Reposted by SeanDavid Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 27/06/2025The president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Susan J. Kressly, said "creation of federal immunization policy is ‘no longer a credible process.’” 11738205
Reposted by SeanAll In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 20/06/2025“Americans are being forced to accept masked paramilitary forces stopping you anytime, anywhere—demanding to know where people are from,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social. “It is an assault on the idea of America itself.” 1122434708
Reposted by SeanMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Found this @laist.com piece interviewing graduating seniors in LA—some of whom have family members afraid of attending ceremonies right now—to be quite moving. laist.com/news/educati... 232437456
Reposted by SeanChuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 14/06/2025uhhhhhhhh uhmmmmmmmm what the fuck 1941688
Reposted by SeanMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 31/05/2025For four long years I was told not to call what’s coming our way fascism but here we are: 22945911396
Reposted by SeanMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 31/05/2025I can’t think of a presidency that has done more open and undeniable damage to this country, and the wider world, in such a short space of time, than this one. Shocking, despicable:nytimes.comTrump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine 1313198820
Reposted by SeanSteven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 31/05/2025The US government is marshaling thought police to screen anyone seeking entry to America's most prestigious university from abroad. But *lack of public thoughts* could also lead to a denial of a visa to study there. 1722186
Reposted by SeanKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 31/05/2025How did this work out for the law firms? 441092203
Reposted by SeanSarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 31/05/2025“When citizens must think twice about criticizing or opposing the government because they could credibly face government retribution, they no longer live in a full democracy.”nytimes.comOpinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy? 47893239
Reposted by SeanKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 31/05/2025So. Steel production is relatively small slice of the American economy. Steel itself? *Very widely used throughout the American economy. See the problem? (I mean, see the problem beyond the entire global economy being held hostage to the whims of one guy who doesn’t understand the economy?) 711516265
Reposted by SeanMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o... 12553960113766
Reposted by SeanDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 30/05/2025The government wants to do its "enhanced social media vetting" surveillance on all foreign college kids (starting with Harvard, of course), and also to treat anyone with a private profile as suspicious and "reflective of evasiveness" www.politico.com/news/2025/05... @nahaltoosi.bsky.social 611335
Reposted by SeanNorm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 30/05/2025So we’ve just accepted that the first amendment doesn’t apply to non-citizens? 47513
Reposted by SeanBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Politico scoops the Rubio memo outlining the criteria that could nix a student’s visa application. It’s ridiculously vague — a lack of social media could be held against students! — which, of course, is the point. www.politico.com/news/2025/05... Via @nahaltoosi.bsky.social @ebazail.bsky.social 20478159
Reposted by SeanMichelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social · 30/05/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o... 15737131594
Reposted by SeanMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 29/05/2025If you want to understand why this country is in the state it’s in, and why we have no real functioning opposition party, consider this: Rubio has been the most dangerous and dictatorial member of the Trump cabinet. And yet every single Senate Democrat voted Yes to confirm him. 1412431500
Reposted by SeanPatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Charlie Kirk called Martin Luther King Jr. “a bad guy” and called anti-segregation legislation a mistake. Trump hosted him at the White House yesterday. 139855238
Reposted by SeanMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 29/05/2025This is what happens when you put internet conspiracy theorists in charge of major government departments.notus.orgThe MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t ExistThe Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors. 1203203946
Reposted by SeanPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 29/05/2025It’s funny how Trump insisted that crypto was a scam, right up the moment he got in on the scam. 1237956
Reposted by SeanAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Treating a new Covid strain like a crime and not a public health issue is deranged. 1136158433398
Reposted by SeanBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 27/05/2025If you want a sneak peak into our future imagine the politicization of everything. Whether the government performs a function entirely dependent on whether the government likes you. You want your social security check? Small business loan? Let's have a look at your facebook posts first 282894716
Reposted by SeanChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Can't help but feel we're living through an increasingly existential war between spectacle and substance with spectacle winning battle after battle after battle. 1057212942740
Reposted by SeanDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 28/05/2025A scandal worse than Watergate that the reporter waited to tell until he had a book to sell. Okay. 4896141
Reposted by SeanMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 27/05/2025"Our product creates such little value that it is simply not viable in the marketplace, not even as a niche product. Therefore, we must be allowed to unilaterally extract value from the work of others and convert that value into our profits." 28841232
Reposted by SeanMaggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 27/05/2025A huge step from HHS that is at odds with science showing significant risks for young children and pregnant women — and that directly contradicts *the FDA's own publication* from last week listing pregnancy as a high-risk condition that would qualify people for this fall's Covid vaccine 22547811758
Reposted by SeanAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 26/05/2025🧵 When authoritarian leaders attack judges as "enemies," history shows us exactly where this leads. Trump's assault on "USA HATING JUDGES" isn't just inflammatory rhetoric—it's following a script written by strongmen worldwide. But other countries show us how to fight back. 191148432
Reposted by SeanEvan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Around D.C., the new going rate is well-known: $5 million for a one-on-one dinner with Trump, but gov-affairs execs have “no clue where the money is eventually going,” one said. Another told me it’s “outer-borough Mafia sh*t.” My new piece is out @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comDonald Trump’s Politics of PlunderThe greed of the new Administration has galvanized America’s aspiring oligarchs—and their opponents. 13135391450
Reposted by SeanMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Read the transcript of the brilliant Mishal Husain’s interview with Elon Musk & see just how annoyed he gets at very simple & basic questions & how he childishly lashes out, & also ask yourself why US media interviewers can’t do interviews like this.bloomberg.comElon Musk on Political Spending: ‘I Think I’ve Done Enough’At the Qatar Economic Forum, Elon Musk and Mishal Husain talk about the Tesla backlash, AI regulation and DOGE’s success rate. 1052480632
Reposted by SeanProtik Islam-Jakobsson @protik.bsky.social · 25/05/2025think @boltsmag.org might also fit the bill 48112
Reposted by SeanJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 23/05/2025my sportscenter co-anchor: wnba action tonight, season's in full swing. jon, you know what they call it when the indiana "fever" play the atlanta "dream"? me: basketball game co-anchor: no me: what is basketball game co-anchor: correct! me: potent potables, $200 co-anchor: wow that's a great deal 181589135
Reposted by SeanCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/05/2025This is absolutely terrible news. With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately. h/t @merz.bsky.socialreuters.comModerna withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccineModerna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. 385124205814
Reposted by SeanCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/05/2025INBOX: Bloomberg publishes an “atlas” to the Trump family’s “money-making machine”: “.. In any other era, this scale of presidential moneymaking would threaten to be the story of the year, but political uproar has hogged most of the attention.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/features/202... 28862374
Reposted by SeanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/05/2025Trump officials' showings at hearings today were disasters, but it doesn't make headlines bc the media's default assumption is that Rs are clownish rascals. But if Dems didn't know what was happening at their agencies or what habeas corpus is, it'd be front page news. This is a key media asymmetry. 286124353375
Reposted by SeanKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Excellent point. Democrats dithered replacing an old president with a younger candidate, but the press is holding the entire party accountable. Republicans staged a violent coup against our government, one in which multiple office holders were openly complicit, and the press just shrugged it off. 552249535
Reposted by SeanMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Just a few weeks ago people were pitching Cory Booker as a front runner for the 2028 Dem presidential nomination. Tonight he was the only Senate Dem to vote to confirm Jared Kushner’s convict dad as ambassador to France. Sheesh. 2581215384602
Reposted by SeanNorm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Figured out that if I really quickly heat up my raw milk, a lot of the bad stuff goes away but you still get all of the same benefits. This is crazy. 421580131
Reposted by SeanAster Olsen @asterolsen.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Not to be too pro technocrat, but it is astounding how much this country depended on the selflessness of like a few hundred thousand highly educated public servants who, for peanuts, made sure our food and medicine and environment etc were safe. And in return these servants were demonized. 16582082000
Reposted by SeanEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 06/05/2025I want to give credit to Metz/Weise here for stating plainly that LLMs cannot decide that something is or isn't true or false. Stating the actual, real limitations of these models is necessary, and it's good to finally see this happening in the mainstream media without any throat clearing 18922190
Reposted by Seanc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise." Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms. Ethical violation as POLICY.reuters.comRobert F. Kennedy Jr will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, WaPo reportsU.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS. 524121374490
Reposted by SeanKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 26/04/2025And GOP senators and representatives are okay with it 1645294
Reposted by SeanKumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Just fucking getting newsed in the face every fucking day 1355750665
Reposted by Seanjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/04/2025recent polling is just a total repudiation of the idea that full spectrum opposition to trump across every area was/is a bad idea 17585801721
Reposted by SeanMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 25/04/2025"EXCLUSIVE: Dem Voters Overwhelmingly Say US Should Cut Aid to Israel Until It Stops Attacking Civilians" From Palestine to economics, a new poll from Data for Progress and Zeteo shows likely Democratic primary voters prefer a more progressive approach.zeteo.comEXCLUSIVE: Dem Voters Overwhelming Say US Should Cut Aid to Israel Until It Stops Attacking CiviliansFrom Israel-Palestine to economic policy, polling from Data for Progress and Zeteo shows likely primary voters prefer a more progressive approach. 1002361435
