Vanessa Vieites, PhD
@vvieites001.bsky.social
PhD in Psychology with an emphasis on spatial development. Lover of cafe con leche.
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Why a study claiming vaccines cause chronic illness is severely flawed – a biostatistician explains the biases and unsupported conclusions
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Why a study claiming vaccines cause chronic illness is severely flawed – a biostatistician explains the biases and unsupported conclusions
The main comparisons in the unpublished report are skewed, and it is being presented as stronger evidence than its design really allows.
theconversation.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Why a study claiming vaccines cause chronic illness is severely flawed – a biostatistician explains the biases and unsupported conclusions
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Cancel culture is when the fans complain. Fascism is when the government threatens to bankrupt media companies with bogus regulatory action unless they fire the host.
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Cancel culture is when the fans complain. Fascism is when the government threatens to bankrupt media companies with bogus regulatory action unless they fire the host.
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The move follows an appearance by the FCC commissioner, who criticized Kimmel's recent monologue.
Jimmy Kimmel show is pulled by ABC after comments about the Charlie Kirk killing
The move follows an appearance by the FCC commissioner, who criticized Kimmel's recent monologue.
n.pr
September 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The move follows an appearance by the FCC commissioner, who criticized Kimmel's recent monologue.
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The FBI supporting Texas targeting the Dem politicians who left the state is exactly the same as the lead up to the civil war-conservatives don’t want state rights but to enforce their will over state lines with federal help
August 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The FBI supporting Texas targeting the Dem politicians who left the state is exactly the same as the lead up to the civil war-conservatives don’t want state rights but to enforce their will over state lines with federal help
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we recorded for three and a half hours and could have kept going
This month's bonus episode is about Bari Weiss, who overcame her inability to say anything interesting to become the billionaire-whispering head of a small media empire.
Pundit Portrait: Bari Weiss | If Books Could Kill
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July 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
we recorded for three and a half hours and could have kept going
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Early in Trump's first term, the WPost wouldn't let us use the word "lie" when commenting on Trump. That did change but I found it ludicrous at the time.
I’m sick of the mainstream media using euphemisms and other weasel wording to soft-pedal the Trump regime’s corruption.
Rather than committing crimes, Trump “sidesteps laws.”
Rather than lying, he’s “untethered to truth” or “inverting the facts.”
Read my latest Stop the Presses newsletter.
Rather than committing crimes, Trump “sidesteps laws.”
Rather than lying, he’s “untethered to truth” or “inverting the facts.”
Read my latest Stop the Presses newsletter.
The media’s weasel wording helps Trump
Here are 5 ways news outlets sugar-coat fascism with euphemisms.
www.stopthepresses.news
June 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Early in Trump's first term, the WPost wouldn't let us use the word "lie" when commenting on Trump. That did change but I found it ludicrous at the time.
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It is not realistic or sustainable for every single government program to constantly promote itself to the public. The clear villain in the DOGE immiseration campaign is the right. We don't need to play into their attacks by implying that we deserve it.
June 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It is not realistic or sustainable for every single government program to constantly promote itself to the public. The clear villain in the DOGE immiseration campaign is the right. We don't need to play into their attacks by implying that we deserve it.
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You hear this a lot on the left but it isn't true. USAID did not "fail to tell its story to Americans," the right targeted the agency with lies and misinformation.
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
June 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
You hear this a lot on the left but it isn't true. USAID did not "fail to tell its story to Americans," the right targeted the agency with lies and misinformation.
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
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No one is calling Ezra Klein right wing! I generally like Ezra's work. I simply think that this framing of the issue is far too common when the empirical dynamics are so clear. Why are the "bluesky won't do debate" people so allergic to actual debate?
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June 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
No one is calling Ezra Klein right wing! I generally like Ezra's work. I simply think that this framing of the issue is far too common when the empirical dynamics are so clear. Why are the "bluesky won't do debate" people so allergic to actual debate?
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Trump isn’t the product of overt populism.
He’s the product of Russian disinformation, tech bro greed, and faux Christian fascists…
And oh yeah, don’t forget the internet.
America has an education problem and a severe inability to focus on reality.
Walk down any street. Were completely insane.
He’s the product of Russian disinformation, tech bro greed, and faux Christian fascists…
And oh yeah, don’t forget the internet.
America has an education problem and a severe inability to focus on reality.
Walk down any street. Were completely insane.
April 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Trump isn’t the product of overt populism.
He’s the product of Russian disinformation, tech bro greed, and faux Christian fascists…
And oh yeah, don’t forget the internet.
America has an education problem and a severe inability to focus on reality.
Walk down any street. Were completely insane.
He’s the product of Russian disinformation, tech bro greed, and faux Christian fascists…
And oh yeah, don’t forget the internet.
America has an education problem and a severe inability to focus on reality.
Walk down any street. Were completely insane.
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It’s funny how the Wine Mom Analysis, that Trump is an insane con man, fascist, and possible Russian plant who has seized the US government as a kind of invader, is dramatically better and more accurate than the Very Serious Person Analysis that he’s a clear continuation of long-running trends
April 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
It’s funny how the Wine Mom Analysis, that Trump is an insane con man, fascist, and possible Russian plant who has seized the US government as a kind of invader, is dramatically better and more accurate than the Very Serious Person Analysis that he’s a clear continuation of long-running trends
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HARVARD HITS BACK AT TRUMP, rejecting his demands, and now Trump is threatening their tax exempt status after freezing $2.2 Billion.
April 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
HARVARD HITS BACK AT TRUMP, rejecting his demands, and now Trump is threatening their tax exempt status after freezing $2.2 Billion.
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They don’t care.
They don’t care that the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 to bring an innocent man home to his family.
They don’t care.
They think it’s funny.
They don’t care that the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 to bring an innocent man home to his family.
They don’t care.
They think it’s funny.
April 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
They don’t care.
They don’t care that the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 to bring an innocent man home to his family.
They don’t care.
They think it’s funny.
They don’t care that the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 to bring an innocent man home to his family.
They don’t care.
They think it’s funny.
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“Home grown criminal”
April 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“Home grown criminal”
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every person involved in this needs to be in prison
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
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March 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
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Everything is so horrifying.
When I saw this photo,
⬇️I thought of this photo⬇️
When I saw this photo,
⬇️I thought of this photo⬇️
March 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Everything is so horrifying.
When I saw this photo,
⬇️I thought of this photo⬇️
When I saw this photo,
⬇️I thought of this photo⬇️
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Here's the thing: it *didn't* work in 2017. Trump got a lot of what he wanted, stuffed his pockets with money and came within a hair's breadth of being re-elected. The main reason he wasn't this awful was because people in his own Admin held him back. They're gone. You're all that's left, Chuck.
Video: Schumer Defends Democratic Strategy to Resist Trump: “This Worked in 2017” #blogpost
Video: Schumer Defends Democratic Strategy to Resist Trump: “This Worked in 2017”
i saw this last night and posted this afteward: %%BLUESKY%% Which tells you what I thought about it, but I think people need to see this to understand what's going on in the Democratic Party as Donald Trump continues to advance his autocratic plans on every front. But I also want to commend Chris Hayes for this interview: %%BLUESKY%%
littlegreenfootballs.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Here's the thing: it *didn't* work in 2017. Trump got a lot of what he wanted, stuffed his pockets with money and came within a hair's breadth of being re-elected. The main reason he wasn't this awful was because people in his own Admin held him back. They're gone. You're all that's left, Chuck.
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90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
www.sciencefriday.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.
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I really think the only way to get what we need to get across heard is to make content which is entertainment with a high informational value. The learning needs to be hidden, almost. People don’t want to do any thinking, they need info dumbed down to an extent we’d think was insulting.
March 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I really think the only way to get what we need to get across heard is to make content which is entertainment with a high informational value. The learning needs to be hidden, almost. People don’t want to do any thinking, they need info dumbed down to an extent we’d think was insulting.
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I know I'm going to get a lot of "ya THINK?" responses to this, but I'll say it anyway: I think we've crossed a line or maybe a 100 little lines that have officially brought us from "pre-fascism" to "fascism." I'm not a hyperbolic person; I don't say this lightly.
March 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I know I'm going to get a lot of "ya THINK?" responses to this, but I'll say it anyway: I think we've crossed a line or maybe a 100 little lines that have officially brought us from "pre-fascism" to "fascism." I'm not a hyperbolic person; I don't say this lightly.
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What's good for the goose...
March 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
What's good for the goose...
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Agencies within the Trump administration have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, according to a compilation of government documents. These terms appeared in government memos, in official and unofficial agency guidance and in other documents. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Agencies within the Trump administration have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, according to a compilation of government documents. These terms appeared in government memos, in official and unofficial agency guidance and in other documents. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...