@revdrpr.bsky.social
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For some other time: issues where people, including me, have disagreed w Larry Summers.
For our exact moment in history: admiration and respect to him for making the points below so plainly and forcefully. Each person who speaks up makes a difference.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
For our exact moment in history: admiration and respect to him for making the points below so plainly and forcefully. Each person who speaks up makes a difference.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
April 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
For some other time: issues where people, including me, have disagreed w Larry Summers.
For our exact moment in history: admiration and respect to him for making the points below so plainly and forcefully. Each person who speaks up makes a difference.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
For our exact moment in history: admiration and respect to him for making the points below so plainly and forcefully. Each person who speaks up makes a difference.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
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Hire a Barking Carnival Clown to do tariff math and the rest is history…
April 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Hire a Barking Carnival Clown to do tariff math and the rest is history…
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President Trump unveiled tariffs of at least 10% Wednesday on virtually the entire world, with one notable exception: Russia.
Trump's tariffs list is missing one big country: Russia
The White House told Axios the reason is linked to existing sanctions.
www.axios.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:02 AM
President Trump unveiled tariffs of at least 10% Wednesday on virtually the entire world, with one notable exception: Russia.
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It's the only explanation that makes sense. This is happening.
It’s all smoke and mirrors while they rob our country of its rights, resources and money
April 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It's the only explanation that makes sense. This is happening.
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“#OurFragileMoment: How Lessons From Earth’s Past Can Help Us Survive The Climate Crisis” | I’ll be delivering a seminar on environmental sciences Tomorrow, April 4, 2025, at 2:30 PM (EST) hosted by @alanrobock.bsky.social from @rutgersupress.bsky.social:
envsci.rutgers.edu/seminars/abs...
envsci.rutgers.edu/seminars/abs...
April 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“#OurFragileMoment: How Lessons From Earth’s Past Can Help Us Survive The Climate Crisis” | I’ll be delivering a seminar on environmental sciences Tomorrow, April 4, 2025, at 2:30 PM (EST) hosted by @alanrobock.bsky.social from @rutgersupress.bsky.social:
envsci.rutgers.edu/seminars/abs...
envsci.rutgers.edu/seminars/abs...
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Bypassing advanced secure communications systems "to conduct sensitive conversations on a consumer-grade app was reckless, not just with 'national security' as a vague concept, but with the lives of service members."
The Trump Administration’s Use of Signal Puts Service Members at Risk
’Operational security’ is about reducing the danger for those in uniform.
www.thebulwark.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Bypassing advanced secure communications systems "to conduct sensitive conversations on a consumer-grade app was reckless, not just with 'national security' as a vague concept, but with the lives of service members."
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Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
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We deserved some good news!
April 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
We deserved some good news!
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For years conservatives and some liberals complained incessantly about ‘cancel culture’ and the lack of ‘free speech’ on campuses. None of that stuff comes even close to what the right is now doing in power, in terms of the open bullying and pressuring of colleges and censoring of curricula.
Harvard Dismisses Leaders of Center for Middle Eastern Studies | News | The Harvard Crimson
Interim Harvard Dean of Social Science David M. Cutler ’87 dismissed the director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, professor of Turkish Studies Cemal Kafadar, and its associate director, Hist...
www.thecrimson.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
For years conservatives and some liberals complained incessantly about ‘cancel culture’ and the lack of ‘free speech’ on campuses. None of that stuff comes even close to what the right is now doing in power, in terms of the open bullying and pressuring of colleges and censoring of curricula.
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Funded by the US taxpayer.
In one of the Gaza war's darkest nights, the IDF killed nearly 300 women and children
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www.haaretz.com
March 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Funded by the US taxpayer.
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“My opponent Elon Musk” is perfect.
Vote, Wisconsin!
Vote, Wisconsin!
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford in Waukesha this morning: “I need to talk for a few minutes about my opponent…Elon Musk”
“He has spent over $25 million trying to ensure that I don't end up on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He is trying to buy votes in Wisconsin”
“He has spent over $25 million trying to ensure that I don't end up on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He is trying to buy votes in Wisconsin”
March 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“My opponent Elon Musk” is perfect.
Vote, Wisconsin!
Vote, Wisconsin!
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SCOOP: The Trump admin appears to be going into a visa database to quietly change students' immigration status. It's coming entirely by surprise — setting students up to be detained without warning.
It's Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk — on a wider scale.
It's Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk — on a wider scale.
SCOOP: ICE Revoking Students’ Immigration Statuses Without Their or the University’s Knowledge
“Never seen something like this,” say university officials about the secret targeting of Middle Eastern students.
zeteo.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
SCOOP: The Trump admin appears to be going into a visa database to quietly change students' immigration status. It's coming entirely by surprise — setting students up to be detained without warning.
It's Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk — on a wider scale.
It's Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk — on a wider scale.
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"I have a colleague...his fingers were crushed... They showed him a picture of his wife & said 'we're going to gang rape her in front of you if you don't admit you're Hamas.'"
Dr Mark Perlmutter, in Gaza, on what Israel is doing to Palestinian doctors.
My full interview: zeteo.com/p/us-embassy...
Dr Mark Perlmutter, in Gaza, on what Israel is doing to Palestinian doctors.
My full interview: zeteo.com/p/us-embassy...
March 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"I have a colleague...his fingers were crushed... They showed him a picture of his wife & said 'we're going to gang rape her in front of you if you don't admit you're Hamas.'"
Dr Mark Perlmutter, in Gaza, on what Israel is doing to Palestinian doctors.
My full interview: zeteo.com/p/us-embassy...
Dr Mark Perlmutter, in Gaza, on what Israel is doing to Palestinian doctors.
My full interview: zeteo.com/p/us-embassy...
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Hey DOGE, I've found some taxpayer-funded waste to eliminate:
Taxpayers' Tab For Trump's Second-Term Golf Excursions Crosses $26 Million Mark
He has now traveled to one of his golf resorts on nine of the ten weekends since taking office in January. It is his seventh trip to his Palm Beach, Florida, country club.
www.huffpost.com
March 30, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Hey DOGE, I've found some taxpayer-funded waste to eliminate:
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Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc.
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
SCiMaP
scienceimpacts.org
March 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc.
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
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When they do a 'Hamilton' remake about 2020s instead of late 1700s, here will be the principals they have to work with:
March 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
When they do a 'Hamilton' remake about 2020s instead of late 1700s, here will be the principals they have to work with:
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Pretty sure this isn't right, but I'm not a legal expert
Indiana Rep Spartz (R): “You violated the law, you are not entitled to due process.”
Dangerously ignorant. 🇺🇸
Dangerously ignorant. 🇺🇸
March 30, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Pretty sure this isn't right, but I'm not a legal expert
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X has turned into Mein Kampf for dummies.
March 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
X has turned into Mein Kampf for dummies.
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Bingo
The White House Correspondents’ Association said it fired host Amber Ruffin so it can instead focus the dinner on celebrating the First Amendment.
Which apparently can be done best by preventing a gay black woman from speaking.
Which apparently can be done best by preventing a gay black woman from speaking.
March 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Bingo