efemmera
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This country has speedrun pretending the pandemic never happened and that any caution is foolish.
When the next big disease comes, it won't just be the CDC that fails this country. The people will fail each other.
As a disabled guy, this burns me up. We deserve better from each other.
When the next big disease comes, it won't just be the CDC that fails this country. The people will fail each other.
As a disabled guy, this burns me up. We deserve better from each other.
Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys mocking people who wear masks while talking about What Is To Be Done is exactly what Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys are, it's the most Jon Stewart and pod saves guys thing possible.
December 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This country has speedrun pretending the pandemic never happened and that any caution is foolish.
When the next big disease comes, it won't just be the CDC that fails this country. The people will fail each other.
As a disabled guy, this burns me up. We deserve better from each other.
When the next big disease comes, it won't just be the CDC that fails this country. The people will fail each other.
As a disabled guy, this burns me up. We deserve better from each other.
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My family had to sue the New College Foundation to get them to issue a DEI scholarship we endowed there shortly before the takeover. Unsurprisingly, the Times hasn’t called us about this at any point.
December 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
My family had to sue the New College Foundation to get them to issue a DEI scholarship we endowed there shortly before the takeover. Unsurprisingly, the Times hasn’t called us about this at any point.
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Any, I think this is a opinion piece parading as reporting, a Free Press piece under a New York Times banner.
Lots more in my post:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
Lots more in my post:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Any, I think this is a opinion piece parading as reporting, a Free Press piece under a New York Times banner.
Lots more in my post:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
Lots more in my post:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
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The article accepts the idea that New College was a liberal enclave, and what is happening now is a rebalancing. I think this view is fundamentally wrong, embracing the assumptions of those who see their job as to save campuses from liberalism by any means necessary.
December 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The article accepts the idea that New College was a liberal enclave, and what is happening now is a rebalancing. I think this view is fundamentally wrong, embracing the assumptions of those who see their job as to save campuses from liberalism by any means necessary.
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New College is a DeSantis pet project, a Potemkin Campus that must be made real at any cost. While the NY Times notes it is the most expensive in the state, it does not tell readers what an extraordinary outlier it is. Freedom isn’t free, and a right-wing campus makeover is very expensive it seems.
December 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
New College is a DeSantis pet project, a Potemkin Campus that must be made real at any cost. While the NY Times notes it is the most expensive in the state, it does not tell readers what an extraordinary outlier it is. Freedom isn’t free, and a right-wing campus makeover is very expensive it seems.
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The Times only quotes current students & faculty on the record, who are not so critical. Which sort of makes sense if selected into campus or don't want to be fired.
Nothing from former faculty/students or off-the-record. A recent Inside Higher Ed piece quoted current faculty with a different view:
Nothing from former faculty/students or off-the-record. A recent Inside Higher Ed piece quoted current faculty with a different view:
December 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The Times only quotes current students & faculty on the record, who are not so critical. Which sort of makes sense if selected into campus or don't want to be fired.
Nothing from former faculty/students or off-the-record. A recent Inside Higher Ed piece quoted current faculty with a different view:
Nothing from former faculty/students or off-the-record. A recent Inside Higher Ed piece quoted current faculty with a different view:
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It is not just what is happening at New College: discussion of the broader Florida environment of limiting freedom to teach and learn...is just not discussed. No mention of the Stop WOKE Act or other educational gag orders. No mention that the online right now veto which faculty leaders are selected
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It is not just what is happening at New College: discussion of the broader Florida environment of limiting freedom to teach and learn...is just not discussed. No mention of the Stop WOKE Act or other educational gag orders. No mention that the online right now veto which faculty leaders are selected
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New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
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THREAD. @donmoyn.bsky.social’s detailed, multi-thread dismantling of the distorted and deliberately obtuse reporting in the @nytimes.com on the significance of Gov. DeSantis’ takeover of New College is essential reading.
And pls don’t waste time commenting that you don’t read the Times.Millions do.
And pls don’t waste time commenting that you don’t read the Times.Millions do.
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
THREAD. @donmoyn.bsky.social’s detailed, multi-thread dismantling of the distorted and deliberately obtuse reporting in the @nytimes.com on the significance of Gov. DeSantis’ takeover of New College is essential reading.
And pls don’t waste time commenting that you don’t read the Times.Millions do.
And pls don’t waste time commenting that you don’t read the Times.Millions do.
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In case there was any doubt about where big tech stands.
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable…
www.404media.co
December 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
In case there was any doubt about where big tech stands.
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At DAIR, we have heard MANY AFT members who are very pissed about this. Several large locals have passed state resolutions against the national AI center. There are several open letters, including this one: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open Letter to Randi Weingarten, AFT, and UFT
Dear Randi Weingarten, the American Federation of Teachers, and the United Federation of Teachers
With this letter, the undersigned teachers and AFT members are demanding our educational resources be ...
docs.google.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
At DAIR, we have heard MANY AFT members who are very pissed about this. Several large locals have passed state resolutions against the national AI center. There are several open letters, including this one: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
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98 million Americans have prediabetes. A recent landmark paper showed normalization of glucose in people with prediabetes is linked to halving of major cardiovascular adverse events over ensuing decades
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Prediabetes remission and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality: post-hoc analyses from the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcome study and the DaQing Diabetes Prevention Outcome study
Reaching prediatbetes remission is linked to a decades-long benefit, halving the risk
of cardiovascular death or hospitalisation for heart failure in diverse populations.
Targeting remission might rep...
thelancet.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
98 million Americans have prediabetes. A recent landmark paper showed normalization of glucose in people with prediabetes is linked to halving of major cardiovascular adverse events over ensuing decades
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Im profoundly committed to access as care, access as process. Some of you need to understand that since chatGPT etc have entered the fray, many profs are seeing truly detrimental effects on students' engagement, learning and community. Caring about that isn't ableist/being a cop/technophobic.
December 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Im profoundly committed to access as care, access as process. Some of you need to understand that since chatGPT etc have entered the fray, many profs are seeing truly detrimental effects on students' engagement, learning and community. Caring about that isn't ableist/being a cop/technophobic.
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Maybe, if you're not actually in university classrooms, teaching students in the age of gAI, perhaps you might want to stop and listen when people actually in those classrooms raise concerns about what they are seeing; and not just dismiss us as luddites, or boomers, or cruel profs playing cops
December 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Maybe, if you're not actually in university classrooms, teaching students in the age of gAI, perhaps you might want to stop and listen when people actually in those classrooms raise concerns about what they are seeing; and not just dismiss us as luddites, or boomers, or cruel profs playing cops
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Colleagues, in the face of this sort of weaponized mendacity, protecting the lives of disabled people requires that we must take a radically different approach to public health messaging
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
RFK Jr. Claims 'Vaccine Research' Likely Responsible for HIV and the Spanish Flu
Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed vaccine research was responsible for diseases like HIV, RSV, Lyme disease, and the Spanish flu.
www.rollingstone.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Colleagues, in the face of this sort of weaponized mendacity, protecting the lives of disabled people requires that we must take a radically different approach to public health messaging
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
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I wrote about this in the fall.
December 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I wrote about this in the fall.
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There is not a facepalm big enough for RFK Jr claiming the 1918 flu was a lab leak. We didnt even know the flu virus existed in 1918. It was not in a lab! 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
Good thread tho
Good thread tho
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
There is not a facepalm big enough for RFK Jr claiming the 1918 flu was a lab leak. We didnt even know the flu virus existed in 1918. It was not in a lab! 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
Good thread tho
Good thread tho
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Agence France-Presse: "Shivering from cold and fear, winter rains batter displaced Gazans."
Life is hell for civilians. They rely on donations to survive. No amount is too small.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can take care of her children. And others. ❤️
chuffed.org/project/1587...
Life is hell for civilians. They rely on donations to survive. No amount is too small.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can take care of her children. And others. ❤️
chuffed.org/project/1587...
December 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Agence France-Presse: "Shivering from cold and fear, winter rains batter displaced Gazans."
Life is hell for civilians. They rely on donations to survive. No amount is too small.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can take care of her children. And others. ❤️
chuffed.org/project/1587...
Life is hell for civilians. They rely on donations to survive. No amount is too small.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can take care of her children. And others. ❤️
chuffed.org/project/1587...
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Really important fundraising opportunity for the farm sanctuary I work for - please chip in if you can!
Little Clementine came here because her 97 year old owner could no longer care for her. She is elderly, nearly blind and has no record of vetting so she needs extensive dental, hoof, and medical care. Can you help us meet a $12,500 matching goal to help animals like her? donorbox.org/end-of-year-...
December 28, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Really important fundraising opportunity for the farm sanctuary I work for - please chip in if you can!
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There is so much about MAGA that like Trump’s M.O. is about forcing those who oppose them to engage and “participate” in or witness their domination. An entire regime of people who want more than anything to be seen performing power.
"Any artist cancelling their show at the Trump Kennedy Center over political differences isn't courageous or principled—they are selfish, intolerant, and have failed to meet the basic duty of a public artist: to perform for all people"- Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
www.npr.org
December 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
There is so much about MAGA that like Trump’s M.O. is about forcing those who oppose them to engage and “participate” in or witness their domination. An entire regime of people who want more than anything to be seen performing power.
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To claim that mass mobilizations "don't work" or "are useless" doesn't negate the fact that THEY HAPPENED and most people commenting on them DID NOT TAKE PART. LOL.
December 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
To claim that mass mobilizations "don't work" or "are useless" doesn't negate the fact that THEY HAPPENED and most people commenting on them DID NOT TAKE PART. LOL.
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December 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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