Madam, I have a secret to reveal.

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

Yesterday I used this "AI -Free Statement" in a conference talk for the first time. Still trying to figure out the exact language. Feel free to borrow, modify, etc.

Brilliant. 10/10. No notes.

A few months ago, Nature published how-to guide for using ChatGPT to write your peer reviews in 30 minutes. This is, of course, a horrible idea. Here’s my response with @jbakcoleman.bsky.social .

The season of Renge Tsutsuji has arrived in Japan. Delicate crimson blossoms grace the forest, enchanting all who pass by. Summer is here — and on clear mornings, a gentle mist rises through the trees, softly lit by the warm sunlight. It seems this month will be a busy one.

Incredible fail by a smart reporter. Truly. This data has gotten a lot of coverage this week. cc @gregsargent.bsky.social

Conservative protests are always treated as an organic cry of anger that manifests the distress of the unjustly ignored American heartland; protests from the center-left are always written off as noise from inside the bubble.

10 years of obsession about what Trump supporters think & care about has warped our understanding of their size & popularity: Trump is historically unpopular, pro-democracy supporters far outnumber the object of Corporate Media’s love. Time to hear more from majority of US.

Sign of the day…

Best image of the day:

The miasma theory is not "outdated," it's fucking nonsense. It thought people got chlamydia from rotten air. The "germ theory" isn't "widely accepted," it's proven scientific fact, and it's the only thing that allowed humanity to advance and cure diseases. Otherwise, great headline.

The cost of Trump’s birthday parade put into perspective at Philly’s #NoKings, created with @indivisiblephl.bsky.social.

[Exit King.]

Commentary: Older Adults Without Family Caregivers Need Better Access to Medicaid Support Services. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Put this on a billboard.

Out now in @nathumbehav.nature.com: Cuts to NIH funding will impact the economy and employment nationwide. We visualize these losses and advocate for a theory-driven approach to communicating local, self-relevant impact. w/ @joshuasweitz.bsky.social + SCIMaP team: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

And opens by citing Kafka!

Possibly the best thing I've read about ChatGPT yet. h/t @melaniemitchell.bsky.social amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...

open chart, keep scrolling down www.gelliottmorris.com/p/republican...

Delighted to see @lwaltermd.bsky.social receive the Hal Luft Mentoring Award at @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social #HSR Symposia today. She’s describing building a culture of mentoring in @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social, which has certainly made my career possible

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. -FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.

They lie in view

I join >1900 members of US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine signing this letter, as individuals, decrying the present thoughtless assault on science, which is against our national interests. docs.google.com/document/d/1... Our health, wealth, and security depend on science.

ABC News: "An unthinkable breach of national security." CBS News: "An unthinkable breach of national security." MSNBC: "An unthinkable breach of national security." CNN: "An unthinkable breach of national security." Fox News: "We've all texted the wrong person before."

White House says no one will be fired over the Signal scandal because no one involved was trying to cure cancer.

There are numerous folktales about magicians who seek advice from mechanical heads who possess all the world’s knowledge, but often give the magicians bad advice that leads them to ruin, and if more people read the old stories we wouldn’t keep making the same dumb mistakes.

Trump, Musk, Vance, Vought, etc are systematically destroying: 1. Scientific research in the United States. 2. The talent pipeline for this research. 3. The university system itself. 4. The careers of thousands of people like Dr. Minor For what? Politics? Resentment? Thiel? Putin? Thread:

Great to be part of this project, led by Dr. Meredith Bock (of @remohealth.bsky.social) and Dr. Lauren Hunt! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 1/

Only in-person or online? Umm…has anyone with DOGE ever met an older adult?

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu at the House hearing on sanctuary cities: "If you wanted to make us safe, pass gun reforms. Stop cutting Medicaid. Stop cutting cancer research. Stop cutting funds for veterans. That is what will make our cities safe." Mic drop! 🎤

I say he lies, And lies, and lies.

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org

They have no answer for what the oligarchs are doing to America.

"VA researchers whose contracts are about to expire . . . will not be renewed, even when funding [through extramural grants is] in place to pay them. Should the VA continue this policy . . . over the months to come, the entire VA research workforce could be decimated."

Colorado's Rep Brittany Pettersen (D) flew cross-country with her one-month-old to vote against the GOP budget tonight. Dems ended up one vote short. Pettersen was part of an unsuccessful bipartisan push to allow new mothers to vote remotely. #copolitics

NEW LAWSUIT: An employee of the VA since 2006, who took law classes at night to get a promotion to the general counsel's office in 2024, was fired as a "probationary" employee because of her recent job change. She is asking a court for her job back. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

That’s Tammy Baldwin — not me. You can keep track of all the hundreds of white men but it’s the 28 women in the Senate that trips you up, Fox News?

Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

Is it too much to ask to want the government to stop the president from doing the illegal stuff?

Have never been a huge podcast listener. But thank you @meidastouch.com for your invigorating and much needed coverage of these chilling, cruel, anti democratic, inhumane, and deeply upsetting political times. Feels so good to be part of a BIG opposition movement and not just downcast and fearful! 💪

This is how it’s done.

Thank you to Senate Democrats for unifying in opposition to Republicans’ scheme to punish working families. Democrats played procedural hardball and spent hours on the floor debating overnight, filing close to 100 amendments and forcing votes on 23 of them.

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