@normo.bsky.social
engineer, videographer/photographer, musician, world traveler ++
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This is quite significant in many ways: the overt thuggery, Trump’s barely suppressed fury at being contradicted by a woman, the governor’s standing up, the total abandonment of the pretense of federalism, the continuing use of trans Americans the way Hitler used Jews.
TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here?
JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here
TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?
JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law
T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here
TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?
JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law
T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
February 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This is quite significant in many ways: the overt thuggery, Trump’s barely suppressed fury at being contradicted by a woman, the governor’s standing up, the total abandonment of the pretense of federalism, the continuing use of trans Americans the way Hitler used Jews.
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CNN is hopelessly broken.
1. This "expansion" would require military invasions of several allies in violation of international law.
2. It would violate several treaties.
3. The Louisiana Purchase was the sale of land by a colonial power (France). These are sovereign nations.
1. This "expansion" would require military invasions of several allies in violation of international law.
2. It would violate several treaties.
3. The Louisiana Purchase was the sale of land by a colonial power (France). These are sovereign nations.
December 24, 2024 at 4:58 PM
CNN is hopelessly broken.
1. This "expansion" would require military invasions of several allies in violation of international law.
2. It would violate several treaties.
3. The Louisiana Purchase was the sale of land by a colonial power (France). These are sovereign nations.
1. This "expansion" would require military invasions of several allies in violation of international law.
2. It would violate several treaties.
3. The Louisiana Purchase was the sale of land by a colonial power (France). These are sovereign nations.
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What to call this thing that is coming to America in a month? The Mump Regime.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-mump-r...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-mump-r...
The Mump Regime
Musk, Trump, and Illness
snyder.substack.com
December 20, 2024 at 5:22 PM
What to call this thing that is coming to America in a month? The Mump Regime.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-mump-r...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-mump-r...
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Anyone, any entity, anywhere in the world can just pay him any amount (for anything he promises in return), and there's no disclosure of the payments, no oversight of any of it by anyone, and of course no potential bribery prosecution (of him) because... immune.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...
November 25, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Anyone, any entity, anywhere in the world can just pay him any amount (for anything he promises in return), and there's no disclosure of the payments, no oversight of any of it by anyone, and of course no potential bribery prosecution (of him) because... immune.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...
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Just a reminder for RFJ Jr. and other “pasteurization skeptics,” if you buy raw milk then boil it, all you’re doing is a shitty version of pasteurization.
news.immunologic.org/p/raw-milk-i...
news.immunologic.org/p/raw-milk-i...
Raw milk is not safe to drink and doesn't offer unique health benefits
Rejecting scientific technologies like pasteurization has real [negative] consequences
news.immunologic.org
November 17, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Just a reminder for RFJ Jr. and other “pasteurization skeptics,” if you buy raw milk then boil it, all you’re doing is a shitty version of pasteurization.
news.immunologic.org/p/raw-milk-i...
news.immunologic.org/p/raw-milk-i...
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Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
November 17, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
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Just to be clear: the incoming Trump administration is going to war against their own Republican senate majority and the constitution's advice and consent provision so they can make a man investigated for ***sex trafficking a minor*** into the most powerful law enforcement officer in the country.
November 15, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Just to be clear: the incoming Trump administration is going to war against their own Republican senate majority and the constitution's advice and consent provision so they can make a man investigated for ***sex trafficking a minor*** into the most powerful law enforcement officer in the country.
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on the very day the Supreme Court's conservatives said 'we know best' and put themselves in charge of complicated agency decisions one of the geniuses confused nitrous oxide and nitrogen oxide. So they had to have a do over. Not exactly an auspicious start.
www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
Supreme Court Corrects EPA Opinion After Gorsuch Confuses Laughing Gas With Air Pollutant
The error came in an opinion blocking an EPA policy meant to improve air pollution.
www.forbes.com
June 28, 2024 at 5:34 PM
on the very day the Supreme Court's conservatives said 'we know best' and put themselves in charge of complicated agency decisions one of the geniuses confused nitrous oxide and nitrogen oxide. So they had to have a do over. Not exactly an auspicious start.
www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
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Look, I dislike doing a politic on here but it should be beneath no one's notice that Florida has suffered a white supremacist attack and the primarily white legislation has blocked educators from talking about the how, why, and what to do to prevent it from happening again.
August 27, 2023 at 7:50 PM
Look, I dislike doing a politic on here but it should be beneath no one's notice that Florida has suffered a white supremacist attack and the primarily white legislation has blocked educators from talking about the how, why, and what to do to prevent it from happening again.
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100%: With their constant lying, gaslighting, and attacks on vulnerable people, the Republican party is giving Americans PTSD.
The MAGA Mental Health Crisis
“I feel like I’m losing my mind.” These words are a continual presence these days. I hear them a couple hundred times a day in one form or another. I read them in desperate social media outburst...
johnpavlovitz.com
August 6, 2023 at 2:34 AM
100%: With their constant lying, gaslighting, and attacks on vulnerable people, the Republican party is giving Americans PTSD.
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Twitter has been my major source for info on civil issues too. The London riots. BLM marches. Attacks on Palestine. Hong Kong protests. So many more.
So I can say with some authority, it’s completely useless for the current French riots. It’s all racism and disinformation now.
So I can say with some authority, it’s completely useless for the current French riots. It’s all racism and disinformation now.
I am also extremely worried about this.
Imperfect as it was, Twitter was THE place to go for up to date disaster information for many, many years.
That’s gone now.
Imperfect as it was, Twitter was THE place to go for up to date disaster information for many, many years.
That’s gone now.
We have not responded to any major disaster in the United States for almost two decades without twitter and I do not want to know how a response would go without it.
July 3, 2023 at 9:43 AM
Twitter has been my major source for info on civil issues too. The London riots. BLM marches. Attacks on Palestine. Hong Kong protests. So many more.
So I can say with some authority, it’s completely useless for the current French riots. It’s all racism and disinformation now.
So I can say with some authority, it’s completely useless for the current French riots. It’s all racism and disinformation now.
“Paper & Glue” by JR is an inspirational movie that I like to show to my friends. It answers an important question “Can Art Change the World?”
It can be seen for free at: https://www.nbc.com/paper-glue/video/paper-glue/8000005142
It can be seen for free at: https://www.nbc.com/paper-glue/video/paper-glue/8000005142
June 29, 2023 at 11:09 AM
“Paper & Glue” by JR is an inspirational movie that I like to show to my friends. It answers an important question “Can Art Change the World?”
It can be seen for free at: https://www.nbc.com/paper-glue/video/paper-glue/8000005142
It can be seen for free at: https://www.nbc.com/paper-glue/video/paper-glue/8000005142
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Welcome to wildfire season. A fire near Parachute, CO way to my southwest has been burning since Saturday and the plume is blowing overhead. The brown center and blue edges are the giveaway that it's smoke. I just wrote about this in SciAm.
June 27, 2023 at 1:43 AM
Welcome to wildfire season. A fire near Parachute, CO way to my southwest has been burning since Saturday and the plume is blowing overhead. The brown center and blue edges are the giveaway that it's smoke. I just wrote about this in SciAm.
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This is so demoralising because there's literally nothing you can do as a scientist. By debating a bad actor you give them legitimacy. It's totally on their terms - they can just yell over you, and then it doesn't matter how right you are.
Framing facts vs misinformation as debate is so dangerous.
Framing facts vs misinformation as debate is so dangerous.
Joe Rogan hosted RFK Jr. on his podcast, which has millions of listeners.
RFK takes the opportunity to spew anti-vaccine lies.
Renowned scientist Dr. Peter Hotez calls it out.
Rogan gets mad, demands Hotez debate RFK. Elon Musk jumps in and sided with RFK over Hotez.
Twitter needs to end.
RFK takes the opportunity to spew anti-vaccine lies.
Renowned scientist Dr. Peter Hotez calls it out.
Rogan gets mad, demands Hotez debate RFK. Elon Musk jumps in and sided with RFK over Hotez.
Twitter needs to end.
June 18, 2023 at 7:04 AM
This is so demoralising because there's literally nothing you can do as a scientist. By debating a bad actor you give them legitimacy. It's totally on their terms - they can just yell over you, and then it doesn't matter how right you are.
Framing facts vs misinformation as debate is so dangerous.
Framing facts vs misinformation as debate is so dangerous.
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Current status of Twitter: the billionaire owner and a podcast host worth hundreds of millions are dogpiling a pediatrician who develops vaccines to give to impoverished countries.
June 18, 2023 at 2:48 AM
Current status of Twitter: the billionaire owner and a podcast host worth hundreds of millions are dogpiling a pediatrician who develops vaccines to give to impoverished countries.
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