John Yates

Where's Rose Mary Woods when you need her.

New York Times, AP, Newsmax among news outlets who say they won't sign new Pentagon rules The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative television network Newsmax are among five outlets on Monday who say they won't sign a new Defense Department document about its new press ...

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@ericidle.bsky.social - isn’t this it?

Dad studied this stuff spewing out as it approached earth. He studied with the probe's namesake, Gene Parker.

Never wanted to be a cabinet minister anyway.

A man who is 'ill-adjusted' to the world is always on the verge of finding himself. One who is adjusted to the world never finds himself, but gets to be a cabinet minister. -Hermann Hesse, novelist, poet, Nobel laureate (2 Jul 1877-1962)

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Having been unable to strengthen justice, we have justified strength. -Blaise Pascal, philosopher and mathematician (19 Jun 1623-1662)
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BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity.

This is a major win for public health.

IMDB has July 18.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0071...

From a favorite poem (and not because of the poet’s name! Still the Truth after 106 years.
The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity. -William Butler Yeats, writer, Nobel laureate (13 Jun 1865-1939) 
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Empirical evidence to the contrary in our house.

He started decomposing early?

It must be a somewhat messed up world if I am posting a Heritage Foundation article. But read it. Washington is probably spinning in his grave like a tossed quarter.
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Alas Frostie, we hardly knew ye!

What National Institutes of Health funding cuts could mean for U.S. universities What do National Institutes of Health funding cuts mean for universities? We ask Holden Thorp, editor-in-chief of the journal Science and former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill chancellor.

www.npr.org/2025/02/12/n...

Directly affecting Mary.