Jason Hertel
jasonmhertel.bsky.social
Jason Hertel
@jasonmhertel.bsky.social
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Here's your comments as a jpg, so they can fit in a Bluesky post😄 (gracias to the NPR Marketplace transcripts).
February 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.

Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”

globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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This, notably from a Meta board member, is where all of this ends. The only question is how quickly we get there. But his question — and the unknown that follows — is real.
February 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau literally exists to protect consumers from predatory financial institutions. It's returned over $21 billion to 205 million consumers. The sole result of this move is that Americans will have no recourse when they get screwed over by a bank. Good work Elon 👍
February 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the administration to suspend spending that they've already approved.
Republicans in Congress mostly shrug as Musk and DOGE set sights on spending
Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the administration to suspend spending that they've already approved.
www.npr.org
February 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Ha! Hot take, but accurate.
January 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
What happened to the theory “We all do better when we all do better”? Now it is the “Billionaires become trillionaires when the have nots have nothing”.

I miss hoping (pretending?) we cared about all folks.
January 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM