Stressed_Scientist
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Biochemist. Just tired right now. No pic due to work reasons but might eventually change.
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Excellent analysis today from @atrupar.com in PN:
The GOP "has done untold damage to the nation over the past two and a half decades, particularly during its domination by Trump. America would probably be far better off sending it into the dustbin of history."
www.publicnotice.co/p/late-trump...
The GOP "has done untold damage to the nation over the past two and a half decades, particularly during its domination by Trump. America would probably be far better off sending it into the dustbin of history."
www.publicnotice.co/p/late-trump...
Republicans in the era of Late Trumpism
The end is in sight — and it's not pretty for the GOP.
www.publicnotice.co
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Excellent analysis today from @atrupar.com in PN:
The GOP "has done untold damage to the nation over the past two and a half decades, particularly during its domination by Trump. America would probably be far better off sending it into the dustbin of history."
www.publicnotice.co/p/late-trump...
The GOP "has done untold damage to the nation over the past two and a half decades, particularly during its domination by Trump. America would probably be far better off sending it into the dustbin of history."
www.publicnotice.co/p/late-trump...
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Very Dear Leader comments from election denier Roger Marshall.
Sen. Roger Marshall on Trump's health: "I'll work 110 hours a week. He outworks me. He's the first person I've ever known that works harder than I do. He runs around that golf course. He's in incredible shape right now. And you talk about sharp! He's playing 4 dimensional chess"
December 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Very Dear Leader comments from election denier Roger Marshall.
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NYT: Is the President tired?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
December 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
NYT: Is the President tired?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
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Der Spiegel: Commander in Sleep
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Der Spiegel: Commander in Sleep
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"Northwestern officials proudly noted that their pact with the WH explicitly declares that the agreement doesn’t allow the gov't to dictate “the content of academic speech and research” .... But the pact itself restricts speech and research at the university. Saying otherwise won’t change that."
Opinion | The Dishonesty of the Northwestern Deal
The university claims it preserved academic autonomy. It didn’t.
www.chronicle.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"Northwestern officials proudly noted that their pact with the WH explicitly declares that the agreement doesn’t allow the gov't to dictate “the content of academic speech and research” .... But the pact itself restricts speech and research at the university. Saying otherwise won’t change that."
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“Until routine childhood HepB vaccination, more than 1 in 3 chronic infections in the US resulted from perinatal or childhood transmission.
The universal hepB vaccine has prevented a half mil + child infections and prevented 90,100 child deaths.”
healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
The universal hepB vaccine has prevented a half mil + child infections and prevented 90,100 child deaths.”
healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
Why reporters should cover this week's CDC meeting on hepatitis B vaccine and more
The CDC will discuss its current policy of hepatitis B vaccination at birth and other recommendations from Dec. 4-5. Here's what to know.
healthjournalism.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
“Until routine childhood HepB vaccination, more than 1 in 3 chronic infections in the US resulted from perinatal or childhood transmission.
The universal hepB vaccine has prevented a half mil + child infections and prevented 90,100 child deaths.”
healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
The universal hepB vaccine has prevented a half mil + child infections and prevented 90,100 child deaths.”
healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
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“Effective immediately, 100 will now be 5,100 and—I’m reading off the official statistics from my people—500 will be 25,500,” said Trump
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
WASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. “Effect...
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“Effective immediately, 100 will now be 5,100 and—I’m reading off the official statistics from my people—500 will be 25,500,” said Trump
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Note this also applies to days when Republican reelection chances are not being set on fire. Any day you are not Mike Johnson means you haven't hit absolute rock bottom.
look however shitty your day has been or however bad your night is going just take comfort in knowing you’re not mike johnson
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Note this also applies to days when Republican reelection chances are not being set on fire. Any day you are not Mike Johnson means you haven't hit absolute rock bottom.
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Note that a 14pt shift left in a red state is still catastrophic for the GOP: the only safe red states in such a wave (assuming even distribution) would be ID, OK, TN, KY, ND, AL, SD, WV, and WY.
looks like two completed counties (v red rurals) with Behn improving on Harris by 10 in one and 15 in the other -- huge shifts but not winning shifts
the Needle took a big dive to the right on the reporting of the Williamson County early vote, now R+5.7
betting markets now aligning on 5+ pt margin
the Needle took a big dive to the right on the reporting of the Williamson County early vote, now R+5.7
betting markets now aligning on 5+ pt margin
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Note that a 14pt shift left in a red state is still catastrophic for the GOP: the only safe red states in such a wave (assuming even distribution) would be ID, OK, TN, KY, ND, AL, SD, WV, and WY.
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An article that wasn't focused on elite colleges might be capable of considering that disability accommodations are about a student getting a good education for themselves rather than framing things in terms of a hunger games competition for who gets to be elite in society
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
An article that wasn't focused on elite colleges might be capable of considering that disability accommodations are about a student getting a good education for themselves rather than framing things in terms of a hunger games competition for who gets to be elite in society
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Nayra Guzmán was 15 days post C-section — going to see her baby in the NICU — when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
19thnews.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Nayra Guzmán was 15 days post C-section — going to see her baby in the NICU — when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
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CALLOUT: I am looking to interview individuals who have sought health care at crisis pregnancy centers, whether intentionally or unintentionally, and want to talk about their experience. The center can be located anywhere. If you or someone you know might be interested, please email or send me a DM.
December 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
CALLOUT: I am looking to interview individuals who have sought health care at crisis pregnancy centers, whether intentionally or unintentionally, and want to talk about their experience. The center can be located anywhere. If you or someone you know might be interested, please email or send me a DM.
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When you're lashing out trying to save yourself, especially if you're stupid, you're going to say things that make your lawyer cry.
Dimwit Hegseth just opened the door to demands to see the video. Because this is what WaPo reported:
December 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
When you're lashing out trying to save yourself, especially if you're stupid, you're going to say things that make your lawyer cry.
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This alone is impeachable behavior.
Trump has now pardoned a murderous drug lord who smuggled 400 tons of cocaine into the country, AND the guy who ran the Dark Web's biggest drug marketplace.
Former Honduran president released from US prison after Trump pardon reut.rs/3Y3ziKg
December 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This alone is impeachable behavior.
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“The Editors of the New York Times are Doing Journalism the Right Way”
by the Editors of the New York Times
by the Editors of the New York Times
I don’t know what the New York Times thought it would accomplish with this apple-polishing Q&A of Exec Editor Joe Kahn by Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for standards and trust. I’ve used a gift link in case you want to read the whole thing. But this thread offers a few "highlights." 🧵 1/4
Your Questions, Complaints and Feedback for Our Editor, Joe Kahn
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“The Editors of the New York Times are Doing Journalism the Right Way”
by the Editors of the New York Times
by the Editors of the New York Times
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In retrospect this cabinet meeting seems equivalent to Biden's team insisting on doing that debate with Trump, only with less of an audience for it.
I can't get over the fact that they scheduled a televised Cabinet meeting, hyped it as a major event, planned it all out to show how active and in control Trump is ... and then he dozed off in the middle of it. Repeatedly.
December 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
In retrospect this cabinet meeting seems equivalent to Biden's team insisting on doing that debate with Trump, only with less of an audience for it.
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He’s gonna become a cryptid
it’s probably normal and fine that I’ve only seen the current mayor of New York City like twice since the election a month ago and both times he was in a country thousands of miles away
December 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
He’s gonna become a cryptid
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Our tax dollars pay for the Speaker of the House of Representatives to have a staff of dozens of people who keep him informed of current events around the clock, often even before they make the news.
It is offensive that our mainstream media never pushes back or even questions such an obvious lie.
It is offensive that our mainstream media never pushes back or even questions such an obvious lie.
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Our tax dollars pay for the Speaker of the House of Representatives to have a staff of dozens of people who keep him informed of current events around the clock, often even before they make the news.
It is offensive that our mainstream media never pushes back or even questions such an obvious lie.
It is offensive that our mainstream media never pushes back or even questions such an obvious lie.
Well explained research thread (link to nature article in the next post). Friendly reminder to anyone who doesn't read Chise's breakdown that potential breakthroughs to actual treatment are usually measured in years not months. (Not to take anything away from this antibody isolation to be clear.)
December 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Well explained research thread (link to nature article in the next post). Friendly reminder to anyone who doesn't read Chise's breakdown that potential breakthroughs to actual treatment are usually measured in years not months. (Not to take anything away from this antibody isolation to be clear.)