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Jim Ver Steeg

@jimversteeg.bsky.social

PhD, dachshund dad, semantic illusionist. Opinions are my own.

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Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health Nearly half of the N.I.H. grants canceled through early May — together worth more than $800 million — addressed the health of sexual and gender minority groups, The Times found.

“The H.I.V. epidemic is going to explode again as a result of these actions,” said Dr. Spinelli, who added that he was speaking only for himself, not his university. “It’s devastating for the communities affected.”

04.05.2025 20:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, and Still Overstating Its Progress Elon Musk now says his group will produce only 15 percent of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork.

Maybe they should measure hardship and loss. Those numbers would be horribly off the charts.

15.04.2025 23:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“Siri, how many of Donald Trump’s businesses filed for bankruptcy?”

03.04.2025 20:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

I’m not a government or military expert, but I think war plans are supposed to be secret.

24.03.2025 17:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Do We Age Steadily, or in Bursts? New technologies are giving scientists a better understanding of how the process actually works.

From my experience, bursts without a doubt.

20.03.2025 02:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Another banner day on Wall Street.

10.03.2025 19:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

DONALD TRUMP: "My tariffs are gonna be great for America!"

STOCK MARKET: "God, you're stupid."

03.03.2025 23:37 — 👍 11046    🔁 2198    💬 212    📌 64
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The Yankees say players can have beards.

21.02.2025 18:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Oops! Trump Accidentally Fired Hundreds Of Federal Workers Who Maintain Our Nuclear Weapons

Oops.

15.02.2025 00:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Wall Street Journal Warns How Trump Is Repeating First-Term ‘Blunder’ The conservative newspaper's editorial board predicted that it's a disaster in the making.

So, there’s this. Let’s also be sure to talk about the “blunder” of trying to gut the nation’s medical research because he and RFK Jr. don’t like the way it saved us from COVID.

11.02.2025 15:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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There’s no such thing as a spirit anima…

05.02.2025 23:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I go to bed devastated by the Bills’ loss, but thrilled knowing that MAGA has to watch Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl.

27.01.2025 03:57 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Bishop Who Pleaded With Trump: ‘Was Anyone Going to Say Anything?’

“I had a feeling that there were people watching what was happening and wondering, Was anyone going to say anything?” Bishop Mariann Budde explained. “Was anyone going to say anything about the turn the country’s taking?”

So, she took a breath, and spoke.

23.01.2025 01:21 — 👍 5747    🔁 759    💬 173    📌 71
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Please tell me I’m not the only one who sees the resemblance. #GoBills

20.01.2025 19:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It really is the second best part.

10.01.2025 03:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Anita Bryant, the antigay crusader, is dead She was 84.

Auf wiedersehen.

10.01.2025 01:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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It’s #dachshund deep!

12.12.2024 21:55 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nobel Laureates Urge Senate to Turn Down Kennedy’s Nomination Elevating Mr. Kennedy to secretary of H.H.S. “would put the public’s health in jeopardy,” more than 75 laureates wrote.

More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

09.12.2024 21:47 — 👍 3139    🔁 776    💬 123    📌 91
"You and Me" by Dog's Life
YouTube video by Jim Ver Steeg "You and Me" by Dog's Life

The first snow always reminds of this song. It’s a sweet tribute that still makes me happy when I hear it.

04.12.2024 01:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Haha thanks!

23.11.2024 13:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This felt appropriate as my first post.

23.11.2024 13:09 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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