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#LoveWins #WildlifeConservation #AdvocateEducateInspire "Advancing Bourgeois society liquidates memory, time & recollection as irrational leftovers of the past."-Adorno "HELLO, I must beeee going!"-Groucho
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They're running the Shock Doctrine disaster capitalist playbook on the world's biggest economy--the one that performed better than almost any other industrialized country post-COVID because of Biden's excellent economic stewardship.
So now Fox Business is preparing their viewers for "a bit of temporary pain" amid Trump-Musk's DOGE cuts, saying that "people forget that when [Ronald Reagan] came into office in 1981, he slashed federal head count and put the economy back into the double dip recession of 1980 and 1981."
February 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
They're running the Shock Doctrine disaster capitalist playbook on the world's biggest economy--the one that performed better than almost any other industrialized country post-COVID because of Biden's excellent economic stewardship.
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Something that’s very clear is that Trump is old and checked out. He wants to play the role of president but has zero interest in doing the job and is happy to outsource the real work to Musk, Vought and a crew of feral zealots.
February 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Something that’s very clear is that Trump is old and checked out. He wants to play the role of president but has zero interest in doing the job and is happy to outsource the real work to Musk, Vought and a crew of feral zealots.
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Elon Musk said DOGE made a mistake by cutting USAID’s Ebola prevention but it had been “restored.”
That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social.
“There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.
That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social.
“There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.
Musk claims DOGE ‘restored’ Ebola prevention effort. Officials disagree.
USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Elon Musk said DOGE made a mistake by cutting USAID’s Ebola prevention but it had been “restored.”
That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social.
“There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.
That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social.
“There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.
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Is there a constitutional procedure for committing a sitting US president?
February 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Is there a constitutional procedure for committing a sitting US president?
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The analogy is precise. And the White House response was nasty and disingenuous. This will be a major test of the courts – I think that they will pass it; but it is fundamental. I’ll have an article up on this at @thenewrepublic.bsky.social shortly plus a longer Substack on @talkingfeds.bsky.social
Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.
February 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The analogy is precise. And the White House response was nasty and disingenuous. This will be a major test of the courts – I think that they will pass it; but it is fundamental. I’ll have an article up on this at @thenewrepublic.bsky.social shortly plus a longer Substack on @talkingfeds.bsky.social
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I, a person who has taken and taught general relativity and passed a qualifying exam based on Wald (!), pointed out the earth is round in response to the suggestion that flight paths should be straight and a man who is a genomicist came into my mentions and told me I didn’t understand curvature
February 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I, a person who has taken and taught general relativity and passed a qualifying exam based on Wald (!), pointed out the earth is round in response to the suggestion that flight paths should be straight and a man who is a genomicist came into my mentions and told me I didn’t understand curvature
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At University of Cambridge, I was asked if I maintain a sense of optimism about climate change. My answer:
Yes, because unlike cancer, where we often don't know the cause and don't have a cure, we know exactly why global temperatures are rising and how to stop it. We just need the political will.
Yes, because unlike cancer, where we often don't know the cause and don't have a cure, we know exactly why global temperatures are rising and how to stop it. We just need the political will.
February 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
At University of Cambridge, I was asked if I maintain a sense of optimism about climate change. My answer:
Yes, because unlike cancer, where we often don't know the cause and don't have a cure, we know exactly why global temperatures are rising and how to stop it. We just need the political will.
Yes, because unlike cancer, where we often don't know the cause and don't have a cure, we know exactly why global temperatures are rising and how to stop it. We just need the political will.
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As an excuse to cut Medicaid, Johnson cites fraud—which exists thanks to shady vendors/providers who can and should be prosecuted. But for "waste and abuse," NOTHING beats the for-profit health insurance industry, including Medicare Advantage (which is dispensable, but Project 2025 aims to expand).
February 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
As an excuse to cut Medicaid, Johnson cites fraud—which exists thanks to shady vendors/providers who can and should be prosecuted. But for "waste and abuse," NOTHING beats the for-profit health insurance industry, including Medicare Advantage (which is dispensable, but Project 2025 aims to expand).
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@webbdiscoveries.bsky.social
#cosmology After atoms were generated, the photons were allowed to move freely.
#cosmology After atoms were generated, the photons were allowed to move freely.
February 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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#cosmology After atoms were generated, the photons were allowed to move freely.
#cosmology After atoms were generated, the photons were allowed to move freely.
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When Musk’s role in govt or in FAA oversight was under consideration, perhaps it was fair to say “raising concerns about conflicts.” When he announced SpaceX would redesign the ATC system, that was at least a clear conflict. Now they’re buying SpaceX products to do it, it is just plain corruption.
The FAA has agreed to use SpaceX's Starlink internet system to upgrade the IT networks it uses to manage US airspace, raising new concerns about conflicts of interest for CEO Elon Musk in one of his other roles, that of recommending funding cuts at federal agencies, including the FAA. cnn.it/436qirE
February 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
When Musk’s role in govt or in FAA oversight was under consideration, perhaps it was fair to say “raising concerns about conflicts.” When he announced SpaceX would redesign the ATC system, that was at least a clear conflict. Now they’re buying SpaceX products to do it, it is just plain corruption.
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#cosmology At the beginning of the Universe there was a soup of photons and electrons, together with other particles.
#cosmology At the beginning of the Universe there was a soup of photons and electrons, together with other particles.
February 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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#cosmology At the beginning of the Universe there was a soup of photons and electrons, together with other particles.
#cosmology At the beginning of the Universe there was a soup of photons and electrons, together with other particles.
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Neal: "Jesse James at least had the respect to wear a mask. They should be wearing masks for what they're doing today."
February 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Neal: "Jesse James at least had the respect to wear a mask. They should be wearing masks for what they're doing today."
That sounds you hear is a long-retired COBOL programmer being asked by a broccoli headed 19 year old failson dork to come back as a consultant to fix something they ignorantly smashed, and him asking for your yearly salary per hour.
February 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Musk, the richest person in the world (along w/#SteveBannon) has set his sights on controlling US & by proxy the global political & economic parameters of the body politic thru manipulation of MAGA & small "Democrat wins" 2 years down the road in the mid-terms are weak sauce strategies. #NowsTheTime
February 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Musk, the richest person in the world (along w/#SteveBannon) has set his sights on controlling US & by proxy the global political & economic parameters of the body politic thru manipulation of MAGA & small "Democrat wins" 2 years down the road in the mid-terms are weak sauce strategies. #NowsTheTime
"All humans want to control themselves. Strong people control themselves via self-mastery. Weak people don't have self-mastery, so they attempt to control themselves by controlling others. Autocrats aren't strong; they're dependent & weak. They need to subvert others' freedom to feel self-control."
February 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"All humans want to control themselves. Strong people control themselves via self-mastery. Weak people don't have self-mastery, so they attempt to control themselves by controlling others. Autocrats aren't strong; they're dependent & weak. They need to subvert others' freedom to feel self-control."
Remember: Feeling overwhelmed is the point. When you recognize this, you regain some power. Take breaks. Process... Build community: Share the cognitive load. Network intelligence beats individual overload. Remember: They want you scattered. Yr focus is resistance."
www.threads.net/@itsjennifer...
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February 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Remember: Feeling overwhelmed is the point. When you recognize this, you regain some power. Take breaks. Process... Build community: Share the cognitive load. Network intelligence beats individual overload. Remember: They want you scattered. Yr focus is resistance."
www.threads.net/@itsjennifer...
www.threads.net/@itsjennifer...
#PowerToThePositive #InThisTogether #JustBreathe #LoveWins #SpeakTruthToPower #KeepOnKeepinOn #NeverGiveUp #AdvocateEducateInspire
January 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
#Project2025 It's not even been a full week yet #AreYouPayingAttentionYet?
January 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#Project2025 It's not even been a full week yet #AreYouPayingAttentionYet?
January 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#SpeakTruthToPower #KeepOnKeepinOn #NeverGiveUp #AdvocateEducateInspire
“I do this so the country won’t change me.” #AJMuste
“I do this so the country won’t change me.” #AJMuste
January 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
#SpeakTruthToPower #KeepOnKeepinOn #NeverGiveUp #AdvocateEducateInspire
“I do this so the country won’t change me.” #AJMuste
“I do this so the country won’t change me.” #AJMuste
#Project2025 "Trump's nominee to lead Office of Management & Budget, #RussVought, will be a key architect of the efforts to re-engineer the administrative state. Vought: "When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains."
President Trump has only been in office a week, but the departments under his command are moving with blazing speed to transform the federal bureaucracy into an army of loyalists.
Trump's bureaucracy goes to war
Trump has moved quickly to remake the federal workforce in his image.
www.axios.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
#Project2025 "Trump's nominee to lead Office of Management & Budget, #RussVought, will be a key architect of the efforts to re-engineer the administrative state. Vought: "When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains."
MAGA has made sure that the conspiracy theorists whoit could be argued lengthened & worsened the COVID epidemic are now in charge or all aspects of public health. And the world is on the verge of a MAJOR #BirdFlu slow-rolling pandemic that is wiping out waterfowl as well as the poultry industry.
#ICYMI: After years of heightened scrutiny by GOP lawmakers, NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases could be overhauled or effectively dismantled under the incoming Trump administration.
By @annamaria.bsky.social
By @annamaria.bsky.social
The Second Trump White House Could Drastically Reshape Infectious Disease Research. Here’s What’s at Stake.
Donald Trump’s pick to lead the federal health agency has vowed to replace hundreds of staffers and shift research away from infectious diseases and vaccines. Such an overhaul could imperil the…
propub.li
January 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
MAGA has made sure that the conspiracy theorists whoit could be argued lengthened & worsened the COVID epidemic are now in charge or all aspects of public health. And the world is on the verge of a MAJOR #BirdFlu slow-rolling pandemic that is wiping out waterfowl as well as the poultry industry.
It's not even been a week & the MAGA grievance campaign/ #Project2025 dismantling of guardrails & regulatory agencies is snowballing at an unreal pace...
January 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It's not even been a week & the MAGA grievance campaign/ #Project2025 dismantling of guardrails & regulatory agencies is snowballing at an unreal pace...
"Trump Admin has put virtually all federally funded health sci. research on hold for no apparent reason this week, imposing wholesale restrictions on the NIH incl. “the abrupt cancellation of meetings such as grant review panels. “The impact... appears devastating.” www.wonkette.com/p/trump-shut...
Trump Shuts Down All Science Until He Figures Out What The Hell Is Going On
If you want cancer research, pay for it yourself.
www.wonkette.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"Trump Admin has put virtually all federally funded health sci. research on hold for no apparent reason this week, imposing wholesale restrictions on the NIH incl. “the abrupt cancellation of meetings such as grant review panels. “The impact... appears devastating.” www.wonkette.com/p/trump-shut...