Howard Beck

The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991.

From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...

For those following the news re: EU fining X for DSA violations, this thread explains that (despite how we may see the right and the U.S. gov frame things), it isn’t about “censorship” or even content moderation, but about X failing to follow laws about platform transparency and deception. A thread:

Mike Brown’s willingness to collaborate was a big reason how he ended up in New York.

My story on how he does it with everyone, from players to coaches and front office.

“He might like this and that, but if it doesn’t work for us, he might sub it out.”

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YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie Donald Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans

i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing

Thanks to @pbump.com for pointing it out.

Are they Nazis? Maybe, but there is a much closer parallel that carries just as much weight and is much closer to home:

LeBron’s just-ended streak of regular season games with at least 10 points was a bit more than two weeks younger than Cooper Flagg

#NBAsky

Jan. 6, 2007 to Dec. 1, 2025.

Double-digit scoring in Every. Single. Game.

What a special run for LeBron James 👑

LeBron James passes up his scoring streak for a Rui Hachimura buzzer beater

That is a very appropriate ending

They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.

Bill Reiter | Substack

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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

They’ve had their necks kneeled on.

They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

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I am hearing from multiple sources that the EU Commission is announcing its first DSA fine tomorrow against X on ad transparency, blue check & dark pattern, and researcher access to data.

The fine is in the "100s of millions of Euros."

Elon about to get big mad.

His dream is to reach the NBA. That leaves little time to be a kid. For Baba Oladotun, who skipped a year of high school to accelerate his basketball career, life revolves around a focused, “psycho” daily routine.

Baba Oladotun skipped a year of high school to graduate early, runs his daily training schedule & is staying home to play at Maryland next season. If it’s all happening too fast, Oladotun is too busy to think about slowing down. Having NBA dreams leaves little time to just be a kid. wapo.st/3XwtCby

Futurism Groxxing Elon Musk’s Grok Is Doxxing Home Addresses of Everyday People Grok is a stalker's best friend. Image: Elon Musk doing a gesture that looks a whole lot like a Nazi salute over a bunch of censored information about private citizens, generated by his chatbot, Grok. By Maggie Harrison Dupré, Joe Wilkins Published Dec 4, 2025 9:05 AM EST

NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.

Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.

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A quoted tweet from a user named Sam that reads: "How Twitter is rigged Type in all caps because you're excited? Lowers your reputation. Include links? Your score goes down. It's like the Credit Score system from Hell. And given Cisgender is treated as a slur & MAGA boosted, you can guess what's categorized as 'offensive'" The tweet they quoted is from user SADIQ and reads: "Tweepcred is X's reputation system Based on your behavior, you get a tweepcred score It determines your reach Break the algo rules, you score goes down and your reach disappears What are the rules of the X algo tho? Glad you asked." SADIQ includes a photo of Twitter's algorithm code that calculates a user's reputation. SADIQ continues: "Post 'offensive text'? 80% reach reduction Offensive username? 80% reach reduction All caps tweet? That's seen as 'shouting. Major penalization. Include links? Yup, penalized"

I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being.

Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.

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Players with the biggest difference in offensive performance between wins and losses.

I've highlighted the players with some consistency with last year.

Mitchell, Harden, Curry are commonly known. MPJ and Hield hadn't registered with me before.

Table showing the highest marks for effective FG% in a game where a player scored at least 50 points. No. 1 is Aaron Gordon, 104.8% on Oct. 23, 2025.

Here are the top 15 marks for effective FG% for a player in a 50-point game (including playoffs).

5 of the top 15 belong to current Nuggets (3 to Jamal Murray), with 3 of those 5 having come this season.

Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo leaves game vs Pistons with calf injury — head coach Doc Rivers says he’s getting an MRI.

Rivers believes an Achilles injury has been ruled out.

www.jsonline.com/story/sports...

Congrats to Russell Westbrook of the Sacramento Kings for moving up to 17th on the all-time SCORING list!

Bucks are calling Giannis’ injury a “calf strain,” and we can only hope that’s all it is. (Because it looked like something far worse.)

All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences

The CEOs of Ford and Stellantis, as well as senior executives from other auto manufacturers, standing beside him while Trump goes off on another vicious racist rant about African immigrants. Not one of them had the courage or the dignity to walk away.
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This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves

Quarter Season Review: Revisiting Preseason Takes | Real Ones Spotify video

in yesterday's NBA quarter-pole check-in episode of real ones with @howardbeck.bsky.social i talked about how predictable everything that's happening to the milwaukee bucks always was: open.spotify.com/episode/0A5Y...

Elon Musk is on a racist posting spree again And he wants you to know Donald Trump likes him again.

Elon Musk is on a racist posting spree again

YouTube video by HBO It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley | Official Trailer | HBO

finally, my guest this week is AMY BERG, director of the rad ringer films documentary IT'S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY, which premieres thursday 12-4 on HBO www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGKg...

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(And man, have I been looking forward to this episode.)

Lots of Lawrence Frank quotes re Clippers struggles and the CP3 divorce on @flybyknite.bsky.social timeline.

Subject: Message from Director Serralta - - RE: Thanksgiving Holiday USMS Team, Tomorrow as a Country we celebrate a uniquely American tradition of giving thanks throughout the day for our many blessings. As you are the foundation of our success, I want to express my sincere gratitude for your hard work and dedication, enabling the United States Marshals Service to achieve our myriad of justice-inspired missions in service to this great Nation. It is fitting to reflect back on the history of our Agency and this treasured holiday since they were both established in the same year. In 1789, New Jersey congressman Elias Boudinot proposed that the House and Senate jointly ask President Washington to proclaim a day of thanksgiving for "the many signal favors of Almighty God." Washington then created the first U.S. government-mandated Thanksgiving Day. It read in part: "Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be.” Our legacy continuously reminds us of the purpose behind our labor, as does sacred text. From Colossians 3:23-24, "Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ". Your work is not just a job; it is an opportunity to contribute and to honor God. We at the United States Marshals Service have always stood for service to our fellow citizens. Doing our best for others is deeply rooted in who we are. I wish you and your families a happy and safe holiday. We extend our special thanks to those of you who will be working over the holiday or are separated from your families. May God bless you and keep you. Respectfully, Gadyaces S. Serralta Director

Since I published, other federal employees have reached out with examples of overt Christianity in the workplace.

Before Thanksgiving, Director of the US Marshals sent out this message to all employees: "Your work is not just a job; it is an opportunity to contribute and to honor God."

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