Reposted by SandraEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 18hIn 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. 10747110
Sandra @lilysch.bsky.social · 5hThis, forever, paint it on every wall! Signed, a trained Biochemist who worked in virology. 010
Reposted by SandraEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 20hIt'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. >> 2937119
Reposted by SandraMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 7hDeath 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.comUK universities withdraw offers from international students to avoid blanket banPullback comes in response to doubling in number of study visas being refused by the Home Office in the first six months of 2026 15210134
Reposted by SandraAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 13hMt. Pleasant! YOU did that. WE are going to win. 7539011002
Reposted by SandraElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 12hThis 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.comControversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-BissauRecommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers 591343644
Reposted by SandraWill Weldon @oldmanweldon.bsky.social · 15hGreat 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.orgA 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... 848378
Reposted by SandraWill Weldon @oldmanweldon.bsky.social · 15hTop ten most foreboding sentence I've ever read. 785985972
Reposted by SandraOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14hraise revenue and undercut right-populism with One Weird Trick (capitalists HATE this) 71166360
Reposted by SandraGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 13hat this point people getting carjacked are gonna assume it’s ICE 5469116
Reposted by SandraPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 19hOne 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. 171922571
Reposted by SandraBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 19hJuly 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) 13267143
Reposted by Sandra DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 19hThis is clearly not acceptable 72887552925
Reposted by SandraGregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 19hNew 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... 🔓 363
Reposted by SandraDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19hSelling out Ukraine to side with Russia in order to marginally reduce the negative impacts of his dumb war with Iran 21568128
Sandra @lilysch.bsky.social · 18hThe video they made for him of his uncle is the probably the worst part. I literally gasped. Just so far up his a** 010
Reposted by SandraDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19hAnd removed sanctions from Russia on the same day. 8450156
Reposted by SandraTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19hYou 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. 212516
Reposted by SandraAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 21hBlue 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.comMichigan attorney general sues Blue Cross, alleging illegal monopolyMichigan Attorney General Dana Nessel sued Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan in "arguably the most consequential antitrust case" of its kind. 13756591891
Reposted by SandraLynn Sacco @urbanexile.bsky.social · 20hHello 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.vaUS Archbishop Coakley: Livestreaming execution promotes a ‘culture of death’ - Vatican NewsArchbishop Paul Coakley, President of the US Bishops’ Conference, expresses shock over the planned livestreamed execution of Nidal Hassan, warning ... 212819
Reposted by SandraKristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 20hSan 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.comCounty to use new forecasting tool to measure flu, COVID-19 in regionIt will predict whether hospitalizations will increase, decrease or remain flat in the coming two weeks. 0165
Reposted by SandraAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 22hFolks...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 563431948
Reposted by SandraJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 22hNew 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 106106264544
Reposted by SandraYael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 23hTheir 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. 2573102
Reposted by SandraYael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Emphasizing: 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. 3681146
Reposted by SandraYael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I 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. 201812877
Reposted by SandraMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 09/10/2026I 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.comUS proposes $100,000 charge for international students to do post-graduate workProposed rule would choke off a crucial STEM talent pipeline, policy specialists say 012255
Reposted by SandraAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Whoa. @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.comTrump 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. 1991551846
Reposted by SandraAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I 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... 8549881815
Reposted by SandraSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Umm, *I was the “somebody”! www.c-span.org/clip/house-c... 342570420
Reposted by SandraDavid Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Ossoff 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. 513664625
Reposted by SandraBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This 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. 1140241309
Reposted by SandraLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Trump is desperately trying to incite a riot before the election so he can declare an emergency 1582205560
Reposted by SandraMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026I 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. 11455106113303
Reposted by SandraMac It Look Like An Accident @macrogers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Okay so we have a number now: the Onion is officially 6 months ahead of reality. 4151471327
Reposted by SandraEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026See 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 44645267
Reposted by SandraLaura 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 4083450910415
Reposted by SandraAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Trump 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. 8873851886
Sandra @lilysch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Mike 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 021
Sandra @lilysch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026#NotInMyName #EndTheDeathPenalty If this is the plan, we have to stop it. It is barbaric. 010
Sandra @lilysch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Mike 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. 011
Reposted by SandraAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026El-Sayed to Rogers: "Are you going after my mom?" 521247247