William Whipple Neely
@erudit-distret.bsky.social
Dog-dad, happily aging gay man, husband, friend, retired incurable mathematician, amateur musician, cook.
A la vuelta de la esquina de casa, volviendo del paseo de Titus antes de acostarse. (Around the corner from home, returning from Titus’s pre-bedtime walk. )
October 19, 2025 at 4:55 AM
A la vuelta de la esquina de casa, volviendo del paseo de Titus antes de acostarse. (Around the corner from home, returning from Titus’s pre-bedtime walk. )
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It seems clear now that this Congress will do nothing to shore up Social Security and Medicare, both of which are in danger.
This Congress will not save your hard-earned and rightful benefits.
We must replace all of today’s “yes” votes that we can. We must.
This Congress will not save your hard-earned and rightful benefits.
We must replace all of today’s “yes” votes that we can. We must.
July 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It seems clear now that this Congress will do nothing to shore up Social Security and Medicare, both of which are in danger.
This Congress will not save your hard-earned and rightful benefits.
We must replace all of today’s “yes” votes that we can. We must.
This Congress will not save your hard-earned and rightful benefits.
We must replace all of today’s “yes” votes that we can. We must.
Making Asbestos Great Again! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos
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June 19, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Making Asbestos Great Again! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
Without a vaccine, the HIV/AIDS epidemic will never end. This is more evidence that the current administration cares little about people’s lives, public health, medicine or science.
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Trump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine
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May 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Without a vaccine, the HIV/AIDS epidemic will never end. This is more evidence that the current administration cares little about people’s lives, public health, medicine or science.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/h...
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From this morning’s dog walk.
April 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
From this morning’s dog walk.
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Layoffs at NOAA, which warns us about severe weather
Attacking NIH, which finds cures for illnesses
Dismantling SSA, which administers Social Security payments
Terminating food inspectors and food safety committees at the USDA...
The "specifics" of DOGE put us all at risk.
Attacking NIH, which finds cures for illnesses
Dismantling SSA, which administers Social Security payments
Terminating food inspectors and food safety committees at the USDA...
The "specifics" of DOGE put us all at risk.
March 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Layoffs at NOAA, which warns us about severe weather
Attacking NIH, which finds cures for illnesses
Dismantling SSA, which administers Social Security payments
Terminating food inspectors and food safety committees at the USDA...
The "specifics" of DOGE put us all at risk.
Attacking NIH, which finds cures for illnesses
Dismantling SSA, which administers Social Security payments
Terminating food inspectors and food safety committees at the USDA...
The "specifics" of DOGE put us all at risk.
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March 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Another pointless and cruel cut. This will hurt farmers and school age children.
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March 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Another pointless and cruel cut. This will hurt farmers and school age children.
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Yes! Yes! Yes!
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We Will Survive
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March 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Yes! Yes! Yes!
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The current administration’s removal of data and research on health disparities means more illness, more death.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/o...
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Opinion | Censored Science Can’t Save Lives
Progress cannot occur if scientists are barred from asking certain questions.
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February 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The current administration’s removal of data and research on health disparities means more illness, more death.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/o...
People will die from lack of solid information. This is as cruel as it is maladroit.
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‘Gender Ideology’ Ban is Already Harming Health, Experts Say
Documents purged from government websites include guidelines for safe contraception and information on racial inequities in health care.
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February 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
People will die from lack of solid information. This is as cruel as it is maladroit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...
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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
From yesterday’s dog walks at Fort Funston.
January 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
From yesterday’s dog walks at Fort Funston.
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as we’re seeing the endpoint of the anti-DEI hysteria is just opening the door to rampant employment discrimination
the war on DEI
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January 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
as we’re seeing the endpoint of the anti-DEI hysteria is just opening the door to rampant employment discrimination
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“The modern conservative is, in fact, not especially modern. He is engaged … in one of man's oldest, best financed, most applauded and, on the whole, least successful exercises in moral philosophy. That is the search for a truly superior moral justification for selfishness.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith
—John Kenneth Galbraith
January 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“The modern conservative is, in fact, not especially modern. He is engaged … in one of man's oldest, best financed, most applauded and, on the whole, least successful exercises in moral philosophy. That is the search for a truly superior moral justification for selfishness.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith
—John Kenneth Galbraith
“The laws' majestic equality, which forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.” —Anatole France, Le Lys Rouge (1894)
January 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
“The laws' majestic equality, which forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.” —Anatole France, Le Lys Rouge (1894)
A reminder, in case anyone has forgotten the impact of contagious illness.
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Six Childhood Scourges We’ve Forgotten About, Thanks to Vaccines
Most Americans, including doctors, have no memory of the devastating diseases that routinely threatened children until the 1960s.
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December 13, 2024 at 3:21 PM
A reminder, in case anyone has forgotten the impact of contagious illness.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...