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RFK Jr. has awarded $1.6 million to a group in Denmark to conduct a randomized, single-blind study of the birth dose of Hepatitis B vaccine (HepB) to be conducted in Guinea-Bissau.

In my opinion, this is, quite simply, completely unethical, unacceptable, and predatory.

Here’s why.

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December 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I dream of an organized Zotero 😭 so much evidence of my intent to organize, now it’s just a folder graveyard
December 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Stress does wild things to my body.
December 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Hell yes I’m going to spend the next two hours watching a documentary on extreme birdwatching.
December 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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How can we expect Americans to stop killing children abroad when they won't even stop killing their own?
"Weissman was in her dorm room at Brown when a friend called to warn her that a shooting was under way. Her initial feelings of panic soon turned to anger, she told NBC. “I’m angry that I thought I’d never have to deal with this again, and here I am eight years later,” Weissman told NBC News."
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Folks, is Calibri woke????
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Seeing my friends’ happiness and stability fills my heart 🧡
December 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Christmas tree decorations by Nancy Nicholson, contemporary UK textile artist #WomensArt
December 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I hate writing. I love writing. Writing is exhausting. Writing energizes me. Aaah.
December 4, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Never stopped. Never giving up.
Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again
December 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Welsh born textile artist and knitwear designer Kate Jenkins creates fun crochet/knit creations #WomensArt
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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that feeling when you’re writing and the words just lock together is priceless. AI could never.
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I just love seeing my mentees develop their scholarly identities 😭
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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New from @jpquintais.bsky.social & me: a critical and wide analysis of the Obligations of all General-Purpose AI Model providers under the EU AI Act. We give a deep ~50 page, 300 footnote treatment and find so many tensions, loopholes, inconsistencies and more.

Link: files.michae.lv/papers/Veale...
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Finally!

My new book Boarding Schools and the Indigenous Story is a comprehensive history of the efforts of the US government to remove native children from their families, from colonization to today. For middle grades, but for everyone.

You can pre-order here: www.rhcbooks.com/books/744961...
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.

“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.

www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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I am not being hyperbolic when I say that how Harvard and the economics profession respond to Larry Summers will determine who makes up the next generation of economists.

#econsky #news #harvard
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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So I say this as a proud academic labor union member who believes deeply in the importance of tenure to the academic mission:

FIRE
LARRY
SUMMERS
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Death to data centers.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Fantastic feedback coming in clutch. What a nice Monday.
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I wonder whether academics who rely on LLMs to write their papers take pride in their writing and the writing process.
November 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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I hope someone is making plans to rebuild all our national science institutions when this nightmare is finally over
November 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
1500 words to go. Let’s do this.
November 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM