Shawn Connery
@shawnconnery.bsky.social
Drug development in real life. PhD, Immunology.
International relations hobbyist.
International relations hobbyist.
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Shawn Connery
@shawnconnery.bsky.social
· Jan 11
The world would be so much better if more people had a concept of *Enough*
Like, you're rich - congratulations, live on a beach somewhere
You don't need to bless the world with your half-baked political philosophy
Like, you're rich - congratulations, live on a beach somewhere
You don't need to bless the world with your half-baked political philosophy
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Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
Silicone Valley evolution
November 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Silicone Valley evolution
Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
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Scientists studied thousands of children born March 2020-May 2021.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to sto...
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Scientists studied thousands of children born March 2020-May 2021.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
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Honduran ruling party candidate accuses Trump of interfering in election
Honduran ruling party candidate accuses Trump of interfering in election
The ruling party candidate Rixi Moncada in Sunday's Honduran presidential election accused the American president of 'interventionist' meddling after he endorsed her right-wing opponent and said he would be pardoning an ex-president.
www.lemonde.fr
November 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Honduran ruling party candidate accuses Trump of interfering in election
Trump Media Group -66% YTD, ICYMI
November 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Trump Media Group -66% YTD, ICYMI
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The Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday, while a hospital said that Israeli fire killed two Palestinian children in the territory’s south.
https://to.pbs.org/4rtRPgl
https://to.pbs.org/4rtRPgl
Palestinian death toll surpasses 70,000 since start of Israel-Hamas war, Gaza ministry says
The Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday, while a hospital said that Israeli fire killed two Palestinian children in the t...
www.pbs.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday, while a hospital said that Israeli fire killed two Palestinian children in the territory’s south.
https://to.pbs.org/4rtRPgl
https://to.pbs.org/4rtRPgl
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This should worry everyone.
“US officials contacted by Reuters were surprised by Trump's announcement and unaware of any ongoing military operations to enforce a closure of Venezuelan airspace.”
Trump’s failing faculties could walk the US into war.
“US officials contacted by Reuters were surprised by Trump's announcement and unaware of any ongoing military operations to enforce a closure of Venezuelan airspace.”
Trump’s failing faculties could walk the US into war.
November 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This should worry everyone.
“US officials contacted by Reuters were surprised by Trump's announcement and unaware of any ongoing military operations to enforce a closure of Venezuelan airspace.”
Trump’s failing faculties could walk the US into war.
“US officials contacted by Reuters were surprised by Trump's announcement and unaware of any ongoing military operations to enforce a closure of Venezuelan airspace.”
Trump’s failing faculties could walk the US into war.
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Trump’s belief in Might Makes Right - the slogan for bullies everywhere - is going to create a vast army of enemies for the US across Central and South America. The repercussions could be huge for all US citizens.
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Trump’s belief in Might Makes Right - the slogan for bullies everywhere - is going to create a vast army of enemies for the US across Central and South America. The repercussions could be huge for all US citizens.
Enjoy this picture of a Saiga (real animal, not a Star Wars figure)
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Enjoy this picture of a Saiga (real animal, not a Star Wars figure)
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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a few candidates have talked about this but any Dem planning to run in 2028 should make it explicit: the next DOJ will, in fact, go after you if you’re funding this awful ballroom, or any other pay to play deals you make with this administration
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
a few candidates have talked about this but any Dem planning to run in 2028 should make it explicit: the next DOJ will, in fact, go after you if you’re funding this awful ballroom, or any other pay to play deals you make with this administration
Scapegoating, what is it
The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports days after a shooting near the White House that left one National Guard member dead and another in critical condition.
https://to.pbs.org/4p2jCTq
https://to.pbs.org/4p2jCTq
Trump administration halts all asylum decisions after shooting of National Guard members
The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports days after a shooting near the White House that left one National Guard membe...
www.pbs.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Scapegoating, what is it
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Like 30% of the country is absolutely enraged because they thought they were going to be able to be utter shitbirds without anyone being allowed to call them shitbirds, but here we are, calling them shitbirds.
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Like 30% of the country is absolutely enraged because they thought they were going to be able to be utter shitbirds without anyone being allowed to call them shitbirds, but here we are, calling them shitbirds.
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The diehards are starting to decide after much prayerful consideration with their beautiful brides that being in the minority next year sounds like a shit sandwich.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The diehards are starting to decide after much prayerful consideration with their beautiful brides that being in the minority next year sounds like a shit sandwich.
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There was a time, not so long ago, we had this thing called "conflicts of interest"
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
There was a time, not so long ago, we had this thing called "conflicts of interest"
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The @nsarchive.bsky.social Posts Declassified Documents on Operation Condor’s Dark History | This cross-border network of repression (launched 50 years ago in Chile) targeted hundreds of dissidents & opponents of right-wing regimes for kidnapping, torture & disappearance in the Southern Cone.
Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later
Washington, D.C., November 26, 2025 - On General Augusto Pinochet’s 60th birthday, November 25, 1975, four delegations of Southern Cone secret police chieftains gathered in Santiago, Chile, at the inv...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
November 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The @nsarchive.bsky.social Posts Declassified Documents on Operation Condor’s Dark History | This cross-border network of repression (launched 50 years ago in Chile) targeted hundreds of dissidents & opponents of right-wing regimes for kidnapping, torture & disappearance in the Southern Cone.
How can one paper suck so much
November 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
How can one paper suck so much
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Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
Your taxes at work. $50k signing bonus to join ICE.
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Your taxes at work. $50k signing bonus to join ICE.
PhRMA advertises on f*cking Truth Social.
That'll fix Big Pharma's public perception problem.
That'll fix Big Pharma's public perception problem.
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
PhRMA advertises on f*cking Truth Social.
That'll fix Big Pharma's public perception problem.
That'll fix Big Pharma's public perception problem.
Useful idiot
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Friday, once again shunning efforts by his European Union partners to isolate Moscow over its invasion of neighboring Ukraine nearly four years ago. https://to.pbs.org/48b3rxm
Hungary's Orbán seeks more Russian oil and gas at talks with Putin in Moscow
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Friday, once again shunning efforts by his European Union partners to isolate Moscow over its i...
to.pbs.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Useful idiot
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President Donald Trump "seems to draw energy from hatred, from generating hatred toward other people," says @peter-wehner.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
President Donald Trump "seems to draw energy from hatred, from generating hatred toward other people," says @peter-wehner.bsky.social