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From the great Jen Furin. time.com/7258248/us-f...

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Hopefully it will be Farage next.

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Went to see the touring production of A Man For All Seasons. (Martin Shaw and Gary Wilmot both very good in their respective roles, the latter as the everyman/steward chorus.) And yes, this exchange hit home - perhaps best exchange about law in drama/film. youtu.be/PDBiLT3LASk?...

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All very dodgy …

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here is why systematic surveillance of H5 viruses is crucial, also in wildlife. Circulation of AI viruses in Canada with resistance to oseltamivir, which is one of the few drugs that can be used to prevent and (less well) treat H5N1 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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One of the oldest arguments against workplace diversity was that qualified white men would be passed over for unqualified or incompetent members of equity groups, which of course presumed that no one in those disadvantaged groups could themselves ever be qualified hires.

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"the crisis of American democracy is now squarely upon us. Multiple illegal and unconstitutional acts are happening, and the guardrails that check and restrain authoritarian abuse are rapidly falling away" www.theunpopulist.net/p/trumps-ame...

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The Surrealist by Victor Brauner, 1947 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137896

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A new mRNA vaccine has shown promise in pre-clinical trials by enhancing immune responses against tuberculosis in mice, potentially offering improved protection over the traditional BCG vaccine. doi.org/g85prt

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Too many details in this just-published @ashleyrparker.bsky.social @matteowong.bsky.social @michaelscherer.bsky.social @shaneharris.bsky.social piece to pick just one. Trust me when I say, just read it: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Language is vague and imprecise - especially when we make predictions.

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1/2 Can’t help thinking of a friend I made in 1990s. Dan Enacheascu was Romanian health minister under Ceausescu. He worked tirelessly to use evidence in policy and did everything he could to support juniors. I recall his stories of dealing with the Ceausescu pair. Pure Yes Minister, but dangerous

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“Starmer compared “a morass of regulation” to “Japanese knotweed” and insisted on the urgent need to “curb regulator overreach”. We know what that kind of zealotry has led to: the financial crash, the Grenfell Tower disaster and a country of sewage-strewn rivers” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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From 2010

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#Trump, #Musk, #Vought are destroying NIH; creating a rump-institution that kills research on health disparities by banning grants on words like race, gender, etc; creating a whites-only future for research by banning DEI initiatives. My latest for @thenation.com. www.thenation.com/article/arch...

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“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.” Albert Camus

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the mild, non-confrontational obama formula for inclusiveness was so intolerable to a substantial chunk of the country that they put a outer borough george wallace into the white house. like, what are we talking about here?

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This came up on my FB timeline memories, and it still makes me laugh.

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Some of the “tips for authors” in our related blog post: Approach the interview w humility Respond on substance. Don’t attack the motives or standing of the critics Invite the journalist to examine the raw data in your paper Encourage them to talk to others who have replicated your results

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Covid vaccine boosters are highly cost effective or cost saving, and undervalued because many models ignore reduced transmission (indirect effects) New work with some excellent colleagues www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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#medsky#pedsky#idsky#immunosky 🧪 In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach! Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵

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Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private email server or Elon Musk giving full access to all government information to a nineteen-year old named Big Balls with ties to a child pornography collective known for its extortion techniques, both sides have played loose with security.

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Musk will be selling off US government properties just like Putin’s guys sold off (and bought up) the properties of the Russian people after the fall of the USSR. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE BEING ROBBED! WAKE UP! fortune.com/2025/02/09/d...

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#MosaicMonday Not all mosaics are Roman. Some are Pringles.

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The Telegraph back again following the discovery of a sub-atomic violin by the boffins at the Large Hadron Collider

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Nature valentines. Thanks to my Patrons for keeping me drawing www.patreon.com/birdandmoon

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Here are the losses red states will face w/ Trump's assault on NIH's indirect costs. TX: $310,282,120 OH: $171,355,609 TN: $133,514,022 MO: $131,590,159 FLA: $123,982,436 IN: $68,925,255 AL: $46,642,500 UT: $45,974,847 IA: $36,986,835 SC: $33,368,620 www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

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This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP. It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

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1. EXCLUSIVE Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information. The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work

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do hairless cats cause fewer allergies in humans?

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If you have heard about the new strain of #H5N1 #Birdflu spilling into cattle and do not understand what it means, I suggest reading this excellent report from the US department of agriculture. I have summarized key point below TLDR: "Houston we have a problem" www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/defaul...

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The Labour right screamed and broke things for years and this is what it was for: so they could get their photos in the paper looking "seriously" out of frame while they pretended to solve a problem by making everyone's lives worse.

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A useful reminder again that obeying in advance will not protect you. This opinion by M. Gessen seems really timely: archive.ph/VHhz3#select...

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Lots of special animals and pets buried in the PDSA London animal cemetery. But my first visit is always to Able Seacat Simon. Only feline recipient of the animal Victoria Cross. "During the Yangtse Incident, his behavour was of the highest order." Thread below. #navalHistory

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Thread: Magnus Enckell (1870-1925) was a Finnish symbolist painter with a deep interest in spirituality & beauty. His work was surprisingly frank in its sensuality & captured the cultural aesthetic of his native Finland. Finnish art is impressive. Note: Despite labels, no image is adult.

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It’s actually only Co-Amoxiclav if it’s from the Co-Amoxiclav region of France, otherwise its just Sparkling Penicillin.

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'They attack disabled, migrants, travellers, homeless - next they attack you" Spotted in Liverpool, UK

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Hello new followers! My field is #histmed ("History of Medicine") & I work on the deep history of medical thought & the prevalence of infectious diseases. New work out today on the intersection of both those interests, w/ regard to the history of smallpox: pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-impe...

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