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Curiously absent from the age discussion despite having a completely cooked brain
Trump to UAE president: "We have a term 'groceries.' It's an old term but it means basically what you're buying, food, it's a pretty accurate term but it's an old fashioned sound but groceries are down."
May 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Curiously absent from the age discussion despite having a completely cooked brain
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There’s something almost religious, cultlike, about the bizarrely contrived language of the police talking about killing someone. The ritualistic passive voice with indistinct causality just popping up in there like a mantra.
Dudes try “SO THE OFFICER SHOT HIM”
Dudes try “SO THE OFFICER SHOT HIM”
May 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
There’s something almost religious, cultlike, about the bizarrely contrived language of the police talking about killing someone. The ritualistic passive voice with indistinct causality just popping up in there like a mantra.
Dudes try “SO THE OFFICER SHOT HIM”
Dudes try “SO THE OFFICER SHOT HIM”
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Brilliant to eliminate Energy Star, a program that costs $32m but delivered $40b in annual savings. None other than the US chamber of commerce tried to save it as a model of business/government partnership. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...
E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Brilliant to eliminate Energy Star, a program that costs $32m but delivered $40b in annual savings. None other than the US chamber of commerce tried to save it as a model of business/government partnership. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...
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Phoenix Ikner: I am a white supremacist. I love Donald Trump. I hate Black and brown people. Trump says universities are liberal propaganda machines. I’m convinced white people are under attack.
Corporate Media: He had such a rough childhood and we just cannot fathom his motivation???
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Corporate Media: He had such a rough childhood and we just cannot fathom his motivation???
😑
April 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Phoenix Ikner: I am a white supremacist. I love Donald Trump. I hate Black and brown people. Trump says universities are liberal propaganda machines. I’m convinced white people are under attack.
Corporate Media: He had such a rough childhood and we just cannot fathom his motivation???
😑
Corporate Media: He had such a rough childhood and we just cannot fathom his motivation???
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reopen the bodybuilding dot com forums
I’ve never seen a tweet that more effectively communicates how we got to this current situation
April 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
reopen the bodybuilding dot com forums
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What fool would make a plan like that?
Today Secy Kennedy said he'll undo some layoffs in HHS
"was always the plan. Part of the DOGE, we talked about this from the beginning, is we're going to do 80% cuts, but 20% of those are going to have to be reinstated, because we'll make mistakes"
tinalexander.github.io/notes/2025/0...
"was always the plan. Part of the DOGE, we talked about this from the beginning, is we're going to do 80% cuts, but 20% of those are going to have to be reinstated, because we'll make mistakes"
tinalexander.github.io/notes/2025/0...
![Question [15:04:11] I know you said that you want to talk about kids' health. The CDC program that monitors lead surveillance for kids was cut. Can you explain the rationale for cutting a program like that? And why that's not an essential service? Robert F Kennedy Jr [15:04:24] There were some programs that were cut that are being reinstated. And I believe that that's one of them. Question [15:04:30] Interesting, and do you know why it was cut to begin with? It was-- Robert F Kennedy Jr [15:04:34] All of these programs, all of the CDC, NIH, and CDC were not doing their jobs. And there was tremendous redundancies. For example, we had over a hundred communications departments. We had 40 procurement departments. We had dozens of IT departments and dozens of HR departments. Most of the cuts are to those administrative sections, which are now consolidating or eliminating the redundancies. We're streamlining the agencies. We're going to make it work for public health, make it work for the Am](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uxvc5nwyutzf5gtu4x7jqyk3/bafkreia6xzewmkmamzz3yqvo5bx4fmag5lgr7gkgg6qpvuxqnamrmdbtwe@jpeg)
April 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
What fool would make a plan like that?
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Look. Imagine you like brats and beer.
You brew beer.
Your neighbor likes beer but doesn't brew.
Your other neighbor raises pigs and makes brats, but doesn't drink.
So you sell beer to the first guy, and use the money to buy brats from the second guy.
Now you've got beer AND brats. Total win.
You brew beer.
Your neighbor likes beer but doesn't brew.
Your other neighbor raises pigs and makes brats, but doesn't drink.
So you sell beer to the first guy, and use the money to buy brats from the second guy.
Now you've got beer AND brats. Total win.
April 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Look. Imagine you like brats and beer.
You brew beer.
Your neighbor likes beer but doesn't brew.
Your other neighbor raises pigs and makes brats, but doesn't drink.
So you sell beer to the first guy, and use the money to buy brats from the second guy.
Now you've got beer AND brats. Total win.
You brew beer.
Your neighbor likes beer but doesn't brew.
Your other neighbor raises pigs and makes brats, but doesn't drink.
So you sell beer to the first guy, and use the money to buy brats from the second guy.
Now you've got beer AND brats. Total win.
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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “TRADE DEFICIT”—IT’S JUST CALLED “BUYING THINGS.” YOU DO NOT HAVE A TRADE DEFICIT WITH YOUR DENTIST JUST BECAUSE HE NEVER BUYS ANYTHING FROM YOU.
April 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “TRADE DEFICIT”—IT’S JUST CALLED “BUYING THINGS.” YOU DO NOT HAVE A TRADE DEFICIT WITH YOUR DENTIST JUST BECAUSE HE NEVER BUYS ANYTHING FROM YOU.
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Musk has no technical skills whatsoever, but he wants to appear smart. So he takes bits of information like this, told to him by junior engineers, and regurgitates it to appear smart.
Musk did this with the Twitter stack and Twitter's senior architects called him out publicly, then he fired them.
Musk did this with the Twitter stack and Twitter's senior architects called him out publicly, then he fired them.
One of Musk's defining qualities is that he is a conspiracy theorist when it comes to government. He will see some ambiguous information or be presented with an easily debunked tale and he immediately believes the worst.
February 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Musk has no technical skills whatsoever, but he wants to appear smart. So he takes bits of information like this, told to him by junior engineers, and regurgitates it to appear smart.
Musk did this with the Twitter stack and Twitter's senior architects called him out publicly, then he fired them.
Musk did this with the Twitter stack and Twitter's senior architects called him out publicly, then he fired them.
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The NIH overhead cut doesn't just hurt universities.
It's deadly to the US economy.
The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly-skilled sci/tech workforce, and fosters academic/industry crossfertilization.
It's deadly to the US economy.
The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly-skilled sci/tech workforce, and fosters academic/industry crossfertilization.
2. While NSF and NIH indeed have a mission to fund specific research innovations via grantmaking, they do a lot more than that.
Their principal role is support a scientific ecosystem in the United States, that includes everything from education and training to infrastructure and communication.
Their principal role is support a scientific ecosystem in the United States, that includes everything from education and training to infrastructure and communication.
February 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The NIH overhead cut doesn't just hurt universities.
It's deadly to the US economy.
The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly-skilled sci/tech workforce, and fosters academic/industry crossfertilization.
It's deadly to the US economy.
The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly-skilled sci/tech workforce, and fosters academic/industry crossfertilization.
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Turns out the White House cannot adjust this major source of university funding without consulting with Congress. Add this to the string of examples where they are ignoring the law. bsky.app/profile/arch...
On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-24-110: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024 NOT-OD-24-110. NIH
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Turns out the White House cannot adjust this major source of university funding without consulting with Congress. Add this to the string of examples where they are ignoring the law. bsky.app/profile/arch...
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“efforts to demystify AI may inadvertently reduce its appeal, indicating that maintaining an aura of magic around AI could be beneficial for adoption.”
Quite the indictment of AI products: they are more appealing to people who don't understand how they work and see them as magical
The paper concludes: "businesses may benefit from targeting those with lower AI literacy" and "maintaining an aura of magic around AI" ✨
tinyurl.com/ynefd8zk
The paper concludes: "businesses may benefit from targeting those with lower AI literacy" and "maintaining an aura of magic around AI" ✨
tinyurl.com/ynefd8zk
January 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
“efforts to demystify AI may inadvertently reduce its appeal, indicating that maintaining an aura of magic around AI could be beneficial for adoption.”
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the article is what it is, but growing ever more fascinated by every iteration of reverse utilitarianism advocates that argues that if a thing ever benefitted one person anywhere ever then you are supposed to embrace that thing as a universal good
I drive long distances for my job, so my self-driving Cybertruck helps reduce my exhaustion. But angry people just put their hate of Elon Musk on me.
I drive a Cybertruck, and I'm sick of people flipping me off. I wish they understood how helpful this car is for me.
I drive long distances for my job, so my self-driving Cybertruck helps reduce my exhaustion. But angry people just put their hate of Elon Musk on me.
www.businessinsider.com
January 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
the article is what it is, but growing ever more fascinated by every iteration of reverse utilitarianism advocates that argues that if a thing ever benefitted one person anywhere ever then you are supposed to embrace that thing as a universal good
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The FDA has scrubbed from its website guidance on conducting medical trials with representative numbers of men/women and racial/ethnic minorities. these aren't symbolic issues. Drugs affect men/men, people with different genetic backgrounds differently. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/medic...
Medical Trial Guidance Scrubbed
Another detail out of FDA. The agency has removed pages which provide...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The FDA has scrubbed from its website guidance on conducting medical trials with representative numbers of men/women and racial/ethnic minorities. these aren't symbolic issues. Drugs affect men/men, people with different genetic backgrounds differently. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/medic...
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Wow -- Rep. Brad Sherman tells Trump, "I would never turn to somebody from Louisiana and say, 'you keep living on your cousins's coach until Louisiana agrees with me on a woman's right to choose.'"
January 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Wow -- Rep. Brad Sherman tells Trump, "I would never turn to somebody from Louisiana and say, 'you keep living on your cousins's coach until Louisiana agrees with me on a woman's right to choose.'"
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ChatGPT is down? Huh. Crazy how that doesn't affect my life in literally any way at all
January 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
ChatGPT is down? Huh. Crazy how that doesn't affect my life in literally any way at all
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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
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This refers to "rank and file DOGE staff." Ok, I'll bite. Who are they? Where are they? What is their source of funding? Who pays their salaries? Is DOGE a government entity? Which Congressional committee has oversight? Is it a business? Registered in what state? Is it a nonprofit? Is it tax-exempt?
January 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This refers to "rank and file DOGE staff." Ok, I'll bite. Who are they? Where are they? What is their source of funding? Who pays their salaries? Is DOGE a government entity? Which Congressional committee has oversight? Is it a business? Registered in what state? Is it a nonprofit? Is it tax-exempt?
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The largest wildfire in Texas history just happened eleven months ago and destroyed thirty times more area than the one in Los Angeles
January 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The largest wildfire in Texas history just happened eleven months ago and destroyed thirty times more area than the one in Los Angeles
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Delivery for Joe, by Maurice Freedman, late 20th century
January 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Delivery for Joe, by Maurice Freedman, late 20th century
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This is now the second time Musk has RTed a National Revival video. National Revival is a QAnon account that says to “Follow the Light of the Aryans.”
This specific video is a clear celebration of white supremacist culture and belief in Great Replacement. This account also openly celebrates Hitler.
This specific video is a clear celebration of white supremacist culture and belief in Great Replacement. This account also openly celebrates Hitler.
December 30, 2024 at 1:43 AM
This is now the second time Musk has RTed a National Revival video. National Revival is a QAnon account that says to “Follow the Light of the Aryans.”
This specific video is a clear celebration of white supremacist culture and belief in Great Replacement. This account also openly celebrates Hitler.
This specific video is a clear celebration of white supremacist culture and belief in Great Replacement. This account also openly celebrates Hitler.
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vivek: western civilization is collapsing
urkel: did i do that?
urkel: did i do that?
December 27, 2024 at 12:33 AM
vivek: western civilization is collapsing
urkel: did i do that?
urkel: did i do that?
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Echoes here of Ben Shapiro saying that Bad Jews plague America. These people covet white nationalist freedom to hate people like themselves.
December 27, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Echoes here of Ben Shapiro saying that Bad Jews plague America. These people covet white nationalist freedom to hate people like themselves.