Why doesn’t Trump have RFK Jr as the White House physician? After all, expertise and pertinent degrees don’t appear to be needed for numerous appointees elsewhere in his admin.
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Why doesn’t Trump have RFK Jr as the White House physician? After all, expertise and pertinent degrees don’t appear to be needed for numerous appointees elsewhere in his admin.
Tried to walk back to the Westin in Oct 23, and ended up on sidewalks that disappeared on those off- and on-ramps. Ran like hell to safer path, then discovered the 5th floor skybridges the next day. Do try the sushi place Te Isshoku, hidden in the Bunker Hill steps up from LAPL.
"The lunatics are running the asylum."
There are Afghan refugees hoping to get to Germany. Families with children who want schools. Perhaps getting them from Pakistan to Germany could be expedited? www.dw.com/en/en-route-...
Like rebuilding a country post-war, I hope we can resurrect & renew cultural and scientific institutions that are being destroyed by this administration. Grateful for the federal employees who made this possible, whose lives have been uprooted or worse by Trump, DOGE, while Congress stays silent.
Tariffs are a one-time price increase is how Trump’s people explain away his actions. As if a business just needs to print up new labels, reset the prices in online systems. with no consideration for the effect on customers. If a doctor said you’d have a one time increase in pain, would you stay?
We should buy a projector that can put a rainbow on the crosswalk in Florida at night
Jones: I want to bring theology into this because you have all these people that want to give thoughts and prayers. But I was a minister, and that is a form of theological malpractice—when you pray for something you have the power to change.
We voted for Biden in the 2024 primary knowing that he might not be able to complete his term, which would mean Harris would have been president had the worst happened. She was one of my choices in 2020, but dropped out. Anyway, focus on 2026, getting better ppl in Congress. Sherrod Brown for one.
Today we submitted a letter with @uclarepropolicy.bsky.social to the FDA signed by over 200 scientists. The short version? Medication abortion is safe. Time to drop the junk science and move on. law.ucla.edu/reproductive...
We voted for Biden in the primary knowing Harris would be the VP candidate on the ticket. How would you have conducted a primary election in July when names of party’s presidential /vice pres nominees were due in Aug for some state’s Nov ballots? This is not a high school student govt election.
A new piece I wrote appearing in FOREIGN AFFAIRS today www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/warn...
As oily rain fell on Roseland, where 90% of kids live in poverty, the Trump administration is considering gutting chemical-disaster safeguards. capitalbnews.org/louisiana-oi...
This thread on LLM’s. My thoughts: When teachers & librarians have to teach how to compose prompts and include “search the web”, ‘twould be nice to have a simpler web search that doesn’t try to inject AI into said results. And we keep cleaner bibliographic databases for research.
100% agree. Why do people think Musk is an engineering genius? He’s a businessman who convinces politicians to use his companies’ services, but there’s often aspects that are not well thought through, such as pipe depth, diameter, etc. Boring isn’t capable to address comprehensive needs.
Good question for a high school math and physics class with crossover to US gov class. How much more water can flow per second in a 40 ft diam tunnel vs two 12 ft tunnels? Then ask why Boring Co. tries to their one size tunnel for various infrastructure projects? Elon Musk is not an engineer, kids.
I prefer Quacks Barrel as the nickname for HHS Top Admins. Led by everyone’s favorite consumer of potentially diseased roadkill, Bobby Brainworm.
I miss the old brand #CDC
Plus a few who got their 3 yr law degree. They know little to nothing about the normal PhD timeline nor how to conduct research.
Good article with examples and specifics on why humans using image search or other techniques often works better than AI chatbots.
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Back to the Cold War days playing chicken with the enemy. Only this time we have a possible mole as head of intelligence.
There aren't many stories that prompt gasps at our editors' daily budget meeting. But this was one.
I had serious doubts about CDC Director Monarez’s willingness to stand up against RFK Jr.’s personal mission to destroy public health in America—I’m glad that I was wrong. If there are any adults left in the White House: we cannot let RFK Jr. burn what's left of CDC. FIRE HIM.
Charlie aka Mr College dropout married a woman who is -5 yrs older than he. She competed in the Donald Trump owned 2012 Miss USA pageant representing Arizona. I guess MAGAts can find each other if the bride price is right.
There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used. As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how Part 1: is your work in Libgen? www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
I’ve been using and teaching search engines & browser options since the days of Lycos and Mosaic. Choose your keywords well, revise as needed, and look carefully thru the pages of results as some are good, while others are suspect. /fin
Always note the site(s) that Google AI uses to compose its response. Some answers are flat out wrong. Try finding Day of the Dove episode from Star Trek by describing it as the one where Kirk Spock and crew laugh to fight the evil. Google AI said laughter is found in Trouble with Tribbles. /1
I’d say in a very loud voice “Parent and child coming through. Move yourself off the sidewalk puhleez”. Likely accompanied by swearing / insulting them in German (or Spanish or Latin or French). This behavior is unacceptable. It appears they are lying-in-wait itching to use the riot shield.
In the 1950’s the US thought they could use atomic explosions to dig canals. They also tried to develop an atomic mortar. Both seem laughable now, but these ideas were tested at the Nevada Test Site. The history of technology includes failures, missteps in addn to progress.
Artificial Intelligence is a broad term and it’s been around for some time. Generative AI is still in its infancy and a number of flaws - from factual errors to copyright and massive electricity needs. Add in humans relying on a flawed system = chaos. AI used in pattern detection is ok.
Explain more re “The new plan would also allow development on the Balboa Avenue Station parking lot.” Clairemont station has no parking as the mixed-use space has stalled. MTS showed an autonomous vehicle to PB in 2019, but how do Clairemont Mesa ppl get to the trolley? More trips for bus 27?
New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download! California (by county/area) Chicago Colorado DC Metro Area (DMV) Massachusetts North Carolina Triangle Area NYC Philly Pittsburgh Portland, OR St. Louis Metro Area Washington State Please share! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
They …. have to agree to “provide access to detainees, such as when an immigration officer seeks to interview a person who might be a removable alien;” and not leak or publicize an enforcement operation. - - - ICE might raid a disaster relief site? Trump, Homan, Miller, Noem are pure evil.
Wordle had ANNEX on Tuesday. Does the NYT have inside info on alleged US meddling in Greenland or is this merely a crazy coincidence? FWIW I often start with a trending word. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why doesn’t a reporter ask: “Mr President, where exactly is this valve you speak of located? Which county in California? On which river or dam?” Instead he calls on those who praise him like that woman in blue who had been mugged. She got more time than the journalist standing next to her today.
A glimpse into Trump's make-believe world of "giant water valves" in Northern California…
www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina...
Breaking news: The Trump administration placed some FEMA employees on leave Tuesday after they signed an open letter of dissent about the agency’s leadership, according to documents reviewed by The Post.
Just unbelievably stupid. I had no idea how dumb fascism would be when it came to America.
They’re the same video.
Did I say that? I was making the point that DNA marker matches did not use computer tech in the early mid 1980’s as far as analyis. Been working with computers and databases since the late 70’s and also have advanced degree in biology so please no mansplaining.
DNA analysis developed as people developed biochemical methods, techniques & equipment. Computer analysis and storage of sequences in large databases came later.
Melania plagiarized Michelle Obama’s words. so yes she’s the best person to lead a project to promote genAI. Or did I miss her advanced studies in mathematics & pattern recognition. Was it her innovations in educational methods expertise why she was chosen?
One thing I see in comments is a lot of people still saying solar and wind are no good when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing. People, there are these things called batteries, which have also experienced huge progress 2/
Trump is desperately looking for a scapegoat to cover for his own failure to lower costs for Americans and firing Lisa Cook is his latest move. It’s an authoritarian power grab that blatantly violates the Federal Reserve Act, and any court that follows the law will overturn it.
Glad you recorded and posted that exchange. I caught that on the air and thought “Oh Will, you’re not out of time.” Informed viewpoints make the Fox hosts like Cain cut the interviews short.
Camden Yards ought to set up a text number if someone is being an a-hole. We have that at Petco Park - they announce the text number and basic behave yourself policy with how to report location etc at the beginning of Padres games. BTW we like Ryan O’Hearn. Sorry O’s (my hometown team) lost him.
I wish whoever taught JD in their world / European / modern history class at Ohio State speaks up to say that Vance is an idiot. I assume the prof or instructor is still alive, and hopefully retired. If not, a fellow political science classmate would do.
Just makes it toastier in the summer at high noon. Border Patrol has to drive along that north-facing side in their vehicles or ride on horseback. That will be miserable from late May to late Sept. There is a stretch that faces eastward as the Rio Grande runs south from El Paso, before Big Bend NP.
Pfft, I blocked him about a month after I joined Bluesky earlier this year when I realized many of Cuban’s opinions weren’t worth my time.
There was a CHP officer in San Diego doing that in the mid 1980’s - he murdered a college student. youtu.be/glfL9W9Ku7I
This proposal has insufficient funds. I’d do a Pythonesque run of synonyms for emptied pockets, but this parrot is dead-tired.
i do not understand suing a dairy because you made the unwise decision to purchase and consume raw milk www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2...
Some employees may choose to stay in hopes that they can prevent its further degradation of mission. Same with career military. I’d rather have qualified professionals vs letting it go to incompetents and toadies. Same with the CDC & NIH, NOAA, etc who can and should resist from within.
Today, Friday, there’s flooding in Charleston SC due to tropical storm offahore. The road to the CHS airport terminal is flooded and impassable. The Low Country may need help, but the Governor sent 200-300 Guard to DC. For reference, Charleston AFB and the Boeing factory are next to the airport.
S17 SHG was that Texas license plate number.
Marie Curiallender’s Becquerel King Isotope Garden Einstein Bagels (no need to change anything there)
Let’s hope the NYT public editor looks into why Times reporters witnessed multiple instances of cash being handed out at the mayor’s events but didn’t write it up til they got beaten on the story by a feisty nonprofit site …. Apologies … We are being told the Times no longer has a public editor.
Yet he patio’d over the grass lawn in the WH Rose Garden. And he’s killing more green grass to put up that damned hige ballroom.
Prosecco with strawberries tonight. As my late sibling said: “Focus on your own damn family.”
Bishop Menjivar-Ayala: "We should not accept that anti-immigrant rhetoric. Why don’t we present a different kind of rhetoric?" uscatholic.org/articles/202...
What’s Sean Duffy’s next move to make transportation safer? He’s afraid of the NY Subway and road-painted memorials to victims of mass shootings. Will he decide art in US airports has to be bland and only celebrate a white-washed view of history?!
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😳 It’s always good to put would-be criminals on notice of what kind of guns they can carry without fear, prosecution, but good to know the administration cares about all of the hunters in DC www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
They’re bursting. They’re all closing and going bankrupt.” Trump seemingly contradicts himself with every sentence. Or he meant to say before the NG troops were deployed, they (the restaurants)were bursting as in going under, vs bursting with customers. That interview was a word salad buffet.
I think RFK Jr is more of a raw milk and meat guy.
What an absolute disgrace. The desire of this man to denigrate, to drag through the mud everything that is respected or respectable. The project of degradation is really something else.
Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is.
The curators can add bibliographic citations from scientific, historical, art criticism etc sources via QR codes and not soften the well-thought out descriptions that are currently in place. Hand Russ the bibliography in 4 months so he can do a little reading over the Dec holidays.
These Republican boys need a good old boardinghouse with an aged housekeeper fixing them supper in the evening. Breakfast of porridge and they can fetch water from the pump in the yard. If we’re going backwards to the 19th century as far as human rights, they should adopt a similar lifestyle.
The choices in non-alcoholic beers and wines are much greater now than 4-5 years ago. More bars and restaurants offer these and also mocktails. I highly recommend Guinness NA.
www.childrensdefense.org/honoring-she.... Kay, you could have looked this up….
Let's focus on qualifications: Antoni finished grad school 5 years ago at Northern Illinois with no distinction. Dissertation: No focus on labor or data collection. Zero publications. One lifetime citation (by a former colleague). This record would not earn you a job as junior economist at BLS.
I agree, he (Cuomo) really did not think this through. It’s all talk, and not nuanced policy. Seen from the many federal worker layoffs or from business mergers, a person might have a decent salary one month, and find yourself unemployed and struggling to pay your rent (or mortgage) the next month.
Oh yeah, I see the tourists have all fled the Capitol City like a sci-fi dystopian movie. Maybe Doug can follow them or should FWS call in Mothra?
The woman detained did not enter the US illegally. She overstayed her visa. Ergo she is not a criminal. See updated story from KPBS, the San Diego PBS station. www.kpbs.org/news/border-...
GPT-5 regularly asks you why you are not citing its work. GPT-5 always believes your estimator is biased. GPT-5 has more of a comment than a question. Sometimes GPT-5 tells you stories about grad school and expresses regret about getting a PhD. GPT-5's mom wonders when it will start making money.
There are a handful of things AI can actually do well and far better than humans — eg: using pattern recognition to detect cancer cells early. Maybe companies should focus on those instead of inventing all sorts of horrible and unnecessary things AI can do poorly.
Sir William Petty, wrote “Political Arithmetic” during the 1670s, published in 1690. New? His insistence that empirical data must be the foundation for policy-making. Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics goes against three and a half centuries of this practice #Skystorians
After spraying the rosette with metallic gold Krylon. I wonder how the WH maintenance crew felt about adding these tacky ass door and wall decorations. It’s almost as bad as the Trading Spaces episode where Hildy painted the carpet black.
If ICE wants to recruit people 50+ to be field agents, get ready to payout workmen’s comp for more heart conditions, blown knees, and other ailments endemic to boomers & genx. Will need to buy Tums by the barrel for those experiencing stomach churning regret for doing the bidding of Noem & Miller.
The defendent’s alleged fraudulent behavior acc to Orlando Sentinel news article from earlier this year about the charges. archive.ph/202501180221...
Nosferatu’s wife shares her recipes for raw milk smoothies and how to raise fascists?
That far north? Hell, that’s closer to Peru (IN) than it is to Speedway or Indy. Name it the Mike von Braun camp because this will be Indiana’s Dachau.
Former Indiana person here. Speedway is the name of the city west of Indianapolis. That said, the Indy racecar industry and accompanying tourism & hospitality businesses may not want the negative association with a detention facility.
When I say don’t mess with Texas women, I’m talking about State Rep. Jolanda Jones.
Any bets on whether Trump & Linda McMahon will host a wrestling event in the Ballroom when that’s completed?
Trump tried to employ Princess Diana’s former butler while Mohamed Al-Fayed hired the Duke of Windsor’s former valet. Both Trump and Al-Fayed preyed on young blonde women and both were accused of sexual harassment and rape. The parallels are interesting.
Moreno got the plurality of votes - he did not reach 50%. If not for the millions of $$ that the crypto supporters funneled into the race, Brown would still be in the Senate & on the Banking committee. I hope he runs next year for the Senate seat vacated by Vance, now held by former Lt Gov Husted.
Florida man
Maybe the idiot should lose his CA medical license: ———- Holtorf said it is difficult to keep up with which peptides are banned and which are still acceptable for compounding. “There is so much gray area,” he said. “People know they just get patients better.”
GOP is the Gawdawful Old Predators. They will excuse and pardon the pimps and pedophiles.
“Off with their head” sayeth King Donald to the bearer of bad news.
invite, not incite - what a malaprop move on my part.
Technically you cannot hold political fundraisers at the White House. That said, a President can incite political allies to a State Dinner for a foreign dignitary. I don’t recall any WH state dinners in 2025, but he did host the state governors a few months ago. And Melania’s been in NY w/ Barron.
Oh Good Lord! Does Mar-A-Molesto catering include taco bowls or hamburgers suitable for small hands?
Yes, but the bathrooms need additional space for all the boxes of presidential documents and state secrets that DJT wants his guests to peruse.
The renovation to put in a ballroom is true. The graphic posted saying the Donald J Trump Ballroom is available for weddings and special events is a satire.