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I concur. At the onset I was confused as to why they would decimate health tracking programs/data repositories first. Even the ultra wealthy are not immune from disease/illness. Then when the push to destroy Medicare/Medicaid funding came to light...their plan became clear.

Just a reminder that even while being Putin’s petulant stooge and shaming our country Trump is also inevitably a liar.

How Vaccines are Developed and Approved for Use Learn how vaccines are developed and approved for use.

This is going to be another rough week for our colleagues in government & for all of us. Vast cuts of govt scientists hurts everyone’s health.

Let’s talk about what this will do to vaccines.

This is the process. Here’s how they’re going to undermine it:
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/bas...

More class in his pinky than Trump has shown his entire life.

No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.

Grateful for Vanessa Wills’ perspective here. It also reminds me to question my learned inner cop voice. If I don’t have anything constructive to say, it’s maybe time for me to listen and learn.

Here’s a site that tracks how much of Project 2025 has been implemented. Currently at 34%. (via @jennileder.bsky.social) [project2025.observer]

More of this.

so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky

On Trans Issues, Wikipedia is a Bulwark Against Disinformation — Assigned In the wake of the anti-trans legislation by the Trump Administration, Wikipedia stands as a reliable source for information on trans topics.

New and only on Assigned Media:

Wikipedia editor Pax Ahimsa Gethen writes about transphobic harassment, defacement, and attempts to turn Wikipedia into a source of anti-trans disinformation, and of the determination of trans editors to preserve the site as a vital source of unbiased, truthful info.

Broader reminder of what happens when attacks come and we stay silent about them because we don't perceive them as affecting our specific group.

The state has accumulated a $5B
tax surplus while squeezing local governments to cover the rising costs of (and need for) support staff. Your AP, your HVAC tech, your counselor, etc. They’re all working so much harder bc the state abdicated their responsibility to students and staff. 🪴

I'm downtown at the Virginia Capitol in Richmond. I'm with the Resist Libs. This is one of the 50501 protests. I'll be here for as long as I can take it.

Legal challenges are an important part, but only part, of what Democrats need to be doing.

Legal challenges, procedural delays in Congress, protests to draw attention to the crisis ... it all matters, and the component parts will strengthen each other.

We are here today to shine a light on the crime that is unfolding before our eyes and support our tremendous civil servants at U.S. AID.

Follow live on C-SPAN here:
www.c-span.org/event/news-c...

seeing takes about the aid institutions and their role in imperialism. correct. If someone said "investor-owned hospitals exploit the vulnerable to benefit shareholders" I'd nod. If their followup was "and that's why I'm turning off your mom's dialysis machine" I'd...have some followup questions

Elon Musk's mother moved to South Africa in the year Apartheid was created, and she and Elon left the year it ended. The last Apartheid Prime Minister, a man who refused to testify at the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, was a family friend who stayed at their home. This is not a crazy theory.

Congressman @beyer.house.gov will be going to USAID today with colleagues to shine a light on what is happening there, I think others will join us. Figuring out details now and will share but flagging now for press and public in the area

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The semester is finally over and I'm ready for a break!

#phd #phdlife #phdchat #gradschooldork

did it with students in our last class today, & when they plugged in 'rude' & 'mean' their jaws dropped open

Southside here too!

New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇

Just found out that I passed my qualifying exam! 🥰

#phd #publichealth

As with many ProPublica stories, this is worth your time. It is about 3M's role in "forever chemicals." While it is not a new line of thought, there is a lot to consider about how corporate america is run.

UC Santa Cruz workers strike over administration crackdown on Gaza protests Union leaders at the Santa Cruz campus said the strike would disrupt classes, research, and possibly grading in the final weeks of the school year, and could soon spread to other UC campuses.

"Academic workers at the University of California at Santa Cruz walked off the job Monday morning to protest the university system’s crack down on pro-Palestine demonstrations on campuses across the state." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Icci "You know, the closest that conservatives have ever gotten to successfully dealing with left-wing domination of universities is Viktor Orbán's approach in Hungary. I think his way has to be the model for us: not to eliminate universities, but to give the a choice between survival or taking a much less biased approach to teaching." Sen. J.D. Vance, (R) Ohio to The European Conservative Face the nation

The worldwide fascist coup is going strong in its franchise here at home. This is an open call to end democracy and destroy both government and society by Vance. This is as open and as loud as it gets before the guns come out and the streets are flooded with stormtroopers. Take them seriously.

Spring term officially finished! Next up - qualifying exam 🥴

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