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histoftech.bsky.social
“Without HICPAC’s public meetings, there is no longer any public access to the process for drafting CDC guidance on infection control for health care settings. This further undermines safety for patients, nurses, and other health care workers.”
May 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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glcarlstrom.bsky.social
World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...
World Central Kitchen | WCK Forced to Halt Cooking in Gaza as Supplies Run Out
After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza.
wck.org
May 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Icebergs are melting so people can get a Sick Own in the family group chat. we're cooked
ryanhatesthis.bsky.social Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · May 7
I was talking to someone recently who is arguing with a relative and they've been feeding that relatives texts into ChatGPT and asking it to generate responses back. I mentioned this to a friend who then told me they had a friend was doing the same thing.
May 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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davidgerard.co.uk
fwiw i told my aged mother what i'm doing these days and her understanding of Ai is "they're trying to take everyone's job with it."

And that's it, that's literally the use case! That's why all these billions spent!

So if a 90yo woman can get it, I have some faith.

(also she found my youtube lol)
May 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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rc2squared.bsky.social
Really interesting read
karenattiah.bsky.social Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · May 7
I wrote about Sinners.

Watching so many Black folk call the film "demonic", I explain how its central horror -- and triumph is that the film casts Black/African spirituality as an effective challenge to Western Christianity.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | ‘Sinners’ is a Black challenge to White Christianity
Ryan Coogler’s masterpiece mixes African spirits, the American church and the power of music into a terrifying brew.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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jblainefoster.bsky.social
The state of Utah voted to ban pride flags so Salt Lake City Council decided to make official city flags that incorporate the progress pride, Juneteenth, and transgender flags so they can fly them without breaking state law
cwilliams.ksl.com Carter Williams @cwilliams.ksl.com · May 6
If approved, SLC would have 4 flag designs. It's current, as well as one tied to Progress Pride, Juneteenth and Transgender designs as seen here #utpol:
May 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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brandonfriedman.bsky.social
These headlines related to U.S. military aviation have all appeared in the last 11 days. There is a major problem at the Defense Department.
AP: Houthi rebels have shot down 7 US Reaper drones worth $200 million in recent weeks April 25, 2025 CNN: US Navy loses $60 million jet at sea after it fell overboard from aircraft carrier April 29, 2025 New York Post: Army Black Hawk helicopter causes 2 terrifying near-misses with airliners at Reagan airport after taking the 'scenic route May 4, 2025 CNN: Second US Navy jet is lost at sea from Truman aircraft carrier May 6, 2025
May 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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truthout.org
The US Postal Service works under what is called a “universal service obligation” to provide postal service to all Americans, regardless of location, at affordable prices. It is the only carrier that works under this obligation, and privatization would end that.
As Trump Pushes Privatization of USPS, Amazon May Be Preparing to Take Over
A new CEO statement from Amazon suggests it could be angling to take over the US Postal Service.
twp.ai
May 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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ohrobin.bsky.social
The 2019 study of the climate and human costs of a hypothetical 2025 nuclear war between Pakistan and India is horrific beyond comprehension. And plausible beyond bearing.

climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/pdf/IndiaPak...
The scenario described here, we assume, would take place in the year 2025, when each country will possess about 250 nuclear weapons. In the end, Pakistan will use all its weapons, while India will reserve 100 of them to defend against future attacks from China, which, after all, is one reason the Indians obtained them in the first place. The direct effects of this nuclear exchange would be horrible; our group (Toon et al. 2019) estimated that 50 to 125 million people would die, depending on whether the weapons used had yields of 15, 50,
May 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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samoskal.bsky.social
"When describing Trumps mentation, I would advise a more cautious interpretation. Not because we must fear his reproach but because we must fear giving him any sort of diminished responsibility"
enlightenededu.bsky.social enlightenededu.bsky.social @enlightenededu.bsky.social · May 6
@dangoyal.bsky.social
"He is neither crazy nor suffering a degenerative neurological condition. While, as is typical for psychopathy, he will be unable to mentalise the harm he causes to others, he remains fully aware that his actions are harming others."
dangoyal.substack.com/p/trump-not-...
Trump: Not Psychotic, Psychopathic
The distinction is important.
dangoyal.substack.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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hamptonthink.bsky.social
One produces slave labor. The other produces debt slaves. Both are diabolical profit schemes under capitalism, but it looks like the former is winning out. Perfectly on brand with the capitalist hell hole known as America.
May 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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evangreer.bsky.social
Wow I had no idea that Brandeis, Colombia and other top universities have banned or restricted masks on campus. Check out this great new project from my colleagues at @fightforthefuture.org and our friends @covidsafecampus.bsky.social www.stopcampusmaskbans.com
Stop Campus Mask Bans
www.stopcampusmaskbans.com
May 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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dem8z.bsky.social
After another day of interviewing a brilliant group of UVA students for internships on the Julian Bond Papers Project, I’m fuming at the decision of UVA’s Board of Visitors to end support for racial diversity goals. Fuming also that SCOTUS allowed the transgender military ban to go into effect.
May 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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shobitap.org
I nominate this author to be UM's next president. He has a clear-eyed vision of values-based leadership. "Leaders don’t just manage institutions. They shape them. They defend them. They make hard decisions and take risks for what is right, especially when it’s not easy or politically safe."
U-M President Santa Ono lacked the stomach to stick around | Letters
The University of Michigan is at a crossroads. As we begin the search for a new president, we must be clear-eyed about what kind of leader we need.
www.freep.com
May 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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shobitap.org
“We used to think of America as a place where we could build a career." She "was reminded of a 2016 crackdown at [a New Delhi university] where student leaders were arrested and branded as “anti-nationals” by the government for demonstrating against death sentences for accused Kashmiri separatists."
The U.S. welcomed Indian students. Under Trump, they fear for their future.
U.S. colleges host more than 300,000 students from India. As the Trump administrations targets foreign students for deportation, many are rethinking their plans.
wapo.st
May 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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glenpeters.bsky.social
Total CO2 emissions are still rising.

It is necessary to reduce emissions drastically to zero to stop the temperature increasing. To keep below 1.5C is no longer feasible, but that does not mean give up, but try harder.

7/7
May 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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drfrancisyoung.bsky.social
I don't 'refuse to use' AI, I just don't use AI; in the same way that I don't shoplift, or plagiarise other people's books - it requires no effort of will, it's just not something I would think of doing
keithwilson.eu Keith Wischmann Wilson 💭 @keithwilson.eu · May 6
Bizarrely framed article about the people (all women) who ‘refuse to use AI’. And a #philosophy professor who says “The moment to opt out of #AI has already passed”. Oh well. That’s that then. 🤷‍♂️ #AIEthics www.bbc.com/news/article...
The people refusing to use AI
Worried about the environment and the loss of skills, some people are resisting the rise of AI.
www.bbc.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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krishnanyamuna.bsky.social
Harvard may have a lot of issues, but none of the accusations in this acid-tripping letter are it. Don't know whether to laugh or cry as I watch monkeys tear up pearl strings.
ericcolumbus.bsky.social Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · May 6
🚨🚨 Deranged letter from Education Secretary Linda McMahon to Harvard’s president, cutting off federal funding for any new grants.

Worth reading in full. It is NUTS.
THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION WASHINGTON, DC 20202 May 5, 2025 Dr. Alan Garber Office of the President Harvard University Massachusetts Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 Dr. Garber, The Federal Government has a sacred responsibility to be a wise and important steward of American taxpayer dollars. Harvard University, despite amassing a largely tax-free $53.2 billion dollar endowment (larger than the GDP of 100 countries), receives billions of dollars of taxpayer largess each year. Receiving such taxpayer funds is a privilege, not a right. Yet instead of using these funds to advance the education of its students, Harvard is engaging in a systemic pattern of violating federal law. Where do many of these "students" come from, who are they, how do they get into Harvard, or even into our country—and why is there so much HATE? These are questions that must be answered, among many more, but the biggest question of all is, why will Harvard not give straightforward answers to the American public? Harvard University has made a mockery of this country's higher education system. It has invited foreign students, who engage in violent behavior and show contempt for the United States of America, to its campus. In every way, Harvard has failed to abide by its legal obligations, its ethical and fiduciary duties, its transparency responsibilities, and any semblance of academic rigor. It had scrapped standardized testing requirements and a normalized grading system. This year Harvard was forced to adopt an embarrassing "remedial math" program for undergraduates. Why is it, we ask, that Harvard has to teach simple and basic mathematics, when it is supposedly so hard to get into this "acclaimed university"? Who is getting in under such a low standard when others, with fabulous grades and a great understanding of the highest levels of mathematics, are being rejected? Harvard has even been embroiled in humiliating plagiarism scandals, exposed clearly and plainly in the media, with respect to your then… running the institution in a totally chaotic way. Harvard alumnus and highly successful hedge fund manager Bill Ackman noted that, under her leadership, Harvard has become "a political advocacy organization for one party." Ackman has called for the resignation of Pritzker, concluding that the "[t)he mismanagement here is Penny Pritzker" and noting that any serious corporation would have removed her after a litany of recent failings and the fact that, incredibly, "Harvard is not in a good financial position." According to Ackman, one of the world's foremost finance experts, Harvard's so-called S53 billion endowment is "massively overstated as far as what it's really worth," and Harvard has irresponsibly taken out $8 billion in debt. If this is true, it is concerning evidence of Harvard's disastrous mismanagement, indicating an urgent need for massive reform-not continued taxpayer investment. If Harvard prefers not to change, then Harvard should have no problem using its overflowing endowment to fund its bloated bureaucracy. At its best, a university should fulfill the highest ideals of our Nation, and enlighten the thousands of hopeful students who walk through its magnificent gates. But Harvard has betrayed this ideal. Perhaps most alarmingly, Harvard has failed to abide by the United States Supreme Court's ruling demanding that it end its racial preferencing, and continues to engage in ugly racism in its undergraduate and graduate schools, and even within the Harvard Law Review itself. Our universities should be bastions of merit that reward and celebrate excellence and achievement. They should not be incubators of discrimination that encourage resentment and instill grievance and racism into our wonderful young Americans. The above concerns are only a fraction of the long list of Harvard's consistent violations of its own legal duties. Given these and other concerning allegations, this letter is to inform you that Harvard should no longer seek GRANTS from the fede… Federal Agencies. The Administration's priorities have not changed and today's letter marks the end of new grants for the University. These requests will advance the best interests of Harvard University, so it can reclaim its status as a respected educational institution for the future leaders of America. Thank you for your attention to this matter! Sincerely, Linda E. McMahon Secretary of Education
May 6, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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meganmunce.bsky.social
Looks like they stopped mapping it, but as of March 2025 the 96161 ZIP code over Truckee is up to $7.7B in FAIR Plan exposure over 5,332 homes. Based on CDI's policy data from 2023, that's about 63% of all insured homes in the ZIP 😬
www.cfpnet.com/key-statisti...
www.cfpnet.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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rossmacfarlane.bsky.social
To think this is someone who once appeared to be a leading contender in the Democratic Presidential primary. No longer. California, you can do so much better.
governor.ca.gov Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · May 6
California built the film industry — and we’re ready to bring even more jobs home.

We’ve proven what strong state incentives can do. Now it’s time for a real federal partnership to Make America Film Again.

POTUS, let’s get it done.
May 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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blackamazon.bsky.social
… everybody brace yourself for when they pardon someone who has been convicted of a racially motivated murder

That’s the next step
May 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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equalityalec.bsky.social
I'm so excited to be in Atlanta the next two nights to talk about Copaganda. Tomorrow I'll be at Charis Books at 7:30 for an incredible conversation with @kamaufranklin
. You can come in person or watch virtually: www.crowdcast.io/c/copaganda
Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News - Alec Karakatsanis in conversation with Kamau Franklin
Register now for Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News - Alec Karakatsanis in conversation with Kamau Franklin on crowdcast, scheduled to go live on May 6, 2025, 07:30 PM EDT.
www.crowdcast.io
May 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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julesprom.bsky.social
its so funny how economists will be like noooo its not fair china keeps reinvesting its wealth back into its economies instead of giving it all to like 20 guys, thats cheating 😭
nerdjpg.com Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · May 5
What if we took money from rich people and invested it back into research and infrastructure and our companies to compete with China instead of slashing taxes and cutting funding. That would be crazy right
The study, commissioned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is set to intensify the debate in Washington and elsewhere over how to counter China's use of state subsidies and other strategies to bolster its competi-tiveness. Different article: WaPo
May 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM