Eric Red
ericthered64.bsky.social
Eric Red
@ericthered64.bsky.social
American expat architect (and hobby softball player) living in Vienna, Austria
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The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world.

“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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‘The big loser of the elections has been climate’.
That’s not quite right.
Climate is feeling increasingly energized.
The big loser is us, the people of Earth.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Huge election year worldwide sees weakening commitment to act on climate crisis
Among sweeping rightwing electoral victories across the globe, the ‘big loser of the elections has been climate’
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:12 PM
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When people tell me 'you have to listen to the voters! the voters are never wrong!' these are the kind of stats I think of.
“In 2022, YouGov asked “What percentage of Americans do you think are ___?”

The results were hilarious.

Trans: 21%
Muslim: 27%
Jewish: 30%
Black: 41%
Live in NYC: 30%
Gay or lesbian: 30%

The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
Americans Have One Very Strange Cognitive Bias
Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love The People.
www.thebulwark.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:07 PM
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Meet Trump’s new Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon
November 20, 2024 at 6:49 AM
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"What if Kennedy did ... remake America in his own image? If his worst ideas come to pass, experts tell me, heart attacks might increase, dental infections might spike, and children might needlessly die of completely preventable diseases."

gift link 🎁: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
What Going ‘Wild on Health’ Looks Like
The potential consequences of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s most troubling ideas
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:07 AM