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@malachitekingfishr.bsky.social
Infectious disease academic research in Seattle. Anti-Musk since at least 2016 because I was paying attention
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This year, Grok was reprogrammed to say Elon Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co/elon-musk-co...
www.404media.co/elon-musk-co...
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co
December 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This year, Grok was reprogrammed to say Elon Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co/elon-musk-co...
www.404media.co/elon-musk-co...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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A Somali Hospital Closed After U.S. Aid Cuts.
“After the Trump administration stopped funding a medical center for women and children, a determined group of health care workers refused to let it shutter.” @stephanienolen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...
“After the Trump administration stopped funding a medical center for women and children, a determined group of health care workers refused to let it shutter.” @stephanienolen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...
A Somali Hospital Closed After U.S. Aid Cuts. Fired Employees Reopened It Without Pay.
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
A Somali Hospital Closed After U.S. Aid Cuts.
“After the Trump administration stopped funding a medical center for women and children, a determined group of health care workers refused to let it shutter.” @stephanienolen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...
“After the Trump administration stopped funding a medical center for women and children, a determined group of health care workers refused to let it shutter.” @stephanienolen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...
:)
Reddit's AI product provided dangerous advice in medical subreddits and moderators can't turn it off www.404media.co/reddit-answe...
Reddit's AI Suggests Users Try Heroin
AI-generated Reddit Answers are giving bad advice in medical subreddits and moderators can’t opt out.
www.404media.co
October 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
:)
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The top 10% now hold 67.4% of all the wealth in the US.
The bottom 50% hold 2.5%.
The bottom 50% hold 2.5%.
September 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The top 10% now hold 67.4% of all the wealth in the US.
The bottom 50% hold 2.5%.
The bottom 50% hold 2.5%.
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Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate https://theonion.com/left-wing-group-too-disorganized-for-fbi-agents-to-infi-1848923025/
September 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate https://theonion.com/left-wing-group-too-disorganized-for-fbi-agents-to-infi-1848923025/
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"The reason why we want to give you a vaccine is not just to protect you but to protect those around you." Dr. Helen Chu backs AAP guidance, stressing protection for young children and community health.
Medical experts back COVID-19 vaccine for kids, despite split opinion
Medical experts are backing the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendation to vaccinate kids against COVID-19, differing from the HHS and CDC's new guidelines.
buff.ly
August 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"The reason why we want to give you a vaccine is not just to protect you but to protect those around you." Dr. Helen Chu backs AAP guidance, stressing protection for young children and community health.
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"This could be the difference whether your child gets cancer. Are you willing for them to die because the therapy for them is delayed?"
Powerful video with voices from top US scientists on the very real and devastating impacts of the funding cuts.
Powerful video with voices from top US scientists on the very real and devastating impacts of the funding cuts.
August 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"This could be the difference whether your child gets cancer. Are you willing for them to die because the therapy for them is delayed?"
Powerful video with voices from top US scientists on the very real and devastating impacts of the funding cuts.
Powerful video with voices from top US scientists on the very real and devastating impacts of the funding cuts.
"'The best way to sustain usage over time, whether number of minutes per session or sessions over time, is to prey on our deepest desires to be seen, to be validated, to be affirmed,' Lee said."
This story is breathtakingly insane: www.reuters.com/investigates...
This story is breathtakingly insane: www.reuters.com/investigates...
A flirty Meta AI bot invited a retiree to meet. He never made it home.
Impaired by a stroke, a man fell for a Meta chatbot originally created with Kendall Jenner. His death spotlights Meta’s AI rules, which let bots tell falsehoods.
www.reuters.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"'The best way to sustain usage over time, whether number of minutes per session or sessions over time, is to prey on our deepest desires to be seen, to be validated, to be affirmed,' Lee said."
This story is breathtakingly insane: www.reuters.com/investigates...
This story is breathtakingly insane: www.reuters.com/investigates...
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Nazi Germany did literally ban Nature:
"Articles are often published in the London weekly scientific journal Nature containing outrageous and vile attacks on German science and the national socialist state.
The journal must therefore be excluded from general use in the scientific libraries."
"Articles are often published in the London weekly scientific journal Nature containing outrageous and vile attacks on German science and the national socialist state.
The journal must therefore be excluded from general use in the scientific libraries."
July 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Nazi Germany did literally ban Nature:
"Articles are often published in the London weekly scientific journal Nature containing outrageous and vile attacks on German science and the national socialist state.
The journal must therefore be excluded from general use in the scientific libraries."
"Articles are often published in the London weekly scientific journal Nature containing outrageous and vile attacks on German science and the national socialist state.
The journal must therefore be excluded from general use in the scientific libraries."
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Pulitzer prize for this Jay L. Clenendin image of LAPD stormtroopers in front of Barbara Kruger's "Untitled (Questions)"
June 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Pulitzer prize for this Jay L. Clenendin image of LAPD stormtroopers in front of Barbara Kruger's "Untitled (Questions)"
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forcing JD Vance into the middle of this against his will is such an incredible bonus
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
forcing JD Vance into the middle of this against his will is such an incredible bonus
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NIH funding will abruptly cease for dozens, if not hundreds, of ongoing overseas trials of drugs and treatments. Its policy change puts thousands of trial participants in limbo.
https://go.nature.com/3Z8xNM1
https://go.nature.com/3Z8xNM1
NIH grant cuts will axe clinical trials abroad — and could leave thousands without care
US agency’s new policy could abruptly end studies of infectious diseases and cancer, leaving researchers scrambling for funds.
go.nature.com
May 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
NIH funding will abruptly cease for dozens, if not hundreds, of ongoing overseas trials of drugs and treatments. Its policy change puts thousands of trial participants in limbo.
https://go.nature.com/3Z8xNM1
https://go.nature.com/3Z8xNM1
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The new NIH director said grants “canceled because they’re DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion]-based science … [which does] not actually have anything to do with promoting the health of the American people” www.science.org/content/arti...
So let’s take a quick look at some of his past papers… 🧵
So let’s take a quick look at some of his past papers… 🧵
May 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The new NIH director said grants “canceled because they’re DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion]-based science … [which does] not actually have anything to do with promoting the health of the American people” www.science.org/content/arti...
So let’s take a quick look at some of his past papers… 🧵
So let’s take a quick look at some of his past papers… 🧵
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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
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@defendpublichealth.bsky.social is asking people to show up at town halls between now and when Congress reconvenes at the end of the month. We need to push back against NIH cuts and political interference. 1/
April 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social is asking people to show up at town halls between now and when Congress reconvenes at the end of the month. We need to push back against NIH cuts and political interference. 1/
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If true, US engagement with an entire continent will be reduced to extraction of its natural resources and counterterrorism, while expecting AI to somehow replace diplomatic relations. This policy discounts effective diplomacy and fundamentally misunderstands the current capabilities of AI tools.
The new policy on Africa.
“The office would focus on a handful of issues, including “coordinated counterterrorism operations” and “strategic extraction and trade of critical natural resources.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
“The office would focus on a handful of issues, including “coordinated counterterrorism operations” and “strategic extraction and trade of critical natural resources.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
Trump Draft Order Would Drastically Overhaul U.S. State Department (Gift Article)
The draft executive order to be signed by President Trump would eliminate Africa operations and shut down bureaus working on democracy, human rights and refugee issues.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If true, US engagement with an entire continent will be reduced to extraction of its natural resources and counterterrorism, while expecting AI to somehow replace diplomatic relations. This policy discounts effective diplomacy and fundamentally misunderstands the current capabilities of AI tools.
Loooolllllll
They call it a "war on science."
I call it "sex crimes bingo."
I call it "sex crimes bingo."
April 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Loooolllllll
🙏
As someone directly affected by this, let me be clear:
I'd rather lose my job because Harvard chose to fight than keep my job and see a generation of white supremacists parade its corpse around like a war trophy.
I'd rather lose my job because Harvard chose to fight than keep my job and see a generation of white supremacists parade its corpse around like a war trophy.
Researchers at Harvard and its affiliates appreciate that the university resisted the Trump Administration's demands, but worry about what happens next.
April 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
🙏
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Well we don’t have the NIH or the CDC, but at least we have The Pitt.
April 11, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Well we don’t have the NIH or the CDC, but at least we have The Pitt.
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SCOOP: The Trump administration has dismissed all health officials who oversaw care for some of the world’s most vulnerable people: more than 500,000 children and more than 600,000 pregnant women with HIV in low-income countries.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/h...
Who Will Care for Infants With H.I.V. Overseas? (Gift Article)
The consequences of mother-to-child transmission can be enormous, a new study suggests. But the U.S. has dismissed experts working to solve the problem.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration has dismissed all health officials who oversaw care for some of the world’s most vulnerable people: more than 500,000 children and more than 600,000 pregnant women with HIV in low-income countries.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/h...
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🚀 Big reveal! Introducing our interactive table on NIH grant terminations, supercharged from the original Google tracker! 📊👇
Help us uncover which NIH grants are tagged for termination and why! 🕵️🔍
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#HealthEquity #MedSky #PublicHealth
Help us uncover which NIH grants are tagged for termination and why! 🕵️🔍
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#HealthEquity #MedSky #PublicHealth
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March 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🚀 Big reveal! Introducing our interactive table on NIH grant terminations, supercharged from the original Google tracker! 📊👇
Help us uncover which NIH grants are tagged for termination and why! 🕵️🔍
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#HealthEquity #MedSky #PublicHealth
Help us uncover which NIH grants are tagged for termination and why! 🕵️🔍
1 / 🧵
#HealthEquity #MedSky #PublicHealth