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Gotta hand it to the artist.
I don't know whether Penn State or Ohio State should have been ranked #1, but I know it shouldn't have been Texas. Texas football--both the state and the school--are totally overrated. One national championship in the last 50+ years, right?
With O'Neill (apparently) taking over CDC (if they ever get around to firing Monarez), I think it's worth looking back to Project 2025 and asking what they actually intend to *do* to CDC. So, I went to remind myself today. Here's what's in store:
I'm game.
LOL Who could blame her?
'Xactly.
Can confirm.
An inspiring read! academic.oup.com/genetics/adv... A beautiful historical perspective on Ester Lederberg's legacy from @ccwendling.bsky.social & @zacharybailey.bsky.social
I lived in Melbourne from 2010 to 2021. I'm with you.
oh goddess, Jesus, and every deity on the planet You know what, I don't care if her colleagues to be treat her badly. Which the fascists absolutely will. You can't girlboss fascism. Zero sympathy. ZERO. Work for ICE. And get what you deserve.
@albomp.bsky.social When can we expect our Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism to show up and combat these antisemites? Will she be combating them in person or will she be fighting through the courts to stop their antisemitic march from going ahead? What is Jillian Segal paid for if not this?
It will keep over and over and over again until Americans finally understans that guns do not equal safety plus freedom.
Scientific American: For 20 years, Denmark conducted a large and meticulous study of whether aluminum in vaccines caused chronic childhood diseases. The data was clear: It did not. Malignant crackpot RDK Jr wanted a retraction of the study. The Annals of Internal Medicine said no.
If “The right in this bill is an aspiration, and doesn’t give us any ability to do any more than what we are currently doing" then there is no point to the bill other than to normalise guns. Or for Minns to drum up support for another unpopular bill.
Yeah, "however unlikely" is definitely relative. At this point it's likelier than shit.
I think so. It's not the most in-depth article I've read.
LOL No you wouldn't.
Don't threaten me with a good time...
Word.
Remember: Be the Luigi Mangione you want to see in the world.
They included "the diagnosis and treatment of impotence" so this will go nowhere. LOLOL
We're going to need a whole helluva lot more Luigis.
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💯 It's far too late for the US. The US is far too happy to continue sacrificing school children to ever reconsider their insane view that "guns = safety and freedom".
The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it. ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures. Losers with power become the most dangerous kind. (c/o Caroline Codsi)
"We will not be intimidated and we will not be silent." And yet you "went to Moshannon Valley ICE Detention Center to conduct oversight and [were] shut out." What are you going to do to resolve that contradiction?
Agreed on all points except the supremacy of regulation. As I always point out, Peter Drucker famously said that "culture eats strategy for breakfast". Regulation is strategy. It will continue to have zero effect unless and until Americans finally change their culture of "guns = safety and freedom".
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One of my dearest friends is one of the most brilliant architects in Australia, and another is one of the most brilliant healthcare AI researchers in Australia. And their partners are absolutely wonderful humans.
To be clearer, the foundations in public health had been cracking for decades. This is not cracking. This is shattering.
All of the Desi women I know are amazing people with amazing partners. But I'm pretty sure my sample size is nowhere near yours. :D Also, almost all of the Desi women I know are in Australia.
Not a lawyer but my guess is if someone you vaccinated against FDA guidelines had some kind of debilitating adverse reaction to the vaccine you would have a lot steeper uphill battle in court?
Yeah. True dat. Kinda the opposite for me hey. I can't believe how many utterly shit human(ish) beings are in pretty much every one of my demographics.
Or almost as bad, Jay Bhattacharya or Vinay Prasad.
Americans love their country but fear their government. It's beyond bizarre. 🇨🇦 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 have nowhere near 🇺🇸 levels of gun ownership but even if they did, it still wouldn't be a fair comparison. 🇨🇦 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 don't sell ~4M AR-15s a year.
My kids never once practiced for the entire six years they were in secondary school. Because they went to secondary school in Australia.
This. All this.
Yes. Because what you did wasn't even a strategy, it was at best a tactic. (American gun violence) culture eats (gun violence legislation) strategy for breakfast. And flosses its teeth with (gun violence legislation) tactics.
The United States of American has a gun *culture* problem predicated on the uniquely-American and unmovable belief that "guns = safety and freedom". I sent my kids to schools/universities with zero risk of school shootings. I recommend you do the same. The US is a shooting gallery with 400M+ guns.
It is what it is. It's simply not possible to change the uniquely-American narrative that "guns = safety and freedom". Peter Drucker famously said that "culture eats strategy for breakfast". Until and unless American culture changes no "gun safety" half-measures will have even the slightest impact.
He doesn't have a plan. Just empty words about "rallying around the Annunciation Church." Not "rallying around the idea that gun violence can and must be prevented even i̶f̶ though it means repealing the Second Amendment". Because that would require courage. And no US Senator has any of that.
One that Americans are incapable of.
I wasn't attempting to correct you so much as push back against the wider and deeper narrative. But like every American, I'm doing absofuckinglutely nothing about gun violence.
My plan for when he's gone? I plan to drive the truck dragging his body through the streets.
There is no "gun safety". There are guns. Or there is safety. Either or.
I think it's time to start prying them from their cold, dead hands.
Imagine effects so large that for decades scientists couldn't find a single one of these "simple interventions" leading to a >600 fold increase in risk. For reference: smoking only increases the risk of lung cancer by about 20.
This was always, among other things, Musk's way of catapulting xAI to the front of "AI for Government". Imagine what a huge competitive advantage "Grok for Government" has with all of the training data Musk stole.
Why not also rename it the Reichsbahn while you're at it?
Give them no quarter. Susan's problem isn't that these constituents won't listen. It's that Collins doesn't listen to her constituents.
Thank gawd they're getting rid of all those damn woke airborne toxicants!
I just cannot imagine Cuomo or Adams getting this many people, especially people 40 and under, on a beautiful summer Sunday afternoon to do a scavenger hunts accessible by public transit
Has anyone else noticed how we haven't heard anything about Luigi? It's almost as if they don't want us to remember that he's a national hero who was doing the Lord's work.
Definitely worth a try. Dry ice solves all travel problems.
Ah. I see. Thanks.
I honestly didn't know what he was saying and what he was responding to, can you fill me in on the context? I feel like I missed something important.
"The plan is to rule like the Nazis of the 1930s and 1940s." There. Fixed it for you.
Looks like it could be poisonous. You better send me some so I can test it for you.
Yeah, he kicks the ball into his own net sometimes. But I follow him because he generally has interesting takes and viewpoints on a range of topics that, even when I disagree with, are still worth hearing and considering. Especially when he stays in his lane of expertise.
LOL Tom is always acting out on some level. But sometimes he's acting out for the right reasons and making a good point. I'm wondering what kind of a night tonight is. :D
infrastructure in the US, which we will use to produce submarines for the US.)
Not only should Albo refuse to sit down with our Nazi leadership, they should also immediately withdraw from AUKUS and the utterly, hilariously stupid submarine agreement. (Australia will never, ever see those submarines, it's just a grift to get Australia to foot the bill for building submarine...
Not sure what you are trying to say here?
It wasn't a purchase. The US isn't paying for them. It's a g̶i̶f̶t̶ vig.
That's a different exploration I've been working on very part-time.
I'd like to buy a vowel, Pat...
Trump only remembers the vig.
The government didn't buy the shares, so it didn't invest in Intel. It's less communism seizing the means of production and more mobster shakedown.
By targeting universities, regulatory agencies, the legal profession, and election systems, the Trump administration has weakened foundational pillars of U.S. democracy. These efforts align with historical precedents where erosion of institutional integrity preceded democratic backsliding FWIW
DeepSeek then concluded: These actions demonstrate a pattern of undermining institutional independence through political coercion, retaliatory measures, and erosion of checks and balances. --and--
DeepSeek responded: Based on the provided search results, here are ten examples of actions Donald Trump has taken in 2025 that undermine the strength and/or independence of U.S. institutions:
DIgging deeper on institutions, I asked DeepSeek: What are ten examples of things Donald Trump has done in 2025 to undermine the strength and/or independence of the US's institutions?
When I explicitly point to actions Trump has taken that tend to undermine these institutions, LLMs quickly back off...and end up concluding that our institutions are more moderately strong and independent.) Either way, Donald Trump is clearly doing nothing to mitigate the risk of an uprising.
(I've had dozens of deep explorations on this and related topics with several LLM, and all of them point to the strength of our institutions as strong, mitigating factors.
It also noted that historical precedents emphasise that simultaneous triggers—rather than isolated issues—are most likely to escalate into unrest.
DeepSeek then concluded that Trump's 2025 policies align closely with factors that precipitated revolutions in other countries. While the U.S. has robust institutions, these actions could amplify vulnerabilities by deepening polarisation, economic strain, and institutional distrust.
DeepSeek also summarised some key insights from revolutionary precedents:
9. Dismiss Cultural and Identity Grievances
7. Politicize Public Services and Civil Rights
5. Suppress Press Freedom and Digital Rights
2. Ignore Economic Inequality and Youth Unemployment
1. Erode Democratic Institutions and Checks on Power
I then asked DeepSeek to find three examples for each item. This was not difficult. Let's look...
10. Underestimate the Power of Youth Mobilization
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