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I’ve Had Enough of This
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I’ve Had Enough of This @debkegel.bsky.social · 10d
“You know, if I’m feeling mad or sad or glad about something, I try to tell someone about it.”

Fred Rogers to Arthur in ”Arthur Meets Mister Rogers". Season 2, episode 1.

ASL version m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Anx...
Arthur FULL EPISODE | Arthur Meets Mister Rogers/Draw! (ASL) | PBS KIDS
YouTube video by PBS KIDS
m.youtube.com
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ryanmarino.bsky.social
Carry Narcan (naloxone) if you want to save lives from fentanyl but no need to worry if you aren’t using. And If you’re interested in why “fentanyl exposure” is not a real thing or what is really going on in those “fentanyl exposure” reports, I made this video explaining it: youtu.be/215hLEVD9ww?...
The Myth(s) of Fentanyl Exposure
YouTube video by Ryan Marino, MD
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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joolia.bsky.social
I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
debkegel.bsky.social
Contrast today’s meeting with the 2017 photo accompanying a March 21, 2018 post “The Visit of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman: Where Is the U.S.-Saudi Relationship Headed?” on Jamal Khashoggi’s website.
jamalkhashoggi.com
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office during Trump’s first term. The fireplace is classic, unadorned with the gawdy, gilt furbelows that overwhelm the room in 2025. Jamal Khashoggi was alive when this photo was taken.
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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karenattiah.bsky.social
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
debkegel.bsky.social
So the one of the new oversize flagpoles are a hazard to Marine 1 helicopter landing when it’s windy?

Poor planning on Trump’s part. The next occupant of the WH should take out that flagpole.
sylviachi.bsky.social Sylvia Chi 齊思涵 @sylviachi.bsky.social · 1d
White House claims the flag was "lowered into a special container."

Of course, only the pure of heart can *see* this special container. That's why it looks to us like it's just lying on the ground. people.com/donald-trump...
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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ericmgarcia.bsky.social
In 2020, Trump signed legislation to create a report on combating the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous people. Now, the Trump administration removed the report and said it violates Trump’s anti-DEI executive order
oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/14/t...
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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mcclain142.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
debkegel.bsky.social
Exactly this.

“But, to use a book authored by E.B. White as your name is an offense to history. White was a leading voice for American democracy and freedom and against fascism and tyranny. Abusing his life’s work like this cannot stand without a response.”
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3d
NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.

DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.

Tonight, at Law Dork:
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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wadems.org
The title says it all.
November 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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jtullock.bsky.social
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
Screen grab from Dropbox saying Emojis in file names are finally here!
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
MAHA
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
debkegel.bsky.social
And this is why I favor society published journals over the commercial ones. Easier to do in some STEM disciplines, which is why mathematics publishing is different.

In the 1990’s libraries could refuse to buy an extra issue (often conference supplement), but e-subs don’t allow for that.
hansonmark.bsky.social Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 8d
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:

a 🧵 1/n

Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A table showing profit margins of major publishers. A snippet of text related to this table is below. 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. A figure detailing the drain on researcher time. 1. The four-fold drain 1.2 Time The number of papers published each year is growing faster than the scientific workforce, with the number of papers per researcher almost doubling between 1996 and 2022 (Figure 1A). This reflects the fact that publishers’ commercial desire to publish (sell) more material has aligned well with the competitive prestige culture in which publications help secure jobs, grants, promotions, and awards. To the extent that this growth is driven by a pressure for profit, rather than scholarly imperatives, it distorts the way researchers spend their time. The publishing system depends on unpaid reviewer labour, estimated to be over 130 million unpaid hours annually in 2020 alone (9). Researchers have complained about the demands of peer-review for decades, but the scale of the problem is now worse, with editors reporting widespread difficulties recruiting reviewers. The growth in publications involves not only the authors’ time, but that of academic editors and reviewers who are dealing with so many review demands. Even more seriously, the imperative to produce ever more articles reshapes the nature of scientific inquiry. Evidence across multiple fields shows that more papers result in ‘ossification’, not new ideas (10). It may seem paradoxical that more papers can slow progress until one considers how it affects researchers’ time. While rewards remain tied to volume, prestige, and impact of publications, researchers will be nudged away from riskier, local, interdisciplinary, and long-term work. The result is a treadmill of constant activity with limited progress whereas core scholarly practices – such as reading, reflecting and engaging with others’ contributions – is de-prioritized. What looks like productivity often masks intellectual exhaustion built on a demoralizing, narrowing scientific vision. A table of profit margins across industries. The section of text related to this table is below: 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. The costs of inaction are plain: wasted public funds, lost researcher time, compromised scientific integrity and eroded public trust. Today, the system rewards commercial publishers first, and science second. Without bold action from the funders we risk continuing to pour resources into a system that prioritizes profit over the advancement of scientific knowledge.
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
debkegel.bsky.social
Nature creates a niche product: Bad Career Advice.
carlbergstrom.com Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 8d
What do you do after you’re done jumping the shark?

Whatever it is, Nature Careers is all in.
Nature CAREER COLUMN 11 November 2025 I have Einstein, Bohr and Feynman in my pocket Grappling with difficulties in your career? Try asking an Al-powered advisory panel of experts, suggests Carsten Lund Pedersen. The make-up of my advisory board often changes, and has included an eclectic mix. Besides Bohr, Feynman and Einstein, I've also tapped microbiologist Alexander Fleming, poet Piet Hein and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela. Sometimes I include experts from my specific disciplines of Al and marketing; other times, l 'invite' artist Pablo Picasso or architect Bjarke Ingels for a completely different perspective. But whatever the board's composition, I typically retain a core group of three seminal scientists.
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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forbes.com
Hundreds of American millionaires say the FAA should have grounded private jets before cutting flights for commercial airliners.
FAA Bans Most Private Jets At 12 Major Airports—But Some Say It Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Hundreds of American millionaires say the FAA should have grounded private jets before cutting flights for commercial airliners.
www.forbes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
debkegel.bsky.social
But first we drone on and on about ourself, and talk of things that have little relevance to Veterans Day.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d
Trump: "If we die, we must die and we as men we die without complaining."
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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klonick.bsky.social
Judge Mark Wolf resigns from the District Court of Massachusetts and writes why in a powerful piece in the Atlantic.

One thing he doesn’t mention in his list of reasons but I’m sure is a factor:

Erez Reuveni was one of his law clerks.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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cmewing.bsky.social
Remarkable that these pardons were announced the same day that a federal judge published this piece.
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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cmewing.bsky.social
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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annabower.bsky.social
Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”

Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
GRANTING PARDONS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES RELATED TO THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION .....• - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconciliation. Acting pursuant to the grant of authority in Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution of the United States, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, do hereby grant a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential electors, whether or not recognized by any State or State official, in connection with the 2020 Presidential Election, as well for any conduct relating to their efforts to expose voting fraud and vulnerabilities in the 2020 Presidential Blection. This includes, but is not limited to: • Mark Amick • Kathy Berden • Christina Bobb • Tyler Bowyer • Joseph Bxannan • Carol Brunner • Mary Buestrin • Darryl Carlson • James "Ken" Carroll • Brad Carver Robert Cheeley • Kenneth Chesebro • Hank Choate • Jeffrey Clark • Vikki Consiglio • Nancy Cottle • James DeGraffenreid • John Downey • John Eastman • Jenna Ellis • Boris Epshteyn • Amy Facchinello • B111 Feehan • Carolyn Fisher • Harrison Ployd • Clifford Frost • Kay Godwin • Edward Scott Grabins • Stanley Grot • Rudolph Giuliani • John Haggard • Scott Hall • Misty Hampton • David G. Hanna • Mark Hennessy • Mari-Ann Henry • Durward James Hindle III • Burt Jones • Anthony T. Kern • Kathy Kiernen • Timothy King •Trevian Kutts • James Lamon • Cathleen Latham • Jesse Law • Stephen Lee • Michele Lundgren • Meshawn Maddock • Michael McDonald • Mark Meadows • Shawn Mechan • Robert Montgomery • Daryl Moody • Samuel I. Moorhead • Loraine Pellegrino • Sidney Powe11 • James Renner • Bileen Rice • Mayra Rodriguez • Mike Roman • Rose Rook • Kelly Ruh • Greg Safsten • David Shafer • Marian Sheridan • Ray Stallings Smith III 4 • Robert F. Spindell Jx. • Shawn Still • Ken Thompson • Pam Travis • James Troupis • Kent Vanderwood • Kelli Ward • Michael Ward • C.B. Yadav This pardon does not apply to the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. The Attorney General, acting through the Pardon Attorney, shall administer and effectuate the issuance of certificates of pardon to eligible applicants. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of November, in the year of our lord two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
debkegel.bsky.social
“You know, if I’m feeling mad or sad or glad about something, I try to tell someone about it.”

Fred Rogers to Arthur in ”Arthur Meets Mister Rogers". Season 2, episode 1.

ASL version m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Anx...
Arthur FULL EPISODE | Arthur Meets Mister Rogers/Draw! (ASL) | PBS KIDS
YouTube video by PBS KIDS
m.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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acyn.bsky.social
Crockett: When you go and you hit those booths come the midterms, think about which party decided that it was okay to literally be on vacation while people were going hungry in the streets of America.
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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chriso-wiki.bsky.social
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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angrystaffer.bsky.social
The current GOP lie is that they’re going to replace Obamacare with something better.

Bullshit. In all of the majorities they’ve had since Obamacare passed, they’ve never once tried to replace it.

They’ve tried to repeal it a whole bunch, but never actually make it better.
November 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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dirac-institute.bsky.social
Did you know?

In 2025, the U.S. quarter features Vera Rubin, honoring her landmark discovery of the existence of dark matter — a tribute that perfectly coincides with the first light of the Rubin Observatory(@vrubinobs.bsky.social), celebrating her enduring legacy in unveiling the unseen universe.
November 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
debkegel.bsky.social
If Trump really wanted peace and Russia to stop the war against Ukraine, he would have kept the sanctions on Hungary for buying Russian oil.

This terrible move gives Putin hope.
twmcltd.bsky.social Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 11d
Yesterday's thread was again quite Jolie, until dusk arrived in Ukraine, the light faded & any lingering hopes invested in Trump went out too.

It was TACO Friday: Hungary said Agent Orange gave them a Russian oil exemption: Russia celebrated by bombing the💩out of Ukraine
bsky.app/profile/twmc...
twmcltd.bsky.social Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 12d
Hello again, thanks for visiting my Ukraine thread on Day 1353

Views/likes are down on both sites I post on: possible war fatigue

It's exactly what Putin wants from the world - to wear us down so we accept a deal to stop the killing
This will embolden Putin & hasten war v NATO
November 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM