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Per Damkier

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Pragmatic clinical pharmacologist and a somewhat more rigorous researcher who owns too many guitars above his playgrade. Drugs in pregnancy & lactation. Germline pharmacogenomics. Music, vinyl records, movies, history, politics (born to the left).

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Per Damkier @perdamkier.bsky.social · Dec 16

Watching this #Trump sh*tshow unfolding with aghast from overseas

With apologies to those not obeying in advance, I am stunned at the amount of shoulder-shrugging & half-assed attempts at rational🤮 takes on the incoming administration

GET A GRIP FOLKS
IT IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH WORSE THAN YOU THINK

Per Damkier @perdamkier.bsky.social · 28m

Be fairly warned, folks:
Do NOT start watching “The Diplomat” unless you have a free schedule for the next 3-4 days...😳👏

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 2h

When you see the steady drumbeat of arrests of Russian recruits for sabotage etc across the UK and Europe, and no equivalent announcements in the US, you can be sure we are missing cases, and mislabeling other arrests.

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 2h

#BBCNews - Three held on suspicion of helping Russian intelligence
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Three held on suspicion of helping Russian intelligence

The three men, aged 48, 45, and 44, were arrested at addresses in west and central London.

www.bbc.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

This guy’s company will now be manufacturing the motors for our military drones. What could go wrong?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

CBS been cooked

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 10h

Here it is: the Trump Administration "draft proposal" to the University of California. Published bc faculty sued for its disclosure.

Its terms go beyond what Trump demands in similar compacts to other universities.

EVERYONE should read: faculty, students, admins, alumni.
ucop.edu/communicatio...

ucop.edu

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: The British government is preparing to roll back on its pledge to make Big Tech companies pay for scams in its upcoming fraud strategy.

Banks furious as UK shies away from making Big Tech pay for fraud

Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged before the election to put tech giants on the hook for fraud.

www.politico.eu

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h

When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.

But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.

A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5h

Six metres below ground, a hospital treats Ukrainian soldiers injured by Russian drones

Doctors at the secret facility are able to perform amputations while others monitor zigzagging drones overhead

www.theguardian.com

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22h

deeply wild clip of a fossil fuel economist on norway's state broadcaster claiming

- 3 degrees of warming is a "problem we can live with"
- Extreme weather is not a threat to human welfare
- We need to dig up Norwegian oil and gas to help 'poor Africans in huts' get rid of polluting cooking fuels

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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 5h

This is the way to deal with the Reform problem. Look at this masterclass in how to skewer the shyster Farage. Then ask yourself, why no British journalist ever does this.
youtu.be/z4KCxtIfpJI
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Claire holds Nigel Farage to account and tells him, “he hasn’t got a clue” | Claire Byrne Live | RTÉ

YouTube video by RTÉ - IRELAND’S NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

We're facing a political emergency: a high likelihood of an shamelessly authoritarian government in 2029. So we urgently need this basic safeguard: a codified constitution.
This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot

It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

This was meant to be a private direct message for ATTORNEY GENERAL PAMELA BONDI. Please disregard. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER, ESPECIALLY ATTORNEY GENERAL PAMELA BONDI

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 8h

Just for the record, in 2020:
- Wray was the FBI director Trump handpicked to replace Comey
- Jack Smith was in the Hague prosecuting Kosovo war crimes
- Garland was an appeals court judge
- Monaco was in private practice in LA

There was no Biden administration yet, crooked or otherwise.

He crazy.

Donald J. Trump +
@realDonald Trump
Just in: Documents show conclusively that Christopher Wray, Deranged Jack Smith, Merrick Garland, Lisa Monaco, and other crooked lowlifes from the failed Biden Administration, signed off on Operation Arctic Frost. They spied on Senators and Congressmen/women, and even taped their calls. They cheated and rigged the
2020 Presidential Election. These Radical Left Lunatics should be prosecuted for their illegal and highly unethical behavior!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

Hey, just want to mumble that this is wildly illegal and inappropriate and would prompt impeachment proceedings if we still had a functional Congress instead of one run by a blind, deaf and mute Renfeld wannabe.

Adam Cancryn @adamcancryn.bsky.social · 17h

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.

Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics

The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...

www.cnn.com

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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 2d

Pregnant women detained by ICE report horrifying treatment: shackling, solitary confinement, no prenatal vitamins, inadequate food. ICE's own directives and regulations require the agency to avoid detention of pregnant people in the first place. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Pregnant women describe miscarrying and bleeding out while in ICE custody, advocates say

The ACLU and other groups are pressing for ICE to identify and release all pregnant women in custody and to stop detaining anyone known to be pregnant, postpartum or nursing.

www.nbcnews.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 18h

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”

youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

YouTube video by Reagan Library

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

The company brought Junior in right after the election as part owner. They just won the largest drone motor contract awarded by the Pentagon.

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Per Damkier @perdamkier.bsky.social · 14h

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 1d

The AI industry wants us to believe AI superintelligence is the real threat from generative AI.

But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.

Generative AI is a societal disaster

Governments are deluding themselves into believing investment justifies allowing AI to upend society

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 14h

Since the United States election in November 2024, the technology industry has distinguished itself in the race to capitulate to and enable the Trump administration, writes Paul Barrett. No gesture of obsequiousness or loyalty has been too great or trivial for the moguls of Silicon Valley, he says.

Tech’s Love Affair with Trump Grows Stronger By the Day | TechPolicy.Press

The tech industry is selling out to a dangerous political force, writes Paul M. Barrett.

www.techpolicy.press

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Per Damkier @perdamkier.bsky.social · 14h

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 15h

Whenever you think he's nazi'd as hard as any one person can possibly nazi, he just nazis harder.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Stephen Miller: "The scandal is how Democrats & the left scarred the landscape of our country w/grotesque so-called modern art that celebrates ugliness ... very importantly, President Trump is making sure it's in the neo-classical design around which our nation's architecture has long been directed"

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Per Damkier @perdamkier.bsky.social · 15h

YHGTBKM
Instant unfollow

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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 23h

"Trump’s Gilded Ballroom and the Fall of the American Republic: Tackiness and tyranny go hand in hand" - @paulkrugman bluevirginia.us/2025/10/frid...

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trumps-gilded-ballroom-and-the-fall

Paul Krugman: "But back to Trump’s demolition of the White House — because that’s what it is. This isn’t a remodeling or building an addition, it’s a teardown. It may seem like a trivial story, but it’s a highly visual metaphor for the way MAGA is tearing down almost everything good about our country. And that ballroom’s hideousness is an equally good metaphor for all the political ugliness that lies in our future."

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 17h

Iraq vet Ethan to Rolling Stone: "This admin is taking the U.S. down a road to authoritarianism."

Our Afghan vet organizer Jermaine added: "We're here representing normal people." We're vets. When freedoms are threatened, we stand up.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

America Is 'Worth Fighting For' Say Protesters at 'No Kings' Rally

In the largest protests against Trump's administration and policies to date, participants express fear and loathing at America’s political trajectory.

www.rollingstone.com

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