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"And while the full scope of the cancellations is not clear, people in the field whom I consulted said the number of affected organizations could reach 2,000."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-take...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-take...
Trump Takes Another Blowtorch to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service
Potentially $2b was just cut from a key HHS agency with bipartisan support.
www.thebulwark.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:21 PM
"And while the full scope of the cancellations is not clear, people in the field whom I consulted said the number of affected organizations could reach 2,000."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-take...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-take...
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For those who are on safer supply and not diverting their medications they should be able to continue with receiving carries. Making them go into a pharmacy 3 times a day or more could make them stop going, which would destabilize their lives.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
B.C. to require safer supply medications to be taken under supervision
Change follows considerable scrutiny and political pushback on the program
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
For those who are on safer supply and not diverting their medications they should be able to continue with receiving carries. Making them go into a pharmacy 3 times a day or more could make them stop going, which would destabilize their lives.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
This is what happens when you put a privileged, 14 year heroin addict in charge of health. Duh
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
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💊 New antibiotic class
Scientists have developed Novltex, a new antibiotic with strong activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria like MRSA. It’s cheaper to make and highly effective in lab tests.
🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#SciComm #Antibiotics #AMR 🧪
Scientists have developed Novltex, a new antibiotic with strong activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria like MRSA. It’s cheaper to make and highly effective in lab tests.
🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#SciComm #Antibiotics #AMR 🧪
Novltex: A New Class of Antibiotics with Potent Activity against Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens─Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation
Increasing spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria demands antibiotics that combine potent activity with scalable synthesis. Novo29 (clovibactin) is promising but suffers from low yield (1%), dep...
pubs.acs.org
September 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
💊 New antibiotic class
Scientists have developed Novltex, a new antibiotic with strong activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria like MRSA. It’s cheaper to make and highly effective in lab tests.
🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#SciComm #Antibiotics #AMR 🧪
Scientists have developed Novltex, a new antibiotic with strong activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria like MRSA. It’s cheaper to make and highly effective in lab tests.
🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#SciComm #Antibiotics #AMR 🧪
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President Johnson, in a November 9, 1968 letter to the Smothers Brothers:
“It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”
“It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”
September 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
President Johnson, in a November 9, 1968 letter to the Smothers Brothers:
“It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”
“It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”
Why is it nearly impossible to buy something as simple as TCP (antiseptic) in England at the moment?
September 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Why is it nearly impossible to buy something as simple as TCP (antiseptic) in England at the moment?
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Flat-out, complete, utter bullshit.
Vance: “People on the left are much likelier to defend and celebrate political violence. This is not a both sides problem. If both sides have a problem, then one side has a much bigger and malignant problem and that is the truth.”
September 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Flat-out, complete, utter bullshit.
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Someone just sent me a bunch of examples of these. Apparently the site is flooded with them.
There's gotta be a story behind all of these.
There's gotta be a story behind all of these.
September 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Someone just sent me a bunch of examples of these. Apparently the site is flooded with them.
There's gotta be a story behind all of these.
There's gotta be a story behind all of these.
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This is entertaining and should be widely circulated in the UK
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This is entertaining and should be widely circulated in the UK
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🪬🧿 There is no amount of money, oil, or gold in the world that is worth more than having bees, trees, and clean water.
August 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🪬🧿 There is no amount of money, oil, or gold in the world that is worth more than having bees, trees, and clean water.
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Bertrand Russell wrote this over 100 years ago, in 1923. Hasn't aged a day.
January 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Bertrand Russell wrote this over 100 years ago, in 1923. Hasn't aged a day.
@greatdismal.bsky.social I expect you've already seen this www.theregister.com/2024/11/29/p...
Panasonic brings its founder back to life as an AI
Digital clone of Kōnosuke Matsushita to dispense management advice to new generation
www.theregister.com
November 29, 2024 at 8:04 AM
@greatdismal.bsky.social I expect you've already seen this www.theregister.com/2024/11/29/p...