Shaddowhawke
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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Left hand on the ground trying not to hit the pavement; right hand still holding a cell phone. ICE person standing with a one handed grip pointing his gun right at the man’s head.
There is nothing about this that we should accept. We all must reject this. This is our government, & they want this
There is nothing about this that we should accept. We all must reject this. This is our government, & they want this
January 25, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Left hand on the ground trying not to hit the pavement; right hand still holding a cell phone. ICE person standing with a one handed grip pointing his gun right at the man’s head.
There is nothing about this that we should accept. We all must reject this. This is our government, & they want this
There is nothing about this that we should accept. We all must reject this. This is our government, & they want this
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Anytime I see numbers showing that Asian people are less underwater than others, I wish we were actually fucking teaching the history of Asian people in this country.
Instead, maybe people are told that Chinese laborers built the railroads in the mid-1800s and then... like, nothing at all.
Instead, maybe people are told that Chinese laborers built the railroads in the mid-1800s and then... like, nothing at all.
January 22, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Anytime I see numbers showing that Asian people are less underwater than others, I wish we were actually fucking teaching the history of Asian people in this country.
Instead, maybe people are told that Chinese laborers built the railroads in the mid-1800s and then... like, nothing at all.
Instead, maybe people are told that Chinese laborers built the railroads in the mid-1800s and then... like, nothing at all.
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Every American - Republican and Democrat - should be outraged by this assault on freedom and privacy.
apnews.com/article/ice-...
apnews.com/article/ice-...
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
apnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Every American - Republican and Democrat - should be outraged by this assault on freedom and privacy.
apnews.com/article/ice-...
apnews.com/article/ice-...
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Contrary to what some HHS and CDC political appointee think 🙄 losing measles elimination status is actually a problem
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/utah...
After a quick look at 2024 and 2025 numbers, here's the REAL impact of Year One of MAHA
(Spoiler: they'd get a D on their report card)
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/utah...
After a quick look at 2024 and 2025 numbers, here's the REAL impact of Year One of MAHA
(Spoiler: they'd get a D on their report card)
January 21, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Contrary to what some HHS and CDC political appointee think 🙄 losing measles elimination status is actually a problem
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/utah...
After a quick look at 2024 and 2025 numbers, here's the REAL impact of Year One of MAHA
(Spoiler: they'd get a D on their report card)
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/utah...
After a quick look at 2024 and 2025 numbers, here's the REAL impact of Year One of MAHA
(Spoiler: they'd get a D on their report card)
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New article! On cemeteries, serendipity, and the battle against AI. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/bell-fount...
Bell Fountain Retreat
Wandering a cemetery to dodge ghosts in the machine.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
New article! On cemeteries, serendipity, and the battle against AI. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/bell-fount...
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Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.
September 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.
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The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
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“The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else."
Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.
Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.
June 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else."
Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.
Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.
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Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
June 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
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Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
April 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
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206 coffins. A funeral dirge.
AIDS activists marched yesterday on the State Department to protest Marco Rubio and Republicans’ blockade of PEPFAR — a program that’s saved 26 million lives.
Rubio and his allies are now putting millions at risk.
This is the kind of ferocious activism we need. ❤️🔥💚💪
AIDS activists marched yesterday on the State Department to protest Marco Rubio and Republicans’ blockade of PEPFAR — a program that’s saved 26 million lives.
Rubio and his allies are now putting millions at risk.
This is the kind of ferocious activism we need. ❤️🔥💚💪
AIDS Activist Pallbearers Deliver Mountain of Coffins to Marco Rubio’s Door Demanding Full Reinstatement of all of PEPFAR’s Global HIV Programs and $4.8 Billion in Funding for FY26
PRESS STATEMENTFor Immediate Release: April 17, 2025Contact: Asia Russell, +1 267 475 2645 | press@healthgap.org(Washington, DC) On the morning of April 17, AIDS activist pallbearers, dressed in black...
healthgap.org
April 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
206 coffins. A funeral dirge.
AIDS activists marched yesterday on the State Department to protest Marco Rubio and Republicans’ blockade of PEPFAR — a program that’s saved 26 million lives.
Rubio and his allies are now putting millions at risk.
This is the kind of ferocious activism we need. ❤️🔥💚💪
AIDS activists marched yesterday on the State Department to protest Marco Rubio and Republicans’ blockade of PEPFAR — a program that’s saved 26 million lives.
Rubio and his allies are now putting millions at risk.
This is the kind of ferocious activism we need. ❤️🔥💚💪
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Without due process, this could be you. It could be me. It could be any or all of us.
It doesn’t matter who you voted for. Or the color of your skin.
You must understand what is truly at stake here.
All tyranny needs to thrive is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
It doesn’t matter who you voted for. Or the color of your skin.
You must understand what is truly at stake here.
All tyranny needs to thrive is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
April 16, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Without due process, this could be you. It could be me. It could be any or all of us.
It doesn’t matter who you voted for. Or the color of your skin.
You must understand what is truly at stake here.
All tyranny needs to thrive is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
It doesn’t matter who you voted for. Or the color of your skin.
You must understand what is truly at stake here.
All tyranny needs to thrive is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
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Even if you (wrongly) believe that some immigrants lack due process rights, what’s to stop the government from claiming that *you* are an undocumented immigrant; removing you to El Salvador; citing an “administrative error”; and refusing to do anything to bring you back?
The answer is due process.
The answer is due process.
April 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Even if you (wrongly) believe that some immigrants lack due process rights, what’s to stop the government from claiming that *you* are an undocumented immigrant; removing you to El Salvador; citing an “administrative error”; and refusing to do anything to bring you back?
The answer is due process.
The answer is due process.
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Incredible:
"we show that receiving the zoster vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis . . . by 3.5 percentage points (95% CI = 0.6–7.1, P = 0.019), corresponding to a 20.0% (95% CI = 6.5–33.4) relative reduction"
What a time to have antivax HHS leadership.
"we show that receiving the zoster vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis . . . by 3.5 percentage points (95% CI = 0.6–7.1, P = 0.019), corresponding to a 20.0% (95% CI = 6.5–33.4) relative reduction"
What a time to have antivax HHS leadership.
The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - Nature
Using a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of...
nature.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Incredible:
"we show that receiving the zoster vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis . . . by 3.5 percentage points (95% CI = 0.6–7.1, P = 0.019), corresponding to a 20.0% (95% CI = 6.5–33.4) relative reduction"
What a time to have antivax HHS leadership.
"we show that receiving the zoster vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis . . . by 3.5 percentage points (95% CI = 0.6–7.1, P = 0.019), corresponding to a 20.0% (95% CI = 6.5–33.4) relative reduction"
What a time to have antivax HHS leadership.
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Cory Booker has just broken Strom Thurmond's record for longest Senate filibuster ever, which stood for 68 years.
Thurmond set it objecting to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Booker set it arguing against authoritarianism.
May Strom's name be forgotten and his memory erased.
Thurmond set it objecting to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Booker set it arguing against authoritarianism.
May Strom's name be forgotten and his memory erased.
April 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Cory Booker has just broken Strom Thurmond's record for longest Senate filibuster ever, which stood for 68 years.
Thurmond set it objecting to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Booker set it arguing against authoritarianism.
May Strom's name be forgotten and his memory erased.
Thurmond set it objecting to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Booker set it arguing against authoritarianism.
May Strom's name be forgotten and his memory erased.
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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Someone developed a ChatGPT tool to flag "DEI language" and give suggestions on how to make the grant "compliant with new guidelines". It's actually quite good, but such a weird sign of the times. #academicsky #medsky
ChatGPT - Palatable
Reviews documents for DEIA language and provides ways to change to be compliant with new guidelines
chatgpt.com
March 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Someone developed a ChatGPT tool to flag "DEI language" and give suggestions on how to make the grant "compliant with new guidelines". It's actually quite good, but such a weird sign of the times. #academicsky #medsky
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This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
March 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Since the dog woke me up at close to totality and demanded to go outside, I snagged a half asleep handheld phone pic 😂
March 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Since the dog woke me up at close to totality and demanded to go outside, I snagged a half asleep handheld phone pic 😂
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This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA.
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
March 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA.
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
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New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
www.forbes.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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Let the brain drain commence! www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille Université ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université
In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...
www.univ-amu.fr
March 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Let the brain drain commence! www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
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