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An autism "registry" culled from private medical records could potentially violate federal privacy laws and runs the risk of abuse.
It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
RFK Jr’s autism study collecting Americans’ private medical records
The National Institutes of Health claims it is fulfilling RFK’s promise to find cause of autism by September
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
An autism "registry" culled from private medical records could potentially violate federal privacy laws and runs the risk of abuse.
It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
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It’s just like Trump’s administration to screw up the collection of tariffs. A glitch that has not been fixed means ships aren’t paying any tariffs.
But US taxpayers are because companies have already started raising prices.
#Imcompetence
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
newrepublic.com/post/193930/...
But US taxpayers are because companies have already started raising prices.
#Imcompetence
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
newrepublic.com/post/193930/...
Um, It Turns Out No One at the Ports Is Collecting Trump’s Tariffs
A technical “glitch” has created the biggest hiccup in Trump’s tariffs rollout.
newrepublic.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It’s just like Trump’s administration to screw up the collection of tariffs. A glitch that has not been fixed means ships aren’t paying any tariffs.
But US taxpayers are because companies have already started raising prices.
#Imcompetence
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
newrepublic.com/post/193930/...
But US taxpayers are because companies have already started raising prices.
#Imcompetence
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
newrepublic.com/post/193930/...
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Social Security staffer fired after he objected to immigrants being declared dead. Not only is this illegal because it’s falsifying government documents it also violates privacy laws.
A judge declared DOGE was not to get this information.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
www.rawstory.com/social-secur...
A judge declared DOGE was not to get this information.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
www.rawstory.com/social-secur...
Senior Social Security official removed by security after pointing out illegal plans: WaPo
According to a new report from the Washington Post, a senior official in the Social Security Administration was marched out of his office after he confronted one of Elon Musk's outside hires over a ch...
www.rawstory.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Social Security staffer fired after he objected to immigrants being declared dead. Not only is this illegal because it’s falsifying government documents it also violates privacy laws.
A judge declared DOGE was not to get this information.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
www.rawstory.com/social-secur...
A judge declared DOGE was not to get this information.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
www.rawstory.com/social-secur...
There is no time in history when those who voted for, participated in, or directed the deliberate destruction of knowledge were on the right and just side of history. This will be no different. This will be remembered.
This is the literal destruction of knowledge.
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today
The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.
mississippitoday.org
April 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
There is no time in history when those who voted for, participated in, or directed the deliberate destruction of knowledge were on the right and just side of history. This will be no different. This will be remembered.
Human trafficking.
There is no other term that fits.
There is no other term that fits.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Human trafficking.
There is no other term that fits.
There is no other term that fits.
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In Hegseth's defense, who among us hasn't made some ill-advised posts after one too many?
March 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
In Hegseth's defense, who among us hasn't made some ill-advised posts after one too many?
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Okay, but how could we have possibly known Hegseth's lack of experience would lead to a colossal national security disaster?
March 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Okay, but how could we have possibly known Hegseth's lack of experience would lead to a colossal national security disaster?
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The highly qualified, exceedingly meritorious folks who would have you believe that every person of color or woman in the military is an unqualified "DEI hire" are texting war plans to an Atlantic reporter.
March 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The highly qualified, exceedingly meritorious folks who would have you believe that every person of color or woman in the military is an unqualified "DEI hire" are texting war plans to an Atlantic reporter.
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We've just updated the @wired.com guide for how to better protect your privacy when you cross the US border: www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...
How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact
Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
www.wired.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We've just updated the @wired.com guide for how to better protect your privacy when you cross the US border: www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...
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Language is our primary tool for creative justice in everyday life! We are creatives and our language is our power. These are our essential workers. Merci Mme. L’Engle.
Madeleine L'Engle; this is why they want you illiterate
![[“The first people a dictator puts in jail are the writers, the teachers, the librarians—because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreig3dcwrzxtvuj2hkgj2mg3rgwactm77awp4ygvxjuje5q67yact7m@jpeg)
March 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Language is our primary tool for creative justice in everyday life! We are creatives and our language is our power. These are our essential workers. Merci Mme. L’Engle.
A friend once declared “college should be free”
I pointed out that meant it would be fully taxpayer funded & under complete gov’t control.
Meaning, gov’t would control information, its flow, intellectual voices, & dissent.
And now we have this monstrosity
www.forbes.com/sites/freder...
I pointed out that meant it would be fully taxpayer funded & under complete gov’t control.
Meaning, gov’t would control information, its flow, intellectual voices, & dissent.
And now we have this monstrosity
www.forbes.com/sites/freder...
Trump’s “American Academy” Is An Awful Idea
There are real challenges in higher education and Republicans are well-positioned to tackle them. Bad ideas aren’t costless when they distract policymakers from that project.
www.forbes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A friend once declared “college should be free”
I pointed out that meant it would be fully taxpayer funded & under complete gov’t control.
Meaning, gov’t would control information, its flow, intellectual voices, & dissent.
And now we have this monstrosity
www.forbes.com/sites/freder...
I pointed out that meant it would be fully taxpayer funded & under complete gov’t control.
Meaning, gov’t would control information, its flow, intellectual voices, & dissent.
And now we have this monstrosity
www.forbes.com/sites/freder...
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You may see care for the intellectually and developmentally disabled as a moral imperative. Private equity has been consolidating the field for the last decade because, well, because of money. Dan Boguslaw reports on a new study of PE's lucrative rollup, and the consequences:
Private Equity Vultures Descend on Care Facilities for the Disabled
A new report chronicles ten years of consolidation.
prospect.org
March 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
You may see care for the intellectually and developmentally disabled as a moral imperative. Private equity has been consolidating the field for the last decade because, well, because of money. Dan Boguslaw reports on a new study of PE's lucrative rollup, and the consequences:
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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"Columbia will get nowhere by trying to mollify the MAGAs."
Errol Louis with a clear-eyed piece about the need to stop capitulating to a regime that is out to destroy you.
nymag.com/intelligence...
Errol Louis with a clear-eyed piece about the need to stop capitulating to a regime that is out to destroy you.
nymag.com/intelligence...
Columbia University Must Choose Between Courage and Cowardice
Appeasing Trump won’t work — and there’s still time to take a stand.
nymag.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Columbia will get nowhere by trying to mollify the MAGAs."
Errol Louis with a clear-eyed piece about the need to stop capitulating to a regime that is out to destroy you.
nymag.com/intelligence...
Errol Louis with a clear-eyed piece about the need to stop capitulating to a regime that is out to destroy you.
nymag.com/intelligence...
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The day many feared would soon come is already here, with the White House openly defying direct orders from federal judges on deportation. I take us through what happened and why the stakes have been upped considerably once again in my piece: open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
March 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The day many feared would soon come is already here, with the White House openly defying direct orders from federal judges on deportation. I take us through what happened and why the stakes have been upped considerably once again in my piece: open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
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Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Caps=DOGE core incompetencies
In the 70s-90s: orgs hired EFFICIENCY EXPERTS to:
*conduct interviews to UNDERSTAND how things flow & why
*EVALUATE budgets/processes
*MINE workers for improvement IDEAS
*make RELEVANT, HIGH-VALUE recs
*HELP during transition so it’s PAINLESS, PRODUCTIVE, & PROFITABLE
In the 70s-90s: orgs hired EFFICIENCY EXPERTS to:
*conduct interviews to UNDERSTAND how things flow & why
*EVALUATE budgets/processes
*MINE workers for improvement IDEAS
*make RELEVANT, HIGH-VALUE recs
*HELP during transition so it’s PAINLESS, PRODUCTIVE, & PROFITABLE
One thing everyone should understand is that DOGE has created the least efficient conditions for government I've ever seen.
*The working conditions are chaotic.
*No clear sense of who works there.
*Routine processes have been stopped.
*No planning can take place.
*People are incredibly demoralized.
*The working conditions are chaotic.
*No clear sense of who works there.
*Routine processes have been stopped.
*No planning can take place.
*People are incredibly demoralized.
“Nobody feels like their job is safe. Everyone is on edge,” said Kim Hasenkrug, an NIH scientist emeritus… “Even the top people can’t keep track because they’re hiring and firing so much. Direct supervisors of those who were terminated didn’t even know that it was happening.”
March 16, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Caps=DOGE core incompetencies
In the 70s-90s: orgs hired EFFICIENCY EXPERTS to:
*conduct interviews to UNDERSTAND how things flow & why
*EVALUATE budgets/processes
*MINE workers for improvement IDEAS
*make RELEVANT, HIGH-VALUE recs
*HELP during transition so it’s PAINLESS, PRODUCTIVE, & PROFITABLE
In the 70s-90s: orgs hired EFFICIENCY EXPERTS to:
*conduct interviews to UNDERSTAND how things flow & why
*EVALUATE budgets/processes
*MINE workers for improvement IDEAS
*make RELEVANT, HIGH-VALUE recs
*HELP during transition so it’s PAINLESS, PRODUCTIVE, & PROFITABLE
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March 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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March 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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One trip to Mar a lago would also fund FIVE YEARS of research into cures for pediatric brain cancer. *ask me about my grants at risk and shutting down my research program
March 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
One trip to Mar a lago would also fund FIVE YEARS of research into cures for pediatric brain cancer. *ask me about my grants at risk and shutting down my research program
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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Who would shut down pediatric brain cancer research? Someone w/o our country’s best interests at heart. People making decisions for reasons other than their constituent well being. Country needs to wake up: it’s not JUST science, it’s how what’s happening to science portends broad authoritarian rule
March 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Who would shut down pediatric brain cancer research? Someone w/o our country’s best interests at heart. People making decisions for reasons other than their constituent well being. Country needs to wake up: it’s not JUST science, it’s how what’s happening to science portends broad authoritarian rule