The manifold ways in which these fascists are destroying public health is incalculable. But we need to calculate it anyway.

If you're thinking about Washington Post, "well, to hell with them, they did it to themselves," then count yourself on the side of management. Because, no, labor didn't do this to themselves, didn't grind the paper down, yank it right, & rip out its spine. That's capital. Now we'll all suffer.

Kiddies who made it out of the ICE dungeon report sighting a schoolmate. Before this, the school district had no information on their whereabouts. The family has now been connected with a lawyer. Youngsters who escape a govt dungeon are the only way to track abducted children? This is fine!

In the US, mathematical education typically doesn't include *any proofs*, for anything other than a few months of geometry, up until several years into university. Typically, an analysis or linear algebra course in like year 2 of uni is the first time US students actually have to prove stuff.

Great read. An ICE attorney working for DOJ temporarily explains that ICE has no clue how all of this "federal court" stuff works and makes clear that both ICE and DOJ were totally unprepared for the flood of habeases that were the inevitable result of the Minneapolis raids.

Paging @mikiesherrill.bsky.social

He’s a pig.

i have at least one maryland moot. please tell your legislators where to stick this.

The latest float in the Parade of Horribles is dragged by the clown crew that's the Republicans of the Maryland Assembly, who have chosen to propose HB0679, "Health Occupations - Cross-Sex Hormone Therapy for Minors." mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/L...

The Washington Post dies in broad daylight.

Jeff Bezos' wedding last summer cost somewhere around $50M. That, alone, could have saved all 300 positions cut today at The Washington Post for a year. Of course, he wouldn't have to choose. He could do both because he's worth $250B, which is nearly the GDP of New Zealand.

In other words, I think comparing observed health outcomes Y between group A and group B creates problems. Would be better to compare counterfactual health outcomes YA0 (outcomes for group A under unjust exposure/policy regime) and YA1 (outcomes for group A under more just exposure/policy regime).

Would be a major advance, IMO, to think about health inequity as injustice that harms health, and make counterfactual comparisons (eg, health outcome for focal group under one policy regime vs another). A lot of problems in the field stem from using a less useful conception of health equity.

Besides dril, others who were culpable in the Harris loss include * the Boston Symphony Orchestra * Vanadium (think about it!) * that one guy on the train, that one time * Stancil

the kismet of this appearing like this on my skyline

Per Economist/YouGov, here's the % of Americans who support deporting: • Violent criminals: 86% • Those with nonviolent offenses: 43% • Parents of citizens: 26% • Long-time residents with no record: 23% • Those brought here as kids: 21% • Those married to US citizens: 16%

Most physician influencers are bullshit, Attia no exception. Grifters gonna grift and exploit.

the banality of a regime of asshole idiots

you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to him"

Always remember THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS. In the realm of Online, they can just say things and have them treated as true. In the realm of Real Life, there are 115,000 polling places in America and DHS has like 15,000 dudes total.

I'm still processing the news. I loved this gig so much. Getting to shout about great books by especially newer authors has been one of the most uncomplicated sources of joy in my life, and I'm gonna be sad about this for a long time.

After a lengthy appeals process and productive discussion with the Blue Sky safety team I will no loinger be sending George Thorogood lyrics to beautiful women on here via DM. Thank you all

Wes is going to sign the 287(g) bill, right? ... right? (that one meme, y'know)

“Our expert ethical analysis does not support withholding gender-affirming care from minors.” As pediatric bioethicists, we wrote this analysis of the ethical shortcomings and flawed conclusions driving the two proposed bans on gender-affirming care. www.statnews.com/2026/01/30/g...

It is hard to overstate the rage and sadness I feel about one of the great institutions in journalism being devastated over what amount to pocket change by the person doing so. I don’t have much to add that is useful beyond making sure that you support the journalism you want to exist in the world.

Can we replace Bezos with AI? AI doesn't need money

The "I'm rich so I bought myself a pet cheetah" to "Oh, the cheetah? Yeah, the cheetah was a lot of trouble, I had it put down" pipeline

welp, time to take a walk around the block to figure out if ICE is outside our clinic entrance

One of the intended consequences of President Trump’s politicization of the Justice Department is to leave behind a weakened, overwhelmed, decimated organization that simply can’t do its job. This is all coming home to roost in a very visible way in Minnesota: talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

This cannot be accepted. This is a bullshit move to try and keep the status of the occupation basically unchanged but try and play it off as a compromise

John Roberts is out here making Supreme Court clerks and employees sign nondisclosure agreements Roberts surely knows this raises the question 'WTF is behind the NDA?' To do so anyway suggests he decided even public speculation is preferable to public knowledge ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.

We’ve let people get way too rich and powerful and fixing that has to be a priority and I firmly believe you can get massive support for that position

Some people challenge limits and brave the elements by, like, riding motorcycles or climbing mountains. Me, I'm trying to get an answer out of medical center leadership about defending our patients against ICE. (Maybe I should take up riding motorcycles instead.)

74% of Democrats support abolishing ICE, with 53% *strongly* supporting it, according to YouGov polling from last month. Weak calls for "reform" are coming from *elected* Democrats like Chuck, not the average Democratic voter.

Some Jews: "Justice, justice you shall pursue, tackle, and shoot multiple times in the back."

BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

SilverYglesias et al. are worthy of scorn not because they are amoral empiricists but because they're not even empirical. They're just clowns for capitalism with ad hoc regression models.

& i think we can say with some clarity now that was a good inference: it is not incidental to trump's political project that all the key people seem to be rapists, it informs the entire thing, how they use & justify power, what they use that power for

nate silver: libs are "spectacularly unfocused" for caring that the president is a paedophile

All the polling says most Americans are outraged by ICE, but somehow every single comment on every news article on fb is just man after man celebrating ICE's crimes and insulting the victims

Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.

People are still being profiled. People are still being wrongfully detained. People still can’t go to work or school out of fear.   Do not look away and do not buy any political spin coming out of DHS.   ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA.

it's crazy to see your long held hypothesis about the modern american right wing—something you've ranted irl and written 10,000 pointless screeds over online, this website included—to literally be notarized by literally the world's foremost infamous pedophile billionaire rapist.

Okay! This has already inspired a bunch of DMs, so I made a page on the website. If you have 50,000+ Skymiles and would be willing to book flights to get someone home, please fill this out.

This is our culture. Epstein isn't a freak exception, his elite friends aren't exceptions. He, and they, are a mirror. That's all.

I got arrested with @tomcartwright.bsky.social defending the ACA 2017. This is just to point out my reflected glory. I don't do a nanomole of what he does.

shocked that a grifter MD is also a scumbag

Professional athletes are being advised not to leave the hotel or go anywhere without their passports while visiting Minnesota. This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup. Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.