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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️

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Yes this show is great. But pretty traumatizing for people worried about climate change and global change so pace yourself (Oops I promise I’m checked out of social media now)

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I have to walk away from social media for a week for sanity’s sake. Taking first real vacation in TWO YEARS, during which time we moved both us and my elderly parents to a new state. See y’all on the other side to fight all the good fights.

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if you buy used books and want to avoid amazon where possible, check out bookfinder.com you can search essentially every marketplace in one go so you can, e.g., find the same used copy for sale, from the same seller, on biblio.com or ebay instead of amazon or abe (owned by amazon)

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Holy cow. This is The Economist.

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The National Institutes of Health won’t be able to implement an across-the-board cap on how much it pays research universities and medical schools, under a federal court order released Wednesday in cases brought by Democratic attorneys general and university associations.

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Brilliant

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I was supposed to be at a professional event the next two days. That event was cancelled because bad weather scrambled flights. I'm sorry the event is cancelled. But now I have almost two whole free days at work with no meetings on my calendar and that brings me joy.

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Which economists, companies, and NGOs have plans to use other data sources to mimic what used to be reliable government eco omicron statistics in the US? Big data is a great thing…

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i'm blogging tonight's joint address to congress, live as it happens. please read along so you don't have to do the same.

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

I got to hang out with my college senior who was in town to present his senior thesis in a poster. He takes a very long view, and had a great optimistic perspective on this country and its future and I needed that right now.

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These sites might be useful: 1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org) 2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)

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Funding freeze leaves Kansas farmers unpaid for work they already completed www.hppr.org/hppr-news/20...

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Job alert! OSU AEDE is hiring a full-time (9 month) lecturer in agribusiness. Minimum requirement is an earned Master’s degree in related fields. Review of applicants begins on March 17. aaea.execinc.com/edibo/JobBoa... Spread the word 🙏🏻

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We academics need to go even one step further and listen to people outside the ivory tower. They know things and have wisdom too.

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My take on Trump and Vance’s Oval Office meltdown, for the AM crowd. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/five-dispa...

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Painfully true

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New, from @pamherd.bsky.social & I: Trump said "Social Security would not be touched." Now the Trump admin proposes a 50% cut in Social Security employees. This will absolutely gut SSA's ability to serve everyone who depends on the program - which is everyone. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

submitted 10 days ago • 45 comments

Fantastic read.A compelling behind the scenes look of realities that scholars based in Africa face when collaborating w colleagues based in the Global North. Also offers advice on building more ethical collaborations. For everyone in global collaborative research. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Every single philanthropic institution needs to do this rather than retracting right now. abcnews-go-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/abcnews....

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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

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It’s a shame that rage doesn’t burn the calories from the stress-eaten chocolate.

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This is not the first time an Administration overreached by trying to gut Social Security offices and staff. The Reagan Administration faced incredible political blowback when it did. Shall we take a look at the history? 🧵

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it’s a great time to remind everyone to keep your cats indoors. i don’t want to hear that shit about how your cat is desperate to go outside or is used to being out there. i had an outdoor cat i had to bring inside after 13yrs. i know how they are. she lived to 20. they’ll get over it & so will you.

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Massive government layoffs will lead to a huge recession. You hardly need to be an economist to see that. And so much important work will be lost

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Hi, just a reminder that when you use Libro.fm for your audiobooks, you support independent bookshops vs. large corporations that drive them out of business. We also pay taxes. And so do indie bookshops.

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Why the GOP budget points to Medicaid cuts. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...

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A recent Tribute to Ed Leamer's Contribution to Economics: tinyurl.com/Tribute2Ed Rest in peace, Ed. You will be sorely missed.

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Useful information.

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I'm gonna remind people that I feel pretty strongly that if you bought one of my ebooks legitimately, then you own the book and however you secure that ownership is fine by me mashable.com/article/how-...

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This. I was terrified to go in the ocean at my grandparents’s house on Cape Cod. For years. Now there are lots of great white attacks off the Cape and I FEEL VINDICATED IN MY FEAR!

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Do not use AI, case study # 50 bazillion. Just use your own brain.

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The DOGE numbers don't add up. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

submitted 16 days ago • 66 comments

The Blues Brothers had it right. youtu.be/eIrhWkKE3J4

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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin

submitted 16 days ago • 158 comments

some good news

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"The White House has made clear speech in favor of DEIA are viewpoints the government wishes to punish & extinguish. & as the Supreme Court has made clear time & time again, the government cannot rely on the threat of invoking legal sanctions & other means of coercion to suppress disfavored speech"

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Measles cases are rising in the U.S. Do adults need a vaccine booster? This @NPR piece says yes for older adults who were born after 1957 and were vaccinated before 1968. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

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Truth

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