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Philip Eil

@phileil.bsky.social

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Journalist. Cat dad. Rhode Islander. Author of "Prescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the 'Pill Mill Killer.'" https://philipeil.com/

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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 3m

It was also Columbia's extra-harsh crackdown on protestors of Israel's ruthless campaign in Gaza that set off a wave of similarly aggressive crackdowns at campuses across the U.S.

An extraordinary -- and consequential -- run of bad decision-making from Columbia administrators.

Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 25m

It's clearer by the day that Columbia making a deal with Trump in July was a catastrophe for higher education as a whole. It gave terrible people a bottomless appetite for extortion. The other eight universities must follow MIT's lead.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 34m

I saw this!! 💀💀

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I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 1h

Virtues are good, actually. Signaling you care about them and have them is actually a green flag.

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Meg @megrosejoy.bsky.social · 1h

Rhode Island has escaped containment.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 1h

The mere concept of a person who is mad they didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize is ridiculous and absurd.

Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 2h

A long list of bad reasons tho.

Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 3h

Then again, the entire country is being run into the ground right now for no good reason. So I'm not super confident CBS News will be any different.

Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 3h

Not only is Weiss flagrantly unqualified for the CBS gig. But Free Press audience has little to do with CBS News's audience and the two orgs' approaches are very different. Even her actual experience is non-transferrable.

Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 3h

I'm quite certain Bari Weiss will do a bad job as "editor-in-chief" of CBS News. What I'm curious to see is how much rot/decay of the brand will happen before someone more powerful than her says "enough." Or when the rank and file staff revolts en masse.

It's a stupid and avoidable case study.

Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 3h

The "pro-life" party in action:

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 11h

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 3h

Indeed.

Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 3h

😐😐

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

Page One in Boston.

@bostonglobe.com

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 19h

Found this just incredibly depressing, more than anything.

An easel sign reads, “UCLA
ATTENTION
No events are permitted in this area today. Per Policy 852, this location is NOT designated for public expression activities.
Individuals participating in an event or a public expression activity in this area are subject to discipline and/or arrest.
Scan for policy information.”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23h

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸

Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 21h

Pals.

A selfie with an adorable calico kitty — Jill — on my shoulder.

Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 21h

This is fucked.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 22h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 22h

More of this, please.

Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 1d

MIT President Kornbluth announced on Friday the university “cannot support” Trump’s compact, saying the university disagreed with a number of the principles laid out in the document, including policies that would limit freedom of expression and institutional independence.

MIT President Says ‘We Cannot Support’ Trump’s Compact

The institution’s president, Sally Kornbluth, wrote: The proposal “is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.”

Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 22h

I am so happy for you Lance! And I know that exact feeling!!

Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 22h

🤡 on 🤡 treachery

New York Magazine @nymag.com · 22h

Two new reports suggest Lindsey Halligan presented the Letitia James case to the grand jury without giving a heads-up to Pam Bondi or other top DoJ officials.

It Looks Like Pam Bondi Is Being Undercut by Lindsey Halligan

Two new reports suggest Lindsey Halligan presented the Letitia James case to the grand jury without giving a heads-up to Pam Bondi or other top DoJ officials.

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Discontinued FOoOoOoOods! 🎃🍫👻🍬 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 22h

Burger King Halloween Whopper (2015-2015): A classic Whopper burger, with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo, and A1 Thick n Hearty sauce, served on a "spooky" dyed-black bun-with more A1 sauce baked into it. It became infamous for complaints of the dye turning stool green.

A cheeseburger with pickles, lettuce, tomato, onion, and mayo on a black bun with sesame seeds, sitting on a stump and a slab of rock, next to an overturn A1 steak sauce bottle

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 23h

Caitlin Flanagan
@CaitlinPacific
I’ve missed hearing Woody Allen’s voice - I’d been so rattled this week and there he was, his full self.

⁦
@bariweiss
⁩ is the perfect interviewer. She seemed almost like a daughter to him - in a way she is. We all are.

Order Life with Baum!

like a daughter to him

Disgusted barbie

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 1d

Snacking Cake suggests the existence a larger, more substantial Entree Cake

Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 1d

Let's check in on the "The Billionaires Will Save Journalism" project:

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

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Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 1d

And who is the author of this op-ed? The billionaire CEO of an asset management firm who helped author the compact.