Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own
@galsh.bsky.social
Humans. Data. Puns. AI/ML. WIDS_Sweden. MSc Epidemiology program at LSHTM. Tripledot Studios. Ex-King. Ex-Google. Ex-Northvolt. ☕☕☕. A mostly American living in Sweden. Formerly @galinash on the semi-dead app.
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Fun fact: Pete Hegseth is a graduate of Princeton and Harvard, both included on this list
Hegseth to US military: if you get into MIT, we won't let you attend because of the risk that you will be exposed to ideas hostile to MAGA when you study there.
February 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Fun fact: Pete Hegseth is a graduate of Princeton and Harvard, both included on this list
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🚨 The Trump regime released an HHS Medicaid dataset that can be used to build a ranked hit list of abortion and gender-affirming care providers, organized by patient volume, with names and addresses. They called it open source transparency.
www.patreon.com/posts/150728...
www.patreon.com/posts/150728...
February 14, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.
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The $38.3 billion they are going to spend for interment camps could fund the annual budget of NASA, the EPA, and all clean energy R&D at the Department of Energy—combined.
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:14 AM
The $38.3 billion they are going to spend for interment camps could fund the annual budget of NASA, the EPA, and all clean energy R&D at the Department of Energy—combined.
Uneducated evil clown. Honestly, so much of the news is making me angry these days
Rubio speech at MSC—in short: US sees global trade, diplomacy, migration, immigration, global institutions and global affairs in general as a “foolish post-WWII mistake” and invites Europe “so save itself by each protecting sovereignty, closed borders, and Christianity” alike Trump’s America.
February 14, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Uneducated evil clown. Honestly, so much of the news is making me angry these days
How are these people for real?
In other news, the editor of the Daily Telegraph needs his chimney swept (not sexy slang).
February 14, 2026 at 9:42 AM
How are these people for real?
It's just a massive steal at this point. It doesn't matter what money was appropriate for. There are no checks or balances.
The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:18 AM
It's just a massive steal at this point. It doesn't matter what money was appropriate for. There are no checks or balances.
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NEW: A federal tool meant to find noncitizens on voter rolls is consistently marking citizens as noncitizens, especially if they were born outside the U.S., causing chaos as election clerks try not to disenfranchise voters, @zachdespart.bsky.social and I found. 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/save...
“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes.
The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.
www.propublica.org
February 13, 2026 at 1:21 PM
NEW: A federal tool meant to find noncitizens on voter rolls is consistently marking citizens as noncitizens, especially if they were born outside the U.S., causing chaos as election clerks try not to disenfranchise voters, @zachdespart.bsky.social and I found. 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/save...
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Name names. Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad, Jay Bhattacharya, Tracy Beth Hoeg, Martin Kulldorff, Russell Vought, RFK Jr., Donald Trump. All of them contributed to this by their relentless attacks on vaccines and biomedical R&D.
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Name names. Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad, Jay Bhattacharya, Tracy Beth Hoeg, Martin Kulldorff, Russell Vought, RFK Jr., Donald Trump. All of them contributed to this by their relentless attacks on vaccines and biomedical R&D.
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Lots of bizarre anecdotes about Noem-Lewandowski DHS dysfunction in this WSJ story, but among them are more details about how CBP director Rodney Scott has been marginalized so that CBP field commanders like Bovino can report directly to the top:
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
February 13, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Lots of bizarre anecdotes about Noem-Lewandowski DHS dysfunction in this WSJ story, but among them are more details about how CBP director Rodney Scott has been marginalized so that CBP field commanders like Bovino can report directly to the top:
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Vi är ett land som utvisar ensamma bebisar www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/migr...
Åtta månader gamla Emanuel ska utvisas till Iran - Ekot
Emanuel föddes i Sverige i maj förra året och har fått ett utvisningsbeslut, fast hans familj har uppehållstillstånd här.Mamman fick arbetstillstånd efter ...
www.sverigesradio.se
February 13, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Vi är ett land som utvisar ensamma bebisar www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/migr...
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When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned because agents will “promptly let the individual go.”
For these Americans, that wasn’t true.
(Published Oct. 2025)
For these Americans, that wasn’t true.
(Published Oct. 2025)
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
February 13, 2026 at 4:00 AM
When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned because agents will “promptly let the individual go.”
For these Americans, that wasn’t true.
(Published Oct. 2025)
For these Americans, that wasn’t true.
(Published Oct. 2025)
Prasad, Bhattacharya and the rest of the pro-covid cranks are fucking evil.
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Prasad, Bhattacharya and the rest of the pro-covid cranks are fucking evil.
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cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
February 12, 2026 at 9:09 PM
cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 12, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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🇺🇦 IOC has rescinded its decision to withdraw the accreditation of Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych. Although, the athlete cannot participate in the competition.
Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/ioc-restores...
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theukrainianreview.info/ioc-restores...
IOC Restores Heraskevych’s Accreditation Without Allowing Him to Compete
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has rescinded its decision to withdraw the accreditation of Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych. Although
theukrainianreview.info
February 12, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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Opinion | Epstein's friends aren't just pedophiles—they're also job creators.
by Bret Stephens
by Bret Stephens
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Opinion | Epstein's friends aren't just pedophiles—they're also job creators.
by Bret Stephens
by Bret Stephens
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There's a scandal in Sweden now as the National board of Health & Welfare refused to lower the colorectal cancer screening age from 60 to 50 despite the strong recommendation from experts (translation in alt).
www.dn.se/sverige/stor...
www.dn.se/sverige/stor...
February 12, 2026 at 5:18 PM
There's a scandal in Sweden now as the National board of Health & Welfare refused to lower the colorectal cancer screening age from 60 to 50 despite the strong recommendation from experts (translation in alt).
www.dn.se/sverige/stor...
www.dn.se/sverige/stor...
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Top tip: if you ever hear anyone talking about the "need to defend Western values," rest assured that they hold views functionally indistinguishable from the Taliban.
February 12, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Top tip: if you ever hear anyone talking about the "need to defend Western values," rest assured that they hold views functionally indistinguishable from the Taliban.
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RON JOHNSON: Did you ever encourage people to go out there and exercise their First Amendment rights?
KEITH ELLISON: I freely admit being in favor of the First Amendment
KEITH ELLISON: I freely admit being in favor of the First Amendment
February 12, 2026 at 2:58 PM
RON JOHNSON: Did you ever encourage people to go out there and exercise their First Amendment rights?
KEITH ELLISON: I freely admit being in favor of the First Amendment
KEITH ELLISON: I freely admit being in favor of the First Amendment
My hubby pointed out that this is basically half a plot of Nena's song Neunundneunzig Luftballons.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Luft...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Luft...
February 12, 2026 at 11:58 AM
My hubby pointed out that this is basically half a plot of Nena's song Neunundneunzig Luftballons.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Luft...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Luft...
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You gotta admit, the staffers in the background keeping it real are the best part.
February 12, 2026 at 6:12 AM
You gotta admit, the staffers in the background keeping it real are the best part.