Adam
@therynk.bsky.social
Statistician in non-profit health and homelessness. Former teacher/cancer Dx researcher. All the SFF. He/His.
Wondering if this will make people realize that maybe government regulation could be a good thing but not going to hold my breath.
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Wondering if this will make people realize that maybe government regulation could be a good thing but not going to hold my breath.
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wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend
@npr.org mentioned just today how Trump was "unhappy" with Israel bombing Hamas officials in Doha, capital of Qatar, the US ally hosting mediation talks put on by the US, but 1) no mention of what he plans to DO ABOUT IT.
September 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
@npr.org mentioned just today how Trump was "unhappy" with Israel bombing Hamas officials in Doha, capital of Qatar, the US ally hosting mediation talks put on by the US, but 1) no mention of what he plans to DO ABOUT IT.
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Words/phrases Democrats should never use:
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
August 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Words/phrases Democrats should never use:
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
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This article on on NYC landlords unable to pay their expenses gives a foretaste of what I suspect the pushback to a rent freeze is going to look like. www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/07/b...
Rent Freeze Proposal Chills Cash-Starved Owners of Bronx Buildings
Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s pledge is raising alarms as bankers refuse to finance regulated buildings where costs outstrip income.
www.thecity.nyc
August 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This article on on NYC landlords unable to pay their expenses gives a foretaste of what I suspect the pushback to a rent freeze is going to look like. www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/07/b...
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Paramount just paid Trump a bribe for merger approval. When Democrats retake power, I’ll be first in line calling for federal charges. In the meantime, state prosecutors should make the corporate execs who sold out our democracy answer in court, today.
Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million, clearing way for multibillion-dollar merger
Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million, clearing way for multibillion-dollar merger
The king demands tribute.
buff.ly
July 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Paramount just paid Trump a bribe for merger approval. When Democrats retake power, I’ll be first in line calling for federal charges. In the meantime, state prosecutors should make the corporate execs who sold out our democracy answer in court, today.
Like when they are completely neutral regarding Trump's blatant corruption being a benefit for Middle East relationships, relative to Biden. Thanks, NPR! www.npr.org/transcripts/...
May 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Like when they are completely neutral regarding Trump's blatant corruption being a benefit for Middle East relationships, relative to Biden. Thanks, NPR! www.npr.org/transcripts/...
Exactly. By this definition, it's only corruption if Trump explicitly says, "thank you for this plane, I will now favor you with _." What if he's already given them something we don't know about???
This comes very close to suggesting that corruption is only corruption if it's self-reported. I'm not sure even a defense lawyer would make that argument.
May 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Exactly. By this definition, it's only corruption if Trump explicitly says, "thank you for this plane, I will now favor you with _." What if he's already given them something we don't know about???
Basically, when conservatives have found being anti-science to be politically expedient and made it a defining characteristic, you can't take their arguments of viewpoint diversity in good faith, especially given their other central tenet of perpetual victimhood.
When Republicans take power do they expand "viewpoint diversity"? No. They purge scientists, delete data and promote their own mediocre minds. If you support Trump you are signaling membership in a movement that *hates* science, science is not obligated to pretend otherwise.
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Well said.
The call for 'view point diversity' is just a smoke screen for ejecting and rejecting all the work done on racism, sexism, homophobia etc.
If they truly believed in VPD they would be welcoming people from across the world to share their view points.
The call for 'view point diversity' is just a smoke screen for ejecting and rejecting all the work done on racism, sexism, homophobia etc.
If they truly believed in VPD they would be welcoming people from across the world to share their view points.
April 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Basically, when conservatives have found being anti-science to be politically expedient and made it a defining characteristic, you can't take their arguments of viewpoint diversity in good faith, especially given their other central tenet of perpetual victimhood.
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When Republicans take power do they expand "viewpoint diversity"? No. They purge scientists, delete data and promote their own mediocre minds. If you support Trump you are signaling membership in a movement that *hates* science, science is not obligated to pretend otherwise.
bsky.app/profile/popu...
bsky.app/profile/popu...
Well said.
The call for 'view point diversity' is just a smoke screen for ejecting and rejecting all the work done on racism, sexism, homophobia etc.
If they truly believed in VPD they would be welcoming people from across the world to share their view points.
The call for 'view point diversity' is just a smoke screen for ejecting and rejecting all the work done on racism, sexism, homophobia etc.
If they truly believed in VPD they would be welcoming people from across the world to share their view points.
April 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
When Republicans take power do they expand "viewpoint diversity"? No. They purge scientists, delete data and promote their own mediocre minds. If you support Trump you are signaling membership in a movement that *hates* science, science is not obligated to pretend otherwise.
bsky.app/profile/popu...
bsky.app/profile/popu...
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anyway as always if you want to read books by a British author who isn’t a raging bigot there’s Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
I wrote a thread about it and everything
I wrote a thread about it and everything
A DISCWORLD PRIMER*
*or, why should I read this thing that everyone keeps going on about?
Come on in, sit down, pull up a chair. If you have followup questions, feel free to ask me or @ankhmorporkcity.watch, we're always happy to help.
(1/a lot, idk, we'll figure this out as we go)
*or, why should I read this thing that everyone keeps going on about?
Come on in, sit down, pull up a chair. If you have followup questions, feel free to ask me or @ankhmorporkcity.watch, we're always happy to help.
(1/a lot, idk, we'll figure this out as we go)
April 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
anyway as always if you want to read books by a British author who isn’t a raging bigot there’s Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
I wrote a thread about it and everything
I wrote a thread about it and everything
Had a serious talk with my dad in 2020 and it just resulted in my cutting him out of my life. Frankly I'm better off, but there was no convincing him.
i think about all the people that have friends and family who voted for trump but were unwilling to make things uncomfortable and i just wonder if those relationships are worth all this
April 7, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Had a serious talk with my dad in 2020 and it just resulted in my cutting him out of my life. Frankly I'm better off, but there was no convincing him.
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good essay on it if you're curious www.vice.com/en/article/t...
The Not So Hidden Israeli Politics of 'The Last of Us Part II'
'The Last of Us Part II' presents what at first seems like an evenhanded point of view, but perpetuates the very cycles of violence it's supposedly so troubled by.
www.vice.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
good essay on it if you're curious www.vice.com/en/article/t...
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This is absolutely true. They have no regard for law, and must be stopped. I just don't know if I believe the military will do it. Or any of our leaders.
February 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is absolutely true. They have no regard for law, and must be stopped. I just don't know if I believe the military will do it. Or any of our leaders.
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Mass Organizations and NGOs: on the fundamental conflict between nonprofit advocacy models and mass movements
midwestsocialist.com/2019/12/24/m...
midwestsocialist.com/2019/12/24/m...
Mass Organizations and NGOs in a Socialist Movement
When socialists gathered this summer across two events—the Socialism 2019 conference in Chicago and the national convention of the Democratic Socialists of America in Atlanta—among the buzzwords to be...
midwestsocialist.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Mass Organizations and NGOs: on the fundamental conflict between nonprofit advocacy models and mass movements
midwestsocialist.com/2019/12/24/m...
midwestsocialist.com/2019/12/24/m...
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The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place):
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
February 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place):
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
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Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now
Opinion | There Is No Going Back
The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now
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Good post by @smotus.bsky.social about what Congressional Dems can be doing to delay and challenge the Trump agenda, as opposed to…(checks notes)…nothing? open.substack.com/pub/smotus/p...
What might an opposition party be doing right now?
The Democrats are leaving a lot of tools on the table
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Good post by @smotus.bsky.social about what Congressional Dems can be doing to delay and challenge the Trump agenda, as opposed to…(checks notes)…nothing? open.substack.com/pub/smotus/p...
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People hate Matt. I don't really, even though I vehemently disagree with much of what he proposes (most importantly the trans stuff).
The core of the difference is Matt's intense econ brain applied to politics, which is perhaps the biggest problem Dems have at the moment.
(Thread)
The core of the difference is Matt's intense econ brain applied to politics, which is perhaps the biggest problem Dems have at the moment.
(Thread)
Trump is threatening violence against his opponents and is in the process of purging the security services.
I think it’s a terrifying moment.
I wish it repulsed 65% of voters rather than 45%.
But we’re in the real world and we need the biggest tent possible.
www.slowboring.com/p/four-years...
I think it’s a terrifying moment.
I wish it repulsed 65% of voters rather than 45%.
But we’re in the real world and we need the biggest tent possible.
www.slowboring.com/p/four-years...
Four years later
The unapologetic nature of Trump's political renaissance is an ongoing menace
www.slowboring.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
People hate Matt. I don't really, even though I vehemently disagree with much of what he proposes (most importantly the trans stuff).
The core of the difference is Matt's intense econ brain applied to politics, which is perhaps the biggest problem Dems have at the moment.
(Thread)
The core of the difference is Matt's intense econ brain applied to politics, which is perhaps the biggest problem Dems have at the moment.
(Thread)
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Changes to departments' operational budget, FY24-25:
January 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Changes to departments' operational budget, FY24-25:
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Great piece from Bob Kuttner. The American Medical Association has *copyrights* on the diagnostic codes doctors and hospitals use to designate patient ailments and receive reimbursement. The AMA makes $300 million a year off this. WTF?
prospect.org/health/2025-...
prospect.org/health/2025-...
How the AMA Undermines Primary Care
Federal regulators, under Democrats and Republicans alike, help them do it.
prospect.org
January 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Great piece from Bob Kuttner. The American Medical Association has *copyrights* on the diagnostic codes doctors and hospitals use to designate patient ailments and receive reimbursement. The AMA makes $300 million a year off this. WTF?
prospect.org/health/2025-...
prospect.org/health/2025-...