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States who will see the biggest increase in healthcare premiums. Notice a trend here? All red states. Dems fighting for EVERYONE!

West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

The Oregon National Guard general says if they were to be deployed, they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters and not ICE

I was on a faculty interview years ago. Someone asked me what I thought of EP and I (exhausted after days of interviewing) said something like, "Oh, most of that's just bunk, isn't it? Who believes that?" The person was apparently a fervent EP. I did not get the job. It was definitely for the best.

Undercover operations always begin with “BREAKING” announcements on Twitter.

So he’s dealing with a very real danger and is definitely not doing theater.

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr. We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

“Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this. But the profound, immediate and unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored.”

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

“.. Recall the last big shutdown that started in late 2018 and went on for 35 days — a record. What ended it? Air traffic controllers.”

@rbreich.bsky.social $XAL
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In case you care about living, health insurance is about to soar 2x-5x without Obamacare discount subsidies.

@drericding.bsky.social

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

You know who doesn’t always check to make sure their workers’ SS numbers are legitimate? Employers.

You know who really does check to make sure that a SS number is legitimate? The Social Security Administration.

This is why undocumented workers pay SS taxes for benefits they don’t receive.

Are we in a recession? Yes — if you live in one of these 22 states. The U.S. economy is very close to falling into a damaging contraction — and many states are already in a recession, according to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.

Mark Zandi estimates that 22 states, including 8 that voted for Trump-Vance, are now in a recession. Another 13, 8 of which voted for Trump-Vance, are barely treading water.

Cover page of Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

Table 1 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

Table 2 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:

Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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The number of meetings I have in a day feels multiplicative.
1 meeting = 1 hour
2 meetings = 4 hours
3 meetings = 9 hours

"... our analysis indicates that substantial NIH budget cuts ... could curtail research linked to a large share of potential drug approvals." - Azoulay et al.

If the U.S. NIH budget had been 40% smaller—similar to cuts proposed in the FY2026 budget—how would that have affected the medicines we enjoy today?

In a new #SciencePolicyArticle, researchers present an analysis of a hypothetical alternative history. https://scim.ag/3IPw2y6

So much happens each day that it is overwhelming. And that is by design so we allow nonsense to continue.

I want to start with this poll that I saw today about the shutdown.

Which party is to blame?
Republicans - 38%
Democrats - 27%
Both - 31%

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The White House's email says there'll be "disruptions to Social Security services" - and they blame it on Ds

It's true SOME stuff will stop. But they want you to think benefits will stop, and that's not true - unless they break the law

HUGE change from previous shutdowns where they assuage worries

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

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Portland: ICE thugs assaulted disability rights activist Amanda Siebe as she filmed in a bike lane. Siebe, who uses a wheelchair, was body-checked to the ground.

Protesters begged agents to be gentle, shouting “She’s disabled!”

Instead, one agent sneered back: “She’ll be disabled now.”

South Carolina gop lawmakers have proposed SB 323,being called "The unborn child protection act"

This bill has A LOT in it,including an abortion ban,prohibiting exceptions for rape or fatal fetal anomalies,& opening the door for IUDs & Plan B to be potentially banned due to the language in the bill

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

Subject: Planning for Potential Lapse in Funding President Trump opposes a government shutdown, and strongly supports the enactment of H.R. 5371, which is a clean Continuing Resolution to fund the government through November 21, and already passed the U.S. House of Representatives. Unfortunately, Democrats are blocking this Continuing Resolution in the U.S. Senate due to unrelated policy demands. If Congressional Democrats maintain their current posture and refuse to pass a clean Continuing Resolution to keep the government funded before midnight on September 30, 2025, federal appropriated funding will lapse. A funding lapse will result in certain government activities ceasing due to a lack of appropriated funding. In addition, designated pre-notified employees of this agency would be temporarily furloughed. P.L. 116-1 would apply. The agency has contingency plans in place for executing an orderly shutdown of activities that would be affected by any lapse in appropriations forced by Congressional Democrats. Further Information about those plans will be distributed should a lapse occur.

BREAKING — Employees at multiple government agencies have received an email from their leadership with text clearly dictated by The White House regarding a potential government shutdown.

So far HHS, Interior, and Social Security have gotten this message, the text of which was shared with me:

🚩 they’re always trying to flip the script.

A Multicursal Puzzle Patricia turned a corner in the maze she’d been working her way through for the last two hours and stopped. In front of her were two heavy wooden doors, and standing in front of these, two guards. …

A piece of #FlashFiction for September? Oh well, why not. I do enjoy a story...

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Research Methods Academy: Seminar - The Importance of Sample Size for the Development and Evaluation of Clinical Prediction Models. After registering, you w... Led by Professor Richard Riley Join this Online Seminar on clinical prediction models estimate individual risk for outcomes from disease. Many studies lack rigorous design; this session will focus o...

Giving a talk today which anyone can watch online: 1pm - 2pm
"The Importance of Sample Size for the Development and Evaluation of Clinical Prediction Models"
- intended for a broad audience (anyone doing or using prediction model research)
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Population-Level Effectiveness and Herd Protection 17 Years After HPV Vaccine This cross-sectional study investigates population-level effectiveness and herd protection in the first 17 years after human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among adolescent girls and young women at ...

💉New study of HPV vaccine shows “robust population-level effectiveness & herd protection in adolescent girls & young women”

From 2006-2023:
➡️ Proportion of vaxxed women positive for high-risk HPV-16 & -18 types fell 98.4%, proportion of unvaxxed women fell 71.6%
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a table about lemurs

a table about students and schools

a table about wines

{tinytable} 0.14.0 for #RStats makes it super easy to draw tables in html, tex, docx, typ, md & png.

There are only a few functions to learn, but don't be fooled! Small 📦s can still be powerful.

Check out the new gallery page for fun case studies.

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Reading Rainbow Is Back, With Mychal the Librarian Hosting! - Reactor The butterfly is back in the sky; can’t wait to fly twice as high.

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!

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