Reposted by John StroupJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 20/08/2026It's gotta be this one, right? 461507164
John Stroup @stroupjt0.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Willful elementary math errors. 7th grade (7.RP.A.3) “Use proportional relationships to solve multistep ratio and percent problems, including percent increase and decrease.” But the errors lack 2nd grade math skills too. CCSS-M: 2.NBT.B8 - “…mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100-900.” 110
Reposted by John StroupAsher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 23/04/2026This is wild: the authors find evidence for giant, macro-predatory octopuses in Late Cretaceous oceans that might max out at *62 feet long,* comfortably large enough to attack, kill and eat mosasaursscience.orgEarliest octopuses were giant top predators in Cretaceous oceansTop predators drive changes in ecosystem structure. For the last ~370 million years, large-sized vertebrates have dominated the apex of the marine food chain, while invertebrates have served as smalle... 122095666
Reposted by John StroupPeter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Acting CDC head cancels publication of a study showing Covid vaccine sharply cut odds of hospitalization and ER visits. Agency veterans say they've never seen an article pulled after being cleared by scientists and scheduled for publication. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...nytimes.comC.D.C. Cancels Publication of Study Showing Benefits of Covid Vaccines 24390181
Reposted by John StroupJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 21/04/2026The party of free markets, of Reagan, the intellectual heirs of Milton Friedman, the champions of market forces over big government, and of free enterprise and small business over the jackboots of government intervention. 92608140
Reposted by John StroupRobert Rohde @rarohde.bsky.social · 12/04/2026We need to talk a bit about how utterly absurd the March heatwave was in the USA. This heatwave would have been impossible without a boost from climate change, but even with climate change it remains a deeply unlikely event. A thread looking at some of the numbers. 🧵 431191492
Reposted by John StroupMichael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 05/04/2026California Prop 50 election mail ballot rejections increased due to late arriving mail ballots -- more frequently from rural counties affected by slowed postal mail www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comCalifornia election experts sound alarm as rate of rejected ballots quadruplesA significant number of mail-in ballots arrived too late to be counted in California's Nov. 4 special election for Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom's successful measure to reconfigure the state's con... 46725
Reposted by John StroupJeff Colgan @jeffcolgan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Brown University is home to George Orwell's original manuscript of 1984. Most of it is marked up heavily in Orwell's hand-writing but this untouched page caught my eye. 13242621287
Reposted by John StroupBob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 27/03/2026Gutter racism. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u... 3439481388
Reposted by John StroupReuters @reuters.com · 06/03/2026Exclusive: US military investigators believe it is likely that US forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on February 28 but have not yet reached a final conclusion or completed their investigation reut.rs/40b19JNreut.rsExclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources sayMilitary investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu... 31343189
Reposted by John Stroup𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Wow. 13133614616658
Reposted by John StroupArizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’” 16687683798
Reposted by John StroupJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 27/11/2025www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...reuters.comExclusive: FBI scales back staffing, tracking of domestic terrorism probes, sources sayThe FBI has cut staffing in an office focused on domestic terrorism and has scrapped a tool used to track such investigations, in a shift that could undermine law enforcement’s ability to counter whit... 24515211
Reposted by John StroupTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Amidst the Putin-Witkoff nonsense on handing Ukraine to Moscow, clear reporting as always from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...macspaunday.substack.com“He Must Have Got This From K.”How a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible “peace deal” into existence 39775264
Reposted by John StroupAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 25/11/2025"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%" Read the Stanford report: siepr.stanford.edu/publications...siepr.stanford.eduThe Economic Impact of BrexitOther 39960395
Reposted by John StroupGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 25/11/2025bloomberg.comWitkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to TrumpUS presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukra... 220845
Reposted by John StroupIt’s “Mrs. Powers” during my day job @mrspowersdayjob.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all. 8597253071
Reposted by John StroupProf Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 20/11/2025How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy 5627921121
John Stroup @stroupjt0.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Copenhagen bike culture is next level. #bikes #copenhagen #bicycle 030
Reposted by John StroupMax Bernhard @mxbernhard.bsky.social · 06/11/2025This doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone looking into disinformation and scams on Meta's platforms but the scale is kind of incredible: "the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day" www.reuters.com/investigatio...reuters.com 79134
Reposted by John StroupNPR @npr.org · 20/10/2025Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.n.prWhen books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read themThree Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced. 206117353259
Reposted by John StroupOPB @opb.org · 13/10/2025Researchers discovered that since 2017, firearms have surpassed motor vehicle collisions as the leading cause of mortality for youth ages 11-18, spiking from 1,945 deaths in 2001 to 3,224 in 2022.opb.orgGun deaths among high schoolers on the rise, WSU study findsThe researchers found that, nationwide, high schoolers ages 14 to 18 are at an exceptionally elevated risk for gun-inflicted injury and death compared to children in other age groups in both rural and urban settings. 918793
Reposted by John StroupSam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Here's the key chart from that piece. Note what's on here with significant risk: genetic inheritance (twin on autism spectrum, sibling), third trimester stress, and factors that can affect maternal/paternal DNA. What doesn't carry risk? SSRIs. Sonograms. And vaccination. All very well tested. 39335
Reposted by John StroupSteve Inskeep @steveinskeep.bsky.social · 23/09/2025The FDA statement ends with a paragraph undermining its own warning. They signal parents to avoid acetaminophen. Except sometimes. And then: No “causal relationship… established” with ADHD or autism AND Alternatives to acetaminophen have “well-documented adverse impacts.” 21243431419
Reposted by John StroupProPublica @propublica.org · 19/09/2025After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison. They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.propublica.orgDOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U... 20568338
Reposted by John StroupJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion. Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter. 718124464696
Reposted by John StroupKári Tulinius @kattullus.bsky.social · 13/09/2025News from Finland. A 9-year-old lost an especially good stick he’d had since he was 2. He hung up 20 posters. A few days later it was returned. It had been found by a 2-year-old, who wanted to keep it for herself, but her mother made her return it. She got toys, flowers and candy as a reward. 451890453
Reposted by John StroupBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 11/09/2025This is the biggest story in America right now. Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year Steaks up 16.6% Apples up 9.6% Bananas, 6.6%. www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...axios.comGrocery prices rise at the fastest pace since 2022 as Trump tariffs biteOn the campaign trail, Trump promised lower grocery prices. 11130071412
Reposted by John StroupAric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 08/09/2025🎼 Goodbye Stranger it’s been nice 🎼 Hope you find your paradise… “Rick Davies, the singer and keyboardist who as a founding member of prog-rock and pop group Supertramp penned some of the band’s most popular and enduring songs, died on Saturday.” www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...rollingstone.comRick Davies, Supertramp Co-Founder and Singer, Dead at 81Rick Davies, the Supertramp co-founder who sang and wrote some of the group's most popular songs, has died at age 81. 2273
Reposted by John StroupBryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 08/09/2025📊 The math doesn't lie: The congressional district Utah never got. Our analysis shows every map from Utah's independent redistricting commission would have created a Democratic-leaning seat. Here's what could have been 👇 www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/by-the-numbe...utahpoliticalwatch.newsUtah redistricting analysis: Data shows potential Democratic congressional districtAnalysis of all three maps proposed by Utah's independent redistricting commission in 2021 would have created at least one Democratic-leaning congressional district. 04919
Reposted by John StroupGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 06/09/2025Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed. 8362840211886
Reposted by John StroupVermont Public @vermontpublic.org · 03/09/2025Removing the dam that creates Green River Reservoir State Park would cost at least $16 million, a new independent analysis commissioned by lawmakers finds.vermontpublic.orgRemoving Green River Reservoir dam would be costly, new state report saysA new independent analysis finds that removing the dam that creates Green River Reservoir State Park would be costly, as would draining the reservoir — two scenarios local conservation advocates have ... 083
Reposted by John StroupScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 03/09/2025NEW: DC grand jurors reject more Justice Dept cases Former DOJ attorney: “Not only have I never heard of this happening, I've never heard of a prosecutor who's heard of this happening” www.cbsnews.com/news/d-c-gra...cbsnews.comD.C. grand jurors reject latest wave of Justice Dept. indictment requestsOne former federal prosecutor said of the indictment denials by D.C. grand juries that he's "never heard of this happening." 762956876
Reposted by John StroupPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/08/2025“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group”nytimes.comPediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding 11717491073
Reposted by John StroupVermont Public @vermontpublic.org · 28/08/2025A regional climate research center based in Amherst, Mass. could close next month because the Trump administration froze its funding and is limiting what work researchers are allowed to do.vermontpublic.orgNortheast climate science center in Massachusetts could close as feds freeze funding“This is just another way to stop science,” said Bethany Bradley, the center’s co-director. The Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center is one of nine regional hubs across the country that helps s... 072
Reposted by John StroupVTDigger @vtdigger.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Discrepancies between Vergennes’ tax maps and city charter have left some residents unsure which municipality they actually live in, and worried about impacts to city finances.vtdigger.orgVergennes and Panton push for resolution to boundary line confusion - VTDiggerDiscrepancies between Vergennes’ tax maps and city charter have left some residents unsure which municipality they actually live in, and worried about impacts to city finances. 062
Reposted by John StroupVermont Public @vermontpublic.org · 27/08/2025The cuts, which represent a 14% reduction to the nonprofit’s workforce, come just over a month after Congress voted to rescind more than $1 billion in federal funding for public media.vermontpublic.orgVermont Public lays off 15 staffersVermont Public announced on Wednesday it was cutting its workforce by 14%. The decision came just over a month after Congress voted to claw back all federal funding for public media. 12310
Reposted by John StroupVTDigger @vtdigger.bsky.social · 27/08/2025The cuts, which include one reporter, represent 14% of the joint NPR and PBS station’s workforce, the station announced Wednesday.vtdigger.orgVermont Public lays off 15 staffers in wake of federal cuts to public media - VTDiggerThe cuts, which include one reporter, represent 14% of the joint NPR and PBS station’s workforce, the station announced Wednesday. 053
Reposted by John StroupVTDigger @vtdigger.bsky.social · 27/08/2025“Federal funds will not be used to poison the minds of the next generation or advance dangerous ideological agendas,” a top U.S. Health and Human Services official said.vtdigger.orgTrump’s health department threatens to cut funding to Vermont and other states over ‘gender ideology’ in sex ed materials - VTDigger“Federal funds will not be used to poison the minds of the next generation or advance dangerous ideological agendas,” a top U.S. Health and Human Services official said. 031
Reposted by John StroupSteve Inskeep @steveinskeep.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Wow. On NPR, @gbrumfiel.bsky.social reports a Social Security official “copied the Social Security numbers, names and birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud.” The source is a whistleblower, who is named: Charles Borges, SSN chief data officer. 12733031520
Reposted by John Stroupshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 18/08/2025this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds 🥇 381104952112
John Stroup @stroupjt0.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Lucky to be living in Helsinki for a while where there’s good transportation planning and clear organization and the cultural code that it’s cool to share the road with other people…especially kids. 010
Reposted by John StroupVTDigger @vtdigger.bsky.social · 12/08/2025“We’re all feeling it,” the founder of a Vermont mRNA manufacturer said of federal cuts.vtdigger.orgHow federal cuts to mRNA vaccine development will affect Vermont - VTDigger“We’re all feeling it,” the founder of a Vermont mRNA manufacturer said of federal cuts. 051
Reposted by John StroupMaggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 12/08/2025I cannot emphasize enough that the playbook being used against mRNA vaccines (and vaccines in general) is IDENTICAL to the playbook used to restrict voting rights after the 2020 election: actively sow public distrust, then cite the distrust you sowed as an independent reason for your desired policywashingtonpost.comOpinion | Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccinesAs a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust. 10756792150
Reposted by John StroupVermont Public @vermontpublic.org · 12/08/2025“An awful lot of people don't think of themselves as hikers. They don't identify with going out on trails in the woods,” said former Montshire Museum director David Goudy. “Montshire creates trails that are inviting to people that don't really quite yet feel comfortable doing that.”vermontpublic.orgA science museum is using its 100-acre forest to support mental healthThe Montshire Museum in Norwich has exhibits throughout its trails geared towards being present in the natural world and to process grief. 18313
Reposted by John StroupProPublica @propublica.org · 12/08/2025NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned. Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.propublica.orgThe FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe... 42487865173
Reposted by John StroupJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12/08/2025The administration is considering a “Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force” composed of hundreds of National Guard troops tasked with rapidly deploying into American cities facing protests or other unrest www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comPentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrestDocuments reviewed by The Post detail a new National Guard mission that, if adopted, would require hundreds of troops to be ready around-the-clock. 141577290
Reposted by John StroupVermont Public @vermontpublic.org · 11/08/2025Programs that support Vermont veterans by providing mental health counselors, benefits advisors and other services have lost staff members due to federal funding cuts this summer.vermontpublic.orgCongressional cuts to veterans servicesPrograms to support Vermont veterans have lost staff members due to federal funding cuts this summer. 194
Reposted by John StroupAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/08/2025Please read this excellent, point by point refutation of the claim that there was a "Russia hoax" From @noupside.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/from...lawfaremedia.orgFrom Russian Interference to Revisionist Innuendo: What the Gabbard Files Actually SayTulsi Gabbard’s latest “revelations” are being spun as proof of a deep state conspiracy. The documents themselves tell a much duller story. 6824001093
Reposted by John StroupScience Magazine @science.org · 28/07/2025The National Science Foundation plans to abruptly end operation of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer, the sole U.S. research ship capable of braving the farthest reaches of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. scim.ag/4mB8LOXscim.agNSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreakerImminent termination of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer shocks polar scientists 29452307
