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After a lifetime on the frontiers of the fight against HIV, researchers can finally see the end of the epidemic in sight. But thanks to the Trump administration’s executive orders, it’s unclear when—or possibly even ever—this breakthrough medicine will see the light of day.

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#medsky

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Another dataset I like is from the National Atmospheric Deposition Program, which has maps of the US that show we fixed the acid rain problem by implementing stricter emission controls on power plants. nadp.slh.wisc.edu/maps-data/nt...

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Looks like Trump made a "DEI Fire" choice.

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Yes, Steve Bannon gave a very obvious, very deliberate Nazi salute last night. But let's also note that the audience at CPAC cheered for it. That's because COAC is full of neo-Nazis. youtu.be/7E9pXCuJnbc?...

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www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2f7dovf/

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www.teslatakedown.com

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Fuck Marco Rubio.

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www.teslatakedown.com

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Okay, so I’m finally putting a thread together: what is the deep-blue Delaware legislature proposing to do and why is it the most evil thing not directly involving Donald Trump happening in America today? legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail/1...

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Here's @bluestein.bsky.social's uncensored thread of the town hall held by Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA), in which an unhappy audience pushes back against DOGE cuts: threadreaderapp.com/thread/18927...

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Republicans are screwing up data collection so we won't know how badly they've broke our country.

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Over on X, simple tweets by my colleague Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal Constitution have been blocked. They were nothing but video of a town hall held by Rep. Rich McCormick R-GA where he was asked questions about DOGE

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What is Humphrey's Executor? A look at the 90-year-old Supreme Court decision Trump is targeting

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Newsmax, Fox News back AP in Trump standoff over ‘Gulf of America’

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Never forget our forgive he's always been morally bankrupt the current actions attacking the poor and vulnerable are on theme.

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Love this!

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Ex-NFL Viking Chris Kluwe 🫡🇺🇸

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God damn

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"I am constantly uncertain about what I can and cannot do. I’m in an environment where my words are being erased, and I’m unsure if I’ll have a job in two or three years with things going this way." Important work from @chronicle.com @mzahneis.bsky.social www.chronicle.com/article/what...

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Meanwhile in Shitler's castle... A literal golden goat covered with "in Trump we trust" bills. No one seems to want to talk about it and no christians seem to think this is a problem.

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#ICYMI: We've added eight previously missing disclosures from Justice Clarence Thomas to our Supreme Connections database. The newly added filings, which cover 1992 to 1999, reveal more than 100 gifts or travel-related reimbursements.

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Donald Trump’s White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt boosted billionaire Elon Musk’s fantastical allegations of widespread fraud at the Social Security Administration (SSA)—and got called out for it.

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In the 1840s a white mob turned almost 400 Black settlers away from Mercer County land purchased on their behalf. Now a geography class at Miami University has created a comprehensive map of the land purchased for the Randolph Freedpeople.

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In 1923 Adolf Hitler incited an insurrection against the German government. He was tried, given a slap on the wrist, and became a convicted felon. Despite being treated charitably by the judge, Hitler claimed the trial was political persecution and successfully portrayed himself as a victim of /1

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SCOOP: The top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its efforts to aid states in securing elections. The move represents the first major example of the country’s cyber defense agency accommodating Trump’s false claims of election fraud and online censorship.

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go.bsky.app/8xh4uHC 🍭🍬Good & Necessary Trouble🍬🍭

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CDC estimates, there have been at least 24 million flu illnesses, 310,000 hospitalizations and 13,000 deaths — including at least 57 children. Traditionally, flu season peaks around February. #MedSky #Vaccine #Prevention

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Marko Elez got caught being extremely racist. He resigned, and the Bureau of Fiscal Services rushed to handle this as a cybersecurity breach. But now Musk is re-hiring him and demanding the journalist who exposed this scandal be fired. So let's make sure everyone knows his name: Marko Elez.

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"Uncommon Sense was a Common Vice"

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They just 'poached' them from the trailer and skedaddled!

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Wait til DOGE finds out about this 👇🏽🤔

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Hold the fuck on — the Department of Government Efficiency, the entity which claims its mission is to end “wasteful spending”, was given SEVEN MILLION TAXPAYER DOLLARS to cover its “expenses” in the span of a single week?!?! Are you fucking kidding me?!?

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Pam Bondi is disbanding the Foreign Influence Task Force - the FBI team that is charged with combatting foreign meddling in US elections. Worth asking how this makes us more safe in any way, shape, or form.

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Please subscribe to The Onion so something we write tomorrow will continue to be better than anything in the actual newspaper 11 years from now: membership.theonion.com

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The Trump Administration's list of censored scientific terms that get NSF grant proposals flagged contains "women” and “female”, but no mention of “men” or “male.” There is “black” and “indigenous” on this list, but no “white.” The only identity not censored is mine. youtu.be/dHXbpj1Z3UU

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Just incredible incompetence - again - from Elon Musk, who staffed his team with leakers and racists and gave them access to sensitive government data and every American's personal information. It's painfully obvious they did zero vetting on these people. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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youtu.be/xPx5aRuWCtc?... If you like Black History you would like this he has 52 crash courses!

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Repost - Please share to help us reach a wide audience. This survey is contributing to Masters and PhD projects in my group. The more responses we get the better we can help improve guidance on #parasite #conservation. Links to the survey are in the thread below 🪱🧪🌍🦤 #WildlifeDisease #WildlifeHealth

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Story about our recent paper about the effects of #redlining on tree density and diversity in Schenectady, NY. (Redlined areas have fewer, smaller trees, and they're less diverse. BUT, recent plantings have worked to overcome these inequalities.) 🧪🌐🌎 www.union.edu/news/stories...

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When the Trump administration took a key climate justice tool offline, a coalition of data scientist heroes restored it within 48 hours. 🧪 www.ehn.org/scientists-r...

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Karma

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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has taken a stand, deciding in his budget to fully fund public education after some of his Republican colleagues threatened to cut K-12 spending. But educators can't rest yet, as GOP lawmakers are already digging into his proposal.

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According to my mandatory work security training, messages filled with spelling and grammatical errors are often phishing attempts. Therefore, I conclude that Trump’s presidential campaign was a giant phishing attempt against America.

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Bogus scientific papers are enriching fraudsters and slowing lifesaving medical research

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