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redneeraj.bsky.social
@redneeraj.bsky.social
ICU doctor. Long suffering supporter of LFC. Lapsed optimist.
The MAHA body count is getting higher each week.
The FDA refused to consider a new, possibly better flu vaccine, sending shockwaves through the industry and leading to the cancellation of vaccines against mono/MS, shingles, and more.

I asked: Did FDA approve the study design, as Moderna told me?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
FDA refuses to consider Moderna flu shot in move experts claim is part of ‘anti-vaccine agenda’
Agency says application rejected due to lack of ‘adequate and well controlled’ trial, but experts say ‘they’re just coming up with reasons’
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:07 PM
He's done.
February 13, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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I did security work for a while, and, yeah, we had “guy gets bribed to walk out the door with a flash drive“ as part of many people threat models, but like, how do you model a “random guy takes a massive bet on you having a cyber incident and then hires Romanian hackers” problem
i am not even sure *how* your protect organizationally sensitive information in a world where basically anyone could try to get a prediction racket going on it and then bet on it
not just military, but, like, earnings reports, product releases, etc., etc., and i suspect there are very organizations who have adjusted their insider threat models for any of this shit
February 13, 2026 at 4:25 AM
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"WE'VE ARRESTED TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE BY MISTAKE"
February 13, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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!! … ah
February 13, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Wes should concentrate on his day job.
Shocking chart alert!

Patients waiting over 12 hours in A&E in England hit a new record high in January, exceeding 70,000 for the first time.

In the past, it was rare for this number to exceed 1,000.

This is only counting the waiting time after the decision has been made to admit the patient.
February 12, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Shocking chart alert!

Patients waiting over 12 hours in A&E in England hit a new record high in January, exceeding 70,000 for the first time.

In the past, it was rare for this number to exceed 1,000.

This is only counting the waiting time after the decision has been made to admit the patient.
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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This would have been a good point for someone to have asked, is that really how things work? Or is vacuum in fact an excellent insulator? www.ft.com/content/a5cf...
February 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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“what we’re witnessing is…on the scale of the larger concentration camp systems in history—the Soviet Gulag, the Nazi concentration camps, & Chinese labor camps…The admin is actively aspiring to a system of that magnitude to reshape society to its racial, political & cultural prefs for generations”
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:

"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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300,000 children face 10-year wait for settled status under UK plans, says IPPR

The consultation closes on Thursday. What is being proposed is dreadful. Can I encourage you to engage with the consultation and put your dissent on record?
February 10, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Not just the weather
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 AM
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Over the past three weeks, the "nightmare scenario" for November's midterms has grown more plausible www.vox.com/politics/478...
February 9, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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Odd being airbrushed out of The Ultimate Guide to Star Trek, 60 Years on the Final Frontier. There's Roddenberry, J.J., also Kurtzman and Orci... but where's the guy who wrote or co-wrote, Treks II, IV and VI, who directed Treks II and VI? Now I know how Trotsky felt - waiting for the ice pick...
February 8, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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Only just now seen this cool chart from The Economist plotting Kevin Warsh's published speeches' dovishness and hawkishness.

Sharp shift in tone depending on who's in White House purely coincidental.
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
February 8, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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Biggest W in the history of historians tbh
Never forget the anniversary of King Taejong falling off his horse!
February 8, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Become the Process PM he claims to be.
McSweeney is gone. Time for Starmer to try to salvage his government by launching long overdue proper action to address all the flaws in our political system - peerages, patronage, cronyism, party finances, MPs revolving door, appointments, ministerial code, business interests, Leveson, etc etc.
I wrote this yesterday - Starmer could still turn his premiership around, if he finally, FINALLY, finds the courage to address the grubby circs which allow people like Mandelson to rise so far. bylinetimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
February 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM
There are some inherently dangerous activities. Skiing at speed is one of them.
February 8, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.

One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.

Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Every institution that checked Nixon has been brought down low.
Before The Washington Post layoffs came down, a group of wealthy D.C. locals approached CEO Will Lewis with a proposal.

@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
February 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Average Resident doctor graduates with £70000 debt. If the government increased my debt at inflation and for some 3%above inflation, whilst at the same time offering me below inflation pay rises - I would strike too.
Three years ago we made an early News Agents on the student loan scandal and the sky high marginal tax rates it creates. Three years on, govts since have made it all worse still. We’ve made a special follow up, centred on our listeners own experiences.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
How the government became a student loan shark
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 06/02/2026 · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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And the trend goes both ways, by the way.

The US government is telling Americans to hate Europeans and Canadians. And many have dutifully changed their opinions.
February 6, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Amen
Just saw a post with George Clinton citing the Beatles as his favorite band, which reminded me of this quote he once gave me
February 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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Just saw a post with George Clinton citing the Beatles as his favorite band, which reminded me of this quote he once gave me
February 6, 2026 at 3:12 AM
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Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM