Study how marginalized groups are empowered by the internet. Retired teacher - web development and thinking skills. AAAS Section X, Science and Society Nobody is safe until everybody is safe My old Blogger: http://www.bobcalder.net/
I can't compete with this. www.npr.org/2026/07/28/n...
Trump shattered ethics norms. Will voters trust Democrats to fix them?Democrats are making the case that now is the time to tackle anti-corruption reforms — to serve as a check on Donald Trump and to overhaul a system voters say is co-opted against their interests.www.npr.org
We're hiring! Postdoc position to study the neural control of reaching using high-density multi-area electrophysiology. 5 years of funding, great collaborative environment. Please share with anyone who may be interested. For details, see: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Pruszynski Postdoc 2026Postdoctoral Researcher, Control Policies in the Primate Motor Circuit Pruszynski Lab @ Sensorimotor Superlab The Pruszynski Laboratory at Western University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to j...docs.google.com
"Unless he was sleepwalking, Alito understood perfectly well that he was committing a gross material omission, obscuring the fact that the “penalty” in this medieval text was merely religious and penitential, not civil or criminal." www.salon.com/2022/10/13/d...
How Sam Alito snuck medieval Christianity into the Dobbs opinionAlito's opinion overturning Roe is literally built on fake history — and a sneak attack on the First Amendmentwww.salon.com
The FBI has ADMITTED it has the Epstein Files redaction TRAINING VIDEOS that an anonymous FBI source told me about last year. TODD BLANCHE was required to release these under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. TODD BLANCHE is unfit to serve as Attorney General. VOTE NO. @judiciarydems.senate.gov
I've covered local government meetings for over 20 years, in a city where the mayor notoriously makes up rules to curb anything critical of city hall, especially clapping. So, it's worth a quick🧵 on how governments use rules of decorum to intimidate the public, even to throw opponents in jail.
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Some Douthat interviews are insightful, often because interviewees feel safe enough to say stuff they usually only say in group texts. They are revealing while also normalizing some nutty stuff. His interview of Marc Andreessen was a good preview of DOGE donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-dange...
In another victory for intellectual diversity, the NY Times conservative opinion person hired by the billionaire Trump supporters has hired another NY Times conservative opinion person as actual journalists keep getting shoved out.
Oliver DarcyScoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.
People familiar with the president’s scattered thinking say Trump wants an autism remedy to be part of his legacy and thinks scaling back childhood vaccinations is a way to secure that achievement.
Report: Trump mad RFK Jr. hasn’t cut more vaccines or proven autism linkTrump is fixated on the false, long-debunked claim that vaccines cause autism.arstechnica.com
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Minneapolis Just Showed the Entire Country How to Take the Constitution BackThe surge made public safety a daily practice for many residents. None of it sounded like law in a traditional register.slate.com