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So its only MARCH and this administration has. 1. Had multiple plane accidents. 2. Measle outbreaks. 3. Redacted Epstein records. 4. Attempt to deport ACTUAL citizens to include NATIVE Americans. AND began the worse economic COLLAPSE in many years. So are you..........
March 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
So its only MARCH and this administration has. 1. Had multiple plane accidents. 2. Measle outbreaks. 3. Redacted Epstein records. 4. Attempt to deport ACTUAL citizens to include NATIVE Americans. AND began the worse economic COLLAPSE in many years. So are you..........
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Friends, I very highly recommend these accessible, concise lessons from @carlbergstrom.com and Jevin D. West if you need to explain to anyone what LLMs/AI are, what their pitfalls are, and why they cannot be said to "think." Read it yourself even to be ready for these convos
thebullshitmachines.com
thebullshitmachines.com
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Introduction
A free online humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.
thebullshitmachines.com
March 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Friends, I very highly recommend these accessible, concise lessons from @carlbergstrom.com and Jevin D. West if you need to explain to anyone what LLMs/AI are, what their pitfalls are, and why they cannot be said to "think." Read it yourself even to be ready for these convos
thebullshitmachines.com
thebullshitmachines.com
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I just checked pubmed....there are over 1200 papers about vaccines and autism. There is no link. This is a waste of tax payer money.
March 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I just checked pubmed....there are over 1200 papers about vaccines and autism. There is no link. This is a waste of tax payer money.
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Hi, I’m God.
A child’s “right to life” should include the right not to die from measles.
A child’s “right to life” should include the right not to die from measles.
March 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Hi, I’m God.
A child’s “right to life” should include the right not to die from measles.
A child’s “right to life” should include the right not to die from measles.
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At @standupforscience.bsky.social and the signs are statistically significantly excellent
March 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
At @standupforscience.bsky.social and the signs are statistically significantly excellent
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Please don’t have “measles parties.”
Even for kids who fully recover, measles is a miserable experience.
And a substantial number will have complications.
Just get vaccinated instead.
Even for kids who fully recover, measles is a miserable experience.
And a substantial number will have complications.
Just get vaccinated instead.
March 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Please don’t have “measles parties.”
Even for kids who fully recover, measles is a miserable experience.
And a substantial number will have complications.
Just get vaccinated instead.
Even for kids who fully recover, measles is a miserable experience.
And a substantial number will have complications.
Just get vaccinated instead.
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Thousands “Stand Up for Science” Across the Country
Including Nobel laureates, climate researchers, and parents of kids saved by groundbreaking drugs.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Including Nobel laureates, climate researchers, and parents of kids saved by groundbreaking drugs.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Thousands “Stand Up for Science” across the country
Including Nobel laureates, climate researchers, and parents of kids saved by groundbreaking drugs.
www.motherjones.com
March 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Thousands “Stand Up for Science” Across the Country
Including Nobel laureates, climate researchers, and parents of kids saved by groundbreaking drugs.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Including Nobel laureates, climate researchers, and parents of kids saved by groundbreaking drugs.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
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Dear Humans,
Your great-grandparents prayed for a cure for measles.
You have it—and yet some of you want to 'research' your way back to the 1800s.
Your great-grandparents prayed for a cure for measles.
You have it—and yet some of you want to 'research' your way back to the 1800s.
March 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Dear Humans,
Your great-grandparents prayed for a cure for measles.
You have it—and yet some of you want to 'research' your way back to the 1800s.
Your great-grandparents prayed for a cure for measles.
You have it—and yet some of you want to 'research' your way back to the 1800s.
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“‘No Other Land’ reflects the harsh reality that we have been enduring for decades and still persist as we call on the world to take serious actions to stop the injustice and to stop the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people.”
— Basel Adra while accepting the #Oscar for Documentary Feature Film.
— Basel Adra while accepting the #Oscar for Documentary Feature Film.
March 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
“‘No Other Land’ reflects the harsh reality that we have been enduring for decades and still persist as we call on the world to take serious actions to stop the injustice and to stop the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people.”
— Basel Adra while accepting the #Oscar for Documentary Feature Film.
— Basel Adra while accepting the #Oscar for Documentary Feature Film.
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RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
WASHINGTON—Addressing the ongoing outbreak in Texas that has infected at least 124 state residents and killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Thursday to mak...
theonion.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
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This is like a bank robber getting to fire the cops and disable the alarms just before he strolls into the bank lobby.
February 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is like a bank robber getting to fire the cops and disable the alarms just before he strolls into the bank lobby.
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Not a top reason why it's all collapsing, but the MPA (an advanced degree in governance) not being treated as prestigiously as the MBA, MD or JD has created one more exploitable gap for the right to destroy government.
We only value profit-driven education. Public service is always an afterthought.
We only value profit-driven education. Public service is always an afterthought.
February 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Not a top reason why it's all collapsing, but the MPA (an advanced degree in governance) not being treated as prestigiously as the MBA, MD or JD has created one more exploitable gap for the right to destroy government.
We only value profit-driven education. Public service is always an afterthought.
We only value profit-driven education. Public service is always an afterthought.
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it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit
Incredible: Russ Vought’s daughter has cystic fibrosis and benefits from a “miracle drug” made possible by the National Institutes of Health—an agency Vought now aims to gut as part of the Project 2025 attack www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Scoop from @motherjones.com’s @metrauxjulia.bsky.social
Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid
Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit
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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
February 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
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BREAKING
On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of 2 federal court orders
On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo, acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.
On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of 2 federal court orders
On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo, acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.
BREAKING: NIH admits funding freeze is illegal, will resume issuing grants
An internal memo issued February 12 was obtained by Popular Information.
popular.info
February 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
BREAKING
On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of 2 federal court orders
On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo, acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.
On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of 2 federal court orders
On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo, acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.
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⚪️ Evangelicals mad because Kendrick showed how easy it is to call out predators on stage but they won’t do it.
February 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
⚪️ Evangelicals mad because Kendrick showed how easy it is to call out predators on stage but they won’t do it.
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BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![TOTE ASTRICT COLOR
DOCTORS FOR AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
Civil Action No. 25-322 (JDB)
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
Upon consideration of [6] Plaintiff's motion for a temporary restraining order, [8]
Plaintiff's supplemental declarations, [9] Defendants' opposition, [10] Plaintiff's reply, the
hearing on February 10, 2025, and the entire record herein, and for the reasons stated in the
accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that
1. Defendants Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control, and Food
and Drug Administration (hereinafter "defendants") shall, by not later than 11:59 pm on
February 11, 2025, restore to their versions as of January 30, 2025, each webpage and dataset
identified by Plaintiff on pages 6-12 of its Memorandum of Law in Support of the Motion for
a Restraining Order [ECF No. 6-1];
2. Defendants shall, in consultation with Plaintiff, identify any other resources that DF A members
rely on to provide medical care and that defendants removed or substantially modified on or
after January 29, 2025, without adequate notice or reasoned explanation; and defendants shall,
by February 14, 2025, restore those resources to their versions as of January 30, 2025;](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreifoaihlyxzbiko32lmralzpicfxnzwfoxp3ki5w4wniiihonzxira@jpeg)
February 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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not everything you love in your teenage years holds up but Green Day was cooking with American Idiot
February 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
not everything you love in your teenage years holds up but Green Day was cooking with American Idiot
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I am so proud of Hopkins standing up for science and the future
Johns Hopkins officials said the NIH funding cut puts at risk approximately 600 current and ongoing clinical trials at Hopkins, including open clinical trials in cancer, pediatrics and children’s health, heart and vascular studies and the aging brain. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
Johns Hopkins sues federal government over NIH funds
Johns Hopkins University joined several universities in a lawsuit on Monday evening suing the federal government over NIH funding.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I am so proud of Hopkins standing up for science and the future
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we are moving backwards.
Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
February 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
we are moving backwards.
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Govt closes all HIV clinics in Uganda thanks to Elon Musk and Donald Trump interfering with USAID.
Regardless of your thoughts on countries relying on international aid, this is NOT how you treat poor people.
Shameful.
Regardless of your thoughts on countries relying on international aid, this is NOT how you treat poor people.
Shameful.
February 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Govt closes all HIV clinics in Uganda thanks to Elon Musk and Donald Trump interfering with USAID.
Regardless of your thoughts on countries relying on international aid, this is NOT how you treat poor people.
Shameful.
Regardless of your thoughts on countries relying on international aid, this is NOT how you treat poor people.
Shameful.
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The idea of a "carbon footprint" was literally invented by BP so you'd think about how *you* impact the environment and not how *they* impact the environment.
People know this, right?
Of course we should all work to minimize our impacts, but some perspective is useful here.
People know this, right?
Of course we should all work to minimize our impacts, but some perspective is useful here.
January 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The idea of a "carbon footprint" was literally invented by BP so you'd think about how *you* impact the environment and not how *they* impact the environment.
People know this, right?
Of course we should all work to minimize our impacts, but some perspective is useful here.
People know this, right?
Of course we should all work to minimize our impacts, but some perspective is useful here.