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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,344

    "Juvenile" Diabetes AKA Type 1 diabetes is NOT a modern disease. Diabetes is one of the oldest known diseases, discovered in 1550 BCE, Ancient Egypt. Insulin was discovered in 1921. Before this discovery children with diabetes DIED. OMFG RFK JR 🫠 🤦🏽‍♀️
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,344
    NEW: A top official in the Department of Labor this week informed all staff members that they could face criminal charges if they speak to journalists, former employees or others about agency business.

    “This message will serve as your only warning,” the memo stated.
    https://propub.li/3RZON2S
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,344
    Law firms targeted by Trump ask judges to permanently bar executive orders against them reut.rs/42Fg3sj
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,344
    "The FDA this month also suspended existing and developing programs that ensured accurate testing for bird flu in milk and cheese and pathogens like the parasite Cyclospora in other food products."
    https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-fda-suspends-milk-quality-tests-amid-workforce-cuts-2025-04-21/
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  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,524
    eh, who needs a Civil Rights Act

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/restoring-equality-of-opportunity-and-meritocracy/



    but its those leftists that are the real threat.

  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,450
    eh, who needs a Civil Rights Act

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/restoring-equality-of-opportunity-and-meritocracy/



    but its those leftists that are the real threat.

    well, all those folks who had white friends that lost jobs for "no reason" should be thrilled about this. 
    Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall




  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,038
    Fuck those DEI programs, eh?

    While I typically love getting on LinkedIn to read the amazing things everyone is doing, today I am sorry to report bad news.

    I found out on Monday that NIH terminated my $1.3 million award that funds the URI ESTEEMED diversity undergraduate training program (I am the PI and Program Director of URI ESTEEMED). Ryan Poling-Skutvik
    , Caroline Duane
    , and I have worked tirelessly the past 2 years to get this program successfully off the ground and support our underrepresented students. I am devastated that it is ending.

    The wording in the email from NIH regarding the reasoning behind the termination is infuriating. Here's a quote from the email from NIH (unedited):

    "This award no longer effectuates agency priorities. Research programs based primarily on artificial and non-scientific categories, including amorphous equity objectives, are antithetical to the scientific inquiry, do nothing to expand our knowledge of living systems, provide low returns on investment, and ultimately do not enhance health, lengthen life, or reduce illness. Worse, so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) studies are often used to support unlawful discrimination on the basis of race and other protected characteristics, which harms the health of Americans. Therefore, it is the policy of NIH not to prioritize such research programs."

    I will spend the next few weeks highlighting all of the great work these students have done in such a short period of time as I am so incredibly proud of what they have accomplished.
    09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;

    Libtardaplorable©. And proud of it.

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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,557
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,363
    Of course undocumented immigration has dropped under Trump. Not only has he been openly hostile to/about them, his disregard for due process seems to be known and understood by everyone except for his supporters.
    '05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2

    EV
    Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,344
    so it begins....

    Trump ousts White House national security adviser Waltz, replaces him with Rubio - https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-national-security-adviser-waltz-leave-post-source-says-2025-05-01/
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,344
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    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,344
    The World Trade Center Health Program can no longer certify illnesses, enroll new members or approve life-saving treatments like chemotherapy or lung transplants, leaving some critically ill 9/11 responders without care. https://abcnews.go.com/US/critically-ill-911-responders-turned-program-meant-save/story?id=121338021
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    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,344
    thought the abc interview was posted here. cant find it.

    Like King Tang says, “It’s real. Not photoshopped.”


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    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,344
    mickeyrat said:
    thought the abc interview was posted here. cant find it.

    Like King Tang says, “It’s real. Not photoshopped.”



    🚨BREAKING: The Texas Republican SNOWFLAKES ❄️ just PASSED a bill which would penalize for sharing altered political media—like memes or videos—without a government-approved disclaimer.

    Violations of this bill could result in penalties of up to one year in jail or a $4,000 fine. I thought Texas Republicans were tough?

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    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,661
    edited May 2
    I'll repeat myself here because not everyone here reads "Other Music":
    Picture Neil Young saying this, and then picture that as a reality:  " I may be one of those returning to America who is barred or put in jail to sleep on a cement floor with an aluminum blanket,"
    My immediate response was to wonder if the world has really become this shitty of a hell hole.  I think maybe so. 


    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,557
    What EO has this prick signed today? 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • gotthebottle
    gotthebottle San Diego Posts: 3,738
    What EO has this prick signed today? 
    Defund NPR
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,557
    What EO has this prick signed today? 
    Defund NPR
    And PBS 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • shecky
    shecky San Francisco Posts: 2,658
    brianlux said:
    I'll repeat myself here because not everyone here reads "Other Music":
    Picture Neil Young saying this, and then picture that as a reality:  " I may be one of those returning to America who is barred or put in jail to sleep on a cement floor with an aluminum blanket,"
    My immediate response was to wonder if the world has really become this shitty of a hell hole.  I think maybe so. 


                                                          "OLD MAN"    

    "Neil Young has taken aim at Elon Musk in a new song, and quickly sparked backlash from MAGA, who in turn branded him a "bitter old liberal.
    And while Trump himself has not responded to these remarks or Young's latest song, Young has drawn the ire of his supporters online.
    Many of whom have quoted the Lynyrd Skynyrd song "Sweet Home Alabama" (1974), which was written in response to Young's song, "Alabama"(1972) and includes the lyric, "I hope Neil Young will remember, a southern man don't need him around anyhow."

    (Excerpt from an article in Newsweek by Marni Rose McFall)