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Once owned a semi-professional yet obscure microblogging account. This is less than that.
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peiferlabunc.bsky.social
Of so many things to be infuriated about, this is perhaps my biggest gripe. Pancreatic cancer patients, who face a future without hope, are being denied a potential game-changing therapy
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February 14, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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hunterw.bsky.social
This is horrific
mikehixenbaugh.com Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 1d
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.
February 13, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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stephenjwild.bsky.social
Having thought carefully* about this for 24 hours, my 2 cents as a non-academic about the discussion around this point.

1) there is a huge blurring of the is-ought distinction
2) the system is what the system does

*not really. Also I am thinking out loud right now

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ryancbriggs.net Ryan Briggs @ryancbriggs.net · 3d
Overall, I think our results are:
1. Believable. I think deep down we all know we publish "too many" significant results.
2. Disastrous. Selecting on significance in this way biases results across our whole literature away from zero & it stops us from learning what doesn't work.
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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markhisted.org
In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
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tznkai.bsky.social
This is extremely powerful anecdata in favor of the notion that the US health care consumer subsidizes medical advances for the rest of the world.
markhisted.org Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 2d
In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views
February 13, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. Slater’s closest political ally was vice-president JD Vance, who has expressed sympathy for tougher scrutiny of corporate power. But he has not publicly intervened on her behalf.”

@financialtimes.com
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February 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
It is a huge disruption.
colindickey.com Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 4d
How it started, how it’s going, would love to be an airline exec right about now (to say nothing of 1,000s of people whose travel plans were completely fucked for no reason)
NY Times updates from a half hour ago about United and Southwest scrambling to rebook flights NY Times updates from a few minutes ago saying “no biggie”
February 11, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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by-cjewett.bsky.social
NEW: The F.D.A. refused to accept an application from Moderna for its mRNA flu vaccine.

Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine
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February 10, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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hammbear2024.bsky.social
This isn’t a setback. This is deliberately thwarting the research and development of safe and effective medicine.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 4d
The FDA has refused to accept an application from Moderna to review its first mRNA seasonal flu vaccine, the company said, in another setback for the technology that’s been a target of some Trump administration health officials. https://cnn.it/4kt8iyn
February 10, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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rahaeli.bsky.social
While this absolutely sucks, we are going to see a lot more places implementing universal global age verification over this next year, because the number of states and countries legally requiring it has gotten to the point no one can keep up anymore.
February 10, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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jasonkoebler.bsky.social
Ring is a wildly dangerous company. Always has been. But it has sort of flown under the radar the last couple years as it tried to soften its image. Make no mistake that this is an extremely dangerous surveillance dragnet:

www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
www.404media.co
February 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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talkingpointsmemo.com
The Trump admin has used 2339A—the “material support for terrorism” statute—against Black Lives Matter protesters in Alabama and anti-ICE demonstrators in Texas.

The ex-DOJ prosecutor who pioneered the use of 2339A says he's never seen anything like it.

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Trump DOJ Files 9/11-Era Charges Against Leftists Across the Country
Across the country, federal prosecutors are upgrading what would have been routine...
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February 9, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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privateideation.bsky.social
An underrated good the next Democratic administration could do with virtually zero actual political blowback from voters would be to come in with anti-trust laws like a wrecking ball and break up media and tech companies. It would fuck up The Other Side, too.
karlbode.com Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 5d
Brendan Carr is also very excited for more local broadcast TV consolidation at the hands of the right wing!

You know, to improve competition, something Carr (who has rubber stamped every desire media and telecom giants have ever had) genuinely cares about
February 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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leahgreenberg.bsky.social
Look, all I'm saying is that if you just spent the last six years being frustrated with Durbin and you think there's a chance he's about to be replaced with a guy who thanks ICE for their service and takes AIPAC and crypto money, you should treat it like a very serious emergency
polltracker.bsky.social Poll Tracker 📊 @polltracker.bsky.social · 8d
PPP poll | 2/2-2/3 LV

Illinois Senate Democratic primary 2026

🟦Raja Krishamoorthi 34%
🟦Juliana Stratton 23%
🟦Robin Kelly 8%
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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propublica.org
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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2/ “I miss my school and my friends I feel bad since when I came here to this Place, because I have been here too long.”

From 9-year-old Susej F, detained for 50+ days
The first page of a child’s handwritten letter, written in different colors of pencil. Transcript: “Hello, my name is Susej F and I’am 9 years old. I’am from Venezuela. I have been 50 days in Dilley Immigration Processing Center. And I want to go to my Country. But I miss my school and my friends I feel bad since when I came here to this Place, because I have been here too long. I have been 2 years and 6 months in united states, and I was happy with my friends in The school but now I need to leave. I miss my family in my country so now I want To go to Venezuela. But my mom do not want to leave because she wants a better future for me.” The second page of a child’s handwritten letter, written in pencil on notebook paper. Transcript: “Seen how people like me, immigrants are been treated changes my perspective about the U.S. My mom and I came to The U.S looking for a good and safe place to live, and my mom was looking for a Good job.”
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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buddyyakov.bsky.social
We’ve reinvented the MMMF pre 08
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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kjhealy.co
Amongst other things, this again highlights the core point about due process. It’s bad enough to be in a “show me your papers” situation, but your precious citizen/non-citizen, “legal”/“illegal” distinctions are meaningless when you can’t prove anything to authorities because they don’t give a shit.
February 9, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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costasamaras.com
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
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February 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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kjephd.bsky.social
It sorta feels like rendering capital allocation as a dumb automatic process should be as consequential a transformation in political economy as the managerial revolution
annmlipton.bsky.social Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 10d
The point for SpaceX is once it's in mainstream indexes, index investors functionally are forced to buy. They cannot sell. And since Musk will control voting, they will have no rights at all. Functionally forced to supply capital.

www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
Exclusive | SpaceX Seeks Early Index Entry as It Prepares Massive IPO
Advisers to company CEO Elon Musk have reached out to major index providers seeking ways to secure earlier inclusion in market benchmarks to lift shares
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February 5, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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chrispps.bsky.social
indeed, it makes no sense from the perspective of actual government administration or law enforcement, though it does make sense in the context of right-wing content creation goals
February 8, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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ropty.bsky.social
So strange that since the 90s the intellectual arguments were often "we must create an open pluralistic society" vs "we must defend western values", and the western values crowd now agrees with the other sides contention that western values are racism, fascism, and genocide.
February 8, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
To understand how wrong this Fifth Circuit opinion from Judge Jones is and what an absolute outlier it is, let me direct you to this district court analysis:
* Section 1225 (mandatory detention, covers those "seeking entry")
* Section 1226 (bond hearing, covers those "already present")
The Jennings Court noted that § 1225(b), the provision at issue in the instant habeas petition, "applies primarily to aliens seeking entry into the United States." Id. at 297. Then the Court noted, § 1226 "applies to aliens already present in the United States. " Id. at 303. "Section 1226(a) creates a default rule for those aliens by permitting - but not requiring - the Attorney General to issue warrants for their arrest and detention pending removal proceedings. Section 1226(a) also permits the 18 [Doc. No. 5, p. 13]. 19 [Doc. No. 8., pp. 4-5]. 8 Case 3:25-cv-01193-TAD-KDM •Document 11 326 Filed 09/11/25 Page 9 of 12 PagelD #: Attorney General to release those aliens on bond, 'except as provided in subsection (c) of this section." Id. at 303. Subsection (c) of Section 1226 pertains to aliens who fall into categories involving criminal offenses or terrorist activities. "Federal regulations provide that aliens detained under § 1226(a) receive bond hearings at the outset of detention." Id. at 306 (citing 8 C.F.R. §§ 236.1(d)(1), 1236.1(d)(1)). The Jennings analysis explains the necessity for both statutes by differentiating between the detention of arriving aliens who are seeking entry into the United States under & 1225 and the detention of those who are already present in the United States under § 1226. The record before this Court indicates that Petitioner was already present in the United States when the Respondents served him with a Notice to Appear for immigration proceedings on May 31, 2025. He was arrested and detained on the same day and placed in "standard removal proceedings under Section 240 of the Immigration Nationality Act," not expedited removal.20 Respondents' position that § 1225 applies "because Petitioner is present in the United States without being admitted"21 is contrary to the Supreme Court's analysis of the application of § 1225 to arriving aliens. Id. at 287 (citing 122 Stat. 867, 8 U.S.C. § 1225). Further, Respondents' interpretation of § 1225 would render § 1226 unnecessary. Based on precedents set by the United States Supreme Court and the other United States federal courts, it is clear that Petitioner is not an "arriving alien" since he has exceeded the two-year period in surplus by physical presence in the United States for twenty years. The record shows that the Notice to Appear alleged that the Petitioner is removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(6)(A)(i) as a noncitizen "present in the United States who has not been admitted or paroled."22 Moreover, the record shows that his initial detention and arrest further provide he is not a mandatory detainee under § 1225, but rather, he was placed in standard "removal proceedings under Section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act."23
February 7, 2026 at 4:53 AM
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shower-cat.bsky.social
Selective enforcement is a powerful tool, used extensively by Vladimir Putin to consolidate his power in Russia.
dhnexon.bsky.social Dan Nexon @dhnexon.bsky.social · 8d
Welcome to the world of selective enforcement, a hallmark of autocratic and hybrid governments. It doesn't matter if the underlying investigation has validity. Because the probe is not about the rule of law, but rather the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of allies of the regime.
Exclusive | Justice Department Casts Wide Net on Netflix’s Business Practices in Merger Probe
As it probes bids for Warner, the department is asking if the streamer has engaged in conduct that could make it a monopoly.
www.wsj.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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rhutabhayga.bsky.social
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.

The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.

www.cato.org/white-paper/...
February 4, 2026 at 5:28 PM