Fritz Graham, Ph.D, MPH

Whitey’s on the moon…again

“A rat done bit my sister Nell, but whitey’s on the moon”
“Whitey On the Moon” by Gil Scott Heron

Trump suggests undocumented farm workers are ‘naturally’ designed for field work The president’s preoccupation with immigrants and genetics seems to be getting worse.

As Trump suggests immigrants are “naturally” designed for farm work, his preoccupation with immigrants and genetics — which, alas, is not new — seems to be getting worse. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

He gonna ruffle his hair, too?

The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to…

Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are steps you can take to evade it.
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The number of people who write to me telling me they have made an incredible discovery using ChatGPT, or proved that it is conscious, is now roughly one per day. I wish there were a resource I could send these folks to gently try to steer them away from the brink

***Fellow historians and academics***

Academia is isolating.

If you'd ever like to connect over Zoom to share your work and interests, let me know!

I connected with about 50+ folks via Twitter back during the pandemic, and it was super rewarding.

Y’all have got to watch this 😭

DR Congo-Rwanda peace deal: How Trump wants US companies to cash in The US president is spearheading an ambitious but controversial deal to end a long-running conflict.

The BBC is finally doing a better job of reporting on the US-sponsored DR-Congo peace deal. US "mediation efforts come as no surprise, as DRC is endowed with the mineral wealth that the US requires to power the IT & AI revolutions, much of which is now going to China."
www.bbc.com/news/article...

The Two-Pronged Attack on a Muslim Judicial Nominee How the smearing of Adeel Mangi became a bipartisan exercise.

This is why the Bove seat was vacant, and there’s a real throughline from the forces that defeated the previous Democratic nominee to where we are today.

www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...

I'm begging ya'll, please, experience things.
Go to another country.
Ride mass transit.
Visit a city.

None of these things are like you've read about.

It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.

I feel you. It’s been 2 months for me, too. Still processing it, but will have to make a move at some point or another. Congratulations to you on getting over the finish line!

This is the realest thing I’ve read in ages

Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation

“When the Department of Justice recently opened an investigation into George Mason University…. Professors quickly published a resolution supporting their president and the university’s efforts around diversity. Now, Justice Department officials say they will investigate the faculty, too”

The Sears Tower looking insanely creepy during a blackout, including the impression of a scary face topped by a crown of spikes. It looks like a giant humanoid evil robot or a demonic Minecraft creature.

"It's ok, honey. The Sears Tower experiencing a blackout won't hurt you!"

The Sears Tower experiencing a blackout:

THE MISSUS — MY GORGEOUS BABE — DRAWN IN A FOXHOLE Feb. '44 France

I already thought this pencil portrait Jack Kirby did of his wife Roz was great but then I read the caption: "A drawing of Mrs. Kirby done, from memory, on the back of a piece of German stationery picked up off a dead enemy soldier." DAAAAMMMMNNN!

The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...

Anyways, AIDS is going to be gone soon, this is a generic with FDA full approval.

YouTube video by Luque Alligator BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON - SEE THAT MY GRAVE IS KEPT CLEAN

#detectivesongs
#MusicChallenge

7/27 - Death

Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean

“Well, there's one kind-a favor I'll ask of you…
You can see that my grave is kept clean”

youtu.be/6tVxz_1wigw?...

More please…

Ghislaine Maxwell Can’t Help But Notice Interview Room Covered In Plastic Sheeting TALLAHASSEE, FL—Perplexed that the Department of Justice had chosen a setting with such strange decor to ask her about Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirators, Ghislaine Maxwell confirmed Thursday that she ...

Ghislaine Maxwell Can’t Help But Notice Interview Room Covered In Plastic Sheeting

We have done this experiment one billion times and it has worked great all one billion times.

What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing? The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose of higher education.

A 2024 study found that 58 per cent of English majors at two Midwestern universities had so much trouble interpreting the opening paragraphs of “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens that “they would not be able to read the novel on their own.”

Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida

Unless there are Nuremberg trials for everyone involved in this system, it will be a moral failure of historical proportions.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Everything I have learned about Drake's personal life has been against my will and horrifying. Why does he have Lebron tattooed on his body? That man is still alive.

"Reich citizenship will not be laid in the cradle of every one born in Germany, but will be ceremoniously conferred on him after he has shown himself worthy of it through special accomplishments, through loyal services to the State." NY Times, July 6, 1933.

Christopher Webb on Substack I Did the Research and Found Out I Was Wrong The kind of honesty we rarely see and desperately need Every once in a while, a message cuts through the noise. No spin, no posturing, just truth. “I di...

Check out my Substack for more…
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Part II

This powerful message: “I did the research and found out I was wrong.”

I’m not going to say much more except please take the time to watch. Then send it around to family and friends, no matter their political persuasion.

Part I

You can rationalize it however you want but staying on twitter is a terrible choice. It is not the “town square.” It is the world’s disease-ridden dump. You don’t need to be there to think critically or write relevantly or stay abreast of current events.