Nick DeVito
@ndevito1.bsky.social
Baseball Fan. Postdoc studying Policy, Research Integrity, and Open Science @ox.ac.uk. An American in Europe.
We created a University fundamentally based around free speech and free inquiry…unless it’s speech or inquiry about any of these things
January 16, 2026 at 7:51 PM
We created a University fundamentally based around free speech and free inquiry…unless it’s speech or inquiry about any of these things
Winning doesn’t mean anything if you don’t do anything with the power you accrue by winning.
New - Chuck Schumer to haters: “The answer to these critics is to win. If we win back the Senate, that will answer every question"
Peltola “was the last piece to the puzzle"
He says Dem path to Senate is Ohio, Alaska, Maine and NC. Dems are watching Texas/Iowa
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Peltola “was the last piece to the puzzle"
He says Dem path to Senate is Ohio, Alaska, Maine and NC. Dems are watching Texas/Iowa
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: Schumer lauds recruits as Democrats see Senate within reach
The minority leader took an Al Davis-style approach as he sat down with Semafor: “The answer to these critics is to win.”
www.semafor.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Winning doesn’t mean anything if you don’t do anything with the power you accrue by winning.
“Involved mother cares about community”
The woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis last week served on the board of her son’s school, which linked to documents encouraging parents to monitor ICE and directing them to training. https://cnn.it/49yoNEa
January 14, 2026 at 8:14 AM
“Involved mother cares about community”
Literally describing extortion.
Sen. Kevin Cramer: "Maybe the point should be if you're the attorney for Jay Powell and you want to avoid an indictment, how about you go to Jeanine Pirro and say, 'I'll make a deal. I'll step down today if you drop the investigation today.' To me, that would be a win win for everybody."
January 13, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Literally describing extortion.
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ICE is not law enforcement. It's an authoritarian gang. They target suburbs, school zones and quiet neighborhoods for the easy targets and avoid actual crime zones or known criminals in order to avoid putting themselves at risk.
January 10, 2026 at 4:41 PM
ICE is not law enforcement. It's an authoritarian gang. They target suburbs, school zones and quiet neighborhoods for the easy targets and avoid actual crime zones or known criminals in order to avoid putting themselves at risk.
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Domestically the US government is trying to undo the peace settlement from the Civil War, abroad they're trying to undo the peace settlement from World War II
I don't think it's a coincidence that all of this (worldwide) is happening when most of the people who lived through WWII have just died. We need to do a better job of keeping their memories and ideals alive.
January 10, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Domestically the US government is trying to undo the peace settlement from the Civil War, abroad they're trying to undo the peace settlement from World War II
I kinda agree there is enough to retract this paper now but they also might have some trouble reaching the PI at the moment…
Kamran Abbasi, the editor-in-chief of @bmj.com, says they "continue to investigate a range of issues relating to this paper".
The main thread of their investigation, apparently, is giving the authors an indefinite period of time to fabricate a new, more convincing dataset.
The main thread of their investigation, apparently, is giving the authors an indefinite period of time to fabricate a new, more convincing dataset.
January 11, 2026 at 10:30 AM
I kinda agree there is enough to retract this paper now but they also might have some trouble reaching the PI at the moment…
Did you know Raffi’s politics before this?
they've got Raffi calling for regime change. something has shifted.
January 10, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Did you know Raffi’s politics before this?
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Yeah, uh, that is the right kind of censorship
Preventing the sharing of sexualised images of children is “censorship” according to Elon Musk.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Musk says X outcry is 'excuse for censorship'
The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Yeah, uh, that is the right kind of censorship
But also we need unlimited 2nd Amendment rights in case we need to fight back against tyranny.
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM
But also we need unlimited 2nd Amendment rights in case we need to fight back against tyranny.
You’ve got to be kidding me…
Gov. Polis tells CBS that Tina Peters' sentence is "harsh" and he's considering clemency for her. Peters, sentenced to 9 years on 4 felonies, has never disavowed her role as county clerk to breach her own election system to prove Trump's lie that he won 2020.
www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
January 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM
You’ve got to be kidding me…
I’m starting to think Bari Weiss doesn’t like free speech as much as she originally claimed.
At Status_ @oliverdarcy.bsky.social has learned that Bari Weiss, CBS News' Trump-approved minder, has held up another “60 Minutes” report:
An Anderson Cooper investigation of Trump’s acceptance of white S. African refugees, which is “guaranteed to provoke Trump and inflame his MAGA base.”
An Anderson Cooper investigation of Trump’s acceptance of white S. African refugees, which is “guaranteed to provoke Trump and inflame his MAGA base.”
The Shadow Over ‘60’
As Sharyn Alfonsi's “60 Minutes” report remains shelved, Status has learned that an Anderson Cooper piece is also caught in a prolonged editorial review process, frustrating the veteran producer attac...
www.status.news
January 9, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I’m starting to think Bari Weiss doesn’t like free speech as much as she originally claimed.
Funny enough, she’d still be alive if ICE wasn’t there either.
Fwiw the BBC are still bothsiding. They had a woman from the Heritage Foundation on Radio 4’s PM programme blaming Renee Good, telling us that she would be still alive had she not been there, or had she stepped out of the car.
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Funny enough, she’d still be alive if ICE wasn’t there either.
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Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
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Vaccines are only part of what we do. If you believe this then you have no idea about the conditions that we treat and the guidance that we provide. Our profit margin on vaccines is about 4% and if you took them all away I would make even more money taking care of all the sick children.
January 8, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Vaccines are only part of what we do. If you believe this then you have no idea about the conditions that we treat and the guidance that we provide. Our profit margin on vaccines is about 4% and if you took them all away I would make even more money taking care of all the sick children.
There was a paper I read once where they looked at a bunch of TCM papers and the interventions always worked. Anyone know of any TCM trials with negative results?
Just so you understand how bad scientific research into "unlikely health claims" can get, let me walk you through one of the worst papers I've read recently.
It's about gua sha.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37253670/
It's about gua sha.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37253670/
Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment, Gua Sha, can Induce Subtle Molecular Changes in Gene Expression - PubMed
The significance of these results in the context of potential effects of Gua Sha and the next steps in exploring the molecular mechanisms of action of this technique are discussed.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 7, 2026 at 10:37 PM
There was a paper I read once where they looked at a bunch of TCM papers and the interventions always worked. Anyone know of any TCM trials with negative results?
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"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Wont hold my breath for this one!
There are 63 current MLB players from Venezuela, and over 400 throughout MLB’s history. MLB success relies on migrant labor from Venezuela. When will MLB make a statement about this horrific US Military attack on Venezuela, & about the thousands of Venezuelan refugees kidnapped & deported in 2025?
January 3, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Wont hold my breath for this one!
“The means, they’re kinda bad…but I really gotta hand it to them on the ends!”
is maybe the worst messaging I could imagine right now from the other party!
is maybe the worst messaging I could imagine right now from the other party!
My statement on the capture of the brutal, illegitimate ruler of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and need for a transition to democracy:
January 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
“The means, they’re kinda bad…but I really gotta hand it to them on the ends!”
is maybe the worst messaging I could imagine right now from the other party!
is maybe the worst messaging I could imagine right now from the other party!
I legitimately have no idea what the heck anyone in this thread is talking about.
Wrote about the Labour Party's failed popularist experiment as feckless quant-brain U.S. liberals toy with the idea of a popularist agenda in 2026 and beyond: badfaithtimes.com/a-blaring-wa...
A Blaring Warning For The Democratic Party
Democrats don't have to wonder if popularism will fail. It already has.
badfaithtimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I legitimately have no idea what the heck anyone in this thread is talking about.
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What do you mean "but" - the people who warned about it were telling the truth and the outlets like Axios who helped Trump distance himself from it were lying.
The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 was a campaign trail boogeyman for President Trump, but much of it became reality during his first year back in office.
Trump enacted dozens of Project 2025 goals. Here's what's left
Project 2025 has dozens more action items awaiting Trump's attention in 2026.
www.axios.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:00 PM
What do you mean "but" - the people who warned about it were telling the truth and the outlets like Axios who helped Trump distance himself from it were lying.
Is this what the kids would call based?
Mayor Mamdani has nullified every executive order issued by Eric Adams after he struck his corrupt bargain with Trump to secure dismissal of the indictment against him.
January 2, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Is this what the kids would call based?
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like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
uhhh yeah I can see why these childcare properties weren't eager to let in some rando dudes asking "where are the kids?"
January 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”