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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 5h

Also a reminder these weren’t “Kids”! Some of these “Young Republicans,” which includes ages up to 40, were elected officials or government appointees.

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 1d

"No IRB in the world would approve it." That's what every researcher has told me about saline placebo trials to test vaccines we already have.

The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Instability and whiplash’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while former top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 23h

In our new piece in @bmj.com, @michaeldgreen.com & I argue that diversity matters when it comes to medical school admission not only for fairness, equality, & equity but also because research shows that population health outcomes are better with a diverse medical workforce

A matter of life & death

HealthBegins @healthbegins.bsky.social · 1d

"[DEI] policies are not just about providing fair opportunities to all students. They are a matter of life and death."

Trump’s war on diversity in medical education could shorten Americans’ lives www.bmj.com/content/391/... by @gavinyamey.bsky.social @michaeldgreen.com via @bmj.com

www.bmj.com

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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 22h

Almost no media coverage and very little political attention paid to the treatment of Palestinians in Israeli jails. So much focus only on the Israeli hostages. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Cruelest forms of torture’: freed Palestinians describe horrors of Israeli jail

Men who were held in Nafha prison say they were brutally beaten, bound at the hands and feet, verbally abused, allowed to contract fungal and skin diseases, and assaulted with loud music for up to two...

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · 1d

If a president murders a bunch of people for no reason, and the press doesn't cover it as such, DOES IT MAKE A SOUND?

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1d

LATEST: Israel has said it will halve the number of aid trucks it agreed to allow into Gaza due to, the country claims, the slower-than-hoped return of dead hostages

Israel to halve number of aid trucks it agreed to allow into Gaza

www.thenational.scot

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WHO @who.int · 1d

🚨Drug-resistant bacteria are becoming more dangerous.

Life-saving antibiotics are losing effectiveness, increasing infection risks & limiting treatment options.

Some resistant infections can only be treated with antibiotics that are costly, difficult to access, & often unavailable 👉 bit.ly/438Ta1u

Infographic images of various antibiotic pills. The text reads:
“Common infections now often require stronger, more expensive antibiotics.
In 2023:
1 in 3 urinary tract infections
1 in 15 gastrointestinal infections
1 in 6 bloodstream infections
…were resistant to antibiotics.”

The design uses orange and black text on a light blue background with pill icons illustrating the statistics.

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 1d

This deserves more coverage

For the first time the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards can investigate ministers accused of wrongdoing without the Prime Minister’s permission. The Adviser will also oversee how ministers earn money after leaving office.

www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

We are giving the independent ethics adviser unprecedented powers

This Labour government is going further than any administration before us to restore public trust in politics.

www.politicshome.com

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Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 2d

If you continue to hold on to your X account..
If you continue to drive a Tesla...
If you continue using Starlink...

Remember who and what you’re supporting.
Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson’s legal costs.

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Robinson allegedly failed to comply with officers who ‘became concerned’ by his behaviour at Channel Tunnel

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 1d

As expected, the first 9 compacts were a trial run.

They have now come for all of us.

And each of us, and all of us, should say no.

Scoop via @liamknox.bsky.social at Bloomberg:

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

www.bloomberg.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

In twelve days, New Yorkers will begin to cast their ballots and face a stark choice.

A choice between democracy and oligarchy. Between a city you can afford or more of the same. Between the hope of a brighter future or a broken past.

We will choose the future.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d

Absence of a plan for the people of Gaza is very worrying. So many - including thousands released from harsh prison conditions - returning to find their homes and neighbourhoods reduced to rubble. No-one yet offering any hope, and from what I hear Trump refusing to discuss.

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Gavi @gavi.org · 2d

Crowds formed at clinics and schoolyards. People who once hesitated now encouraged others to come forward.

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 2d

Private school VAT raid ‘did not drive pupils to state sector’

Local councils reject claims by the Scottish Council of Independent Schools that Labour’s policy has added to burden on taxpayers

Private school VAT raid ‘did not drive pupils to state sector’

www.thetimes.com

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 2d

The Atlantic’s journalists will not sign the Pentagon’s press policy. Statement here from editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg:

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Katharine Wright @wrightkatharine.bsky.social · 2d

‘Not all experts believe these findings’ …

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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 2d

Universities in the UK are heading for a financial calamity like the 2008 crash, the head of @ucu.org.uk has warned

@drjogrady.bsky.social told @matildamartin.bsky.social: "The people who should be either governing from government or governing institutions are asleep at the wheel"

Universities Are Heading A Financial Crisis Like The 2008 Crash, Warns Union BossBoss

The head of the University and College Union, Jo Grady, has warned that universities face a financial calamity similar to the 2008 banking crisis, ...

www.politicshome.com

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Child Poverty Action Group @cpaguk.bsky.social · 2d

Coverage of our new analysis in the Mirror www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Benefit cap leaving some families with as little as £3-per-week, campaigners say

Child Poverty Action Group says the benefit cap - one of the 'harshest hangovers' of the austerity era - is leaving some single parents with next to nothing after rent

www.mirror.co.uk

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 2d

Dominic Waghorn reports that Israel refuses to release Marwan Barghouti, "who is arguably the Nelson Mandela of Palestinians".

The release of Mandela heralded the end of apartheid South Africa. Its not hard to see why the Israeli apartheid regime wants to keep him locked up.

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Remco van de Pas @rvandepas.bsky.social · 2d

Urgent calls for debt relief as study shows health and education cuts in developing world www.theguardian.com/business/202... Influential economists want replenishment of funds and new ways to define countries in need before this week’s IMF and World Bank meetings @unu-iigh.bsky.social

Urgent calls for debt relief as study shows health and education cuts in developing world

Influential economists want replenishment of funds and new ways to define countries in need before this week’s IMF and World Bank meetings

www.theguardian.com

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 2d

BREAKING: Hamas begins releasing hostages held in Gaza for more than two years, Red Cross says

Hamas begins releasing hostages held in Gaza for more than 2 years, Red Cross says

Relief and celebration in Israel as the first phase of the truce appears to be holding, but major hurdles remain before the Israel-Hamas war can be considered over.

www.msnbc.com

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

Palestinians returning to northern Gaza say they have no means to rebuild amid what they describe as indescribable destruction by Israeli forces, as limited aid trickles in but remains scarce, according to officials.

🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/n5k3lj

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 3d

Farage claims Nathan Gill was a "bad apple".

So you can visualise his relationship with other leading figures in Reform as something like this.

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