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The spread of measles in the Southwest now constitutes the largest single outbreak since the U.S. declared the disease eliminated in 2000, federal scientists told state officials in a meeting on Monday.
Measles Surge in Southwest Is Now the Largest Single Outbreak Since 2000
Growing case numbers suggest that national total will surpass that seen during the last large outbreak in 2019.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Let’s dream up to ways to shit on women. Oh hey, let’s cancel the largest clinical trial ever for women www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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🚨 Tesla posts a $400M profit, down 71% year-over-year. Revenue is down nearly $2B compared to the same time last year. Wow.
April 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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University of Michigan Regents come out squarely and publicly in defense of academic freedom against political coercion and the role of higher education and research in making America prosperous, secure ... and well ... maybe even Great? www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
In defense of our institutional independence
This University is a proud public university that belongs to all of us and generations to follow. It is a place to test ideas, shape futures and pursue, not prescribe, truth.
www.michigandaily.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Breaking News: A federal jury ruled against Sarah Palin in her yearslong defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.
Jury Rules Against Palin in Libel Case Against The New York Times
After two hours of deliberation, a jury rejected Sarah Palin’s claim that she had been defamed in the newspaper’s 2017 editorial.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Breaking News: Apple and Meta were fined after being found guilty of violating a new EU law meant to limit the power of the largest tech firms.
Apple and Meta Hit With Fines for Violating E.U. Digital Competition Law
The European Commission said the Silicon Valley companies violated the Digital Markets Act, a law meant to crimp the power of the largest tech firms.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Breaking News: Three federal prosecutors who worked on the criminal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams said that they would resign rather than admit wrongdoing in refusing to abandon the case, according to an email obtained by The New York Times.
3 More Prosecutors Resign Over Adams Case, Refusing to Admit Wrongdoing
They had been placed on administrative leave after refusing to abandon the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams. “We will not confess wrongdoing when there was none,” they wrote.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.

I hope you’ll read and share the piece.

stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.
Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.
stanforddaily.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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A la tête de BYD, un couple qui secoue l’industrie automobile mondiale
A la tête de BYD, un couple qui secoue l’industrie automobile mondiale
« L’hyperpuissance automobile chinoise ». Wang Chuanfu, d’abord expert en batteries, et son épouse, Stella Li, chargée de l’international, pilotent le numéro un mondial des véhicules électriques.
www.lemonde.fr
April 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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A pencil #drawing of an orange that looks so realistic, you might think it’s about to roll off the page!
April 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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NEW: Read the resignation letter of three federal prosecutors who'd worked on the Eric Adams case: "Now, the Department has decided that obedience supersedes all else, requiring us to abdicate our legal and ethical obligations in favor of directions from Washington." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
April 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Helder Camara (1909-1999)
archevêque brésilien
April 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on and on.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
April 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Les ventes mondiales de Tesla en baisse de 13% au 1er trimestre
Les ventes mondiales de Tesla en baisse de 13% au 1er trimestre
Les ventes mondiales du constructeur automobile Tesla, spécialiste des véhicules électriques, ont baissé de 13% au premier trimestre sur un an.
www.journaldequebec.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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After 24 hours on his feet, Cory Booker is defending the scientific research establishment of this country - calling out an experience like the one that drives me and SO MANY of my fellow scientists to do the work we do - that maybe we can do for others what we couldn't for our own loved ones.
April 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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April 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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“A.I. makes art accessible.” Art has always been accessible. There was like a six month period where I drew all the sketches for my comics with a lined notebook from the grocery store and a random green marker.
April 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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How Digital Archivists Are Saving Public Information from the Memory Hole
➡️ spectrum.ieee.org/digital-arch...
Can We Trust Our Government to Safeguard Vital Research Data? Meet the Digital Archivists Battling to Keep Information Accessible!
Through clever usage of APIs, the Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School has created an archive of Data.gov, home to 311,000 public datasets
spectrum.ieee.org
April 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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The CDC has literally been gutted today.

There’s no need for “April Fools” when reality is a nightmare for every human on this planet.

Thousand of scientists fired.
Entire departments erased.

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April 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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NEW: Researchers have sued the NIH and HHS, alleging that they have engaged in a "reckless and illegal purge to stamp out NIH-funded research that addresses topics and populations that they disfavor" by terminating hundreds of grants, violating the APA, Fifth Amendment and the Separation of Powers.
storage.courtlistener.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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A Black man just beat the record for the longest filibuster, defeating the record previously held by a man who filibustered the literal Civil Rights Act.

As the time ticked over, Cory Booker announced he did it not out of hatred for who he opposed, but out of love for those who supported him.
LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Voir: les 52 capsules ‘Make Fascism Great Again ‘ du juriste Frédéric Bérard sur les USA.Prof en droit constitutionnel à l’Université de Montréal il dit cette transformation à vitesse grand V. Capsules percutantes d’1min30: déjà 1million de clics! selon lui, les USA dérivent déjà vers le fascisme.
April 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Le ministre des Finances du Canada, François-Philippe Champagne, s’est fait un fervent défenseur de la gestion de l’offre et l’écarte, comme son chef Mark Carney, de toute négociation commerciale avec les États-Unis.

Lisez l'article ici: www.journaldequebec.com/2025/04/02/l...
April 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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- Tu m’en veux ?
- JE T’AVAIS DIT "PAS LE SHAMPOING MARQUE REPÈRE"
- Y’avait une promo
- TA GUEULE
April 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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- T'as été puni par ta maîtresse, tu fais ta punition ! Pas question de lancer une pétition et de dire que l'état de droit a été bafoué !
April 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM