Doctor David
@doctordavid.bsky.social
Psychology Professor, soccer fan, public health advocate. No crypto accounts please. Opinions solely my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employers.
Education matters and the Finns do it better than most. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/w...
Finland Tries to Protect Children Against Deepfakes, With Russia in Mind (Gift Article)
Finland, wary of misinformation from Moscow and beyond, has a leg up on other nations in spotting fake news. But A.I. is a whole new challenge.
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This is a good example of how denying public health is deadly. Rampant individualism is at the base of many of our problems in America. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...
Opinion | The Suicide Crisis in Wyoming (Gift Article)
Wyoming has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation.
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NEWS: Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) just dropped out of his re-election race at 3:32 a.m.m. He said he’s done running but will finish out his term. This after the House Ethics Committee found “substantial reason to believe [he] violated House Rules related to sexual harassment and hostile workplaces.”
Sunday: I’ll do a quick fact check of this insane RFK Jr interview Monday: Up to 40 lies & it was only a 3 min clip! Tuesday: Ready to defend my 2nd PhD thesis on fascist quackery That's why @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social & I are holding him accountable rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-is-...
RFK Jr is Asking to Be Proven Wrong Again So Here Are 40 Examples From Just One CNN Interview
He's just creating work for us at this point
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My contention that the displacement of trip hop by nu metal in the US at the turn of the Millennium facilitated the cultural nihilism that gave rise to Trumpism doesn't look so crazy now.
Current Affairs@currentaffairs.bsky.social · 2d ago
In addition to having no experience in immigration, their website shows Ilya Shapiro (!) and disgraced former law prof Joshua Wright (!) as Senior Counsel. I don't think this massive contract was awarded to give immigrant children effective, zealous advocacy. burkegroup.law/our-team/
Our Team - BURKE LAW GROUP, PLLC
Our Team
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Politico@politico.com · yesterday26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court
Awesome. Congratulations.
Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH@gavinyamey.bsky.social · 2d agoI was lucky to be invited by @bmj.com to be a Guest Editor for a series on COVID in the US For one paper, I commissioned my brilliant Duke colleague @keishabentley.bsky.social to lead an analysis on "Race, racism, & covid-19 in the US: lessons not learnt" Read it at www.bmj.com/content/384/...
"Politicians like Ken Paxton, they use those difficult issues to rile people up, to divide us, to distract us in order to win power for themselves." -James Talarico on not taking the bait on trans panic.
Federal prosecutors just dropped charges against 3 MORE defendants who were falsely accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool www.cbsnews.com/news/lincoln...
That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Americans are suffering all over the country and the orange felon is playing golf and congratulating himself on winning a tournament even though it’s well known that he always cheats at golf. I hate him.
If we weren't so broken, divided and led by corrupt rapists, this would be the biggest story of the week. But barely a blip. apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump accounts were closed in 2021 due to concerns over possible money laundering, Capital One says
Capital One closed President Donald Trump’s accounts in mid-2021 after flagging financial activity that resembled money laundering.
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It’s terrifying that deranged chaos agent RFK Jr admitted on national tv that he has no idea how to stop a future pandemic and what’s worse is that he truly doesn’t give a fuck either way. We went from having top scientific medical experts leading US Health to this looney basket.
Todd Blanche's last-minute promise won over Senators Cornyn & Tillis, but shouldn't have. The "deal" leaves Trump's tax immunity intact. It confirms what the Senators should have already known about Blanche's lack of fitness to be AG. My analysis: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The $1.776b Slush Fund Isn't As Dead As Senators Cornyn And Tillis Seem To Be Willing To Believe
MS NOW’s Mychael Schnell reported Monday morning that “Overnight: A spokesperson for Sen.
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Should be a huge scandal. And yet we know it won’t be.
HuffPost@huffpost.com · 2d ago“A careful review...suggests that the United States has killed individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking," Kaine stated.
Pundits *thrilled* over the supposed "realignment" that had black and brown voters swinging to Trump in meaningful numbers. It was so counterintuitive! And a chance to lecture the left! Turns out the whole thing was as substantial as a fart in a breeze. Pundits were projecting their fantasies.
Americans Are Turning on Trump
The president’s big gains with Black, Hispanic, and young voters in 2024 suggested a major shift. Less than two years later, he has lost those new supporters.
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The same people who have been telling us "we can't stop climate change, instead we must adapt" have been hammering our capacity to adapt, through their promotion of austerity. What they're really saying is "keep burning fossil fuels for the sake of our donors". www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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I’ve been writing a counter narrative of shutdowns that has me revisiting media from that time. And let me tell you, the only other option was everybody die. So yeah.
Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 3d agoit’s pretty obvious that a lot of people remember that COVID lockdowns were unpleasant and from there just extrapolate that they were therefore bad policy
When Uber Eats and DoorDash hid the tip button, delivery workers paid the price. Tips fell by 79%. In January, we changed that. Since then, more than $104 million has gone back into the pockets of the delivery workers who keep New York City fed.
Please stop saying “lockdowns.” There were never true lockdowns in the US, and it fuels far right narratives to repeat this inaccurate statement. You can say closures, you can say restrictions, or better, you can say public health measures which saved many lives.
Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 6d agoPeople still complain about “lockdowns” but we had none in the US. We had stay-at-home orders, where although businesses were closed, you could still go outside whenever you wanted. Other countries had far stricter rules, and yet have been much more accepting of them as they saved many more lives.
This New York Times article, which ran a week before Christmas last year, didn’t get the attention it deserved. It detailed Trump and Epstein's predatory behavior toward women – “a game of ego and dominance” in which “female bodies were currency.” Here’s a gift link and a thread. 1/6🧵
‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women (Gift Article)
The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were cur...
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Apple workers could have gotten $4 MILLION each over 8 years. Instead, Apple spent $650 BILLION on stock buybacks. Shareholders got rich. Workers got nothing. This isn't investment. It's theft. Tax the rich.
Hey, get in line behind *millions* of people, including Native Americans driven from their land and slaughtered, kidnapped Africans who were enslaved and lynched, women treated like property, LGBTQ people demeaned and treated like they didn’t matter, you crybaby, self-indulgent loser.
Typical abuser thoughts. It's disgusting the GOP hasn't dropped him.
Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d agoThe “Why would a woman I’ve made worry that I will hurt her if she displeases me cook to placate me?” question is only asked by the least self-aware domestic abusers.
He's not a scientist, just a layman and should not be discussing science in public.
Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 3d agoRFK tried a common COVID disinfo tactic, but messed up the delivery. The right loves to say ER visits fell in 2020. Stat is true, but it's due to people who use ERs for primary care delaying visits while social distancing. So, ER visits fell but ICUs were full due to an influx of COVID patients.
