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Study of over twenty five million people over almost four years finds that COVID vaccines reduced COVID deaths by 74% and increased all-cause deaths by zero. I don’t know how much clearer it can get than that.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
jamanetwork.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Study of over twenty five million people over almost four years finds that COVID vaccines reduced COVID deaths by 74% and increased all-cause deaths by zero. I don’t know how much clearer it can get than that.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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How many academic research center closures at UNC will cover his salary? Two? Three?
December 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
How many academic research center closures at UNC will cover his salary? Two? Three?
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one side wants to forgive student loan debt. the other wants to raid your bank account. we are not the same.
December 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
one side wants to forgive student loan debt. the other wants to raid your bank account. we are not the same.
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Happy Festivus! Please enjoy the Feats of Strength and the Airing of Grievances today.
two men standing in front of an american video store
ALT: two men standing in front of an american video store
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Happy Festivus! Please enjoy the Feats of Strength and the Airing of Grievances today.
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Someone should take this case on and help this TA sue the shit out of this institution.
Not sure how far it’ll get in these courts but my god this is so awful.
Not sure how far it’ll get in these courts but my god this is so awful.
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university
Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.
www.koco.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Someone should take this case on and help this TA sue the shit out of this institution.
Not sure how far it’ll get in these courts but my god this is so awful.
Not sure how far it’ll get in these courts but my god this is so awful.
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Denmark was about 800 AD. The landing in North America was about 1000 AD.
They have a better claim on all of North America then we have on Greenland.
They have a better claim on all of North America then we have on Greenland.
December 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Denmark was about 800 AD. The landing in North America was about 1000 AD.
They have a better claim on all of North America then we have on Greenland.
They have a better claim on all of North America then we have on Greenland.
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how bad are things going when Dylan Byers won't even tell the story you want him to
December 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
how bad are things going when Dylan Byers won't even tell the story you want him to
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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It’s the entire point. There’s no plan to make this meaningful for students. No plan to use it administratively. Its design and implementation signals its only real intent. It’s best and easiest use case is for systematic harassment and to scare faculty into complying in advance.
We know the students don’t read the syllabuses. So who will? Right-wing activists looking for excuses to hound profs.
December 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It’s the entire point. There’s no plan to make this meaningful for students. No plan to use it administratively. Its design and implementation signals its only real intent. It’s best and easiest use case is for systematic harassment and to scare faculty into complying in advance.
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Mandatory syllabus publication is like voter ID laws in that its stated goal is an obvious pretext for causing a bunch of externalities that Republicans want but don't want to say they want.
December 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Mandatory syllabus publication is like voter ID laws in that its stated goal is an obvious pretext for causing a bunch of externalities that Republicans want but don't want to say they want.
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To be clear, a standard part of job applications are providing sample syllabi - often a whole portfolio of them - because *your syllabi* are part of the value proposition of hiring *you* and not *someone else.*
Now the university wants to steal your materials, then sack and replace you.
Now the university wants to steal your materials, then sack and replace you.
December 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
To be clear, a standard part of job applications are providing sample syllabi - often a whole portfolio of them - because *your syllabi* are part of the value proposition of hiring *you* and not *someone else.*
Now the university wants to steal your materials, then sack and replace you.
Now the university wants to steal your materials, then sack and replace you.
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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Trump’s Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight To End Apartheid talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...
Trump’s Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight To End Apartheid
As Black activists in South Africa fought against their country’s racist apartheid...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Trump’s Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight To End Apartheid talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...
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Cold-blooded mass murder by the United States government...
The US military conducted strikes against two alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing 5 people, according to US Southern Command.
At least 104 people have now been killed in similar US strikes, and Thursday’s attack marks the third this week. https://cnn.it/48X0HCI
At least 104 people have now been killed in similar US strikes, and Thursday’s attack marks the third this week. https://cnn.it/48X0HCI
December 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Cold-blooded mass murder by the United States government...
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Plenty of others will correct all the details of his firehose of lies, but what struck me about this speech is that it is not what a person who is strong or who is “winning” does. This is how you act when the wheels are coming loose. This is “Jets turning to Tyrod Taylor” level desperation.
The president screamed at Americans to like him tonight in a White House address filled with lies.
w/ @swin24.bsky.social @zeteo.com
zeteo.com/p/trump-whit...
w/ @swin24.bsky.social @zeteo.com
zeteo.com/p/trump-whit...
Trump Screams at Americans to Like Him in White House Address to Nation
Several Trump allies told Zeteo they were surprised anyone in the White House would think Trump’s primetime address was a good idea.
zeteo.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Plenty of others will correct all the details of his firehose of lies, but what struck me about this speech is that it is not what a person who is strong or who is “winning” does. This is how you act when the wheels are coming loose. This is “Jets turning to Tyrod Taylor” level desperation.
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“It’s the beating heart of our field,” Kim Cobb, a climate scientist and the director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, wrote.. “Generations of scientists have trained there"
Yes @kimcobb.bsky.social, this is so self-defeating.
Stop the madness
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
Yes @kimcobb.bsky.social, this is so self-defeating.
Stop the madness
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“It’s the beating heart of our field,” Kim Cobb, a climate scientist and the director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, wrote.. “Generations of scientists have trained there"
Yes @kimcobb.bsky.social, this is so self-defeating.
Stop the madness
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
Yes @kimcobb.bsky.social, this is so self-defeating.
Stop the madness
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
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“Her film “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” earned an Oscar nomination in 1988 and was inducted into the National Film Registry for its cultural significance.”
The film is powerful. Highly recommend it.
The film is powerful. Highly recommend it.
Christine Choy, Documentarian of Asian American Life, Dies at 76
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
“Her film “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” earned an Oscar nomination in 1988 and was inducted into the National Film Registry for its cultural significance.”
The film is powerful. Highly recommend it.
The film is powerful. Highly recommend it.
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Your regular reminder that Clarence Thomas sexually harassed Anita Hill while he was the chair of the EEOC in the 1980s, a position he was given by Reagan as a way to basically troll the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that created the EEOC. www.npr.org/2021/09/28/1...
Anita Hill Started A Conversation About Sexual Harassment. She's Not Done Yet
Hill doesn't regret testifying against Clarence Thomas during his 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearing: "There is victory in being able to come forward and state what has happened to you."
www.npr.org
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Your regular reminder that Clarence Thomas sexually harassed Anita Hill while he was the chair of the EEOC in the 1980s, a position he was given by Reagan as a way to basically troll the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that created the EEOC. www.npr.org/2021/09/28/1...
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"Changes to centers and institutes were initially projected to save $4.8 million."
Bill Belichick's annual salary is $10 million.
Bill Belichick's annual salary is $10 million.
America First, at America’s first public university.
UNC cuts all six area studies research centers, effective 2026
As part of the University's plan to make $70 million in budget cuts across the institution, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Nate Knuffman projected that cutting 14 centers and institutes in...
www.dailytarheel.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"Changes to centers and institutes were initially projected to save $4.8 million."
Bill Belichick's annual salary is $10 million.
Bill Belichick's annual salary is $10 million.
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All the centers they’re cutting add up to less than $7 million in spending.
UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
December 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
All the centers they’re cutting add up to less than $7 million in spending.
UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
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Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
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This is college in the United States. Video from inside a Brown University building shows the moment that police found a group of students who were sheltering after the shooting on campus. This isn't freedom.
December 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This is college in the United States. Video from inside a Brown University building shows the moment that police found a group of students who were sheltering after the shooting on campus. This isn't freedom.