Matt Young

Video: Opinion | We Study Fascism, and We’re Leaving the U.S.

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NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings

At $10 million/ year this study benefits millions of women. The cost of the recent 7 minute Blue Origin Space tourism flight would pay for this NIH study for a full year. Something’s wrong when billionaires control unlimited capital and control setting government expenditure and taxation priorities

This article by the conservative think tank - the American Enterprise Institute - AEI — highlighting just how flawed Trump’s tariff calculations are, may represent a significant crack in the foundation of Trump‘s conservative support on tariffs
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I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...

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Trump Tariffs: Strategy or Flawed Economics? | Shared Grok Conversation What is the likelihood that these unstated goals will be successfully achieved?

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Trump's Tariff Strategy: Economic Critique | Shared Grok Conversation Per Grok: How would a PhD economist respond to Trump’s tariff announcement today? Trump’s tariff “c

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Another college harassed by Trump admin! The Anti-Defamation League’s impartiality is compromised by its pro-Israel leanings, shaping its campus antisemitism narrative. ADL’s report cards conflates POLITICAL ACTIVISM or any Israeli criticism, as antisemitic.

The Pro-Israel Group That Led to Rumeysa Ozturk’s Arrest Canary Mission has a history of putting pro-Palestinian activists on the Trump administration’s radar.

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This powerful expression of free speech led to the repression of Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Öztürk who was arrested in Somerville, Mass., by federal agents hiding their identities with masks. This is a direct consequence of a blind Israeli lobby www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

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ANALYSIS | U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog | CBC News Possibly defying a court order. Urging his Justice Department to prosecute nemeses. Repeatedly calling the media 'illegal.' Declaring a predecessor's pardon null and void. U.S. President Donald Trump ...

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Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism a.co/d/3dwBomd

The Zuck is quaking in his boots

Trump Changes EPA Rules to Allow Vastly More Pollution The Trump administration is massively rolling back environmental protection policies, accelerating an already heated race to the bottom.

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AHA–OAH Joint Statement on Federal Censorship of American History The American Historical Association (AHA) and the Organization of American Historians (OAH) have released a joint statement condemning federal censorship of American history.

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Trump's Tariffs: Goals and Economic Impact | Shared Grok Conversation So with this clear consensus, why is Trump proceeding with this strategy that’s likely to fail

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This is a deep read, but it’s insightful explaining Trump‘s motivations for all these tariffs, the likelihood of there/ his success and the consequences of the tariffs both short & long-term

One of my neighbors, daughters who graduated with the PhD in psychology 10 years ago found she could make much more money working for Facebook.

Facebook employs teams of PhD psychologists and behavioral scientists to study user behavior and optimize its platform. By leveraging dopamine release to create a reward loop akin to substance addiction, FB maximizes user engagement, leading to compulsive behavior often termed “Facebook Addiction.”

Oh, pretty please, fingers crossed Bluesky gets enough traction to replace or at least take a big bite out of Facebook’s toxic model.