Alexander Matthew Payne
@keysandcompounds.bsky.social
Ph.D Student at http://chembio.triiprograms.org
Interested in the history of life, language, and science.
https://apayne97.github.io/
Interested in the history of life, language, and science.
https://apayne97.github.io/
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very interesting thing just happened: EWR had a complete ground stop due to “thunderstorms” despite no storms in a 200 mile radius. The only flight to leave from EWR in that window? Air Force One.
sure looks like Donald Trump just shut down EWR for 4 hours so he could watch a soccer game!
sure looks like Donald Trump just shut down EWR for 4 hours so he could watch a soccer game!
July 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
very interesting thing just happened: EWR had a complete ground stop due to “thunderstorms” despite no storms in a 200 mile radius. The only flight to leave from EWR in that window? Air Force One.
sure looks like Donald Trump just shut down EWR for 4 hours so he could watch a soccer game!
sure looks like Donald Trump just shut down EWR for 4 hours so he could watch a soccer game!
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RFK Jr. told me he would "address drivers of maternal mortality.”
But he just fired the researchers that work to improve the health of mothers and babies.
But he just fired the researchers that work to improve the health of mothers and babies.
Mass HHS firings gutted "vital" office for reproductive health
Trump is dismantling the little-known Division of Reproductive Health. It was critical in helping pregnant people and pushing for better systems for IVF.
www.motherjones.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
RFK Jr. told me he would "address drivers of maternal mortality.”
But he just fired the researchers that work to improve the health of mothers and babies.
But he just fired the researchers that work to improve the health of mothers and babies.
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The problem is sociopathic corporate greed. 🧐
April 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The problem is sociopathic corporate greed. 🧐
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thank you Elon and DOGE! what the world definitely needs is unchecked drug resistant gonorrhea
April 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
thank you Elon and DOGE! what the world definitely needs is unchecked drug resistant gonorrhea
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Donald Trump: I'm going to impose massive tariffs!
Kamala Harris: Don't vote for that guy, he's going to impose massive tariffs. They'll crash the markets and kill the economy.
Trump: I think massive tariffs are great so I'm doing it.
Bill Ackman: Nobody could foresee massive tariffs.
Kamala Harris: Don't vote for that guy, he's going to impose massive tariffs. They'll crash the markets and kill the economy.
Trump: I think massive tariffs are great so I'm doing it.
Bill Ackman: Nobody could foresee massive tariffs.
April 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Donald Trump: I'm going to impose massive tariffs!
Kamala Harris: Don't vote for that guy, he's going to impose massive tariffs. They'll crash the markets and kill the economy.
Trump: I think massive tariffs are great so I'm doing it.
Bill Ackman: Nobody could foresee massive tariffs.
Kamala Harris: Don't vote for that guy, he's going to impose massive tariffs. They'll crash the markets and kill the economy.
Trump: I think massive tariffs are great so I'm doing it.
Bill Ackman: Nobody could foresee massive tariffs.
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Vaccination eliminated polio from the United States 🧵
April 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Vaccination eliminated polio from the United States 🧵
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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If losing money means nothing, the rich should just pay their fair share of taxes.
From "egg prices are destroying America" to "losing money is good"
April 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If losing money means nothing, the rich should just pay their fair share of taxes.
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Plan to give all of your private tax data to oligarchs.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Plan to give all of your private tax data to oligarchs.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
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It’s gruesomely simple: If we keep allowing an anti-vaxxer to lead this country’s main health agency, more people will die.
April 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
It’s gruesomely simple: If we keep allowing an anti-vaxxer to lead this country’s main health agency, more people will die.
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Will American voters ever learn?
5 worst stock market crashes in US history:
1929 - Hoover 🔴
1987 - Reagan 🔴
2008 - Bush 🔴
2020 - Trump 🔴
2025 - Trump 🔴
1929 - Hoover 🔴
1987 - Reagan 🔴
2008 - Bush 🔴
2020 - Trump 🔴
2025 - Trump 🔴
April 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Will American voters ever learn?
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There are 32m small businesses in the USA
April 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
There are 32m small businesses in the USA
April 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Tens of Thousands of NYers took the streets today to say “hands off” our federal services!
This Tuesday, join NYC-DSA at the "Kill the Cuts" National Day of Action and stand with workers across the country demanding NO to cuts on our services ➡️ actionnetwork.org/events/kill-...
This Tuesday, join NYC-DSA at the "Kill the Cuts" National Day of Action and stand with workers across the country demanding NO to cuts on our services ➡️ actionnetwork.org/events/kill-...
April 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Tens of Thousands of NYers took the streets today to say “hands off” our federal services!
This Tuesday, join NYC-DSA at the "Kill the Cuts" National Day of Action and stand with workers across the country demanding NO to cuts on our services ➡️ actionnetwork.org/events/kill-...
This Tuesday, join NYC-DSA at the "Kill the Cuts" National Day of Action and stand with workers across the country demanding NO to cuts on our services ➡️ actionnetwork.org/events/kill-...
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We are getting ready for the Hands Off march on April 5! Join us in NYC and around the country! Handsoff2025.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
We are getting ready for the Hands Off march on April 5! Join us in NYC and around the country! Handsoff2025.com
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I’m hearing from Social Security recipients in MA who’ve been marked as "not currently receiving payments,” on the Social Security website.
Social Security is something you are legally entitled to.
Elon's attack on Social Security is illegal—and it's hurting people.
Social Security is something you are legally entitled to.
Elon's attack on Social Security is illegal—and it's hurting people.
April 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I’m hearing from Social Security recipients in MA who’ve been marked as "not currently receiving payments,” on the Social Security website.
Social Security is something you are legally entitled to.
Elon's attack on Social Security is illegal—and it's hurting people.
Social Security is something you are legally entitled to.
Elon's attack on Social Security is illegal—and it's hurting people.
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In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server.
Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding
Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding
February 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server.
Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding
Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding
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Due to the freeze on credit card use, my laboratory (in the FDA) risks losing the contents of our liquid nitrogen tanks which store INVALUABLE samples-they cannot be replaced, so they are literally priceless, and reflect about 50 years worth of research.
February 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Due to the freeze on credit card use, my laboratory (in the FDA) risks losing the contents of our liquid nitrogen tanks which store INVALUABLE samples-they cannot be replaced, so they are literally priceless, and reflect about 50 years worth of research.
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A long post about what’s happening to the science funding agencies in the US and why. As mentioned, this one just kept getting longer even as I kept stripping curse words from it.
www.science.org/content/blog...
www.science.org/content/blog...
What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
www.science.org
February 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A long post about what’s happening to the science funding agencies in the US and why. As mentioned, this one just kept getting longer even as I kept stripping curse words from it.
www.science.org/content/blog...
www.science.org/content/blog...
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The press won't treat Elon as the national security threat he is.
Part of this is that they have trained themselves to believe he's a genius for a decade plus. Even more is their fear of his scarily effective tactics for marginalizing their opponents.
thelastbillionaires.com/musk-got-to-...
Part of this is that they have trained themselves to believe he's a genius for a decade plus. Even more is their fear of his scarily effective tactics for marginalizing their opponents.
thelastbillionaires.com/musk-got-to-...
February 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The press won't treat Elon as the national security threat he is.
Part of this is that they have trained themselves to believe he's a genius for a decade plus. Even more is their fear of his scarily effective tactics for marginalizing their opponents.
thelastbillionaires.com/musk-got-to-...
Part of this is that they have trained themselves to believe he's a genius for a decade plus. Even more is their fear of his scarily effective tactics for marginalizing their opponents.
thelastbillionaires.com/musk-got-to-...
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This explains a lot
February 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This explains a lot
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NEW: Trump says he's letting "lifesaving" foreign aid continue, but sources tell WIRED that DOGE is still blocking HIV/AIDS relief.
Musk brags he's "feeding USAID into the wood chipper."
A USAID worker tell us: “At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV now do."
By @knibbs.bsky.social
Musk brags he's "feeding USAID into the wood chipper."
A USAID worker tell us: “At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV now do."
By @knibbs.bsky.social
Elon Musk's DOGE Is Still Blocking HIV/AIDS Relief Exempted From Foreign Aid Cuts
The Trump Administration claims it is allowing "lifesaving" foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
NEW: Trump says he's letting "lifesaving" foreign aid continue, but sources tell WIRED that DOGE is still blocking HIV/AIDS relief.
Musk brags he's "feeding USAID into the wood chipper."
A USAID worker tell us: “At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV now do."
By @knibbs.bsky.social
Musk brags he's "feeding USAID into the wood chipper."
A USAID worker tell us: “At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV now do."
By @knibbs.bsky.social
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🧪 @wired.com's coverage of the Musk/DOGE blitz through US government has been stellar. This report from @knibbs.bsky.social is an outstanding—and grim—look inside the chaos at USAID.
NEW: Trump says he's letting "lifesaving" foreign aid continue, but sources tell WIRED that DOGE is still blocking HIV/AIDS relief.
Musk brags he's "feeding USAID into the wood chipper."
A USAID worker tell us: “At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV now do."
By @knibbs.bsky.social
Musk brags he's "feeding USAID into the wood chipper."
A USAID worker tell us: “At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV now do."
By @knibbs.bsky.social
Elon Musk's DOGE Is Still Blocking HIV/AIDS Relief Exempted From Foreign Aid Cuts
The Trump Administration claims it is allowing "lifesaving" foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:41 AM
🧪 @wired.com's coverage of the Musk/DOGE blitz through US government has been stellar. This report from @knibbs.bsky.social is an outstanding—and grim—look inside the chaos at USAID.