@the-pgh-kid.bsky.social
I’m a PhD scientist working in public health and wondering if that field will even exist anymore. ☹️
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Mass. attorney says DHS told her to self-deport, despite U.S. citizenship | Click on the image to read the full story
Mass. attorney says DHS told her to self-deport, despite U.S. citizenship
Anyone can imagine the U.S. born Nicole Macheroni's surprise when she says she received an emailed letter from the Department of Homeland Security, telling her to self-deport within 7 days.
www.wcvb.com
April 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Mass. attorney says DHS told her to self-deport, despite U.S. citizenship | Click on the image to read the full story
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I really think Dems need to be leaning harder on this shit because 'Republicans just voted to let your bank steal more of your money with extortionate overdraft fees' feels like bipartisan ragebait.
Congress Stops CFPB From Capping Overdraft Fees, Monitoring Big Tech
The two Congressional Review Act resolutions now go to President Trump.
prospect.org
April 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I really think Dems need to be leaning harder on this shit because 'Republicans just voted to let your bank steal more of your money with extortionate overdraft fees' feels like bipartisan ragebait.
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That face you make when you're just smart enough to know you're in over your head, but not even the tiniest bit smarter.
March 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
That face you make when you're just smart enough to know you're in over your head, but not even the tiniest bit smarter.
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BELOW: Maxwell Smart is accidentally added to a conference call about plans to wrap KAOS agents in bandages and smuggle them into the U.S. in mummy coffins.
March 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
BELOW: Maxwell Smart is accidentally added to a conference call about plans to wrap KAOS agents in bandages and smuggle them into the U.S. in mummy coffins.
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If only there'd been some indication that this human syphilis rash was dumber than a box of shit biscuits.
April 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
If only there'd been some indication that this human syphilis rash was dumber than a box of shit biscuits.
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April 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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What we're seeing at #handsoff protests nationwide today and what we saw at the ballot box on Tuesday are not unrelated. The public is furious. It will not be silenced. And those who side with Trump and Musk—or refuse to fight back—will be swept out of office.
April 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
What we're seeing at #handsoff protests nationwide today and what we saw at the ballot box on Tuesday are not unrelated. The public is furious. It will not be silenced. And those who side with Trump and Musk—or refuse to fight back—will be swept out of office.
Little man contemplating WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE. admittedly his human has been a fed for decades and he knows how this all works and sees how off the rails it all has gone.
March 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Little man contemplating WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE. admittedly his human has been a fed for decades and he knows how this all works and sees how off the rails it all has gone.
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“The scariest words in the English language are ‘I’m from the private sector and I’m here to maximize efficiency.’”
March 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“The scariest words in the English language are ‘I’m from the private sector and I’m here to maximize efficiency.’”
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Nine seconds documenting the most rotten corruption in the history of the United States.
“Thank you again. Thank you again. Won’t forget it,” Trump says while shaking the hand of Supreme Court Justice John Roberts after the State of the Union.
March 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Nine seconds documenting the most rotten corruption in the history of the United States.
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““For over a century, Americans have loved and fought to protect our national parks. This administration’s actions are a betrayal of that legacy. The American people expect leaders to protect our parks, not dismantle them.”
www.npca.org/articles/707...
www.npca.org/articles/707...
Parks Group Warns of Dismantling of the National Park Service
"Quite simply and astonishingly, this is dismantling the National Park Service as we know it, ranger by ranger and brick by brick." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
www.npca.org
March 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
““For over a century, Americans have loved and fought to protect our national parks. This administration’s actions are a betrayal of that legacy. The American people expect leaders to protect our parks, not dismantle them.”
www.npca.org/articles/707...
www.npca.org/articles/707...
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Can't wait for the Party of Reagan to explain how Lech Walesa is a woke commie simp.
Polish Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Wałęsa and 38 other former political prisoners of Poland's communist regime have condemned Donald Trump's treatment of Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, which they said reminded them of communist interrogation techniques
Wałęsa condemns Trump treatment of Zelensky, likening it to communist interrogation
notesfrompoland.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Can't wait for the Party of Reagan to explain how Lech Walesa is a woke commie simp.
I get that JD has a lot of mommy issues. But he should work that shit out in therapy like everyone else. Not by dismantling my country’s democracy and destroying any rights women have clawed back from men.
March 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I get that JD has a lot of mommy issues. But he should work that shit out in therapy like everyone else. Not by dismantling my country’s democracy and destroying any rights women have clawed back from men.
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Breaking: Federal workers have received a follow-up email from Office of Personnel Management HR, requesting employees list 5 things that most people don’t know about them.
February 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Breaking: Federal workers have received a follow-up email from Office of Personnel Management HR, requesting employees list 5 things that most people don’t know about them.
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I have been talking to the media, Time, Fortune, NBC, etc., to explain how the onslaught on science and NIH will impact the health of all Americans. Everyone knows someone who has cancer, heart disease, or depression. Spread the word about how cutting science impacts all.
time.com/7216299/nih-...
time.com/7216299/nih-...
Experts Call NIH Budget Cuts an 'Apocalypse' for Science
The reductions target indirect costs that cover administrative and equipment costs.
time.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I have been talking to the media, Time, Fortune, NBC, etc., to explain how the onslaught on science and NIH will impact the health of all Americans. Everyone knows someone who has cancer, heart disease, or depression. Spread the word about how cutting science impacts all.
time.com/7216299/nih-...
time.com/7216299/nih-...
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Modernizing the air traffic control system is one of the government's biggest ongoing IT projects, but sure, have some guys from SpaceX drop by and fix it. Yiiiikes.
A team from SpaceX is being brought in to overhaul FAA’s air traffic control system
A team from SpaceX is being brought in to overhaul FAA’s air traffic control system
Staff shortages are about to get even worse.
buff.ly
February 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Modernizing the air traffic control system is one of the government's biggest ongoing IT projects, but sure, have some guys from SpaceX drop by and fix it. Yiiiikes.
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The Washington Post pulled an ad that was set to run in some editions on Tuesday calling for Elon Musk to be fired from his role in government, a group that ordered the ad said. It would have covered the front and back pages of editions delivered to the White House, the Pentagon and Congress.
Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk
The newspaper told Common Cause, an advocacy group, that it was pulling its special ad, which would have covered the front and back pages of some Tuesday editions.
nyti.ms
February 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The Washington Post pulled an ad that was set to run in some editions on Tuesday calling for Elon Musk to be fired from his role in government, a group that ordered the ad said. It would have covered the front and back pages of editions delivered to the White House, the Pentagon and Congress.
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And this question from @jamellebouie.net is not far fetched. The CDC used to collaborate closely with WHO to determine the composition of the next flu vaccine. A highly coordinated, data-driven process that involved global influenza surveillance, virological analysis, and vaccine strain selection.
i feel like it's an open question whether or not the flu vaccine will even be available next season
On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down.
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
February 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
And this question from @jamellebouie.net is not far fetched. The CDC used to collaborate closely with WHO to determine the composition of the next flu vaccine. A highly coordinated, data-driven process that involved global influenza surveillance, virological analysis, and vaccine strain selection.
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Being in a think tank and online bubble causes people to overestimate the popularity of their ideas. You win, and you think it’s because of your ideas, not in spite of them. For instance, it is widely unpopular to illegally cut medical research.
February 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Being in a think tank and online bubble causes people to overestimate the popularity of their ideas. You win, and you think it’s because of your ideas, not in spite of them. For instance, it is widely unpopular to illegally cut medical research.
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“Trump is furious that his thugs can’t fulfill his promises. But those failures arise not through want of trying. Rather, those failures stem from the fact that reality in no way matches the hellhole Miller pitched…the imaginary hellhole Miller used to get voters afraid enough to vote for Trump.”
Trump Stewing because of Lies Stephen Miller Fed Him During the Campaign
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/09/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/09/t...
Trump Stewing because of Lies Stephen Miller Fed Him During the Campaign - emptywheel
Trump is furious that his thugs can't fulfill his promises of mass deportation. But those failures arise not through want of trying. Rather, those failures stem from the fact that reality in no way ma...
www.emptywheel.net
February 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“Trump is furious that his thugs can’t fulfill his promises. But those failures arise not through want of trying. Rather, those failures stem from the fact that reality in no way matches the hellhole Miller pitched…the imaginary hellhole Miller used to get voters afraid enough to vote for Trump.”
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A lot of well-intentioned people say "we don't need them to admit they're wrong"... but we do.
We ended up with Trump *again* because millions of people happily rode their cognitive dissonance into absurd beliefs like "he'll only deport the bad people."
They need to be brought back to reality.
We ended up with Trump *again* because millions of people happily rode their cognitive dissonance into absurd beliefs like "he'll only deport the bad people."
They need to be brought back to reality.
Just saw a farmer say, "you don't have to admit you were wrong, you have to admit you were lied to, " and idk that seems like a good framing to call people in
February 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A lot of well-intentioned people say "we don't need them to admit they're wrong"... but we do.
We ended up with Trump *again* because millions of people happily rode their cognitive dissonance into absurd beliefs like "he'll only deport the bad people."
They need to be brought back to reality.
We ended up with Trump *again* because millions of people happily rode their cognitive dissonance into absurd beliefs like "he'll only deport the bad people."
They need to be brought back to reality.
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Two lawyers, one Yale educated, one Harvard educated; one the VP, one a senator, suggesting that decisions made by courts aren’t legitimate if they don’t like the outcome. This is dangerous territory.
February 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Two lawyers, one Yale educated, one Harvard educated; one the VP, one a senator, suggesting that decisions made by courts aren’t legitimate if they don’t like the outcome. This is dangerous territory.
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This is a de facto massive budget cut to research universities. We are talking Great Recession size impacts.
⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is a de facto massive budget cut to research universities. We are talking Great Recession size impacts.
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Look at these margins!
These folks are definitely worth a call.
Big thanks to our #Reddit community for pulling together the initial table. I went ahead and added their phone numbers to make it easier for everyone to reach out. Let's make our voices heard!
These folks are definitely worth a call.
Big thanks to our #Reddit community for pulling together the initial table. I went ahead and added their phone numbers to make it easier for everyone to reach out. Let's make our voices heard!
February 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Look at these margins!
These folks are definitely worth a call.
Big thanks to our #Reddit community for pulling together the initial table. I went ahead and added their phone numbers to make it easier for everyone to reach out. Let's make our voices heard!
These folks are definitely worth a call.
Big thanks to our #Reddit community for pulling together the initial table. I went ahead and added their phone numbers to make it easier for everyone to reach out. Let's make our voices heard!