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Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.
Jørgen Heszlein@heszlein.bsky.social · 4d agoNew estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Chicago (and elsewhere)— We really, really need you to show up for this one. This amount of $ is a drop in the bucket for someone with means. A traumatized family is facing an emergency, and every second counts. We don't know where the detention pipeline could take this father next.
Andres A. Chavez@andral404.bsky.social · 2w agoI know I have been uploading a bunch of money asks. But please consider helping my dear friend who is going through it. www.gofundme.com/f/aid-for-fa...
If you have type-O positive blood and you can manage it, please consider donating blood *as soon as possible* - this is a very bad situation.
public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 3w agoyikes
there is a cohort of men who resent the responsibilities and obligations of adulthood — of the fact that you owe things to other people. it is a fundamentally childish impulse that they have reconfigured as the height of masculinity, and i think it informs the parasocial attraction to platner.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last mo.what a fucking asshole
It’s HOT! Don’t forget to unplug your local Data center to stay cool.
“This is a 5-alarm fire, and we need people, everyone, to first of all, understand the implications of these new policies and make sure that you reach out and make your voice heard,” said Carolyn Bertozzi, Nobel laureate, about the new OMB rule https://cancerletter.com/the-cancer-letter/20260612_1/
Proposed OMB rule aims at the heart of the U.S. research enterprise—and scientists are fighting back “The question isn’t whether politics will influence research. Under this proposal, that’s the point....
Here are the battle lines: The White House Office of Management and Budget has published a “Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance,” a proposed rule that seeks to fundamentally redraw the ground rules for all federally funded research. On the other side are America’s scientists who aren’t just crying foul—they are readying for a political fight. […]
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So upsetting. We deserve better bike lanes and safe streets where we're not contending for space with semi-trucks. It sounds like Riley was an admired public servant and massive contributor to making the city better for bikers. WTF, I hate this. He should be here still. 💔
Sean Parker@seanforfive.com · 2mo agoThis is so awful. The person who was killed biking yesterday in Chicago was bike parking manager Riley O'Neil. If you've ever biked around Chicago you've probably noticed how incredibly well the city handles bike parking. That doesn't happen without dedicated public servants like O'Neil.
This is what I am talking about! Let's see their names. Shame on every single one of them.
ACLU@aclu.org · 2mo ago52 senators voted in favor of allocating an additional $70 billion to fuel ICE and Border Patrol's campaign of chaos and violence in our communities without any reforms. The House of Representatives must reject this bill and any attempts to give ICE more money to violate our rights.
Instead of saying "Senate Republicans" at every turn, I think we should be using names. Even when it's over 50. For example, "The following elected officials voted for more ICE funding for patrols that abduct people off the streets and illegally detain them under inhume conditions: ..."
ICE ACTIVITY IN CHICAGO! Today, 25 immigration enforcement vehicles and 3 detainments were confirmed before 10 a.m. across at least 9 neighborhoods. Federal agents were seen in: Belmont Cragin Prospect Heights Northbrook Avondale Garfield Ridge Albany Park Englewood Joliet Schaumburg
Can’t have a union at amazon because Jeff Bezos needs enough money to do this
alina@ramshackle78.bsky.social · 3mo agoBlue Origin New Glen rocket just explodes during static fire testing. This scrambles soooo many plans for both Blue Origin and NASA 📸 @nasaspaceflight.com
This is just crushing. Emily Waldorf was denied care for a risky miscarriage due to Arkansas’ abortion ban, even after she met the hospital’s CEO, called the governor’s office and got a lawyer. www.propublica.org/article/arka...
They stole the internet’s knowledge and all the work that went into it and they want to sell it back to us for a fee. What a business model.
Key Biden-era regulations designed to protect the nation’s drinking water from the most dangerous cancer-causing per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have been removed by the Trump administration. https://cnn.it/43i6QXC
New from 404 Media: spoke to four people who attended a trade show where senior ICE officials spoke about how much Palantir is supercharging their arrests. List of 20 million people on ICE agents phones now; increased chance of successful arrest from 28 to 80% www.404media.co/ice-agents-h...
ICE Agents Have List of 20 Million People on Their iPhones Thanks to Palantir
The comments made by a senior ICE official at a trade show highlight how Palantir is increasing the speed at which ICE operates. Most people detained by ICE have no criminal conviction.
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what’s the point of a government that allows this
The Register@theregister.com · 3mo agoNHS England confirms: Palantir staff can access patient data
And men can (and should) get them too! I got mine only a few years ago.
Liz Szabo@lizszabo.bsky.social · 3mo agoThree surprising benefits of HPV vaccines we didn’t anticipate when they were approved: 1. They protect against FIVE types of cancer 2. They are creating herd immunity 3. They last a long time. “We have people who are 20, 30, 40 years old who are seeing protection from the HPV vaccine.”
In Chicago you can drop a pin on this map to request a bike rack bikeparking-chicago.hub.arcgis.com It made me so happy to see a family use this rack I requested for the first time 🥹
Tony Jordan@tonyjordan.bsky.social · 4mo agoI used a bike rack this weekend that exists because I complained about it not existing. You can make things better, even just a little.
I would love it if those of you who do not have library cards will apply for one at your local branch during #NationalLibraryWeek. Then let me know about it. 😇
the president of the united states is personally looting the treasury to the tune of literally billions of dollars and that he is not being immediately removed from office and tried for high crimes against this country is a devastating indictment of every part of our political system
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 4mo agoAnd there it is.... Update in Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against his own I.R.S., in which he seeks taxpayer-funded damages for the prior release of his tax records Trump legal filing says he's in "discussions" with his own I.R.S. to "avoid protracted litigation"
It's not just Iran whose surrender is being demanded. It's yours. Your hope. Your belief in yourself and our collective potential. Your empathy. They want to crush those things. They want you to believe their will is inevitable. They want you to surrender.
There are always TRILLIONS for wars at home and abroad, but when it comes to funding our health care and the critical programs working families rely on...they say hell no!
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 4mo agoA closer look at Trump's 2027 budget
the trump administration is selling this country wholesale to rapacious, extractive industries that will destroy our collective resources for private profit morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.
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This is the only thing you need to know. Democrats want to open TSA. Republicans are refusing because they want to attach ICE funding. That’s why there are long lines. ICE.
Chicago women outvoted men by 23% in Tuesday’s primary election, data shows. blockclubchi.co/3PNWCL5
One death every four days in ICE detention. One every FOUR days. This is passive eugenics. Not an accident.
Austin Kocher, PhD@austinkocher.com · 5mo agoICE detention deaths are now occurring at a rate of roughly one every four days. Three weeks ago that rate was one every six days. The pace is accelerating, and Congress has not launched a single investigation.
