Michael Pilnick

Screenshot of an X post quoting Stephen Hawking about the illusion of knowledge, paired with a reply criticizing Joe Rogan for confusing chickenpox with measles. A video still shows Joe Rogan speaking into a microphone during his podcast.

Don’t listen to fools or you might become one.

“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”

MAGA Woman Berates Couple For Speaking Spanish At Missouri Pizza Hut Because 'English Is The Capital Of America'

The shameless racism is out of control.

ICE and CBP GOONS are patrolling Chicago in unmarked civilian cars, kidnapping and disappearing people for filming.

It's insanity, and it's real.

This Is Fascism

Yep. Difficult now for people under 65 to get the vaccine.

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

Francis Collins, former NIH director on Stephen Colbert.

We will see mRNA research breakthroughs in other countries.The #NIH nurtures medical miracles from spark to treatment- Alzheimer’s to Huntington’s Disease to cancer.

You can’t just turn it off and then on again.

🧪Via @Brianwlegate on IG

As we scale up renewables, one thing becomes crystal clear: without storage, the energy transition will stall.

Batteries aren’t just for cars. They’re also crucial for grids, industry, and heating.

Great short from DW.

Effects of tirzepatide on weight management in patients with and without diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis - International Journal of Obesity International Journal of Obesity - Effects of tirzepatide on weight management in patients with and without diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

More than 2 decades since GLP-1 drugs were introduced, we still don't know why people with diabetes lose about half as much weight as those without diabetes at the same dose
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

If you voted for him, you've done this.

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YouTube video by Borys Tizengauzen ENG ⚡ Polish citizens urged to IMMEDIATELY leave Belarus. Polish MFA issues statement.

Polish citizens urged to IMMEDIATELY leave Belarus. Polish MFA issues statement.
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This is just so fucked up, these propaganda videos of ICE detaining the Hyundai workers is next level. I mean do they really need to be belly chained and ankle-cuffed like they’ve just been arrested for murder. I guess it’s just more red meat for the base. Shameful!!

Ladapo is a quack and associated with “The Frontline Doctors” extremist group (whose leader was arrested on Jan. 6th) and “The Tea Party”. His UCLA colleagues express ”shock” over his views.
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I mean, at this point.... (clears throat)... Yes.

Gavin Newsom makes me smile.

US coverage of Trump at US Open

Trump gets booed at the US Open today.

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The Political Awakening of the Oyster Farmer Gunning for Susan Collins Graham Platner’s campaign launch has been a sudden sensation. But what he’s building now is rooted in the work of a lifetime.

This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor.

Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social

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I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is.

This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.

Estonia considers restoring ailing bogs to protect against Putin Peatlands can help stop both Russian tanks and climate change.

Estonia considers restoring ailing bogs to protect against Putin

Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.

Homeland Security Dept. Says It Hasn’t Kept Text Message Data Since April

The US Administration is now deleting its internal communications, in brazen violation of the Federal Records Act, in order to conceal its other illegal acts.

Those entrusted to enforce our Congress’s laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.