@grimace14.bsky.social
I'm a data scientist but political violence threatens my job. I am struggling to support my family financially but hold two graduate degrees. What the hell happened?
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RPubs - Forcasting vulnerable districts of the 119th Congress
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There's around 20 congressional districts that appear vulnerable, given this model of the 119th Congress I developed. I used LASSO to select a set of significant and minimally colinear features to a logistic model, leveraging 2023 Census estimates from the ACS.
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Representatives speaking outside HHS: Herb Conaway, Maxine Dexter, Sen. Ron Wyden, Sen. Chris Van Hollen
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Representatives speaking outside HHS: Herb Conaway, Maxine Dexter, Sen. Ron Wyden, Sen. Chris Van Hollen
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U.S. House Rep. Andy Harris, R-Maryland, told voters worried about rising health-care costs that costs are “just going back to what it was like before COVID."
Republicans Face Voter Anger Over Rising Health Care Premiums
Notices of rising health insurance premiums are landing in voters' mailboxes and sending some to Republican town halls to vent their frustration.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
U.S. House Rep. Andy Harris, R-Maryland, told voters worried about rising health-care costs that costs are “just going back to what it was like before COVID."
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On Nov 5 at 4 PM, join and support members of the healthcare, public health, and scientific communities in a march from the APHA Rally for the Public’s Health to the Capitol to deliver petitions to Congress demanding the resignation or removal of RFK Jr.
www.911forhealthandscience.org
www.911forhealthandscience.org
October 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
On Nov 5 at 4 PM, join and support members of the healthcare, public health, and scientific communities in a march from the APHA Rally for the Public’s Health to the Capitol to deliver petitions to Congress demanding the resignation or removal of RFK Jr.
www.911forhealthandscience.org
www.911forhealthandscience.org
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Let’s start figuring out who we want. Praying that we can make it there.
October 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Let’s start figuring out who we want. Praying that we can make it there.
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15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Every small victory should be felt in a big way.
This woman's story should be shared nationally. It was a crime to detain her after being victimized for so long.
www.thebanner.com/western-mary...
This woman's story should be shared nationally. It was a crime to detain her after being victimized for so long.
www.thebanner.com/western-mary...
Hagerstown nail salon owner freed after five months in ICE custody
Melissa Tran, a Hagerstown mom and nail salon owner, was freed five months after being detained by ICE and jailed in Washington state. A federal judge ruled that U.S. officials had no basis for prolon...
www.thebanner.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Every small victory should be felt in a big way.
This woman's story should be shared nationally. It was a crime to detain her after being victimized for so long.
www.thebanner.com/western-mary...
This woman's story should be shared nationally. It was a crime to detain her after being victimized for so long.
www.thebanner.com/western-mary...
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“… just days after a gunman sprayed over 500 bullets across the CDC campus, the government fired over 150 violence and injury prevention specialists”
Amid deadly shootings, CDC has fired experts and closed prevention offices. Expert calls it a 'cruel irony' – gun violence grows as prevention efforts fade
www.statnews.com/2025/09/12/g...
www.statnews.com/2025/09/12/g...
As U.S. faces deadly week, gun violence experts lament end of prevention research
Amid deadly shootings, CDC has fired experts and shut down research on preventing gun violence. Expert calls it a "cruel irony."
www.statnews.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“… just days after a gunman sprayed over 500 bullets across the CDC campus, the government fired over 150 violence and injury prevention specialists”
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Before the hearing begins, a reminder…
Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines
The number of infected people, measured over 70-some years and across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, generally declined after vaccines were introduced.
graphics.wsj.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Before the hearing begins, a reminder…
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We Ran the CDC: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health. | The authors previously led in the CDC, either as directors or acting directors under Republican and Democratic administrations. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We Ran the CDC: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health. | The authors previously led in the CDC, either as directors or acting directors under Republican and Democratic administrations. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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Late last night I mapped crime rates for cities in OH, SC and WV to show how often they exceeded the rate in DC — where those states’ governors are sending National Guard troops to “combat crime.” www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...
More people in Ohio need protection from violent crime than there are people in D.C.
Governors of three states — Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia — are sending members of their state National Guards to D.C. to … well, theoretically to combat crime but, if the past week is any in...
www.pbump.net
August 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Late last night I mapped crime rates for cities in OH, SC and WV to show how often they exceeded the rate in DC — where those states’ governors are sending National Guard troops to “combat crime.” www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...
People ask why I'm so bearish on the whole "Ai is changing everything" rhetoric. Part of that is my conviction that much of what's out there is poorly calibrated for real world tasks.
Here is a delightful article on one such practice that causes problems in translation. doi.org/10.1093/jami...
Here is a delightful article on one such practice that causes problems in translation. doi.org/10.1093/jami...
The harm of class imbalance corrections for risk prediction models: illustration and simulation using logistic regression
AbstractObjective. Methods to correct class imbalance (imbalance between the frequency of outcome events and nonevents) are receiving increasing interest f
doi.org
August 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
People ask why I'm so bearish on the whole "Ai is changing everything" rhetoric. Part of that is my conviction that much of what's out there is poorly calibrated for real world tasks.
Here is a delightful article on one such practice that causes problems in translation. doi.org/10.1093/jami...
Here is a delightful article on one such practice that causes problems in translation. doi.org/10.1093/jami...
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Moral Injury and Brain Drain Are Destroying Our Public Health Workforce — How much more do we have to endure?
by Katie Suleta, DHSc, MPH, MS www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
by Katie Suleta, DHSc, MPH, MS www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Moral Injury and Brain Drain Are Destroying Our Public Health Workforce
How much more do we have to endure?
www.medpagetoday.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Moral Injury and Brain Drain Are Destroying Our Public Health Workforce — How much more do we have to endure?
by Katie Suleta, DHSc, MPH, MS www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
by Katie Suleta, DHSc, MPH, MS www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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With the @nws.noaa.gov issuing a Flood Watch for much of our state, I’m asking Marylanders to prepare for potential flash flooding, heavy rains, and damaging winds.
Please watch for any emergency alerts. Visit mdready.maryland.gov for more information or to sign-up for emergency text alerts.
Please watch for any emergency alerts. Visit mdready.maryland.gov for more information or to sign-up for emergency text alerts.
July 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
With the @nws.noaa.gov issuing a Flood Watch for much of our state, I’m asking Marylanders to prepare for potential flash flooding, heavy rains, and damaging winds.
Please watch for any emergency alerts. Visit mdready.maryland.gov for more information or to sign-up for emergency text alerts.
Please watch for any emergency alerts. Visit mdready.maryland.gov for more information or to sign-up for emergency text alerts.
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BREAKING: More than 750,000 people across the country have now joined us in demanding our Members of Congress do their job and impeach + remove Trump from public office for his multiple abuses of power.
Help us reach one million and beyond. Add your name today at ImpeachTrumpAgain.org.
Help us reach one million and beyond. Add your name today at ImpeachTrumpAgain.org.
June 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
BREAKING: More than 750,000 people across the country have now joined us in demanding our Members of Congress do their job and impeach + remove Trump from public office for his multiple abuses of power.
Help us reach one million and beyond. Add your name today at ImpeachTrumpAgain.org.
Help us reach one million and beyond. Add your name today at ImpeachTrumpAgain.org.
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Woman sees a video on Instagram extolling the virtues of an herbal supplement, turmeric. She begins taking the supplement and is ultimately hospitalized for a week because it caused liver damage.
Dietary and herbal supplements are largely unregulated but RFK Jr. doesn’t care about that.
Dietary and herbal supplements are largely unregulated but RFK Jr. doesn’t care about that.
Woman says NBC News report helped her recognize liver damage from turmeric supplements
"I had essentially poisoned my liver": The 57-year-old's daily high dose of turmeric pills caused stomach pain, nausea and fatigue.
www.nbcnews.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Woman sees a video on Instagram extolling the virtues of an herbal supplement, turmeric. She begins taking the supplement and is ultimately hospitalized for a week because it caused liver damage.
Dietary and herbal supplements are largely unregulated but RFK Jr. doesn’t care about that.
Dietary and herbal supplements are largely unregulated but RFK Jr. doesn’t care about that.
Return of the Jedi is the perfect July 4th movie. I think we can all appreciate the end of a tyrant being celebrated with fireworks and ewoks
July 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Return of the Jedi is the perfect July 4th movie. I think we can all appreciate the end of a tyrant being celebrated with fireworks and ewoks
@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
Make use of this if you're documenting kidnappings. Everyone should be keeping an eye on activity in their neighborhoods and sharing that info.
thedemlabs.org/2025/01/31/p...
Make use of this if you're documenting kidnappings. Everyone should be keeping an eye on activity in their neighborhoods and sharing that info.
thedemlabs.org/2025/01/31/p...
People Over Papers Crowdsourced ICE Watch Map
People Over Papers : Anonymous / Anónimo Crowdsourced ICE Watch Map
thedemlabs.org
June 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
Make use of this if you're documenting kidnappings. Everyone should be keeping an eye on activity in their neighborhoods and sharing that info.
thedemlabs.org/2025/01/31/p...
Make use of this if you're documenting kidnappings. Everyone should be keeping an eye on activity in their neighborhoods and sharing that info.
thedemlabs.org/2025/01/31/p...
@govwesmoore.bsky.social your constituents are demanding this for Maryland. Bring these kidnappers and bigots to justice immediately. Maryland must uphold rule of law
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bsky.app/profile/greg...
"Given that Trump administration officials are giving license to mass criminality among federal law enforcement officers, there may be only one remaining avenue for bringing such criminal cops to justice: State prosecutions."
Good @davidrlurie.bsky.social thoughts over at @atrupar.com's place:
Good @davidrlurie.bsky.social thoughts over at @atrupar.com's place:
The Trump Administration won't hold ICE officers to account for their rampant illegality; state prosecutors should do so, as I discuss here.
June 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
@govwesmoore.bsky.social your constituents are demanding this for Maryland. Bring these kidnappers and bigots to justice immediately. Maryland must uphold rule of law
bsky.app/profile/greg...
bsky.app/profile/greg...
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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
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I have obtained new nonpublic data from ICE that shows that 2/3 of the people it had booked into detention facilities this fiscal year had no criminal convictions at all. Less than 7% have violent convictions. Most convictions were for immigration, traffic, and vice offenses.
June 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I have obtained new nonpublic data from ICE that shows that 2/3 of the people it had booked into detention facilities this fiscal year had no criminal convictions at all. Less than 7% have violent convictions. Most convictions were for immigration, traffic, and vice offenses.
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Why a Vaccine Expert Left the C.D.C.: ‘Americans Are Going to Die’ - Dr. Fiona Havers is influential among researchers who study immunizations. The wholesale dismissal of the agency’s scientific advisers crossed the line, she said. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
Why a Vaccine Expert Left the C.D.C.: ‘Americans Are Going to Die’
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Why a Vaccine Expert Left the C.D.C.: ‘Americans Are Going to Die’ - Dr. Fiona Havers is influential among researchers who study immunizations. The wholesale dismissal of the agency’s scientific advisers crossed the line, she said. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...