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Some advice: order yourself a case of It’s-Its. In this world, sometimes you just need an ice cream sandwich.
September 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Some advice: order yourself a case of It’s-Its. In this world, sometimes you just need an ice cream sandwich.
Sounds good. Where is CA on this @governor.ca.gov ?
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont just announced several actions to protect COVID vaccine access.
Connecticut is:
- recommending COVID vaccines for everyone ages 6 months and up
- affirming that pharmacists can administer the vaccine to anyone “off-label”
- requiring insurers to cover COVID vaccines
Connecticut is:
- recommending COVID vaccines for everyone ages 6 months and up
- affirming that pharmacists can administer the vaccine to anyone “off-label”
- requiring insurers to cover COVID vaccines
September 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Sounds good. Where is CA on this @governor.ca.gov ?
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i think it is hard for some people to really their heads around the reality that kennedy is staunchly anti-vaccine and thinks that people should suffer through disease and that those who die deserved it and that those who survive are a better order of human being
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
i think it is hard for some people to really their heads around the reality that kennedy is staunchly anti-vaccine and thinks that people should suffer through disease and that those who die deserved it and that those who survive are a better order of human being
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SKEET THREAD: What happened yesterday holds a powerful lesson. We must give it greater attention.
LAWYERS HAVE A CHOICE. To obey the rules of our profession or to degrade our oath by putting politics above our ethical obligations. In early 2021 I wrote this piece. www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/o...
LAWYERS HAVE A CHOICE. To obey the rules of our profession or to degrade our oath by putting politics above our ethical obligations. In early 2021 I wrote this piece. www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/o...
Opinion | Lawyers Enabled Trump’s Worst Abuses (Gift Article)
The legal profession must reckon with its complicity in Trump’s attack on democracy.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
SKEET THREAD: What happened yesterday holds a powerful lesson. We must give it greater attention.
LAWYERS HAVE A CHOICE. To obey the rules of our profession or to degrade our oath by putting politics above our ethical obligations. In early 2021 I wrote this piece. www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/o...
LAWYERS HAVE A CHOICE. To obey the rules of our profession or to degrade our oath by putting politics above our ethical obligations. In early 2021 I wrote this piece. www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/o...
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This is a room where we turn very modest salaries and budgets (and lots of coffee) into new knowledge, life-saving innovations, and technology that feeds business growth.
It's literally the loom that spins hay into gold but these numpties are suddenly worried about the cost of hay.
It's literally the loom that spins hay into gold but these numpties are suddenly worried about the cost of hay.
February 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This is a room where we turn very modest salaries and budgets (and lots of coffee) into new knowledge, life-saving innovations, and technology that feeds business growth.
It's literally the loom that spins hay into gold but these numpties are suddenly worried about the cost of hay.
It's literally the loom that spins hay into gold but these numpties are suddenly worried about the cost of hay.
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Every single stupid conversation I’ve had with a scientist about anticipatory obedience and historical comparisons over the last week has had me thinking about how scientists’ political incompetence is one of the major arguments for a liberal arts education
Like you’re literally a tool without it
Like you’re literally a tool without it
A bunch of needs in labcoats:
"If we comply with the fascists demands they'll surely let us keep up our research"
Those same scientists months or years before:
"Eh, I'll skip history class. I wanna be a scientists. Not a historian lol"
"If we comply with the fascists demands they'll surely let us keep up our research"
Those same scientists months or years before:
"Eh, I'll skip history class. I wanna be a scientists. Not a historian lol"
Besides being cruel, anticipatory obedience doesn’t work www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
February 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Every single stupid conversation I’ve had with a scientist about anticipatory obedience and historical comparisons over the last week has had me thinking about how scientists’ political incompetence is one of the major arguments for a liberal arts education
Like you’re literally a tool without it
Like you’re literally a tool without it
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"The prebunking tactic may really be the only way to counter Musk’s Super Bowl propaganda, given that it is doubtful that anyone else has or would be able to purchase a “counter ad” during this programming...share widely in your networks and on platforms..." asharangappa.substack.com/p/prebunking...
Prebunking Elon Musk's Super Bowl Propaganda
Perception is reality.
asharangappa.substack.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"The prebunking tactic may really be the only way to counter Musk’s Super Bowl propaganda, given that it is doubtful that anyone else has or would be able to purchase a “counter ad” during this programming...share widely in your networks and on platforms..." asharangappa.substack.com/p/prebunking...
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The United States by virtue of a bipartisan commitment to biomedical research created one of the most vibrant, productive research ecosytems in the world. People came from all over to study here, do research here. It was a monumental accomplishment by both parties. 1/
February 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The United States by virtue of a bipartisan commitment to biomedical research created one of the most vibrant, productive research ecosytems in the world. People came from all over to study here, do research here. It was a monumental accomplishment by both parties. 1/
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Grantees and federal employees also: dept of Ed employees who went to DEI trainings at the direction of their bosses now being put on leave
One of the cruelest things about the NSF/NIH situations is that federal funders have been asking for acknowledgment about disparate impacts, inequality, etc. for years. To get a grant at all you had to (rightly) address those things. Now is the punishment for both caring and following the rules.
February 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Grantees and federal employees also: dept of Ed employees who went to DEI trainings at the direction of their bosses now being put on leave
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I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x
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I was led to believe by R.E.M. that I would feel a lot better about this.
February 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I was led to believe by R.E.M. that I would feel a lot better about this.
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Control of the entire federal purse is being stolen in the middle of the night by a Nazi. There has never been anything like this.
this is theft on an unimaginable scale
3/ different pieces fit together. There also seems to be a significant amount of downloading government data onto private servers, etc, totally outside any cybersecurity regime. Additionally it’s unclear to the people inside whether the people doing these things actually work for the US govt…
February 2, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Control of the entire federal purse is being stolen in the middle of the night by a Nazi. There has never been anything like this.
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POSSUM-MAN: The signal is lit. My city needs me
January 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
POSSUM-MAN: The signal is lit. My city needs me
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Apparently all the PhD researchers holding prestigious NSF-funded research fellowships are having their salaries withheld until some unspecified time when the leadership figures out how to eliminate any grant funding that doesn’t align with the president’s political ideology.
It’s official: all funding requests made on Tuesday by postdocs for their salaries have been unilaterally rejected by NSF.
January 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Apparently all the PhD researchers holding prestigious NSF-funded research fellowships are having their salaries withheld until some unspecified time when the leadership figures out how to eliminate any grant funding that doesn’t align with the president’s political ideology.
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Report: Everything Slightly Worse Than Yesterday
theonion.com/report-...
theonion.com/report-...
January 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Report: Everything Slightly Worse Than Yesterday
theonion.com/report-...
theonion.com/report-...
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The brain drain is gonna be legit in the upcoming years as researchers and scientists pursue other opportunities in safer, more welcoming countries.
We’ll suffer this loss for decades if not generations.
We’ll suffer this loss for decades if not generations.
January 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The brain drain is gonna be legit in the upcoming years as researchers and scientists pursue other opportunities in safer, more welcoming countries.
We’ll suffer this loss for decades if not generations.
We’ll suffer this loss for decades if not generations.
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The convict-in-Chief has the nearly $900,000 it costs per plane to deport people, but kids with cancer can apparently F off.
Are we “great again” yet?
Are we “great again” yet?
January 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The convict-in-Chief has the nearly $900,000 it costs per plane to deport people, but kids with cancer can apparently F off.
Are we “great again” yet?
Are we “great again” yet?
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An explainer about how health research funding happens and why this NIH funding cycle shutdown matters: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | I’m a health researcher. NIH’s pause on research grants could have a devastating cost.
This is a potentially devastating event — not just for the scientific community, but for all Americans.
www.msnbc.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
An explainer about how health research funding happens and why this NIH funding cycle shutdown matters: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
While it’s been quite some time since I worked in academia, I’m quite certain that funding for research leading to cures for disease is >95% from the federal government. No disrespect to philanthropy but it’s just not a significant amount of funding by comparison.
BROWN: Would you support getting rid of school lunch for vulnerable kids and getting rid of childhood cancer research?
REP. MCCORMICK: Philanthropy is where you get most of your money for childhood cancer research. When you talk about school lunches, hey, I worked my way through high school.
REP. MCCORMICK: Philanthropy is where you get most of your money for childhood cancer research. When you talk about school lunches, hey, I worked my way through high school.
January 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
While it’s been quite some time since I worked in academia, I’m quite certain that funding for research leading to cures for disease is >95% from the federal government. No disrespect to philanthropy but it’s just not a significant amount of funding by comparison.
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The administration took down the reproductive rights website that women need access to. So The Skimm bought a url and brought the content back. Pass this on!
Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com
Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com
ReproductiveRights.Gov Vanished, So We Brought It Back
theSkimm makes it easier to live smarter. You're welcome. Get all the info you need from AM to PM, wherever you are.
reproductiverightsdotgov.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The administration took down the reproductive rights website that women need access to. So The Skimm bought a url and brought the content back. Pass this on!
Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com
Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com
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I try not to do this very often but I wrote a little sermon today about forming bonds with other people and having fun as the most ssential acts of anti-fascism. www.todayintabs.com/p/it-s-not-a...
It's Not A Marathon
This is the rest of our lives.
www.todayintabs.com
January 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I try not to do this very often but I wrote a little sermon today about forming bonds with other people and having fun as the most ssential acts of anti-fascism. www.todayintabs.com/p/it-s-not-a...
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disappointed he didn’t call it ‘No Jackin It in Jackson’ but a brilliant bit of trolling regardless
January 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
disappointed he didn’t call it ‘No Jackin It in Jackson’ but a brilliant bit of trolling regardless
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"Well, well, well, if it isn't Mr. Big Shot eating an egg for breakfast. You do understand people are suffering, right? They can't pay their rent. They can't afford their medications. And yet here you are, eating an egg for breakfast."
Oh, Look at Mr. Fancy Pants Over Here Eating His Eggs
“Prices at the grocery store have risen for many foods, but the cost of eggs climbed the most in the last year and consumers have scrambled to keep...
buff.ly
January 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Mr. Big Shot eating an egg for breakfast. You do understand people are suffering, right? They can't pay their rent. They can't afford their medications. And yet here you are, eating an egg for breakfast."
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Project 2025: “Funding for scientific research should not be controlled by a small group of highly paid and unaccountable insiders at the NIH, many of whom stay in power for decades. The NIH monopoly on directing research should be broken”. Page 462. static.project2025.org/2025_Mandate...
January 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Project 2025: “Funding for scientific research should not be controlled by a small group of highly paid and unaccountable insiders at the NIH, many of whom stay in power for decades. The NIH monopoly on directing research should be broken”. Page 462. static.project2025.org/2025_Mandate...
This is bananas! Even a delay in funding can tank a person’s career. This is going to be terrible.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This is bananas! Even a delay in funding can tank a person’s career. This is going to be terrible.