Mlle
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Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
September 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
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Dear journalists:
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
August 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Dear journalists:
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
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I think I'm starting to understand what the word "distraction" means to a lot of people in the US: "something that doesn't affect me personally."
August 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I think I'm starting to understand what the word "distraction" means to a lot of people in the US: "something that doesn't affect me personally."
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There’s no Public Health—just leaders who cower to power. They sold you the lie: no need to protect yourself, your loved ones, your community from a virus that kills. How’s that working out? Don’t know what I mean? Bookmark this & come back after this next infection. I’ll be here waiting.
August 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
There’s no Public Health—just leaders who cower to power. They sold you the lie: no need to protect yourself, your loved ones, your community from a virus that kills. How’s that working out? Don’t know what I mean? Bookmark this & come back after this next infection. I’ll be here waiting.
I stg if one more dental office tries to “explain” to me that “they have to follow the guidelines so they wear level 3 masks” I will scream.
First of all, who are the guidelines designed to protect?
Second, you can *always exceed guidelines,* they are the floor not the ceiling.
First of all, who are the guidelines designed to protect?
Second, you can *always exceed guidelines,* they are the floor not the ceiling.
August 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I stg if one more dental office tries to “explain” to me that “they have to follow the guidelines so they wear level 3 masks” I will scream.
First of all, who are the guidelines designed to protect?
Second, you can *always exceed guidelines,* they are the floor not the ceiling.
First of all, who are the guidelines designed to protect?
Second, you can *always exceed guidelines,* they are the floor not the ceiling.
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16/ that knowledge is still up for debate, even among liberals who ought to know (and believe) better. That's a shame.
August 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
16/ that knowledge is still up for debate, even among liberals who ought to know (and believe) better. That's a shame.
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15/ yet then conclude it doesn't work. We know covid interventions, performed properly & consistently over time, work both to reduce healthcare system overload & to keep individuals safer; it's disingenuous of anyone to suggest otherwise.
But based on this article, it seems like what we do with...
But based on this article, it seems like what we do with...
August 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
15/ yet then conclude it doesn't work. We know covid interventions, performed properly & consistently over time, work both to reduce healthcare system overload & to keep individuals safer; it's disingenuous of anyone to suggest otherwise.
But based on this article, it seems like what we do with...
But based on this article, it seems like what we do with...
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14/ threat to the success of PH efforts moving forward. It's an awfully long article to get through, only to have Karma land in the exact place that likely motivated the writing of the two books he critiques.
I agree with Karma that it's absurd either to perform or to assess an intervention badly,
I agree with Karma that it's absurd either to perform or to assess an intervention badly,
August 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
14/ threat to the success of PH efforts moving forward. It's an awfully long article to get through, only to have Karma land in the exact place that likely motivated the writing of the two books he critiques.
I agree with Karma that it's absurd either to perform or to assess an intervention badly,
I agree with Karma that it's absurd either to perform or to assess an intervention badly,
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13/ big assumptions about why American kids are poorly educated - a downward slide that hardly start with the pandemic).
But even more important, his assumption that public health should prioritize economy over lives (a là economist Emily Oster or her colleague Ashish Jha) is itself a profound...
But even more important, his assumption that public health should prioritize economy over lives (a là economist Emily Oster or her colleague Ashish Jha) is itself a profound...
August 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
13/ big assumptions about why American kids are poorly educated - a downward slide that hardly start with the pandemic).
But even more important, his assumption that public health should prioritize economy over lives (a là economist Emily Oster or her colleague Ashish Jha) is itself a profound...
But even more important, his assumption that public health should prioritize economy over lives (a là economist Emily Oster or her colleague Ashish Jha) is itself a profound...
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12/ Whoa, there! 1st, his hyperbole is wholly unnecessary (the economy wasn't "ruined"; lives were lived; school kids didn't "never recover" - just look at the great testing stats out of NYC this year that I posted recently. & for a guy interested in interactions & confounds, Karma's making some...
August 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
12/ Whoa, there! 1st, his hyperbole is wholly unnecessary (the economy wasn't "ruined"; lives were lived; school kids didn't "never recover" - just look at the great testing stats out of NYC this year that I posted recently. & for a guy interested in interactions & confounds, Karma's making some...
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11/ to this piece is in Karma's conclusion. After a decent explication of shortcomings of the two covid books he reviews, he then undermines his whole argument for NPI by concluding that, *despite* covid NPIs likely having been effective, they weren't worth the (economic, inconvenience) costs...
August 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
11/ to this piece is in Karma's conclusion. After a decent explication of shortcomings of the two covid books he reviews, he then undermines his whole argument for NPI by concluding that, *despite* covid NPIs likely having been effective, they weren't worth the (economic, inconvenience) costs...
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10/ to die & so, said "f** it" to non-pharma intervention. & as I, myself, have written, behavior was also profoundly affected by individuals' personal infection experience; in effect, this basically drove subject attrition all the way through the study period.)
But where I really take exception...
But where I really take exception...
August 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
10/ to die & so, said "f** it" to non-pharma intervention. & as I, myself, have written, behavior was also profoundly affected by individuals' personal infection experience; in effect, this basically drove subject attrition all the way through the study period.)
But where I really take exception...
But where I really take exception...
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9/ this issue.
To be fair, Karma doesn't ignore it entirely (see below); he just doesn't acknowledge that it was so pervasive - affecting even pro-NPI segments of the population (esp. after vaccines became available & white Americans read the stats that they were far less likely than other folks...
To be fair, Karma doesn't ignore it entirely (see below); he just doesn't acknowledge that it was so pervasive - affecting even pro-NPI segments of the population (esp. after vaccines became available & white Americans read the stats that they were far less likely than other folks...
August 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
9/ this issue.
To be fair, Karma doesn't ignore it entirely (see below); he just doesn't acknowledge that it was so pervasive - affecting even pro-NPI segments of the population (esp. after vaccines became available & white Americans read the stats that they were far less likely than other folks...
To be fair, Karma doesn't ignore it entirely (see below); he just doesn't acknowledge that it was so pervasive - affecting even pro-NPI segments of the population (esp. after vaccines became available & white Americans read the stats that they were far less likely than other folks...
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8/ supervising parents, &, for kids of low SES, *a lack of computers & internet.*
You can't blame the intervention if people can't access it or refuse to comply (& aren't forced to), but I've yet to see anyone in MSM fully acknowledge that any retrospective pandemic NPI assessment is hobbled by...
You can't blame the intervention if people can't access it or refuse to comply (& aren't forced to), but I've yet to see anyone in MSM fully acknowledge that any retrospective pandemic NPI assessment is hobbled by...
August 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
8/ supervising parents, &, for kids of low SES, *a lack of computers & internet.*
You can't blame the intervention if people can't access it or refuse to comply (& aren't forced to), but I've yet to see anyone in MSM fully acknowledge that any retrospective pandemic NPI assessment is hobbled by...
You can't blame the intervention if people can't access it or refuse to comply (& aren't forced to), but I've yet to see anyone in MSM fully acknowledge that any retrospective pandemic NPI assessment is hobbled by...
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7/ on/removed my mask in accordance with best practice (& didn't keep putting my fingers all over the damn thing, while wearing it). Kids who were "distance learning" often didn't learn, but no one points out that it wasn't distance learning at fault, but resistant teachers, unobservant...
August 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
7/ on/removed my mask in accordance with best practice (& didn't keep putting my fingers all over the damn thing, while wearing it). Kids who were "distance learning" often didn't learn, but no one points out that it wasn't distance learning at fault, but resistant teachers, unobservant...
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6/ who were supposed to stay home didn't (my own neighbors had massive parties straight through my state's "lockdown"); likewise, folks didn't distance effectively. They didn't mask consistently, let alone properly - noses were on display everywhere, & I'm probably the only person I knew who put...
August 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
6/ who were supposed to stay home didn't (my own neighbors had massive parties straight through my state's "lockdown"); likewise, folks didn't distance effectively. They didn't mask consistently, let alone properly - noses were on display everywhere, & I'm probably the only person I knew who put...
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5/ to me, an issue greater than these specific methodological ones (such as researchers not identifying intervention groups & periods properly) has always been the refusal, by almost everyone, to acknowledge that in basically no cases were covid intervention procedures followed properly. People...
August 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
5/ to me, an issue greater than these specific methodological ones (such as researchers not identifying intervention groups & periods properly) has always been the refusal, by almost everyone, to acknowledge that in basically no cases were covid intervention procedures followed properly. People...
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4/ executed.
To his credit, Karma points out cases where intervention impact was almost surely underestimated, for various reasons - for ex., as when older folks in Florida sequestered & wore masks on their own after mandates fell (& so the time period was incorrectly framed as post-NPI). But...
To his credit, Karma points out cases where intervention impact was almost surely underestimated, for various reasons - for ex., as when older folks in Florida sequestered & wore masks on their own after mandates fell (& so the time period was incorrectly framed as post-NPI). But...
August 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
4/ executed.
To his credit, Karma points out cases where intervention impact was almost surely underestimated, for various reasons - for ex., as when older folks in Florida sequestered & wore masks on their own after mandates fell (& so the time period was incorrectly framed as post-NPI). But...
To his credit, Karma points out cases where intervention impact was almost surely underestimated, for various reasons - for ex., as when older folks in Florida sequestered & wore masks on their own after mandates fell (& so the time period was incorrectly framed as post-NPI). But...
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3/ author himself touches on, is that the assumption that NPIs didn't work is, itself, deeply flawed. He works through several reasons, but for me, the one that's always been most compelling is one he barely notes: that you can't accurately assess the value of an intervention that's not properly...
August 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
3/ author himself touches on, is that the assumption that NPIs didn't work is, itself, deeply flawed. He works through several reasons, but for me, the one that's always been most compelling is one he barely notes: that you can't accurately assess the value of an intervention that's not properly...
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2/ remain to defend sensible public-health measures the next time a pandemic comes around."
That's undoubtedly true, but to me, it sounds a little "the ends justify the means"-ish, & I think there are far better arguments to be made in favor of early covid NPI policies.
The main one, which the...
That's undoubtedly true, but to me, it sounds a little "the ends justify the means"-ish, & I think there are far better arguments to be made in favor of early covid NPI policies.
The main one, which the...
August 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
2/ remain to defend sensible public-health measures the next time a pandemic comes around."
That's undoubtedly true, but to me, it sounds a little "the ends justify the means"-ish, & I think there are far better arguments to be made in favor of early covid NPI policies.
The main one, which the...
That's undoubtedly true, but to me, it sounds a little "the ends justify the means"-ish, & I think there are far better arguments to be made in favor of early covid NPI policies.
The main one, which the...
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🎁 link. I don't agree w/ every point, but this rebuttal to 2 recent critiques of early pandemic NPI policy is worth a read. My own takes:
The author's main premise is that, "If the center and left succumb to the view that 'nothing worked,' no one will...
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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The author's main premise is that, "If the center and left succumb to the view that 'nothing worked,' no one will...
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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
COVID Revisionism Has Gone Too Far
If the center and left succumb to the view that “nothing worked,” no one will remain to defend sensible public-health measures the next time a pandemic comes around.
www.theatlantic.com
August 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
🎁 link. I don't agree w/ every point, but this rebuttal to 2 recent critiques of early pandemic NPI policy is worth a read. My own takes:
The author's main premise is that, "If the center and left succumb to the view that 'nothing worked,' no one will...
🧵1/16
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The author's main premise is that, "If the center and left succumb to the view that 'nothing worked,' no one will...
🧵1/16
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Important information for education leaders and those who are concerned about the teacher retention crisis and the increasing number of unqualified adults "supervising" students in place of teachers:
@etfoeducators.bsky.social @oflabour.bsky.social @osstf.bsky.social @opsba.bsky.social
@etfoeducators.bsky.social @oflabour.bsky.social @osstf.bsky.social @opsba.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Important information for education leaders and those who are concerned about the teacher retention crisis and the increasing number of unqualified adults "supervising" students in place of teachers:
@etfoeducators.bsky.social @oflabour.bsky.social @osstf.bsky.social @opsba.bsky.social
@etfoeducators.bsky.social @oflabour.bsky.social @osstf.bsky.social @opsba.bsky.social
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Leitner "wonders whether the virus leaves lasting scars on the immune system’s T cell defences. 'But that’s just (my) hypothesis,' he emphasises in an email." Lasting scars from a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Considering what we know about Long Covid, this is such an intriguing idea (& very worrisome).
August 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Leitner "wonders whether the virus leaves lasting scars on the immune system’s T cell defences. 'But that’s just (my) hypothesis,' he emphasises in an email." Lasting scars from a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Considering what we know about Long Covid, this is such an intriguing idea (& very worrisome).
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"Wolfgang Leitner, chief of the Innate Immunity Section at the US National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID), speculates that covid-19 may somehow impair the immune system’s 'memory' of past infections, potentially making even healthy people more vulnerable to future pathogens."
August 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"Wolfgang Leitner, chief of the Innate Immunity Section at the US National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID), speculates that covid-19 may somehow impair the immune system’s 'memory' of past infections, potentially making even healthy people more vulnerable to future pathogens."
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If you grew up in a household with an evangelical right-wing parent, as I did, you already know that the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education, like the reversal of Roe v. Wade, is the culmination of a 50-year project.
July 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
If you grew up in a household with an evangelical right-wing parent, as I did, you already know that the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education, like the reversal of Roe v. Wade, is the culmination of a 50-year project.