Leon Robertson
@profleonaz.bsky.social
Retired Yale Research Scientist
Oh God, where art thou?
February 4, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Oh God, where art thou?
BS. The dictator daily upsets the lives of many and the psyches of millions.
February 4, 2026 at 11:50 AM
BS. The dictator daily upsets the lives of many and the psyches of millions.
Why the Supremes are in a bind on tariffs.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/profiles-i...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/profiles-i...
Profiles in Cowardice, Tariff Edition
The Supreme Court’s silence says volumes
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Why the Supremes are in a bind on tariffs.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/profiles-i...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/profiles-i...
Think your grocery bill is high. If farming collapses from tariffs, you ain't seen nothin' yet. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...
February 4, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Think your grocery bill is high. If farming collapses from tariffs, you ain't seen nothin' yet. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...
Heading? We have been there a year already.
February 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Heading? We have been there a year already.
Reposted by Leon Robertson
We’re literally killing ourselves. They’ve been working on cutting edge cancer vaccines
Moderna announced that they’re cutting back late-stage vaccine trials due to the uncertainty in the US market www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...
Moderna chief: Company won’t invest in new late-stage vaccine trials
Moderna has already been facing declines in sales after a boom during the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
February 4, 2026 at 7:03 AM
We’re literally killing ourselves. They’ve been working on cutting edge cancer vaccines
The dictator's cutoff of disease prevention aid to low-income countries leads to a resurgence of diseases.
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‘Biblical Diseases’ Could Resurge in Africa, Health Officials Fear
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:36 AM
The dictator's cutoff of disease prevention aid to low-income countries leads to a resurgence of diseases.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/h...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/h...
Either they submit fewer proposals, or the proposals are judged less meritorious, or both.
February 3, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Either they submit fewer proposals, or the proposals are judged less meritorious, or both.
Reposted by Leon Robertson
Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
He ignored one of the most important lessons after telling me in 2021 that he was concerned about it when I sent him the first of these studies:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
February 3, 2026 at 6:53 PM
He ignored one of the most important lessons after telling me in 2021 that he was concerned about it when I sent him the first of these studies:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
The people killing democracy in America are ahead of schedule compared to other countries in a similar downtrend. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/american-d...
American Democracy Will Not Die in Darkness
Which means that it might — might — survive
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
The people killing democracy in America are ahead of schedule compared to other countries in a similar downtrend. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/american-d...
Follow the money.
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Opinion | The Real Reason Silicon Valley Won’t Stand Up to Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Follow the money.
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...
Vehicle manufacturers sell substandard vehicles to low-income countries, resulting in substantially higher road death rates.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
Preventable road deaths in 72 countries, 2021
World Health Organization recommendations to reduce road deaths were examined to assess the potential reductions that could be realized in countries that have not adopted them. Data from 72 countries ...
www.medrxiv.org
February 3, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Vehicle manufacturers sell substandard vehicles to low-income countries, resulting in substantially higher road death rates.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
Reposted by Leon Robertson
An informative read for healthcare professionals & others.
ICE agents don’t have the same authority as police officers.
It is w/in legal rights, & professional ethical obligations, to refuse to hand over IDs or documents simply b/c ICE asks for them.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/23/i...
#Pinks
ICE agents don’t have the same authority as police officers.
It is w/in legal rights, & professional ethical obligations, to refuse to hand over IDs or documents simply b/c ICE asks for them.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/23/i...
#Pinks
Allowing ICE in hospitals is a public health catastrophe in the making
Allowing ICE to conduct raids in hospitals and medical clinics is not only cruel; it is a public health catastrophe in the making, writes Eric Reinhart.
www.statnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
An informative read for healthcare professionals & others.
ICE agents don’t have the same authority as police officers.
It is w/in legal rights, & professional ethical obligations, to refuse to hand over IDs or documents simply b/c ICE asks for them.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/23/i...
#Pinks
ICE agents don’t have the same authority as police officers.
It is w/in legal rights, & professional ethical obligations, to refuse to hand over IDs or documents simply b/c ICE asks for them.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/23/i...
#Pinks
Okay, but if they destroy elections, all bets are off.
February 2, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Okay, but if they destroy elections, all bets are off.
If the dictator dies, his successor may be worse.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
The problem isnt Trump. And we have to stop saying it is.
We have a Naxi problem. We have a fascism problem. We have a Trump and Vance and Noem and Johnson problem. What happens if/when the 25th is invoked, or Trump dies? Is our problem gone? No, because Van...
www.dailykos.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:50 PM
If the dictator dies, his successor may be worse.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Plain dictator declaration that he is dictator, Constitution be damned. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Trump says Republicans should ‘nationalize’ elections
The comments come less than a week after the FBI raided an elections facility in Georgia.
www.politico.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Plain dictator declaration that he is dictator, Constitution be damned. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
And he wasn't trying to further enrich himself and the already rich.
February 2, 2026 at 3:15 PM
And he wasn't trying to further enrich himself and the already rich.
But very light weight, easily shoveled, even by an old guy like me.
February 2, 2026 at 3:12 PM
But very light weight, easily shoveled, even by an old guy like me.
Reposted by Leon Robertson
Let's ask the question: How many times do the following people show up being named in the Epstein Files:
President Joe Biden: 0
President Barack Obama: 0
MN Governor Tim Walz: 0
President Donald Trump: 4,500
Does any Republican not see the problem?
President Joe Biden: 0
President Barack Obama: 0
MN Governor Tim Walz: 0
President Donald Trump: 4,500
Does any Republican not see the problem?
February 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Let's ask the question: How many times do the following people show up being named in the Epstein Files:
President Joe Biden: 0
President Barack Obama: 0
MN Governor Tim Walz: 0
President Donald Trump: 4,500
Does any Republican not see the problem?
President Joe Biden: 0
President Barack Obama: 0
MN Governor Tim Walz: 0
President Donald Trump: 4,500
Does any Republican not see the problem?
Reposted by Leon Robertson
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Reposted by Leon Robertson
You know public health systems worked as intended when outbreaks of preventable disease don’t make headlines every week.
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@kevinfenton
February 2, 2026 at 3:53 AM
You know public health systems worked as intended when outbreaks of preventable disease don’t make headlines every week.
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@kevinfenton
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@kevinfenton
Reposted by Leon Robertson
February 2, 2026 at 1:18 AM
No snow on the mountains means no water in populated areas later this year.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/s...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/s...
Snow Drought in the West Reaches Record Levels
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:06 AM
No snow on the mountains means no water in populated areas later this year.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/s...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/s...