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Healthcare system reform needs strategic consideration of the following theories: economics, systems, game, political, ethical, organizational, informational. We need to establish checkpoints and timestamps.
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Healthcare is a public good, not a financial product
March on Washington August 28
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March on Washington August 28
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US health insurance executives testify before Congress about increasing costs of healthcare
CEO of UnitedHealth Group said his company will return profits earned from Affordable Care Act plans to customers
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Healthcare is a public good, not a financial product
March on Washington August 28
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
March on Washington August 28
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Republicans blame soaring healthcare costs on vertical integration. But a growing body of research proves that conglomeration can boost efficiency.
Democrats blame a lapse in taxpayer subsidies. But these companies are posting record profits. Why subsidize?
www.youtube.com/live/QiZE5RQ...
Democrats blame a lapse in taxpayer subsidies. But these companies are posting record profits. Why subsidize?
www.youtube.com/live/QiZE5RQ...
WATCH LIVE: Health care CEOs testify about insurance costs in House hearing
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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January 23, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Republicans blame soaring healthcare costs on vertical integration. But a growing body of research proves that conglomeration can boost efficiency.
Democrats blame a lapse in taxpayer subsidies. But these companies are posting record profits. Why subsidize?
www.youtube.com/live/QiZE5RQ...
Democrats blame a lapse in taxpayer subsidies. But these companies are posting record profits. Why subsidize?
www.youtube.com/live/QiZE5RQ...
So how did we get here?
Who are the grandmasters in this 4d ♟️ match?
Here's one possible lense
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Who are the grandmasters in this 4d ♟️ match?
Here's one possible lense
open.substack.com/pub/wakeupwo...
WWII atomic diplomacy and non-kinetic warfare
A highly significant and debated question among historians.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:11 PM
So how did we get here?
Who are the grandmasters in this 4d ♟️ match?
Here's one possible lense
open.substack.com/pub/wakeupwo...
Who are the grandmasters in this 4d ♟️ match?
Here's one possible lense
open.substack.com/pub/wakeupwo...
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Why did scientists hang around Jeffrey Epstein? Well, obviously in part because he offered money for their research... But is that really all? And why is it that "celebrity scientists" are almost entirely male?
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
Why did Jeffrey Epstein cultivate famous scientists?
The Epstein files revive questions of whether the disgraced financier sought to merely cultivate famous scientists, or to shape science itself
www.scientificamerican.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Why did scientists hang around Jeffrey Epstein? Well, obviously in part because he offered money for their research... But is that really all? And why is it that "celebrity scientists" are almost entirely male?
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
How can we repair Oreskes' "A significant, lasting, and consequential domain of ignorance"
I think we build a unified national healthcare system w/ a research budget. Research incentivized to promote public health would benefit from a deeper knowledge of ocean health.
I think we build a unified national healthcare system w/ a research budget. Research incentivized to promote public health would benefit from a deeper knowledge of ocean health.
With funding being slashed for science, my book on the history of oceanography is more relevant than ever. Thanks to #AmericanCampus for a great conversation and #science, #funding, #life.
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Squids, subs, and the academic-military-industrial complex with Naomi Oreskes - American Campus Podcast
Oh my!References and suggested readings:Naomi Oreskes. 2025. Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don’t Know about the Ocean. University of Chicago Press. Naomi Oreske...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:36 AM
How can we repair Oreskes' "A significant, lasting, and consequential domain of ignorance"
I think we build a unified national healthcare system w/ a research budget. Research incentivized to promote public health would benefit from a deeper knowledge of ocean health.
I think we build a unified national healthcare system w/ a research budget. Research incentivized to promote public health would benefit from a deeper knowledge of ocean health.
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Tarr's films were long, dark, and often abstract explorations of everyday life and politics. n.pr/4pqwEcG
Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr — known for bleak, existential movies — has died
Tarr's films were long, dark, and often abstract explorations of everyday life and politics.
n.pr
January 6, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Tarr's films were long, dark, and often abstract explorations of everyday life and politics. n.pr/4pqwEcG
Take the time to read this www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/r...
His lab was humming with discovery. After one year under Trump, it’s almost silent
John Quackenbush built a lab that is at the forefront of human genetics research and bioinformatics. Trump administration cuts have put it in danger of collapse.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Take the time to read this www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/r...
If we are serious about fixing healthcare we need to do better in these situations. Unnecessary public health costs could be prevented if our EPA had done its job. System Failure
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Who Poisoned Long Island's Water Supply? | THIRTEEN
YouTube video by THIRTEEN
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December 29, 2025 at 7:42 AM
If we are serious about fixing healthcare we need to do better in these situations. Unnecessary public health costs could be prevented if our EPA had done its job. System Failure
youtu.be/vgezHCoqiUo?...
youtu.be/vgezHCoqiUo?...
Three instances in history that tell an interesting story where partisans meet public health disasters
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December 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Three instances in history that tell an interesting story where partisans meet public health disasters
open.substack.com/pub/wakeupwo...
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PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY "80% of wetlands will lose protection" Open comment period on SCOTUS WOTUS definition ruling. From sackett vs. epa. This will affect our drinking water as well as the issues outlined in this article. www.outdoorlife.com/opinion/epa-...
'This Would Have Serious, Real-World Impacts.' Why the EPA's Rule Change on Water Protections Would Be a Disaster for Fish and Wildlife
Conservationists are sounding the alarm about the EPA's proposal to strip Clean Water Act protections from many of our streams and wetlands.
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December 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY "80% of wetlands will lose protection" Open comment period on SCOTUS WOTUS definition ruling. From sackett vs. epa. This will affect our drinking water as well as the issues outlined in this article. www.outdoorlife.com/opinion/epa-...
Here's the ROI for Florida's glyphosate use on Citrus.
This is what happens when the EPA relies on ghostwritten science.
Crop Failure
This is what happens when the EPA relies on ghostwritten science.
Crop Failure
December 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Here's the ROI for Florida's glyphosate use on Citrus.
This is what happens when the EPA relies on ghostwritten science.
Crop Failure
This is what happens when the EPA relies on ghostwritten science.
Crop Failure
Bayer/Monsanto has likely paid out somewhere in the range of $10-12 billion in civil damages to address glyphosate litigation.
How did the authors of this paper sleep at night?
Where were the guard rails for all these years?
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How did the authors of this paper sleep at night?
Where were the guard rails for all these years?
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RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans
This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy)This article has b…
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December 2, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Bayer/Monsanto has likely paid out somewhere in the range of $10-12 billion in civil damages to address glyphosate litigation.
How did the authors of this paper sleep at night?
Where were the guard rails for all these years?
RETRACTED: share.google/tyUbysNOXgOi...
How did the authors of this paper sleep at night?
Where were the guard rails for all these years?
RETRACTED: share.google/tyUbysNOXgOi...
Petition to Remove EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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November 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The FDA is playing with fire here. Nobody wants to be exposed to unnecessary risk! This is corporate sponsored regulatory engineering. WILD
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FDA review staff was excluded from voting on whether to approve first priority voucher drug
Top officials like Vinay Prasad and George Tidmarsh voted on the drug, a major break from the FDA's typical practice.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The FDA is playing with fire here. Nobody wants to be exposed to unnecessary risk! This is corporate sponsored regulatory engineering. WILD
www.statnews.com/2025/11/21/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/21/t...
I'd trust our healthcare finances to be under management by BridgeWater
They seem to be responsible
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They seem to be responsible
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November 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I'd trust our healthcare finances to be under management by BridgeWater
They seem to be responsible
www.thestreet.com/investing/ra...
They seem to be responsible
www.thestreet.com/investing/ra...
Chronic illness is on the rise, why aren't we keeping up with the research needed for public health policies. Maybe it's because we keep losing our experts... Federal workers who criticized Trump during shutdown put on leave www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...
She criticized President Trump during the shutdown. Now she's been put on leave
Jenna Norton has spoken critically about the Trump administration's funding cuts and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. At the end of the shutdown, she says she was put on leave.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Chronic illness is on the rise, why aren't we keeping up with the research needed for public health policies. Maybe it's because we keep losing our experts... Federal workers who criticized Trump during shutdown put on leave www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...
Is this why healthcare costs are going up? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient
Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at risk
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Is this why healthcare costs are going up? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is what happens when healthcare is out of our hands.
“In Texas, CDC funds to stem a measles outbreak weren’t available until after the crisis had subsided and two children had died. A project to protect Alabamans from raw sewage and hookworm was abandoned…Time-dependent surveys on HIV and maternal mortality were halted…”
Wielding Obscure Budget Tools, Trump’s ‘Reaper’ Vought Sows Turmoil in Public Health - KFF Health News
Through shrouded bureaucratic maneuvers, White House budget director Russell Vought and DOGE have quietly upended outbreak response, HIV treatment, and dementia care in communities across America.
kffhealthnews.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This is what happens when healthcare is out of our hands.
Any one of us could be a minority. This administration is strategically defunding research meant to address health outcome disparities in minority populations.
Are we building an apartheid state?
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Are we building an apartheid state?
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Minority health researchers walk tightrope amid NIH funding cuts
As the Trump administration slashes and transforms the National Institutes of Health (NIH), minority health researchers are walking a tightrope, trying to maintain funding without crossing the vagu…
thehill.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Any one of us could be a minority. This administration is strategically defunding research meant to address health outcome disparities in minority populations.
Are we building an apartheid state?
thehill.com/policy/healt...
Are we building an apartheid state?
thehill.com/policy/healt...
These are some of the dream team members I would trust to advise our national health network
Institute for Preventive Health Team share.google/QAeyql74X2ym...
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Team | Institute for Preventive Health
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November 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
These are some of the dream team members I would trust to advise our national health network
Institute for Preventive Health Team share.google/QAeyql74X2ym...
Institute for Preventive Health Team share.google/QAeyql74X2ym...
Group of experts stand up for science! www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Public health defends its time-tested approach against the rise of MAHA
Public health leaders convene in Washington, D.C. this week to defend their vision for America's health, and look ahead for how to rebuild after the Trump administration's attacks on the system.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Group of experts stand up for science! www.npr.org/sections/sho...