Ny Times op-ed The Trump Administratiin Cited My Research to Justify Tariffs. They Got It All Wrong.
Economist Brent Neiman explains the idiocy of Trump's tariffs formula.
First, the idea that a trade imbalance deserves tariffs:
"The Nobel laureate Robert Solow explained why when he quipped, “I have a chronic deficit with my barber, who doesn’t buy a darned thing from me.” "
My God.
ICE wrongfully arrested a man while his 5-year-old autistic child sat in the backseat—and shipped him off to an El Salvador prison. No due process. Now the Trump administration claims they can’t get him back.
How many more?
THIS NEEDS TO BE A BIGGER STORY.
Once again. No source.
Here you go.
www.nola.com/news/politic...
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“Protesters in Somerville condemn detaining of Tufts student.
“‘We need to call what happened to Rumeysa what it is: State-sanctioned political kidnapping,’ one speaker said at the rally.”
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/p...
"Schumer and his colleagues voted to give Trump license to do just what Schumer was warning against." -- @davidrlurie.bsky.social
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Justice for Emily Pike.
Justice for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.
This is a crisis.
The murder rate is ten times higher than the US national average for women living on reservations.
Murder is the third leading cause of death for Native women.
Emily Pike. Say her name. #MMIW
Much Respect 🇺🇸
#SheShed
Leadership is doubling down, but GOP members are getting nervous about the budget’s extreme unpopularity.
You can call your Representative now at 202-224-3121.
Potentially hundreds of thousands of people in San Antonio, Texas have now been exposed to measles.
The City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District has announced that an individual visiting from Gaines County in West Texas during Valentine’s Day weekend later tested positive for…
New in PN: How Trump's lawyers are trying to make him a king
"In practical terms, if Trump gets SCOTUS to agree he has unfettered power to remove members of independent regulatory agencies, their independence is over. No more will they issue decisions that don’t reflect his policy preferences."
Megathread on reddit about canceled REUs. "Cancellation megathread If you have confirmation that an REU has been cancelled for 2025, please list it here along with how you heard the information, and if possible, whether the REU was actively renewing or about to renew their grant. This is important information because some programs are not communicating very quickly, and those of us who have applied to multiple programs need to know to not wait on acceptance to a program that has been cancelled. I applied to several programs and keep checking my email and each program’s webpage for updates but nothing so far. Good luck to us all 🫡" Canceled so far per thread: U Chicago Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology Rutgers Physics Cornell Physics and Astrophysics UC Davis Physics UC Merced Physics Johns Hopkins BioREU U Michigan Chemistry REU Allen Institute Summer Internships NOAA InFish Kent State (probably Liquid Crystal Institute) Others confirmed canceled from internet: Oregon State Math Princeton Computational Biology for non-STEM
The only young people with technical skills that Musk-Trump care about are the destructive D.O.G.E. boys.
They are thoughtlessly murdering hope for others.
Many aspiring scientists have participated in summer "Research Experiences for Undergraduates" (REUs)
Many are officially dead for 2025.
Your friendly neighborhood librarian here...buy physical copies of your favorite books, especially challenged or banned books. Preferably from small local merchants. That's all; carry on. #Read #BookSky #Resist 📚
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Relevant morning reminder from @margaretrenkl.bsky.social’s Late Migrations. Be a weed. 🌱 💙📚 #books #booksky
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One way to resist? Read more, use the library, buy from local bookstores, post reviews, talk about the books you're reading, read banned books. Anything to do with reading, and books, they seem to hate. Stay educated, and continue reading.
#BookSky #ReadBannedBooks #ReadMoreBooks
Mississippi’s dangerous, unconstitutional scheme just met reality—their Illegal Alien Certified Bounty Hunter Program bill died in committee.
No vigilante squads, no legalized persecution.
Just another cruel, unlawful stunt buried before it could do real harm.
www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1...
"To see ‘women’ and ‘woman’ and ‘people of colour’ showing up on a spreadsheet over and over and over and over — that was a gut punch"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Tower of books written by black people: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn Sing me to Sleep by Gabi Burton Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma The Ending Fire by Saara El-Arifi You made a fool of death with your beauty by Akwaeke Emezi The dead cat tail assassins by P. Djèlí Clark Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen The Poison we Drink by Bethany Baptiste This Wicked fate & This Poison Heart by Kaylynn Bayron The Merciless Ones & The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna Before I let go by Kennedy Ryan Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola Seven days in June by Tia Williams The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta Lucky number seven & Yours to have by Anna Danae
Fantasy, Romance and Poetry books by black authors #booksky #blackbooksky
02.02.2025 15:36 — 👍 5359 🔁 989 💬 75 📌 39Black American history feels more important this month. Remembering all the ways in which past & present black defenders of this democracy put their blood & tears into our nation holds more purpose today than only informative. Black history helps us remember *why* America is great.
02.02.2025 02:29 — 👍 2601 🔁 532 💬 34 📌 11If, for various reasons, you find yourself with a tighter budget in the coming months/years (or just want to save/invest as much as possible), remember to take full advantage of your local library — and not just for books.
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Good Morning SKIES of BLUE
Sunday Morning 🌄
May you all find some peace today. REST, RENEW YOUR SPIRIT...
Times are really bad..
This is Honey Bee Canyon right outside of Tucson
Mother Nature in all her Magic
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
Yosemite National Park
#fujifilm #yosemite #photography #california
these are so cute 😭
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I have a feeling someone may need this today.
This is a time that will try all our souls. We must let our friends & family know we see them, we value them & we will stand up to protect everyone’s right to be themselves.
Forest covered in snow
I can’t believe we had snow in Louisiana today 🥹
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Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath · 2h Wikipedia lies. Mainstream media lies. They will contort the truth to make you believe in a bogeyman. In falling for it, you’re giving up your God given ability to think for yourself.
Shaun Maguire @shaunmmaguire Wikipedia has been ideologically captured for years It's important that this is finally coming to light The most extreme bias is probably against Israel Foundation AI models are being trained on this biased data as if it's ground truth
Elon Musk @elonmusk · 3h Defund Wikipedia until balance is restored!
Elon Musk @elonmusk · 3h Since legacy media propaganda is considered a “valid” source by Wikipedia, it naturally simply becomes an extension of legacy media propaganda!
having succeeded in purchasing positions of influence inside the White House, the billionaires and tech VCs have now set their sights back on Wikipedia
21.01.2025 20:52 — 👍 4491 🔁 1552 💬 238 📌 315That one is so fun! I love how you start the game with chickens on that farm
21.01.2025 20:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ooh what’s your favorite farm? So far I’ve only played river, meadowlands, and four corners
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