Jason Hertel
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Here's your comments as a jpg, so they can fit in a Bluesky post😄 (gracias to the NPR Marketplace transcripts).
February 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Here's your comments as a jpg, so they can fit in a Bluesky post😄 (gracias to the NPR Marketplace transcripts).
Reposted by Jason Hertel
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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This, notably from a Meta board member, is where all of this ends. The only question is how quickly we get there. But his question — and the unknown that follows — is real.
![Question from John Arnold on Twitter: What happens when the executive branch just ignores a judicial injunction, because that’s the inevitable endgame here. US Marshalls [sic] are supposed to enforce contempt of court orders but they’re under the executive branch. How is this going to play out?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:anyesr57bwobytddoohv6ehe/bafkreig3t2nsaqha5om4amcxspogdczyavo7nuupzbagzn6dt76mxp24oa@jpeg)
February 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This, notably from a Meta board member, is where all of this ends. The only question is how quickly we get there. But his question — and the unknown that follows — is real.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau literally exists to protect consumers from predatory financial institutions. It's returned over $21 billion to 205 million consumers. The sole result of this move is that Americans will have no recourse when they get screwed over by a bank. Good work Elon 👍
February 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau literally exists to protect consumers from predatory financial institutions. It's returned over $21 billion to 205 million consumers. The sole result of this move is that Americans will have no recourse when they get screwed over by a bank. Good work Elon 👍
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Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the administration to suspend spending that they've already approved.
Republicans in Congress mostly shrug as Musk and DOGE set sights on spending
Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the administration to suspend spending that they've already approved.
www.npr.org
February 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the administration to suspend spending that they've already approved.
Ha! Hot take, but accurate.
OpenAI shocked and appalled that an AI company would steal intellectual property
www.404media.co/openai-furio...
www.404media.co/openai-furio...
OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From Us
OpenAI shocked that an AI company would train on someone else's data without permission or compensation.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Ha! Hot take, but accurate.
What happened to the theory “We all do better when we all do better”? Now it is the “Billionaires become trillionaires when the have nots have nothing”.
I miss hoping (pretending?) we cared about all folks.
I miss hoping (pretending?) we cared about all folks.
January 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
What happened to the theory “We all do better when we all do better”? Now it is the “Billionaires become trillionaires when the have nots have nothing”.
I miss hoping (pretending?) we cared about all folks.
I miss hoping (pretending?) we cared about all folks.