Michael Carniol
@michaelcarniol.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Accounting and Information Systems, Rutgers Business School, Newark, NJ
He who fights with #Reviewer2 should look to it that he himself does not become a #Reviewer2. And if you gaze long into a reviewer’s comments, the reviewer’s comments also gaze into you.
Rightfully, the cuts to Medicaid (over 10M people will lose their health care) and the tax cuts for the rich have been the story of the disastrous Republican budget bill. But I read the whole thing. And there are some hidden rats in there you need to know about. 1/ A quick🧵
What a line from Warren Buffett this morning: “Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer." [applause] 🙏🏼
Ask us biomedical scientists if you have questions. Not conspiracy theorists. Not wellness grifters. And read the article I wrote below on HOW & WHY we know everything involved in research, development, & manufacture of vaccines: Can’t say the same for unregulated supplements! 🧵
We know EXACTLY what’s in vaccines – because we put it there
Vaccine scientists and regulatory agencies know exactly what is in vaccines and why, no matter what anti-vaccine activists try to claim.
news.immunologic.org
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
theatlantic.com
"Maybe I’m being totally paranoid, but sometimes I’ll pull up at a stop sign and notice people staring at me and laughing, and I could swear they’re saying mean things about me under their breath. Is that insane?" theonion.com/am-i-ugly/
Am I Ugly?
So this is kind of awkward but it’s been on my mind lately and I know it’s probably nothing but I’ve gotta ask. And be honest, because I need someone I can count on to tell the truth. Okay, so…do you think I look ugly? Ugh, this is so embarrassing! I’ve just been getting this […]
theonion.com
I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:
Hi all! It's a terrible day! Amongst terrible days, I suppose. Just a heads up that if you're a person who can get pregnant, this is a good time to consider getting a solid contraception plan if needed. Did you know you can also get abortion pills in advance?
Plan C | Get Pills in Advance
Learn how to get abortion pills by mail in advance, to have on hand just in case.
plancpills.org
Department of Government Enshittification
sarah jeong@sarahjeong.bsky.social · last yr.this is not a story about private sector brilliance being misapplied in the public sector. this a story about a failure of capitalism who glutted himself on government contracts and an inflated PE, rollerskating through the commons with a sledgehammer
It is literally illegal to share tax return information with both civil and criminal penalties www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/...
irs.gov
Buffet, like fine wine, ...”praise by name, criticize by category… if you start fooling your shareholders, you will soon believe your own baloney and be fooling yourself as well.”
The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired. Please amplify. (This helps the lawyers establish standing for bringing legal cases against the administration!) democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
The defining tract of modern Conservatism, Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France, was written to warn against the danger of believing that we can cure the ills of our country by breaking our whole system of government and rebuilding it according to modern principles.
The immigration–crime link: Nearly two centuries of data show that immigrants commit fewer crimes than US-born citizens. www.aeaweb.org/research/cha... via @aeajournals.bsky.social
The immigration–crime link
Nearly two centuries of data show that immigrants commit fewer crimes than US-born citizens.
aeaweb.org
I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner
There are literally hundreds of research projects here at UIUC being destroyed by the cuts to the NSF, NIH, NIFA, USAID. It’s an incomprehensible waste of scientific progress and human capital.
To me, it's simple. I'm not going to vote for or expedite a single Trump nominee while this constitutional crisis persists and deepens. That's just a component of real opposition, but it has to be the starting point. No complicity. Fierce opposition.
I mean, literally, the answer to this is "I am federally prohibited from telling you anything about my students without a subpoena or judicial warrant; if you have a subpoena or judicial warrant, please submit it to [Legal Officer/Office] to ensure it is in compliance with all relevant federal laws"
✪ A Somber Birthday Gray in Late August ✪@jongraywb.blacksky.app · 2y agoIf you have students who are trans no you don’t. If you have students of color who may be affected by ICE no you don’t. If anyone asks you gender or racial the makeup of your class you don’t have to tell them. Protect your class and protect your students by not complying in advance. They trust you.
My theoretical economics workflow: 1) To provide intuition for a theorem, hand-draw color-coded charts of a function and its inverse under two different parameters and the equilibria that result. (2) Find I just disproved the theorem. (3) Repeat #econsky
the odysseus moon lander's mission will be cut short. it landed sideways because the company operating it skipped, on purpose, an expensive preflight check on the pad
Moon lander Odysseus mission to be cut short after sideways touchdown
Engineers on Earth expect to lose radio contact with the private U.S. moon lander Odysseus on Tuesday, effectively cutting short the mission five days after its sideways touchdown, the company behind the spacecraft, Intuitive Machines , said on Monday.
reuters.com