ES
@ericswerdlin.bsky.social
Philanthropy and fintech.
Interested in policies & politics, markets & securities, and most sports.
Interested in policies & politics, markets & securities, and most sports.
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A real “tell your parents” paper (since everyone on Bsky is canonically 38).
Review of 21 studies of ppl over 50:
• Shingles vax associated w/47% lower risk of Alzheimer’s, 24% lower risk of any dementia
• Pneumonia vax had 36% lower risk of Alzheimer's
• Tdap had 33% lower risk of any dementia
Review of 21 studies of ppl over 50:
• Shingles vax associated w/47% lower risk of Alzheimer’s, 24% lower risk of any dementia
• Pneumonia vax had 36% lower risk of Alzheimer's
• Tdap had 33% lower risk of any dementia
Association between vaccinations and risk of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
AbstractImportance. Dementia is a highly prevalent issue in older people. Whilst the prevention of dementia is a public health priority, the role of vaccin
academic.oup.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:48 AM
A real “tell your parents” paper (since everyone on Bsky is canonically 38).
Review of 21 studies of ppl over 50:
• Shingles vax associated w/47% lower risk of Alzheimer’s, 24% lower risk of any dementia
• Pneumonia vax had 36% lower risk of Alzheimer's
• Tdap had 33% lower risk of any dementia
Review of 21 studies of ppl over 50:
• Shingles vax associated w/47% lower risk of Alzheimer’s, 24% lower risk of any dementia
• Pneumonia vax had 36% lower risk of Alzheimer's
• Tdap had 33% lower risk of any dementia
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven lie. More than 140 police officers were injured.
Trump then pardoned the attackers.
He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.
Trump then pardoned the attackers.
He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.
January 6, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven lie. More than 140 police officers were injured.
Trump then pardoned the attackers.
He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.
Trump then pardoned the attackers.
He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.
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Trump is weak at home, and he can be stopped – so long as the domestic political logic of foreign intervention is recognized and turned against him. This act of war is about regime change in the United States. It only succeeds if Americans allow it to do so.
snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
Venezuela: The Precedents
And America: The Future
snyder.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Trump is weak at home, and he can be stopped – so long as the domestic political logic of foreign intervention is recognized and turned against him. This act of war is about regime change in the United States. It only succeeds if Americans allow it to do so.
snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
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Trump’s actions are blatantly unconstitutional.
There is no dispute that Maduro is a brutal dictator — but only Congress has the power to declare war.
If Congress does not begin reasserting itself — immediately — our constitutional order will be permanently transformed.
There is no dispute that Maduro is a brutal dictator — but only Congress has the power to declare war.
If Congress does not begin reasserting itself — immediately — our constitutional order will be permanently transformed.
January 3, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Trump’s actions are blatantly unconstitutional.
There is no dispute that Maduro is a brutal dictator — but only Congress has the power to declare war.
If Congress does not begin reasserting itself — immediately — our constitutional order will be permanently transformed.
There is no dispute that Maduro is a brutal dictator — but only Congress has the power to declare war.
If Congress does not begin reasserting itself — immediately — our constitutional order will be permanently transformed.
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I don't know why anyone takes Matt seriously. Pure propagandist for sale.
Matt Taibbi's Not-So-Secret Russian Past www.huffpost.com/entry/matt-t...
Matt Taibbi's Not-So-Secret Russian Past www.huffpost.com/entry/matt-t...
Matt Taibbi's Not-So-Secret Russian Past
Matt Taibbi's Not-So-Secret Russian Past
www.huffpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I don't know why anyone takes Matt seriously. Pure propagandist for sale.
Matt Taibbi's Not-So-Secret Russian Past www.huffpost.com/entry/matt-t...
Matt Taibbi's Not-So-Secret Russian Past www.huffpost.com/entry/matt-t...
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Epstein to Larry Nassar in 2019: "Our president [Trump] also shares our love of young nubile girls"
December 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Epstein to Larry Nassar in 2019: "Our president [Trump] also shares our love of young nubile girls"
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US opens door for Russia to rejoin G20, ending diplomatic isolation: "The Russian delegation has arrived in Washington for the first G20 Sherpa meeting under US leadership following a long period of diplomatic isolation, according to Russian media." RBC News 15 Dec
newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/us-open...
newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/us-open...
US opens door for Russia to rejoin G20, ending diplomatic isolation
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newsukraine.rbc.ua
December 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
US opens door for Russia to rejoin G20, ending diplomatic isolation: "The Russian delegation has arrived in Washington for the first G20 Sherpa meeting under US leadership following a long period of diplomatic isolation, according to Russian media." RBC News 15 Dec
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newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/us-open...
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The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
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It's clear that Trump's cuts to the NIH are taking us backward.
He’s cut over 100 grants for cancer research and many more for infectious diseases.
It’s clear he doesn’t care about your health or our ability to solve big problems.
He’s cut over 100 grants for cancer research and many more for infectious diseases.
It’s clear he doesn’t care about your health or our ability to solve big problems.
A new study found the Trump administration’s cuts to NIH grants disrupted more than 380 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants.
The cuts disproportionately impacted trials on infectious diseases and minority communities.
The cuts disproportionately impacted trials on infectious diseases and minority communities.
Federal cuts upended clinical trials. A new study reveals the toll.
Grants for 383 clinical trials were terminated and the funding disruptions affected more than 74,000 trial participants, according to new research.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It's clear that Trump's cuts to the NIH are taking us backward.
He’s cut over 100 grants for cancer research and many more for infectious diseases.
It’s clear he doesn’t care about your health or our ability to solve big problems.
He’s cut over 100 grants for cancer research and many more for infectious diseases.
It’s clear he doesn’t care about your health or our ability to solve big problems.
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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"You cannot turn a blind eye to conspiracies about Satanic paedophile rings and expect the base will stop at the Protocols of the Elders of Zion." My column on the suppurating neo-Nazism on America's right. on.ft.com/4oxjjQj
Don’t blame the left for US antisemitism
[FREE TO READ] The anti-Jewish threat in America today comes largely from the right
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November 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"You cannot turn a blind eye to conspiracies about Satanic paedophile rings and expect the base will stop at the Protocols of the Elders of Zion." My column on the suppurating neo-Nazism on America's right. on.ft.com/4oxjjQj
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House Juidiciary refers John Brennan to DoJ for criminal investigation re allegedly lying to Congress. Needless to say, we stand with the former CIA Director.
READ: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
READ: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
judiciary.house.gov
October 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
House Juidiciary refers John Brennan to DoJ for criminal investigation re allegedly lying to Congress. Needless to say, we stand with the former CIA Director.
READ: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
READ: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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What's important is to understand the cumulative effect of it all. To not just see today's outrage.
See the silencing of Kimmel, the arrest of Comey, the harassment of Soros, the troops in our cities, the seizure of spending power, as all part of a plan to end our democracy.
See the silencing of Kimmel, the arrest of Comey, the harassment of Soros, the troops in our cities, the seizure of spending power, as all part of a plan to end our democracy.
This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
October 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
What's important is to understand the cumulative effect of it all. To not just see today's outrage.
See the silencing of Kimmel, the arrest of Comey, the harassment of Soros, the troops in our cities, the seizure of spending power, as all part of a plan to end our democracy.
See the silencing of Kimmel, the arrest of Comey, the harassment of Soros, the troops in our cities, the seizure of spending power, as all part of a plan to end our democracy.
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ICE, America's first interior police, are not being built up, at the cost of billions, just to monitor immigration
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
Border Patrol Agents Show Up in Force at Newsom Rally
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
ICE, America's first interior police, are not being built up, at the cost of billions, just to monitor immigration
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
f not for a cadre of smart, aggressive, conservative GOP lawyers spending the last 40 years corrupting our SCOTUS, we'd have done the same.
Brazilian president: "I'd like to say something to the American people; If Trump was Brazilian and did what he did at the Capitol, he'd be on trial in Brazil for violating the Constitution. He would be arrested if he had done that."
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July 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
f not for a cadre of smart, aggressive, conservative GOP lawyers spending the last 40 years corrupting our SCOTUS, we'd have done the same.
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"Project 2025 is an authoritarian plan, but it isn’t Trump’s. It may be no less dangerous for that, but the fact that Project 2025 was the product not of Trump but of his skeevy brownshirt underlings is instructive."
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Back to the Führer? | The Tyee
How much does Trump emulate Hitler? I read William L. Shirer’s 1941 ‘Berlin Diary’ to find out.
thetyee.ca
July 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"Project 2025 is an authoritarian plan, but it isn’t Trump’s. It may be no less dangerous for that, but the fact that Project 2025 was the product not of Trump but of his skeevy brownshirt underlings is instructive."
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
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BILL GATES: “The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one.”
@financialtimes.com
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@financialtimes.com
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May 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
BILL GATES: “The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/bdd9...
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/bdd9...
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984
― George Orwell, 1984
Dude, you not only tweeted it, the official White House account retweeted it. If you really don’t know how that happened, we’ve got bigger problems than a stupid pope picture.
Is this guy capable of owning ANYTHING?
He says the “fake news media” made up the picture of him dressed as the Pope and posted it on the internet.”
So the MSM has access to his Truth Social account and the White House account now?
This is nuclear-level gaslighting.
He says the “fake news media” made up the picture of him dressed as the Pope and posted it on the internet.”
So the MSM has access to his Truth Social account and the White House account now?
This is nuclear-level gaslighting.
May 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984
― George Orwell, 1984
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Christian nationalists don’t want religious freedom — they want religious privilege.
As our friend Katherine Stewart reports, Trump’s so-called “anti-Christian bias” task force is just the latest attempt to impose a theocratic agenda under the guise of persecution.
newrepublic.com/article/1948...
As our friend Katherine Stewart reports, Trump’s so-called “anti-Christian bias” task force is just the latest attempt to impose a theocratic agenda under the guise of persecution.
newrepublic.com/article/1948...
How Trump Will Use “Anti-Christian Bias” to Entrench His Power
The administration plans to boost the political agenda of Christian nationalists while rolling back the civil liberties of everyone else.
newrepublic.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Christian nationalists don’t want religious freedom — they want religious privilege.
As our friend Katherine Stewart reports, Trump’s so-called “anti-Christian bias” task force is just the latest attempt to impose a theocratic agenda under the guise of persecution.
newrepublic.com/article/1948...
As our friend Katherine Stewart reports, Trump’s so-called “anti-Christian bias” task force is just the latest attempt to impose a theocratic agenda under the guise of persecution.
newrepublic.com/article/1948...
She probably should have use A1 to write this letter.
Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
May 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
She probably should have use A1 to write this letter.