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Human. Scientist, husband, (father)^2. Immigrant and polyglot. Futebol is my religion. Bethesda Declaration co-signer. Proudly anti-fascist. All posts are my own. "Let their rule hold not through me!" Solzhenitsyn
NEW: CBP is shopping for a contractor to track down people the US has deported to Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala and collect unpaid immigration fines — debts that can top $1.8 million a person.
U.S. Border Patrol wants a contractor to track down deported people abroad and collect their immigration fines
The agency gave bidders three business days to compete for a first-of-its-kind contract to collect fines from people it has deported to Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala.
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Starting in Spring or Summer 2027 K99/R00 (under its new activity code KT1/R00) will only be available to US citizens, permanent residents, and non-citizen nationals. I am hearing this from many program officers, but NIH has yet to make an official statement to my knowledge.
When Congress failed to impeach the quack (RFK Jr), we end up with a Quay? #impeachthequack Note that NIH staff rejected the application. He was chosen anyway. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
A lab-leak proponent is in line for Fauci’s old job
Steven Quay is in final vetting to run the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media
🚨🚨 FEDS and everyone else 🚨🚨 🧵Tomorrow is the last day to comment on the Office of Personnel Management rule, “Promoting Employee Accountability" at www.regulations.gov/commenton/OP... This rule eliminates employee protections and rights, and hastens the firing process. Specifically, it... 1/4
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We didn’t ask you to release a diary. We demanded you release the Epstein files. We even passed a law.
I don't wish for anyone's death, but there are obituaries I read with immense pleasure. Waiting for war criminal Gen. Chayko's obituary tomorrow.
Elon Musk is the biggest loser. Nobody ever "lost" 700B$ of wealth in the recent history of the world.
I've proposed this to some at NIH. A shadow NIH. With one additional line: 1) how we would have done better (on every major decision) 2) how we will undo it
Ami Fields-Meyer@fieldsmeyer.com · 5d agoCreate a shadow cabinet. Every time Hegseth stands at pentagon podium to announce some wild holy war action, our shadow SecDef gets up at ours to explain what we’d do differently. Same with RFK vaccine announcements or supplement things. Create a constant contrast, counter narrate the presidency.
Legally, today is Russel Vought last day at the helm of the CFPB. In practice... Report: Russell Vought Expected to Remain at CFPB as Senior Adviser Pending Brian Johnson’s Confirmation | Consumer Finance Monitor share.google/dCjwKtmMciQ8...
Report: Russell Vought Expected to Remain at CFPB as Senior Adviser Pending Brian Johnson’s Confirmation
According to a report by Eleanor Mueller of Semafor, Russell Vought is expected to remain at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a senior adviser
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This is how to speak to every single one of those sycophants.
BRITISH COLUMBIA Horse manure portrait of Donald Trump becomes unlikely hit at Sooke Fine Arts Show - CHEK News cheknews.ca/horse-manure...
Horse manure portrait of Donald Trump becomes unlikely hit at Sooke Fine Arts Show
The artwork, titled "The Don of Dung," was created by Vancouver Island artist Wendy Chartrand using dried horse manure as its primary medium.
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Reading (and listening) to "On courage" by @juliaangwin.com @fieldsmeyer.com Read by @maddow.bsky.social It is a must read.
Ameaka Fatima Nkempu, a Johns Hopkins University researcher in public health, was detained by ICE while boarding a domestic flight. She says she is Cameroonian in a Medium article that she authored. As of Thursday morning, the ICE Online Detainee Locator did not list where she was being held.
Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com · 6d agoICE detains Hopkins public health researcher as agency expands airport arrests
AI will not replace us anytime soon. But if you fire all competent people, it will continue to embarrass us!
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 6d agoThe State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
"no intelligence" is one of the main traits of this administration.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last wk.BREAKING: Trump ally Jay Clayton, who has no intelligence experience, has just been confirmed by the Senate to be Director of National Intelligence.
Sat down to write about the Hugging Face/AI incident. Ended up drawing this instead.
I co-sign this great summary from @dereklowe.bsky.social . The goal is to destroy academic science, and these are the reasons. And all the “gold standard” and “needs reform” and “not high risk” stuff is transparent bullshit to hide the ball on what they are doing.
Derek Lowe@dereklowe.bsky.social · 2w agoThoughts on the various Trump administration proposals to revamp US science funding - and what they all have in common:
Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...
Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
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Famous last words: Cyclospora: RFK Jr. says outbreak is under control share.google/YARI80tpNgDP...
RFK Jr. says cyclospora outbreak is 'under control'
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday said that the ongoing outbreak of cyclosporiasis is "under control" despite criticism.
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"The current ruling—if not reversed on appeal or rendered moot by the proposed OMB rule—will help protect current and future grants to higher ed institutions and researchers in the states that sued." www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Agencies Can’t Cite Changed Priorities to Terminate Grants
The ruling limits the Trump administration’s power to cancel research and other funding based on the Office of Management and Budget’s termination clause. OMB’s proposed rule may change that.
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2/ But even with that reversal, the FDA still says Taylor Farms is linked to the outbreak. If you're confused, trust me, you're not alone. This is one of the most opaque, confusing, and unclearly communicated outbreak responses I've ever seen. Right now, you should still avoid iceberg lettuce.
I watched two matches today. France - England (catching up from yesterday) and Spain - Argentina. Such different games, and yet both show the beauty of the game.
Commentators on the German Broadcast of the FIFA World Cup Final didn’t hold back 💀 #FIFA
If you think we're gonna vote our way out of this, you're 6-10 years behind the curve.
It's not the team's issue here. It's the cadence. The plane is used daily for deportations. The day before, the day after. Deportation airlines. A 120+ seat plane. Fifa flies Portugal’s World Cup team on plane used for ICE deportations | The Guardian share.google/aKf96CitONBX...
Fifa flies Portugal’s World Cup team on plane used for ICE deportations
Aircraft that transported team to match is same one used to deport dozens of Venezuelans to Cecot mega-prison
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Flooding the zone. Foreign student visas now?!?!?
Democracy Now!@democracynow.org · 3w agoU.S. Tightens Visa Rules for Foreign Students, Journalists and Cultural Exchange Visitors