Marsha Pierce

Folks, the use of AI to write reviews is a clear violation of peer review ethics + it endangers the authors' intellectual property rights. Don't do it.

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in the back seat of a plane Alt: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in the back seat of a plane with his hand over his face

So anything not cis-het white male is DEI because they treat that as the norm rather than just another set of classifications. Exactly what we said when this started and the word lists came out.

GOP Rep. Andy Ogles sparks backlash after saying Muslims 'don't belong' in America The Tennessee congressman previously pushed for deporting New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the city's first Muslim mayor.

When a sitting member of Congress says Muslims “don’t belong” in America, every leader in Washington has a responsibility to condemn it immediately and unequivocally.

4th Circuit Rules That States Can Compel Trans Adults To "Appreciate Their Sex" Via Care Bans They ruled that states "encouraging citizens to appreciate their sex" through care bans is a constitutional goal, affirming West Virginia's Medicaid ban for trans adults.

1. Horrifying ruling out of the 4th Circuit.

An all-Republican 4th Circuit panel has just ruled that states can compel trans adults to "appreciate their sex" by enacting care bans.

It even directly says that trans adult care bans are legal in the ruling.

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Wow. I thought it was bad, but...😱

We get to choose:

The Roberts Court and its approach to executive power, or the American science superpower.
We can't have both.

Leucovorin lacks evidence to use as autism treatment, FDA says The FDA approves leucovorin for a rare brain disorder while retreating from top officials’ earlier insistence that it could benefit many children with autism.

News: Federal health officials are retreating from earlier endorsement of leucovorin as a drug that can treat autism.

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Difficult to emphasize just how much a generation of kids has been taught that being dishonest, superficial, and narcissistic is the pathway to attention and therefore success

US watching a movie where a vigilante’s entire family is wiped out: “Oh yeah, time for fucking vengeance, this dude will never stop. Get them!”

US watching Iran pick a Supreme Leader who just had his entire family wiped out: “This guy is plainly going to be reasonable and fold.”

a man in a black shirt is sitting in front of a microphone with a sign that says things on it Alt: a man in a black shirt pulls out a red paddle with a white heart on it.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the highest compliment paid to an academic is a student finding your work helpful.

WAITER: careful the plate is hot

ME: challenge accepted

DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned ‘Illegal’ Orders Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, WIRED has learned.

Scoop: DHS ousted multiple privacy officers at CBP after they questioned orders to purposely mislabel records about government surveillance to prevent their release under FOIA.

South Dakota Censors Abortion Pill Ads, Wyoming Passes Doomed 6-Week Ban: March 9 News Roundup Plus, what you missed on Autonomy News last week.

A nonprofit reached a settlement with South Dakota’s AG after he tried to halt its PSA campaign about abortion pills. Per the agreement, the AG succeeded: Mayday Health said it would remove any current ads and not purchase “physical media” on abortion pills within state borders @autonomynews.co

I wanna tell the story of where my screen name came from. It's a story some of you are probably already familiar with but it deserves retelling.

It's well documented that thousands of Black people were killed by lynchings for decades, but the year 1892 was particularly egregious 🧵

I can't compete with this.

Pope Leo XIV’s Vatican newspaper is the only publication in the Western world to run the photograph of 150 Iranian girls' graves — killed in President Trump's military strikes — on its front page.

(I don’t actually wish him good luck) has me crying

NEW: After Gov Jared Polis (D) told me that Tina Peters must show contrition to gain clemency, an attorney for Peters now says she "has remorse."

Peters has long maintained she did "nothing wrong" in leading a breach of Colorado's voting systems and is a political prisoner.

Nathan Cavanaugh Deposition in ACLS-AHA-MLA Lawsuit About the NEH, Part 1 of 6 YouTube video by American Historical Association

Honestly I need historians to be the plaintiffs in every case I cover because if they make it to discovery you just KNOW those primary sources are going public.

Exhibit A: The American Historical Association uploading video depos of the DOGE bros to YouTube.

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why, you could even say the mission was accomplished

Any Republican condemn Rep. Andy Ogles, who tweeted that Muslims don't belong in American society?

‘We’ve got to pay attention’: GOP anxiety spikes over rising energy prices War-related gasoline price impacts come as House Republicans plot how to sell voters on their megabill.

“If you are a Republican and not concerned right now, you are stupid.”

- House Republican

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What is this poll from?

How Pixar’s Open Sexism Ruined My Dream Job (Guest Column) A former Pixar employee writes that after John Lasseter's departure, the company still has a lot of work to do to fix its sexist culture.

If you're wondering how bad things were at Pixar for women, the answer is pretty horrifyingly bad.

I hear this refrain CONSTANTLY.

Before Dobbs it was “no one cares about abortion.”

Now it’s “fallen off the radar.”

And yet…the number of people getting abortions is even higher.

So whose radar are we talking about?

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happy first Monday of daylight savings to all my fellow parents of small children

There are always receipts

It is more effective to call/email their offices. Staffers notice when there is a big influx and advise the congressperson directly.

A cartoon of Pete Kefsbreath shouts at American flag-draped coffins: “STOP TRYING TO EMBARASS THE PRESIDENT!”

Oil Prices Surge Above $100 a Barrel for the First Time in Almost Four Years

“Investors now expect inflation to rise to around 4.5 percent over the next 12 months, from a forecast of 2.3 percent at the start of the year.”
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