Margo Edmunds
@redwoofer.bsky.social
Health policy entrepreneur. Nonprofit exec. Former teaching faculty at Johns Hopkins. FAMIA. Consumer informatics. #informaticsSky Climate justice. Views are my own.
No words for this.
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
No words for this.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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The destruction of the White House is such an ungodly abomination that, of course, the New York Jets are involved.
Alphabet
Altria
Amazon
Apple
Blackstone
Booz Allen Hamilton
Carrier
Caterpillar
Coinbase
Comcast
Google
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin
Meta
Microsoft
New York Jets
OpenAI
Palantir
Reynolds American
Ripple
Roblox
T-Mobile
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tether
Union Pacific Railroad
Altria
Amazon
Apple
Blackstone
Booz Allen Hamilton
Carrier
Caterpillar
Coinbase
Comcast
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin
Meta
Microsoft
New York Jets
OpenAI
Palantir
Reynolds American
Ripple
Roblox
T-Mobile
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tether
Union Pacific Railroad
October 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The destruction of the White House is such an ungodly abomination that, of course, the New York Jets are involved.
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Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.
This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
October 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
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We seem to be on the cusp of a world in which workers of all kinds—teachers, doctors, writers, lawyers, coders, clerks, and more—will be replaced with, or to some degree sidelined by, their A.I. equivalents. What will get left out when A.I. steps in?
In the Age of A.I., What Makes People Unique?
More than ever, we’re challenged to define what’s valuable about being human.
www.newyorker.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
We seem to be on the cusp of a world in which workers of all kinds—teachers, doctors, writers, lawyers, coders, clerks, and more—will be replaced with, or to some degree sidelined by, their A.I. equivalents. What will get left out when A.I. steps in?
Outrageous.
Overcrowded cells. Unsanitary conditions. Limited access to food and water.
These are the conditions that ICE has created at 26 Federal Plaza, which eleven elected officials sought to expose. Instead, they were arrested.
They must be released right now — and inspectors let in.
These are the conditions that ICE has created at 26 Federal Plaza, which eleven elected officials sought to expose. Instead, they were arrested.
They must be released right now — and inspectors let in.
Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
September 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Outrageous.
Powerful image.
An early look at next week’s cover: "Remote Control,” by Barry Blitt.
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September 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Powerful image.
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More than a dozen elected officials were arrested in or around 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, where ICE detains people in what courts have ruled are unsanitary conditions. www.wired.com/story/ice-ma...
These Are the 15 New York Officials ICE and NYPD Arrested in Manhattan
More than a dozen elected officials were arrested in or around 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, where ICE detains people in what courts have ruled are unsanitary conditions.
www.wired.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
More than a dozen elected officials were arrested in or around 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, where ICE detains people in what courts have ruled are unsanitary conditions. www.wired.com/story/ice-ma...
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Van Hollen: "Those who cave in -- those like ABC who cave in -- what they do is give the bully an even bigger appetite. When they appease they bully, they put all of us at risk."
September 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Van Hollen: "Those who cave in -- those like ABC who cave in -- what they do is give the bully an even bigger appetite. When they appease they bully, they put all of us at risk."
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one thing i've taken away from surveys asking the public to evaluate trump's most authoritarian moves is that the ordinary americans have a much clearer sense of what's happening than most professional political observers
Reuters/Ipsos poll:
– 38% support Trump deploying the Nat'l Guard to DC. 46%opposed
– Among independents, it's just 28% in favor, 51% opposed
– Trump's approval remains at 40%.
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
– 38% support Trump deploying the Nat'l Guard to DC. 46%opposed
– Among independents, it's just 28% in favor, 51% opposed
– Trump's approval remains at 40%.
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
Just 38% of Americans support Trump's use of troops to police DC, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
Few Americans outside President Donald Trump's Republican Party support his deployment of National Guard troops to police the streets of Washington, D.C., according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
www.reuters.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
one thing i've taken away from surveys asking the public to evaluate trump's most authoritarian moves is that the ordinary americans have a much clearer sense of what's happening than most professional political observers
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"Government troops loyal to the U.S. ruling regime have seized a key transportation hub in the rebel stronghold of Washington..." www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
U.S. Transportation Department plans to take over D.C.’s Union Station
Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced Wednesday that the Trump administration aims to take control of Union Station from Amtrak.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"Government troops loyal to the U.S. ruling regime have seized a key transportation hub in the rebel stronghold of Washington..." www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Wait, what??
Federal contractors improperly dumped wildfire-related asbestos waste at L.A. landfills
Federal contractors improperly dumped wildfire-related asbestos waste at L.A. landfills
Cleanup crews contracted by the Army Corp of Engineers dumped asbestos-tainted wildfire debris in landfills that they shouldn't have, according to government records.
www.latimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Wait, what??
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US environment agency employees say Trump administration undermining mission reut.rs/4leZ1JW
US environment agency employees say Trump administration undermining mission
Nearly 300 current and recently terminated employees of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published a declaration of dissent on Monday, outlining five major concerns about how the Trump administration's politicization of science and severe job cuts were undermining the agency's mission.
reut.rs
June 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
US environment agency employees say Trump administration undermining mission reut.rs/4leZ1JW
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More than 270 EPA workers signed a letter on Monday denouncing what they described as the Trump administration’s efforts to politicize, dismantle and sideline the main federal agency tasked with protecting the environment and public health.
E.P.A. Workers Warn Trump Is Politicizing Their Work
In a public letter, employees of the Environmental Protection Agency accused the administration of engaging in unlawful partisan activity and endangering public health.
trib.al
June 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
More than 270 EPA workers signed a letter on Monday denouncing what they described as the Trump administration’s efforts to politicize, dismantle and sideline the main federal agency tasked with protecting the environment and public health.
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📉🧪 Is health data flooding journals?
A new study finds 341 formulaic papers using AI-ready US health data, many with flawed stats, unjustified data slicing & zero false discovery checks.
🔗 doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#SciComm #MetaResearch #AI
A new study finds 341 formulaic papers using AI-ready US health data, many with flawed stats, unjustified data slicing & zero false discovery checks.
🔗 doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#SciComm #MetaResearch #AI
Explosion of formulaic research articles, including inappropriate study designs and false discoveries, based on the NHANES US national health database
The combination of AI and national health databases offers opportunities, but may also be exploited by unethical agents. This study shows that there has been an explosion of formulaic research article...
doi.org
May 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM
📉🧪 Is health data flooding journals?
A new study finds 341 formulaic papers using AI-ready US health data, many with flawed stats, unjustified data slicing & zero false discovery checks.
🔗 doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#SciComm #MetaResearch #AI
A new study finds 341 formulaic papers using AI-ready US health data, many with flawed stats, unjustified data slicing & zero false discovery checks.
🔗 doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#SciComm #MetaResearch #AI
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Many Americans in their 80s and 90s can actually remember what fascism looked like--and that's one reason they're the group that hates Trump the most
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Why older Americans are Trump's biggest nightmare
If you're over 60, you viscerally get the need for, say, the Clean Air Act, functioning Social Security and affordable dolls at Christmas.
www.latimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Many Americans in their 80s and 90s can actually remember what fascism looked like--and that's one reason they're the group that hates Trump the most
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Between the arrogant tech twerps who think “we’ve got this,” and the malicious characters behind them who want the system to break, so they can fix it through privatizing with tech bros and private equity, there’s a LOT to worry about here.
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Between the arrogant tech twerps who think “we’ve got this,” and the malicious characters behind them who want the system to break, so they can fix it through privatizing with tech bros and private equity, there’s a LOT to worry about here.
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Public attitudes in the U.S. are even more striking. When it comes to Ukraine, Americans broadly agree with Europeans.
The American and European publics still stand with Ukraine
www.japantimes.co.jp
March 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Public attitudes in the U.S. are even more striking. When it comes to Ukraine, Americans broadly agree with Europeans.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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This is a very sad story, but what makes me crazy is that people tried to explain that this is what would happen and got caricatured as "woke" hysterics www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
He voted for Trump. Now his wife sits in an ICE detention center.
ICE's deportation actions signal that anyone who isn't a US citizen is 'at risk – period,' immigration attorney says.
www.usatoday.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This is a very sad story, but what makes me crazy is that people tried to explain that this is what would happen and got caricatured as "woke" hysterics www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Another outrage. Please follow this story.
The undocumented parents of a 10-year-old US citizen whose family was removed to Mexico say they are desperately seeking a way for either of them to return to the US with the girl so she can continue brain cancer treatment. cnn.it/3FrZfNy
Parents deported to Mexico while seeking brain cancer treatment for young American daughter | CNN
The undocumented parents of a 10-year-old US citizen whose family was removed to Mexico say they are desperately seeking a way for either of them to return to the US with the girl so she can continue ...
cnn.it
March 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Another outrage. Please follow this story.
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A Venezuelan couple being arrested with temporary protected status has sparked concerns that the Trump administration is again willing to separate parents from their children.
Border patrol grabs Venezuelan parents in D.C., despite protected status
The arrest in D.C. of a Venezuelan couple with temporary protected status has sparked concerns that the Trump administration is again willing to separate parents from their children.
wapo.st
March 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A Venezuelan couple being arrested with temporary protected status has sparked concerns that the Trump administration is again willing to separate parents from their children.
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President Donald Trump was left red-faced after stumbling up the steps of his Marine One chopper, leading to questions about his health.
Trump filmed stumbling up Marine One steps as health fears continue to grow
www.irishstar.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
President Donald Trump was left red-faced after stumbling up the steps of his Marine One chopper, leading to questions about his health.