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The fall of an empire is supposed to be a dramatic thing. But the reality is far less exciting.
It happens in the text of legislation nobody bothered reading, in local elections nobody followed, in a thousand tiny disasters that amounted to a thousand little cuts on the body politic.
It happens in the text of legislation nobody bothered reading, in local elections nobody followed, in a thousand tiny disasters that amounted to a thousand little cuts on the body politic.
I'm a historian, and I studied the fall of Rome. Here's what life is like in a dying empire.
It's the little things.
www.motherjones.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The fall of an empire is supposed to be a dramatic thing. But the reality is far less exciting.
It happens in the text of legislation nobody bothered reading, in local elections nobody followed, in a thousand tiny disasters that amounted to a thousand little cuts on the body politic.
It happens in the text of legislation nobody bothered reading, in local elections nobody followed, in a thousand tiny disasters that amounted to a thousand little cuts on the body politic.
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See this chart for one stark example: NIH funding has dramatically slowed down.
Grant awards are down *$3 billion* so far, compared to same time period last year
I asked the White House to explain.
“This is not a researcher entitlement program,” said an official, defending their new approach.
Grant awards are down *$3 billion* so far, compared to same time period last year
I asked the White House to explain.
“This is not a researcher entitlement program,” said an official, defending their new approach.
March 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
See this chart for one stark example: NIH funding has dramatically slowed down.
Grant awards are down *$3 billion* so far, compared to same time period last year
I asked the White House to explain.
“This is not a researcher entitlement program,” said an official, defending their new approach.
Grant awards are down *$3 billion* so far, compared to same time period last year
I asked the White House to explain.
“This is not a researcher entitlement program,” said an official, defending their new approach.
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"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
Opinion | Three Former E.P.A. Leaders: You’ll Miss It When It’s Gone
When the next environmental catastrophe arrives, who will be there to deal with the emergency and its aftermath?
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
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Welcome to the RFK Jr Era of Public Health.
February 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Welcome to the RFK Jr Era of Public Health.
Hahaha! 😂😅
Ruff.
February 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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More than 600 lung transplants have been performed since Northwestern Medicine launched its lung transplant program back in 2014.
Game-changing lung refrigerator serves transplant patients at Northwestern Medicine
More than 600 lung transplants have been performed since Northwestern Medicine launched its lung transplant program back in 2014.
www.chicagotribune.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
More than 600 lung transplants have been performed since Northwestern Medicine launched its lung transplant program back in 2014.
bsky.app
February 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Staff at the CDC are bracing for a significant reduction in the work force that appears to be targeting staff with the fewest worker protections.
Morale plummets at the CDC as staff fear job losses
Staff at the CDC are bracing for a significant reduction in the work force that appears to be targeting staff with the fewest worker protections.
www.npr.org
February 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Staff at the CDC are bracing for a significant reduction in the work force that appears to be targeting staff with the fewest worker protections.
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"Pam Bondi is the first attorney general in history to have been a lobbyist for foreign governments. She also just disbanded the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
AG Pam Bondi shutters the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force
Pam Bondi is the first attorney in history to have been a lobbyist for foreign governments. She also just disbanded the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force.
www.msnbc.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Pam Bondi is the first attorney general in history to have been a lobbyist for foreign governments. She also just disbanded the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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CALL WITH SUGGESTIONS!
(SF Twitter seems to be down, but Tesla and SpaceX lines work)
(SF Twitter seems to be down, but Tesla and SpaceX lines work)
February 8, 2025 at 6:37 AM
CALL WITH SUGGESTIONS!
(SF Twitter seems to be down, but Tesla and SpaceX lines work)
(SF Twitter seems to be down, but Tesla and SpaceX lines work)
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