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by pmags 1y ago
My interests are science, science policy, public health, infectious disease, education, law and economic policy. Those are all undergoing radical changes in the US, and those changes seem worthy of discussion. Judging by your submission his
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One of the country's leading Alzheimer's projects is in jeopardy(nbcnews.com)
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Ex-FDA official says he was forced out for trying to protect vaccine safety data(apnews.com)
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Trump plans separate levy on exempted electronics amid trade war, Lutnick says(reuters.com)
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Sound as Code: The Intelligence of Listening(perfectcircuit.com)
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by pmags 1y ago
Perfect Circuit (a music gear shop in CA) have very interesting set of articles in their "SIGNAL" ( https://www.perfectcircuit.com/signal ) online publication that are probably of interest to some slice of the HN-re
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by pmags 1y ago
I really dig Tom Waits -- the broad mix of musical styles he incorporates, the narrative structure of his songwriting, melancholy, wry humor, and honest sentimentality, etc all resonate with me. "Closing Time" and "Rain Dogs&
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Trump Has Found His Class Enemy(theatlantic.com)
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A Cautionary Tale of 408 Tentacles(nytimes.com)
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by pmags 1y ago
A human interest story sitting at the intersection of citizen science and social media. Interesting octopus husbandry facts for the budding invertebrate biologist...
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by pmags 1y ago
Some reading if you'd like to some critical framing of this and similar twin studies and path analysis models: Gusev, S. Twin heritability models can tell you whatever you want to hear. https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com
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by pmags 1y ago
Kozak’s update, submitted 10 minutes after a court-ordered deadline Saturday, included just 49 words on Abrego Garcia’s location and no information about what officials had already done or planned to do to correct their error.
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by pmags 1y ago
The real, and grim, consequences of purging expertise and shutting down important functionality of the Federal government will haunt the US for years to come. I think we're just starting to see the first inkling of the sh*tshow that aw
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TikTok and the Retreat from Technological Globalization(newyorker.com)
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by pmags 1y ago
I'm not German and have only made a couple of short visits to Germany, so I have no basis on which to judge your statement that Germans don't have a digital mindset. But if that is indeed true, I find it equally interesting the Ge
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by pmags 1y ago
That is indeed hilarious/sad. I've used UBlock origin for so long I have to admit I'm no longer aware of what kind of junk gets served up on many of the sites I read regularly.
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by pmags 1y ago
To emphasize, at both Hopkins and other universities, student visas are being revoked without any explanation and often without notification of the schools. Zero, None, Zilch.
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Trump's Revenge on Public Health(theatlantic.com)
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by pmags 1y ago
They're trying to do this to grants already awarded. Attempts to do this to current NIH awards have already been barred by the Federal judiciary: https://www.highereddive.com/news/judge-permanently-blocks-n... Al
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by pmags 1y ago
See also a short prior discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43648056
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by pmags 1y ago
Yes, I get that. My question was aimed at what was the broader context that led the UK government to issue an emergency recall of lawmakers to make this happen so quickly. I assume, perhaps incorrectly, that the problems with British Steel
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Webb telescope documents alien planet's death plunge into a star(reuters.com)
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by pmags 1y ago
Is this move in response to all the trade uncertainty of recent weeks/months or was there such a move in the works prior to the tariff chaos?
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UK to take emergency control of British Steel, with nationalisation on the table(reuters.com)
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by pmags 1y ago
Above I've already pointed to TWO types of data that bear on food insecurity in the US, and provided citations: 1. USDA data on food insecurity 2. Food bank usage data If you wanted to understand the extremes of food insecurity, than
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by pmags 1y ago
Talk about a bad faith response. No counter data presented. Just deny and distract. Here's collaborating trends for the same calendar year: https://www.feedingamerica.org/research/charitable-food-assi... Feeding
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by pmags 1y ago
The actual data about food insecurity from the USDA tells quite a different story: https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details?pubid=1098... In 2023...13.5 percent (18.0 million households) were food insecure.
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Education Department Is Threatening to Cut All Federal Funding for Maine Schools(nytimes.com)
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by pmags 1y ago
Related: "Trump tries a surprising rationale to kill regulations: because I said so." * https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/climate/trump-regulations...
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by pmags 1y ago
This article from the Atlantic seems germane to the discussion here as it has useful background on the case and Abrego Garcia: • "The Confrontation Between Trump and the Supreme Court Has Arrived" -- https://www.theatla

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