@markzipkin.bsky.social
Married father of approximately three. Professional writer, technically professional musician. Curious about nearly everything.
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If I promise to vote for you, will you please stop sending me junk mail? #NJprimary
May 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
If I promise to vote for you, will you please stop sending me junk mail? #NJprimary
Dad would have been 81 today. If you knew him, have a bagel at any meal today in his honor - or maybe a dessert the size of your head. ❤️
April 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Dad would have been 81 today. If you knew him, have a bagel at any meal today in his honor - or maybe a dessert the size of your head. ❤️
Oof.
Concerning New Study Finds Nation’s Poverty Growing Faster Than Officials Can Build Prisons
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theonion.com/concern...
April 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Oof.
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New column: The Vast Gaza Death Undercount– Undermines Civic, Diplomatic and Political Pressures
The Vast Gaza Death Undercount– Undermines Civic, Diplomatic and Political Pressures - Ralph Nader
By Ralph Nader March 28, 2025 The vast undercount of Israeli-caused deaths in Gaza is regularly reported as 50,000. The actual toll from violent military action and the indirect deaths (stemming from ...
nader.org
March 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
New column: The Vast Gaza Death Undercount– Undermines Civic, Diplomatic and Political Pressures
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March 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Kudos to Endpoints, at a moment when far too many are preemptively capitulating.
🏳️🌈 It's time to celebrate and recognize the trailblazers in biopharma. We're now accepting nominations for our annual LGBTQ+ Leaders report, let's honor those who are paving the way for inclusivity and innovation. #LGBTQinBiopharma
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Who’s leading LGBTQ+ inclusion in biopharma? Nominate them for Endpoints’ annual report
For the fourth year running, Endpoints News will highlight the biotech leaders who are paving the way for the LGBTQ+ community. Nominations are now open via this form for the 2025 LGBTQ+ Leaders in Bi...
endpts.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Kudos to Endpoints, at a moment when far too many are preemptively capitulating.
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The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
Now in your neighborhood…
ICE has “courageously” swooped in and arrested two immigrant business owners in my town who were awaiting the outcome of their immigration court case.
I’m sure we all feel safer.
gofund.me/351bc8d8
#ICE #supportimmigrants
ICE has “courageously” swooped in and arrested two immigrant business owners in my town who were awaiting the outcome of their immigration court case.
I’m sure we all feel safer.
gofund.me/351bc8d8
#ICE #supportimmigrants
February 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Now in your neighborhood…
ICE has “courageously” swooped in and arrested two immigrant business owners in my town who were awaiting the outcome of their immigration court case.
I’m sure we all feel safer.
gofund.me/351bc8d8
#ICE #supportimmigrants
ICE has “courageously” swooped in and arrested two immigrant business owners in my town who were awaiting the outcome of their immigration court case.
I’m sure we all feel safer.
gofund.me/351bc8d8
#ICE #supportimmigrants
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Elizabeth Warren, 2011: Consumers, here's an new agency to call if big banks are giving you a hard time and you feel powerless. They'll help you out.
Donald Trump, 2025: Big banks, here's a number to call if agencies representing powerless consumers are giving you a hard time. We'll help you out.
Donald Trump, 2025: Big banks, here's a number to call if agencies representing powerless consumers are giving you a hard time. We'll help you out.
February 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Elizabeth Warren, 2011: Consumers, here's an new agency to call if big banks are giving you a hard time and you feel powerless. They'll help you out.
Donald Trump, 2025: Big banks, here's a number to call if agencies representing powerless consumers are giving you a hard time. We'll help you out.
Donald Trump, 2025: Big banks, here's a number to call if agencies representing powerless consumers are giving you a hard time. We'll help you out.
For anyone who thinks they are making a huge mistake: this is a feature of their plan, not a bug.
Step one: cut services
Step two: call the federal agency inept
Step three: privatize
Step one: cut services
Step two: call the federal agency inept
Step three: privatize
NEW: Trump and Musk’s efforts to shrink the government have left the country’s wildland firefighting force unprepared for the approaching wildfire season.
One federal employee likened the funding freeze to a “massive sledgehammer” hitting the force.
One federal employee likened the funding freeze to a “massive sledgehammer” hitting the force.
How Trump’s Federal Funding and Hiring Freezes Are Leaving America Vulnerable to Catastrophic Wildfire
Uncertainty over funding and hiring stemming from the president’s executive orders has limited wildfire training and postponed work to reduce flammable vegetation. It has also led some firefighters to leave the force, their colleagues said.
propub.li
February 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
For anyone who thinks they are making a huge mistake: this is a feature of their plan, not a bug.
Step one: cut services
Step two: call the federal agency inept
Step three: privatize
Step one: cut services
Step two: call the federal agency inept
Step three: privatize
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More than 350 rabbis and dozens of Jewish creatives and activists have signed a full-page Ad in The New York Times condemning US President Donald Trump’s proposal for the forced removal of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/4rpluk
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/4rpluk
February 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
More than 350 rabbis and dozens of Jewish creatives and activists have signed a full-page Ad in The New York Times condemning US President Donald Trump’s proposal for the forced removal of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/4rpluk
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/4rpluk
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Michael Lauer, deputy director of the National Institutes of Health’s extramural research, will leave the agency at the end of the week.
Second top NIH official, who oversaw awarding of research grants, departs abruptly
Michael Lauer, deputy director of the National Institutes of Health’s extramural research, will leave the agency at the end of the week.
buff.ly
February 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Michael Lauer, deputy director of the National Institutes of Health’s extramural research, will leave the agency at the end of the week.
To our hand-wringing, "what can we do!?" elected officials: let me remind you what John Boehner said when he was about to become Speaker of the House: “We’re going to do everything — and I mean everything we can do — to kill [Obama's agenda], stop it, slow it down, whatever we can.”
And they did.
And they did.
The GOP's no-compromise pledge
Republicans are promising to do "everything" they can to block the president.
www.politico.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
To our hand-wringing, "what can we do!?" elected officials: let me remind you what John Boehner said when he was about to become Speaker of the House: “We’re going to do everything — and I mean everything we can do — to kill [Obama's agenda], stop it, slow it down, whatever we can.”
And they did.
And they did.
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
Louisiana coerced unhoused people into an unheated warehouse – and paid $17.5m for it
Dozens of New Orleanians were bused to a site with insufficient heating and blankets days before the city is to host the Super Bowl
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
So far, judges have now blocked EOs about:
- government worker buyout
- birthright citizenship (2)
- freeze on federal grants (2)
- rerouting trans women prisoners to men's prisons
- DOGE's access to the Treasury Dept system
Any I'm missing?
- government worker buyout
- birthright citizenship (2)
- freeze on federal grants (2)
- rerouting trans women prisoners to men's prisons
- DOGE's access to the Treasury Dept system
Any I'm missing?
February 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
So far, judges have now blocked EOs about:
- government worker buyout
- birthright citizenship (2)
- freeze on federal grants (2)
- rerouting trans women prisoners to men's prisons
- DOGE's access to the Treasury Dept system
Any I'm missing?
- government worker buyout
- birthright citizenship (2)
- freeze on federal grants (2)
- rerouting trans women prisoners to men's prisons
- DOGE's access to the Treasury Dept system
Any I'm missing?
For everyone who had the misguided take that “DEI and pronouns cost Democrats the election” — what we’re seeing now is exactly why fighting for inclusivity matters.
January 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
For everyone who had the misguided take that “DEI and pronouns cost Democrats the election” — what we’re seeing now is exactly why fighting for inclusivity matters.