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LizW

@cave-malum.bsky.social

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Dogs, cats, old house,recovering classicist. Now advocacy for protection of folks in clinical trials w/CIRCARE Priceless from FDA to clinical investigator: "We remind you that it is not appropriate to collect source data on materials such as paper towel."

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LizW @cave-malum.bsky.social · Apr 27

IRBs have names and registration numbers in the OHRP database. IRB rosters can be obtained via FOIA.

1 very large commercial IRB is located in a state where the law permits public inspection of IRB minutes.

Surely there is no reason not to disclose the name of the IRB.

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David Sacerdote @davidsacerdote.bsky.social · 15h

A decade after it was written, I find myself pulling out the @cingraham.bsky.social's gerrymandering explanation to help people understand why California’s Prop. 50 is so important to pass.

wapo.st/3WfcjeB

This is the best explanation of gerrymandering you will ever see

By simplifying gerrymandering we see how problematic it really is.

wapo.st

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Pennsylvania Democratic Party @padems.org · 1d

Learn from ALL SEVEN STATEWIDE JUSTICES & JUDGES running for office or retention firsthand. Understand why voting YES protects your rights. Sign up on Mobilize here:
www.mobilize.us/montgomeryco...

Livestreamed by the Democratic Committee of Lower Merion and Narberth at: youtube.com/@DCLMN

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · Dec 19

Out now - National Academies consensus report on Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science 🧪

It was a privilege to serve as one of the 15 committee members from a wide range of scientific disciplines who put this report together. Quick 🧵1/

www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/und...

Cover of the report - it's in a blue/purple color scheme and shows an abstract illustration of a molecule and the title of the report "Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science Consensus Study Report"

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Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 2h

NEW: RFK transferred 70 public health officers to work for four months at far-flung Indian Health Service sites. Though the help is desperately needed, the deployment threatens to disrupt vital disease tracking and harm reduction work. www.politico.com/news/2025/10... w/ @mayakaufman.bsky.social

‘Straining everything in our system’: Indian Health Service transfers leave leadership vacuum

The four-month deployments are unusually long and target a chronic issue rather than an isolated emergency.

www.politico.com

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 2h

Think Miller needs to send in a few more battalions. Maybe Hegseth can send some elite units. Things are getting dangerous in Portland

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LizW @cave-malum.bsky.social · 2h

Other cities can't compete with Portland but most Americans can afford a tutu and a clown nose. Better yet how many Santa Claus costumes are there in basements and attics all over the country? Time to break em out and dance.

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Justice Christine Donohue @retaindonohue.bsky.social · 22h

We are beyond grateful for the support of our Governor, Josh Shapiro, in this race for retention! As the Governor points out, so much is at stake. Join Governor Shapiro in voting YES to retain PA Supreme Court Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty, & David Wecht. #VoteYES ✅✅✅

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 14h

🙏 Thank for the kind words.

His powerful writing is quoted in both of my books because he tells it like it is.

If only more people had been as willing to clearly call out obviously dangerous disinformation as he has since 2020- and many years before that too.

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Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 13h

When Noem appeared on the roof of the Portland ICE facility, flanked by influencers and DHS hype video makers, the protesters below tried to spoil her photo-op in the "war ravaged" city by blaring the Benny Hill theme.

Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 16h

Maga influencers have been descending on Portland's small but persistent protest outside an Ice office to pick fights and glean content. So naturally, the cabinet member Trump cast for her on-screen presence showed up today with a trio of influencers in tow www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Kristi Noem tours Portland Ice facility with Maga influencers in tow

Oregon governor, Tina Kotek, accuses Ice of antagonizing protesters with teargas and by inviting influencers to film

www.theguardian.com

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LizW @cave-malum.bsky.social · 12h

"Noem’s motorcade then drove out of the facility past a handful of protesters on the street outside, including one dressed as a bear wearing a sombrero."

This is the way.

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tommytwopence.bsky.social @tommytwopence.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting, from Annenberg-

"Just 39% have confidence RFK Jr. is providing trustworthy public health information. By contrast, the public has more confidence (57%) in Dr. Anthony Fauci...."

www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/public-confi...

Public Confidence in U.S. Health Agencies Slides, Fueled by Declines Among Democrats | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania

APPC survey finds that public confidence in U.S. health and science agencies has dropped since the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 13h

You can’t talk seriously about gun violence in Chicago without talking about where the guns come from. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...

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LizW @cave-malum.bsky.social · 13h

Only if you're a whale.

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 18h

I love how Sophie

- waits patiently for it to begin

- is on it even before the full attack begins

- Flying Nuns her ears

- defends our home

- takes it up several notches at ~:27

- Jazz Hands those paws (or, if you prefer, puts 'em on the glass)

- truly wants to get. that. water.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 19h

Like idk man maybe if your agency ever responded to any of my numerous emails, I wouldn’t have to stand here and wait to see which agency is going into which cars.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 18h

Unfortunately, POTUS deciding that the U.S. is at war with secret enemies is not unprecedented.

Except during the “war on terror” it was at least notionally pursuant to delegated authority under the 2001 AUMF.

Now the executive branch is simply usurping Congress’s power to declare war.

Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 19h

Senator Slotkin asks Army GC nominee about how many "designated terrorist organizations" the US is now supposedly in an armed conflict with and whether he can name them.

Army GC nominee refuses to answer.

Administration refuses to tell American public and Congress who POTUS has declared war on.

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Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 18h

Tom Nichols on the situation in Chicago: “This story really isn’t about immigration… It’s about getting the American people used to idea that Donald Trump is an absolute ruler who can put the military in streets at will, and intimidate everyone, including citizens.”

@radiofreetom.bsky.social

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LizW @cave-malum.bsky.social · 13h

It was a good interview that focused on how Brian's experience investigating another vaccine made him suspect the Lancet paper.

I couldn't help thinking about some of the collateral damage AJW's research caused.

£500,000 for boy left fighting for life after being used as MMR guinea pig

An autistic boy has won a £500,000 payout after the hospital at the centre of the MMR scandal carried out an operation that was 'not clinically justified'

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 17h

For someone in need: Does anyone know where women can get a free mammogram in Montgomery County, Maryland?

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LizW @cave-malum.bsky.social · 14h

Staffer charged w/preparing Twitter post responses didn't increase the font size enough for middle-aged AG to read.

LizW @cave-malum.bsky.social · 14h

And iirc Trump was captivated by his first name, Hung, and remarked on it more than once [insert 4th grade boy humor].

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 16h

News coverage about my client who got railroaded (and is still fighting it) for trying to keep shit from literally blowing up.

NEW: EPA Echoes Whistleblower, Plans to File Complaint Against Naval Base

An hour after the whistleblower turned in his investigation report, he said he was put on administrative leave.

hntrbrk.com

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17h

Really looking forward to the @jasonleopold.bsky.social FOIA for the staffer's notes who put this together, DURING a shutdown.

Not least bc (as @whitehouse.senate.gov noted), the Reid Hoffman slur was false.

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 17h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 16h

“When this goes to court — and undoubtedly it will in some form — DOJ will be stuck defending the premise that DOD has to invade Portland because right wingers with close ties to the President traveled across the country to stoke unrest.”

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18h

"Do something, bitch!"* Kristi Noem Dressed Russia's Useful Idiot Up to Cosplay CBP

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/07/d...

"Do something, bitch!"* Kristi Noem Dressed Russia's Useful Idiot Up to Cosplay CBP - emptywheel

DHS is increasingly using overt propaganda to justify its invasions of Democratic states. It's horrible in real time--and possibly designed to feed Trump false claims about the states--but it could ba...

www.emptywheel.net

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 18h

How antivaccine groups mislead people, #4694: the actual report said the CDC performed well, but suggested improvements; the CHD article misrepresented it by saying it fumbled safety, which the report did not say or imply.

NASEM report: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...

CHD article. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/cdc-fumbled-safety-monitoring-covid-vaccines-new-report-critics-call-fixes-too-little-too-late/?utm_source=cc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20251007

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