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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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MIT holds the line bsky.app/profile/dyna...
October 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
MIT holds the line bsky.app/profile/dyna...
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M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling reut.rs/471tkNZ
MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling
Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she "cannot support" a memo that the White House sent to nine elite U.S. universities last week detailing policies they should follow to get preferential consideration for federal funding.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling reut.rs/471tkNZ
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RFK Jr.'s claim that vaccines didn't save lives, sanitation did, is half right—and dangerously wrong.
While sanitation helped in the early 20th century, vaccines saved millions of lives in the later 20th century and reduced severe impairments like brain damage. More in @statnews.com
While sanitation helped in the early 20th century, vaccines saved millions of lives in the later 20th century and reduced severe impairments like brain damage. More in @statnews.com
RFK Jr. says vaccines don’t save lives. He’s wrong
Now RFK Jr. is claiming vaccines don’t actually save lives. Here’s the math to show what he gets wrong.
www.statnews.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
RFK Jr.'s claim that vaccines didn't save lives, sanitation did, is half right—and dangerously wrong.
While sanitation helped in the early 20th century, vaccines saved millions of lives in the later 20th century and reduced severe impairments like brain damage. More in @statnews.com
While sanitation helped in the early 20th century, vaccines saved millions of lives in the later 20th century and reduced severe impairments like brain damage. More in @statnews.com
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Posted a short blog post with updated data (and public repo with data) of current state of Econ job market:
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October 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Posted a short blog post with updated data (and public repo with data) of current state of Econ job market:
paulgp.com/2025/10/08/j...
paulgp.com/2025/10/08/j...
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Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
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October 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
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I cannot overstate how remarkable it is that under GOP rule, US federal health regulations have been captured by fringe crackpots who espouse views that the vast majority of the US public—and nearly 100% of health professionals—reject.
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Kennedy’s Vaccine Panel Votes to Limit Access to Covid Shots
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September 20, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I cannot overstate how remarkable it is that under GOP rule, US federal health regulations have been captured by fringe crackpots who espouse views that the vast majority of the US public—and nearly 100% of health professionals—reject.
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Trying to explain why international trade is good to an American: okay so imagine a burger
(yes this is a real ad on the Canadian embassy in DC)
(yes this is a real ad on the Canadian embassy in DC)
September 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Trying to explain why international trade is good to an American: okay so imagine a burger
(yes this is a real ad on the Canadian embassy in DC)
(yes this is a real ad on the Canadian embassy in DC)
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Florida moves to end vaccine mandates to attend school, the first state to do so.
So many own goals across America right now.
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
So many own goals across America right now.
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
DeSantis and Ladapo to ‘end all vaccine mandates in Florida law’
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced the move in Hillsborough County on Wednesday.
www.miamiherald.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Florida moves to end vaccine mandates to attend school, the first state to do so.
So many own goals across America right now.
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
So many own goals across America right now.
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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Because of Florida's decision to phase out childhood vaccine mandates, many will die of preventable diseases like measles, chickenpox, tetanus, and diphtheria. This is regressive, bringing us back to the early 1950s when parents had to worry that their kids might die from diseases like polio.
Florida will work to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, officials say
Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, building on the effort by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to curb vaccine requirements and other health mandates during the Cov...
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September 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Because of Florida's decision to phase out childhood vaccine mandates, many will die of preventable diseases like measles, chickenpox, tetanus, and diphtheria. This is regressive, bringing us back to the early 1950s when parents had to worry that their kids might die from diseases like polio.
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Nine former CDC directors, from Bill Foege onward, speak out about the incalculable harm that RFK, Jr. is doing to public health in the US and around the world.
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Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
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September 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Nine former CDC directors, from Bill Foege onward, speak out about the incalculable harm that RFK, Jr. is doing to public health in the US and around the world.
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Football pundits agree! The only thing worse than VAR is not having VAR. ( see Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona)
August 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Football pundits agree! The only thing worse than VAR is not having VAR. ( see Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona)
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Back-to-school reminder: The market rewards education
Average earnings:
High school dropout | ### ($35k)
High school grad | ##### ($47k)
College degree | ######### ($87k)
Masters degree | ########### ($106k)
Professional degree | ##################($184k)
Average earnings:
High school dropout | ### ($35k)
High school grad | ##### ($47k)
College degree | ######### ($87k)
Masters degree | ########### ($106k)
Professional degree | ##################($184k)
August 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Back-to-school reminder: The market rewards education
Average earnings:
High school dropout | ### ($35k)
High school grad | ##### ($47k)
College degree | ######### ($87k)
Masters degree | ########### ($106k)
Professional degree | ##################($184k)
Average earnings:
High school dropout | ### ($35k)
High school grad | ##### ($47k)
College degree | ######### ($87k)
Masters degree | ########### ($106k)
Professional degree | ##################($184k)
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Doesn't everyone feel overburdened with mitochondrial challenges at the airport though? Those TSA procedures are tough these days.
via @acyn.bsky.social
RFK JR: I’m looking at kids as I walk through the airports today...and I see these kids that are just overburdened with mitochondrial challenges, inflammation—you can tell from their faces, movements, and lack of social connection
RFK JR: I’m looking at kids as I walk through the airports today...and I see these kids that are just overburdened with mitochondrial challenges, inflammation—you can tell from their faces, movements, and lack of social connection
August 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Doesn't everyone feel overburdened with mitochondrial challenges at the airport though? Those TSA procedures are tough these days.
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Firing RFK Jr would unburden a lot of overworked mitochondria in this country
August 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Firing RFK Jr would unburden a lot of overworked mitochondria in this country
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I’m sorry to say but the claim that the US under Trump is going to provide Ukraine with militarily enforced security guarantees, is simply the newest version of the Trump will hit Russia hard with sanctions delusion. Neither will ever happen, but if it makes you feel better….
August 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I’m sorry to say but the claim that the US under Trump is going to provide Ukraine with militarily enforced security guarantees, is simply the newest version of the Trump will hit Russia hard with sanctions delusion. Neither will ever happen, but if it makes you feel better….
"Arm Ukraine, expand sanctions, stop the lethal drone swarms, break the Russian economy, and win the war. Then there will be peace."
August 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Arm Ukraine, expand sanctions, stop the lethal drone swarms, break the Russian economy, and win the war. Then there will be peace."
"It was determined by all..."
August 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"It was determined by all..."
The Trump 2 cabinet has so many weirdos
"Kennedy questioned the effectiveness of the vaccines…
'You can't control the amount of energy that everybody is getting," he said. "When you give a vaccine, you want to know exactly how much energy is because some people react very, very badly and can get very, very badly injured.'"
'You can't control the amount of energy that everybody is getting," he said. "When you give a vaccine, you want to know exactly how much energy is because some people react very, very badly and can get very, very badly injured.'"
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.scrippsnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The Trump 2 cabinet has so many weirdos
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The US Constitution forbids export taxes but I guess this payment isn't a "tax" but a payout....🤔 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
U.S. Government to Take Cut of Nvidia and AMD A.I. Chip Sales to China
www.nytimes.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The US Constitution forbids export taxes but I guess this payment isn't a "tax" but a payout....🤔 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...