clappstar
@clappstar.bsky.social
PNW Left Coast, Salish Sea, BioPharma Scientist, Basketball, Soccer, Referee, Dogs, Cat, Kids, Bae - Edmonds, WA
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Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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I can criticize, and accept criticism of, Democrats without saying “whatabout those Republicans.”
The MAGA Right can’t accept criticism of Trump without saying “whatabout those Democrats.”
Whataboutism is one of the laziest and most dishonest political positions - and it dominates the Right.
The MAGA Right can’t accept criticism of Trump without saying “whatabout those Democrats.”
Whataboutism is one of the laziest and most dishonest political positions - and it dominates the Right.
August 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I can criticize, and accept criticism of, Democrats without saying “whatabout those Republicans.”
The MAGA Right can’t accept criticism of Trump without saying “whatabout those Democrats.”
Whataboutism is one of the laziest and most dishonest political positions - and it dominates the Right.
The MAGA Right can’t accept criticism of Trump without saying “whatabout those Democrats.”
Whataboutism is one of the laziest and most dishonest political positions - and it dominates the Right.
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"Once MAGA brands you as an enemy, your fortunes shift. No amount of strategic silence will change your new identity, so you may as well lean into it."
I wrote about why I chose—and keep choosing—to speak up and fight back. wiczipedia.substack.com/p/on-resisti...
I wrote about why I chose—and keep choosing—to speak up and fight back. wiczipedia.substack.com/p/on-resisti...
On Resisting and Persisting
How I Decided to Speak Up and Fight Back
wiczipedia.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Once MAGA brands you as an enemy, your fortunes shift. No amount of strategic silence will change your new identity, so you may as well lean into it."
I wrote about why I chose—and keep choosing—to speak up and fight back. wiczipedia.substack.com/p/on-resisti...
I wrote about why I chose—and keep choosing—to speak up and fight back. wiczipedia.substack.com/p/on-resisti...
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The fire sale at the end of the empire
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Inside the USAID Fire Sale
Around the world, defibrillators, motorbikes, and water towers are being donated, sold, or simply abandoned.
www.theatlantic.com
August 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The fire sale at the end of the empire
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Perfectly normal and OK. Right?
Hey Albert Bourla and all the other biopharma CEOs who have been trying to butter these people up: how goes it? You liking what you see, from Trump and from RFK, Jr.?
Hey Albert Bourla and all the other biopharma CEOs who have been trying to butter these people up: how goes it? You liking what you see, from Trump and from RFK, Jr.?
Trump: We’re going to be doing numbers on the cost of drugs in this country. I'm not talking about a 20% decrease, I'm talking about a 1000% decrease.
August 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Perfectly normal and OK. Right?
Hey Albert Bourla and all the other biopharma CEOs who have been trying to butter these people up: how goes it? You liking what you see, from Trump and from RFK, Jr.?
Hey Albert Bourla and all the other biopharma CEOs who have been trying to butter these people up: how goes it? You liking what you see, from Trump and from RFK, Jr.?
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The only thing I can say about this paragraph is read it. Sit with it. Read it again. @michaelharriot.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The only thing I can say about this paragraph is read it. Sit with it. Read it again. @michaelharriot.bsky.social
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Rick Steves finishing his speech in Edmonds. This is about halfway back in the crowd and to the side. The patriotism of this crowd was something else. And Steves' point is right -- change is going to come from an engaged center that stands in *solidarity* with the most vulnerable.
June 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Rick Steves finishing his speech in Edmonds. This is about halfway back in the crowd and to the side. The patriotism of this crowd was something else. And Steves' point is right -- change is going to come from an engaged center that stands in *solidarity* with the most vulnerable.
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Thinking about devastating cuts to NSF: US gov-funded science has been the engine upon which most of the tech wealth was generated. But the oligarchs (currently hoarding much of that $) think it’s their own brilliance & not the accident of standing close to the scientific engine that made them rich.
May 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Thinking about devastating cuts to NSF: US gov-funded science has been the engine upon which most of the tech wealth was generated. But the oligarchs (currently hoarding much of that $) think it’s their own brilliance & not the accident of standing close to the scientific engine that made them rich.
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On Feb 24, I gave a lecture at UW explaining what my team's decade-plus research on online rumors during crises reveals about the right wing "bullshit machine." Fittingly, a lightning strike impacted the original audio. Here's a fixed version w/ the full transcript: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjiG...
A Spotlight on Rumors
YouTube video by UW (University of Washington)
www.youtube.com
March 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
On Feb 24, I gave a lecture at UW explaining what my team's decade-plus research on online rumors during crises reveals about the right wing "bullshit machine." Fittingly, a lightning strike impacted the original audio. Here's a fixed version w/ the full transcript: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjiG...
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If you have the time, this is really good. If you don't, just skip through and watch a few parts and you'll see how good it is.
This is a video of PBS travel guy Rick Steves at the Edmonds WA Hands Off event, giving a speech which I think is one of the BEST explanations I've seen for the average person of what is going on now and it is 🔥🔥🔥. You are going to want to watch this. youtu.be/86hnPrWozUo?...
Hands Off National Day of Protest - Edmonds, WA
YouTube video by R
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April 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If you have the time, this is really good. If you don't, just skip through and watch a few parts and you'll see how good it is.
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Germany had its own January 6-style attempt at a coup. It also failed. But Hitler was sent to jail.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
April 1, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Germany had its own January 6-style attempt at a coup. It also failed. But Hitler was sent to jail.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
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Reup: I've been trying to track the things Trump has taken away. This is VERY much a work in progress, imperfectly presented.
But please let me know what is missing (or better yet, steal my work)!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...
But please let me know what is missing (or better yet, steal my work)!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...
Work in Progress: What Trump Took Away - emptywheel
A preliminary list of the things Trump has taken away.
www.emptywheel.net
March 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Reup: I've been trying to track the things Trump has taken away. This is VERY much a work in progress, imperfectly presented.
But please let me know what is missing (or better yet, steal my work)!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...
But please let me know what is missing (or better yet, steal my work)!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...
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Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization
Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region.
We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant
survival over the past 50...
www.thelancet.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Check out the full Factually! episode with Max Stier wherever you get podcasts.
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Trump and Elon Don't Know Who They're Firing - with Max Stier
Podcast Episode · Factually! with Adam Conover · 03/12/2025 · 1h 9m
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March 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Check out the full Factually! episode with Max Stier wherever you get podcasts.
» Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
» Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4spA...
» YouTube: youtu.be/bC-0q5rUoSU
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» Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4spA...
» YouTube: youtu.be/bC-0q5rUoSU
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DEI is under attack, but the stakes are higher than many realize. Universities *must stand firm* in defending it. I lay out why in my latest piece for Nature.
Silence is complicity. Without DEI, we fail our students, our research, and our future.
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
Silence is complicity. Without DEI, we fail our students, our research, and our future.
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
‘Silence is complicity’ — universities must fight the anti-DEI crackdown
Higher-education establishments must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion.
www.nature.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
DEI is under attack, but the stakes are higher than many realize. Universities *must stand firm* in defending it. I lay out why in my latest piece for Nature.
Silence is complicity. Without DEI, we fail our students, our research, and our future.
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
Silence is complicity. Without DEI, we fail our students, our research, and our future.
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
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They try to silence us, hold us back, and strip away our rights, but women always fight back. This #WomensHistoryMonth, we’re doubling down, because when women lead, we all move forward.
March 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
They try to silence us, hold us back, and strip away our rights, but women always fight back. This #WomensHistoryMonth, we’re doubling down, because when women lead, we all move forward.
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Pseudoscience seeks to control you. Science seeks to empower you. That's the difference.
At first glance, wellness misinformation and pseudoscience, with their unproven remedies, vaccine fear, and distrust of "big pharma," seem financially driven—but there is a far more insidious motive.
At first glance, wellness misinformation and pseudoscience, with their unproven remedies, vaccine fear, and distrust of "big pharma," seem financially driven—but there is a far more insidious motive.
January 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Pseudoscience seeks to control you. Science seeks to empower you. That's the difference.
At first glance, wellness misinformation and pseudoscience, with their unproven remedies, vaccine fear, and distrust of "big pharma," seem financially driven—but there is a far more insidious motive.
At first glance, wellness misinformation and pseudoscience, with their unproven remedies, vaccine fear, and distrust of "big pharma," seem financially driven—but there is a far more insidious motive.
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Spirit of the Salish Sea
For Danielle Morsette of the Suquamish Tribe, weaving connects to a tradition that spans generations. 💙
For Danielle Morsette of the Suquamish Tribe, weaving connects to a tradition that spans generations. 💙
Spirit of the Salish Sea
YouTube video by Seattle Sounders FC
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February 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Spirit of the Salish Sea
For Danielle Morsette of the Suquamish Tribe, weaving connects to a tradition that spans generations. 💙
For Danielle Morsette of the Suquamish Tribe, weaving connects to a tradition that spans generations. 💙
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Biopharma companies and CEOs are keeping their heads down at their own peril. They should speak up about what’s happening to the NIH and other science agencies before it’s too late.
Silence gives consent. And no one should consent to this.
Silence gives consent. And no one should consent to this.
Stand Up And Be Counted
www.science.org
February 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Biopharma companies and CEOs are keeping their heads down at their own peril. They should speak up about what’s happening to the NIH and other science agencies before it’s too late.
Silence gives consent. And no one should consent to this.
Silence gives consent. And no one should consent to this.
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BIDEN: EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT HAS BEEN RATIFIED www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Equal Rights Amendment | The White House
I have supported the Equal Rights Amendment for more than 50 years, and I have long been clear that no one should be discriminated against based on their
www.whitehouse.gov
January 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
BIDEN: EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT HAS BEEN RATIFIED www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...
20 mph in neighborhood and urban village setting is great for everyone. Do the math - going 30+ versus 20 mph for 1 mile in dense, pedestrian space only saves 1 minute travel time (2 min versus 3 min). But everyone feels safer including cats when 20’s Plenty.
In the first 9 months of Wales implementing a national 20mph urban/village default there were huge benefits to the most vulnerable road users and 489 fewer deaths and casualties on community roads. Wales is #winningwith20
January 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
20 mph in neighborhood and urban village setting is great for everyone. Do the math - going 30+ versus 20 mph for 1 mile in dense, pedestrian space only saves 1 minute travel time (2 min versus 3 min). But everyone feels safer including cats when 20’s Plenty.
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A conveyer belt of airliners constantly appearing, one after the other, inbound to the burned out hellscape that is Seattle. Nobody comes here any more.
September 17, 2024 at 5:07 AM
A conveyer belt of airliners constantly appearing, one after the other, inbound to the burned out hellscape that is Seattle. Nobody comes here any more.
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I don’t think it was necessarily planned in advance, but yes, these are some of the dynamics that we have been talking about. Heroes need villains to keep the show going. bsky.app/profile/kate...
Perhaps a good day to remind folks that the right wing media ecosystem functions like improv theater (and pro wrestling):
theconversation.com/how-right-wi...
The heroes need villains to keep the drama going, the show will shift to the audiences’ jeers/cheers, and Bannon is a producer by trade.
theconversation.com/how-right-wi...
The heroes need villains to keep the drama going, the show will shift to the audiences’ jeers/cheers, and Bannon is a producer by trade.
December 29, 2024 at 4:17 PM
I don’t think it was necessarily planned in advance, but yes, these are some of the dynamics that we have been talking about. Heroes need villains to keep the show going. bsky.app/profile/kate...
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Writing is thinking.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
I'm sure many have said this before but I'm reading a student-facing document about how students might use AI in the classroom (if allowed) and one of the recs is: use AI to make an outline of your reading! But ISN'T MAKING THE OUTLINE how one actually learns?
December 12, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Writing is thinking.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.