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PhD Biochemist
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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He accidentally did a Nazi salute... TWICE. While talking about the future of Western civilization.
He is who we think he is.
He is who we think he is.
Elon Musk gave two back to back Nazi salutes at the Trump inauguration parade
January 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
He accidentally did a Nazi salute... TWICE. While talking about the future of Western civilization.
He is who we think he is.
He is who we think he is.
"The Dems got played so hard banning tiktok"
The only person being played is you for *once again* uncritically accepting Republican framing of an issue *they* caused.
That's pathetic and if you weren't morally lucky you would be voting Republican.
The only person being played is you for *once again* uncritically accepting Republican framing of an issue *they* caused.
That's pathetic and if you weren't morally lucky you would be voting Republican.
January 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"The Dems got played so hard banning tiktok"
The only person being played is you for *once again* uncritically accepting Republican framing of an issue *they* caused.
That's pathetic and if you weren't morally lucky you would be voting Republican.
The only person being played is you for *once again* uncritically accepting Republican framing of an issue *they* caused.
That's pathetic and if you weren't morally lucky you would be voting Republican.
Leftists need to realize that they are an extremely slim minority. Their only true power lies in the fact that they can shame young impressionable voters not to vote by equivocating liberals with fascists. This rhetoric doesn't combat fascism, it downplays the very real threat of right wing fascism.
January 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Leftists need to realize that they are an extremely slim minority. Their only true power lies in the fact that they can shame young impressionable voters not to vote by equivocating liberals with fascists. This rhetoric doesn't combat fascism, it downplays the very real threat of right wing fascism.
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This is the exact same argument used by the people who claim to that Al Gore would have also started the Iraq War so it was fine we spent the whole election ratfucking him. It's unfalsifiable masturbation used to absolve yourself of any need for actual introspection.
December 16, 2024 at 6:28 PM
This is the exact same argument used by the people who claim to that Al Gore would have also started the Iraq War so it was fine we spent the whole election ratfucking him. It's unfalsifiable masturbation used to absolve yourself of any need for actual introspection.
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If you want to understand why healthcare pricing is horrific, the first thing to know is that our system puts 100% of the credit risk for deductibles, copays and co-insurance on hospitals and doctors. That's insane.
We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders 🧵
We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders 🧵
December 10, 2024 at 6:46 PM
If you want to understand why healthcare pricing is horrific, the first thing to know is that our system puts 100% of the credit risk for deductibles, copays and co-insurance on hospitals and doctors. That's insane.
We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders 🧵
We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders 🧵
I've been saying this for over a decade. When someone files for medical bankruptcy... Where does the money owed to the hospital go?
It's distributed onto everyone else.
You will always be paying for someone else's healthcare anytime you use the system no matter what.
It's distributed onto everyone else.
You will always be paying for someone else's healthcare anytime you use the system no matter what.
When they can't collect payment, they raise prices to make up that loss.
Plus they need to have all the administration of a mortgage loan servicer to try to collect those amounts. Which of course also puts people who can't afford the cost, in medical debt, which often leads to bankruptcy
Plus they need to have all the administration of a mortgage loan servicer to try to collect those amounts. Which of course also puts people who can't afford the cost, in medical debt, which often leads to bankruptcy
December 12, 2024 at 8:37 PM
I've been saying this for over a decade. When someone files for medical bankruptcy... Where does the money owed to the hospital go?
It's distributed onto everyone else.
You will always be paying for someone else's healthcare anytime you use the system no matter what.
It's distributed onto everyone else.
You will always be paying for someone else's healthcare anytime you use the system no matter what.
Current Secretary of Education vs Upcoming Secretary of Education
sorry kiddos, maybe you'll all have brighter futures in WrestleMania
sorry kiddos, maybe you'll all have brighter futures in WrestleMania
![Cardona began his career as a fourth-grade teacher at Israel Putnam Elementary School in Meriden, Connecticut. In 2003, at Hanover Elementary School, he was promoted and made the youngest principal in the state's history for ten years. From 2015 to 2019, Cardona served as assistant superintendent for teaching and learning in his home town.
Cardona was also an adjunct professor of education in the University of Connecticut's Department of Educational Leadership.16] During his career, he has focused on closing gaps between English-language learners and their peers.
In August 2019, Governor Ned Lamont appointed Cardona as commissioner of education; Cardona was the first Latino to hold the position. During his tenure, Cardona helped oversee state schools' response to the COVID-19 pandemic, where he expressed concerns over the long-term mental health impacts of remote education on students.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cjux4ponxibxelvhapxu5tyv/bafkreiaaj56hr7l3ilos6dlyowv5vvmr6p3jhguo5whds4uqtvrtuaj52u)
December 11, 2024 at 4:15 AM
Current Secretary of Education vs Upcoming Secretary of Education
sorry kiddos, maybe you'll all have brighter futures in WrestleMania
sorry kiddos, maybe you'll all have brighter futures in WrestleMania
Leftist reality: Kamala's platform on undocumented immigrants was identical to Trump's.
Actual reality: Kamala wants to improve the asylum process, create a pathway to citizenship for the undocumented, and invest heavily in countries south of the border to improve the quality of life there.
Actual reality: Kamala wants to improve the asylum process, create a pathway to citizenship for the undocumented, and invest heavily in countries south of the border to improve the quality of life there.
Leftist didn't vote for her because she was already saying this kind of shit.
December 10, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Leftist reality: Kamala's platform on undocumented immigrants was identical to Trump's.
Actual reality: Kamala wants to improve the asylum process, create a pathway to citizenship for the undocumented, and invest heavily in countries south of the border to improve the quality of life there.
Actual reality: Kamala wants to improve the asylum process, create a pathway to citizenship for the undocumented, and invest heavily in countries south of the border to improve the quality of life there.
My hope is that all of the leftists who didn't vote for Kamala or actively depressed voting for her through their online rhetoric and see this sentiment as cruel negligence eventually buy a mirror. 🙏
Democrats should spend exactly zero political capital stopping any Trump deportation efforts.
It is madness to spend capital trying to help people who are no longer a major part of your electoral coalition.
It is madness to spend capital trying to help people who are no longer a major part of your electoral coalition.
*eye twitches*
December 10, 2024 at 1:04 PM
My hope is that all of the leftists who didn't vote for Kamala or actively depressed voting for her through their online rhetoric and see this sentiment as cruel negligence eventually buy a mirror. 🙏
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Happy Holliday Junction for those who celebrate
November 29, 2024 at 3:37 AM
Happy Holliday Junction for those who celebrate
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I remember reading this when the book came out and thinking "Nah, way too pessimistic".
Now the incoming US Health Secretary doesn't think HIV causes AIDS.
Now the incoming US Health Secretary doesn't think HIV causes AIDS.
November 29, 2024 at 11:20 AM
I remember reading this when the book came out and thinking "Nah, way too pessimistic".
Now the incoming US Health Secretary doesn't think HIV causes AIDS.
Now the incoming US Health Secretary doesn't think HIV causes AIDS.
Your kids will be heckin' iron man and the hulk to racism! If they get pulled over by a cop they won't have to worry because the bullets will bounce right off them!!!
November 24, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Your kids will be heckin' iron man and the hulk to racism! If they get pulled over by a cop they won't have to worry because the bullets will bounce right off them!!!
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The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
November 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
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“In 2022, YouGov asked “What percentage of Americans do you think are ___?”
The results were hilarious.
Trans: 21%
Muslim: 27%
Jewish: 30%
Black: 41%
Live in NYC: 30%
Gay or lesbian: 30%
The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
The results were hilarious.
Trans: 21%
Muslim: 27%
Jewish: 30%
Black: 41%
Live in NYC: 30%
Gay or lesbian: 30%
The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
Americans Have One Very Strange Cognitive Bias
Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love The People.
www.thebulwark.com
November 23, 2024 at 4:31 AM
“In 2022, YouGov asked “What percentage of Americans do you think are ___?”
The results were hilarious.
Trans: 21%
Muslim: 27%
Jewish: 30%
Black: 41%
Live in NYC: 30%
Gay or lesbian: 30%
The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
The results were hilarious.
Trans: 21%
Muslim: 27%
Jewish: 30%
Black: 41%
Live in NYC: 30%
Gay or lesbian: 30%
The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
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"Democrats endured one of the smallest losses in vote share of all incumbent parties in higher-income countries that were on the ballot this year.... One potential explanation for Democrats' milder defeat is the relative strength of the U.S. economy compared to those around the world."
November 18, 2024 at 8:35 PM
"Democrats endured one of the smallest losses in vote share of all incumbent parties in higher-income countries that were on the ballot this year.... One potential explanation for Democrats' milder defeat is the relative strength of the U.S. economy compared to those around the world."
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“Why not listen to ideas you disagree with?”
My man, we’ve heard it all already. Conservatives have been recycling and regurgitating the same arguments for centuries. It’s an ouroboros of bigotry and Calvinism. It’s boring and I’d pity them but they want to kill the rest of us.
My man, we’ve heard it all already. Conservatives have been recycling and regurgitating the same arguments for centuries. It’s an ouroboros of bigotry and Calvinism. It’s boring and I’d pity them but they want to kill the rest of us.
November 17, 2024 at 6:54 PM
“Why not listen to ideas you disagree with?”
My man, we’ve heard it all already. Conservatives have been recycling and regurgitating the same arguments for centuries. It’s an ouroboros of bigotry and Calvinism. It’s boring and I’d pity them but they want to kill the rest of us.
My man, we’ve heard it all already. Conservatives have been recycling and regurgitating the same arguments for centuries. It’s an ouroboros of bigotry and Calvinism. It’s boring and I’d pity them but they want to kill the rest of us.
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Oh my fucking God. Can you people stop already.
It was just inflation. It didn't have fuck all to do with "too progressive" or "too centrist" or "too hawkish" or whatever your personal pet project is
We have the exit polls. It was the economy. Like every other incumbent in the entire fucking world
It was just inflation. It didn't have fuck all to do with "too progressive" or "too centrist" or "too hawkish" or whatever your personal pet project is
We have the exit polls. It was the economy. Like every other incumbent in the entire fucking world
I agree. And many of them saw that he offered a clear rejection of a political and cultural vision—way of speaking, thinking, organizing and signaling—that they absolutely hated. Many found his corruption and authoritarianism *preferable* to the great awokening they’d been subjected to.
Trump voters voted for Trump because they saw what he offers and want it.
They're not kids or mindless automatons. They're adults with agency who made a choice.
Nobody forced them to.
But congrats on the success of your efforts to get people to believe Dem leaders push stuff they didn't campaign on.
They're not kids or mindless automatons. They're adults with agency who made a choice.
Nobody forced them to.
But congrats on the success of your efforts to get people to believe Dem leaders push stuff they didn't campaign on.
November 16, 2024 at 11:41 PM
Oh my fucking God. Can you people stop already.
It was just inflation. It didn't have fuck all to do with "too progressive" or "too centrist" or "too hawkish" or whatever your personal pet project is
We have the exit polls. It was the economy. Like every other incumbent in the entire fucking world
It was just inflation. It didn't have fuck all to do with "too progressive" or "too centrist" or "too hawkish" or whatever your personal pet project is
We have the exit polls. It was the economy. Like every other incumbent in the entire fucking world
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your honor, the flag in this courtroom has gold fringe which means this is a maritime court and has no jurisdiction! (I look up and see the judge is a killer whale) oh fuck
May 28, 2024 at 7:07 PM
your honor, the flag in this courtroom has gold fringe which means this is a maritime court and has no jurisdiction! (I look up and see the judge is a killer whale) oh fuck
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me when I'm trying to reply to an email but too high to remember how
November 14, 2024 at 1:09 PM
me when I'm trying to reply to an email but too high to remember how
Me: "In many red states the Democratic Party are the primary proponents of trans rights and abortion access and should be supported for these stances"
Perfectly Safe Blue State Leftists: "Actually, if the Democrats really cared they-"
Me: "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Perfectly Safe Blue State Leftists: "Actually, if the Democrats really cared they-"
Me: "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
November 13, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Me: "In many red states the Democratic Party are the primary proponents of trans rights and abortion access and should be supported for these stances"
Perfectly Safe Blue State Leftists: "Actually, if the Democrats really cared they-"
Me: "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Perfectly Safe Blue State Leftists: "Actually, if the Democrats really cared they-"
Me: "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"