Lesley Pfeifer

Interesting. Our team has argued that misinformation isn’t just about bad facts, but faulty frames — and that its solution isn’t better facts, but better frames. This research finds some support for that hypothesis and an approach based on alternative, but positive (rather than corrective) frames.

ICE must reinstate legal status of 133 international students on Tuesday The lawsuit claimed that by terminating these records, ICE is ending a student's status and making them deportable.

BREAKING: A judge has just ordered that ICE must reinstate the legal status of 133 international students by 5pm on Tuesday. The students, all claim that their student statuses were unlawfully revoked.

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Why March for Science? Because when it is attacked, only the elite benefit | Lucky Tran When politicians smear science, real people get hurt. I’m marching because we must fight for communities who are harmed by bad science policy

Happy #EarthDay! 8 years ago, as we held the largest day of science advocacy in history, I wrote in the @theguardian.com: "Why March for Science? Because when it is attacked, only the elite benefit."

These words hold true today. When we stand up for science, we stand up for justice and equality.

We as a country will save nothing. Federal employee salaries make up just 4% of the budget—roughly $271 billion. So even if every federal worker were fired, that’s the maximum you’d save. Meanwhile, the U.S. House GOP has released a budget that raises the debt limit by $4 trillion.

Congressional Democrats, PLEASE, I’m begging you…do this! @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedem.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social

I have no idea how much they’ll be able to get away with in terms of messing with vaccines, but I will say it’s never a bad idea to be proactive about getting up to date on all your vaccinations!

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

This audio story is old - it was made for the 2023 tax year

Gorgeous painting ❤️

Kennedy is making good on his promise

Trump administration just ordered a blackout on public communications by agencies across government, multiple officials tell me.

Here's a memo from HHS I obtained describing the comms blackout.

CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) has provided real-time data and analysis about disease outbreaks and emerging health threats without a break every week since 1960.

Until today.

From now on TFG means “that felon guy.”

But seriously, please take care of your precious selves & protect vulnerable folks. Keep learning & doing what you can to make a better world - especially during these bad times

This gorgeous mug from JaMpdx is going to get a lot of use! Hang in there, we need you

The only real reason a President would pardon hundreds of violent murderous insurrectionists—who killed numerous police officers, injured hundreds more, and tried to kill the second and third in line to the Presidency—is in case he needed them to act again while again claiming plausible deniability.

YouTube video by Mother Jones Where’s Pedro Moreno’s Pardon? #massincarceration #documentary #politics

Pedro Moreno is serving life in prison for marijuana and money laundering charges—less than five miles from a legal marijuana dispensary.

Watch an exclusive early stream of the powerful documentary.

YouTube video by More Perfect Union Medicare Advantage Denied My Dying Mom A Bed

NEW: Private health insurance corporations are trying to trick seniors across America into signing up for Medicare Advantage.

Is it less expensive? No. Is it better coverage? Also no.

It’s just another way for corporations to skim more money off the ill.

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Crockett: The fact that we have Americans that are saying, wait a minute, are you saying that tariffs are going to negatively impact me? It's kind of like that wall that we are still waiting on Mexico to build, that they are going to pay for. No, we are going to pay for it.

Precision phenotyping for curating research cohorts of patients with unexplained post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 Scalable identification of patients with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) is challenging due to a lack of reproducible precision phenotyping alg…

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AI sees a lot of long Covid

I’ve been skeptical about how AI is being developed and rolled out (Ethicist Prof Casey said AI is like a toddler with a flame thrower), BUT I love this use of AI. Capturing under-reported and vulnerable folks, and aiding Long Covid research. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Girl holding sign.

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Made a little parody vid of Bluesky & MAGA trolls 😜

A Venn Diagram with the words "what the fuck" in the center

I made a Venn diagram to explain my feelings about the Trump cabinet picks more clearly.

Last-Minute Amendments, Lack of Transparency Characterize New Council's First Budget - PubliCola By Erica C. Barnett The Seattle city council, which now includes five people with little or no direct experience in…

Seattle's next budget will include dramatic, permanent shifts in how the city funds basic programs, along with changes that will impact basic city services. And it's all happening on a truncated timeline, with less transparency than any budget in recent memory.

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AG: a man investigated for sex trafficking.

Director of National Intelligence: a pro-Putin promoter of disinformation.

HHS: an anti-science fraudster and conspiracy theorist.

Secretary of Defense: a talk show host.

Thank you, Trump voters. You’ve voted for all of this.

Navigating the Bluesky 101 Discover the ins and outs of navigating the vibrant community of Bluesky. From accessibility to finding your tribe, this guide has got you covered!

Discover the ins & outs of navigating the vibrant community of Bluesky. From accessibility to finding your tribe. This guide has you covered.

🧵adapted to an article so it can be easily shared with individuals & across platforms.

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