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Someone should sit the new members of ACIP down and explain what their job is and is not to them in simple terms, and maybe teach them some basic law. Dr. Malone's claims here have several misunderstandings. 1/n
December 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Someone should sit the new members of ACIP down and explain what their job is and is not to them in simple terms, and maybe teach them some basic law. Dr. Malone's claims here have several misunderstandings. 1/n
We'll probably find that the tree had three past DUIs but was still somehow on the road.
December 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We'll probably find that the tree had three past DUIs but was still somehow on the road.
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
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Become ungovernable
December 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Become ungovernable
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For years, this dude has believed that stealth planes are literally invisible.
Trump: "The only time anybody could see those planes was when those bomb chutes open up, because it becomes totally un-stealth. You're going in, you go like this. As soon as it goes like this, for some reason the plane is totally visible. Not good. I watched it happening. I watched it go bing bing"
December 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
For years, this dude has believed that stealth planes are literally invisible.
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"I defected from a totalitarian regime, and like hell am I going to be cowed again," & "I'm pissed off as hell about people capitulating to Trump"
She warns that people voting for such leaders are choosing "the same ball of wax" she fled, where figures dictate life, rights, & feelings.
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She warns that people voting for such leaders are choosing "the same ball of wax" she fled, where figures dictate life, rights, & feelings.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"I defected from a totalitarian regime, and like hell am I going to be cowed again," & "I'm pissed off as hell about people capitulating to Trump"
She warns that people voting for such leaders are choosing "the same ball of wax" she fled, where figures dictate life, rights, & feelings.
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She warns that people voting for such leaders are choosing "the same ball of wax" she fled, where figures dictate life, rights, & feelings.
Thread 1/5🧵
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Witch: You will be one of the most famous Chief Justices ever.
Roberts: Wow!
Witch: Oh, not in that way.
Roberts: Wow!
Witch: Oh, not in that way.
December 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Witch: You will be one of the most famous Chief Justices ever.
Roberts: Wow!
Witch: Oh, not in that way.
Roberts: Wow!
Witch: Oh, not in that way.
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I just don’t see how you could write a headline with no reference to the fact that this ”shake up” is aligning policies to fringe theories over scientific consensus.
A New York Times examination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s tenure as health secretary shows how he has laid the groundwork to overhaul American vaccine policy, walled himself off from government scientists and elevated longtime allies to help carry out his agenda. trib.al/3MsBal8
December 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I just don’t see how you could write a headline with no reference to the fact that this ”shake up” is aligning policies to fringe theories over scientific consensus.
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Major media hate to say Trump “lied.” Here's a thread on what they say instead.
Trump is “inverting the facts” (NYT) …
Because he has a “complicated relationship with the truth” (NBC) …
With a “mix of bullish optimism and hyperbole” (Reuters) …
And is “a master of the art of exaggeration” (AP) …
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Trump is “inverting the facts” (NYT) …
Because he has a “complicated relationship with the truth” (NBC) …
With a “mix of bullish optimism and hyperbole” (Reuters) …
And is “a master of the art of exaggeration” (AP) …
1/🧵
December 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Major media hate to say Trump “lied.” Here's a thread on what they say instead.
Trump is “inverting the facts” (NYT) …
Because he has a “complicated relationship with the truth” (NBC) …
With a “mix of bullish optimism and hyperbole” (Reuters) …
And is “a master of the art of exaggeration” (AP) …
1/🧵
Trump is “inverting the facts” (NYT) …
Because he has a “complicated relationship with the truth” (NBC) …
With a “mix of bullish optimism and hyperbole” (Reuters) …
And is “a master of the art of exaggeration” (AP) …
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Whether it's Donald Trump murdering the survivors aboard a sinking boat or Barack Obama wearing a tan suit to a press conference, both presidents engaged in some truly norm-busting behavior.
December 3, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Whether it's Donald Trump murdering the survivors aboard a sinking boat or Barack Obama wearing a tan suit to a press conference, both presidents engaged in some truly norm-busting behavior.
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
We come down hard on Sen. Cassidy because he voted for RFK Jr. even though he probably knew better. But I mean come ’on, it’s definitely worse to be a U.S. senator and not know better.
Deja vu, Senator Cassidy
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We come down hard on Sen. Cassidy because he voted for RFK Jr. even though he probably knew better. But I mean come ’on, it’s definitely worse to be a U.S. senator and not know better.
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It is tragic to see what figures like Mamdani are doing to a once great Democratic Party.
by Andrew Cuomo, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Bob Menendez, and Rod Blagojevich
by Andrew Cuomo, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Bob Menendez, and Rod Blagojevich
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It is tragic to see what figures like Mamdani are doing to a once great Democratic Party.
by Andrew Cuomo, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Bob Menendez, and Rod Blagojevich
by Andrew Cuomo, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Bob Menendez, and Rod Blagojevich
Did not enough people read to the end last time? Is that why this week we're starting with this?
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Did not enough people read to the end last time? Is that why this week we're starting with this?
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If Comet or one of the other AI browsers checks "I agree" on one of those click-wrap agreements, is there still a contract?
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
If Comet or one of the other AI browsers checks "I agree" on one of those click-wrap agreements, is there still a contract?
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i tried to read the olivia nuzzi thing with an open heart and open mind and for real within a few paragraphs i felt like i had suddenly forgotten the english language, as though a worm had eaten the part of my brain responsible for lexical processing
November 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
i tried to read the olivia nuzzi thing with an open heart and open mind and for real within a few paragraphs i felt like i had suddenly forgotten the english language, as though a worm had eaten the part of my brain responsible for lexical processing
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
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Hard not to suspect that the thing that kept Epstein's documents secret and any actual co-conspirators safe is that every single person who has ever attended an East Coast gala has, at some point or another, sent Epstein an email that was like "SUBJECT: So sorry for the witchhunt against you"
November 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Hard not to suspect that the thing that kept Epstein's documents secret and any actual co-conspirators safe is that every single person who has ever attended an East Coast gala has, at some point or another, sent Epstein an email that was like "SUBJECT: So sorry for the witchhunt against you"
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Look at what this garish, classless, tasteless fool has done to the People’s House.
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Look at what this garish, classless, tasteless fool has done to the People’s House.
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Oldie but a goodie
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Oldie but a goodie
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I want to spell this out in case the implications aren't clear:
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
On Oct 1, 2025, GISAID informed us that they had ended updates to the flat file of SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences and associated metadata that we had used to update Nextstrain analyses since Feb 2020. GISAID's stated rationale was that their "resources are limited". 1/5
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I want to spell this out in case the implications aren't clear:
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
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Part of the reason why I’m so insistent about folks understanding AI capabilities is that they’re here to stay and we need to start thinking about what to do in such a world. Putting the genie back in the bottle is a pleasant fantasy that delays serious reckoning
November 9, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Part of the reason why I’m so insistent about folks understanding AI capabilities is that they’re here to stay and we need to start thinking about what to do in such a world. Putting the genie back in the bottle is a pleasant fantasy that delays serious reckoning