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"A Historian in Gaza (Hurst) is an unflinching eyewitness account of the destruction wreaked by Israel, with Anglo-American support."
"That protesting Britain’s complicity in these crimes can get you arrested is a reminder that liberal democracies are not always liberal."
"That protesting Britain’s complicity in these crimes can get you arrested is a reminder that liberal democracies are not always liberal."
December 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"A Historian in Gaza (Hurst) is an unflinching eyewitness account of the destruction wreaked by Israel, with Anglo-American support."
"That protesting Britain’s complicity in these crimes can get you arrested is a reminder that liberal democracies are not always liberal."
"That protesting Britain’s complicity in these crimes can get you arrested is a reminder that liberal democracies are not always liberal."
Reposted by Paola Cubillos
Reposted by Paola Cubillos
Bhattacharya’s NIH 😢
“Earlier this year, it delayed reviewing grants in order to vet research by political appointees, culled projects that mentioned D.E.I. and fired thousands of employees or pressured them to retire early.”
“Earlier this year, it delayed reviewing grants in order to vet research by political appointees, culled projects that mentioned D.E.I. and fired thousands of employees or pressured them to retire early.”
“Thousands of very competitive projects in areas like cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorders and public health improvements most like went unfunded in 2025.
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Bhattacharya’s NIH 😢
“Earlier this year, it delayed reviewing grants in order to vet research by political appointees, culled projects that mentioned D.E.I. and fired thousands of employees or pressured them to retire early.”
“Earlier this year, it delayed reviewing grants in order to vet research by political appointees, culled projects that mentioned D.E.I. and fired thousands of employees or pressured them to retire early.”
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“They're preying on people that are looking for answers where there may not be any at this time. Offering people false hope.” CBC investigative journalist Geoff Leo provides a wrenching account of how a business in Saskatchewan preyed on the hope of a dying woman with ALS. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
American ALS patient died alone after paying $84K US in pursuit of healing at controversial Sask. facility | CBC News
A 70-year-old American ALS patient came to Saskatchewan chasing the promise of healing offered by the Dr. Goodenowe Restorative Health Center in Moose Jaw, Sask. But former Goodenowe employees say tha...
www.cbc.ca
December 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
“They're preying on people that are looking for answers where there may not be any at this time. Offering people false hope.” CBC investigative journalist Geoff Leo provides a wrenching account of how a business in Saskatchewan preyed on the hope of a dying woman with ALS. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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🚩 Sale of supplements = major red flag for bunk! 🚩
How influencers & politicians built an unregulated supplement empire mashable.com/article/infl...
Me: "Supplements have become one of, if not the, biggest drivers of the wellness influencer industry."
How influencers & politicians built an unregulated supplement empire mashable.com/article/infl...
Me: "Supplements have become one of, if not the, biggest drivers of the wellness influencer industry."
Are supplements safe? The dark side of the wellness influencer industry
Social media stars and lawmakers fuel the multibillion-dollar supplement industry, but at what cost?
mashable.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🚩 Sale of supplements = major red flag for bunk! 🚩
How influencers & politicians built an unregulated supplement empire mashable.com/article/infl...
Me: "Supplements have become one of, if not the, biggest drivers of the wellness influencer industry."
How influencers & politicians built an unregulated supplement empire mashable.com/article/infl...
Me: "Supplements have become one of, if not the, biggest drivers of the wellness influencer industry."
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#WorldAIDSDay this year is a grim one
Stories of the devastating impact of US, British and wider European aid cuts on the fight against HIV – particularly in sub-Saharan Africa – continue to mount as 2025 comes to an end…
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Stories of the devastating impact of US, British and wider European aid cuts on the fight against HIV – particularly in sub-Saharan Africa – continue to mount as 2025 comes to an end…
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Aid cuts have shaken HIV/Aids care to its core – and will mean millions more infections ahead
Reports highlight devastating impact of slashed funding, especially in parts of Africa, that could lead to 3.3m new HIV infections by 2030
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
#WorldAIDSDay this year is a grim one
Stories of the devastating impact of US, British and wider European aid cuts on the fight against HIV – particularly in sub-Saharan Africa – continue to mount as 2025 comes to an end…
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Stories of the devastating impact of US, British and wider European aid cuts on the fight against HIV – particularly in sub-Saharan Africa – continue to mount as 2025 comes to an end…
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
"The failure of professional health associations to advocate and to allow for advocacy to occur ... weakens the normative framework protecting health during conflict, and signals that the health of some populations is expendable based on geopolitical considerations" 🎯
When professional associations fail public health
@amyhagopian.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.com
@amyhagopian.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.com
When professional associations fail public health
The destruction of Gaza's health system represents one of the worst humanitarian crises
of our time and demands a response from professional health organisations. European
public health associations h...
www.thelancet.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"The failure of professional health associations to advocate and to allow for advocacy to occur ... weakens the normative framework protecting health during conflict, and signals that the health of some populations is expendable based on geopolitical considerations" 🎯
Fire Andrea Stella!!!! The team today really messed up both McLaren drivers’ WDC title chances!!!! 😡
November 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Fire Andrea Stella!!!! The team today really messed up both McLaren drivers’ WDC title chances!!!! 😡
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Remember when Vinay Prasad was demanding impossibly high standards of evidence for things like masks and vaccines? But now he accepts the absolute lowest standards of evidence (VAERS observations) to attack vaccines. Interesting, no? It's almost like it was never about evidence.
November 30, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Remember when Vinay Prasad was demanding impossibly high standards of evidence for things like masks and vaccines? But now he accepts the absolute lowest standards of evidence (VAERS observations) to attack vaccines. Interesting, no? It's almost like it was never about evidence.
Reposted by Paola Cubillos
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
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Per @lizzylawrence.bsky.social F.D.A. regulators who saw such “evidence” reacted with “quiet horror” and refused to sign off.
November 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Per @lizzylawrence.bsky.social F.D.A. regulators who saw such “evidence” reacted with “quiet horror” and refused to sign off.
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NEW: The F.D.A. announced in an internal memo that 10 children died "because of" the Covid shot. Other experts want to see proof.
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
NEW: The F.D.A. announced in an internal memo that 10 children died "because of" the Covid shot. Other experts want to see proof.
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
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Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
He thinks we don’t know the meaning of the word “sustainable” 🤡
Canada and Alberta are focused on what we can control: building a stronger, more sustainable, more competitive, and more independent economy together.
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
He thinks we don’t know the meaning of the word “sustainable” 🤡
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Immigrants commit fewer crimes.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Immigrants commit fewer crimes.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
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Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
GO OSCAR PIASTRI! Get that championship from your teammates hands!!!!
November 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
GO OSCAR PIASTRI! Get that championship from your teammates hands!!!!
Not buying a single thing today.
Stop sending me emails with your Black Friday promos! 😡
Stop sending me emails with your Black Friday promos! 😡
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Not buying a single thing today.
Stop sending me emails with your Black Friday promos! 😡
Stop sending me emails with your Black Friday promos! 😡
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I was one of those immigrants, and we commit fewer crimes than people born here.
“Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the US by revoking their legal status.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
“Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the US by revoking their legal status.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump says he wants to 'permanently pause' migration to the US from poorer countries
President Donald Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the United States by revoking their legal status...
apnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I was one of those immigrants, and we commit fewer crimes than people born here.
“Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the US by revoking their legal status.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
“Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the US by revoking their legal status.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Scientists must learn to join larger pro-democracy and people's movements, coalitions. Our science training may not have prepared us for such work, but we can no longer sit in the safety of our labs and expect the world to get better
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
From doing science to saving science
Science and scientists are under assault. From denial of vaccines to climate change,
political leaders are increasingly sacrificing democracy as well as science on the
altar of populism and authoritar...
www.thelancet.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Scientists must learn to join larger pro-democracy and people's movements, coalitions. Our science training may not have prepared us for such work, but we can no longer sit in the safety of our labs and expect the world to get better
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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I think it’s bad, actually, to play political chess with Indigenous rights.
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I think it’s bad, actually, to play political chess with Indigenous rights.
And just like that, values, principles and priorities are changed.
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
And just like that, values, principles and priorities are changed.
Just as he presented himself during the campaign… a red Tory through and through.
Premier Smith and I have agreed to a framework built on shared ambitions — to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, unlock the full potential of Alberta’s energy resources, and build a stronger, more sustainable, more competitive economy.
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Just as he presented himself during the campaign… a red Tory through and through.
THIS 👇
liberal talking heads proving they have absolutely no convictions other than power and consulting contracts with how quickly they turned around on oil pipelines and climate policy
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
THIS 👇