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This is a key thing about university presidents' near-total silence & lack of collective action I simply don't get. These institutions have legions of fanatical alums nationwide.

If only there'd been a time to reach out to them: www.markcopelovitch.com/post/it-s-ma...

The second best time is now.

This is stark

Every day when you’re walking down the street …

Top Trump officials will discuss Epstein strategy at Wednesday dinner hosted by Vance | CNN Politics Top Trump administration officials will gather at the vice president’s residence Wednesday evening as they continue to weigh whether to publish an audio recording and transcript of Deputy Attorney Gen...

The highest levels of the Trump administration are collaborating with the FBI and DOJ to cover-up evidence the President committed sexual crimes against children.

Unspeakably corrupt, and not a single Republican in Congress can be expected to speak out against it.

Today in Fascists Promote Child Sexual Abuse

Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts

I truly cannot emphasize enough how this is straight up Lysenkoism.

Because of the incredible work of our nation’s scientists, we have our finger tips on the closest thing humanity has ever come to “a cure for cancer”, but brainworm over here doesn’t believe in it.

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Stephen Colbert, "You warned everyone about the future under our president"

Kamala Harris, "You're correct that I did predict a lot of it. What I did not predict was the capitulation. I didn't see that coming"

University sidelines scientist who exposed toxic metals in Lake Maurepas (Part 1)

BlueSky member Phil Lewis posted a link exposing what large companies bring to universities. If true, people near the rivers & Lake Maurepas now have a legal recourse.
Re: Dr. Fereshteh Emani
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Krangler om «long covid»: FHI mener det rammer færre enn tidligere antatt Folkehelseinstituttet sier «long covid» trolig rammer under 2 prosent, mot tidligere anslag på opptil 20 prosent. Koronastudiens leder reagerer på fremstillingen.

Norwegian Institute of Public Health says Long Covid probably affects less than 2%, compared to previous estimate of up to 20%.

Researcher disagrees:

“… Covid can explain all or part of the increase in sick leave since 2021. It shows that Long Covid is costing society billions.”

Everyone could agree back then that otherwise liberal Sweden was foolish to take the herd immunity route. That Sweden ended up with one of the lowest mortality rates in Europe has not been similarly highlighted. Covid is not ancient history. Any survey probing why so many young voters are turning right that excludes their pandemic experience is wasting time. The road to recovery starts with looking in the mirror. The seminal book, In Covid’s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us, by two Princeton scholars should be compulsory reading across the spectrum. That it has not been reviewed by most major newspapers is troubling.

ugh, @edwardluce.bsky.social should not be citing this book about Sweden. the decision to let it rip in early 2020 was a disaster, the government itself admitted this, and after that they had a basically similar strategy to the other Nordics (partly due to widespread fear) www.ft.com/content/c2bc...

Rasmus Jarlov on Twitter writes: "There is nothing to celebrate. Moving from average tariffs of less than 2% on trade between the USA and Europe to 15% under today’s deal will inevitably lead to inflation. Almost everything will become more expensive in both Europe and the USA, and we will all be worse off. The economic illiteracy in the White House is doing serious damage to the West." Stylish Skunk replies: "I have a feeling you have 0 idea what you're talking about. In fact I know you do." Rasmus Jarlov responds: "Of course. I am former minister of trade in Denmark and you are an anonymous Twitter profile. You probably know a lot more than me. For sure."

lol

“I was so disturbed by it, that I was like — very loudly and boastfully, like I was a parent or a teacher — I said, ‘What is on your TV? What am I watching?’ He was like, ‘What? What are you talking about?’ He stood up and saw it. He made acknowledgment that he saw it,” Carson recalled. “And I said, ‘Turn it off. Now.’ And he was like, ‘What is this? What is this?’ So he acknowledged it was inappropriate just by those words. And he was like, ‘I can’t get it to turn off. I can’t figure out how to turn it off.’ And I said, ‘Get it turned off.’ So he finally got it turned off, and that was the end of it. He didn’t address it. He didn’t apologize. Nothing was said.” While both board members described the footage as “retro” in nature but not involving sexual intercourse, Deatherage recalled seeing multiple nude women on the screen and some sort of “chiropractic table.” He found Walters’ reaction to the situation confounding.

Maybe Oklahoma Superintendent Walters was googling "how do I get rid of this annoying crick in my neck."

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Jason Yates, former CEO of My Faith Votes, pleads guilty to child porn possession By Michael Gryboski, Editor Friday, July 25, 2025

NEWS Author of Texas Abortion Ban Denies He Paid for Abortions Amid Bombshell Allegations from Former Exotic Dancer State Rep. Giovanni Capriglione authored Texas "trigger ban" which banned abortion in Texas when Roe v. Wade was overturned. Earlier this week, he announced that he wouldn't seek reelection. Now state leaders are calling for his resignation.

From today’s episode of “Paragons of Morality”

Oh look, another one

Larry Summers blesses the deal Columbia cut with Trump administration

Why are we here, you ask? This. This is exactly why we are here. And these are the people everyone needs to be laser-focused on pressuring to do their damn jobs, if we're going to salvage the rule of law & the Republic from this authoritarian mess.

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This this this

A *staff member* cut off a formal roll call vote being conducted by a Senator?

this should play in every ad

I didn’t know there was such a thing as Heron addicts, but im a big fan of them

This heron saga is bonkers. One person is so dedicated to herons that they kinda tracked down my exact location. Love that they are using this skill for the noble purpose of educating the public about these majestic birds, and not working for the government to track and detain political dissidents💀

I.R.S. Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates From the Pulpit

But universities are threatened with losing their tax exempt status if *students protesting the university* are too openly political.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...

This is from The Guardian. Forget Cancun or anything else the man is known for and nail Ted Cruz to this for the rest of his life. He did this LAST WEEK.

Democracies do not use their military to try and intimidate their own citizens with “shows of presence”.

This is fascism.

A 1980s-style advertising poster that lists “NASCAR Chicago Street Race results”. The 2023 Cup Series winner: Shane van Gisbergen. The 2024 Xfinity Series winner: Shane van Gisbergen. The 2024 Cup Series winner: Alex Bowman. The 2025 Xfinity Series winner: Shane van Gisbergen. The 2025 Cup Series winner: Shane van Gisbergen. The title reads “Nobody’s Perfect”

Hours after Putin spoke to Trump
And a few days after the US announced it would cut supplies of Ukrainian air defense

GOP House members Harrigan, Murphy, Moore, McDowell and Knott just sold out over two million North Carolinians by voting to gut Medicaid.

Even Senator Thom Tillis warned this GOP budget would be a disaster — and they did it anyway. #NCPol #NCSen

graphic design is my passion but here's one to start you off