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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 6d

The UC system and individual campuses have been capitulating to the feds. The only ones holding the line are faculty.

timesofsandiego.com/education/20...

Faculty says UC releasing personal information to federal investigators

The association is requesting transparency around the release of personal information that was reportedly shared with the federal government.

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 8d

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10d

The DOGE team was acting like “a bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time,” former SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek said.

The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security

DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...

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Stephanie Steiner @stephsteiner4ia4.bsky.social · 13d

Check out this story from Des Moines Register: DMPS superintendent arrested by ICE, district says

"We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps," the district's release states.

www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/e...

Des Moines Public Schools superintendent Ian Roberts arrested by ICE, district says

"We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps," the district's release states.

www.desmoinesregister.com

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Aug 1

The central point is that when fascism came to America it wouldn't call itself that, nor would it be wearing a swastika. It would call itself "patriotic" and "100% American."

Can We Spot It?
(Question: How can we identify native American fascists at work? )
An American fascist seeking power would not proclaim that he is a fascist. Fascism always camouflages its plans and purposes. Hitler made demagogic appeals to all groups and swore: "Neither I nor anybody in the National Socialist Party advocates proceeding by anything but Constitutional methods." Any fascist attempt to gain power in America would not use the exact Hitler pattern. It would work under the guise of "super-patriotism" and "super-American-ism." Fascist leaders are neither stupid nor naive.
They know that they must hand out a line that "sells." Huey Long is said to have remarked that if fascism came to America, it would be on a program of "Ameri-canism."
Fascists in America may differ slightly from fascists in other countries, but there are a number of attitudes and practices that they have in common. Following are three. Every person who has one of them is not necessarily a fascist. But he is

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 14d

UC Berkeley has been criticized for capitulating to the Trump admin's McCarthyism by providing names of 160 students, faculty, and staff dubiously accused of "antisemitism"

But it turns out Berkeley wasn't alone; it's just the only campus that was transparent about the demand for names

‘Command and control’: University of California institutes information blackout amid federal negotiations

Over the past two weeks, leadership at UC Berkeley and the UC Office of the President, or UCOP, has come under fire following the disclosure that roughly 160 names of

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AMA @ama-assn.org · 14d

Today, the AMA sent a letter, co-signed by more than 50 other national health orgs, asking the Administration to waive the new $100,000 application fee for H-1B physicians. Doctors from other countries play a critical role in delivering high-quality patient care. spr.ly/63327AjZQF

How a $100,000 Visa Fee Will Make the Doctor Crisis Worse

American Medical Association president: A crippling new fee will hit U.S. hospitals that depend on foreign doctors.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14d

"One of our recurring questions is how some theoretical future administration dedicated to liberal democracy would handle the legacy effects of Donald Trump’s authoritarian attempt."

America Needs a Project 2029

The road back from here will be harder.

www.thebulwark.com

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🦋Dr. Natalia🕊🌻🪬 @solnatamd.medsky.social · 14d

The AMA President:

The United States relies heavily on foreign-born doctors because of a crippling shortage of physicians across the country. Charging a six-figure visa fee to get qualified foreign-born doctors to fill that gap will only make the situation worse.

www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 14d

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

www.science.org

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Kyle Edmonds, MD @kpedmonds.com · 16d

Everything about this messaging and these decisions is extraordinarily dangerous.

Women Physicians Respond To Trump’s Announcement On Tylenol And Autism

Women physicians respond to Trump's recent announcement of his claim that Tylenol in pregnancy causes autism.

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Doctors for America @drsforamerica.bsky.social · 17d

Doctors for America Expresses Concern Over Erosion of Expert Voices in Vaccine Decision-Making

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 September 22, 2025 Doctors for America Expresses Concern Over Erosion of Expert Voices...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 17d

What a fucking G.

The Marine veteran behind this viral photo at the Chicago ICE protest

The flag-waving Marine was at the anti-ICE protest near Chicago because of his beliefs, and said his training helped him weather tear gas.

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ACOG @acog.org · 17d

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21d

The Trump administration has attacked diversity programs, historical discussions of slavery, civil rights and more as he pressures civic institutions to de-emphasize race. Nikole Hannah-Jones, the creator of The 1619 Project, discusses what led to this movement. nyti.ms/4msq3x8

A quote from Nikole Hannah-Jones, a domestic correspondent for The New York Times Magazine covering racial injustice and civil rights: "No court and no law has ever said that DEI – or diversity, equity, inclusion – or working on diversity is illegal. It is not illegal. It doesn't have to be. Right? Because all you have to have is the threat that your university will be harmed, your organization will be targeted, you may be sued."

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Kyle Edmonds, MD @kpedmonds.com · 18d

As a #palliative doc, I know that word selection is important.

I appreciate the authors helping me particularize words for my discontent: marketization, commercialization, corporatization, and financialization.

@jamanetworkopen.com #hapc

The Vocabulary of Our Discontent

This Perspective examines the vocabulary used to describe how US health care is increasingly governed by the rules, values, and practices of other sectors of the market economy.

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Kyle Edmonds, MD @kpedmonds.com · 20d

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Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social · 20d

HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED

Curtis Evans, of Evanston, a military veteran USMC intelligence during President Reagan’s era, carries a U.S. Flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

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Doctors for America @drsforamerica.bsky.social · 21d

This week, Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force is meeting with bipartisan Members of Congress in both the House and Senate to underscore the urgent need to protect the FDA’s independence and preserve its scientific integrity.

DFA Meets with Congressional Leaders and FDA Commissioner

This week, Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force is meeting with bipartisan Members of Congress in both the House and Senate to underscore the urgent need to protect the FDA’s independence and preserve its scientific integrity.

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 22d

The @aaup.org just shared guidance for academic workers on how to protect themselves online www.aaup.org/news/advisor...

Advisory to Academic Workers

In a moment when it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the consequences of our online speech and choices, the AAUP and Faculty First Responders are issuing guidance to AAUP members and othe...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d

Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 23d

I'd like to commend the lawyers who wrote this complaint on behalf of the professors and employees of the University of California against the Trump administration.

It's a sober legal document with strong claims, but also, this is a fight for public opinion, and this reads like the writers know it.

AAUP-UC-Trump Lawsuit -- Uploaded by Jaweed Kaleem of the Los Angeles Times

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Kyle Edmonds, MD @kpedmonds.com · 23d

The dystopianism gets ever-louder.

This is like a Star Trek Badmiral plot come to life.

Trump Executive Order Declares NASA Is Now a Spy Agency

The Trump administration issued an executive order last month that quietly declared that NASA will now function as an intelligence agency.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25d

one of the most interesting facts about russ vought’s life, to me, is that NIH research is the reason his daughter had access to life changing drug to treat her cystic fibrosis. vought, of course, is the architect of the administration’s war on science. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer

www.nytimes.com

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Kyle Edmonds, MD @kpedmonds.com · 25d

Sounds like they need to learn about script concordance testing from Rabia Atayee and me.

www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

#PalPharm #HAPC via @j-palliativemed.bsky.social

OpenAI Realizes It Made a Terrible Mistake

OpenAI claims to have figured out what's driving "hallucinations," or AI models' strong tendency to make up answers that are incorrect.

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