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Crazy stuff!
Joseph Ladapo was once a successful normie: A Harvard Medical School grad w/ faculty positions at NYU & UCLA
Then his wife & an ex-Navy SEAL-turned-guru came along 👀
@kieraevebutler.bsky.social & I on the pair of mystics who seem to lack any Western medical training yet have inspired FL's top doc:
Then his wife & an ex-Navy SEAL-turned-guru came along 👀
@kieraevebutler.bsky.social & I on the pair of mystics who seem to lack any Western medical training yet have inspired FL's top doc:
From medicine to mysticism: the radicalization of Florida's top doc
Joseph Ladapo was a normie—until he met his wife and a guru into levitating and communicating with spirits.
www.motherjones.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Crazy stuff!
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A falsehood (a symptom of politics):
"Los Angeles is burning". DJT June 2025.
A confabulation (a symptom of dementia):
"There are no stores in Portland". DJT October 2025.
See the difference?
"Los Angeles is burning". DJT June 2025.
A confabulation (a symptom of dementia):
"There are no stores in Portland". DJT October 2025.
See the difference?
October 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A falsehood (a symptom of politics):
"Los Angeles is burning". DJT June 2025.
A confabulation (a symptom of dementia):
"There are no stores in Portland". DJT October 2025.
See the difference?
"Los Angeles is burning". DJT June 2025.
A confabulation (a symptom of dementia):
"There are no stores in Portland". DJT October 2025.
See the difference?
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Why a study claiming vaccines cause chronic illness is severely flawed – a biostatistician explains the biases and unsupported conclusions
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Why a study claiming vaccines cause chronic illness is severely flawed – a biostatistician explains the biases and unsupported conclusions
The main comparisons in the unpublished report are skewed, and it is being presented as stronger evidence than its design really allows.
theconversation.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Why a study claiming vaccines cause chronic illness is severely flawed – a biostatistician explains the biases and unsupported conclusions
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A good statement but a bit weak. RFK, Jr is a malicious, dishonest nutcase whose views amount to flat-Earthism and everyone with influence should say so. We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A good statement but a bit weak. RFK, Jr is a malicious, dishonest nutcase whose views amount to flat-Earthism and everyone with influence should say so. We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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Friday: Trump says Putin claims voting by mail cannot be fair and it's how the 2020 was purportedly "rigged" against him
Today: Trump announces executive order to ban mail voting and also voting machines
Also today: Newsmax pays Dominion $67 million to avoid trial for lying about voting machines
Today: Trump announces executive order to ban mail voting and also voting machines
Also today: Newsmax pays Dominion $67 million to avoid trial for lying about voting machines
August 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Friday: Trump says Putin claims voting by mail cannot be fair and it's how the 2020 was purportedly "rigged" against him
Today: Trump announces executive order to ban mail voting and also voting machines
Also today: Newsmax pays Dominion $67 million to avoid trial for lying about voting machines
Today: Trump announces executive order to ban mail voting and also voting machines
Also today: Newsmax pays Dominion $67 million to avoid trial for lying about voting machines
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July 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Trump is closing all four climate observatory stations in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Antartica. Because you can't have high CO2 levels if you don't *measure* CO2 levels.
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After 7 Decades of Measurements From a Peak in Hawaii, Trump’s Budget Would End Them
www.nytimes.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Trump is closing all four climate observatory stations in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Antartica. Because you can't have high CO2 levels if you don't *measure* CO2 levels.
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What he said, and amen to it.
After the latest round of grading papers, I wrote about AI, ChatGPT, the death of the student essay, and what it means for the future of human cognition.
The Death of the Student Essay—and the Future of Cognition
One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognition—and how to save ourselves.
www.forkingpaths.co
June 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
What he said, and amen to it.
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Los Angeles. Just wow.
June 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Los Angeles. Just wow.
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For those not following the drama earlier, it's for sharing this piece advocating for nonviolence (but not being judgy about how targeted people respond either). And saying some things about governmental/ institutional violence.
Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence
I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
June 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
For those not following the drama earlier, it's for sharing this piece advocating for nonviolence (but not being judgy about how targeted people respond either). And saying some things about governmental/ institutional violence.
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For the record, I do not assume that someone high up has it out for my political views. Until I know otherwise, I'll assume the most likely explanation is that inane algorithms that often delete posts or shut accounts was, well, triggered by the word violence in the title, or something like that.
June 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
For the record, I do not assume that someone high up has it out for my political views. Until I know otherwise, I'll assume the most likely explanation is that inane algorithms that often delete posts or shut accounts was, well, triggered by the word violence in the title, or something like that.
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Juan Carlos Cruz, who spent birthdays and Christmas with Pope Francis and advised him on clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, said "there's still a lot to do, but I'm proud of what he started."
"I'm gonna miss him": Pope Francis remembered by a close friend and survivor of abuse
Juan Carlos Cruz, who spent birthdays and Christmas with Pope Francis and advised him on clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, said "there's still a lot to do, but I'm proud of what he started."
www.npr.org
April 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Juan Carlos Cruz, who spent birthdays and Christmas with Pope Francis and advised him on clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, said "there's still a lot to do, but I'm proud of what he started."
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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Talk about painting a target!
April 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Talk about painting a target!
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Race isn’t a ‘biological reality,’ contrary to recent political claims − here’s how scientific consensus on race developed in the 20th century
Race isn’t a ‘biological reality,’ contrary to recent political claims − here’s how scientific consensus on race developed in the 20th century
An executive order critiques the idea that race is a human invention. But that’s exactly what modern science supports.
theconversation.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Race isn’t a ‘biological reality,’ contrary to recent political claims − here’s how scientific consensus on race developed in the 20th century
Sarasota Florida
April 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Sarasota Florida
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Wow. Just wow. How Trump set the tariff rates. This is blithering, staggering, mind-boggling, jaw-cracking, gums-bleeding stupidity.
April 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Wow. Just wow. How Trump set the tariff rates. This is blithering, staggering, mind-boggling, jaw-cracking, gums-bleeding stupidity.
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The USA hanging on by a TRO, which suddenly feels like the restraining orders abused women get to tell their abusers to back off.
BREAKING: Judge Royce Lamberth, a Reagan appointee, issues a TRO blocking Kari Lake from shutting down Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty "with one sentence of reasoning offering virtually no explanation" — "even if the President has told them to do so." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![I. CONCLUSION
Congress has found that "it is the policy of the United States to promote the right of
freedom of opinion and expression" and that "open communication of information and ideas
among the peoples of the world contributes to international peace and stability." International
Broadcasting Act of 1973, 87 Stat. at 457. RFE/RL has, for decades, operated as one of the organizations that Congress has statutorily designated to carry out this policy. The leadership of
USAGM cannot, with one sentence of reasoning offering virtually no explanation, force RFE/RL
to shut down even if the President has told them to do so.
Therefore, upon consideration of the plaintiff's Motion [ECF No. 6] for a Temporary
Restraining Order, the defendants' Opposition thereto, the plaintiff's Reply, and the entire record
herein, it is hereby
ORDERED that the plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order is GRANTED;
and it is further
ORDERED that the portion of the plaintiff's TRO motion seeking disbursement of
$7,464,559 for the March 1-14 period of performance is now MOOT given the defendants' notice
of disbursement initiation for that outstanding amount; and it is further
ORDERED that the defendants and their agents take no steps and impose no obligations
relating to closing out the plaintiff's grant; and it is further](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreieuybzygl3y6a2dwm73la7bbebo446vkpxfp4nyhupfci6iqc6fuy@jpeg)
March 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The USA hanging on by a TRO, which suddenly feels like the restraining orders abused women get to tell their abusers to back off.
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Your regular reminder that no tax cut in the history of tax cuts has ever paid for itself.
(Punchbowl) - Extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts would boost the national debt by almost 50% when measured as a percentage of GDP and increase the deficit by around $4 trillion, according to a new Congressional Budget Office analysis.
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CBO: Extending Trump tax cuts would boost deficit, debt
The analysis comes as Senate Republicans are set to huddle with the Senate parliamentarian’s office to get guidance on the “current policy baseline.”
punchbowl.news
March 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Your regular reminder that no tax cut in the history of tax cuts has ever paid for itself.
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Leadership from UC Berkeley.
"...we see recent actions going beyond those purposes in ways that threaten core values: academic freedom, freedom of inquiry, & freedom of expression.... we will be steadfast and unrelenting in our efforts to defend those core values."
"...we see recent actions going beyond those purposes in ways that threaten core values: academic freedom, freedom of inquiry, & freedom of expression.... we will be steadfast and unrelenting in our efforts to defend those core values."
March 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Leadership from UC Berkeley.
"...we see recent actions going beyond those purposes in ways that threaten core values: academic freedom, freedom of inquiry, & freedom of expression.... we will be steadfast and unrelenting in our efforts to defend those core values."
"...we see recent actions going beyond those purposes in ways that threaten core values: academic freedom, freedom of inquiry, & freedom of expression.... we will be steadfast and unrelenting in our efforts to defend those core values."
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No, c'mon
The U.S Marine Band has cancelled a concert that was to feature high school musicians of color, in accordance with executive orders targeting “DEI” initiatives. My story here: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Following executive orders, ‘The President’s Own’ Marine Band scraps concert
The U.S. Marine Band’s cancelled collaboration with Equity Arc was to feature high-school musicians of color who competed for the opportunity to perform with the ensemble.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
No, c'mon
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A California fourth-grader's interview with her grandfather, who was forced out of Uganda before moving to the U.S., is one of our outstanding podcasts.
A 10-year-old's story of family immigration that spans three continents
A California fourth-grader's interview with her grandfather, who was forced out of Uganda before moving to the U.S., is one of our outstanding podcasts.
www.npr.org
February 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
A California fourth-grader's interview with her grandfather, who was forced out of Uganda before moving to the U.S., is one of our outstanding podcasts.
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Dear Mexico,
Same general stuff applies, and we send love--
and say her old true name: Gulf of Mexico.
your friend in Alta California,
(which yeah, used to be Mexico, like the whole southwest of the US of A. I remember.)
Same general stuff applies, and we send love--
and say her old true name: Gulf of Mexico.
your friend in Alta California,
(which yeah, used to be Mexico, like the whole southwest of the US of A. I remember.)
February 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Dear Mexico,
Same general stuff applies, and we send love--
and say her old true name: Gulf of Mexico.
your friend in Alta California,
(which yeah, used to be Mexico, like the whole southwest of the US of A. I remember.)
Same general stuff applies, and we send love--
and say her old true name: Gulf of Mexico.
your friend in Alta California,
(which yeah, used to be Mexico, like the whole southwest of the US of A. I remember.)