Eugene
@veritek25.bsky.social
Cal Bear & Once Nswer
Resist fascism and oligarchy
Resist fascism and oligarchy
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It's now a done deal: Tosh Lupoi will be Cal's next football coach, @brucefeldmancfb.bsky.social @chrisvannini.com and I have learned. @theathletic.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It's now a done deal: Tosh Lupoi will be Cal's next football coach, @brucefeldmancfb.bsky.social @chrisvannini.com and I have learned. @theathletic.com
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“Did you consider not complying with this request?”
Judith Butler spoke to @samtlevin.bsky.social about being reported to the feds by UC Berkeley for supposed antisemitism
Judith Butler spoke to @samtlevin.bsky.social about being reported to the feds by UC Berkeley for supposed antisemitism
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“Did you consider not complying with this request?”
Judith Butler spoke to @samtlevin.bsky.social about being reported to the feds by UC Berkeley for supposed antisemitism
Judith Butler spoke to @samtlevin.bsky.social about being reported to the feds by UC Berkeley for supposed antisemitism
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UC Berkeley gives the Trump admin the names of 160 faculty + students for a federal investigation into “alleged antisemitic incidents.”
Judith Butler, one of the targeted scholars, tells me: "It is an enormous breach of trust... It's shocking. Did you consider not complying with this request?”
Judith Butler, one of the targeted scholars, tells me: "It is an enormous breach of trust... It's shocking. Did you consider not complying with this request?”
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
UC Berkeley gives the Trump admin the names of 160 faculty + students for a federal investigation into “alleged antisemitic incidents.”
Judith Butler, one of the targeted scholars, tells me: "It is an enormous breach of trust... It's shocking. Did you consider not complying with this request?”
Judith Butler, one of the targeted scholars, tells me: "It is an enormous breach of trust... It's shocking. Did you consider not complying with this request?”
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Hey, so...Covid rates have gotten real high. Maybe change your behavior to fit this new risk profile? Stop eating indoors at restaurants, mask on mass transit, that kind of thing?
September 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Hey, so...Covid rates have gotten real high. Maybe change your behavior to fit this new risk profile? Stop eating indoors at restaurants, mask on mass transit, that kind of thing?
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korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
September 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
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The history of the #Covid19 #pandemic is being furiously rewritten, especially (though not solely) re: the safety and efficacy of the vaccines.
But there is an evidentiary record and this is a hugely helpful compilation of it. Read and bookmark.
But there is an evidentiary record and this is a hugely helpful compilation of it. Read and bookmark.
This 🧵 is long so please bear with me. It is compiles evidence in a historical timeline on how effective #COVIDVaccines are. When a pandemic ends we quickly and easily forget the tools that got us out of it. So here is my labour day gift to you prompted by this headline.
September 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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who needs fringe extremist groups when the calls for war, retribution and violence are coming from the mainstream?
my latest for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
my latest for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Far-right commentators echo Trump in calling for ‘vengeance and retribution’ for Charlie Kirk’s death
Even as the suspect and motive remain unknown, incendiary rhetoric from major political commentators spread rapidly online and Trump blamed the left
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
who needs fringe extremist groups when the calls for war, retribution and violence are coming from the mainstream?
my latest for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
my latest for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Every once in a while I tell people from other countries about how the health insurance system works in the US and they are aghast. Yesterday a guy straight up didn’t believe me when I said people can die because of not being able to afford medicine. He was sure I meant in the distant past.
September 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Every once in a while I tell people from other countries about how the health insurance system works in the US and they are aghast. Yesterday a guy straight up didn’t believe me when I said people can die because of not being able to afford medicine. He was sure I meant in the distant past.
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I tried to write about empathy and ended up writing about fascism again
Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy
Trump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as a parasitic plague
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I tried to write about empathy and ended up writing about fascism again
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What Dr. Monarez, the CDC Director for 1 month, has to say about why she was fired
www.wsj.com/opinion/robe...
www.wsj.com/opinion/robe...
Opinion | Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC and Me
I was fired after 29 days because I held the line and insisted on rigorous scientific review.
www.wsj.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
What Dr. Monarez, the CDC Director for 1 month, has to say about why she was fired
www.wsj.com/opinion/robe...
www.wsj.com/opinion/robe...
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Caroline Kennedy warned us about her cousin #RFKJr, "a predator" presiding over "perverse scenes" of "despair and violence." His youth was the origin story of a new American Psycho. Now he is the position to inflict pain and suffering on millions. He has to go now. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
RFK Jr., American Psycho
He needs to go. Now.
www.thenation.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Caroline Kennedy warned us about her cousin #RFKJr, "a predator" presiding over "perverse scenes" of "despair and violence." His youth was the origin story of a new American Psycho. Now he is the position to inflict pain and suffering on millions. He has to go now. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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The last 100 years of US politics
September 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The last 100 years of US politics
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cool cool cool now the teens can turn to dr chatgpt where there's a non-zero chance your new best friend/therapist will help you find the best pills in your parents medicine cabinet and write your suicide note for you
Teens calling Idaho's suicide hotline are being told they can't proceed with the conversation without parental consent. Many of the callers are then hanging up.
Idaho approved a strict parental consent law last year.
idahocapitalsun.com/2025/08/29/i...
Idaho approved a strict parental consent law last year.
idahocapitalsun.com/2025/08/29/i...
September 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
cool cool cool now the teens can turn to dr chatgpt where there's a non-zero chance your new best friend/therapist will help you find the best pills in your parents medicine cabinet and write your suicide note for you
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so many people are going to die because not enough people were willing to believe that RFK jr would actually try to do exactly what he has said for decades that he wanted to do
August 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
so many people are going to die because not enough people were willing to believe that RFK jr would actually try to do exactly what he has said for decades that he wanted to do
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there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
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A nasal spray reduced the risk of Covid infections in a double blind, placebo controlled randomized trial
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
September 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A nasal spray reduced the risk of Covid infections in a double blind, placebo controlled randomized trial
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Nine of the CDC directors over the past 48 years have a lot to say about what RFK Jr is doing vs health of Americans
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Nine of the CDC directors over the past 48 years have a lot to say about what RFK Jr is doing vs health of Americans
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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"This is not the future the American public desires or deserves."—Seth Berkley @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Unraveling the arc of vaccine progress
The philosopher Thomas Hobbes famously described life in 1651 as “nasty, brutish, and short.” He was undeniably correct, with estimates of average life expectancy in the UK at the time ranging from 37...
www.science.org
August 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"This is not the future the American public desires or deserves."—Seth Berkley @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Good to see @bsky.app has emerged as the social media platform of choice for science stuff
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Bluesky now platform of choice for science community
It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Good to see @bsky.app has emerged as the social media platform of choice for science stuff
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
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The latest on the next Covid booster vaccines with marked governmental restrictions, with notable delay in context of the ongoing summer US wave www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
F.D.A. Approves Covid Shots With New Restrictions
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The latest on the next Covid booster vaccines with marked governmental restrictions, with notable delay in context of the ongoing summer US wave www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
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NEW: The CDC has been in crisis for months. After the firing of its director, resignations of senior leaders, staff + experts are bracing for what could be death knell for public health credibility. Me + @laurenweberhp.bsky.social + @davidovalle.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The CDC is falling deeper into crisis. What it means for the nation’s health.
Months of upheaval at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have undercut the agency’s work, employees said, and put the future of vaccines into doubt.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
NEW: The CDC has been in crisis for months. After the firing of its director, resignations of senior leaders, staff + experts are bracing for what could be death knell for public health credibility. Me + @laurenweberhp.bsky.social + @davidovalle.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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"CDC basically imploded yesterday and now it’s truly in shambles,” said @kkjetelina.bsky.social. Also: vaccines? My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
RFK Jr faces calls to quit as CDC chief fired and senior staff resign: ‘an embarrassment’
Susan Monarez’s ousting and four top resignations follow vaccine confusion, leaving US health agencies in turmoil
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"CDC basically imploded yesterday and now it’s truly in shambles,” said @kkjetelina.bsky.social. Also: vaccines? My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time,” writes former CDC Director William Foege.
www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
Former CDC Director William Foege: How public health can fight back in a time of dangerous nonsense
“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time,” writes former CDC Director William Foege.
www.statnews.com
August 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time,” writes former CDC Director William Foege.
www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
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RFK Jr & the FDA have made it much harder for Americans to access Covid vaccine
It’s no longer recommended for children, healthy adults or pregnant people
You can technically still receive it if your doctor prescribes it, but this will mean insurance may not cover it & pharmacies may not stock it
It’s no longer recommended for children, healthy adults or pregnant people
You can technically still receive it if your doctor prescribes it, but this will mean insurance may not cover it & pharmacies may not stock it
The latest COVID vaccines come with new FDA limits
The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but is restricting them to people at high risk for COVID complications.
www.npr.org
August 28, 2025 at 2:21 AM
RFK Jr & the FDA have made it much harder for Americans to access Covid vaccine
It’s no longer recommended for children, healthy adults or pregnant people
You can technically still receive it if your doctor prescribes it, but this will mean insurance may not cover it & pharmacies may not stock it
It’s no longer recommended for children, healthy adults or pregnant people
You can technically still receive it if your doctor prescribes it, but this will mean insurance may not cover it & pharmacies may not stock it
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If you’re dealing with Long Covid - there’s a chance you’re also dealing with MCAS and/or POTS/Dysautonomia.
They’re two of the most common comorbids - and can have a devastating impact on quality of life.
New allergies? Alcohol intolerance? Dizziness? Fatigue? Fainting?
A mega 🧵 of resources
They’re two of the most common comorbids - and can have a devastating impact on quality of life.
New allergies? Alcohol intolerance? Dizziness? Fatigue? Fainting?
A mega 🧵 of resources
December 7, 2024 at 3:28 AM
If you’re dealing with Long Covid - there’s a chance you’re also dealing with MCAS and/or POTS/Dysautonomia.
They’re two of the most common comorbids - and can have a devastating impact on quality of life.
New allergies? Alcohol intolerance? Dizziness? Fatigue? Fainting?
A mega 🧵 of resources
They’re two of the most common comorbids - and can have a devastating impact on quality of life.
New allergies? Alcohol intolerance? Dizziness? Fatigue? Fainting?
A mega 🧵 of resources