John Lavis he/him 💙🇺🇦🌈😷💉🦋🥑
@johnlavis.bsky.social
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
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Dr. Fauci from everything I have observed is among the most dedicated civil servants—a man who gave his whole life to the American public’s health. The fact he had to end his career as a hate object for millions of ungrateful jackasses gives me some real jagged feelings about our society.
Dr. Fauci was our guest at Wolftrap outside of DC last summer, and before the show I asked him why he thought had become MAGA’s primary villain in the COVID epidemic. After the fact, it was useful to find someone else to blame rather than Trump, but why him? What started it?
January 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Dr. Fauci from everything I have observed is among the most dedicated civil servants—a man who gave his whole life to the American public’s health. The fact he had to end his career as a hate object for millions of ungrateful jackasses gives me some real jagged feelings about our society.
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Here it is from Rachel herself: Starting next Monday, Rachel is back in the 9pmET time 5 days a week for the first 100 days of the new Trump term.
That will free up Alex Wagner to report from the field on the effects of the Trump's first 100 days.
(And Inauguration Day coverage starts at 10amET.)
That will free up Alex Wagner to report from the field on the effects of the Trump's first 100 days.
(And Inauguration Day coverage starts at 10amET.)
January 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Here it is from Rachel herself: Starting next Monday, Rachel is back in the 9pmET time 5 days a week for the first 100 days of the new Trump term.
That will free up Alex Wagner to report from the field on the effects of the Trump's first 100 days.
(And Inauguration Day coverage starts at 10amET.)
That will free up Alex Wagner to report from the field on the effects of the Trump's first 100 days.
(And Inauguration Day coverage starts at 10amET.)
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Solid coverage from @brianstelter.bsky.social : www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/m...
Jen Rubin exits Washington Post, joins Norm Eisen to launch new outlet countering ‘authoritarian threat’ | CNN Business
Veteran opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin is becoming the latest in a long list of Washington Post figures to leave the troubled institution.
www.cnn.com
January 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Solid coverage from @brianstelter.bsky.social : www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/m...
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Bill Gates was a software genius who dropped out of Harvard and went on to found Microsoft. Read about his life, career, and philanthropic pursuits.
Inside the life and career of Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, billionaire, and philanthropist
Bill Gates was a software genius who dropped out of Harvard and went on to found Microsoft. Read about his life, career, and philanthropic pursuits.
www.businessinsider.com
January 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Bill Gates was a software genius who dropped out of Harvard and went on to found Microsoft. Read about his life, career, and philanthropic pursuits.
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MAGA diehards are already attacking Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and Trump isn't even in office yet.
December 27, 2024 at 5:35 PM
MAGA diehards are already attacking Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and Trump isn't even in office yet.
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The best example of Americans venerating mediocrity?
Trump and family. Total mediocrities, no real accomplishments or achievements, 100% vulgarity.
Vivek: “Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer).”
Trump and family. Total mediocrities, no real accomplishments or achievements, 100% vulgarity.
Vivek: “Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer).”
December 28, 2024 at 3:53 PM
The best example of Americans venerating mediocrity?
Trump and family. Total mediocrities, no real accomplishments or achievements, 100% vulgarity.
Vivek: “Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer).”
Trump and family. Total mediocrities, no real accomplishments or achievements, 100% vulgarity.
Vivek: “Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer).”
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Mike Johnson is not the Johnson who spent July 4 in Moscow, that was Senator Ron Johnson. If you're having trouble keeping your Johnsons straight Lauren Boebert will be happy to lend a hand.
December 27, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Mike Johnson is not the Johnson who spent July 4 in Moscow, that was Senator Ron Johnson. If you're having trouble keeping your Johnsons straight Lauren Boebert will be happy to lend a hand.
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Per Ukrainian military intelligence, North Korean troops deployed in Russia’s Kursk Oblast continue to suffer significant losses.
kyivindependent.com/north-korean...
kyivindependent.com/north-korean...
North Korean troops in Kursk Oblast endure heavy losses, logistical struggles, Ukrainian military intelligence says
North Korean troops deployed in Russia’s Kursk Oblast continue to suffer significant losses, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) reported on Dec. 26.
kyivindependent.com
December 27, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Per Ukrainian military intelligence, North Korean troops deployed in Russia’s Kursk Oblast continue to suffer significant losses.
kyivindependent.com/north-korean...
kyivindependent.com/north-korean...
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Men manipulating social media to make successful they can't control seem like bitches....
hhhmmm wonder where I've seen that before.
hhhmmm wonder where I've seen that before.
The NYT article about Blake Lively’s lawsuit is incredible. Her director/costar’s PR team texting
“Holy shit, I can’t believe how well our evil plan to destroy this woman’s reputation is working! Thank god no one will ever read these text messages!”
back and forth to each other over and over
“Holy shit, I can’t believe how well our evil plan to destroy this woman’s reputation is working! Thank god no one will ever read these text messages!”
back and forth to each other over and over
December 22, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Men manipulating social media to make successful they can't control seem like bitches....
hhhmmm wonder where I've seen that before.
hhhmmm wonder where I've seen that before.
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"Given Trump’s history of soliciting election interference and the ties between Trump and Russia in 2016, there certainly should be an investigation of whether Trump’s campaign knew about the bomb threats beforehand, or was involved in coordinating them."
We can't memory hole the Election Day bomb threats
Healthy democracies don't normalize this stuff.
www.publicnotice.co
December 26, 2024 at 4:03 PM
"Given Trump’s history of soliciting election interference and the ties between Trump and Russia in 2016, there certainly should be an investigation of whether Trump’s campaign knew about the bomb threats beforehand, or was involved in coordinating them."
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If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control.
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
The billionaire has become one of the most prominent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.
www.newsweek.com
December 25, 2024 at 3:54 AM
If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control.
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
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We all know MAGA fascists are the dumbest motherfuckers on the face of the earth — but even they are beginning to figure out that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are unscrupulous con-men and DOGE is nothing more than a bad acronym for SCAM.
December 26, 2024 at 10:43 PM
We all know MAGA fascists are the dumbest motherfuckers on the face of the earth — but even they are beginning to figure out that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are unscrupulous con-men and DOGE is nothing more than a bad acronym for SCAM.
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Biting fingernails, gnawing on pen caps and pencil erasers or chewing ice may be your way to deal with boredom or relieve stress, but oral health experts warn that it can lead to cracked, chipped or broken teeth.
Chewing ice may damage your teeth and indicate underlying health issues
Chewing ice may be a sign of anxiety or boredom, but it can also lead to teeth damage and indicate underlying health problems.
wapo.st
December 4, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Biting fingernails, gnawing on pen caps and pencil erasers or chewing ice may be your way to deal with boredom or relieve stress, but oral health experts warn that it can lead to cracked, chipped or broken teeth.
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⚡️Yale study names over 300 Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia.
Yale study names over 300 Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia. Russia has carried out a "systematic, intentional, and widespread" program of forced adoption and Russification of Ukrainian children.
Yale study names over 300 Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia. Russia has carried out a "systematic, intentional, and widespread" program of forced adoption and Russification of Ukrainian children.
Yale study names over 300 Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia
Russia has carried out a "systematic, intentional, and widespread" program of forced adoption and Russification of Ukrainian children, according to a study from the Yale School of Public Health.
kyivindependent.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:53 PM
⚡️Yale study names over 300 Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia.
Yale study names over 300 Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia. Russia has carried out a "systematic, intentional, and widespread" program of forced adoption and Russification of Ukrainian children.
Yale study names over 300 Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia. Russia has carried out a "systematic, intentional, and widespread" program of forced adoption and Russification of Ukrainian children.
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“We have an outgoing Democratic president…There is a robust public debate over his perfectly legal action…Meanwhile, the incoming president has signaled that he’s going to fire the FBI director and replace him with a psychopath. And everyone just kind of shrugs.”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Then, Now, and Forever: The People Are the Problem
The Hunter Biden Pardon Discourse and our infantilization of voters.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2024 at 5:40 PM
“We have an outgoing Democratic president…There is a robust public debate over his perfectly legal action…Meanwhile, the incoming president has signaled that he’s going to fire the FBI director and replace him with a psychopath. And everyone just kind of shrugs.”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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⚡️Zelensky meets with new president of European Council, top EU diplomat in Kyiv.
Antonio Costa, the new President of the European Council, and top European Union diplomat Kaja Kallas arrived in Kyiv on a surprise visit.
Antonio Costa, the new President of the European Council, and top European Union diplomat Kaja Kallas arrived in Kyiv on a surprise visit.
Zelensky meets with new president of European Council, top EU diplomat in Kyiv
Antonio Costa, the new President of the European Council, and top European Union diplomat Kaja Kallas arrived in Kyiv on a surprise visit.
kyivindependent.com
December 1, 2024 at 3:24 PM
⚡️Zelensky meets with new president of European Council, top EU diplomat in Kyiv.
Antonio Costa, the new President of the European Council, and top European Union diplomat Kaja Kallas arrived in Kyiv on a surprise visit.
Antonio Costa, the new President of the European Council, and top European Union diplomat Kaja Kallas arrived in Kyiv on a surprise visit.
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett: "There has been no oppression for the white man in this country ... it is white men on this side of the aisle telling us, people of color on this side of the aisle, that y'all are the ones being oppressed."
November 20, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Rep. Jasmine Crockett: "There has been no oppression for the white man in this country ... it is white men on this side of the aisle telling us, people of color on this side of the aisle, that y'all are the ones being oppressed."
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Crockett: For anyone who wants to clutch their pearls because he was going to pardon his son, I would say take a look in the mirror because we also know that when it comes to this cabinet, this cabinet has more people accused of sexual assault than any incoming cabinet
December 2, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Crockett: For anyone who wants to clutch their pearls because he was going to pardon his son, I would say take a look in the mirror because we also know that when it comes to this cabinet, this cabinet has more people accused of sexual assault than any incoming cabinet
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How has the French far right managed to cancel a Black anti-racism scholar for ‘racism’? | Rokhaya Diallo
How has the French far right managed to cancel a Black anti-racism scholar for ‘racism’? | Rokhaya Diallo
An event at the European parliament featuring the French academic Maboula Soumahoro was axed after French MEPs objected
Maboula Soumahoro is a renowned French scholar and public intellectual. The holder of a PhD earned through studies both in France and…
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 7:16 AM
How has the French far right managed to cancel a Black anti-racism scholar for ‘racism’? | Rokhaya Diallo
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New: Universal masking&testing reduce hospital infections, so does staff masking
Stopping universal masking&testing led to 25% increase in respiratory viral infections
Restarting staff masking led to 33% decrease
8 out of 100 (random sample) died in the hospital
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Stopping universal masking&testing led to 25% increase in respiratory viral infections
Restarting staff masking led to 33% decrease
8 out of 100 (random sample) died in the hospital
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Testing and Masking Policies and Hospital-Onset Respiratory Viral Infections
This cohort study examines the ratio between hospital- and community-onset respiratory viral infections at different levels of testing and masking from 2020 to 2024.
jamanetwork.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:52 PM
New: Universal masking&testing reduce hospital infections, so does staff masking
Stopping universal masking&testing led to 25% increase in respiratory viral infections
Restarting staff masking led to 33% decrease
8 out of 100 (random sample) died in the hospital
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Stopping universal masking&testing led to 25% increase in respiratory viral infections
Restarting staff masking led to 33% decrease
8 out of 100 (random sample) died in the hospital
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Reading the pardon coverage...I don't think the significance of the Gaetz/Patel/Bondi nominations has sunk in. People still aren't getting what a politicized DOJ and FBI, with the power to arrest/bug/harass anyone for any reason, would be able to do.
December 3, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Reading the pardon coverage...I don't think the significance of the Gaetz/Patel/Bondi nominations has sunk in. People still aren't getting what a politicized DOJ and FBI, with the power to arrest/bug/harass anyone for any reason, would be able to do.
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What are some accessible Infosec & Opsec resources that activists, journalists, and organizers can turn to in preparation for the Trump admin?
Preparing for a fascist regime can feel scary and paralyzing. This seems like an area where people can take control w/ concrete steps.
Please share below 👇🏽
Preparing for a fascist regime can feel scary and paralyzing. This seems like an area where people can take control w/ concrete steps.
Please share below 👇🏽
November 25, 2024 at 9:57 PM
What are some accessible Infosec & Opsec resources that activists, journalists, and organizers can turn to in preparation for the Trump admin?
Preparing for a fascist regime can feel scary and paralyzing. This seems like an area where people can take control w/ concrete steps.
Please share below 👇🏽
Preparing for a fascist regime can feel scary and paralyzing. This seems like an area where people can take control w/ concrete steps.
Please share below 👇🏽
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Bluesky is winning because both twitter and threads have gone out of their way to make their platforms inhospitable to reputable journalists and news. @kattenbarge.bsky.social reports:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Bluesky is winning because both twitter and threads have gone out of their way to make their platforms inhospitable to reputable journalists and news. @kattenbarge.bsky.social reports:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
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The pain of what could/should have been still cuts like a swords edge!
We got robbed! Twice!
We got robbed! Twice!
December 1, 2024 at 6:51 PM
The pain of what could/should have been still cuts like a swords edge!
We got robbed! Twice!
We got robbed! Twice!