We get to choose:
The Roberts Court and its approach to executive power, or the American science superpower.
We can't have both.
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We get to choose:
The Roberts Court and its approach to executive power, or the American science superpower.
We can't have both.
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There is no way to restore functional science agencies without Court reform
Can’t not read this in Jean Smart’s voice
(the piece is a good explanation of why GHS is different than other global health, but I think it could engage more deeply in what the counterfactual is; humanitarian biomedicine is not, necessarily, preferable in any of the relevant metrics - fragility, power, equity, quality of life)
i like this piece a lot, although the IHR bits are now quite out of date. one thing i find interesting though is the reach for "humanitarian biomedicine" when i would argue that the approach, like GHS, has given itself a name - it's just the "international health" of yesteryear, chugging along
(to the tune of pink pony club) pain at the pump
so there's not a lot of stuff for the public to chew on here. i also think it's hard to tell that story in a way they can understand, frankly; the truth is, for a lot of the outcomes that matter to the public (e.g., PPR in Covid), securitization worked and continues to.
(2) a lot of otherwise smart people are unwilling to talk about this in writing because they need to be able to wear the biosecurity hat when it counts / when there's money on the line. not me though. i'm dumb as dogshit and everyone already hates me
deleted my comment about journalists because i think it's more complicated than what i said, but (1) journalists have been by and large poor critics of the biosecurity / health security paradigm, primarily due to their sources; and
the person who's written the most about this, although we don't always agree, is David Fidler - he's got a few Think Global Health pieces, this is the most relevant if I remember right www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/syne...
hello motherfucker
Is there a bi of hormuz
My latest! In this month's cover story for the @texasobserver.org, I wrote an expansive, oddly philosophical deep dive into the western diamonback rattlesnake, a much-maligned animal I've come to have a lot of respect and affection for
inventing a new city that's both Hartford and Charlotte that I call "Harlotte" or perhaps "Chartford"
no!
Whichever one of you gave me the response-to-response-to-reviewers "I will concede there is nothing the authors can do about this" today: thank you for the mercy you have shown me (sincerely)
oh,,
mf said blooskee
hmmm i think the actual answer is it's viva la vida's fault
nice paper i missed a couple of years ago royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...
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have i shown you my pov: you are in a state university dining hall in 2011 playlist open.spotify.com/playlist/7bO...
🗣️ maybe i need some rehab or maybe just need some sleep!!!!
rfk standing very normally in a steak and shake
leland palmer in the black lodge
When I joined as the head engineer of the Torment Nexus project, it was to work on fascinating technical problems and make the world a better place along the way. I am appalled to discover that the Torment Nexus would be used this way and, now that my options have vested, will be leaving the project
“Several years ago, nephrologists attempted a first-of-its-kind effort: remove race from a key clinical algorithm, and attempt to undo the harms… A new study found the change had big results, impacting 27% of Black patients and resulting in 5.3 more transplants per 1000 Black candidates.”
NBC News poll Voters hold negative views of Al. In fact, the only topics less popular in the survey were the Democratic Party and Iran.
Truly a perfect news alert
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