Itβs DeSantisβ FL. The proving ground for MAGA. They are racing to the bottom, and the rest of the country is chasing after them.
08.02.2026 19:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@grumpyoldscientist.bsky.social
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Itβs DeSantisβ FL. The proving ground for MAGA. They are racing to the bottom, and the rest of the country is chasing after them.
08.02.2026 19:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Signed, a lot of male Ivy League faculty.
08.02.2026 05:03 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Infectious disease doesnβt care if the Secretary of HHS doesnβt believe in it.
08.02.2026 02:09 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Woah, that is true love. I think you need to introduce pesto.
07.02.2026 19:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0All those people arguing Watson was an outlier. Yup. Not really that far out.
07.02.2026 16:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yes, his response was carefully crafted to leave open all sorts of faux connections. They are going after combo vaccines.
07.02.2026 14:16 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0From the New Yorker.
06.02.2026 18:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Like this information is not literally everywhere, and the rest of the world is starting to investigate this now.
06.02.2026 16:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Xi may be an autocrat, but he is a predictable autocrat.
06.02.2026 16:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βLoathing is a powerful economic and geopolitical force.β For people who think we are exceptional, we are now exceptionally loathsome.
Explore this gift article.
The world is angry. Canadaβs been there all along.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
How sweet it is.
05.02.2026 20:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Remember, Gallego voted to advance the nomination of this fool.
05.02.2026 17:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0And will there be an Audible? Some of us get our economics history while motoring around the DMV, traffic being what it is.
05.02.2026 16:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0We havenβt really advanced much on this creepy male academicians front have we?
05.02.2026 16:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Really, is anyone surprised these creeps are everywhere?
05.02.2026 15:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Well, Trump wants his own Praetorian guard, so that is on message.
05.02.2026 14:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Brilliant. Who says Shakespeare isnβt timeless.
05.02.2026 13:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yeah, you have clearly been watching these folks a long long time. You have seen all their dodges. And if there is anything left when all this is done, itβs likely to still have the same old structural issues that were there before.
05.02.2026 03:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Fair point. At which point, you will be sending your kids abroad .
04.02.2026 22:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0All he does is YouTube and Podcast. I have no idea who is actually running NIH.
04.02.2026 22:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0MORE THAN A LITTLE ?
04.02.2026 22:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Indeed, it is bananas. It is preparing you for the hoops the need jumping through for college π. It will be second nature to you then.
04.02.2026 22:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Not sure where you are or where you were, but that was the case in Boston and DC 40 years ago. Got on the day care waitlist while child was early in utero. Joined the Y because you got camp preference. Got in line for fancy summer camp at 6 am for 7 am start, and barely got in.
04.02.2026 22:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0One works with what one has. Signals in VAERS or FAERS can be tracked to individual approval adverse event reports. Which are also not always that clear.
04.02.2026 14:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you for sharing this, clarifies a lot of things succinctly.
04.02.2026 14:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I see a great cartoon there. Ann Telnaes?
04.02.2026 14:25 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0The FDA does actually use VAERs for surveillance ( well, not the Hulk) with all the caveats you mentioned. In RFK Jr hands, that will be dangerous.
04.02.2026 14:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Very funny, but not that far off the mark. Donβt forget the buildings he plans to sell off, see Cohen SocSec building,
04.02.2026 14:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Of course it will pull out what he wants to seeβ¦.. itβs a tool, not the Delphic Oracle
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