Eleanor Kennedy

@thatbillmurphy.bsky.social welcome!

Book Review: ‘Money, Lies, and God,’ by Katherine Stewart A new book by the journalist Katherine Stewart finds a far-right movement seething in resentment, suspicious of reason and determined to dominate at all costs.

“'Money, Lies, and God' covers a lot of terrain, but it’s Stewart’s exploration of right-wing ideas that makes her book stand out." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/b...

@lalinepaull.bsky.social Wow. Just finished Pod. Thank you so much for this wonderful work of art which is so very timely.

Without a system of justice that applies equally to all citizens, you’re voting for the next elected despot. That is why the leaders of the anti-democratic movement made clear well before the election that they intend to demolish the system of justice as we know it.

NIH announced an immediate cut to all current and future biomedical research grants. In AR, UAMS, ACH, and UAF are the largest recipients of these NIH grants; data from 2024 below. Immediate cuts to UAMS of about 12 million, to ACH of about 2.3 million, and to UA Fayetteville of about 2 million.

CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People (Gift Article) The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.

SCOOP: Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...