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This will likely kill more Americans than any other foreseeable move by the Trump regime
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is getting rid of all the members of committee that advises the US on vaccine safety. @gerryfsmith.bsky.social has a first take out -- update coming shortly >
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
RFK Jr. Removes All Members of CDC Panel Advising on Vaccines
The Department of Health and Human Services is retiring the 17 members of a committee of government vaccine advisers, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday.
www.bloomberg.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This will likely kill more Americans than any other foreseeable move by the Trump regime
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It’s not yet known whether Waymo vehicles were deliberately targeted. This year the LAPD revealed it had obtained footage from a Waymo driverless car as part of an investigation, indicating that they are being used as potential sources of surveillance footage. Waymo has been contacted for comment.
June 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
It’s not yet known whether Waymo vehicles were deliberately targeted. This year the LAPD revealed it had obtained footage from a Waymo driverless car as part of an investigation, indicating that they are being used as potential sources of surveillance footage. Waymo has been contacted for comment.
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to be clear, research shows “nonlethal” tools are not safe—and can be deadly
In LA, officers deployed tear gas and shot rubber bullets at protesters fighting against ICE raids.
Here’s a reminder that those anti-protest weapons—which are billed as relatively safe—can actually cause serious harm.
Here’s a reminder that those anti-protest weapons—which are billed as relatively safe—can actually cause serious harm.
‘Nonlethal’ Anti-Protest Weapons Can Cause Serious Harm
Rubber bullets and tear gas are billed as relatively safe. They're anything but.
www.wired.com
June 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
to be clear, research shows “nonlethal” tools are not safe—and can be deadly
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Union leaders are calling for a strike to shut down LA. 🔥
June 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Union leaders are calling for a strike to shut down LA. 🔥
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"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
June 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
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Welcome to the Age of Paranoia, when someone might ask you to send them an email while you’re mid-conversation on the phone, slide into your Instagram DMs to ensure the LinkedIn message you sent was real, or request you text a selfie with a time stamp.
Deepfakes, Scams, and the Age of Paranoia
As AI-driven fraud becomes increasingly common, more people feel the need to verify every interaction they have online.
wrd.cm
May 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Welcome to the Age of Paranoia, when someone might ask you to send them an email while you’re mid-conversation on the phone, slide into your Instagram DMs to ensure the LinkedIn message you sent was real, or request you text a selfie with a time stamp.
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The US Department of Transportation is significantly loosening crash reporting requirements, according to a new framework released today.
It’s a boon for the automotive industry as a whole—and for Elon Musk’s Tesla in particular.
It’s a boon for the automotive industry as a whole—and for Elon Musk’s Tesla in particular.
In a Boon for Tesla, Feds Weaken Rules for Reporting on Self-Driving
A new autonomous vehicle framework would also make it easier for Tesla and other companies to research domestically-made self-driving cars that don’t meet all federal safety standards.
www.wired.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The US Department of Transportation is significantly loosening crash reporting requirements, according to a new framework released today.
It’s a boon for the automotive industry as a whole—and for Elon Musk’s Tesla in particular.
It’s a boon for the automotive industry as a whole—and for Elon Musk’s Tesla in particular.
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Words to live by.
April 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Words to live by.
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Regular reminder that Richard Dawkins is not an expert on sex, gender, or human sexuality
He is talking over thousands of scientists who have studied trans health for decades
He is an ignorant bigot who never recovered from the atheist movement politely asking him to respect women and brown people
He is talking over thousands of scientists who have studied trans health for decades
He is an ignorant bigot who never recovered from the atheist movement politely asking him to respect women and brown people
Ample peer reviewed, legitimate scientific research has shown trans people have a genetic component like any other behavioral trait
All major medical and scientific organizations support gender affirming care as effective and live saving
You are the embodiment of Dunning Krueger. How embarrassing
All major medical and scientific organizations support gender affirming care as effective and live saving
You are the embodiment of Dunning Krueger. How embarrassing
March 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Regular reminder that Richard Dawkins is not an expert on sex, gender, or human sexuality
He is talking over thousands of scientists who have studied trans health for decades
He is an ignorant bigot who never recovered from the atheist movement politely asking him to respect women and brown people
He is talking over thousands of scientists who have studied trans health for decades
He is an ignorant bigot who never recovered from the atheist movement politely asking him to respect women and brown people
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Modern science wouldn’t exist without the online research repository known as arXiv. Three decades in, its creator still can’t let it go.
Inside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science
Modern science wouldn’t exist without the online research repository known as arXiv. Three decades in, its creator still can’t let it go.
wrd.cm
March 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Modern science wouldn’t exist without the online research repository known as arXiv. Three decades in, its creator still can’t let it go.
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"I hope the field of genomics can learn from this, and come together to create better solutions around privacy, data sharing, transparency, compensation of research participants, and healthcare access."
My thoughts on the 23andMe situation as a former employee: www.linkedin.com/posts/jey-mc...
My thoughts on the 23andMe situation as a former employee: www.linkedin.com/posts/jey-mc...
Thoughts on 23andMe | Jey McCreight
"It is painful to think what could have been." As someone who was inspired to become a geneticist because of 23andMe and ended up working there for nearly 6…
www.linkedin.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
"I hope the field of genomics can learn from this, and come together to create better solutions around privacy, data sharing, transparency, compensation of research participants, and healthcare access."
My thoughts on the 23andMe situation as a former employee: www.linkedin.com/posts/jey-mc...
My thoughts on the 23andMe situation as a former employee: www.linkedin.com/posts/jey-mc...
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Two unqualified-for-their-job freeloaders call Europe a freeloader. From Jonathan Goldberg of the Atlantic's story about their massive incompetent infodump.
March 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Two unqualified-for-their-job freeloaders call Europe a freeloader. From Jonathan Goldberg of the Atlantic's story about their massive incompetent infodump.
Finished Robert O. Paxton's book "The Anatomy of Fascism" today.
Times are bleak.
Times are bleak.
March 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Finished Robert O. Paxton's book "The Anatomy of Fascism" today.
Times are bleak.
Times are bleak.
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every person involved in this needs to be in prison
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
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I've observed this reasoning from tech powers over & over
outsize, vague mission --> performing absolute commitment ("de facto good") --> even deadly harm is justified in pursuit
(cf. Crisis Text Line deciding a mission to "end mental illness" meant using intimate data for profit was fine)
outsize, vague mission --> performing absolute commitment ("de facto good") --> even deadly harm is justified in pursuit
(cf. Crisis Text Line deciding a mission to "end mental illness" meant using intimate data for profit was fine)
March 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I've observed this reasoning from tech powers over & over
outsize, vague mission --> performing absolute commitment ("de facto good") --> even deadly harm is justified in pursuit
(cf. Crisis Text Line deciding a mission to "end mental illness" meant using intimate data for profit was fine)
outsize, vague mission --> performing absolute commitment ("de facto good") --> even deadly harm is justified in pursuit
(cf. Crisis Text Line deciding a mission to "end mental illness" meant using intimate data for profit was fine)
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I can’t tell you the amount of contempt real coders have for Musk’s stolen valor at pretending to be technical. His years (decades?) of pseudo-code revealing that he doesn’t actually know how software works are so offensive to genuinely talented developers that they’ve always hated him.
elon could fake being a business and technology genius forever and everyone would have thrown cash at him endlessly, but no, he had to pretend to be a poster and gamer tok and America was like hold up
Has to be rough for Elon to know that his popularity is inversely correlated with his public exposure. People thought this guy was a genius before he started posting in earnest
March 22, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I can’t tell you the amount of contempt real coders have for Musk’s stolen valor at pretending to be technical. His years (decades?) of pseudo-code revealing that he doesn’t actually know how software works are so offensive to genuinely talented developers that they’ve always hated him.
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This is incredibly bad— a CDC website clone but w fake and misleading health advice (especially about vaccines), brought to you by the NGO formerly run by the current HHS secretary.
🧵NEW: A CDC clone website is filled with false and misleading vaccine claims against a backdrop of false balance. The NGO (Children's Health Defense) led by the current HHS Secretary until December 2024 is hosting content for the CDC clone.
infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone...
infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone...
March 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This is incredibly bad— a CDC website clone but w fake and misleading health advice (especially about vaccines), brought to you by the NGO formerly run by the current HHS secretary.
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Things COVID has proven:
1) The job you were told couldn’t be done remotely, can be done remotely.
2) Many disabled workers could have been working from home, but corporations just didn’t want them to.
3) Internet is a utility and not a luxury.
4) Universal healthcare is a necessity.
1) The job you were told couldn’t be done remotely, can be done remotely.
2) Many disabled workers could have been working from home, but corporations just didn’t want them to.
3) Internet is a utility and not a luxury.
4) Universal healthcare is a necessity.
March 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Things COVID has proven:
1) The job you were told couldn’t be done remotely, can be done remotely.
2) Many disabled workers could have been working from home, but corporations just didn’t want them to.
3) Internet is a utility and not a luxury.
4) Universal healthcare is a necessity.
1) The job you were told couldn’t be done remotely, can be done remotely.
2) Many disabled workers could have been working from home, but corporations just didn’t want them to.
3) Internet is a utility and not a luxury.
4) Universal healthcare is a necessity.
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WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
‘It’s a Heist’: Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE
WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
wrd.cm
March 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Trump signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries.
Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
SEND AN EMAIL: Stop Trump's E.O. Attacking Federal Funding for Libraries
We need your help TODAY to tell your governors and key members of the House and Senate that federal funding for libraries - the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) - needs to be preserved!
action.everylibrary.org
March 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Trump signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries.
Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
always ready for a good resource
March 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
always ready for a good resource