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I’ve always been a great fan of James Bond movies, so it’s sad for me to realize that our current administration (+1 billionaire) is loaded with characters that make SPECTRE look like the Bowery boys.

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Anyone else needing wake up from dream yet? #taketheredpill

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Huh. Interesting theory.

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The fall of the Weimar Republic-s The price of not having a clear attainable inclusive vision for a centered country and world.

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None of this has anything to do with effectiveness, or “lethality,” or promoting “warfighters," or any other buzzwords. It is praetorianism, plain and simple, and it is an assault on our military and our democracy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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What is possible today with AI/ML ≠ What most consumers and decision makers think AI is

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In 1947, Kurt Gödel went for his US citizenship test, accompanied by Einstein and Morgenstern. While preparing, Gödel saw a flaw in the US Constitution, known as Gödel's Loophole. It involves ARTICLE V of Constitution on how to amend it. Let's keep an eye on this... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6...

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Activate Red Queen protocol…

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Brilliant simple clear explainer by @sheridanflynn.bsky.social of the threat Russia poses to Britain youtu.be/M7O4Eh3Roe8?...

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Sh*tification and Dummification - www.itpro.com/technology/a...

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We now have our deep state - it was to be trump and his billionaire entourage all along. #whattheysayothersdotheydo

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Sooner or later Americans will figure out who the eggman is behind this anti-vaccine stunt. Lives will be lost - here we go again!

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Tim Snyder's analysis is so helpful: "people who have submitted to Trump see him as a strongman. But what they are experiencing is in fact their own weakness. And their own weakness cannot magically become strength in the wider world. Quite the contrary." open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

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40 years of not teaching our kids about of US government and civil studies (+ history) have culminated in us scratching our heads what is now happening. #wherearethemarchessitins ?!

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Some signs… where is this all heading to? www.statnews.com/2025/02/10/n...

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Judge Rules the White House Failed to Comply With Court Order www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...

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At so many levels…

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Really impressive- bravo! - and such a cool race ! Though not first place, the youngest. Congrats to all the participants ! www.france24.com/en/sport/202...

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Correct link: #DARPA just announced a forthcoming program entitled "Exponentiating Mathematics", focusing on challenges to auto-formalization (and auto-decomposition of large proofs into small lemmas). The preliminary announcement (still short on many details) can be found at sam.gov/opp/4def3c13

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We did several demonstrations in DC during Reagan era, but marches now will be much much more critical.

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Goes without saying for scientists: This means Musk and his kids have access to grant applications, study section reports, internal scoring, RPPRs. The core of the best ideas in US science. Will they steal those ideas? #scicomm #neuroskyence #evodevo #publichealth 🧪🧑‍🔬

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Important update: H5N1 variant D1.1 identified in milk and dairy cattle in Nevada. This is not the same as the variant that has been circulating in cattle until now, it is the one responsible for the death in Louisiana and a severely sick teenager in canada. www.aphis.usda.gov/news/program...

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🥄🥄🥄🥄🥄🥄🥄🥄🥄🥄 "workers made known their displeasure [to] Thomas Shedd, a former Tesla engineer who was appointed to lead technology efforts at the G.S.A. [They] rained down spoon emojis in the chat [and] added spoon emojis to their statuses on Slack." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...

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A vital piece from a civil servant on the horrific and incredibly dangerous Trump/Musk smash-and-grab of government happening before our eyes: slate.com/news-and-pol...

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🪓MASS DELETION UPDATE—More than 1,000 pages are now deleted from websites of CDC, National Institutes of Health, and other sites of the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a new WSJ analysis—including many vaccine recommendation scientific pages!

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There’s a new series starting about politics and existence in the USA: “And just like that…” #whodidntseeitcoming

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University of Chicago requesting all federally funded research cease as of today. Breathtaking.

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