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Former Ivy League and State University Professor. Books on Epidemics, Population Biology and Resource Management
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The federal judge overseeing the criminal case against Boeing has ordered a trial, increasing the odds the aerospace giant will have to plead guilty or defend against a charge it already said it committed

Brit is apparently not willing to go along with the New Big Lie being pushed by Hegseth and Fox hosts.

Ossoff: This is what happens when you have Fox News personalities cosplaying as government officials.

Very fun to explain the signal scandal to my 13 year old who truly understands the catastrophe of adding the wrong person to the group chat and absolutely fell out when I showed her the Mike Waltz emojis.

Bluesky on Jeopardy, cab ride edition

Forty-two percent of men ages 18 to 29 have invested in, traded, or used cryptocurrency, compared with 17% of women in the same age range, Pew said. Interestingly, just 17% of all U.S. adults say they have invested in, traded, or used a cryptocurrency, according to the 2024 survey

This is apparently the best the official DOD “rapid response” account can do in response to the Houthi PC Small Group story.

History repeats itself … the burning of the libraries … knowledge and education generates - among Trumpist - fear and panic

If you receive a war plan in a Signal group chat, don’t panic. You have exactly 10… 9… 8… 7… 6… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1 second to disappear.

Easy answer …. Why not?

Sure … whatever

Hegseth needs AA bad.

If you give in to extortionists, they’ll extort you and others for more. If you let bullies get their way, those bullies will bully you and others even more menacingly. Which brings me to Columbia University. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-shame-of-columbia-university

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GULF OF FEAR: This past week, when NASA astronauts returned to Earth, TV news networks avoided calling the body of water they splashed down in as the Gulf of Mexico. Instead, they performed linguistic gymnastics to stay out of Trump’s crosshairs. More in Status: www.status.news/p/gulf-of-me...

@Television news organizations may believe that avoiding a term like Gulf of Mexico is a fairly harmless concession. But … cute linguistic gymnastics amount to a surrender. Words are the front lines of truth, and once they’re ceded, it becomes far easier for strongmen like Trump to shape reality.”

Social Security is the largest source of income for most beneficiaries — and it keeps 22 million people out of poverty. Meanwhile, Trump’s billionaire Commerce Secretary says that seniors won’t care if they don’t receive their benefits. Government for the rich, by the rich.

What happened when the editor of @theatlantic.com was included on Mike Walz's group chat www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Spurred by “alarming political interference in academic research by the Trump administration,” Brussels’s Vrije Universiteit (VUB), or Free University, allocated $2.7 million in funding last week for at least 12 new postdoctoral roles open to “censored Americans.”

AI-powered databases are accelerating the drug discovery process for Alzheimer’s disease by making it easier to sift through vast amounts of biomedical data

The Fifth Amendment says due process is due all persons, whether the number eight or eight million. And if there were a mass-violation exception to the Constitution, why have a constitutional at all?

The only thing he’s succeeding at is delivering Kremlin talking points. I thought we’re working on “peace through strength.” I’m seeing the worst mistakes of the past repeated and amplified in a way extremely damaging to US interests.

The purpose is to destroy what’s left of Missouri public schools… we already pay our starting teachers at 50th in the nation and fund our classrooms at 49th in the nation. Now we will further defund schools to prop up private religious schools. This was all purposeful…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed war plans in a group chat that included the editor in chief of The Atlantic two hours before U.S. troops launched attacks against the Houthi militia in Yemen, the White House said. It was an extraordinary breach of U.S. national security intelligence.

How to organize an "empty chair" town hall for your Republican representative https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-organize-an-empty-chair-town

Timeline cleanse 🌞

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Canada to head to polls as Mark Carney calls snap election for 28 April

Walking back to my hotel from the Canadiens game last night, and seeing all the young Montrealers out to party and clearly just starting their evenings, it struck me that this city is like Buenos Aires but about fifty degrees colder

The small moments of regular life in Gaza, enabled by a two-month pause in fighting, are vanishing again.

Are there any Dems in Utah who can stand up for the good folks in Ogden ? Their town could soon face their own Great Recession

#BoycottTesla

News from the land of the “free” and the statue of liberty #TrumpDestroys They were arrested during routine ICE check-ins. Then they disappeared.

If you ever wondered how the KGB manipulated foreigners and got them to repeat Soviet propaganda, spend some time listening to Steve Witkoff talk about his wonderful conversations with Vladimir Putin.

Anyone have any idea how many students loan holders this impacts ? www.kvue.com/article/news...

President Donald Trump told reporters he did not sign the controversial proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act to quickly deport migrants his administration says are violent gang members from Venezuela. Now many are wondering what did happen.

That Trump and Musk should show such little regard for *mental-health* care is … at once ironic yet unsurprising.

Elon Musk is spending millions of dollars to elect Brad Schimel, a conservative judge in Wisconsin, to the State Supreme Court. If he succeeds, conservatives will retake a 4-to-3 majority and be in a position to push the state rightward on issues like abortion, labor rights and congressional maps.

Destroy destroy destroy www.npr.org/2025/03/21/n...

Insane - Trump cabinet billionaire insults Social Security seniors who need their checks - NJ.com