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ALERT TO FEDERAL WORKERS: The Thursday “deadline” set by Musk isn’t a thing. Congress hasn’t appropriated the funds to pay you what he promised should you resign by today — nor has Congress authorized anyone to threaten you with losing anything for staying on.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
DOGE broadens sweep of federal agencies, gains access to health payment systems
Associates of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have fanned out across the federal government in recent days, alarming some career employees.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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This is also a valuable resource for sky users

theblue.report
The Blue Report
The top links on Bluesky over the last 24 hours. Updated hourly.
theblue.report
February 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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America led the world on public health. MAGA is destroying it. And those going along will have blood on their hands. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-and...
RFK Jr. and the MAGA Death Trip
The war on science is turning deadly
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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In the CS/econ theory intersection, there is this cool group at CMU called FOCAL, which offers postdoc opportunities focused on "the foundations of game theory and decision theory for advanced AI agents".

www.cs.cmu.edu/~focal/join....
FOCAL@CMU
www.cs.cmu.edu
February 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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“Kansas health officials are monitoring a spike in whooping cough cases around the state this year, marking one of the biggest increases in case numbers in nearly a decade.”
Infections of bacteria causing violent coughing fits is rising in Kansas
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansas health officials are monitoring a spike in whooping cough cases around the state this year, marking one of the biggest increases in case numbers in nearly a decade. 27 …
www.ksnt.com
December 29, 2024 at 12:48 AM