Victor Barger @vabarger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Using AI is like driving a car. You could walk, but you'll get a lot further a lot faster if you drive. 001
Reposted by Victor BargerDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23/09/2025“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.” Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today! 7251331841
Victor Barger @vabarger.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Me: Hi TeX. I made some changes to my paper. Could you typeset it for me? TeX: Sure! Me: Thanks! TeX: Oh, there’s an error in your code. Me: Sorry, where? TeX: Somewhere after the beginning of the document. Me: Could you be more specific? TeX: ? 000
Reposted by Victor Bargervalebodi.bsky.social @valebodi.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Viruses are weirder, worse, & more preventable than you realize Rachel Thomas PhD rachel.fast.ai/posts/2023-0... @math-rachel.bsky.socialrachel.fast.aiRachel Thomas, PhD - Viruses are weirder, worse, & more preventable than you realisean AI researcher going back to school for immunology 0145
Reposted by Victor BargerDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 29/03/2025All anti-mask laws—even those with so called “medical exceptions”—stigmatize mask-wearing. Fewer people wearing masks increases the spread of infectious diseases. No matter how lawmakers try to spin it, any law that criminalizes wearing a mask endangers public health. Period. 18373832029
Reposted by Victor BargerMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 28/03/2025This is an incredibly easy thing for university presidents to sell to the public. THEY'RE DESTROYING CANCER RESEARCH & OUR HOSPITALS & THE PLACES YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO GO TO COLLEGE. If you can't win this PR battle, there isn't a single PR battle you can win. And yet...they're barely even trying. 4381125
Reposted by Victor BargerTara Goddard @drtaragoddard.com · 28/03/2025My grandparents were natural born German citizens. Until they weren't. I have copies of their documents, stamped "cancelled" by the government. 122215774
Reposted by Victor BargerIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 26/03/2025When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry. 586236108166
Reposted by Victor BargerUCS Climate & Accountability Campaigns @ucsclimate.bsky.social · 25/03/2025When over 1,000 employees at the National Weather Service (NWS) were illegally fired by the Trump Administration, weather balloon launches were suspended across the country, weakening NWS's ability to predict tornado-producing thunderstorms. The latest from @marc-alessi.bsky.social: bit.ly/429Iajobit.lyWith Fewer Weather Balloons, People in US Heartland Will Be Less Prepared for Tornado SeasonThis could lead to more severe weather-related deaths. 45124
Reposted by Victor BargerEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 25/03/2025In <24 hours, Covid funding is DOGEd across HHS, CDC, NIH as if it and Long Covid didn't exist and there is no worry for future pandemics www.science.org/content/arti... www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... www.science.org/content/arti... 18932121364
Reposted by Victor BargerEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 23/03/2025A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved 5940141640
Reposted by Victor BargerWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16/03/2025It’s extremely alarming that Trump openly defying a court order is being covered as “Trump decides to not follow it” and not “Trump illegally defies court.” Or in the Washington Post’s case, not even mentioned at all 653128808
Reposted by Victor BargerJohn Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 14/03/2025NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline? Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s What should we make of this? www.ft.com/content/a801... 2892027813
Reposted by Victor BargerAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/03/2025These are bold and wild allegations from the FBI, which is moving to criminalize organizations like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the EPA. In a court filing, Citibank disclosed that it had been directed by the FBI to freeze the bank accounts of these groups. 464108313479
Reposted by Victor BargerAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/03/2025US added to the global human rights watchlist due to declining civil liberties. 269138043272
Reposted by Victor BargerDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 10/03/2025Since the start of COVID, the number of people reporting a disability soared. Yet the majority of the world acts like COVID is over, and Long COVID doesn't exist. 4730961174
Reposted by Victor BargerAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/03/2025A sad day for America—Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University activist, has been arrested by ICE, not for any crime, but for his political activism. The Trump administration claims he was involved in “pro-terrorist” activities, yet no formal charges have been filed. 23177301621
Reposted by Victor BargerAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Legal counsel representing federal employees is now being targeted by the Trump administration. Law firms are receiving a clear message that retaliation is possible for those advocating on behalf of individuals or groups opposing the administration’s agenda. 35085112524
Reposted by Victor BargerSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 07/03/2025Musk says millions of dead people get Social Security. That's a lie. Here's the truth: 30,000 people die a year waiting for an understaffed Social Security to approve disability benefits. Musk's plan to cut Social Security's staff by 50% will make this tragic reality even worse. 22897202457
Reposted by Victor BargerAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Federal marshals forced entry into the US African Development Foundation and escorted Musk staffers inside, after agency employees resisted their entry. Once inside, they changed the federal agency’s locks. Musk staffers were seen plugging in an external hard drive and going through everything. 64190003627
Reposted by Victor BargerAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Elon Musk’s staffers are trying to access a vast database containing earnings information for nearly all U.S. workers. This database is maintained by the Department of Health and Human Services as part of the Federal Parent Locator Service, which is primarily used for child support enforcement. 12751521292
Reposted by Victor BargerAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/03/2025RIP U.S. Department of Education. Education Secretary Linda McMahon introduced herself to department employees with an email calling on them to join her in a “historic final mission” to downsize the agency and shift control to the states. 722128073602
Reposted by Victor BargerAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Trump signed executive orders to expand logging on public lands while bypassing environmental protections. His “energy emergency” declaration lets him override regulations entirely. 43065292178
Reposted by Victor BargerAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/02/2025NOAA is an absolute mess, and it’ll be worse tomorrow. Please help us. There have already been over 1,000 terminations. It’s not just layoffs—Elon Musk and his staffers are trying to completely dismantle us. Today, there were tons of firings, and more are coming tomorrow. 495149104125
Reposted by Victor BargerUnion of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 27/02/2025Despite saying they want to cut waste & inefficiency, the Trump Admin has said they’re eliminating 8,000 already installed EV charging stations & 25,000 federally owned EVs. This petty action will cost $1.325 B taxpayer dollars, just to stop gov employees & visitors from using cleaner technology.eenews.netTrump’s reversal of EV program could carry a hefty price tagThe General Services Administration is disconnecting charging stations and may try to offload the government’s new fleet of electric vehicles. 711372
Reposted by Victor BargerMagdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Inexplicably, US administration has launched an unprecedented assault on science, on research institutions & on vital international organizations & initiatives. An assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere; the global community must unite 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comTrump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhereUS President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks. 13363193
Reposted by Victor BargerUnion of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 25/02/2025Take action today and demand your senators and representatives do everything in their power to end DOGE, stop all unconstitutional and illegal activity by the Trump administration, and force the executive branch to respect the separation of powers.act.ucsusa.orgTell Congress: Stop the Trump-Musk Power GrabThe Trump administration’s illegal overreach has jeopardized science and sparked a constitutional crisis. Tell your members of Congress to stand up for our democracy. 414656
Reposted by Victor BargerJesse Rothstein @jrothst.bsky.social · 19/02/2025It seems almost unavoidable at this point that we are headed for a deep, deep recession. Just based on 200K+ federal firings & pullback of contracts, the March employment report (to be released April 4) seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020. 979165734213
Reposted by Victor BargerAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Musk is pouring $1.5 million into Wisconsin’s upcoming Supreme Court race. 42561542180
Reposted by Victor BargerAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/02/2025We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch. 746250717274
Reposted by Victor BargerThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/02/2025Trump cuts reach FDA workers focused on food safety and medical devicestheguardian.comTrump cuts reach FDA workers focused on food safety and medical devicesPositions cut also appeared to focus on agency’s centers for tobacco products, including oversight of e-cigarettes The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend, as… 76702368
Reposted by Victor BargerDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/02/2025US military budget: $850 billion US National Institutes of Health indirect costs: $9 billion That they are so focused on cutting the budget of the latter says everything. 12806202
Reposted by Victor BargerDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/02/2025The attack on science budgets isn’t about efficiency or resource allocation. That’s a weak pretense. Elon and the far right are slashing science budgets because they hate universities which they think are indoctrinating students with a “woke liberal agenda.” 1343793
Reposted by Victor BargerDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/02/2025The NIH announced it will slash billions of dollars of support to universities and research centers. This is one of the biggest attacks on science we have ever seen. It could dismantle the biomedical research system, shut down clinical trials, and halt development of treatments. 10128241150
Reposted by Victor BargerJessica Wildfire @jessicawildfire.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Department of education: Gone. 13111
Reposted by Victor BargerDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 03/02/2025A private citizen shutting down a government agency is a coup. Do not normalize this. 5039491197
Reposted by Victor BargerEd Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 15/01/2025In 2018, @blkahn.bsky.social said that the warming stripes graphic 'belongs in a damn museum', even suggesting that it was 'fit for the Museum of Modern Art' (see gizmodo.com/this-climate...). Well... Later this month, they will appear in the Museum of Modern Art: press.moma.org/exhibition/p... 26769168
Victor Barger @vabarger.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Awesome visualization of how vaccines have helped reduce cases of nine different infectious diseases since 1945: www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgHere's the visual proof of why vaccines do more good than harmSee year by year how vaccines beat back nine dangerous infectious diseases 030
Reposted by Victor BargerSue @inkblue01.bsky.social · 14/12/2024"While vaccination decreases the severity of acute COVID infection, the sobering conclusion of our study is that vaccination prior to infection did not alter the subsequent neurologic manifestations of long COVID in our clinic population." academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...academic.oup.comVaccination prior to SARS-CoV-2 infection does not affect the neurologic manifestations of long COVIDMukherjee et al. report that vaccination prior to SARS-CoV-2 infection does not affect the neurological manifestations of Long COVID. Minor symptom differe 28405204
Reposted by Victor BargerJulia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 08/12/2024"Canada’s postsecondary institutions have a responsibility to protect students and others on campus from the risks of post-COVID condition as a matter of campus safety." New piece by @ryantennant.bsky.social @mark-ungrin.bsky.social myself and @dickzoutman.bsky.social. #cdnpse @caut.bsky.socialtheconversation.comWe can, and must, do more to protect students in higher education from the risks of post-COVID conditionPostsecondary students are particularly vulnerable to repeated COVID-19 infections, putting them at risk for post-COVID condition, or long COVID. Campuses can take action to protect them. 721795
Victor Barger @vabarger.bsky.social · 22/11/2024If you liked the musical RENT, you might enjoy “tick, tick … BOOM!” on Netflix 000
Reposted by Victor BargerJohn Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 18/11/2024You probably already know that question wording matters a lot in polling. But this chart from @aedwardslevy.bsky.social at @cnn.com underscores the point: Public support for mass deportation varies from 62% to 33%, depending on how the question is asked. www.cnn.com/2024/11/17/p... 24450187
Victor Barger @vabarger.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Just published online: "A How-To-Guide For Bringing Artificial Intelligence Into Life In Your Marketing Curriculum: A Blueprint For Student Learning And Success" www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RPYIC... #ai #marketing #education #chatgpttandfonline.com“A How-To-Guide For Bringing Artificial Intelligence Into Life In Your Marketing Curriculum: A Blueprint For Student Learning And Success”The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) presents both challenges and opportunities for marketing educators. This paper outlines a transformative process undertaken by our department to integ... 010
Reposted by Victor BargerJake Handy @jakehandy.com · 18/11/2024get it while it’s hot #ai go.bsky.app/Pxcnfu6 226121
Reposted by Victor BargerKelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 06/11/2024I can't control the world around me, but I can define the person I want to be, and how I contribute to making the world a better place. I'll spend my days doing that work with intentionality. 1343458
