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Recovering federal regulator, molecular biologist, serious dog person
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Sensing a thematic trend here. Where is Ezra Klein on this topic? And if we get rid of bureaucrats, how does our techno state run? AI is probably not going to cut it www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/o...

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The problem, clearly and succinctly explained. Along with the “bright shiny object” phenomenon. Is all this going to be worth the power requirements it will cost in our too much CO2 already world?

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How interesting. How my vocab is increasing. I thought I was a “ knowledge worker” but I seem to be a “ symbolic capitalist “. Does in a nutshell explain the problem of who the Democratic Party is talking to and speaking for.

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And, in other news…

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www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/05/1... Boy, they lose their hair, and it’s longevity, and let’s gene edit embryos.

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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/h... And this is your new improved FDA. Into everyone’s medical life, a few charlatans must fall.

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Well, this is interesting. FDA round table on cell and gene therapy.

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www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his... Reading about NoA that aren’t arriving and hearing about poor morale in the intramural program, this article seems quite accurate. We are going to be re-litigating the pandemic through the entire administration, aren’t we?

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www.propublica.org/article/trum... Russell Vought. What a surprise.

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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This was kind of predictable, but I like the prion analogy. Bad data gloms on to good data and makes it bad in a chain reaction. Destroys your brain.

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