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Ramesh Wariar
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Scientist, biomedical & electrical engineer. Likes: 🎶 🎸 🎹 🥘 🧳🏃‍♂️
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This piece is a great illustration of how the long-term effect of Trump’s destruction of US institutions won’t be felt in a dramatic market collapse, but rather in permanently worse economic conditions, and lower prosperity.

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
So long, American exceptionalism
For the first time, investors are talking about ‘US risk’
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December 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
rwar.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/p/trump-dest...
Making America Backward Again
Trump and MAGAnomics are wrecking the economy, dismantling democracy, and making America backward again, Paul Krugman writes
www.rollingstone.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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"Millions of Lives at Risk": USAID Cuts Lead to Global Rise in Death, Hunger, Poverty and Disease
“Millions of Lives at Risk” as USAID Cuts Increase Death, Hunger, Poverty and Disease
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered the termination of all remaining overseas employees of USAID to complete the dismantling of the six-decade-old agency. USAID was an early target of Elon Musk...
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June 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.
May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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A re-post of my last @theguardian.com op-Ed, which started as a Bluesky thread, after years of frustrations of the Joe Roganization of the far right (TM).

Summary: The kids are ok… the girls rule!
The real story isn’t young men supposedly voting far right. It’s what young women are up to | Cas Mudde
There is an opportunity staring centre-left parties in the face – if they reject the male gaze distorting our politics, says political scientist Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Diversity - America’s superpower 💯. Enjoyed watching the discussion by
@heathermcgee.bsky.social @theweeklyshow.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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322 children

Just let this sink in
April 3, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump admin accidentally sent man to Salvadorian prison and can’t get him back
Government argues it no longer has control over Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s fate
www.independent.co.uk
April 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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🧵1/ Today, we @carnegieendowment.org are releasing Part II of our study of the attitudes and opinions of Indian Americans. This new report examines how Indian Americans view U.S.-India relations, foreign policy, and changes underway in India carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
March 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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The Stand Up For Science protests have kicked off worldwide. Thousands of scientists demonstrated in solidarity with their US counterparts across France to defend the scientific community. (📹 @Margot_Brunet_)

#3E #FranceProtests #USprotests #March7Science #StandUpForScience #Mar7
March 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science
As US federal grants remain frozen and budget cuts loom, anxiety and fear grip early-career researchers.
www.nature.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!
February 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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A must listen interview with @peterbeinart.bsky.social

www.democracynow.org/2025/2/6/pet...
Peter Beinart on “Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza”
We speak to Jewish Currents editor-at-large Peter Beinart about his new book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning, which is “addressed to my fellow Jews” and criticizes what he cha...
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February 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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What can you do on this tragic anniversary of Jan 6 to protect democracy? And what can you do in the months and years to come? This resource is worth bookmarking, working through, and sharing widely.
protectdemocracy.org Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · Jan 6
Regular citizens are the ones best suited to strengthen our democracy, especially at the local level. Quinn Raymond shares some concrete ways to help you make a difference. Read and share: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/how-you-ca...
How *you* can protect democracy
29 concrete actions you can take right now to protect our system of government
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
January 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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The beating heart of the wellness industry flows with pseudoscience, and to say that it’s lucrative would be an understatement.

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December 30, 2024 at 6:54 PM
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🌎Clicking the button won't solve the climate crisis. But it'll help! 👇
The Climate Action Button
Clicking the button won't solve the climate crisis. But it'll help.
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December 25, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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New from me in @foreignaffairs.com, on how Biden's refusal to hold the Israeli government accountable has produced a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza - a historic failure of US humanitarian diplomacy.

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Biden’s Greatest Failure in Gaza
Weak humanitarian diplomacy abetted a cataclysm.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:33 PM
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“While all the big social networks struggle with containing information warfare, X under Elon Musk is actively facilitating it”
ianfraser.bsky.social Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · Nov 17
“Most of my network has left Twitter—the view is it’s become a total cesspool. Musk obliterated its capacity to moderate, invited superspreaders back, and spreads disinformation himself”, says Prof Sander van der Linden of Cambridge Uni. “It’s been taken over by trolls and misinformation spreaders”.
Elon Musk's War Against Science, Evidence and Objective Truth
Scientists are abandoning Elon Musk's Twitter amid a "mass extinction event" on the social media network, says Philipp Markolin.
bylinetimes.com
November 23, 2024 at 10:02 PM
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Found this report to be informative/interesting, but curious how reliable it is and if there’s agreement among other sources for climate risk assessment/management (i.e., other than AlphaGeo)?

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Advice | See if your city is poised to bounce back from the next climate disaster
Communities across the United States face extreme weather, but some are prepared to thrive. Find out how your city ranks.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:52 PM
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Editorial at The Lancet today on this matter
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 14, 2024 at 11:53 PM