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@jranck.bsky.social

Social scientist, public health pro, politics & ethics of AI, author, swimmer, bibliophile, love to cook cool dishes

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More Empty Promises To Sell: Tesla's Problem Isn't Musk In DOGE (NASDAQ:TSLA) Tesla, Inc. stock jumps despite weak Q1 results; experts warn of global competition and urge investors to reconsider. Click for our updated look at TSLA stock.

seekingalpha.com/article/4777... #teslatakedown #tesla

23.04.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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New images could change cancer diagnostics. ICE detained Harvard scientist who analyzes them. Without scientist Kseniia Petrovaโ€™s expertise, no one can fully unlock the dataโ€™s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.

Incredibly senseless
www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nbcn...

23.04.2025 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wonder what Olivia Nuzzi is up to lately

23.04.2025 01:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 329    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Programs for Children and Families Eliminated

ACF

Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demo

ACF

Head Start

ACF

Preschool Development Grant

ACF

Primary Prevention Youth Homelessness

ACL

ACL

University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities

Developmental Disabilities Projects of National Significance

ACL

Lifespan Respite Care

ACL

Long-term Care Ombudsman

ACL

Preventive Health Services

ACL

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (Investigate group home abuse)

ACL

State Councils on Developmental Disabilities

CDC

Adolescent and School Health

CDC

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)

CDC

Asthma

CDC

Childhood Lead Poisoning

CDC

Firearm Injury & Mortality Prevention Research

CDC

Newborn Screening and Molecular Biology

CDC

Oral Health

CDC

Reproductive Health

CDC

Smoking and Health

CDC

Youth Violence Prevention

CMS

Medicaid and CHIP Budget of $129.6 million? Is this a joke?

GDM

Children's Interagency Coordination Council

GDM

Discretionary Sexual Risk Avoidance Programs

GDM

Still Birth Taskforce

GDM

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program

HRSA

EMS for Children

HRSA

Family Planning

HRSA

Healthy Start

HRSA

Universal Newborn Hearing Screening

IHS

Preventive Health

OASH

Office of Population Affairs

SAMSHA

Childhood Mental Health

SAMSHA

Children and Family Programs

SAMSHA

Consumer and Family Network Grants

SAMSHA

Health Transitions Infant and Early

SAMSHA

Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

SAMSHA

SAMSHA

Interagency Task Force on Trauma Informed Care

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI)

SAMSHA

STOP Act Pregnant and Postpartum Women

SAMSHA

Youth Prevention and Recovery Initiative

Programs for Children and Families Eliminated ACF Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demo ACF Head Start ACF Preschool Development Grant ACF Primary Prevention Youth Homelessness ACL ACL University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Developmental Disabilities Projects of National Significance ACL Lifespan Respite Care ACL Long-term Care Ombudsman ACL Preventive Health Services ACL Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (Investigate group home abuse) ACL State Councils on Developmental Disabilities CDC Adolescent and School Health CDC Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) CDC Asthma CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning CDC Firearm Injury & Mortality Prevention Research CDC Newborn Screening and Molecular Biology CDC Oral Health CDC Reproductive Health CDC Smoking and Health CDC Youth Violence Prevention CMS Medicaid and CHIP Budget of $129.6 million? Is this a joke? GDM Children's Interagency Coordination Council GDM Discretionary Sexual Risk Avoidance Programs GDM Still Birth Taskforce GDM Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program HRSA EMS for Children HRSA Family Planning HRSA Healthy Start HRSA Universal Newborn Hearing Screening IHS Preventive Health OASH Office of Population Affairs SAMSHA Childhood Mental Health SAMSHA Children and Family Programs SAMSHA Consumer and Family Network Grants SAMSHA Health Transitions Infant and Early SAMSHA Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health SAMSHA SAMSHA Interagency Task Force on Trauma Informed Care Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) SAMSHA STOP Act Pregnant and Postpartum Women SAMSHA Youth Prevention and Recovery Initiative

Here is a list of critical federal health programs for families that they want to cut.

Without these programs families will have fewer resources to care for loved ones, young and old. Those on the edge will fall into poverty.

Call your reps.

23.04.2025 01:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1017    ๐Ÿ” 592    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 49    ๐Ÿ“Œ 36

That the stockโ€™s bounce after the close is holding up through this call is truly a monument to the gullibility of Wall Street.

22.04.2025 21:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

my magical robots are going to create heaven on earth by overturning the laws of economics is the kind of message that really speaks to wall streets spiritual side

22.04.2025 21:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1375    ๐Ÿ” 155    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

Utilities are buying huge amounts of stationary storage from Tesla, which is driving some of its only growth.

Boycott organizers please take note of this!

22.04.2025 21:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2374    ๐Ÿ” 550    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23

"hundreds" of Optimus robots "doing useful work" at Tesla factories by the end of this year

one million units/year of Optimus by 2029/30

why would anyone believe any of this until they deliver FSD in any kind of meaningful way?

22.04.2025 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 945    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

Musk acknowledges that there are massive questions about when autonomous ridehailing will generate significant business, and he says that this will take place in roughly the middle of next year... the eternal 12 month out deadline

22.04.2025 21:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 846    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 25

Musk not backing down. He thinks "the right thing to do" is to continue "fighting the waste and fraud." He calls it "critical work."

He calls protests "organized" and "paid for." He says protesters won't admit it, but they are recipients of the waste and fraud DOGE is cutting.

22.04.2025 21:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 652    ๐Ÿ” 59    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 56

"It's never a dull moment these days" is how Elon opens the car.

He acknowledges that there has been "blowback" due to his work at DOGE, which he defends. Claims that all criticism is coming from those who received tax money that he and DOGE have cut.

22.04.2025 21:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 615    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

we can continue to devalue tesla and destroy him completely if we keep demonizing him even more

22.04.2025 21:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12624    ๐Ÿ” 2172    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 273    ๐Ÿ“Œ 44

you're not going to believe this, but this is absolutely not a thing.

22.04.2025 23:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1152    ๐Ÿ” 178    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Magical cameras that see in the dead of night. A magical race of robots that ends scarcity and creates heaven on earth. A purpose-modified Level 4 robotaxi system that somehow validates a "general solution to self-driving." A car brand down 20%, with nothing but janky wunderwaffens to fight back.

22.04.2025 23:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 311    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Tesla made just under $14 billion in "automotive revenue" in the first quarter of 2025, down 20% year-over-year.

Everything else they do, including servicing those cars, brought in a little over $5 billion in revenue.

It's a crashing car business and a lot of BS about stuff Musk doesn't understand

22.04.2025 23:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 379    ๐Ÿ” 50    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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What โ€œAmerica Firstโ€ Could Cost Us As the Trump Administration forces the U.S. to retreat from labor-protection programs abroad, American workers might end up suffering, too.

www.newyorker.com/news/deep-st...

22.04.2025 20:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hereโ€™s All the Health and Human Services Data DOGE Has Access To Elon Musk's DOGE has access to 19 sensitive systems at HHS. In at least one instance, it appears that access was granted without the proper security training.

www.wired.com/story/doge-d...

22.04.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tesla (TSLA) Stock Can Slump to $170 โ€œin Weeks,โ€ Technical Analyst Says Teslaโ€™s (TSLA) shares can slump to $170-$180 โ€œin weeks,โ€ Gareth Soloway, Chief Market Strategist of Verified Investing said recently on Schwab Network. However, Soloway believes that the shares may bo...

Wunderbar!

finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-t...

22.04.2025 19:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dumber and nasty

22.04.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Disability, Eugenics, and the Value of Human Life The eugenicists Your worth is not tied to what you can do. Your worth is not tied to your health. Your worth is not tied to all the things you can do...

if you're in the mood to read a strong affirmation about the worth of disabled lives in the face of a eugenicist administration.... so was i, so i wrote one: buttondown.com/theswordandt...

21.04.2025 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 809    ๐Ÿ” 330    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30
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The Washington Post now willingly handing reporting to OpenAI The Washington Post now willingly handing reporting to OpenAI

FUCK. THIS. All of this.

22.04.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19284    ๐Ÿ” 3798    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1127    ๐Ÿ“Œ 499
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USโ€™s biggest egg producerโ€™s profits triple as prices soar The DoJ is investigating, with Cal-Maineโ€™s profits nearly eight times as high as at the start of the bird flu outbreak

Missed this when it was first reported, but the US's biggest egg producer saw its profits *TRIPLE* year-over-year.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

22.04.2025 14:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 258    ๐Ÿ” 73    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

โ€œIt's hypocrisy to call yourself a Christian and chase away a refugee or someone seeking help, someone who is hungry or thirsty, toss out someone who is in need of my help.
If I say I am Christian, but do these things, I'm a hypocrite."

-Pope Francis

21.04.2025 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15171    ๐Ÿ” 4176    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 207    ๐Ÿ“Œ 149
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Lawyers Face an Existential Choice - Boston Review Conciliation only fuels Trumpโ€™s momentum and accelerates our constitutional decline.

Americans often think of lawyers as opportunists who profit from conflict, and not without reason. But lawyers also represent the most fundamental defense against tyrants who seek to undermine a system of justice and fairness and to hold the populace in ignorance. Baher Azmy:

22.04.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This Hegseth thing is funny and all โ€” but the unprecedented incompetence, frivolity, and treachery of the entire cabinet puts us all at very real risk.

21.04.2025 14:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19081    ๐Ÿ” 3869    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 619    ๐Ÿ“Œ 180
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How the Right-wing Dominates Media and Sanewashes the Trump Administration 60 Minutes is the latest media institution to bend the knee to Trump and MAGA's bad-faith bullying. This is how the right-wing dominates the landcape. Aaron Rupar offers a way to fight back and win.

Sadly, the timing of this conversation with @atrupar.com couldn't be more exquisite & on point. We finished this right as the news of 60 MINUTES dropped.

"How the Right-wing Dominates Media and Sanewashes the Trump Administration"

Please watch and share!

thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-the-ri...

22.04.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 895    ๐Ÿ” 250    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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www.dailykos.com GOP congressman gets mercilessly booed by prescreened audience

GOP congressman gets mercilessly booed by prescreened audience https://twp.ai/4ilq2H

22.04.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 79    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Trump Is Laying the Groundwork to Blame Powell for Any Downturn The central bankโ€™s legitimacy is at risk as the president attacks the Fed for cutting rates before election but not now.

As I have been saying for months: www.wsj.com/economy/cent...

22.04.2025 19:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 285    ๐Ÿ” 61    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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They're just thirsty as fuck on so many different levels.

21.04.2025 23:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7368    ๐Ÿ” 707    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1027    ๐Ÿ“Œ 332
screenshot of a NIKKEI ASIA headline that reads "US sets tariffs as high as 3,404% on solar cells from Southeast Asia"

screenshot of a NIKKEI ASIA headline that reads "US sets tariffs as high as 3,404% on solar cells from Southeast Asia"

sure what the hell. Announce thirteen billion percent tariffs next. 73 quintillion percent. eleventy gabillion percent. 29 brazillian percent. 35 dodecagorillion percent. who cares.

22.04.2025 02:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4237    ๐Ÿ” 796    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 174    ๐Ÿ“Œ 79

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