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"giving political appointees the latitude to dismiss entire bodies of research and punish researchers who fail to fall in line with the current administration’s objectives" #science www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"This provision was unknown to me when I voted for the bill,” 🙄 youtu.be/kCbLQT8WsmY?...

"Kennedy's move, like the FDA's last week, is unprecedented in bypassing the transparent, evidence-based process for setting vaccination recommendations." #science #health arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

Dear PBS, they are going to gut all of your funding no matter what you do. You might as well go out with integrity. Or not. boingboing.net/2025/05/23/p...

"Lead is now considered an essential nutrient in the MAHA plan." arstechnica.com/health/2025/... #science #health

“a policy of appeasement always leads to more conquest”

"'Moribound'??? RFK Jr doesn't know words that long. He's not a doctor. He's not a medical professional. He's a typical Trump Sycophant ASSHAT promoted beyond his paygrade and playing impostor syndrome charade while saying UTTERLY NONSENSICAL SHIT." #science #health arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Warnings of a measles outbreak at a concert in New Jersey and nothing from this administrations CDC. #health #science www.npr.org/2025/05/21/n...

"The restrictions mean that healthy adults under the age of 65 who may want the vaccine for reasons other than their own health—to protect an immunocompromised relative or friend, for example—will not be able to get the Novavax vaccine. #science #COVID #health www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jrs-fda-...

Bombing IVF clinics now…. thepalmspringspost.com/one-dead-fou...

“8647” sure is causing a ruckus. Sure would be a shame if it were publicized more, or egads, printed on bumper stickers or shorts or anything. You know, like republicans did about the last president.

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Remember parents, its all your fault for vaccinating your kids. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"There's so many layers of disappointment here. Anti-intellectual loser in a serious position. Child endangerment. Social media brain rot. Known, unresolved failed infrastructure in an urban park." arstechnica.com/health/2025/... #health #science

Drunk and broadcasting, our new US Attorney for Washington DC. youtu.be/xJoGKzKzjXY?...

Leopard is coming to eat your face, Roberts, and you gave him legal ability to do so. Trump does not give a fuck what you think or say. www.rawstory.com/john-roberts...

“I’d love for him to go in and meet the children that have now been infected with HIV because he cut that money” arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

While the right has been wielding the term "antisemitism" to justify their hateful agenda, actual Jewish people have to talk to Republicans who think "they should convert to Christianity". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"The letter's style is presumably a product of a culture that only knows how to communicate this way." arstechnica.com/science/2025...

I am so tired of posting about this horrible and vile man, but here we are. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Why the fuck would I want to follow Vivek on Linkedin? Why is this being recommended to me?

RFKJr is way more vile and dangerous than Elon Musk at this point. arstechnica.com/health/2025/... #science #health

"And I'm going to use that bill for myself too if you don't mind, because nobody gets treated worse than I do online, nobody." boingboing.net/2025/04/29/c...

religious institutions are no more than hunting grounds for predators. keep your children away.

Will this monster ever fucking stop? www.latintimes.com/rfk-jr-end-g...

"Out of over 17,000 Android apps examined, more than 9,000 had potential permissions to take screenshots. And a number of apps were found to actively be doing so, taking screenshots and sending them to third-party sources." newatlas.com/computers/sm... #security #mobile

"Measles does erase other immunities by destroying immune memory, making individuals susceptible to infections they were previously protected against. This underscores the critical importance of measles vaccination for both individual and public health" #health #science #measles

"I worry that LGBTQ young people will reach out to 988 and not receive a compassionate and welcoming voice on the other end—and that will only deepen their crisis." boingboing.net/2025/04/24/r...

...the contract terminations for its four main sites “will significantly impact ongoing research and data collection … severely limit[ing] WHI’s ability to generate new insights into the health of older women, one of the fastest-growing segments of our population.” www.science.org/content/arti...

"The list of things I'll never understand keeps getting longer." arstechnica.com/health/2025/... #health #science

"this app is a sedative to dull the consciences of MAGA" www.salon.com/2025/04/18/a...

Occam’s Razor: Never attribute to the complex that which can be adequately explained by the simple. Hanlon’s Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Fred Clark’s Law: Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.

The Wealthy In This Country Would Poison Us For The Sake Of Profit!!!

Another example of why Trump continues to get away with all this bullshit. NO ONE will hold him or his administration to any accountability. They will just keep blowing through all the rules until someone STOPS them. apnews.com/article/trum...

"This people are stupid and I hope all of them get bird flu, or swine flu (current influenza A going around) of the worst type." arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

"Cant test them for autism if they are dead from measles." arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

Good. Keep it up, Mcebisi Jonas. apnews.com/article/sout...

Worth a watch. The monsters used to be hiding on the internet. Now they are a majority elected officials. youtu.be/l8nsgzwuc_o?...

"People are finally starting to realize you can't negotiate with fascists." arstechnica.com/science/2025...