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COMMENTARY: If this was happening in another nation, we'd call it by name. It's authoritarianism.
September 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
COMMENTARY: If this was happening in another nation, we'd call it by name. It's authoritarianism.
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What an excellent piece by Jamelle Bouie @jamellebouie.net -- here's a gift link so you can read it without the paywall:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
Opinion | Maybe Trump and Miller Don’t Understand Americans as Well as They Think They Do
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
What an excellent piece by Jamelle Bouie @jamellebouie.net -- here's a gift link so you can read it without the paywall:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
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Russia has abducted thousands of Ukrainian children, plunging families into every parent's worst nightmare.
Now, Trump funding cuts threaten to close a Yale center that helps identify these children and bring them home.
Please consider donating to help continue this work: sph.yale.edu/give-hrl
Now, Trump funding cuts threaten to close a Yale center that helps identify these children and bring them home.
Please consider donating to help continue this work: sph.yale.edu/give-hrl
Help the Humanitarian Research Lab Keep Finding Ukraine’s Abducted Children
The Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) at Yale helps to locate and bring back Ukraine’s children who have been abducted by Russia. But without additional funding,
sph.yale.edu
June 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Russia has abducted thousands of Ukrainian children, plunging families into every parent's worst nightmare.
Now, Trump funding cuts threaten to close a Yale center that helps identify these children and bring them home.
Please consider donating to help continue this work: sph.yale.edu/give-hrl
Now, Trump funding cuts threaten to close a Yale center that helps identify these children and bring them home.
Please consider donating to help continue this work: sph.yale.edu/give-hrl
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A study from JAMA Pediatrics compares states that have permissive gun laws with others that have strict regulations. The states with tougher rules did not see a rise in gun deaths among children and teens.
Guns are the leading cause of death of kids and teens, and state laws matter
A study from JAMA Pediatrics compares states that have permissive gun laws with others that have strict regulations. The states with tougher rules did not see a rise in gun deaths among children and teens.
n.pr
June 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A study from JAMA Pediatrics compares states that have permissive gun laws with others that have strict regulations. The states with tougher rules did not see a rise in gun deaths among children and teens.
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Amy Larocca’s “How to Be Well” documents the ever-expanding, MAHA-adjacent wellness industry. It also reveals how health-care inequality fueled the spread of conspiracy theories, writes Sheila McClear:
How Health Became a Luxury Commodity
A new book about American wellness reveals how health-care inequality fueled the spread of anti-science conspiracy theories.
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May 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Amy Larocca’s “How to Be Well” documents the ever-expanding, MAHA-adjacent wellness industry. It also reveals how health-care inequality fueled the spread of conspiracy theories, writes Sheila McClear:
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Harvard's president tells NPR he finds Trump's recent measures "perplexing."
"Why cut off research funding? Sure, it hurts Harvard, but it hurts the country," he said, adding that those dollars are awarded to efforts deemed "high-priority work" by the government. https://n.pr/43hPDhX
"Why cut off research funding? Sure, it hurts Harvard, but it hurts the country," he said, adding that those dollars are awarded to efforts deemed "high-priority work" by the government. https://n.pr/43hPDhX
May 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Harvard's president tells NPR he finds Trump's recent measures "perplexing."
"Why cut off research funding? Sure, it hurts Harvard, but it hurts the country," he said, adding that those dollars are awarded to efforts deemed "high-priority work" by the government. https://n.pr/43hPDhX
"Why cut off research funding? Sure, it hurts Harvard, but it hurts the country," he said, adding that those dollars are awarded to efforts deemed "high-priority work" by the government. https://n.pr/43hPDhX
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From @rhersher.bsky.social
A performance of the masterpiece will be transmitted into space on Saturday. The waltz has been associated with space travel since its inclusion in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
A performance of the masterpiece will be transmitted into space on Saturday. The waltz has been associated with space travel since its inclusion in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The European Space Agency will beam the famous 'Blue Danube' waltz into space
A performance of the masterpiece will be transmitted into space on Saturday. The waltz has been associated with space travel since its inclusion in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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May 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
From @rhersher.bsky.social
A performance of the masterpiece will be transmitted into space on Saturday. The waltz has been associated with space travel since its inclusion in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
A performance of the masterpiece will be transmitted into space on Saturday. The waltz has been associated with space travel since its inclusion in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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“The Trump administration has launched a comprehensive attack on knowledge itself, a war against culture, history, and science,” @adamserwer.bsky.social writes. “If this assault is successful, it will undermine Americans’ ability to comprehend the world around us."
The Attack on Knowledge
America could soon find itself in a new Dark Age.
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May 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
“The Trump administration has launched a comprehensive attack on knowledge itself, a war against culture, history, and science,” @adamserwer.bsky.social writes. “If this assault is successful, it will undermine Americans’ ability to comprehend the world around us."
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Best read as a reasoned call to action, not a question. And we will need vivid terms for where we are going — oligarchy and fascism — as well as what we are seeking — freedom and equality.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
www.nytimes.com
May 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Best read as a reasoned call to action, not a question. And we will need vivid terms for where we are going — oligarchy and fascism — as well as what we are seeking — freedom and equality.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
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If you're trying to build muscle, getting enough protein is a must. But does it matter if that protein comes from meat or plants? A new study overturns assumptions.
Protein for strength training? Vegan diet matches meat for muscle gains
If you're trying to build muscle, getting enough protein is a must. But does it matter if that protein comes from meat or plants? A new study overturns assumptions.
www.npr.org
May 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If you're trying to build muscle, getting enough protein is a must. But does it matter if that protein comes from meat or plants? A new study overturns assumptions.
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Unresponsive brain-injury patients have long been at the center of an ethical debate: If they can be kept alive, should they be? At what cost? Who’s to decide?
A new study shows that some of these patients may be far more conscious than was once thought. @sarahzhang.bsky.social reports:
A new study shows that some of these patients may be far more conscious than was once thought. @sarahzhang.bsky.social reports:
The Mother Who Never Stopped Believing Her Son Was Still There
For decades, Eve Baer remained convinced that her son, unresponsive after a severe brain injury, was still conscious. Science eventually proved her right.
www.theatlantic.com
May 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Unresponsive brain-injury patients have long been at the center of an ethical debate: If they can be kept alive, should they be? At what cost? Who’s to decide?
A new study shows that some of these patients may be far more conscious than was once thought. @sarahzhang.bsky.social reports:
A new study shows that some of these patients may be far more conscious than was once thought. @sarahzhang.bsky.social reports:
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When it comes to weight-loss drugs, doctors, researchers, and politicians need to reckon with the true killer: not weight or size, but a particularly toxic kind of fat, @DavidAKesslerMD writes.
Weight-Loss Drugs Aren’t Really About Weight
To figure out who will benefit most, doctors should consider a particularly toxic kind of fat.
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May 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
When it comes to weight-loss drugs, doctors, researchers, and politicians need to reckon with the true killer: not weight or size, but a particularly toxic kind of fat, @DavidAKesslerMD writes.
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As the world goes to hell, Trump is living his best life. My latest @postopinions.bsky.social column, on how Trump and his family are pocketing hundreds of millions of dollars while he talks about rationing dolls and pencils. Gift link.
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Opinion | As the world goes to hell, Trump is living his best life
The president has no permanent alliances, only personal financial interests.
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May 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
As the world goes to hell, Trump is living his best life. My latest @postopinions.bsky.social column, on how Trump and his family are pocketing hundreds of millions of dollars while he talks about rationing dolls and pencils. Gift link.
wapo.st/3ZcXpaj
wapo.st/3ZcXpaj
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Denver set out to end the disparity between how police treat homicides and near-homicides. And other cities are taking notice.
One City’s Surprising Tactic to Reduce Gun Violence: Solving More Nonfatal Shootings
A Denver police unit started investigating all shootings like homicides. Now other cities are taking notice.
www.themarshallproject.org
May 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Denver set out to end the disparity between how police treat homicides and near-homicides. And other cities are taking notice.
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"When we think of love, we think of romance and happily-ever-after fairy tales," Suleika Jaouad writes. "By telling this story, I want to invoke something different—the radical power of seeing, understanding, and showing up for another human":
We’ve Been Thinking About Love All Wrong
What illness taught me about true friendship
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May 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"When we think of love, we think of romance and happily-ever-after fairy tales," Suleika Jaouad writes. "By telling this story, I want to invoke something different—the radical power of seeing, understanding, and showing up for another human":
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"The labor market for young grads is flashing a yellow light," @dkthomp.bsky.social writes. "This is a number to watch": https://theatln.tc/6rmxehnp
May 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"The labor market for young grads is flashing a yellow light," @dkthomp.bsky.social writes. "This is a number to watch": https://theatln.tc/6rmxehnp
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“What the world once took for granted in the U.S. is now in question. And because America was the crucial player in the international order, the tremors of its earthquake are felt everywhere,” Margaret MacMillan writes:
This Is the Way a World Order Ends
Americans once associated spheres of influence with a cynical, volatile European past. Now Washington is resurrecting them.
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April 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
“What the world once took for granted in the U.S. is now in question. And because America was the crucial player in the international order, the tremors of its earthquake are felt everywhere,” Margaret MacMillan writes:
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ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
April 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
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Important work and coverage here by ACLU. Please support them. If US citizens are forcibly removed from their country of citizenship though it is something worse than a deportation.
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union
Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
www.aclu.org
April 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Important work and coverage here by ACLU. Please support them. If US citizens are forcibly removed from their country of citizenship though it is something worse than a deportation.
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
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There are some things worse than a recession, @annielowrey.bsky.social writes. “The United States’ hegemony over the financial markets is at stake”:
What Would Be Worse Than a Recession?
The loss of America’s economic hegemony
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April 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
There are some things worse than a recession, @annielowrey.bsky.social writes. “The United States’ hegemony over the financial markets is at stake”:
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Hitler used tariffs to “liberate” Germany from a globalized world order—careening the economy backwards, Timothy W. Ryback writes.
Hitler’s Terrible Tariffs
By seeking to “liberate” Germans from a globalized world order, the Nazi government sent the national economy careening backwards.
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April 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Hitler used tariffs to “liberate” Germany from a globalized world order—careening the economy backwards, Timothy W. Ryback writes.
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The phrase “in disarray” has long dogged Democrats—but what’s happening now is something more profound and consequential, @johnhendrickson.bsky.social writes.
What the Democratic Infighting Reveals
The party remains in a state of disunion—not only about their future, but about how to address the present catastrophe.
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April 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The phrase “in disarray” has long dogged Democrats—but what’s happening now is something more profound and consequential, @johnhendrickson.bsky.social writes.
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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April 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...