Deb
@deblavoy.bsky.social
Founder @RealityTeam11 field work in inoculation and counter disinfo. Be clear, be excellent, be kind. TEDx Talk http://bit.ly/3AXkdft Most other socials: @deb_lavoy
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"Public health officials warn that if Mr. Kennedy succeeds, measles and other infectious diseases will come roaring back, jeopardizing the health of all American children" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Inside Kennedy’s Methodical Quest to Shake Up America’s Vaccine System
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"Public health officials warn that if Mr. Kennedy succeeds, measles and other infectious diseases will come roaring back, jeopardizing the health of all American children" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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Wow, Adm. Holsey didn't leave of his own accord, Hegseth pushed him out. What looked like the SOCOM head resigning rather than do war crimes now looks like SecDef canning him to facilitate war crimes.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
Exclusive | Hegseth Asked Top Admiral to Resign After Months of Discord
The relationship between the Pentagon chief and Adm. Alvin Holsey had been rocky since Trump’s inauguration.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Wow, Adm. Holsey didn't leave of his own accord, Hegseth pushed him out. What looked like the SOCOM head resigning rather than do war crimes now looks like SecDef canning him to facilitate war crimes.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
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A research team from the United States’ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has experimentally examined how shading in agrivoltaic systems influences sorghum and soybean grain yield during '23 & '24 growing seasons.
#EnergySky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#EnergySky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A research team from the United States’ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has experimentally examined how shading in agrivoltaic systems influences sorghum and soybean grain yield during '23 & '24 growing seasons.
#EnergySky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#EnergySky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Sean Duffy: "I hear President Trump talk publicly and privately -- he cares about affordability for the American consumer." (Trump literally called affordability a "hoax" just yesterday!)
December 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Sean Duffy: "I hear President Trump talk publicly and privately -- he cares about affordability for the American consumer." (Trump literally called affordability a "hoax" just yesterday!)
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December 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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The Spineless Speaker strikes again
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The Spineless Speaker strikes again
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If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
With an autopen and a bitcoin account he has eliminated consequences for those who can pay the fee.
There is virtually no fed criminal law for wealthy people in America right now. Doesn’t exist. Trump’s DOJ either drops their charges or he pardons them. Anyone can buy their way out of prison for the right price on any charge, with crime victims left shattered with no justice.
December 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
With an autopen and a bitcoin account he has eliminated consequences for those who can pay the fee.
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1. Cars are the biggest source of climate pollution in the country.
2. Transportation is the biggest household expense after rent/mortgage.
2. State and local gov't could cut these numbers by about 25% in five years without any federal policy.
Somebody solve this for me, what should we do? 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
2. Transportation is the biggest household expense after rent/mortgage.
2. State and local gov't could cut these numbers by about 25% in five years without any federal policy.
Somebody solve this for me, what should we do? 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
1. Cars are the biggest source of climate pollution in the country.
2. Transportation is the biggest household expense after rent/mortgage.
2. State and local gov't could cut these numbers by about 25% in five years without any federal policy.
Somebody solve this for me, what should we do? 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
2. Transportation is the biggest household expense after rent/mortgage.
2. State and local gov't could cut these numbers by about 25% in five years without any federal policy.
Somebody solve this for me, what should we do? 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
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Could be a solid step toward getting people pissed off enough to demand that surveillance pricing and surge pricing stop for good.
NEW: A newly enacted NY state law requires retailers to reveal whether it used "surveillance pricing" to decide how much you pay for goods. Target, for example, shows the alert on a pop-up when you try to buy eggs online. @regret.bsky.social—@wired.com's new investigative data reporter!—reports:
Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs
A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how.
www.wired.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Could be a solid step toward getting people pissed off enough to demand that surveillance pricing and surge pricing stop for good.
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Appreciated @nilsgilman.bsky.social succinctly synthesizing irreconcilable tensions bt existential threat narratives of the left & right: on the left, extinction fears related to breaching ecological limits of the planet; on the right, demographic collapse
nilsgilman.substack.com/p/the-duopol...
nilsgilman.substack.com/p/the-duopol...
December 4, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Appreciated @nilsgilman.bsky.social succinctly synthesizing irreconcilable tensions bt existential threat narratives of the left & right: on the left, extinction fears related to breaching ecological limits of the planet; on the right, demographic collapse
nilsgilman.substack.com/p/the-duopol...
nilsgilman.substack.com/p/the-duopol...
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Today in “Marginal income & wealth taxes are too low & this poses an existential threat to the Republic”
December 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Today in “Marginal income & wealth taxes are too low & this poses an existential threat to the Republic”
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To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
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“Get insurance companies out of it. We don’t need a middle man. They’re like the mob, taking their cut off the top.”
@RepTimBurchett unwittingly makes the case for MEDICARE FOR ALL as Republicans flail for a way to deal with skyrocketing health care costs.
(H/T @PabloReports)
@RepTimBurchett unwittingly makes the case for MEDICARE FOR ALL as Republicans flail for a way to deal with skyrocketing health care costs.
(H/T @PabloReports)
December 4, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“Get insurance companies out of it. We don’t need a middle man. They’re like the mob, taking their cut off the top.”
@RepTimBurchett unwittingly makes the case for MEDICARE FOR ALL as Republicans flail for a way to deal with skyrocketing health care costs.
(H/T @PabloReports)
@RepTimBurchett unwittingly makes the case for MEDICARE FOR ALL as Republicans flail for a way to deal with skyrocketing health care costs.
(H/T @PabloReports)
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Sending all my love to NOLA.
Arrests begin in New Orleans immigration crackdown, pictures suggest – live
Images show federal forces taking people into custody in New Orleans, Louisiana
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Sending all my love to NOLA.
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We’ve had corrupt presidents before (for example: the Nixon-ITT scandal, Clinton’s pardon of Marc Rich, etc.),
but Trump is our first affirmatively pro-corruption, pro-bribery president.
Promoting corruption is Trump’s central policy achievement.
but Trump is our first affirmatively pro-corruption, pro-bribery president.
Promoting corruption is Trump’s central policy achievement.
Trump announces a pardon of Henry Cuellar: "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
December 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We’ve had corrupt presidents before (for example: the Nixon-ITT scandal, Clinton’s pardon of Marc Rich, etc.),
but Trump is our first affirmatively pro-corruption, pro-bribery president.
Promoting corruption is Trump’s central policy achievement.
but Trump is our first affirmatively pro-corruption, pro-bribery president.
Promoting corruption is Trump’s central policy achievement.
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They reportedly want to open an enterprise investigation. Here is an excerpt from the relevant portion of the FBI manual about when you can't start an enterprise investigations
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
They reportedly want to open an enterprise investigation. Here is an excerpt from the relevant portion of the FBI manual about when you can't start an enterprise investigations
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All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
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🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
December 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
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Conway: This is a criminal government. Unless you are willing to say that, you’re basically fighting on their terms. They get to lie, and they win that battle because people say, “We shouldn’t use that kind of language.”
But you get to use that language when it’s fucking true.
But you get to use that language when it’s fucking true.
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Conway: This is a criminal government. Unless you are willing to say that, you’re basically fighting on their terms. They get to lie, and they win that battle because people say, “We shouldn’t use that kind of language.”
But you get to use that language when it’s fucking true.
But you get to use that language when it’s fucking true.
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“Elon Musk’s charitable foundation grew larger than ever in 2024. But, for the fourth year in a row, the huge charity failed to give away the minimum amount required by law — and the donations it did make went largely to charities closely tied to Mr. Musk himself.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Elon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“Elon Musk’s charitable foundation grew larger than ever in 2024. But, for the fourth year in a row, the huge charity failed to give away the minimum amount required by law — and the donations it did make went largely to charities closely tied to Mr. Musk himself.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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So far, in less than one year, Donald Trump has issued over TEN TIMES as many pardons as he did in his entire four-year first term. That’s a lot of criminals released onto our streets.
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
So far, in less than one year, Donald Trump has issued over TEN TIMES as many pardons as he did in his entire four-year first term. That’s a lot of criminals released onto our streets.
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important again to highlight that smaller firms are much more burdened by complex regulation than large firms
I’ve been reporting about the potential connection of tariffs to small biz job losses. Scott Lincicome of Cato offers this piece discussing not just the high level of the tariffs, but the “truly insane complexity” whose “overall economic cost is likely staggering. “
thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
Welcome to Tariff Complexity Hell
Complexity is a tax, and today U.S. companies are paying through the nose.
thedispatch.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
important again to highlight that smaller firms are much more burdened by complex regulation than large firms
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Accountability, or its absence, sends a powerful message to young men and boys.
msmagazine.com/2025/11/21/b...
msmagazine.com/2025/11/21/b...
What Boys Learn When Powerful Men Face No Consequences
What Boys Learn When Powerful Men Face No Consequences: If Trump Gets Away with Epstein Abuse, Boys Will Learn Violence Against Women is OK
msmagazine.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Accountability, or its absence, sends a powerful message to young men and boys.
msmagazine.com/2025/11/21/b...
msmagazine.com/2025/11/21/b...
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These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.