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Scooplet: the Texas State Board of Education signed an emergency contract to hire Tim Davis, former general counsel of the Tarrant County GOP and now candidate for chairman. I previously reported that four local school boards taken over by well-financed right wing candidates also hired Davis.
November 20, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Scooplet: the Texas State Board of Education signed an emergency contract to hire Tim Davis, former general counsel of the Tarrant County GOP and now candidate for chairman. I previously reported that four local school boards taken over by well-financed right wing candidates also hired Davis.
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Yikes.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Yikes.
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the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know
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Alumni and friends of UVa Religious Studies: you are invited to our reception at the AAR/SBL annual meeting!
Sunday, November 23, 8-11pm at First Church Boston.
The venue is not a literal ship as in years past, but the etymology of “nave” keeps us in line with UVa tradition.
Sunday, November 23, 8-11pm at First Church Boston.
The venue is not a literal ship as in years past, but the etymology of “nave” keeps us in line with UVa tradition.
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Alumni and friends of UVa Religious Studies: you are invited to our reception at the AAR/SBL annual meeting!
Sunday, November 23, 8-11pm at First Church Boston.
The venue is not a literal ship as in years past, but the etymology of “nave” keeps us in line with UVa tradition.
Sunday, November 23, 8-11pm at First Church Boston.
The venue is not a literal ship as in years past, but the etymology of “nave” keeps us in line with UVa tradition.
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Same goes for
-education
-higher education
-government + public services
-probably a zillion areas I’m not thinking of/don’t even understand yet how big money has advanced an agenda that attacks any semblance of a public good we could/should have
-education
-higher education
-government + public services
-probably a zillion areas I’m not thinking of/don’t even understand yet how big money has advanced an agenda that attacks any semblance of a public good we could/should have
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Same goes for
-education
-higher education
-government + public services
-probably a zillion areas I’m not thinking of/don’t even understand yet how big money has advanced an agenda that attacks any semblance of a public good we could/should have
-education
-higher education
-government + public services
-probably a zillion areas I’m not thinking of/don’t even understand yet how big money has advanced an agenda that attacks any semblance of a public good we could/should have
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United Talent Agency has signed literal type of cheese Parmigiano Reggiano to its roster with the goal of finding product-placement opportunities for the brand in film and TV
www.vulture.com/article/parm...?
www.vulture.com/article/parm...?
Beloved Cheese Parmigiano Reggiano Signs With UTA
The blonde Italian bombshell is about to be all over film and TV.
www.vulture.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
United Talent Agency has signed literal type of cheese Parmigiano Reggiano to its roster with the goal of finding product-placement opportunities for the brand in film and TV
www.vulture.com/article/parm...?
www.vulture.com/article/parm...?
Yup! It’s wild to remember how we just took that as normal.
On school "smog days" in LA in the 70s, it actually hurt to breathe.
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Yup! It’s wild to remember how we just took that as normal.
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Literally just lectured about this!
In the late 1960s, air quality was so bad in several cities they had to turn on the street lights during the day so drivers could see. And yeah, the Cuyahoga River was so polluted it literally caught on fire.
In the late 1960s, air quality was so bad in several cities they had to turn on the street lights during the day so drivers could see. And yeah, the Cuyahoga River was so polluted it literally caught on fire.
Oh, I don’t know. Our rivers no longer catch on fire and our air is far less poisonous than it used to be, even in smog bowls like Los Angeles. And I think those are good things.
If there’s no shale gas then there’s no shale gas, but I still think environmentalism is basically bad and politicians should focus more on material prosperity.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Literally just lectured about this!
In the late 1960s, air quality was so bad in several cities they had to turn on the street lights during the day so drivers could see. And yeah, the Cuyahoga River was so polluted it literally caught on fire.
In the late 1960s, air quality was so bad in several cities they had to turn on the street lights during the day so drivers could see. And yeah, the Cuyahoga River was so polluted it literally caught on fire.
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Actual question, re press solidarity.
-I can sort of understand that, in shock of moment and oddness of airplane scrum, no reporter yelled out: "Excuse me Mr. Prez, did you just say 'Quiet, Piggy'?"
-But has anyone directly asked this of Leavitt at daily pressers? Or yelled it at Trump since then?
-I can sort of understand that, in shock of moment and oddness of airplane scrum, no reporter yelled out: "Excuse me Mr. Prez, did you just say 'Quiet, Piggy'?"
-But has anyone directly asked this of Leavitt at daily pressers? Or yelled it at Trump since then?
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Actual question, re press solidarity.
-I can sort of understand that, in shock of moment and oddness of airplane scrum, no reporter yelled out: "Excuse me Mr. Prez, did you just say 'Quiet, Piggy'?"
-But has anyone directly asked this of Leavitt at daily pressers? Or yelled it at Trump since then?
-I can sort of understand that, in shock of moment and oddness of airplane scrum, no reporter yelled out: "Excuse me Mr. Prez, did you just say 'Quiet, Piggy'?"
-But has anyone directly asked this of Leavitt at daily pressers? Or yelled it at Trump since then?
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As I understand it, the new GOP policy on health insurance is that we shouldn't have health insurance.
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
As I understand it, the new GOP policy on health insurance is that we shouldn't have health insurance.
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I know that at this point it's a subplot in the Epstein files drama, but I feel compelled to point out, once again, that Larry Summers HAS NO BUSINESS teaching students at ANY university ever again!
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Why Is Larry Summers Still Employed?
The revelations about the economist’s attempts to pressure a women into a “relationship”—with guidance from Jeffrey Epstein—should finally disqualify him from teaching students.
www.thenation.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I know that at this point it's a subplot in the Epstein files drama, but I feel compelled to point out, once again, that Larry Summers HAS NO BUSINESS teaching students at ANY university ever again!
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Page after page after page was redacted. #foia
We got our decision in August.
The AG said Abbott's office must release some emails with Musk. About a month later, we got nearly 1,400 pages of emails.
I was stoked. Until I took a look at the records. They were almost completely redacted. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA
The AG said Abbott's office must release some emails with Musk. About a month later, we got nearly 1,400 pages of emails.
I was stoked. Until I took a look at the records. They were almost completely redacted. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Page after page after page was redacted. #foia
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The only way to understand this is to realize that they are eugenicists.
To Survive the Next Pandemic, Walk More, the NIH Says
The agency is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The only way to understand this is to realize that they are eugenicists.
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Play stupid games, win stupid prizes
Target said it doesn’t think holiday sales will be enough to turn around a tough year.
Target Predicting Week Holiday Sales As Consumer Angst Weighs On Season
Target said it doesn’t think holiday sales will be enough to turn around a tough year.
www.forbes.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes
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Trump is propping up the fossil fuel industry to please Saudi Arabia.
***According to Trump.***
***According to Trump.***
Trump: "I don't think Saudi Arabia would like me too much if we decided to kill oil and natural gas. There's nothing like it. It works. Windmills don't work. Other things -- I don't want to get it into too much -- but they don't work. What does work is natural gas, oil, nuclear, and other things."
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Trump is propping up the fossil fuel industry to please Saudi Arabia.
***According to Trump.***
***According to Trump.***
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NEW: After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to The Texas Newsroom.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out.
Months after fighting to keep secret emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk, Texas officials released 1,400 pages of records. But they reveal little about the two men’s relationship or Musk’s influence over state government.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to The Texas Newsroom.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
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And how did the fire hydrant get there, Markwayne? Who put it there, Markwayne? WHO?
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
And how did the fire hydrant get there, Markwayne? Who put it there, Markwayne? WHO?
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This is easily an order of magnitude larger than the number of firings in the entire years-long 'cancel culture' panic.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is easily an order of magnitude larger than the number of firings in the entire years-long 'cancel culture' panic.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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everlasting shame on all these people
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
everlasting shame on all these people
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Like there were dinosaurs, then early mankind, a Renaissance, space travel and now a demented pedophile rapist President ranting on social media while signing his own political death warrant.
November 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Like there were dinosaurs, then early mankind, a Renaissance, space travel and now a demented pedophile rapist President ranting on social media while signing his own political death warrant.
This.
Never ever let anyone tell you that being a pain in the ass is unhelpful.
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This.
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WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
![On official UC letterhead:
UNIVERSITY
OF
CALIFORNIA
James B. Milliken President
Office of the President
1111 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94607
universityofcalifornia.edu
CAMPUSES Berkeley
Davis
Irvine
UCLA
Merced
Riverside San Diego San Francisco
Santa Barbara Santa Cruz
MEDICAL CENTERS
Davis
Irvine
UCLA
San Diego
San Francisco
NATIONAL LABORATORIES Lawrence Berkeley Lawrence Livermore Los Alamos
DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
November 18, 2025
Dear Chancellors:
I'm writing with regard to the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP) and the program's associated faculty hiring incentive.
As you know, for more than 40 years, PPFP has provided postdoctoral research fellowships, professional development, and faculty mentoring to scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service advance the academic and research missions of the University of California.
Since 2003, UC campuses that hire current and former PPFP fellows into ladder-rank positions have been eligible for a hiring incentive funded by the University that provides support for newly hired fellows for five years. Since the creation of the incentive, more than $162 million has been invested by the University to support PPFP faculty hires. This commitment has enabled our campuses to successfully recruit and retain outstanding faculty across a range of disciplines.
Given the myriad challenges currently facing UC - including disruptions to billions of dollars in annual federal support, as well as uncertainty around the state budget- reasonable questions were raised in recent months about whether the University could maintain the commitment to current levels of incentive funding. After considering a recommendation to sunset the incentive program due to these significant fiscal constraints, I consulted with all of you as well as faculty and campus academic administrators and systemwide Academic Senate leadership.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
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this sounds like a great idea. luckily there are no extremely serious consequences to providing false information to the Internal Revenue Service
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
this sounds like a great idea. luckily there are no extremely serious consequences to providing false information to the Internal Revenue Service
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Trump appointed Harmeet Dhillon to the Justice Department so she could own the libs and sue DEI out of existence. But she is a bad lawyer! And her utter incompetence is the main reason why a conservative Trump judge just struck down the racist Texas gerrymander. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump’s Scheme to Gift the GOP Extra House Seats Just Blew Up in His Face
The opinion, written by a Trump appointee, cites Chief Justice John Roberts right up top.
slate.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Trump appointed Harmeet Dhillon to the Justice Department so she could own the libs and sue DEI out of existence. But she is a bad lawyer! And her utter incompetence is the main reason why a conservative Trump judge just struck down the racist Texas gerrymander. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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These people aren't just regressive, they are anti-Constituion.
She has no authority to do this.
She has no authority to do this.
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
These people aren't just regressive, they are anti-Constituion.
She has no authority to do this.
She has no authority to do this.