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Lex Hovani

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Nature finance; international development; reinventing democracy; gardening

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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Trump has brought a new era of globalization bringing to America many approaches that I only really saw abroad. Fascism, cult of personality, kleptocracy, attacks on press and rule of law, leaders building gold covered monuments to themselves.
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“We can’t stop the bus, but we can steer the bus” - Anthropic CEO. That was also the plot of the movie Speed. It did t end well for the bus. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/t...
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How Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s Writings Help Explain A.I. Fears
The collected essays of Dario Amodei help explain why some people are so worried about artificial intelligence.
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Our Never-Ending Race to the Bottom www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Corruption Stains, From Texas to Maine (Gift Article)
Something is wrong if vice is all on their side and virtue is all on yours.
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The perfect example of Trump’s extractivism. Setup what is essentially a pure gambling system the house is guaranteed to win. Reduce regulations for your crypto casino. Encourage your most passionate supporters to “invest”. Trump takes 600M investors -3B www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/u...
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Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
A genuinely dangerous person, JD Vance, and an appalling interview. The self serving bullshit on each topic was bad enough. As a former USAID foreign service officer his absurd use of left wing election wins to justify destroying the Agency was astonishing. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/o...
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Opinion | JD Vance on the Morality of the Trump Administration
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I am watching American Psycho for the first time. I think when it was made 26 years ago and was a little “out there” then. Today it feels just one step beyond conventional. Consumerism, sociopathy, food and health obsession, personas. Not a nice trajectory for society…
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Is there more of a worthless piece of shit than Hegseth? He’s both political scum and preening faux religious. Most people pick one or the other.
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
My Dad and Grandmother fled Hungary in 1956 to escape Russian imposed fascism. Who could could have imagined America would be cooperating with Russia to prolong fascist leadership in Hungary and threatening Russian-style war crimes in Iran? Thankfully neither of them are alive to see it.
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Sometimes I feel vulgar, like I should not call Trump a piece of shit. But why waste energy on precision? Why strain for decorum? He is shit in so many ways that make specifics seem unnecessary. Every utterance of his degrades our shared humanity. Do I need to still be polite?
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Are we going to be able to take Trump’s name off these things? It’s gone from pathetic to humiliating. Kennedy Center, TrumpRX, Penn Station (NY), Dulles Airport, Trump Accounts, Trump Institute of Peace… It really ought to be illegal, especially when leveraged through extortion.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/02/2026
Heads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/02/2026
Remember her name: Aliya Rahman Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself. It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did. ICE MUST GO‼️
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I just did the math and the ICE occupation of Minneapolis has one ICE agent for every 140 or so people.
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u... what to say about these people? The police and the synagogue agree that this was in no way aimed at the synagogue, but federal officials swoop in to shit on the day? Thanks
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ICE Arrests Harvard Professor Charged for Shooting a Pellet Gun
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Scum, sleaze, shit, filth, scourge, evil, pathetic, worthless, vile, disgusting, despicable…I can never summon words to fit the appalling mess of Trump and company…
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
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Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Is there any estimate of how much time we’re wasting as a country on Trump admin moves and comments that are utter fucking nonsense? I am thinking of things like this Coast Guard swastika nonsense, the Comey trial nonsense, etc. I am not criticizing opposition to nonsense or legitimate policy moves.
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
It’s wild that people take Nvidia’s profit announcement as an indication that it’s not a bubble. They’re the ones making and selling the bubble gum, of course they are profiting when loads of companies jump into bubble blowing. If those companies show profits soar it will be news.
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
What is the most comprehensive summary of corruption allegation in the Trump administration? It’s hard to keep these cases all in mind.
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
There are now dozens of stunning, stupefying examples of corruption, sadism, and incompetence of the Trump administration each day. Yet Trump sitting in the Oval Office and basically trivializing the Khashoggi murder because “things happen” still made me gasp.
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Hating the government is not the same as hating the country. In 2025 America they are almost opposites.
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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
“the new material is as strong as petroleum-based plastics but breaks down into its original components when exposed to salt. Those components can then be further processed by naturally occurring bacteria,thereby avoiding generating microplastics that can harm aquatic life and enter the food chain.”
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Scientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours
Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming wildlife.
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
A Comprehensive Accounting of Trump’s Culture of Corruption www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/o... There is no news here just a clear summary of this awful aspect of our national moment
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Opinion | A Comprehensive Accounting of Trump’s Culture of Corruption
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
This is the first time I wasn’t appalled by Josh Hawley, so maybe I am overreacting in a positive way now, but it was great to see a prominent Republican giving such a full throated defense of Medicaid. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...
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Opinion | Josh Hawley: Don’t Cut Medicaid
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 04/05/2025
In all 435 congressional districts, our groups are organizing the pro-democracy majority to reclaim its power. Find your local group: indivisible.org/groups Or let us help you get started: indivisibleproject.formstack.com/forms/organi...
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
As a Michigan alum I was dubious when the Big 10 expanded and lost its geographic coherence but now I am changing my tune. Thanks #Rutgers! I hope this #mutualdefensepact inspires others! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/n...
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This State University Has a Plan to Take on Trump
Two professors from Rutgers University in New Jersey went out on a limb to write a “mutual defense compact” for Big Ten schools. Their effort is gaining steam.
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the hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Just because 99/100 scientists agree that it's bad to open a portal to the hell dimension doesn't mean we should immediately discount the opposing views of the scientist employed by Open A Portal To The Hell Dimension Inc.
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/o...
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Opinion | Donald Trump Is Selling the White House to the Highest Bidder
Donald Trump has set a new standard for egregious and potentially illegal behavior.
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
A vivid wakeup call on food security. www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/whistle...
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Whistleblowers warn UK food industry heading for climate disaster
Inside Track x Food claims the UK food industry has 'reached a moment of threat to food security like none other we have seen'
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I have been thinking a lot about the evil synergies between Trump, Project 2025, and Musk. I really think that any one or two of them would have had a fraction of the catastrophic impact that they have had together. Hopefully it will also accelerate the collapse of their efforts
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 23/04/2025
This is an absolutely wild and illegal order, ceding Secretary-level authorities to a non-Senate confirmed DOGE operative
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/04/2025
The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
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HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Such a mystery why women are having fewer children in America… let’s hope the “White House” figures it out…
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
There is a reason for building consensus among diverse stakeholders before launching massively consequential policies www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/b... #tariffs
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How This Trade War Is Different From All Other Trade Wars
By acting on his own, President Trump has broken with more than 200 years of U.S. history in which Congress set the direction of trade policy.
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
A few of the many inspiring USAID folks who were "fed to the woodchipper" by Trump, Rubio, and Musk deliver a great summary of lessons learned in state capture from around the world. friendsofusaid.substack.com/p/how-to-ste... #USAID, #statecapture, #thisisnotadrill
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How to Steal a Country in Six Easy Steps
And why Americans should stop pretending it can’t happen here
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Well said
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
What if it were a pre-requisite that any senior government appointee had to have spent at least five years working to address a significant public problem?
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
An unintended positive consequence of the Trump administration is that it seems to be leading to a resurgence in study of US and world history. As Kurt Vonnegut said, "history, read it and weep." #HUAC, #ultra, #paranoidstyleofpolitics, #romansalute, #culturalrevolution
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
One of the disturbing patterns in the Trump administration is letting people with no insight or even basic understanding gleefully destroy important, complex institutions. #USAID, #internationaltrade, #NIH, #disturbingpatterns
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Lex Hovani @lexhovani.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I want to thank Nando’s for their free lunch for Federal employees today. I got delicious chicken plus some welcome commiseration with people from USDA, CDC, and NIH. I was the only one in our huddle facing imminent layoff, but the immediate empathy from strangers was really nice.
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