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petrarca.bsky.social
Garden Stater, MTBer, foodie, tequila snob, oenophile, aesthete. Petrarca was a scholar, poet laureate, and original Renaissance humanist, unaccidental tourist, and alpinist Born July 20, 1304.
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Searched Google for a picture of "Hot Lips." It didn't go great.😟

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You are starting to normalize this. I am starting to normalize this. We all are. WE NEED TO WAKE UP www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/o...

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Oof set to 11

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I spent five weeks talking to federal workers about knowledge loss and brain drain across the federal government, and its implications, both right now and for decades to come. Their stories are frightening, but I think it's important to know what we're facing: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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COVID-19 was one of the 10 most common causes of death for all age groups in 2021 www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nv...

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Insiders = people who study science.

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Heinous

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Calling bullshit. these people operate in bad faith, and the sooner everyone internalizes that the (marginally) better.

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As I’ve said before, in order to build a mass deportation operation to root out 4% of the population you must first build a police state.

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22 years ago I pivoted from working on antibiotic resistance to pandemic viruses. Since then, I've argued that if we care about saving US lives in expectation, advance capacity for producing bird flu vaccine offers by far the greatest expected return on investment. ... We were so goddamn close.

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13.72 billion doses of COVID‑19 vaccines have been administered worldwide; 35 years in development 🤷‍♂️ but sure, under-tested. Maurice Hilleman would be appalled.

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Breaking: HHS is canceling a $600 million contract with Moderna to develop, test, and license vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics, including the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus.

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“…we’re kinda flying blind” NJ weather experts warn—as hurricane season gears up amidst federal staff/budget cuts at FEMA and the National Weather Service. More tonite @njspotlightnews.org

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I think my biggest problem with “we have Biden to thank for Trump 2.0” is it puts the bad decision onus on one man and absolves millions of bad decisions from voters who had ample evidence to know better. And absolves a press that obviously didn’t convey the stakes very effectively.

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“Preserving art, literature, and philosophy will require no less than the creation of an environment totally and uncompromisingly committed to abolishing the linguistic alienation created by AI and reintroducing students to the indispensability of their own voice.“

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The Trump administration is engaging on an all-out assault on the institutions, workers and standards that make learning and knowledge production possible, in the hopes of securing political dominance forever. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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John Williams stood alone, watching himself in the mirror. “I’m tall.” “I’m Dave.” “I’m tall.” “I’m Dave.” He tried to focus on his mannerisms, on the intonation of his voice. By all appearances, he was now an enthusiastic right-wing militia member.

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"Sinners": Director Ryan Coogler on His Latest Hit, Delta Blues, His Mississippi Roots & Vampires

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We should ALL sign up! Harvard University set to launch FREE college courses online for every US Citizen, highlighting basic U.S. Government, understanding the Constitution, and How to recognize a Dictatorship takeover 101. www.edx.org/learn/govern...

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New in PN: Law for lawlessness "In a brisk 4 paragraphs, the Court’s six GOP justices all but demolished the legal basis for the independent agencies. The decision highlights the lawlessness of the Court and is likely to further embolden a president who is very keen to place himself above the law."

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I realize posting this here is preaching to the choir. But after the Grok White Genocide thing & Ye essentially launching an exclusive Neo Nazi single on the platform... I felt motivated to write about X and how bizarre it is that so many people (news outlets, celebrities, politicians) use it

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Continuing what Texas started, the Federal Trade Commission is now investigating Media Matters, a media watchdog, over claims that it colluded with advertisers to financially hurt X. The investigation here is, of course, the punishment.

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Over at @theatlantic.com, @leahlitman.bsky.social and I summarize our study of the Trump administration's practice regarding judicial orders, which we term "legalistic noncompliance" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Well, since you put it thattt way...

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