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Mark Histed

Lincoln liberal, 2nd inaugural enthusiast. Information processing in networks. Brains, models, lasers. Prev: media policy for democracypolicy.network. All views are my own. linktr.ee/markhisted neuro: 🧠 /🧪

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And the Science news staff has a followup piece. My mother died of a cancer that had ongoing clinical trials testing treatments. I have felt personally the pressure to move cures through to the clinic quickly. But moving faster is not always the right thing. 'Nature cannot be fooled.'

Four takeaways from our investigation into a hidden gene-editing deathGirl’s death in China raises questions about the safety and cost of gene therapy, China’s biotech push, and scientific publishing practiceswww.science.org

Also, we can do this! We have made rules and laws to structure markets and improve competition, and to structure the marketplace of ideas and improve competition there. That’s what FCC media consolidation rules are. (And Carr is rolling them back to increase the power of oligarchs)

The FCC sets the stage for a showdown over local TV ownership - PoynterAn Aug. 6 FCC vote could loosen local TV ownership rules and set off a legal battle over the agency's authoritywww.poynter.org

Even this shows the importance of organized resistance and institutional backing. The NYT (per @jfallows.bsky.social ) dropped out of the #WHCD long ago. That makes it much easier for Peter Baker to say it should be ended.

Peter Baker

Have been a member of the @whca.bsky.social almost continuously since the 1990s. Our mission is to defend the First Amendment rights of White House correspondents to report on the president without fear or favor. Unfortunately last night did not advance that cause. Time to rethink the dinner.

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