Yet again I remind everyone (as Elizabeth does in her very next tweet) that "foreigners are corrupting our pure blood with weakness & disease" is Fascism 101. Not some variant, not some metaphorically similar thing, not some echo -- the thing itself.
Painting of a close-up of two blue and white blossoms, one in front of the other
Blue Morning Glories, 1935 by Georgia O'Keeffe #Womensart
A narcissist’s loyalty test for JD, perhaps
we have got to get it together, in like twenty-four hours the astronauts are back
A+
Chicago has turned all public school IDs into library cards to boost student access. blockclubchi.co/3NTWvNM
Donald Trump is the Kwisatz Haderach. -Chip Roy
The man was reportedly flatulent and/or asleep during most of his own criminal trial. I can’t imagine tomorrow being much different.
Kinda love the idea of flying snacks, though
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
“Pope Leo made a plea on Wednesday for countries to offer their citizens universal healthcare, calling it a ‘moral imperative’ that people have access to the health services they need.” www.reuters.com/business/hea...
I can’t imagine what the doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists are going through. The trauma and moral injury…
Memories I didn’t know I had
I think about what could have been if those banks just hadn’t bailed him out in the 90s-2000s more often than is healthy
I wish I could explain how bleak it is that we’re out scoring the Greeks on this metric
WHAT
Means isn’t merely unqualified in the way everyone in this admin is unqualified - inexperienced, deranged zealot and/or grifter. She’s unqualified in the Lindsey Halligan way - by legal statute. Actually, Halligan was more qualified if she has an active law license.
It’s like a Conspirituality content extravaganza, @derekberes.bsky.social @matthewremski.bsky.social
I think it’s his sister, Kerry, maybe others as well
It’s the audience nods that get me
May we all see the day when this story is in citi human subjects research training modules
That really stuck out. I’m not sure if they meant it this way but it sounded like trying to reassure other parents that the consequences of disease aren’t that bad.
And docs stuck in the middle - trying to show parents we’re open, empathetic, trustworthy, not rushed despite (gestures vaguely), while employing every evidence-based vaccine comms strategy we know, but the clock is ticking and our HR is climbing because this is the image in our head of the stakes.
Spiritual bypass
Black Swan. I don’t even remember why but I can still feel the anger.
In case this very obvious fact that only recently occurred to me is helpful to anyone: aprons are bibs
WWI poster going so authentic with the Greek name that they needed a smaller font size
Nearly every ad break has included at least one commercial designed to make a primary care doctor’s head explode. Good thing for the half time show and sad patriots.
Guess this is the NFL version of the MAHA mirror world, where the EM radiation on the field (not even on the plane ride there) is the health threat warranting study. In the real world, the job on the field is to traumatize brains and bodies while wearing possibly, marginally better helmets.
Martinez ends her testimony with this:
"If there's not justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government."