Math is hard

South African lab technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded scientists for decades, when the order came from USAID to stop work reut.rs/41l2Qpe

At the moment, mansion-sized Asteroid 2024-YR4 has a one-in-fifty chance of hitting Earth in the next eight years.

Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.

OPINION: "Trump likely assumes he will die in prison if he loses power and seems poised to either start a civil war or WWIII to save himself."

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen and earned honors for his combat heroism, has died. He was 100. cnn.it/42Q7FIs

"It's the role of the #Conscious to make the #Unconscious conscious of their unconscious behaviour". ~ Kwame Ture

“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed”. – Steve Biko

We're living George Orwell's 1984: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.

"He who eats another man's food will have his own food eaten by others." ~ African Proverb.

You've felt it your entire life
That there's something wrong with the world
You don't know what it is
But it's there
Like a splinter in your mind
Driving you mad

#TheMatrix

A federal judge in Maryland became the second nationally to block Donald Trump's administration from implementing the Republican president's executive order curtailing birthright citizenship in the United States reut.rs/40Oy5rr

A second federal judge blocked President Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, saying it's likely unconstitutional

“The richest man in the world, whom no one elected to any government position...seems hell-bent on cutting off as much funding as possible for the programs that matter to the rest of us.”

@groundwork.bsky.social's Lindsay Owens writes about Musk for MSNBC.

READ: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

I spoke to #WHO 's Mike Ryan, in Uganda helping with the #Ebola response. Six contacts are ill, but not yet clear if they have Ebola. Vaccination could start Sunday. WHO is covering off key programs hit by the Trump admin's aid freeze, including border screening. www.statnews.com/2025/02/01/u...

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On 30 January 2025, the Ministry of Health of #Uganda declared an outbreak of Sudan Ebola virus disease following confirmation from 3 national reference laboratories.

As of 30 January 2025, 45 contacts have been identified, incl. 34 healthcare workers & 11 family members bit.ly/40J3N9g

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If you don't want to be accused of racism, don't vote for a fucking racist, this isn't exactly rocket science my dudes

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