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Chris Morten @cmorten.bsky.social · 1d

If you missed our big event on Sep. 25—"Fixing a Broken System: The Path to Public Pharma in New York"—fear not!

@nyuengelberg.org just posted the audio recording, along with some lovely photos!

Check it out! 🔗: www.nyuengelberg.org/events/fixin...

Fixing a Broken System: The Path to Public Pharma in New York

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Chris Morten @cmorten.bsky.social · 1d

If you missed our big event on Sep. 25—"Fixing a Broken System: The Path to Public Pharma in New York"—fear not!

@nyuengelberg.org just posted the audio recording, along with some lovely photos!

Check it out! 🔗: www.nyuengelberg.org/events/fixin...

Fixing a Broken System: The Path to Public Pharma in New York

www.nyuengelberg.org

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

also, in keeping with Vance’s view of american identity, only white people are fully American with the right to critique or dissent. nonwhites must show proper gratitude (supporting Trump or marrying JD Vance) before they can speak critically of the country (in approved ways, of course)

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 5d

Don’t believe anyone who tells you that intelligence shows anything “without a doubt,” but even if the intelligence was water-tight, this strike was still murder. No law permits the deliberate, premeditated killing of civilians.

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Andy Sellars @sellars.bsky.social · 8d

AAUP v. Rubio is out, and look at how it starts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Ahead of the case caption, a handwritten note: "Trump has pardons and tanks . . . . what do you have?" Judge Young's reply: "Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous,
Alone, I have nothing but my
sense of duty.
Together, We the People of the
United States –- you and me --
have our magnificent Constitution.
Here’s how that works out in a
specific case –- "

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Politico @politico.com · 10d

The Energy Department adds “climate change,” “green” and “decarbonization” to its restricted list.

Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list

It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.

www.politico.com

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holden m. accountable @noahs.bsky.social · 10d

THE MEME IS REAL

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10d

Most people who write about politics, right or left, have internalized the concept of the Trump supporter as the authentic american Volk and so many of their conclusions proceed from that
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 10d

separate from everything, the idea that 2020 was a squeaker but 2024 represents a historical mandate will simply be the death of me

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Chris Morten @cmorten.bsky.social · 14d

ack right back at *you!

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Chris Morten @cmorten.bsky.social · 14d

Right back at, Professor Hans! Couldn't do it without you. 🫂

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Chris Morten @cmorten.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you, Chris, for the kind words! (I still have to fight the reflex to say "Professor Sprigman"!)

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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 16d

Today, @genevievelakier.bsky.social explains how Title VI, perhaps the crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement, has become one of the most powerful forces against desegregation.

Title VI Turned Upside Down

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement. Today, however, it has become one of the most powerful forces against desegregation.

lpeproject.org

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onion person @junlper.beer · 16d

argentina will get more support from the united states government so they can continue their libertarian collapse than americans will get during a recession lol

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 16d

Breaking news: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said 'all options' are on the table for the Trump administration to support Argentina through a bout of severe market volatility on.ft.com/3W5D9W4

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 19d

I'm so furious at the Democrats who voted to tell lies about Charlie Kirk, including many I have long supported.

No, he was not a “courageous American patriot" and "a model for young Americans across the political spectrum” who was known for “engaging in respectful, civil discourse." 1/3

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AVAC @avac.org · 19d

Essential resources for tracking the impact of US funding cuts! These trackers follow the impact to #HIV R&D, #STI R&D & #PEPFAR #PrEP Services.

Impact Trackers

AVAC is tracking the impacts and consequences of the new US administration actions to dismantle foreign aid and the retreat from the US’ commitments to science and global health. Trackers HIV…

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Chris Morten @cmorten.bsky.social · 19d

Full list of confirmed speakers!
Join us!

Emerald Anastasia, New York #insulin4all Chapter

Dave Chokshi, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, former New York City Health Commissioner

Lib Gatti, T1International

Max Goldberg, New York #insulin4all Chapter

Allison Hardt, T1International

Shaina Kasper, T1International

Sarah Lamour, NYU Law Science, Health & Information Clinic

Kasia Lipska, Yale School of Medicine

Christopher Morten, NYU Law Science, Health & Information Clinic

Kate Pidwerbecki, T1International

Humphrey Shen, NYU Law Science, Health & Information Clinic

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Chris Morten @cmorten.bsky.social · 19d

Public pharma event next week!
Thurs Sep 25, 5:30!
IRL at @nyulaw.bsky.social & on zoom!
A terrific lineup of speakers, inc. patient advocates Max Goldberg & Emerald Anastasia, Sarah Lamour & Humphrey Shen of the Science, Health & Information Clinic, + fmr NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi!

Chris Morten @cmorten.bsky.social · Aug 19

Excited to announce an upcoming event w @nyuengelberg.org!
My first back at @nyulaw.bsky.social!

"Fixing a Broken System: The Path to Public Pharma in New York"

5:30-7 pm Thur Sep. 25, 2025 @ NYU

Co-hosted w T1International & @racepowerpolicy.org!

Zoom & IRL, free & open to all! Join us!

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 23d

Time is a flat circle, nothing ever happens, etc

Gov Greg Abbott vowing to suspend the teacher certifications of educators who posted things about Charlie Kirk that conservatives don't like

Governor Greg Abbott today signed House Bill 20 into law, which protects Texans from wrongful censorship on social media platforms. The Governor was joined for the bill signing by Senators Bryan Hughes and Representative Briscoe Cain, the bill's authors, as well as Senators Charles Perry, Dawn Buckingham, and Angela Paxton. The Governor named social media censorship legislation as an agenda item for the second special legislative session in August.

"We will always defend the freedom of speech in Texas, which is why I am proud to sign House Bill 20 into law to protect first amendment rights in the Lone Star State," said Governor Abbott. "Social media websites have become our modern-day public square. They are a place for healthy public debate where information should be able to flow freely - but there is a dangerous movement by social media companies to silence conservative viewpoints and ideas. That is wrong, and we will not allow it in Texas. I thank Senator Bryan Hughes, Representative Briscoe Cain, and the Texas Legislature for ensuring that House Bill 20 reached my desk during the second special session."

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · Sep 7

I don't know why I'm even going to bother, but no it wasn't. It was hardly even brought up in the Federalist papers. The people who created the United States were almost pathologically fixated on the Roman Republic and Enlightenment-era Liberalism.

Alex Aronson @alexaronson.bsky.social · Sep 6

White Christian Taliban shit right here.

Time to stop tiptoeing around it. These people are fanatics pursuing a Holy War. It’s a critical piece of the threat assessment that should inform our strategies. (Psst. They’re not just going to hand back power.)

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Melissa Barber @mbarber.bsky.social · Sep 5

This week, USTR held a hearing concerning the Special 301 Investigation being pursued against Brazil.

MSF is deeply concerned that the US is pressuring Brazil to adopt IP measures that will make medicines even more inaccessible.

Full submission here: comments.ustr.gov/sfc/servlet.... 1/4

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Sep 4

Whether we aim to reduce atmospheric CO₂ by carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) or CO₂ removal (CDR), we must store the carbon somewhere durably. This new study, led by @gidden.bsky.social, showed that global geologic carbon storage capacity is 10 times less than previous estimates. Not good.

A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage - Nature

A risk-based, spatially explicit analysis of carbon storage in sedimentary basins establishes a prudent planetary limit of around 1,460 Gt of geological carbon storage, which requires making explicit ...

www.nature.com

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · Sep 2

The Founders assumed that loyalty to one's institution would trump loyalty to ideology or party or "faction," a monumentally stupid assumption that by itself rubbishes the notion that they were farseeing sages of democratic theory

Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · Aug 17

unironically, I think the thing that would most mystify the founders is how Congress has so thoroughly ceded its status as a coequal branch such that checks and balances are only either dead or weaponized.

NotreDale @notredale.bsky.social · Aug 17

I guess the founders never imagined Congress would not greedily protect its own power?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Sep 2

Drug trafficking is not a capital crime; it doesn’t carry a death sentence. I genuinely cannot think of anything under U.S. law that would permit premeditated government assassination of people suspected of drug trafficking.

Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · Sep 2

Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed.

There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea.

Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · Aug 31

⚠️ US suspends visas for ALL Palestinian passport holders

“The new measures affect visas for medical treatment, university studies, visits to friends or relatives and business travel, at least temporarily.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...

U.S. Suspends Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Public Power NY @publicpowerny.bsky.social · Aug 29

New from @financialtimes.com: It's time for the state to aggressively decarbonize by building public renewables. New York has the tools—it's up to @governor.ny.gov to use them. archive.ph/W0rwo

Financial Times
Bidenomics wasn't ambitious enough
Rapid decarbonisation will require an overhaul of local energy authorities and better macroeconomic planning
MELANIE BRUSSELER

Instead of reviving the IRA's clean energy tax credits, the US should redesign its power sector by building publicly owned energy infrastructure. As climate writer Robinson Meyer recently noted, it is already clear in the face of electricity inflation that states with publicly owned power authorities such as the New York Power Authority "are able to intervene more forcefully in their own power markets than states that lack such capability ... because the state itself can act to build its own large-scale power plants". Their dramatic expansion should be the centrepiece of future power sector policy.

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