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Is this good? I don’t think this is good.
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
www.wesa.fm
February 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Is this good? I don’t think this is good.
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Research institutions are all going to have to run the numbers themselves for foreseeable future. Those databases are run by feds and states so we must create shadow systems, seek alternative funding. We hope to reclaim what is stolen, but start gathering nuts for a long winter. #MedSky 🩺
How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
www.propublica.org
February 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Research institutions are all going to have to run the numbers themselves for foreseeable future. Those databases are run by feds and states so we must create shadow systems, seek alternative funding. We hope to reclaim what is stolen, but start gathering nuts for a long winter. #MedSky 🩺
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I’m so sick of people saying this shit, especially elected officials. He’s the president. Declaring himself a king after issuing an order just the day before that says he’s the final authority on all laws isn’t a goddamn distraction.
Dear media:
Please do not waste time hyperventilating about this dumb comment.
It’s intended to be a distraction from all of the damaging actions he’s taking.
Focus on those.
Please do not waste time hyperventilating about this dumb comment.
It’s intended to be a distraction from all of the damaging actions he’s taking.
Focus on those.
February 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I’m so sick of people saying this shit, especially elected officials. He’s the president. Declaring himself a king after issuing an order just the day before that says he’s the final authority on all laws isn’t a goddamn distraction.
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The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
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I cannot think of anything more profoundly un-American than a president declaring himself a “king”
February 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I cannot think of anything more profoundly un-American than a president declaring himself a “king”
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My heart breaks at news of another horrific plane crash. I'm praying for the families of the victims & people of Arizona. It's vital the government thoroughly investigate this tragedy to bring peace to the victims and families and protect everyone flying in the US.
abcnews.go.com/US/2-dead-af...
abcnews.go.com/US/2-dead-af...
2 dead after small planes collide in Arizona
Two people have been confirmed dead after a Lancair and a Cessna collided midair at Marana Regional Airport in Arizona on Wednesday.
abcnews.go.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
My heart breaks at news of another horrific plane crash. I'm praying for the families of the victims & people of Arizona. It's vital the government thoroughly investigate this tragedy to bring peace to the victims and families and protect everyone flying in the US.
abcnews.go.com/US/2-dead-af...
abcnews.go.com/US/2-dead-af...
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Going to be quite frank, I do not find anything about this “king” stuff to be funny in any form, don’t think there’s a place for us to just crack wise about it and pretend it’s normal, yes we are all irony-poisoned but if we don’t draw a line here then we have no line
February 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Going to be quite frank, I do not find anything about this “king” stuff to be funny in any form, don’t think there’s a place for us to just crack wise about it and pretend it’s normal, yes we are all irony-poisoned but if we don’t draw a line here then we have no line
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Baldwin: "Last night, the president said 'I'm not touching Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, VA, I'm not touching them.' By this morning, he endorsed the House budget resolution which paves the way for massive cuts to Medicaid."
February 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Baldwin: "Last night, the president said 'I'm not touching Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, VA, I'm not touching them.' By this morning, he endorsed the House budget resolution which paves the way for massive cuts to Medicaid."
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Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."
February 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."
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"Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage." -- @govpritzker.illinois.gov
February 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage." -- @govpritzker.illinois.gov
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European Parliament member 👇🏽
February 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
European Parliament member 👇🏽
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
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Dark Pence is back.
February 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Dark Pence is back.
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“You should have never started it,” Mr. Trump said, referring to Ukrainian leaders who, in fact, did not start it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
Trump’s Pivot Toward Putin’s Russia Upends Generations of U.S. Policy
As peace talks opened in Saudi Arabia, President Trump made clear that the days of isolating Russia are over and suggested that Ukraine was to blame for being invaded.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“You should have never started it,” Mr. Trump said, referring to Ukrainian leaders who, in fact, did not start it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
Are we sure these people should be auditing when they can't do basic math?
Just one thousandth of what they said! No big deal.
The biggest line item on the site of Musk’s cost-cutting team appears to include an error.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
February 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Are we sure these people should be auditing when they can't do basic math?
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Just when you think Donald Trump cannot sink lower or be more shameful, today he's blaming Ukraine for the war and calling Zelinsky a dictator, when he knows perfectly well that Putin's constant re-elections are put-up jobs.
February 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Just when you think Donald Trump cannot sink lower or be more shameful, today he's blaming Ukraine for the war and calling Zelinsky a dictator, when he knows perfectly well that Putin's constant re-elections are put-up jobs.
Why can snot-nosed kids use Elon as a threat when secruity is just doing their job? Who gave these kids secruity clearance?
February 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Why can snot-nosed kids use Elon as a threat when secruity is just doing their job? Who gave these kids secruity clearance?
If Elon is not in charge? Why can he do all he is doing? Why doesn't secruity stop him when he is digging in places he shouldn't be?
Sorry but this is plainly a lie as anyone with eyes to see can tell.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Who’s in charge of DOGE? Not Elon Musk, White House says
A Trump administration personnel official says Musk has "no actual or formal authority to make government decisions."
www.politico.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
If Elon is not in charge? Why can he do all he is doing? Why doesn't secruity stop him when he is digging in places he shouldn't be?
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dear journalists,
could you please ask a follow up question when people say “i should’ve voted for kamala,” or something similar? specifically “why didn’t you?”
could you please ask a follow up question when people say “i should’ve voted for kamala,” or something similar? specifically “why didn’t you?”
There’s gonna be so many variations on this theme over the next three years and eleven months. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
February 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
dear journalists,
could you please ask a follow up question when people say “i should’ve voted for kamala,” or something similar? specifically “why didn’t you?”
could you please ask a follow up question when people say “i should’ve voted for kamala,” or something similar? specifically “why didn’t you?”
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This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
February 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
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so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky
February 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky
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Big crowd at the SF Tesla dealership protesting our unelected overlord. A tiny sign hangs from an upstairs window
February 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Big crowd at the SF Tesla dealership protesting our unelected overlord. A tiny sign hangs from an upstairs window
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the Comstock Act is such a clear example of engaged people being ahead of the mainstream press, the press being entirely dismissive of the claims, and the press being 100% wrong.
it’s the kind of thing that I don’t know how to fix because it was all right there the whole time.
it’s the kind of thing that I don’t know how to fix because it was all right there the whole time.
NEW: Anti-abortion groups want to enforce a 150-year-old law to ban abortion pills, which would be deeply unpopular. Now they're trying to rebrand the Comstock Act as an anti-drug trafficking statute, a move one expert compared to Nixon's manufactured War on Drugs.
Me in @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social:
Me in @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social:
Inside the ‘Diabolical’ Campaign to Ban Abortion Pills by Rebranding the Comstock Act
Conservative groups have launched a PR campaign to frame the Comstock Act of 1873 as an anti-drug trafficking law. One expert compared it to the Nixon administration’s manufactured War on Drugs.
www.jezebel.com
February 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
the Comstock Act is such a clear example of engaged people being ahead of the mainstream press, the press being entirely dismissive of the claims, and the press being 100% wrong.
it’s the kind of thing that I don’t know how to fix because it was all right there the whole time.
it’s the kind of thing that I don’t know how to fix because it was all right there the whole time.