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Jason
@jason23.bsky.social
Interests: Climate, biology, astronomy, tech, and music.
Not a billionaire.
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Reading today’s big NYT Magazine story made me physically sick

It details how Trump & the men he put in charge of federal research—men like Jay Bhattacharya & RFK Jr—are dismantling cancer research

Not just the US vaccine system—they’re crushing cancer R&D

🎁Link

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
How the Trump Administration Is Dismantling America’s Cancer-Research System
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Yeah I don’t see a universe where this administration can actually cultivate a fossil boom.

I easily see one where energy investment generally dries up - causing blowback on all kinds of commercial + industrial activity. To say nothing of consumer pocketbooks.
June 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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To put it another way, it takes the approach of actively penalizing the technologies of the 21st century and subsidizing the technologies of the 19th century. As solar, batteries, and electrification are rapidly adopted by the rest of the world, we are stepping backwards.
June 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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The latest version of the Senate's BBB is a death sentence for US energy leadership and a giant gift to China.

It eliminates tax cuts for solar that have been around since 2005, adds a new tax on solar after 2027, and creates a new direct subsidy for coal.
June 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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I miss him so much. M

On the 17th anniversary of his death, I share some of his best work. - KCM
George Carlin: Issues | Compilation (1988-2008)
YouTube video by Official George Carlin
youtu.be
June 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#ShowYourStripes Day is on June 21. Some share warming stripe graphs to visualise yearly temperature changes.

One can see increases over the last 40+ years in Los Angeles. The oceanic graph shows a stronger trend towards warming showing increased heat absorption relative to land.

@edhawkins.org
June 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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This is what fascism looks like - using a conspiracy theory about a dehumanized outgroup as a pretext for seizing political power and wielding arbitrary authority. What you read about in the history books is happening right here, right now.
Trump declares war on cities

“We must expand efforts to detain & deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as LA, Chicago, & NY, where Millions of Illegal Aliens reside. These, & other Cities, are core of the Dem Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base”
June 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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1. The Trump administration has crippled cancer and Alzheimer's research by imposing a freeze on all government credit cards at NIH.

An NIH source with direct knowledge tell Popular Information that scientific research has ground to halt because necessary supplies can no longer be purchased.
Trump credit card freeze crippling cancer and Alzheimer's research
On February 26, President Trump issued an executive order expanding the power of the United States DOGE Service (DOGE), the government initiative controlled by Elon Musk.
popular.info
March 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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I wrote about the dominant creed of American life — the Gospel of Stuff and Status — and argue that these false idols are making millions of people avoidably miserable. www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-false-...
The False Gospel of Stuff and Status
We have become disciples of a flawed creed. To chase passion and value people is a much wiser way to live; or Ikigai, Detectorists, and the real meaning of life.
www.forkingpaths.co
February 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Also wrote about this same topic last night/published today for the New Republic: newrepublic.com/article/1900...
January 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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The "Expanding Atmospheric Sponge" Effect conveys consequences of air's increasing water vapor-holding capacity: Not only can larger sponge yield more water if saturated (& wrung), but its absorptive capacity increases *even if there's no water to absorb.* www.nature.com/artic...
January 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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November 21, 2024 at 1:47 AM
Quote skeet with a picture of a sunset you yourself took.
November 14, 2024 at 5:05 AM