Gerard Harbison
@gerardharbison.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry. Irish and American; raised in Dublin, though born in England. Happily married (hope my wife feels the same!) Travels, watching birds. Grows plants. Snarks. Lives in Melbourne Beach, on the Atlantic Coast of the stupid state
Douthat is desperately trying to rescue Jay Bhattacharya's image. Jay, remember, estimated the COVID infection fatality rate to be 0.1% (probably an order of magnitude too low). Now he has the chutzpah to be claiming to rescue public confidence in science.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
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Opinion | A Plan to Restore Trust in Science From a ‘Fringe Epidemiologist’
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January 29, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Douthat is desperately trying to rescue Jay Bhattacharya's image. Jay, remember, estimated the COVID infection fatality rate to be 0.1% (probably an order of magnitude too low). Now he has the chutzpah to be claiming to rescue public confidence in science.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
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The IDF is suddenly accepting the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers because they know as well as everyone else now that it’s a massive undercount.
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:46 PM
The IDF is suddenly accepting the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers because they know as well as everyone else now that it’s a massive undercount.
Lucrative idea: a porno movie titled 'Young Melania: a woman's journey from Ljubljana to Mar-a-Lago'
January 29, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Lucrative idea: a porno movie titled 'Young Melania: a woman's journey from Ljubljana to Mar-a-Lago'
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❝ Although many international experts have accepted the Health Ministry's data as reliable, and even conservative relative to the true death toll, Israel had refused to accept the Health Ministry's count until now ❞
Haaretz: archive.md/pepaU
Haaretz: archive.md/pepaU
January 29, 2026 at 12:10 PM
❝ Although many international experts have accepted the Health Ministry's data as reliable, and even conservative relative to the true death toll, Israel had refused to accept the Health Ministry's count until now ❞
Haaretz: archive.md/pepaU
Haaretz: archive.md/pepaU
Trump and Schumer Move Toward Possible Deal to Avert a Shutdown
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January 29, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Micheál wants his little Spring junket to Washington DC, and you're not going to tell him it's wrong.
BTW, Trump won less than 50% of the vote in his 'emphatic' election victory.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/oir...
BTW, Trump won less than 50% of the vote in his 'emphatic' election victory.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/oir...
Not ‘one iota’ of Coalition’s values compromised in dealings with White House, Dáil hears
‘An insult to celebrate’ Irish migration experience, says Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger, ‘with somebody who’s terrorising migrants’
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January 28, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Micheál wants his little Spring junket to Washington DC, and you're not going to tell him it's wrong.
BTW, Trump won less than 50% of the vote in his 'emphatic' election victory.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/oir...
BTW, Trump won less than 50% of the vote in his 'emphatic' election victory.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/oir...
Given the two shooters of Alex Pretti were CBP, I think we should be looking at funding for DHS as a whole, and not just funding for ICE.
January 28, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Given the two shooters of Alex Pretti were CBP, I think we should be looking at funding for DHS as a whole, and not just funding for ICE.
The Master of Distraction now needs a war to distract from his domestic depredations, which distract from the Epstein files.
How he creates a circus act
When he practices to distract!
How he creates a circus act
When he practices to distract!
January 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The Master of Distraction now needs a war to distract from his domestic depredations, which distract from the Epstein files.
How he creates a circus act
When he practices to distract!
How he creates a circus act
When he practices to distract!
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The US Dollar share of global reserve currency has fallen to its lowest level this century.
It’s hard to think Trump isn’t acting purely in the interests of Russia and China.
It’s hard to think Trump isn’t acting purely in the interests of Russia and China.
January 27, 2026 at 8:49 AM
The US Dollar share of global reserve currency has fallen to its lowest level this century.
It’s hard to think Trump isn’t acting purely in the interests of Russia and China.
It’s hard to think Trump isn’t acting purely in the interests of Russia and China.
Of course, the story will not mention the Alexander family's links to Israel.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trial begins of wealthy Florida brothers accused of sexual abuse over decades
Prosecutors allege real-estate trio Tal, Alon and Oren Alexander raped, assaulted and trafficked dozens of women
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Of course, the story will not mention the Alexander family's links to Israel.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The New York Times uses his middle name, which is usually not mentioned, for the same reason the rest of the right-wing press called the president 'Barack Hussein Obama': to make him appear foreign or alien.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/u...
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Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost Is Assaulted at Sundance Film Festival
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January 25, 2026 at 2:38 PM
The New York Times uses his middle name, which is usually not mentioned, for the same reason the rest of the right-wing press called the president 'Barack Hussein Obama': to make him appear foreign or alien.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/u...
The anti-American Israel Public Affairs Committee targets another Democrat.
AIPAC are the enemies of America.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/n...
AIPAC are the enemies of America.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/n...
Pro-Israel Group Targets a Former Ally in an Early Congressional Race
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January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
The anti-American Israel Public Affairs Committee targets another Democrat.
AIPAC are the enemies of America.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/n...
AIPAC are the enemies of America.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/n...
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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I just saw a video from MN. It showed DHS officers beating up a civilian and the one or more of them shot that same person multiple times.
Sc*bags All of them.
Sc*bags All of them.
January 24, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I just saw a video from MN. It showed DHS officers beating up a civilian and the one or more of them shot that same person multiple times.
Sc*bags All of them.
Sc*bags All of them.
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#FBI Agent Who Tried to Investigate #ICE Officer Johnathan Ross Resigns
The resignation of the agent, Tracee Mergen, was only the latest shock wave to have emerged from the DOJ’s handling of the shooting of #ReneeGood.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
The resignation of the agent, Tracee Mergen, was only the latest shock wave to have emerged from the DOJ’s handling of the shooting of #ReneeGood.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:26 AM
#FBI Agent Who Tried to Investigate #ICE Officer Johnathan Ross Resigns
The resignation of the agent, Tracee Mergen, was only the latest shock wave to have emerged from the DOJ’s handling of the shooting of #ReneeGood.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
The resignation of the agent, Tracee Mergen, was only the latest shock wave to have emerged from the DOJ’s handling of the shooting of #ReneeGood.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
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FBI leadership coverup of Renee Good killing.
A supervisor in FBI’s Minneapolis field office resigned "after bureau leadership in Washington pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into" ICE agent Jonathan Ross. "Such inquiries are a common investigative step in similar shootings."
A supervisor in FBI’s Minneapolis field office resigned "after bureau leadership in Washington pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into" ICE agent Jonathan Ross. "Such inquiries are a common investigative step in similar shootings."
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 PM
FBI leadership coverup of Renee Good killing.
A supervisor in FBI’s Minneapolis field office resigned "after bureau leadership in Washington pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into" ICE agent Jonathan Ross. "Such inquiries are a common investigative step in similar shootings."
A supervisor in FBI’s Minneapolis field office resigned "after bureau leadership in Washington pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into" ICE agent Jonathan Ross. "Such inquiries are a common investigative step in similar shootings."
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New: an FBI agent who took the routine step of investigating the ICE officer who shot Renee Good has resigned after FBI leadership discouraged the investigation
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:49 PM
New: an FBI agent who took the routine step of investigating the ICE officer who shot Renee Good has resigned after FBI leadership discouraged the investigation
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
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ICE just crashed a car at my intersection (due to their own shitty driving) and immediately got out and tear gassed observers.
January 23, 2026 at 7:38 PM
ICE just crashed a car at my intersection (due to their own shitty driving) and immediately got out and tear gassed observers.
Trump, winning friends and influencing people again.
Talks pretty big for a draft-dodging coward.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Talks pretty big for a draft-dodging coward.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump prompts outrage with claim Nato troops avoided frontline in Afghanistan
UK MPs and veterans condemn US president’s comments and highlight his avoidance of military service in Vietnam
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Trump, winning friends and influencing people again.
Talks pretty big for a draft-dodging coward.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Talks pretty big for a draft-dodging coward.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Don't see why I should bother to vote, let alone campaign, in the mid-terms, when the Dems can't be bothered to impose a whip. The purpose of voting D is to limit the Trump administration. Better show me some evidence they will actually do so.
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Democrats set to vote against ICE bill amid outrage over Trump crackdown
Majority of 213-strong House caucus expected to reject funding bill but party has no plans to enforce whip
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Don't see why I should bother to vote, let alone campaign, in the mid-terms, when the Dems can't be bothered to impose a whip. The purpose of voting D is to limit the Trump administration. Better show me some evidence they will actually do so.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Europe took on Trump — and won. Total surrender by Trump after he humiliated himself and the nation on the world stage.
The is not a new deal - this is Trump surrendering. For now. They have always said that the US & NATO is free to do what it wants in Greenland from a military perspective. Trump said that wasn’t good enough because he needs the US to “own” it. So this is simply Trump backing down
January 21, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Europe took on Trump — and won. Total surrender by Trump after he humiliated himself and the nation on the world stage.
Let's dispense with the #NotAllAmericans garbage, particularly the sub-strain that says it's all "straight white men". 15% of Black Americans voted for Trump, as well as 42% of Latinos. His administration is packed with gay men -- Grennell, Bessent, and many others:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/s...
Donald Trump’s Big Gay Government
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January 21, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Let's dispense with the #NotAllAmericans garbage, particularly the sub-strain that says it's all "straight white men". 15% of Black Americans voted for Trump, as well as 42% of Latinos. His administration is packed with gay men -- Grennell, Bessent, and many others:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/s...