Tracey Durning
@tracey11.bsky.social
Work & funding areas: climate/energy, marine conservation, animal welfare. Personal loves: Shelby, dance (hip hop), dogs, dogs, more dogs 🐾 (traceydurning.com)
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
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It won’t fit in screen shots but linking here the full letter of resignation posted by one of the departing CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and led efforts to fight COVID, monkeypox, and bird flu
x.com/dr_demetre/s...
x.com/dr_demetre/s...
August 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
It won’t fit in screen shots but linking here the full letter of resignation posted by one of the departing CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and led efforts to fight COVID, monkeypox, and bird flu
x.com/dr_demetre/s...
x.com/dr_demetre/s...
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She was brought to the US as an 8yo, worked hard, studied, earned a scholarship, planned to become a nurse.
ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.
ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.
After six months in ICE custody, Charlotte woman chooses voluntary removal to Honduras
A 20-year-old Honduran woman who has lived in the Charlotte area for more than a decade will soon be removed from the U.S.
www.wunc.org
August 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
She was brought to the US as an 8yo, worked hard, studied, earned a scholarship, planned to become a nurse.
ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.
ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.
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This is how it’s done, No Bull 💩, No drama and No Grandstanding!
July 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is how it’s done, No Bull 💩, No drama and No Grandstanding!
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The real tragedy of young men today is not that they're being held back from success by a bunch of woke scolds. The real tragedy is that they're being told that success & happiness come through escaping all constraints, dominating & controlling others, & suppressing all vulnerability or weakness.
May 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The real tragedy of young men today is not that they're being held back from success by a bunch of woke scolds. The real tragedy is that they're being told that success & happiness come through escaping all constraints, dominating & controlling others, & suppressing all vulnerability or weakness.
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Nobody's ever really captured, to my satisfaction, the way that the internet -- though it promises infinitude, all of human experience & history & art & thought in one place -- has instead produced a kind of narrowing & flattening of experience, made the world seem *less* magic & full of wonder.
May 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Nobody's ever really captured, to my satisfaction, the way that the internet -- though it promises infinitude, all of human experience & history & art & thought in one place -- has instead produced a kind of narrowing & flattening of experience, made the world seem *less* magic & full of wonder.
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I love companies. Government and companies are not the same, and shouldn't be run the same.
Americans should want our country run in a lawful and compassionate manner.
Americans should want our country run in a lawful and compassionate manner.
March 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I love companies. Government and companies are not the same, and shouldn't be run the same.
Americans should want our country run in a lawful and compassionate manner.
Americans should want our country run in a lawful and compassionate manner.
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Basically @reidhoffman.bsky.social is sane and the other guy not so much
March 31, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Basically @reidhoffman.bsky.social is sane and the other guy not so much
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the most surprising and disappointing aspect of becoming a global health philanthropist is the existence of an opposition team
February 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
the most surprising and disappointing aspect of becoming a global health philanthropist is the existence of an opposition team
Archie was alone walking the streets. He now has a small community of people jumping in to help him. Feeling the need to highlight some *light* in today’s darkness.🐾🤍
February 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Archie was alone walking the streets. He now has a small community of people jumping in to help him. Feeling the need to highlight some *light* in today’s darkness.🐾🤍
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I’m not crying. I have the means to get by no matter how bad things get here. Most of the people who voted for this, presumably including you, do not. You’re never going to get the last laugh.
February 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I’m not crying. I have the means to get by no matter how bad things get here. Most of the people who voted for this, presumably including you, do not. You’re never going to get the last laugh.
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NEW — DOGE now has full access to HHS Payment Management System, I’ve learned.
The system distributes almost $1 trillion per year in grants (largest in the govt) and supports all of NIH, CDC + many other public health initiatives. Musk guy Luke Farritor is actively delaying payments to recipients.
The system distributes almost $1 trillion per year in grants (largest in the govt) and supports all of NIH, CDC + many other public health initiatives. Musk guy Luke Farritor is actively delaying payments to recipients.
February 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
NEW — DOGE now has full access to HHS Payment Management System, I’ve learned.
The system distributes almost $1 trillion per year in grants (largest in the govt) and supports all of NIH, CDC + many other public health initiatives. Musk guy Luke Farritor is actively delaying payments to recipients.
The system distributes almost $1 trillion per year in grants (largest in the govt) and supports all of NIH, CDC + many other public health initiatives. Musk guy Luke Farritor is actively delaying payments to recipients.
Can anyone on here suggest knowledgeable, respected follows for air and water quality issues???? These LA 🔥🔥🔥 are just a regular part of life here at this point it seems.
January 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Can anyone on here suggest knowledgeable, respected follows for air and water quality issues???? These LA 🔥🔥🔥 are just a regular part of life here at this point it seems.
THIS. A million times this.
I end up talking to a lot of founders where their technology involves somehow solving like 3-5 fundamental challenges at once and it ends up sounding like a Rube Goldberg machine.
New tech doesn’t work like that. Solving one challenge is hard enough. Do that well, and then maybe take on a 2nd one.
New tech doesn’t work like that. Solving one challenge is hard enough. Do that well, and then maybe take on a 2nd one.
January 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
THIS. A million times this.
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Scientists at RAND warn that H5N1 bird flu poses increasing risks in the U.S., with human cases of unknown origin and widespread animal transmission.
They stress the urgent need for nationwide measures to prevent a potential mutation enabling human-to-human transmission.
They stress the urgent need for nationwide measures to prevent a potential mutation enabling human-to-human transmission.
December 25, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Scientists at RAND warn that H5N1 bird flu poses increasing risks in the U.S., with human cases of unknown origin and widespread animal transmission.
They stress the urgent need for nationwide measures to prevent a potential mutation enabling human-to-human transmission.
They stress the urgent need for nationwide measures to prevent a potential mutation enabling human-to-human transmission.
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“History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” – Mark Twain.
December 14, 2024 at 3:06 AM
“History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” – Mark Twain.
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There was a time when Silicon Valley engineers had some humility. That time is long gone.
The hubris these days is off the charts. And the costs to humanity are really piling up.
Compared to the big boys, this is small beans, but …
H/T: @hypervisible.bsky.social
techcrunch.com/2024/12/09/t...
The hubris these days is off the charts. And the costs to humanity are really piling up.
Compared to the big boys, this is small beans, but …
H/T: @hypervisible.bsky.social
techcrunch.com/2024/12/09/t...
The creator of ChatGPT's voice wants to build the tech from 'Her,' minus the dystopia | TechCrunch
Alexis Conneau thinks a lot about the movie "Her." For the last several years, he's obsessed over trying to turn the film's fictional voice technology,
techcrunch.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:21 AM
There was a time when Silicon Valley engineers had some humility. That time is long gone.
The hubris these days is off the charts. And the costs to humanity are really piling up.
Compared to the big boys, this is small beans, but …
H/T: @hypervisible.bsky.social
techcrunch.com/2024/12/09/t...
The hubris these days is off the charts. And the costs to humanity are really piling up.
Compared to the big boys, this is small beans, but …
H/T: @hypervisible.bsky.social
techcrunch.com/2024/12/09/t...
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David Frum discussing what happened on Morning Joe: "It is a very ominous thing if our leading forums for discussion of public affairs are already feeling the chill of intimidation and responding with efforts to appease."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Sound of Fear on Air
It is an ominous sign that Morning Joe felt it had to apologize for something I said.
www.theatlantic.com
December 4, 2024 at 8:05 PM
David Frum discussing what happened on Morning Joe: "It is a very ominous thing if our leading forums for discussion of public affairs are already feeling the chill of intimidation and responding with efforts to appease."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“As the drama played out in South Korea, my phone lit up with a question,” writes columnist David French, “can this happen here? Can an American president — or any other American leader — create a similar political emergency?” nyti.ms/3OEXPk3
“As the drama played out in South Korea, my phone lit up with a question,” writes columnist David French, “can this happen here? Can an American president — or any other American leader — create a similar political emergency?” nyti.ms/3OEXPk3
Opinion | Can Martial Law Happen in America?
Events in South Korea have people thinking.
nyti.ms
December 5, 2024 at 1:58 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“As the drama played out in South Korea, my phone lit up with a question,” writes columnist David French, “can this happen here? Can an American president — or any other American leader — create a similar political emergency?” nyti.ms/3OEXPk3
“As the drama played out in South Korea, my phone lit up with a question,” writes columnist David French, “can this happen here? Can an American president — or any other American leader — create a similar political emergency?” nyti.ms/3OEXPk3