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Trump Claims Excessive Criticism of Him on TV Is ‘Illegal’ and ‘No Longer Free Speech’

"People considering connecting LLM agents to their inboxes, documents, and other private resources should think long and hard about doing so, since these sorts of vulnerabilities aren’t likely to be contained anytime soon." arstechnica.com/information-...

I'm in a session at the NSWM Forward Thinking Summit -- sessions on AI and Social Work. Marina Badillo-Diaz has developed her own Generative AI prompt library for social workers at www.theaisocialworker.com It looks really rich...check it out! #SWTech

A Mystery on #CATURDAY

We're kicking off the Welcome Session of the Social Work Grand Challenges Futures project today -- training Grand Challenges for Social Work scholars in foresight methods/practice and they will im plement a foresight project as part of this learning

I appreciate these AI guidelines from UB's SSW: socialwork.buffalo.edu/information-... HT @njsmyth.bsky.social #SWTech

#photographer #photo

⚠️ BREAKING: RFK Jr’s Proposal to Let Bird Flu Spread in Poultry Could Trigger Global Pandemic, Experts Warn Top U.S. officials have suggested letting bird flu spread through poultry farms without control but experts warn this risky move could lead to a new pandemic.

Want help navigating the #longCOVID #postvac and related #chronicillness space? Want evidence, rather than be sold another protocol? If so, I aim to help bring some clarity to things! Book an appointment: lc-sc.co.uk/book-an-appo... ✉️ [email protected] (🚫please no DMs)

🔥 @delauro.house.gov lights up Trump’s budget guy Russell Vought

KAISER: “American Doctors Are Moving to Canada To Escape the Trump Administration…” apple.news/AX-1YrmTKRyS...

"The FDA typically uses a 'notice and comment rule-making' process for publishing new guidance and policies that are developed by the agency, with input from FDA scientists." not the "op-ed proclamations occurred in the absence of public comment" that occurred. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/vie...

U.S. reports cases of new COVID variant NB.1.8.1 behind surge in China www.cbsnews.com/news/us-repo...

So at #yale today, alumni profess their love for…wait for it: #Harvard. Why? Despite our rivalry, Harvard has stood up to Trump, while Yale has remained reticent to speak out about the attacks on higher education.

Interesting article. I agree that there is a wealth of amazing writing on substack. It can be a bit overwhelming and I think the app is still a bit clunky. bigthink.com/the-future/w...

Looks like they’re indeed moving Medicaid work reporting requirements up by 2 years:

Building for the future for everyone instead of disinvesting for an imagined past. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/buildin...

A live streamed holocaust: The U.N. is warning 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in the next 48 hours without immediate aid. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

consequences of, "pay-as-you-go" (PAYGO) rule democrats-budget.house.gov/news/press-r...

THIS IS HUGE! TWO Phase I HIV vaccine clinical trials have demonstrated that a stepwise mRNA-based vaccination strategy can SUCCESSFULLY activate AND advance immune responses toward producing broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs), a CRITICAL milestone in HIV prevention. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️

I just submitted my commentary to the FDA advocating for access to #COVID19 updated vaccines for all. There are 7 more days to submit comments to the FDA: www.regulations.gov/document/FDA... For the background on advocacy for COVID vaccine access: bit.ly/43i41W5 Thank you @examined.bsky.social

National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health researchers work to protect miners from black lung disease, firefighters from cancer, and workers everywhere from dangerous workplace hazards. Trump is planning to fire 85% of them. Make no mistake: this will cost workers their lives.

HUGE NEWS. A study presented at #AACR25 found that one dose of the HPV vaccine (which prevents CANCER) is as effective as two, with efficacy rates >97%.

Almost all pediatric influenza deaths occur in unvaccinated children. In 2020-2021 only 1 child died from flu in this country because of pandemic mitigation measures, like masking and remote schooling. You don’t hear people complain about hundreds of dead kids as much as they do about those things.

And even IF COVID-19 was from a lab leak, it's here now and it's not going away and people are still dying and becoming disabled due to SARS-CoV-2 (especially due to having multiple infections see Yale's post bit.ly/4jTx0X8) --we still need biomedical research and public health work to deal with it

Our Medical Establishment went to bat to for the right of antivaxxers to die in droves from covid. Now, they reject your bodily autonomy and medical freedom by threatening to take away all covid vaccines. My latest. sciencebasedmedicine.org/medfreedom-2/

‘Kennedy told reporters that there were "many, many good ways to treat measles and doctors need to know that and to know those methods.’ One problem; there is no treatment for measles. Signed, a doctor who’s been forced to deal with measles because of this stupid fraud.

This blog article is dedicated to my MSW students. Here are 15 lessons to empower your job searches as you venture forth @newsocialworker.bsky.social @jbsinger.bsky.social @profcleave.bsky.social @njsmyth.bsky.social @melaniesage.bsky.social @laurelhitchcock.bsky.social

Excited to receive this fabulous book edited by @melaniesage.bsky.social and @laurelhitchcock.bsky.social 101 Things to Do with a Social Work Degree. It’s a great resource for any #socialwork student or social worker — This degree opens up so many paths for making a difference in people’s lives

There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers. Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.

We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy. Third time’s the charm, I guess.

How true this is! #AccessToCare and specialty clinics and programs for those with #LongCovid has only gotten more limited as attention to the virus has faded. #MedicalInvalidation #MedicalGaslighting @njsmyth.bsky.social

My most recent article w/Dr. Svetlana Blitzshteyn Language Matters: What Not to Say to Patients with Long COVID, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Other Complex Chronic Disorders #LongCovid #MECFS www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22...

This is the home of the USA Disappeared Tracker Dashboard. DM to let us know of a person to add to the tracker or to volunteer to help!

FDA approves at-home test for sexually transmitted infections The at-home test can detect chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis and deliver results within 30 minutes. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

Jay Bhattacharya said in his confirmation hearing that he plans to restore NIH to its former glory & repair public distrust of science. Would love to hear how rescinding the NIH policy on scientific integrity accomplishes that goal. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

🧵Masked ICE thugs attempted to abduct the school nurse at Cooke Elementary School, located in the densely populated Adams Morgan section of DC. Workers at the school intervened, demanding a warrant and holding up their phones and ICE scurried off without making their arrest.

Updated respiratory report 📣: National influenza A, SARS-CoV-2, and RSV concentrations continue decreasing while influenza B slightly increases. Details here: biobot.io/risk-reports...

We need to learn from history and become the next abolitionists. We need a DEI Underground Railroad. #Resist #DEI #JEDI #DEIUndergroundRailroad #HigherEd #HigherEducation #Academia socialworksdigitaldivide.blogspot.com/2025/03/buil...

On Friday, lawyers for Griffin laid out their case for retroactively disqualifying 65,000 ballots, disenfranchising tens of thousands of registered voters and overturning the election results and Riggs’s victory. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado. 11,000 people showed up. Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.

Alaskans could pay heavy price as Social Security Administration moves to increase in-person identity checks

Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.

I know this piece will resonate with many in #Academia... It is confusing times for many... #DEI #Accessibility @jbsinger.bsky.social @njsmyth.bsky.social @cswe.bsky.social @profmattdecarlo.bsky.social @profcleave.bsky.social @mbg1956.bsky.social

NEWS: A federal judge has ordered the urgent release of DOGE records, citing the office's "unprecedented" power and "unusual secrecy." Judge Cooper wants "rolling" productions of records to begin within weeks. Details TK ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️

👏👏👏 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...