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This is our new inconvenient truth. The threat is much more immediate.

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The Ezra Klein Show: The Emergency Is Here Episode webpage: nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o... Media file: dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...

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1) vaccines don't cause autism 2) both genetics and environmental factors could be at play in autism 3) RFK Jr. is a nut 4) My brother, likely undiagnosed and on the spectrum, really loves RFK Jr 5) More research by actual scientists is needed www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...

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Non-hormonal contraception visualised with X-rays Scientists led by @ki.se @lucajovine.bsky.social have discovered the mechanism by which a monoclonal antibody blocks fertilization, which could lead to a non-hormonal birth control method. In @pnas.org www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...

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Nice take by Tom Friedman. The Ezra Klein Show: Tom Friedman Thinks We’re Getting China Dangerously Wrong Episode webpage: nytimes.com/2025/04/15/o...

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Turns out Trump is attacking all the Ivies that rejected Barron's applications for admission.

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Bill Maher has always been a tool... Now even more so. (Gift article) wapo.st/4im9L6R

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The American brand has been painfully damaged by Trump, who bills himself as a businessman. The damage is reflected in the bond market and has concrete consequences because the US is a debtor nation and has relied on its growth, world leadership to finance itself, and primacy of the dollar.

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NEW: We simulated a disease outbreak to show how vaccines can stop the spread of a contagious disease. With @fparis.bsky.social @upshot.nytimes.com (Paywall-free gift link) 🎁

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This is a great resource for XAFS - it's hard to quantify how much impact efforts like this have on research, but it's huge.

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MAGA’s remaking of universities could have dire consequences www.economist.com/leaders/2025... From The Economist

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Electing a narcissistic boob with authoritarian tendencies surrounded by sycophants has serious risks... He wants to party like it's 1929. The U.S. Bond Market Just Had One of Its Worst Selloffs. How a Haven Turned So Volatile.: www.barrons.com/articles/us-...

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The time constants associated with feedback on American competitiveness in science and technology are much longer than those associated with the bond market. This means the Trump administration's destruction, in the near term, is running open-loop. The damage will be immense, tectonic, devastating.

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It's no surprise the Grifter and Chief is manipulating the markets. Trump told people to buy. Hours later, his tariff pause sent markets soaring. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Cornell does a lot of high quality research that includes collaborative efforts with armed forces. An example is using high-speed, high-energy x-rays to examine structural fatigue in metals. This is important to, e.g., the Air Force.

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I will always defend the value of academic institutions - but there are deep systemic problems, distorted reward systems, and commonplace exploitation of grad students, post-docs, researchers, and adjunct faculty. Of course there is a mental health crisis...

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Well, good thing I left. Still, this is an atrocious attack on our universities. Our universities are the best in the world - leaders in research and training the next generation. Trump Officials Freeze $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...

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Vaccines have granted families in wealthy countries the luxury of forgetting what measles, polio, rubella, and other preventable diseases are like. We're looking at how many millions of lives vaccines have saved. Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/42Aj3Y8

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