Alina B Baciu
@alinabbaciu.bsky.social
my own views; ❤️ OUR NATION OF IMMIGRANTS, ❤️ diversity, equity, inclusion; #publichealth; home is Nacotchtank land, Douglass Commonwealth, future 51st state
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In applying AI to material science, biology, etc, capitalism is trying to shed science.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In applying AI to material science, biology, etc, capitalism is trying to shed science.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
The best vaccine explainer from Dr. @pauloffit.bsky.social, to share widely with all family and friends who are confused about why vaccines are important, or worried about them because of the falsehoods spread by high-level officials
(thank you @wired.com)
youtu.be/2uURMKLAPZw
(thank you @wired.com)
youtu.be/2uURMKLAPZw
Doctor Answers Vaccine Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
YouTube video by WIRED
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The best vaccine explainer from Dr. @pauloffit.bsky.social, to share widely with all family and friends who are confused about why vaccines are important, or worried about them because of the falsehoods spread by high-level officials
(thank you @wired.com)
youtu.be/2uURMKLAPZw
(thank you @wired.com)
youtu.be/2uURMKLAPZw
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The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
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The proposal is here and you CAN comment on it. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22461.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
December 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The proposal is here and you CAN comment on it. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22461.pdf
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ICE is zip-tying kids and going after your hardworking friends and neighbors – not violent criminals. Just look at the data.
Most Immigrants Arrested in City Crackdowns Have No Criminal Record
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
ICE is zip-tying kids and going after your hardworking friends and neighbors – not violent criminals. Just look at the data.
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The death rate among children under 5 is expected to grow this year for the first time in the 21st century, researchers say. A key factor, they say, is cuts to U.S. and other foreign aid
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Child deaths under 5 believed to be rising for first time in decades
Cuts to development aid from several countries is a key factor, researchers said.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The death rate among children under 5 is expected to grow this year for the first time in the 21st century, researchers say. A key factor, they say, is cuts to U.S. and other foreign aid
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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A neat thing about birthright citizenship is how it tests whether a person cares at all about the Constitution. There's no argument against it, birthright citizenship is the unambitious text, the obvious intent of the drafters, and the undisputed way it was followed for the past 150+ years.
I continue to think that Matty coming out against birthright citizenship a few months ago should have been taken as a major warning sign that the group chats have already decided to surrender on this.
December 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A neat thing about birthright citizenship is how it tests whether a person cares at all about the Constitution. There's no argument against it, birthright citizenship is the unambitious text, the obvious intent of the drafters, and the undisputed way it was followed for the past 150+ years.
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If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
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“I asked, ‘What’s your favorite go-go band?’ Everyone started naming them. I said, ‘OK, so what’s your top three? Your top five?’ They gave them to me, and I said, ‘That’s ranked-choice voting.’”
Is D.C. ready for ranked-choice voting?
Educating voters will be a big task ahead of the 2026 local elections.
51st.news
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“I asked, ‘What’s your favorite go-go band?’ Everyone started naming them. I said, ‘OK, so what’s your top three? Your top five?’ They gave them to me, and I said, ‘That’s ranked-choice voting.’”
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The only time Article 5 of the NATO Treaty was invoked was to defend us, not for us to defend Europe. European soldiers and civilians died fighting with us and working next to us in Afghanistan. Europe was not attacked on September 11, 2001.
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The only time Article 5 of the NATO Treaty was invoked was to defend us, not for us to defend Europe. European soldiers and civilians died fighting with us and working next to us in Afghanistan. Europe was not attacked on September 11, 2001.
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Corporate-owned outlets that answer to billionaires are increasingly showing they’re not built for this moment. Independent media is filling the gaps and building something new.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Corporate-owned outlets that answer to billionaires are increasingly showing they’re not built for this moment. Independent media is filling the gaps and building something new.
Help us keep building for another year with a gift subscription to one of these awesome outlets:
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Good (but distressing) episode of Ed Levine’s Special Sauce podcast details how ICE raids are harming the communities that serve the DC restaurant ecosystem.
They note that many of the people being picked up cooked and delivered our food during the pandemic.
play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...
They note that many of the people being picked up cooked and delivered our food during the pandemic.
play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...
Special Sauce with Ed Levine
On this week's Special Sauce the Washington Post's Tim Carman and Warren Rojas explain how ICE Raids and the National Guard deployment in the nation's capital have terrified immigrant restaurant worke...
play.prx.org
December 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Good (but distressing) episode of Ed Levine’s Special Sauce podcast details how ICE raids are harming the communities that serve the DC restaurant ecosystem.
They note that many of the people being picked up cooked and delivered our food during the pandemic.
play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...
They note that many of the people being picked up cooked and delivered our food during the pandemic.
play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...
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This is so racist it needs a new category of racism to describe it but it's also stupid and pointless. You simply cannot purge the celebration of Black people and their accomplishments from this country in favor of celebrations of a dying pedophile. It's literally not a thing he's capable of doing.
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 3:13 PM
This is so racist it needs a new category of racism to describe it but it's also stupid and pointless. You simply cannot purge the celebration of Black people and their accomplishments from this country in favor of celebrations of a dying pedophile. It's literally not a thing he's capable of doing.
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
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If you're looking for trusted, science-based information to guide informed choices, where do you turn? Resources like cidrap.bsky.social's Vaccine Integrity Project and the ameracadpeds.bsky.social can provide information on the safety and efficacy of the Hepatitis B vaccine. #MomSky
December 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If you're looking for trusted, science-based information to guide informed choices, where do you turn? Resources like cidrap.bsky.social's Vaccine Integrity Project and the ameracadpeds.bsky.social can provide information on the safety and efficacy of the Hepatitis B vaccine. #MomSky
Exactly! At this time, families should look to @ameracadpeds.bsky.social and @cidrap.bsky.social (Vaccine Integrity Project) for science-based advice on vaccines to protect our kids and #publichealth
#momsky
#momsky
Families deserve a process we can trust. Our babies deserve protection, clarity, and care — not politics, confusion, and misinformation.
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Exactly! At this time, families should look to @ameracadpeds.bsky.social and @cidrap.bsky.social (Vaccine Integrity Project) for science-based advice on vaccines to protect our kids and #publichealth
#momsky
#momsky
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Families deserve a process we can trust. Our babies deserve protection, clarity, and care — not politics, confusion, and misinformation.
December 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Families deserve a process we can trust. Our babies deserve protection, clarity, and care — not politics, confusion, and misinformation.
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This, among millions of other reasons, is why any attempt to meet transphobes in the middle was always a form of abandoning trans people.
Like immigrant demonization, any attempt at all to give any credence to right wing talking points was always just ammunition for the right wing.
Like immigrant demonization, any attempt at all to give any credence to right wing talking points was always just ammunition for the right wing.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This, among millions of other reasons, is why any attempt to meet transphobes in the middle was always a form of abandoning trans people.
Like immigrant demonization, any attempt at all to give any credence to right wing talking points was always just ammunition for the right wing.
Like immigrant demonization, any attempt at all to give any credence to right wing talking points was always just ammunition for the right wing.
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Hannah reminds us why we have a cabinet with "talents" like Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, RFKJr and Pam Bondi...
December 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Hannah reminds us why we have a cabinet with "talents" like Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, RFKJr and Pam Bondi...
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Whose advice should US parents follow since ACIP is no longer legitimate?
My answer is in the article below.
“I would follow the American Academy of Pediatrics advice, as well as the Vaccine Integrity Project…The one group I wouldn’t trust is ACIP”.
@cidrap.bsky.social
My answer is in the article below.
“I would follow the American Academy of Pediatrics advice, as well as the Vaccine Integrity Project…The one group I wouldn’t trust is ACIP”.
@cidrap.bsky.social
CDC panel debates hepatitis B vaccine for newborns at a contentious meeting
Confusion among recently appointed panel members delayed the vote after a day of discussion
cen.acs.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Whose advice should US parents follow since ACIP is no longer legitimate?
My answer is in the article below.
“I would follow the American Academy of Pediatrics advice, as well as the Vaccine Integrity Project…The one group I wouldn’t trust is ACIP”.
@cidrap.bsky.social
My answer is in the article below.
“I would follow the American Academy of Pediatrics advice, as well as the Vaccine Integrity Project…The one group I wouldn’t trust is ACIP”.
@cidrap.bsky.social
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Reminder about Jan 6:
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Reminder about Jan 6:
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
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I wrote this last year when Trump was spreading racist lies about Haitians eating pets. I wrote it in solidarity with a community targeted by Trump’s vile and violent hate.
Today I send these words out again in solidarity with the Somali community, the latest target of his racism & violence. 1/2
Today I send these words out again in solidarity with the Somali community, the latest target of his racism & violence. 1/2
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I wrote this last year when Trump was spreading racist lies about Haitians eating pets. I wrote it in solidarity with a community targeted by Trump’s vile and violent hate.
Today I send these words out again in solidarity with the Somali community, the latest target of his racism & violence. 1/2
Today I send these words out again in solidarity with the Somali community, the latest target of his racism & violence. 1/2
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Meet the new Deputy Chief of Staff at the CDC.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Meet the new Deputy Chief of Staff at the CDC.