Lex Hovani
@lexhovani.bsky.social
Nature finance; international development; reinventing democracy; gardening
Scum, sleaze, shit, filth, scourge, evil, pathetic, worthless, vile, disgusting, despicable…I can never summon words to fit the appalling mess of Trump and company…
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Scum, sleaze, shit, filth, scourge, evil, pathetic, worthless, vile, disgusting, despicable…I can never summon words to fit the appalling mess of Trump and company…
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Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
Is there any estimate of how much time we’re wasting as a country on Trump admin moves and comments that are utter fucking nonsense? I am thinking of things like this Coast Guard swastika nonsense, the Comey trial nonsense, etc. I am not criticizing opposition to nonsense or legitimate policy moves.
November 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Is there any estimate of how much time we’re wasting as a country on Trump admin moves and comments that are utter fucking nonsense? I am thinking of things like this Coast Guard swastika nonsense, the Comey trial nonsense, etc. I am not criticizing opposition to nonsense or legitimate policy moves.
It’s wild that people take Nvidia’s profit announcement as an indication that it’s not a bubble. They’re the ones making and selling the bubble gum, of course they are profiting when loads of companies jump into bubble blowing. If those companies show profits soar it will be news.
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It’s wild that people take Nvidia’s profit announcement as an indication that it’s not a bubble. They’re the ones making and selling the bubble gum, of course they are profiting when loads of companies jump into bubble blowing. If those companies show profits soar it will be news.
What is the most comprehensive summary of corruption allegation in the Trump administration? It’s hard to keep these cases all in mind.
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
What is the most comprehensive summary of corruption allegation in the Trump administration? It’s hard to keep these cases all in mind.
There are now dozens of stunning, stupefying examples of corruption, sadism, and incompetence of the Trump administration each day. Yet Trump sitting in the Oval Office and basically trivializing the Khashoggi murder because “things happen” still made me gasp.
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
There are now dozens of stunning, stupefying examples of corruption, sadism, and incompetence of the Trump administration each day. Yet Trump sitting in the Oval Office and basically trivializing the Khashoggi murder because “things happen” still made me gasp.
Hating the government is not the same as hating the country. In 2025 America they are almost opposites.
June 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Hating the government is not the same as hating the country. In 2025 America they are almost opposites.
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“the new material is as strong as petroleum-based plastics but breaks down into its original components when exposed to salt. Those components can then be further processed by naturally occurring bacteria,thereby avoiding generating microplastics that can harm aquatic life and enter the food chain.”
Scientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours
Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming wildlife.
www.reuters.com
June 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“the new material is as strong as petroleum-based plastics but breaks down into its original components when exposed to salt. Those components can then be further processed by naturally occurring bacteria,thereby avoiding generating microplastics that can harm aquatic life and enter the food chain.”
A Comprehensive Accounting of Trump’s Culture of Corruption www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/o... There is no news here just a clear summary of this awful aspect of our national moment
Opinion | A Comprehensive Accounting of Trump’s Culture of Corruption
www.nytimes.com
June 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A Comprehensive Accounting of Trump’s Culture of Corruption www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/o... There is no news here just a clear summary of this awful aspect of our national moment
This is the first time I wasn’t appalled by Josh Hawley, so maybe I am overreacting in a positive way now, but it was great to see a prominent Republican giving such a full throated defense of Medicaid. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...
Opinion | Josh Hawley: Don’t Cut Medicaid
www.nytimes.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This is the first time I wasn’t appalled by Josh Hawley, so maybe I am overreacting in a positive way now, but it was great to see a prominent Republican giving such a full throated defense of Medicaid. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...
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In all 435 congressional districts, our groups are organizing the pro-democracy majority to reclaim its power.
Find your local group: indivisible.org/groups
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May 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
In all 435 congressional districts, our groups are organizing the pro-democracy majority to reclaim its power.
Find your local group: indivisible.org/groups
Or let us help you get started: indivisibleproject.formstack.com/forms/organi...
Find your local group: indivisible.org/groups
Or let us help you get started: indivisibleproject.formstack.com/forms/organi...
As a Michigan alum I was dubious when the Big 10 expanded and lost its geographic coherence but now I am changing my tune. Thanks #Rutgers! I hope this #mutualdefensepact inspires others! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/n...
This State University Has a Plan to Take on Trump
Two professors from Rutgers University in New Jersey went out on a limb to write a “mutual defense compact” for Big Ten schools. Their effort is gaining steam.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
As a Michigan alum I was dubious when the Big 10 expanded and lost its geographic coherence but now I am changing my tune. Thanks #Rutgers! I hope this #mutualdefensepact inspires others! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/n...
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Just because 99/100 scientists agree that it's bad to open a portal to the hell dimension doesn't mean we should immediately discount the opposing views of the scientist employed by Open A Portal To The Hell Dimension Inc.
April 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Just because 99/100 scientists agree that it's bad to open a portal to the hell dimension doesn't mean we should immediately discount the opposing views of the scientist employed by Open A Portal To The Hell Dimension Inc.
A vivid wakeup call on food security. www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/whistle...
Whistleblowers warn UK food industry heading for climate disaster
Inside Track x Food claims the UK food industry has 'reached a moment of threat to food security like none other we have seen'
www.thegrocer.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A vivid wakeup call on food security. www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/whistle...
I have been thinking a lot about the evil synergies between Trump, Project 2025, and Musk. I really think that any one or two of them would have had a fraction of the catastrophic impact that they have had together. Hopefully it will also accelerate the collapse of their efforts
April 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I have been thinking a lot about the evil synergies between Trump, Project 2025, and Musk. I really think that any one or two of them would have had a fraction of the catastrophic impact that they have had together. Hopefully it will also accelerate the collapse of their efforts
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This is an absolutely wild and illegal order, ceding Secretary-level authorities to a non-Senate confirmed DOGE operative
“Elon Musk is now effectively in charge of America’s public lands,”
DOGE Just Took Over National Parks Elon Musk and his evil minions just achieved a coup at the Department of the Interior, taking over control of National Parks, and other public lands
Wes Siler, Apr 18, 2025
DOGE Just Took Over National Parks Elon Musk and his evil minions just achieved a coup at the Department of the Interior, taking over control of National Parks, and other public lands
Wes Siler, Apr 18, 2025
DOGE Just Took Over National Parks
Elon Musk and his evil minions just achieved a coup at the Department of the Interior, taking over control of National Parks, and other public lands
open.substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This is an absolutely wild and illegal order, ceding Secretary-level authorities to a non-Senate confirmed DOGE operative
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The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
Such a mystery why women are having fewer children in America… let’s hope the “White House” figures it out…
April 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Such a mystery why women are having fewer children in America… let’s hope the “White House” figures it out…
There is a reason for building consensus among diverse stakeholders before launching massively consequential policies www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/b... #tariffs
How This Trade War Is Different From All Other Trade Wars
By acting on his own, President Trump has broken with more than 200 years of U.S. history in which Congress set the direction of trade policy.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
There is a reason for building consensus among diverse stakeholders before launching massively consequential policies www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/b... #tariffs
A few of the many inspiring USAID folks who were "fed to the woodchipper" by Trump, Rubio, and Musk deliver a great summary of lessons learned in state capture from around the world. friendsofusaid.substack.com/p/how-to-ste... #USAID, #statecapture, #thisisnotadrill
How to Steal a Country in Six Easy Steps
And why Americans should stop pretending it can’t happen here
friendsofusaid.substack.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A few of the many inspiring USAID folks who were "fed to the woodchipper" by Trump, Rubio, and Musk deliver a great summary of lessons learned in state capture from around the world. friendsofusaid.substack.com/p/how-to-ste... #USAID, #statecapture, #thisisnotadrill
What if it were a pre-requisite that any senior government appointee had to have spent at least five years working to address a significant public problem?
April 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
What if it were a pre-requisite that any senior government appointee had to have spent at least five years working to address a significant public problem?
An unintended positive consequence of the Trump administration is that it seems to be leading to a resurgence in study of US and world history. As Kurt Vonnegut said, "history, read it and weep." #HUAC, #ultra, #paranoidstyleofpolitics, #romansalute, #culturalrevolution
April 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
An unintended positive consequence of the Trump administration is that it seems to be leading to a resurgence in study of US and world history. As Kurt Vonnegut said, "history, read it and weep." #HUAC, #ultra, #paranoidstyleofpolitics, #romansalute, #culturalrevolution
One of the disturbing patterns in the Trump administration is letting people with no insight or even basic understanding gleefully destroy important, complex institutions. #USAID, #internationaltrade, #NIH, #disturbingpatterns
April 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
One of the disturbing patterns in the Trump administration is letting people with no insight or even basic understanding gleefully destroy important, complex institutions. #USAID, #internationaltrade, #NIH, #disturbingpatterns