Dr. Orna Izakson

Because of course they did.

Remember the moral panic about safetyism? Trigger warnings? Snowflakes? Well, its actually happening in Texas.

This account has warned for YEARS that state-mandated college curriculums were coming. That a goal of people behind Trump - on Jan 6 and now - was to dictate what's taught at ALL levels, K-12 to university. People didn't want to believe it can happen in the US. But it can. And now it's happening.

sociology is revolutionary, turns out

Banner of Trump being installed on the facade of the Justice Department

Banner of Mussolini installed on the face of Fascist headquarters in Italy.

Trump banner at the Justice Department.
Mussolini banner at Fascist headquarters, Italy.

What's the difference?

One is sort of in color?

They think lying hard enough will make things true. I’m super jetlagged, so can’t quite say this correctly. But ignoring reality to force brainwashing is somehow a thing.

President Trump has nominated former Rep. Steve Pearce to lead the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, where Pearce would be in charge of 245 million acres of #PublicLands.

This is terrible news.

Urge your senators to oppose Steve Pearce as director of the Bureau of Land Management ➡️ bit.ly/3MFzM7o

TL;DR

This is so gross. And the imagery is so clearly fascist.

Labor Secretary’s Husband Barred From the Department After Sexual Assault Reports

BREAKING NYT:

The husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has been barred from the department's headquarters after at least two female staff members told officials that he had sexually assaulted them, according to people familiar with the decision and a police report obtained by The Times.

X’s Algorithm Makes Users More Conservative, Study Suggests The effect was caused by a switch from a chronological to an algorithmic feed

The effect was caused by a switch from a chronological to an algorithmic feed

The take that the people in Epstein's network were not that smart, even the allegedly smart ones, is almost right. Most of them were taking refuge from ideas and thought contrary to what they wanted to think and feel. They weren't people ever wanting to be unsettled or contradicted or challenged.

Wow, this is such a terrible idea. I visited Glacier (up for the same treatment) in 1992, I think, and spent the whole time zooming to find a campsite before they filled up. Went a long way to ruining the experience.

She Says Doctors Ignored Her Concerns About Her Pregnancy. For Many Black Women, It’s a Familiar Story. Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a B...

Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth.

Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.”

(Published Dec. 2022)

Time to take down Glen Canyon Dam and restore the legendary canyon.

The UN doesn’t often tell the truth.

But when they do, it’s too late for it to matter.

NEW: ICE Confiscates Children's Letters at Dilley Concentration Camp. I've filed a FOIA Request to Get Them ProPublica recently published heart-wrenching letters from children at Dilley. ICE then raided the dormitories to confiscate and destroy those letters. I've filed a Freedom of Information Act Request.

NEW: ICE has raided dormitories at the Dilley concentration camp to confiscate letters from children per @pabloreports.bsky.social. I have filed a FOIA request for them. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social: the second we get anything, we will send it to you. 1/ www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ice-co...

Good news: The FDA has reversed its decision and will now review Moderna’s application for the first mRNA-based flu vaccine after initially declining to consider it last week in an attempt to undermine vaccine science and trust.

Wikipedia is being used as a propaganda tool. I spoke with i24NEWS today to give my perspective.

Good. Also, fuck the Department of Education for attempting to pull this bullshit in the first place, and fuck this whole racist, shitty administration. And fuck ICE, while I'm at it, because that's just an evergreen at this point.

Memo shows White House directing DHS to hunt for voter fraud by naturalized citizens Agents will be required to turn over names of immigrants who voted before they became citizens — and then explain to the White House why they weren’t charged with a crime.

Breaking MS NOW:

DHS has launched a nationwide campaign to investigate and prosecute naturalized citizens who may have improperly voted in past elections — an effort spurring deep concern that the admin's true goal is to intimidate voters from participating in future elections.

"What the region really needs is a future built on safeguarding old‑growth forests, restoring salmon habitat, and supporting sustainable recreation,” said Marlee Goska, attorney at the Center.

We’ll be watching closely to make sure the Tongass and its remarkable wildlife remain protected.

Counterpoint:

Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.

That’s fucking insane.

The contrarian in me wants to argue with you, just cuz. I don’t actually disagree, although sometimes arguing is fun — especially when both parties agree.

🎉🎉🎉

See what @pjmanney.bsky.social is doing with The New Mythos.

I’m VP of one of my professional groups. I’ll bask in the reflected glory.

The plastic pollution crisis and unanswered questions about the increased risk of
—Cancer
jci.org/articles/vie...
—Neurodegenerative diseases
jci.org/articles/vie...

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼