting its expansion than competing powers.
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On birthright citizenship: The plain meaning of the text is against him. The original intent of the authors is against him. The traditional understanding through US history is against him. So he is left trying to invent some convoluted academic theory to justify his predetermined conclusion.
I had missed this latest delirium by Adrian Vermeule on birthright citizenship
'Common law?! NAH, it's the Roman law of adoption that should govern the interpretation of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution!'
thenewdigest.substack.com/p/immigratio...
'Common law?! NAH, it's the Roman law of adoption that should govern the interpretation of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution!'
thenewdigest.substack.com/p/immigratio...
December 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
On birthright citizenship: The plain meaning of the text is against him. The original intent of the authors is against him. The traditional understanding through US history is against him. So he is left trying to invent some convoluted academic theory to justify his predetermined conclusion.
Great thread, as is typical with Seth's posts - I always learn something (also, it might just be me, but this bigot's face has a disconcerting resemblance to Miller's)
William Blessing preached to a congregation of about 1000 people in Denver, CO in the 1940s and 50s. His church spread the gospel of white supremacy and railed against the Satanic threat Jews supposedly posed to America. His church was named, ironically enough, the "House of Prayer for All People."
December 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Great thread, as is typical with Seth's posts - I always learn something (also, it might just be me, but this bigot's face has a disconcerting resemblance to Miller's)