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Sandra

@lilysch.bsky.social
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Biochemist. Former Science Editor. Working on a degree in Political Science.“Concentrated academic material acquisition”. Currently in Michigan. She/her. Anti-fascist. “Ein Leben ohne Mops ist möglich aber sinnlos.“ 🐾

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 18h
In other words, it is the job of scientists to devise experiments that can test their claims, to always be cautious abt what they are claiming, and to critically evaluate the claims of other scientists. By these well-established standards, no serious science is happening behind Anthropic's claims.
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Sandra @lilysch.bsky.social · 5h
This, forever, paint it on every wall! Signed, a trained Biochemist who worked in virology.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 20h
It's the job of the media to scrutinize such statements and decide whether there's a story here at all (maybe the story is Anthropic researchers have fallen into a fantasy-land and brought many policymakers with them), not to just platform them. >>
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 7h
Death by a thousand cuts as universities revoke international offers "en masse" of prospective students from Bangladesh, Nigeria and Pakistan to avoid losing ability to recruit international students. More job losses and course closures predicted in consequence. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
giftarticle.ft.com
UK universities withdraw offers from international students to avoid blanket ban
Pullback comes in response to doubling in number of study visas being refused by the Home Office in the first six months of 2026
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 13h
Mt. Pleasant! YOU did that. WE are going to win.
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Sandra @lilysch.bsky.social · 12h
I can’t believe they’re going ahead with this!!!
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 12h
This is a disaster. The ethics committee in Denmark that approved the Guinea-Bissau study which will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine “had never considered medical studies before but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one”. Four members of the committee have resigned in protest.
theguardian.com
Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Will Weldon @oldmanweldon.bsky.social · 15h
Great story about how the state has given up on doing anything about cranks selling their bacteria filled dairy products (ha ha that photo obviously did a number on me woooooooo) www.propublica.org/article/cali...
propublica.org
A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Will Weldon @oldmanweldon.bsky.social · 15h
Top ten most foreboding sentence I've ever read.
She had bought raw goat milk from a farm recommended to her in a Facebook group run by her chiropractor
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14h
raise revenue and undercut right-populism with One Weird Trick (capitalists HATE this)
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 13h
at this point people getting carjacked are gonna assume it’s ICE
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Sandra @lilysch.bsky.social · 19h
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 19h
One of the most disconcerting moments of living in this timeline of the world in the U.S. is that A LOT of people in this country keep acting like there's a special line that needs to be crossed for fascism to *arrive.* The reality is that we are CURRENTLY living under Federal fascism. NOW.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 19h
July 31: Russia is sharing intelligence with Iran to launch assaults on US troops October 9: Trump is doing a diesel deal with Russia (which can now use that money to provide intelligence to Iran in launching assaults on US troops)
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EXCLUSIVE * FOR SUBSCRIBERS IRAN WAR Russia is sharing valuable electronic intel with Iran, officials say, as U.S. war drags on Russian satellite surveillance and signals intelligence are likely allowing Iran to better defend itself against U.S. airstrikes and refine its own aerial assaults, officials said.Donald J. Trump O @realDonaldTrump

a I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November, and 1,000,000 Tons immediately thereafter. Additionally, based on the condition of their Diesel Refineries, Russia will then deliver, within a short period of time, 3,000,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel. Between our TOTAL CONTROL of the Strait of Hormuz, and this great announcement on Russian Energy, Diesel Prices for Americans and, indeed, the World, will be COMING DOWN, IN RECORD NUMBERS, AND FAST! Lower prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers, and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority. This is a very big and important announcement. Additionally, it must be understood, that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP 117 ReTruths 323 Likes

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Sandra @lilysch.bsky.social · 18h
wtf?!
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DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 19h
This is clearly not acceptable
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Sandra @lilysch.bsky.social · 18h
Willy!!!!😍
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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 19h
New paper in @plos.org Computational Biology highlights the importance "of apparently 'lazy' individuals in eusocial societies" and suggests "that they contribute to colony resilience rather than representing inefficiency" 🧪🐝 journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol... 🔓
Willy and Maya (anime bees from a 1970ies TV series) are chilling on a water lilly leaf
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h
Selling out Ukraine to side with Russia in order to marginally reduce the negative impacts of his dumb war with Iran
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Sandra @lilysch.bsky.social · 18h
The video they made for him of his uncle is the probably the worst part. I literally gasped. Just so far up his a**
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h
And removed sanctions from Russia on the same day.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19h
You don’t have to give Anthropic credit for protecting its machine from mean humans. Or for any other reason as long as they organizationally threatening the wellbeing of actual humans. I don’t care what they do to T&C but it’s absurd to take them at their word about why or how.
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Sandra @lilysch.bsky.social · 19h
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 21h
Blue Cross Blue Shield is being sued as a monopoly after the state found it's been in a conspiracy to restrict access to healthcare. Corporations should not have this much power. We need money out of politics, money in our pockets, and Medicare for All.
freep.com
Michigan attorney general sues Blue Cross, alleging illegal monopoly
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel sued Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan in "arguably the most consequential antitrust case" of its kind.
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Lynn Sacco @urbanexile.bsky.social · 20h
Hello JD, the Catholic Bishops are calling! “The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people,” he said. www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...
vaticannews.va
US Archbishop Coakley: Livestreaming execution promotes a ‘culture of death’ - Vatican News
Archbishop Paul Coakley, President of the US Bishops’ Conference, expresses shock over the planned livestreamed execution of Nidal Hassan, warning ...
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 20h
San Diego County continues to build its leadership for infectious disease monitoring and forecasting. Great to see and this really serves as a template for the rest of the country 👏. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/10/09/c...
sandiegouniontribune.com
County to use new forecasting tool to measure flu, COVID-19 in region
It will predict whether hospitalizations will increase, decrease or remain flat in the coming two weeks.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 22h
Folks...she's coming back to Michigan. Join @aoc.bsky.social and me in the UP on October 15th! ESCANABA: a4-m.org/escanaba-1015 IRON MOUNTAIN: a4-m.org/ironmountain... MARQUETTE: a4-m.org/marquette-1015
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 22h
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…
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Sandra @lilysch.bsky.social · 22h
I hope we the people can find a way to stop this.
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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 23h
Their treatment by the US immigration authorities is just unconscionable. Also: many of them have most of their relatives there. And so much property just impounded and stolen by our government.
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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Emphasizing: people I am speaking to are strong and have tremendous spirit. But they have been devastated. They mostly entered the U.S. legally, worked for several years, were detained (frequently illegally), arbitrarily deprived or denied status, treated brutally, and dropped here with nothing.
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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 09/10/2026
I spoke with @nature.com on the US Administration's new $100,000 tax on international students who stay to work. I estimate that the tax will sharply reduce the use of Optional Practical Training & thus talent inflows to the US economy. My estimates in this new paper —> www.iza.org/publications...
nature.com
US proposes $100,000 charge for international students to do post-graduate work
Proposed rule would choke off a crucial STEM talent pipeline, policy specialists say
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Whoa. @haleaziz.bsky.social has the scoop on a truly insane plan to use some military training ships for deportations, with people presumably shackled or locked in cells for days at a time as they transit to Central and South America. Each journey would be staggeringly expensive — and dangerous.
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Considers Using Ships to Deport Immigrants (Gift Article)
Journeys to destinations including El Salvador and Venezuela could take days and cost millions. Officials cautioned that discussions are still preliminary.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...
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Kyrre Teigen @kyrreteigen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Umm, *I was the “somebody”! www.c-span.org/clip/house-c...
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ossoff is definitely not listening to Yglesias/Klein/PodSave reactionary centrist crowd, he does not think his marginal voter is a white-supremacist, and that is what makes him such an attractive candidate to the vast majority of US who are not white-supremacists.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is Nazi rhetoric, full stop. It's not only a call to instigate a race war in the United States, but it's reminiscent of historic European justifications used to incite pogroms against Jews. People who say things like this are incredibly dangerous, as there is nothing they won't eventually do.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump is desperately trying to incite a riot before the election so he can declare an emergency
Donald J. Trump
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The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants. There is Violence, Murder, and Mayhem all over the State. The people of Minnesota must fight back. You have been robbed, and abandoned by your State Government. Your Governor is an incompetent thief who doesn't want to get involved. He just wants to get out of town with as much as he can steal, and then, lead a quiet life. The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back! If you need, the Federal Government will come to your rescue.
Governor Tim Walz, and Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, must immediately ask for Federal help - and leave the rest to us!
President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Mac It Look Like An Accident @macrogers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Okay so we have a number now: the Onion is officially 6 months ahead of reality.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
See this ICE agent? He’s a holding a *military assault rifle.* And according to a witness, that‘s the agent who shot a man **while the man was in his car with his 5-year-old kid.** Also, I’m no expert, but i’m pretty sure it’s bananas to hold your phone in one hand & your ASSAULT RIFLE in another
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Sandra @lilysch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
No, no, no, it really is a mystery. /s
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump voters are looking my way because I'm not bought off. I want money out of politics, money in your pocket, and Medicare for All.
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Sandra @lilysch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mike Rogers said Dr. Abdul was paid off by George Soros family and Hamas and Hezbollah. He literally said it in that order!🤦🏼‍♀️ He’s such a racist asshat. #MichiganDebate
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Sandra @lilysch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#NotInMyName #EndTheDeathPenalty If this is the plan, we have to stop it. It is barbaric.
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Sandra @lilysch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mike Rogers kept lying and lying. And lobbing personal attacks. You’d be passed out drunk if you did a shot every time MAGA Mike mentioned the Muslim Brotherhood. Dr. Abdul kept his cool.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
El-Sayed to Rogers: "Are you going after my mom?"
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