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So Trump rolls out the red carpet for Putin, protects Putin, bullies the Ukrainians for Putin, and in return Putin helps Iranians kill Americans. Trump must act now or the case for him being a Russian asset of some type will be undeniable.
What Trump is threatening to do on tariffs -- what he has already done! -- is completely illegal under the GATT/WTO. By signing the disgraceful Turnberry deal which was also illegal, the EU was helping to destroy the rule-based order. For that reason alone it should not be allowed to resurface.
and yet some escalation would actually be positive, or else the threats (and actions) will get worse. That's how bullies operate. We (@julianhi.nz @ckhead.bsky.social @schularick.bsky.social & I. Méjean) made this point in July, and it only got worse since then: www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
An Alliance for Open Trade: How to Counter Trump’s Tariffs - Kiel Institute
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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 7mo agoTrump tariff threats risk triggering ‘spiral of escalation’ in world economy, says IMF
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
This Beaver is super proud of her alma mater www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
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MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling reut.rs/471tkNZ
MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling
Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she "cannot support" a memo that the White House sent to nine elite U.S. universities last week detailing policies they should follow to get preferential consideration for federal funding.
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RFK Jr.'s claim that vaccines didn't save lives, sanitation did, is half right—and dangerously wrong. While sanitation helped in the early 20th century, vaccines saved millions of lives in the later 20th century and reduced severe impairments like brain damage. More in @statnews.com
RFK Jr. says vaccines don’t save lives. He’s wrong
Now RFK Jr. is claiming vaccines don’t actually save lives. Here’s the math to show what he gets wrong.
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Posted a short blog post with updated data (and public repo with data) of current state of Econ job market: paulgp.com/2025/10/08/j...
Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S. Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world. www.nobelprize.org
The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
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I cannot overstate how remarkable it is that under GOP rule, US federal health regulations have been captured by fringe crackpots who espouse views that the vast majority of the US public—and nearly 100% of health professionals—reject. Gift link:
Kennedy’s Vaccine Panel Votes to Limit Access to Covid Shots
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Trying to explain why international trade is good to an American: okay so imagine a burger (yes this is a real ad on the Canadian embassy in DC)
Florida moves to end vaccine mandates to attend school, the first state to do so. So many own goals across America right now. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
DeSantis and Ladapo to ‘end all vaccine mandates in Florida law’
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced the move in Hillsborough County on Wednesday.
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Because of Florida's decision to phase out childhood vaccine mandates, many will die of preventable diseases like measles, chickenpox, tetanus, and diphtheria. This is regressive, bringing us back to the early 1950s when parents had to worry that their kids might die from diseases like polio.
Florida will work to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, officials say
Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, building on the effort by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to curb vaccine requirements and other health mandates during the Cov...
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Nine former CDC directors, from Bill Foege onward, speak out about the incalculable harm that RFK, Jr. is doing to public health in the US and around the world. Gift link.
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
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Football pundits agree! The only thing worse than VAR is not having VAR. ( see Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona)
Back-to-school reminder: The market rewards education Average earnings: High school dropout | ### ($35k) High school grad | ##### ($47k) College degree | ######### ($87k) Masters degree | ########### ($106k) Professional degree | ##################($184k)
Doesn't everyone feel overburdened with mitochondrial challenges at the airport though? Those TSA procedures are tough these days.
jen sometimes aph 🌻@bunnibytz.bsky.social · 12mo agovia @acyn.bsky.social RFK JR: I’m looking at kids as I walk through the airports today...and I see these kids that are just overburdened with mitochondrial challenges, inflammation—you can tell from their faces, movements, and lack of social connection
Firing RFK Jr would unburden a lot of overworked mitochondria in this country
I’m sorry to say but the claim that the US under Trump is going to provide Ukraine with militarily enforced security guarantees, is simply the newest version of the Trump will hit Russia hard with sanctions delusion. Neither will ever happen, but if it makes you feel better….
"Arm Ukraine, expand sanctions, stop the lethal drone swarms, break the Russian economy, and win the war. Then there will be peace."
Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12mo agoTrump has no cards www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Trump 2 cabinet has so many weirdos
Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦@merz.bsky.social · last yr."Kennedy questioned the effectiveness of the vaccines… 'You can't control the amount of energy that everybody is getting," he said. "When you give a vaccine, you want to know exactly how much energy is because some people react very, very badly and can get very, very badly injured.'"
The US Constitution forbids export taxes but I guess this payment isn't a "tax" but a payout....🤔 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
U.S. Government to Take Cut of Nvidia and AMD A.I. Chip Sales to China
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most anti-nuclear arguments are unpersuasive (where to put the waste? what about Chernobyl?) but the high cost issue is harder to dismiss www.ft.com/content/5f54...
Sizewell C costs could hit £100bn including financing, modelling shows
Total for nuclear power station project set to be billions of pounds higher than official government estimates
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