Dwaine Rieves
@dwainerieves.bsky.social
Medical imaging scientist and DC rat patrol guy…
First impressions sure create the questions…usually wrong I suspect but then…do the matter?
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Doctor Fauci in the Fall of First Impressions
It was deep fall, and I sensed in the tree leaves a struggle.
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
First impressions sure create the questions…usually wrong I suspect but then…do the matter?
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Now it is the Old World’s turn to rescue the United States
O my…when George Will is embarrassed by the President we have quite the challenge…
O my…when George Will is embarrassed by the President we have quite the challenge…
August 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Now it is the Old World’s turn to rescue the United States
O my…when George Will is embarrassed by the President we have quite the challenge…
O my…when George Will is embarrassed by the President we have quite the challenge…
Well, I was fine with the idea of cleaning house...but Lord-a-mercy, we sure don't need him ripping out the studs...
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Trump’s actions are pushing thousands of experts to flee government
The U.S. DOGE Service’s push for early retirement and deferred resignation is leading to a federal brain drain, longtime staffers fear.
wapo.st
May 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Well, I was fine with the idea of cleaning house...but Lord-a-mercy, we sure don't need him ripping out the studs...
wapo.st/43fc1aw
wapo.st/43fc1aw
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-rep...
Ah...now the answer...fire the feds and hire private contactors to do the work (perhaps even same employees)...Alice in Wonderland time...once more...
Ah...now the answer...fire the feds and hire private contactors to do the work (perhaps even same employees)...Alice in Wonderland time...once more...
FDA to replace laid-off employees with contractors, sources say
Steep cuts to the agency's workforce had disrupted drug and food safety inspections.
www.cbsnews.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-rep...
Ah...now the answer...fire the feds and hire private contactors to do the work (perhaps even same employees)...Alice in Wonderland time...once more...
Ah...now the answer...fire the feds and hire private contactors to do the work (perhaps even same employees)...Alice in Wonderland time...once more...
Happy early spring Sunday all!
March 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Happy early spring Sunday all!
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heyyyyy bluesky friends, i’m reading in the @soflopojo.bsky.social reading series along with @dwainerieves.bsky.social on March 20th at 6 pm cst and if you would like to hear me read poems you can register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
heyyyyy bluesky friends, i’m reading in the @soflopojo.bsky.social reading series along with @dwainerieves.bsky.social on March 20th at 6 pm cst and if you would like to hear me read poems you can register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Well…best I can tell, in gutting the government his end game is a golden gutter…
February 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Well…best I can tell, in gutting the government his end game is a golden gutter…
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"Trump and Elon are Making America Great Again. There is no better way to symbolize our nation’s current greatness than these ludicrous, excessive, and utterly pointless Tesla Cybertrucks."
Government Welfare Is Evil, Unless the Money Goes to the Wealthiest Man in the World
“The Trump administration is expected to purchase $400 million worth of armored Tesla vehicles, according to a new State Department document detail...
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February 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
"Trump and Elon are Making America Great Again. There is no better way to symbolize our nation’s current greatness than these ludicrous, excessive, and utterly pointless Tesla Cybertrucks."
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Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
February 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
yikes...so much for Narrative...rip off city...The editors of the literary magazine Narrative have chosen NOT to name a winner for the 2024 Fall Story Contest, which had offered a prize of $2,500...only finalists
from P & W this week....
www.narrativemagazine.com/fall-2024-st...
from P & W this week....
www.narrativemagazine.com/fall-2024-st...
Fall 2024 Story Contest Finalists | Narrative Magazine
Narrative congratulates the finalists. FINALISTS Emeline Atwood High School, a story
www.narrativemagazine.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
yikes...so much for Narrative...rip off city...The editors of the literary magazine Narrative have chosen NOT to name a winner for the 2024 Fall Story Contest, which had offered a prize of $2,500...only finalists
from P & W this week....
www.narrativemagazine.com/fall-2024-st...
from P & W this week....
www.narrativemagazine.com/fall-2024-st...
My friend Lea says she's struggling with my poetry...meaning my little book Red Camaro is a challenging ride for her...sooo i developed a couple of reader guides...here's the first one...for my Lea and anyone else who might be interested in a ride...thanks all! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs9m...
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February 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
My friend Lea says she's struggling with my poetry...meaning my little book Red Camaro is a challenging ride for her...sooo i developed a couple of reader guides...here's the first one...for my Lea and anyone else who might be interested in a ride...thanks all! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs9m...
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They’re shortselling on our destruction.
"In January, investors have placed 10 times more bets on US stocks falling than equivalent bets that shares in leading American companies would rise, the investment bank said."
Hedge funds bet billions on market crash in Trump’s America
Goldman Sachs reports a surge in short bets against US stocks
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
They’re shortselling on our destruction.
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NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.
Illinois shut out of Medicaid after Trump administration halts federal grants and loans chicago.suntimes.com/politics/don...
Illinois shut out of Medicaid after Trump administration halts federal grants and loans
The Trump administration's federal freeze has shut Illinois out of Medicaid, according to Gov. JB. Pritzker's office. The government-funded health insurance program covered about 3.9 million people in...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.
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Wow, it’s really been a rough few years for the university
January 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Wow, it’s really been a rough few years for the university
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I'm not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV, but this is very concerning, even from a lay persons point of view. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
Trump's Gag Order Halts CDC Publication
MMWR did not publish as usual at 1 p.m. today
www.medpagetoday.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I'm not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV, but this is very concerning, even from a lay persons point of view. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
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and more dirty laundry…
A Johnson aide advised against subpoena of Jan. 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson to prevent release of ‘sexual texts’ lawmakers sent her
A Johnson aide advised against subpoena of Jan. 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson to prevent release of ‘sexual texts’ lawmakers sent her
January 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
and more dirty laundry…
A Johnson aide advised against subpoena of Jan. 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson to prevent release of ‘sexual texts’ lawmakers sent her
A Johnson aide advised against subpoena of Jan. 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson to prevent release of ‘sexual texts’ lawmakers sent her
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fuck completely off
Police union that endorsed Trump blasts Jan. 6 pardons
The groups said they're deeply discouraged by pardons and commutations made by both the Biden and Trump administrations.
www.axios.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
fuck completely off
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If she can do it, we can all do it.
January 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
If she can do it, we can all do it.
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Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
“Culture of contempt” …she nailed it better than Martin Luther!
January 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“Culture of contempt” …she nailed it better than Martin Luther!
Is it just me…but social media scrolling gives me a headache…and yet it’s tough to make my index finger believe it…
December 6, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Is it just me…but social media scrolling gives me a headache…and yet it’s tough to make my index finger believe it…
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I’ll just leave this here.
November 21, 2024 at 10:15 PM
I’ll just leave this here.
Ah, aging in place…Happy Thursday all…
November 21, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Ah, aging in place…Happy Thursday all…
Always fascinated to recall the SS interest in leveraging medical science for non-medical purposes...and historians confirm the Koch Institute went with the flow...hmmm...the alternative?
November 19, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Always fascinated to recall the SS interest in leveraging medical science for non-medical purposes...and historians confirm the Koch Institute went with the flow...hmmm...the alternative?