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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
People on this app get really angry every time I point out that social media manipulation is a real phenomenon that we are all stewing in and that’s having real world consequences and I’m sure part of that is engagement farmers who do that manipulation not liking people talking about it
July 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
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April 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Berkeley Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky knows that if we do not hang together, we will all hang separately: "despite the risks of speaking out, silence itself comes as at enormous cost. Giving in to a bully only makes things worse."
Opinion | Trump is targeting law firms and academia. Why don’t they speak up?
If law schools or firms stood united against Trump, there would be less reason to fear retribution.
wapo.st
April 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Berkeley Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky knows that if we do not hang together, we will all hang separately: "despite the risks of speaking out, silence itself comes as at enormous cost. Giving in to a bully only makes things worse."
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In which I try to call things what they are. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived.
Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In which I try to call things what they are. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
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I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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March 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
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I hope you read, really consider its implications, and share it widely.
"It is often said: When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. If that is true, then only weeks into Donald Trump’s four-year term, we are approaching tyranny."
"It is often said: When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. If that is true, then only weeks into Donald Trump’s four-year term, we are approaching tyranny."
We Can’t Give In to Fear
From Marc | No one wants to speak up. Everyone wants to hide or lay low.
www.democracydocket.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I hope you read, really consider its implications, and share it widely.
"It is often said: When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. If that is true, then only weeks into Donald Trump’s four-year term, we are approaching tyranny."
"It is often said: When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. If that is true, then only weeks into Donald Trump’s four-year term, we are approaching tyranny."
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Counteroffer: we nationalize SpaceX and you go to prison
"We should try to privatize everything we possibly can, and that would be my recommendation," Musk said later.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
Elon Musk suggests the U.S. should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrak
During a remote appearance at a technology conference in San Francisco, Musk told attendees the U.S. should privatize "as much as possible."
www.nbcnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Counteroffer: we nationalize SpaceX and you go to prison
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I think everyone should apply for a DOGE job. Or at least, you know, fill out the form. Maybe even apply for other people. Fictional people, even. Inanimate objects. In this form right here. doge.gov/join
Join the U.S. Digital Service (DOGE) | DOGE: Department of Government Efficiency
Drive change that uplifts the American people.
doge.gov
February 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I think everyone should apply for a DOGE job. Or at least, you know, fill out the form. Maybe even apply for other people. Fictional people, even. Inanimate objects. In this form right here. doge.gov/join
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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
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One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.
February 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.
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Do Not Obey In Advance. “Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked.” [kottke.org]
Do Not Obey In Advance
Speaking of Timothy Snyder, Literary Hub published the first chapter (the one on not obeying in advance) of his 2017 book On Tyranny. It begins:
Do not obey in advance.
Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely g
kottke.org
February 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Do Not Obey In Advance. “Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked.” [kottke.org]
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❤️ this graphic from MIT about indirect costs. Conveys that a “high” rate doesn’t mean that a majority of a grant goes to IDC. At large research universities, it’s about 25-30% of total costs. I have to explain this to researchers all the time: web.mit.edu/fnl/volume/2...
#IDCMatters #SaveNIH
#IDCMatters #SaveNIH
February 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
❤️ this graphic from MIT about indirect costs. Conveys that a “high” rate doesn’t mean that a majority of a grant goes to IDC. At large research universities, it’s about 25-30% of total costs. I have to explain this to researchers all the time: web.mit.edu/fnl/volume/2...
#IDCMatters #SaveNIH
#IDCMatters #SaveNIH
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This is great visual of what IDC is used for from the Council of Governmental Relations (COGR).
February 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
This is great visual of what IDC is used for from the Council of Governmental Relations (COGR).
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"I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire."
Here at DOGE, We’ve Streamlined Every Aspect of America’s Collapse
"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency access to the federal payment system la...
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February 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire."
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Would be terrible if millions scheduled test drives at Tesla dealers & didn't show up.
Sort of like Saul-Alinsky-trained organizers who shut down banks in Chicago in late 1960s by opening bank accounts w/thousands of pennies.
Schedule a test-drive here: www.tesla.com/findus/list/...
Sort of like Saul-Alinsky-trained organizers who shut down banks in Chicago in late 1960s by opening bank accounts w/thousands of pennies.
Schedule a test-drive here: www.tesla.com/findus/list/...
www.tesla.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Would be terrible if millions scheduled test drives at Tesla dealers & didn't show up.
Sort of like Saul-Alinsky-trained organizers who shut down banks in Chicago in late 1960s by opening bank accounts w/thousands of pennies.
Schedule a test-drive here: www.tesla.com/findus/list/...
Sort of like Saul-Alinsky-trained organizers who shut down banks in Chicago in late 1960s by opening bank accounts w/thousands of pennies.
Schedule a test-drive here: www.tesla.com/findus/list/...
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The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
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This may not sound shocking, but it is one of the most shocking parts of this coup: why would you shut down all the federal offices unless you're nihilists who've decided we don't need a government? apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump and Musk demand termination of federal office leases through General Services Administration
One of the next moves in President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s effort to fire government employees and curtail operations is using the agency that manages federal employee worksites around the countr...
apnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This may not sound shocking, but it is one of the most shocking parts of this coup: why would you shut down all the federal offices unless you're nihilists who've decided we don't need a government? apnews.com/article/trum...
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The corollary to "don't obey in advance" is "don't obey more than you have to" - do the minimum legally required, and make them fight you for everything else
Here's the thing about the Tuskegee Airmen history - there was nothing in the EO about it. Someone in the Air Force interpreted it that way -- which is far worse.
January 26, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The corollary to "don't obey in advance" is "don't obey more than you have to" - do the minimum legally required, and make them fight you for everything else
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Horrible news: Matthew Sweet, the greatest power-pop singer/songwriter of the 1990s, suffered a stroke while in the early days of his latest tour. He needs help to pay for his considerable medical expenses, consider contributing to his gofundme. gofund.me/6c8b9e19
Donate to Support Matthew Sweet's Stroke Recovery, organized by Catherine Lyons for Matthew Sweet
Matthew Sweet, our longtime inspiration and dear friend, suff… Catherine Lyons for Matthew Sweet needs your support for Support Matthew Sweet's Stroke Recovery
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October 23, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Horrible news: Matthew Sweet, the greatest power-pop singer/songwriter of the 1990s, suffered a stroke while in the early days of his latest tour. He needs help to pay for his considerable medical expenses, consider contributing to his gofundme. gofund.me/6c8b9e19