Paul Luppino
@paulluppino.bsky.social
Regular human in Atlanta, Georgia.
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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This Guy Attached 21 Chef’s Knives to a Slicing Robot Arm to Determine Which One Is Best - WIRED
July 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This Guy Attached 21 Chef’s Knives to a Slicing Robot Arm to Determine Which One Is Best - WIRED
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#SCOTUS in unsigned, unexplained order allows Trump admin to deport individuals not to countries where they come from, but to any place in the world that will take them w/o notice or an option to be heard. www.npr.org/2025/06/23/g...
U.S. Supreme Court allows -- for now -- third-country deportations
A federal judge had previously said people must get at least 15 days to challenge their deportations to countries they're not originally from.
www.npr.org
June 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
#SCOTUS in unsigned, unexplained order allows Trump admin to deport individuals not to countries where they come from, but to any place in the world that will take them w/o notice or an option to be heard. www.npr.org/2025/06/23/g...
A stated goal for the admin is a focus on chronic disease. The FY2026 budget proposal for HHS is out now. Guess what isn’t in it? The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) at the CDC. Please write your reps and let them know this dept is important!
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)
Programs in the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
www.cdc.gov
June 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
A stated goal for the admin is a focus on chronic disease. The FY2026 budget proposal for HHS is out now. Guess what isn’t in it? The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) at the CDC. Please write your reps and let them know this dept is important!
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The FDA is asking laid-off employees to temporarily return after mass cuts decimated the agency’s ability to penalize stores that sell cigarettes and vapes to minors.
The FDA fired its tobacco enforcers. Now it wants them back.
The agency asked laid-off workers to return after gutting the office that penalizes stores for selling tobacco to minors.
www.politico.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The FDA is asking laid-off employees to temporarily return after mass cuts decimated the agency’s ability to penalize stores that sell cigarettes and vapes to minors.
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BlueSky CEO 🦋 speaks to On The Media this week. Just look for the episode "Tariffs from Hell", episode covers the last week also
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm
On the Media: Listen | WNYC Studios | Podcasts
WNYC’s weekly investigation into how the media shapes our worldview.
www.wnycstudios.org
April 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
BlueSky CEO 🦋 speaks to On The Media this week. Just look for the episode "Tariffs from Hell", episode covers the last week also
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm
Well at least there are flowers!
April 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Well at least there are flowers!
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If Trump drives prices any higher, gold is going to be worth its weight in eggs
April 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
If Trump drives prices any higher, gold is going to be worth its weight in eggs
Happy Canadian Flag Day
a red white and blue canadian flag with a maple leaf
ALT: a red white and blue canadian flag with a maple leaf
media.tenor.com
February 16, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Happy Canadian Flag Day
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I just learned that there has been a new detection of H5N1 in dairy cows in Arizona. It may be a new spillover independent of the original one in Texas or last week's in Nevada.
So...great time to eliminate expertise in our national epidemic response capacity.
So...great time to eliminate expertise in our national epidemic response capacity.
Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades.
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired
www.statnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I just learned that there has been a new detection of H5N1 in dairy cows in Arizona. It may be a new spillover independent of the original one in Texas or last week's in Nevada.
So...great time to eliminate expertise in our national epidemic response capacity.
So...great time to eliminate expertise in our national epidemic response capacity.
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Here’s a task for everyone today. Look up your representatives in the house and Senate and ask them why unelected people without a security clearance have access to things like Social Security numbers and what they plan to do about it.
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February 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Here’s a task for everyone today. Look up your representatives in the house and Senate and ask them why unelected people without a security clearance have access to things like Social Security numbers and what they plan to do about it.
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@charlesgaba.com is a hero and downloaded CDC’s entire website. A small group of us has come together to preserve this critical resource and make it accessible to the scientific community.
More to come. These data are public and they are ours. Deletion disobedience is one way to fight back.
More to come. These data are public and they are ours. Deletion disobedience is one way to fight back.
📣 UPDATE: OK, still working with some others to figure out the best way to present it all, but in the meantime here's the first batch of links to the most-recent archived versions of every page at the CDC prior to the Trump/Musk Purge:
acasignups.net/25/02/02/whi...
acasignups.net/25/02/02/whi...
In which I provide links to archived versions of every CDC.gov page available pre-purge (Part 1 of 15)
As horrific as it is that the Trump/Musk Administration is purging data from federal websites, it's good to know that the Internet Archive has been archiving much of it. However, in addition to the Ar...
acasignups.net
February 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
@charlesgaba.com is a hero and downloaded CDC’s entire website. A small group of us has come together to preserve this critical resource and make it accessible to the scientific community.
More to come. These data are public and they are ours. Deletion disobedience is one way to fight back.
More to come. These data are public and they are ours. Deletion disobedience is one way to fight back.
When the zone is flooded with so much crap it is difficult to know where to start and everyone is paralyzed. Without a specific plan (I don’t have one yet myself) spend some time this weekend thinking about the advice John Lewis gave us - find a way to get in the way.
“Maybe the Democrats think they’re giving him enough rope to hang himself. Bullshit. They’re giving him enough rope to tie the nation to train tracks so he can run us right the fuck over.” michaelianblack.substack.com/p/when-do-we...
When Do We Strike?
One of the truisms about France is that government services work fairly well when government employees aren’t on strike.
michaelianblack.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
When the zone is flooded with so much crap it is difficult to know where to start and everyone is paralyzed. Without a specific plan (I don’t have one yet myself) spend some time this weekend thinking about the advice John Lewis gave us - find a way to get in the way.
Looks like that million dollar investment in an inaugural fund didn’t buy much time.
January 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Looks like that million dollar investment in an inaugural fund didn’t buy much time.
Not sure I understood the depths of this man’s insanity until I saw this confirmation process…
RFK Jr. continues to spread lies about antidepressants and mental health.
If confirmed as HHS Secretary he will make it harder for Americans to get life-saving treatment.
If confirmed as HHS Secretary he will make it harder for Americans to get life-saving treatment.
January 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Not sure I understood the depths of this man’s insanity until I saw this confirmation process…
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Because they are evil, we must stand up to them.
But because they are also stupid, we needn’t be afraid to.
But because they are also stupid, we needn’t be afraid to.
January 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Because they are evil, we must stand up to them.
But because they are also stupid, we needn’t be afraid to.
But because they are also stupid, we needn’t be afraid to.