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April 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Citizens United gave us Oligarchy. Just look at this graph. 😑
April 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Citizens United gave us Oligarchy. Just look at this graph. 😑
We can only hope this research and so many others won’t be shut down in the chainsaw/freeze
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/pan...
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/pan...
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
www.sciencefriday.com
February 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
We can only hope this research and so many others won’t be shut down in the chainsaw/freeze
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/pan...
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/pan...
With new pandemic threats needing study…
The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs.
Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)
Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)
Ax falls on elite group of Ph.D.s training to lead U.S. public health labs
Most of the fellows in CDC’s highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend
www.science.org
February 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
With new pandemic threats needing study…
Large majority of Americans vote against vouchers. Yet they vote for Trump who leads minority rule supporting vouchers. When will these disconnections end and voters restart voting for their own benefit??
The work of @joshcowenmsu.bsky.social is key to understanding the voucher issue:
“The widespread adoption of vouchers, Cowen explains, was a policy coup staged by billionaires who were libertarians or religious zealots or both.”
Yet vouchers don’t work.
So honored by The Privateers review from the great @dianeravitch.bsky.social @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Yet vouchers don’t work.
So honored by The Privateers review from the great @dianeravitch.bsky.social @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
February 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Large majority of Americans vote against vouchers. Yet they vote for Trump who leads minority rule supporting vouchers. When will these disconnections end and voters restart voting for their own benefit??
Procedurals we all need to ask for when calling Democrats in Senate
open.substack.com/pub/newrepub...
open.substack.com/pub/newrepub...
Here’s What Senate Democrats Should Be Doing to Fight Trump
Senate rules were explicitly designed to protect the minority. Democrats should exploit them mercilessly to slow Trump and Musk before they destroy the country.
open.substack.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Procedurals we all need to ask for when calling Democrats in Senate
open.substack.com/pub/newrepub...
open.substack.com/pub/newrepub...
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SCOOP: Kash Patel took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries. He did not respond to questions about this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Kash Patel Took $25,000 From Russia-Linked Firm to Appear on an Anti-FBI TV Series
The documentary was produced by a filmmaker tied to Russian propaganda efforts.
www.motherjones.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Read it again
February 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Read it again
Most intense season in 15 years
The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years.
U.S. facing most intense flu season in at least 15 years
One indicator of flu activity is the percentage of doctor’s office visits driven by flu-like symptoms. Last week, that number was clearly higher than the peak of any winter flu season since 2009-2010.
buff.ly
February 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Most intense season in 15 years
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Simply incredible. Will Trump’s government now fire people for identifying threats to government?
SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
wrd.cm
February 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Simply incredible. Will Trump’s government now fire people for identifying threats to government?
Great opinion piece.
It’s the plan for years. Muzzle velocity.
Don’t believe him
It’s the plan for years. Muzzle velocity.
Don’t believe him
February 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Great opinion piece.
It’s the plan for years. Muzzle velocity.
Don’t believe him
It’s the plan for years. Muzzle velocity.
Don’t believe him
Escapism at its best
Starting a Parks & Rec rewatch to spend some time with goodhearted public servants
February 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Escapism at its best
This from PBSnews
Nearly 70 years ago, an influenza expert worried about finding eggs. However, not for breakfast, but to make the vaccines that were key to stopping a potential influenza pandemic. (via @us.theconversation.com)
The U.S. dodged a bird flu pandemic nearly 70 years ago. Can we do it again?
By 1957, scientists had a significantly more sophisticated understanding of influenza, worrying them that a pandemic similar to that of 1918 could easily erupt, killing millions again.
buff.ly
February 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This from PBSnews
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Trump is signing an executive order on plastic straws. This is an issue that is very important to him.
February 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Trump is signing an executive order on plastic straws. This is an issue that is very important to him.
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Federally funded community health centers in at least 10 states are experiencing delays accessing their funds, forcing some to shut down and others to contemplate closures, several officials tell PBS News.
Community health centers face funding delays after Trump administration freeze
PBS has confirmed that health centers in Arizona, Virginia, Maine, Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan, Vermont, Rhode Island, Montana and Minnesota were unable, at least temporarily, to access funds. The…
buff.ly
February 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Federally funded community health centers in at least 10 states are experiencing delays accessing their funds, forcing some to shut down and others to contemplate closures, several officials tell PBS News.
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We are going to see political investigations and prosecutions.
The question is whether the public, the courts and the media will recognize and call them out as political. Will they stand up against them or will people stay silent and allow them to continue.
The question is whether the public, the courts and the media will recognize and call them out as political. Will they stand up against them or will people stay silent and allow them to continue.
February 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We are going to see political investigations and prosecutions.
The question is whether the public, the courts and the media will recognize and call them out as political. Will they stand up against them or will people stay silent and allow them to continue.
The question is whether the public, the courts and the media will recognize and call them out as political. Will they stand up against them or will people stay silent and allow them to continue.
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The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
February 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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