Siva
@sivav.bsky.social
Writer. Professor. Golden retriever papa. Bylines in Guardian, Slate, TNR, many other places. Supervises VQR. Wrote a pile of books you might like.
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Shingles vaccine most promising common drug to potentially prevent Alzheimer’s news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... by @uniofexeternews.bsky.social
#Alzheimers #dementia #shingles #vaccines
#Alzheimers #dementia #shingles #vaccines
Shingles vaccine most promising common drug to potentially prevent Alzheimer’s - research
A new study has identified three existing medications that could be repurposed to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s disease. The research funded by Alzheimer’s Society and led by the University of Exeter,...
news.exeter.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Shingles vaccine most promising common drug to potentially prevent Alzheimer’s news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... by @uniofexeternews.bsky.social
#Alzheimers #dementia #shingles #vaccines
#Alzheimers #dementia #shingles #vaccines
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Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
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Operation Southern Spear does not allude to any of the president's activities on Epstein's tropical island.
by Pete Hegseth
by Pete Hegseth
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Operation Southern Spear does not allude to any of the president's activities on Epstein's tropical island.
by Pete Hegseth
by Pete Hegseth
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It was Miami Herald local reporter Julie Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social who actually covered the Epstein story and blew it wide open. She cared about the victims and Epstein's crimes, not access.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
It was Miami Herald local reporter Julie Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social who actually covered the Epstein story and blew it wide open. She cared about the victims and Epstein's crimes, not access.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.
Just so it’s clear, Cook would be in prison if he lived in Saudi Arabia
Tim Cook, the head of Apple, is having a nice dinner with MBS, who regularly orders executions, including for tweets.
Apple hosts "a Saudi app that allows men to track the movement of their wives and daughters. In 2019, Mr. Cook said he would investigate the app, but it is still available today."
Apple hosts "a Saudi app that allows men to track the movement of their wives and daughters. In 2019, Mr. Cook said he would investigate the app, but it is still available today."
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Just so it’s clear, Cook would be in prison if he lived in Saudi Arabia
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This is an egregiously bad response from Mnookin. The Trump administration does not care about viewpoint diversity! They are trying to nuke the whole sector!
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This is an egregiously bad response from Mnookin. The Trump administration does not care about viewpoint diversity! They are trying to nuke the whole sector!
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Today, hundreds of people assembled in St. Paul to resist an ICE raid. In this account, a participant describes what happened.
crimethinc.com/StPaul2025
Today's events echo the resistance to ICE in Minneapolis on June 3, which helped to set off weeks of open revolt in Los Angeles and countrywide.
crimethinc.com/StPaul2025
Today's events echo the resistance to ICE in Minneapolis on June 3, which helped to set off weeks of open revolt in Los Angeles and countrywide.
Protesters Clash with ICE Agents Again in the Twin Cities
On the morning of November 18, news circulated that federal agents were gathered in St. Paul, Minnesota, presumably to carry out a raid attacking immigrants. Hundreds of people rapidly assembled to...
crimethinc.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Today, hundreds of people assembled in St. Paul to resist an ICE raid. In this account, a participant describes what happened.
crimethinc.com/StPaul2025
Today's events echo the resistance to ICE in Minneapolis on June 3, which helped to set off weeks of open revolt in Los Angeles and countrywide.
crimethinc.com/StPaul2025
Today's events echo the resistance to ICE in Minneapolis on June 3, which helped to set off weeks of open revolt in Los Angeles and countrywide.
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I should also mention that the Rs and the media so effectively beat up Biden that the Dems were scared to talk about their indisputable economic successes: the longest period of low unemployment in 70 years, the fast pace of real wage growth at the bottom in 50 years www.epi.org/publication/...
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I should also mention that the Rs and the media so effectively beat up Biden that the Dems were scared to talk about their indisputable economic successes: the longest period of low unemployment in 70 years, the fast pace of real wage growth at the bottom in 50 years www.epi.org/publication/...
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Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The Israeli government is deliberately blocking shelter aid, in complete violation of the ceasefire deal, and this is the trash headline BBC runs with.
Palestinian children are being frozen to death due to Israel's blockade, but BBC continues to cover for a genocidal regime. Abhorrent & disgusting.
Palestinian children are being frozen to death due to Israel's blockade, but BBC continues to cover for a genocidal regime. Abhorrent & disgusting.
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The Israeli government is deliberately blocking shelter aid, in complete violation of the ceasefire deal, and this is the trash headline BBC runs with.
Palestinian children are being frozen to death due to Israel's blockade, but BBC continues to cover for a genocidal regime. Abhorrent & disgusting.
Palestinian children are being frozen to death due to Israel's blockade, but BBC continues to cover for a genocidal regime. Abhorrent & disgusting.
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everlasting shame on all these people
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
everlasting shame on all these people
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NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
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Brookings: "We have never had intellectual relations with that man!"
🤣
"orgs listed on Summers’ résumé disputed his involvement ... Brookings Institution, a left-leaning think tank, said Tuesday that Summers 'is not & has not been a member' of the org’s Board of Trustees, which Summers’ résumé listed him as serving on since '02."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
"orgs listed on Summers’ résumé disputed his involvement ... Brookings Institution, a left-leaning think tank, said Tuesday that Summers 'is not & has not been a member' of the org’s Board of Trustees, which Summers’ résumé listed him as serving on since '02."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Brookings: "We have never had intellectual relations with that man!"
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The person who’s reported on this the most thoroughly is @davidbix.bsky.social, and this is a good place to start:
Vince and Linda McMahon Named in New 'Ring Boy' Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against WWE
WWE founders “knew or should have known” about employee who allegedly assaulted teen employees in 1980s, per five new John Does who have come forward.
www.rollingstone.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The person who’s reported on this the most thoroughly is @davidbix.bsky.social, and this is a good place to start:
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Jim Jordan begged someone to not rat out the sexual assault that was happening at Ohio State. He was crying on the phone. Groveling. This man threw out all his dignity to try and cover for horrifying crimes of sexual abuse. Think about that for a moment.
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Jim Jordan begged someone to not rat out the sexual assault that was happening at Ohio State. He was crying on the phone. Groveling. This man threw out all his dignity to try and cover for horrifying crimes of sexual abuse. Think about that for a moment.
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You can oversee the bloody dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist with a bone saw, and the president of the United States will smile, shake your hand and threaten to pull the license of a news outlet whose reporter asks you a question about it.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing
The de facto Saudi ruler was branded a pariah in 2018 after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are approaching a high point.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
You can oversee the bloody dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist with a bone saw, and the president of the United States will smile, shake your hand and threaten to pull the license of a news outlet whose reporter asks you a question about it.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Breaking: A Trump-appointed judge just ruled that Texas Republicans CANNOT use their new gerrymandered map in the 2026 midterm elections.
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Breaking: A Trump-appointed judge just ruled that Texas Republicans CANNOT use their new gerrymandered map in the 2026 midterm elections.
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Thoughtful post on how Nuzzi's sleeping with/having affairs with sources erodes trust in media overall...but also the fact that she's clearly a victim of older men who has convinced herself that she's in control of these situations ('not like other girls') is something we need to reckon with.
For my newsletter, I wrote about Olivia Nuzzi and the older men who have taken advantage of her her whole life. www.burnsnotice.com/olivia-nuzzi...
Olivia Nuzzi is an Embarrassment to Journalism
She seamlessly landed a plum role at Vanity Fair and got a sweetheart book deal after breaking a fundamental journalistic ethics rule.
When my co-host Christine Grimaldi and I recorded our October 20...
www.burnsnotice.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Thoughtful post on how Nuzzi's sleeping with/having affairs with sources erodes trust in media overall...but also the fact that she's clearly a victim of older men who has convinced herself that she's in control of these situations ('not like other girls') is something we need to reckon with.
NC State could commit its police officers to protecting its students, faculty, and staff from harassment and kidnapping. Instead, it puts the burden on the victims.
Email just went out on my campus that the Immigration Goons ("federal immigration agents") will be in town (Raleigh).
Inter alia, it says,"International students, faculty and staff should carry evidence of their immigration status with them at all times."
The fuck kind of country are we living in?
Inter alia, it says,"International students, faculty and staff should carry evidence of their immigration status with them at all times."
The fuck kind of country are we living in?
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
NC State could commit its police officers to protecting its students, faculty, and staff from harassment and kidnapping. Instead, it puts the burden on the victims.
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Email just went out on my campus that the Immigration Goons ("federal immigration agents") will be in town (Raleigh).
Inter alia, it says,"International students, faculty and staff should carry evidence of their immigration status with them at all times."
The fuck kind of country are we living in?
Inter alia, it says,"International students, faculty and staff should carry evidence of their immigration status with them at all times."
The fuck kind of country are we living in?
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Email just went out on my campus that the Immigration Goons ("federal immigration agents") will be in town (Raleigh).
Inter alia, it says,"International students, faculty and staff should carry evidence of their immigration status with them at all times."
The fuck kind of country are we living in?
Inter alia, it says,"International students, faculty and staff should carry evidence of their immigration status with them at all times."
The fuck kind of country are we living in?
“Things happen.”
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“Things happen.”
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It’s all right in front of us, in plain sight
Trump to MBS: "I want to just tell you what an honor it is to be your friend and I very much appreciate the investment of now $1 trillion."
November 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It’s all right in front of us, in plain sight
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Our cars are killing the world. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Auto Industry’s Lead Recycling Program is Poisoning People
We documented the toxic fallout of a green technology.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Our cars are killing the world. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Q: Is it appropriate for your family to be doing business in Saudi Arabia while you're president. Is that a conflict of interest? And your royal highness, the US intel community concluded you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journali---
TRUMP: Who are you with?
Q: ABC News
TRUMP: Fake news
TRUMP: Who are you with?
Q: ABC News
TRUMP: Fake news
November 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Q: Is it appropriate for your family to be doing business in Saudi Arabia while you're president. Is that a conflict of interest? And your royal highness, the US intel community concluded you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journali---
TRUMP: Who are you with?
Q: ABC News
TRUMP: Fake news
TRUMP: Who are you with?
Q: ABC News
TRUMP: Fake news
This is perhaps the biggest privacy threat any US tech company has put upon us. It’s right out in the open.
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is perhaps the biggest privacy threat any US tech company has put upon us. It’s right out in the open.