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Always looking for ways to be a better human.
The crowd in Durham NC looking N and S on Rigsbee Ave.
June 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The crowd in Durham NC looking N and S on Rigsbee Ave.
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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
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Diversity initiatives were meant to overcome the old patterns of nepotism, so I guess it makes sense that the enemies of diversity are big fans of nepotism.
Why is Pete Hegseth bringing his wife to top security meetings and hiring his brother at the Pentagon? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pete Hegseth’s wife reportedly attended meetings with foreign defense officials
Defense secretary, already under fire for chat group blunder, faces new scrutiny for having wife in high-level meetings
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Diversity initiatives were meant to overcome the old patterns of nepotism, so I guess it makes sense that the enemies of diversity are big fans of nepotism.
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The first people a dictator puts in jail after a coup are the writers, the teachers, the librarians—because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it.
Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.
— Madeline L'Engle
Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.
— Madeline L'Engle
March 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The first people a dictator puts in jail after a coup are the writers, the teachers, the librarians—because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it.
Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.
— Madeline L'Engle
Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.
— Madeline L'Engle
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Thank you to the small but mighty group that clapped out USAID colleagues today. A reminder that the 15 minutes to retrieve personal belongings is continuing tomorrow and Friday at the USAID Annex, 500 D St SW, 8am - 4:30pm. Join the clap-out if you can.
www.popville.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Thank you to the small but mighty group that clapped out USAID colleagues today. A reminder that the 15 minutes to retrieve personal belongings is continuing tomorrow and Friday at the USAID Annex, 500 D St SW, 8am - 4:30pm. Join the clap-out if you can.
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Vaccines do not cause autism. If you need a quick reference to studies that disprove this relationship:
Commentary, how we got here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Meta-analysis synthesizing the results from studies on almost 1.3 million children: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Commentary, how we got here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Meta-analysis synthesizing the results from studies on almost 1.3 million children: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Vaccination as a cause of autism—myths and controversies
Despite significant progress in the study of the epidemiology and genetics of autism, the etiology and patho-physiology of this condition is far from being elucidated and no curative treatment current...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
March 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Vaccines do not cause autism. If you need a quick reference to studies that disprove this relationship:
Commentary, how we got here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Meta-analysis synthesizing the results from studies on almost 1.3 million children: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Commentary, how we got here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Meta-analysis synthesizing the results from studies on almost 1.3 million children: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...
To President Zelenskyy, From Embarrassed Americans
Please help the voices of the American people reach President Zelenskyy, the people of Ukraine, the US Government, and the world.
sign.moveon.org
March 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...
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I guess he can just declassify them all now & hand them out like party favors.
March 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I guess he can just declassify them all now & hand them out like party favors.
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A few years ago Britain was spending 0.7% of its GNP on international assistance. Now the plan is 0.3%. Meanwhile, USAID is being gutted. Beyond the suffering this will cause, the decline of western aid will help China and Russia expand their influence. www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Britain halves its foreign-aid budget
Labour will have to choose which promises to break
www.economist.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A few years ago Britain was spending 0.7% of its GNP on international assistance. Now the plan is 0.3%. Meanwhile, USAID is being gutted. Beyond the suffering this will cause, the decline of western aid will help China and Russia expand their influence. www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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NEW:
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
RFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to Two Major Vaccine Developments
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is already implementing his dangerous anti-vax views at HHS.
newrepublic.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
NEW:
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
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JFC. The US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index is at its highest level since 2000, higher than during the Financial Crisis, higher than during COVID
February 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
JFC. The US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index is at its highest level since 2000, higher than during the Financial Crisis, higher than during COVID
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Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
February 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
They’ve just killed USAID, founder of several health research projects I have worked on for 15 years. It really hurts.
February 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
They’ve just killed USAID, founder of several health research projects I have worked on for 15 years. It really hurts.
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We are crowd sourcing reductions in graduate admissions and hiring freezes across biomedical research and higher ed in response to pauses in NIH funding and EO’s. If you have information if you could add to this spreadsheet, it would be greatly appreciated!: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)
docs.google.com
February 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We are crowd sourcing reductions in graduate admissions and hiring freezes across biomedical research and higher ed in response to pauses in NIH funding and EO’s. If you have information if you could add to this spreadsheet, it would be greatly appreciated!: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Thread on how research should work:
So one of the things that I think is lost on AI proponents is what I call the card catalog effect, a thing I shouldn’t call it because a lot of people probably have no experience with a card catalog.
February 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Thread on how research should work:
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So one of the things that I think is lost on AI proponents is what I call the card catalog effect, a thing I shouldn’t call it because a lot of people probably have no experience with a card catalog.
February 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
So one of the things that I think is lost on AI proponents is what I call the card catalog effect, a thing I shouldn’t call it because a lot of people probably have no experience with a card catalog.
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February 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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The homepage of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s website was updated Friday night to display a “Page not found” error message. This change occurred just one day after members of Musk’s team gained access to the bureau’s headquarters and computer systems.
February 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The homepage of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s website was updated Friday night to display a “Page not found” error message. This change occurred just one day after members of Musk’s team gained access to the bureau’s headquarters and computer systems.
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A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.
Jan. 6 video evidence has 'disappeared' from public access, media coalition says
A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.
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The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.
ACLU and other advocates sue for access to migrants moved to Guantánamo Bay
The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys
www.npr.org
February 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.
I’ve been a researcher at a major university on several USAID projects over the years. The collective shrugging from so many family and friends has been what hurts the most.
February 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I’ve been a researcher at a major university on several USAID projects over the years. The collective shrugging from so many family and friends has been what hurts the most.