Jack Edwards
@jackedwards1975.bsky.social
Put me in the gulag, bro.
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My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
December 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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My spouse took this picture yesterday and sent it to me. It took me the longest time to spot it.
December 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
My spouse took this picture yesterday and sent it to me. It took me the longest time to spot it.
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I’ve now had multiple sources tell me the UK NHS is removing the CDC from its list of reliable sources.
Welcome to irrelevance.
Welcome to irrelevance.
December 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I’ve now had multiple sources tell me the UK NHS is removing the CDC from its list of reliable sources.
Welcome to irrelevance.
Welcome to irrelevance.
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Quietly, largely unreported, Trumplethinskin is pardoning like the madman he is.
December 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Quietly, largely unreported, Trumplethinskin is pardoning like the madman he is.
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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The number of convicted criminals in immigration detention is about 1.8x what it was when Trump took office.
The number of people with no criminal record whatsoever — who are detained solely for immigration reasons — has shot up **25.5x**
open.substack.com/pub/austinko... (via @austinkocher.com)
The number of people with no criminal record whatsoever — who are detained solely for immigration reasons — has shot up **25.5x**
open.substack.com/pub/austinko... (via @austinkocher.com)
December 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The number of convicted criminals in immigration detention is about 1.8x what it was when Trump took office.
The number of people with no criminal record whatsoever — who are detained solely for immigration reasons — has shot up **25.5x**
open.substack.com/pub/austinko... (via @austinkocher.com)
The number of people with no criminal record whatsoever — who are detained solely for immigration reasons — has shot up **25.5x**
open.substack.com/pub/austinko... (via @austinkocher.com)
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By “sovreignty” he means “states should be weak enough so that billionaires like me should be able to treat them as feudal vassals” bsky.app/profile/lora...
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
By “sovreignty” he means “states should be weak enough so that billionaires like me should be able to treat them as feudal vassals” bsky.app/profile/lora...
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National Pedophile Day has been added to the list of free entry days to our parks.
Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
December 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
National Pedophile Day has been added to the list of free entry days to our parks.
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"FIFA Peace Prize" has about the same level of value and cachet as "McDonalds Oceanic Exploration Award"
December 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
"FIFA Peace Prize" has about the same level of value and cachet as "McDonalds Oceanic Exploration Award"
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“What we have witnessed at the CDC is not reform. It is the hollowing out of an institution Americans rely on in every emergency”
@drdebhoury.bsky.social
time.com/7338714/dr-d...
@drdebhoury.bsky.social
time.com/7338714/dr-d...
I Left the CDC 100 Days Ago. My Worst Fears About the Agency Are Coming True
"Things have not improved," writes Dr. Debra Houry. "They have worsened. And Congress has still failed to act."
time.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“What we have witnessed at the CDC is not reform. It is the hollowing out of an institution Americans rely on in every emergency”
@drdebhoury.bsky.social
time.com/7338714/dr-d...
@drdebhoury.bsky.social
time.com/7338714/dr-d...
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WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
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American hurdler & sprinter Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone named Women’s World Athlete of the Year for 2025--for the second time (first in 2022).
She holds the world record for the 400-meter hurdles & had an undefeated 2025 season. #athletics #champion
www.bet.com/article/9dfk...
She holds the world record for the 400-meter hurdles & had an undefeated 2025 season. #athletics #champion
www.bet.com/article/9dfk...
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
American hurdler & sprinter Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone named Women’s World Athlete of the Year for 2025--for the second time (first in 2022).
She holds the world record for the 400-meter hurdles & had an undefeated 2025 season. #athletics #champion
www.bet.com/article/9dfk...
She holds the world record for the 400-meter hurdles & had an undefeated 2025 season. #athletics #champion
www.bet.com/article/9dfk...
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"When there’s no war, you aren’t committing war crimes when you kill people indiscriminately. You’re just a straight-up murderer."
A war criminal without a war
It's just murder.
www.publicnotice.co
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"When there’s no war, you aren’t committing war crimes when you kill people indiscriminately. You’re just a straight-up murderer."
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The bear would never
Man Charged With Leaving Girlfriend to Freeze to Death on Mountain
The experienced mountaineer is accused of abandoning his girlfriend at the top of Austria’s highest mountain.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The bear would never
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JUST NOW: "This is like Alice in Wonderland", Judge Breyer says when trying to get the DOJ to explain to him why what happened in CA is a "rebellion" justifying the deployment of the National Guard. "Words just mean what you want them to mean?"
December 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
JUST NOW: "This is like Alice in Wonderland", Judge Breyer says when trying to get the DOJ to explain to him why what happened in CA is a "rebellion" justifying the deployment of the National Guard. "Words just mean what you want them to mean?"
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The ongoing exits, negative headlines and other shake-ups at the FDA have alarmed some drug-industry executives, public health experts and medical professionals who warn that it has left the agency increasingly fragile.
FDA instability, alarm over agency’s direction escalate after top regulator exits
As leadership churn continues, FDA’s unpredictability rattles companies relying on stable regulation.
wapo.st
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The ongoing exits, negative headlines and other shake-ups at the FDA have alarmed some drug-industry executives, public health experts and medical professionals who warn that it has left the agency increasingly fragile.
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“Vaccinating babies for hepatitis B at birth remains one of the clearest, most evidence-based ways to keep American children free of this lifelong, deadly infection.”
- @drhigginsmd.bsky.social, preventive medicine specialist, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
- @drhigginsmd.bsky.social, preventive medicine specialist, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Vaccine committee votes to scrap universal hepatitis B shots for newborns despite outcry from children’s health experts
The decision undoes a highly effective 34-year prevention strategy that has nearly eliminated early childhood hepatitis B infections in the U.S.
buff.ly
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“Vaccinating babies for hepatitis B at birth remains one of the clearest, most evidence-based ways to keep American children free of this lifelong, deadly infection.”
- @drhigginsmd.bsky.social, preventive medicine specialist, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
- @drhigginsmd.bsky.social, preventive medicine specialist, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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Hands Reaching Up From Hell, Wat Rong Khun Temple, by Chalermchai Kositpipat, 1997
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Hands Reaching Up From Hell, Wat Rong Khun Temple, by Chalermchai Kositpipat, 1997
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“The Justice Department ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out”
So many scandals now but pay attention to this: DOJ has sued 14 states-12 led by Dems-to demand full unredacted voter files in order to turbocharge Trump voter suppression plans
@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & I detail threat this poses to voting rights ahead of 2026 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & I detail threat this poses to voting rights ahead of 2026 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“The Justice Department ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out”
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Delighted that one of my Antarctic winter photos has won the 2025 Royal Society Photography Competition, Earth Science & Climatology category.
Captured during polar-night surveys of ocean conditions near Antarctic Peninsula glaciers.
royalsociety.org/journals/pub...
Captured during polar-night surveys of ocean conditions near Antarctic Peninsula glaciers.
royalsociety.org/journals/pub...
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Delighted that one of my Antarctic winter photos has won the 2025 Royal Society Photography Competition, Earth Science & Climatology category.
Captured during polar-night surveys of ocean conditions near Antarctic Peninsula glaciers.
royalsociety.org/journals/pub...
Captured during polar-night surveys of ocean conditions near Antarctic Peninsula glaciers.
royalsociety.org/journals/pub...
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Elon Musk has tweeted nonstop about white babies, white genocide, population decline, and fertility rates for the past week.
This is what it's all about, folks. The supervillain plot is tweeted in real time.
White supremacy. Fear. Anxiety. Hatred. A loathing of diversity.
This is what it's all about, folks. The supervillain plot is tweeted in real time.
White supremacy. Fear. Anxiety. Hatred. A loathing of diversity.
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Elon Musk has tweeted nonstop about white babies, white genocide, population decline, and fertility rates for the past week.
This is what it's all about, folks. The supervillain plot is tweeted in real time.
White supremacy. Fear. Anxiety. Hatred. A loathing of diversity.
This is what it's all about, folks. The supervillain plot is tweeted in real time.
White supremacy. Fear. Anxiety. Hatred. A loathing of diversity.
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
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OpenAI’s projections show that it expects negative free cash flow of $143 billion and doesn’t expect to be cash-flow positive until 2030. Meanwhile, analysts at HSBC have calculated that OpenAI could face a funding shortfall of $207 billion by then.
December 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
OpenAI’s projections show that it expects negative free cash flow of $143 billion and doesn’t expect to be cash-flow positive until 2030. Meanwhile, analysts at HSBC have calculated that OpenAI could face a funding shortfall of $207 billion by then.