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“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” -Noam Chomsky
June 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” -Noam Chomsky
Sad consequences of the administrations actions
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Internal State Department records show that months of warnings have become a reality: The Trump administration’s sudden withdrawal of foreign humanitarian aid has brought about death, violence and unrest. 1/
Internal State Department records show that months of warnings have become a reality: The Trump administration’s sudden withdrawal of foreign humanitarian aid has brought about death, violence and unrest. 1/
May 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Sad consequences of the administrations actions
We will never know what we missed out on in the US due to the "brain drain" with scientists leaving the country
May 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
We will never know what we missed out on in the US due to the "brain drain" with scientists leaving the country
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🧪 ⚒️ 🌊 🦑 #geogchat
My latest @nature.com story shares the human stories behind the massive job loss and brain drain facing US science.
The quote I still can't get past: "We want to offer scientific asylum to our colleagues,” said Eric Berton, president of Aix-Marseille University in France.
The quote I still can't get past: "We want to offer scientific asylum to our colleagues,” said Eric Berton, president of Aix-Marseille University in France.
#OpenToWork: how laid-off US scientists are coping with shattered careers
Unemployed researchers face some tough career choices as they flood the job market after the Trump administration’s cuts to science.
www.nature.com
May 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
🧪 ⚒️ 🌊 🦑 #geogchat
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People tend to dismiss VP Pence’s actions on J6: he was just doing his job, why should he get any credit for simply sticking to the letter of the law?
But if it was so easy to do, why was he one of the very few in his party to do it?
apnews.com/article/penc...
But if it was so easy to do, why was he one of the very few in his party to do it?
apnews.com/article/penc...
Former Vice President Pence defends Constitution after getting Profile in Courage Award
Former Vice President Mike Pence repeatedly defended the Constitution after receiving the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.
apnews.com
May 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
People tend to dismiss VP Pence’s actions on J6: he was just doing his job, why should he get any credit for simply sticking to the letter of the law?
But if it was so easy to do, why was he one of the very few in his party to do it?
apnews.com/article/penc...
But if it was so easy to do, why was he one of the very few in his party to do it?
apnews.com/article/penc...
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Honestly, me too.
April 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Honestly, me too.
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6 million people could die in next 4-6 years if PEPFAR AIDS programming does not resume. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
March 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
6 million people could die in next 4-6 years if PEPFAR AIDS programming does not resume. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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WATCH LIVE: NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS CEO Paula Kerger testify before House subcommittee amid calls to defund their organizations
NPR and PBS heads appear on Capitol Hill to answer allegations of bias
The CEOs of the largest U.S. public broadcasting networks are appearing before a House subcommittee chaired by Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
www.npr.org
March 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
WATCH LIVE: NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS CEO Paula Kerger testify before House subcommittee amid calls to defund their organizations
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The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
Killing children is by design, I'm afraid. "Pro-natalists" like Musk claim they aren't racist, but their pressure to have children is solely focused on white women, while they back policies that literally kill of non-white children.
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
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My response to folks on Facebook who don't want to see politics on that platform any more.
March 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
My response to folks on Facebook who don't want to see politics on that platform any more.
"The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must." Thucydides from The History of the Peloponnesian War....Guess history repeats itself
February 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must." Thucydides from The History of the Peloponnesian War....Guess history repeats itself
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This is worth reading.
Requiem For The West open.substack.com/pub/andrewsu...
Requiem For The West open.substack.com/pub/andrewsu...
Requiem For The West
Trump and Vance have put a stake in the heart of the free world.
open.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is worth reading.
Requiem For The West open.substack.com/pub/andrewsu...
Requiem For The West open.substack.com/pub/andrewsu...
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In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
buff.ly
February 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
Sad day for this pediatrician
February 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Sad day for this pediatrician
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JUST IN: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. wins confirmation to be President Trump's secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
RFK Jr. confirmed as Trump's health secretary, over Democrats' loud objections
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. wins confirmation to be President Trump's secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.npr.org
February 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
JUST IN: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. wins confirmation to be President Trump's secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Right. Good luck with that.
He can lie to himself so that he can sleep at night, but that doesn't mean any of the commitments were true. thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Cassidy says he secured key vaccine commitments from RFK Jr.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said he secured significant concessions from the Trump administration on vaccine safety that led to his vote Tuesday morning to advance the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy…
thehill.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Right. Good luck with that.
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Some of the data that was purged yesterday is back, but not all of it.
Still, the idea that this government can decide what data we see when it wants to based on a very narrow view of things should disturb us.
Review what happened:
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Still, the idea that this government can decide what data we see when it wants to based on a very narrow view of things should disturb us.
Review what happened:
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Massive censorship escalation at CDC. Trump Administration now choosing the public health data you can see.
Shuttering of public health data has become a hobby of this President.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Some of the data that was purged yesterday is back, but not all of it.
Still, the idea that this government can decide what data we see when it wants to based on a very narrow view of things should disturb us.
Review what happened:
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Still, the idea that this government can decide what data we see when it wants to based on a very narrow view of things should disturb us.
Review what happened:
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
apnews.com/article/dona...
I predict many of his over reaching executive orders will end up in court. Not a very cost effective way to run a government
I predict many of his over reaching executive orders will end up in court. Not a very cost effective way to run a government
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to uproot progressive initi...
apnews.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
apnews.com/article/dona...
I predict many of his over reaching executive orders will end up in court. Not a very cost effective way to run a government
I predict many of his over reaching executive orders will end up in court. Not a very cost effective way to run a government
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I highly recommend that folks watch this chat with @jeremyfaust.bsky.social and @agawande.bsky.social regarding the USAID stop work order.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/live-impro...
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/live-impro...
Live impromptu chat with Dr. Atul Gawande.
Instead of a phone call, we went Live on Instagram. On the docket: What the halt in US foreign aid means *immediately*.
insidemedicine.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I highly recommend that folks watch this chat with @jeremyfaust.bsky.social and @agawande.bsky.social regarding the USAID stop work order.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/live-impro...
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/live-impro...
Mercy without truth is a dangerous pity, while truth without mercy is just cruel
January 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Mercy without truth is a dangerous pity, while truth without mercy is just cruel