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Mediocre servant to cats; admiring of all who endeavor to fight misinformation, particularly harmful health misinformation. Pro-science<=>Anti-misinformation; Pro-peace<=>Anti-war. http://john.majerus.us

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Substack sent a push alert promoting a Nazi blog | Taylor Lorenz Get more from Taylor Lorenz on Patreon

SCOOP: Substack sent a push alert promoting a Nazi blog.
The alert contained a swastika and prompted users to subscribe to newsletter featuring opinions and news important to the "white nationalist community." The most recent post was about the necessity of building a white-only America

29.07.2025 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1403    πŸ” 505    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 169

"Trump’s executive order empowers his political appointees to ultimately validate research outcomes."

...presumably of whatever research still remains on life support after the NIH and its research partners have been massively gutted of federal funds and qualified personnel?

29.07.2025 07:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"That's how you build a right wing authoritarian regime. You erode the foundation of shared reality."

19.07.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Scott Jensen’s extremism has no place in our politics. They handed this out at the Fair in 2022, and had no comment on it at the time. It was disqualifying then. It is disqualifying now.

17.07.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’• So many committed NIH employees, people who loved the place and loved public service were terminated today. It is terrible for them, and a loss for us all.

15.07.2025 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 161    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

"During the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals frequently stepped outside of the proper bounds of their expertise."

And, unfortunately, some of the loudest of these individuals were rewarded with high positions within HHS.

Insightful analysis on the value of expertise by Caplan, et. al.

09.07.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Death of US AID The most consequential legacy of DOGE will be human misery on a massive scale

New, from me: Elon Musk talks about saving our species. But the greatest legacy of his time in government will be to condemn millions to death because he could not discern reality from a paranoid fantasy.
How Musk and Trump killed USAID.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...

09.07.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2322    πŸ” 732    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 38
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Blog - Do Not Pervert Justice - Bioethics Today Do Not Pervert Justice.

the stark, obvious immorality of the big beautiful bill. bioethicstoday.org/blog/do-not-...

05.07.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"...participatory networked activism is no longer optional for those who care about truth."

01.07.2025 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Conspiracy Theorists Are Creating Special AIs to Agree With Their Bizarre Delusions Users are creating AI bots trained on harebrained conspiracy theories, including a custom bot to convince parents not to vaccinate kids.

Ugh! Bleak. Also... of course.

Conspiracy Theorists Are Creating Special AIs to Agree With Their Bizarre Delusions futurism.com/conspiracy-t...

"...bots specifically trained on harebrained conspiracy theories, including a custom bot designed to convince parents not to vaccinate their children."

21.06.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

@acm-ethics.bsky.social

22.06.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Compare @alineitzelmd.bsky.social who was clear sighted about the threat with the frauds i quoted in this article.

sciencebasedmedicine.org/go-ahead/

22.06.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status

unethical and deeply disturbing VA policy shift. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

16.06.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Nick Jay & @Nick_Jay_D
Grok has been manipulated by leftist indoctrination unfortunately
12:27 AM β€’ Jun 15, 2025 β€’ 111.3K Views

Elon Musk? X @elonmusk β€’ 15h
I know. Working on fixing that this week.

Nick Jay & @Nick_Jay_D Grok has been manipulated by leftist indoctrination unfortunately 12:27 AM β€’ Jun 15, 2025 β€’ 111.3K Views Elon Musk? X @elonmusk β€’ 15h I know. Working on fixing that this week.

Elon posting himself lifting a barbell and talking about training Grok 3.5

Elon posting himself lifting a barbell and talking about training Grok 3.5

Grok gonna start asking if you’ve heard about white genocide in South Africa again pretty soon…

Elon transparently hates the fact that his AI *isn’t* a sycophant.

15.06.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 150    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Hortman family helped raise and train dogs to partner with veterans. One of the many reasons we will miss Melissa and Mark.

15.06.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 9906    πŸ” 2619    πŸ’¬ 262    πŸ“Œ 127
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A Democratic legislator was assassinated; right-wing influencers coughed out disinformation β€’ Minnesota Reformer Right-wing influencers marred Hortman’s death and smeared Walz on a pile of lies.

A Democratic legislator was assassinated; right-wing influencers coughed out disinformation minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/14/a...

14.06.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 659    πŸ” 234    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 18
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Elon Musk blames Melissa Hortman’s murder on β€œthe far left”

14.06.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 773    πŸ” 127    πŸ’¬ 123    πŸ“Œ 100

For me, it was juvenile unprofessional ucsf professors

14.06.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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#NoKings protest at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul ❀️

14.06.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1374    πŸ” 273    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 12

This hurts. My dad came to the US on a Fulbright Scholarship. He became a professor and educated thousands of college students. He and my mom became US citizens. They raised three kids; all obtained advanced degrees and are engaged in their communities. I'm grateful he did not live to see this.

11.06.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.

WOW!.. 8500+ supporting cast heroes (that's us!) have already signed our Letter of Support for the brave NIH heroes who laid down their case in the historic #BethesdaDeclaration.

Add your name here actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na... & stand up to save science & health in America.

#StandUpForScience

10.06.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
Also a reversal of HHS Secretary commitment that he won’t deny vaccines to anybody

Also a reversal of HHS Secretary commitment that he won’t deny vaccines to anybody

21.05.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 199    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

So far looks like Canada, Australia, Sweden and France are all misconstrued in this FDA policy paper table. So I guess the era of false information spread by the head health authorities has begun in the US.
Sow distrust and then watch it break down is the MO.

21.05.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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ChatGPT - AI Risks vs IT Security Shared via ChatGPT

"The systems we build can hide tamperingβ€”or accidentally reveal it. But they won’t save us from ourselves."
chatgpt.com/share/682bbf...

20.05.2025 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The GOP Medicaid Cuts Are a Big F*cking Deal 7.6 million newly uninsured, and that’s not even the whole story.

ICYMI: in addition to throwing >8MIL working poor off Medicaid, the #GOP proposal would REQUIRE states to charge copays to those remaining on Medicaid.
All so they can keep tax *cuts* for billionaires & tell folks to have "fewer dolls."
www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-republ...

17.05.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To be clear, if this bill passes, it will end all scientific research & medical training in the US. It will close hospitals. It will be economically devastating. Millions will lose their jobs.

Call your representatives & tell them to vote fuck no on 15% IDC rates & the rest of this horror show.

17.05.2025 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1050    πŸ” 515    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 11
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Yes but have you considered the issue of white genocide in South Africa? Grok's non-sequiturs, Gemini's Asian Nazis, and glimpses into politics behind the prompts

Who among us has not worked at a startup where some guy is pushing updates that bypass code review at 3am PT, Mike? Very normal stuff.

open.substack.com/pub/agentsof...

16.05.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 78    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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insane moment in world history right here

14.05.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4199    πŸ” 1001    πŸ’¬ 133    πŸ“Œ 225

If somebody sticks their neck out here, as Harvard does, they need public solidarity, outrage and attention on their side and in their fight to resist these illegal actions of an authoritarian regime.

Fight early and hard, because every day will get more difficult the longer it goes.

15.05.2025 07:32 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

RFK Jr., now Health Secretary in name and folklore, says autism is caused by toxins in our food, water, and maybe…ultrasound. No data. No scientists. Just a crusade against shadows with a federally funded spotlight.

This is public health hijacked by a man who thinks epidemiology is a witch trial.

17.04.2025 06:28 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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