Nic Smize
lordofthesmize.bsky.social
Nic Smize
@lordofthesmize.bsky.social
Mom. Wife to a pinball nerd. OBGYN.
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This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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okay so what legal authority does elon musk have to commandeer the office of personnel management and access reams of sensitive data? www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Musk, who is not a government employee, is committing a shitload of crimes.

State AGs need to act. He’s not immune.
February 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Breaking News: A New York doctor was indicted in Louisiana for sending abortion pills to a resident there, in a major test of abortion “shield laws.”
New York Doctor Indicted in Louisiana for Sending Abortion Pills There
The case opens a new front in the battle between states that ban abortion and states that support providing abortion anywhere in the country.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies
Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
www.npr.org
January 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Today the CDC website was purged of information on and treatment guidelines for sexually transmitted infections among other topics. In what world does this help our country? By depriving the public of knowledge on how to protect themselves and treat disease?
January 31, 2025 at 11:35 PM