JLo1972
@jlo1972.bsky.social
Physician-scientist; heart-sick progressive; life-long lurker
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Calling the lethal strike on men clinging to the capsized remains of a boat a “war crime” implicitly accepts the framing that the U.S. is legitimately engaged in war. We are not. It was murder.
December 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Calling the lethal strike on men clinging to the capsized remains of a boat a “war crime” implicitly accepts the framing that the U.S. is legitimately engaged in war. We are not. It was murder.
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
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When I was at NIH and shutdowns loomed, it was discovered that the administration was planning to shut down PubMed. The head of NCBI called the powers that be and pointed out that this would threaten patient safety
Who knows what will happen now
Just in case, remember Euruope-PMC
(europepmc.org )
Who knows what will happen now
Just in case, remember Euruope-PMC
(europepmc.org )
a cartoon of donald trump with the words be prepared above him
ALT: a cartoon of donald trump with the words be prepared above him
media.tenor.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
When I was at NIH and shutdowns loomed, it was discovered that the administration was planning to shut down PubMed. The head of NCBI called the powers that be and pointed out that this would threaten patient safety
Who knows what will happen now
Just in case, remember Euruope-PMC
(europepmc.org )
Who knows what will happen now
Just in case, remember Euruope-PMC
(europepmc.org )
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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Public transit should be free. I took a ride on the Orange line to talk to riders about how we can keep more money in your pocket. Boston is leading the way. And @ayannapressley.bsky.social and I won’t stop fighting to make this dream a reality.
August 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Public transit should be free. I took a ride on the Orange line to talk to riders about how we can keep more money in your pocket. Boston is leading the way. And @ayannapressley.bsky.social and I won’t stop fighting to make this dream a reality.
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To my 10th grade English teacher, who said, “Make the conclusion count.”
August 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
To my 10th grade English teacher, who said, “Make the conclusion count.”
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August 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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The idea that we can gene edit for a specific list of “obvious” congenital defects without having ethical conversations about what constitutes a “defect” and what doesn’t is laughable.
August 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The idea that we can gene edit for a specific list of “obvious” congenital defects without having ethical conversations about what constitutes a “defect” and what doesn’t is laughable.
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While progressives often get accused of undermining the Democratic Party, the evidence shows that it’s the moderate wing that most often violates the “Vote Blue No Matter Who” principle.
https://trib.al/ayccoO7
https://trib.al/ayccoO7
July 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
While progressives often get accused of undermining the Democratic Party, the evidence shows that it’s the moderate wing that most often violates the “Vote Blue No Matter Who” principle.
https://trib.al/ayccoO7
https://trib.al/ayccoO7
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We have @littlelobbyists.com families on the way to Washington DC right now, they'll be on the House-side of the Capitol tomorrow. We're going to make them see us before they vote to kill disabled children.
If you can help cover the costs of this urgent action:
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If you can help cover the costs of this urgent action:
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July 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We have @littlelobbyists.com families on the way to Washington DC right now, they'll be on the House-side of the Capitol tomorrow. We're going to make them see us before they vote to kill disabled children.
If you can help cover the costs of this urgent action:
secure.actblue.com/donate/littl...
If you can help cover the costs of this urgent action:
secure.actblue.com/donate/littl...
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If you care about Medicaid, I need your help. These kids are the best chance we have of saving Medicaid.
Families are on the way to DC. We need to cover van rentals and hotel rooms. I will not, I will NOT, waste your money or time.
Can you help get this donation link in front of your people?
Families are on the way to DC. We need to cover van rentals and hotel rooms. I will not, I will NOT, waste your money or time.
Can you help get this donation link in front of your people?
We have @littlelobbyists.com families on the way to Washington DC right now, they'll be on the House-side of the Capitol tomorrow. We're going to make them see us before they vote to kill disabled children.
If you can help cover the costs of this urgent action:
secure.actblue.com/donate/littl...
If you can help cover the costs of this urgent action:
secure.actblue.com/donate/littl...
I just gave to Little Lobbyists Action Network!
Show your support with a contribution.
secure.actblue.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM
If you care about Medicaid, I need your help. These kids are the best chance we have of saving Medicaid.
Families are on the way to DC. We need to cover van rentals and hotel rooms. I will not, I will NOT, waste your money or time.
Can you help get this donation link in front of your people?
Families are on the way to DC. We need to cover van rentals and hotel rooms. I will not, I will NOT, waste your money or time.
Can you help get this donation link in front of your people?
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raise your hand if you're not in NYC but you're following the mayoral election out of a desperate need to believe that good things are possible
June 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
raise your hand if you're not in NYC but you're following the mayoral election out of a desperate need to believe that good things are possible
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The liberatory power of mass literacy has been established across half a millennia.
When you begin with this fact, everything from Silicon Valley fantasies of post-literacy to MAGA book bans fall neatly in line.
Literacy is the foundation of democratic society.
It must be enclosed & economized.
When you begin with this fact, everything from Silicon Valley fantasies of post-literacy to MAGA book bans fall neatly in line.
Literacy is the foundation of democratic society.
It must be enclosed & economized.
June 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The liberatory power of mass literacy has been established across half a millennia.
When you begin with this fact, everything from Silicon Valley fantasies of post-literacy to MAGA book bans fall neatly in line.
Literacy is the foundation of democratic society.
It must be enclosed & economized.
When you begin with this fact, everything from Silicon Valley fantasies of post-literacy to MAGA book bans fall neatly in line.
Literacy is the foundation of democratic society.
It must be enclosed & economized.
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1 — ZOHRAN MAMDANI
2 — LANDER
3 — MYRIE
4 — A. ADAMS
5 — BLAKE
DON’T RANK CUOMO.
EARLY VOTING SATURDAY & SUNDAY.
PRIMARY DAY TUESDAY.
LFG.
2 — LANDER
3 — MYRIE
4 — A. ADAMS
5 — BLAKE
DON’T RANK CUOMO.
EARLY VOTING SATURDAY & SUNDAY.
PRIMARY DAY TUESDAY.
LFG.
June 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
1 — ZOHRAN MAMDANI
2 — LANDER
3 — MYRIE
4 — A. ADAMS
5 — BLAKE
DON’T RANK CUOMO.
EARLY VOTING SATURDAY & SUNDAY.
PRIMARY DAY TUESDAY.
LFG.
2 — LANDER
3 — MYRIE
4 — A. ADAMS
5 — BLAKE
DON’T RANK CUOMO.
EARLY VOTING SATURDAY & SUNDAY.
PRIMARY DAY TUESDAY.
LFG.
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I've been thinking similar things since the other morning when I was on the subway and I saw a guy clearly on drugs (he made it clear by saying so) in dockers and a gingham shirt telling two strangers that their baby was so beautiful it made him want to be a father.
The Subway Is Not Scary
Fear of the subway is a mark of low moral character.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I've been thinking similar things since the other morning when I was on the subway and I saw a guy clearly on drugs (he made it clear by saying so) in dockers and a gingham shirt telling two strangers that their baby was so beautiful it made him want to be a father.
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I hope US folks on the No Kings rallies know how much people outside the US are heartened to see them. We always knew the US is full of very fine people who totally reject and revile what's happening, but my god it's good to see it.
June 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I hope US folks on the No Kings rallies know how much people outside the US are heartened to see them. We always knew the US is full of very fine people who totally reject and revile what's happening, but my god it's good to see it.
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Give this live update the National Book Award
June 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Give this live update the National Book Award
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Enjoying watching Trump's military parade on BBC and France 24 because it is a wonderful embarrassment for Trump.
As the French commentators point out, the American sodiers don't know how to march & don't seem enthusiastic about doing so for Trump. /1
As the French commentators point out, the American sodiers don't know how to march & don't seem enthusiastic about doing so for Trump. /1
June 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Enjoying watching Trump's military parade on BBC and France 24 because it is a wonderful embarrassment for Trump.
As the French commentators point out, the American sodiers don't know how to march & don't seem enthusiastic about doing so for Trump. /1
As the French commentators point out, the American sodiers don't know how to march & don't seem enthusiastic about doing so for Trump. /1
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Tomorrow!! Wherever you are, protest while we can. All the nation. For a free future.
NO KINGS
NO KINGS
June 14, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Tomorrow!! Wherever you are, protest while we can. All the nation. For a free future.
NO KINGS
NO KINGS
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I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it.
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
Pope Leo XIV's grandparents were 7th Ward Creoles
The newly elected pontiff, born in Chicago, has ancestral ties to the city’s historic Seventh Ward, according to genealogists at The Historic New Orleans Collection.
www.wwltv.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it.
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
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glad to have newfound support for this argument in, er, higher places
May 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
glad to have newfound support for this argument in, er, higher places
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Every now again it’s useful to repeat advice about accessing papers that are behind a paywall that excludes you. Email the author. My estimate is that 90% of academics are so thrilled that a living, breathing, possibly even reading, person shows interest that they will swiftly send you a copy.
May 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Every now again it’s useful to repeat advice about accessing papers that are behind a paywall that excludes you. Email the author. My estimate is that 90% of academics are so thrilled that a living, breathing, possibly even reading, person shows interest that they will swiftly send you a copy.