Tag: government agencies

Kite in sky over Scranton Pennsylvania USA

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The FTC under Lina Khan’s leadership is good for public safety and freedom from corporate authoritarianism.

FTC has been doing good things now for consumer issues, such as going after monopolies and the authoritarian rule of corporate monopolies, and (as I’ve mentioned before), they’re going to start penalizing “fake and false consumer reviews and testimonials” which has become a substantial problem.

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Supplements need regulation!

Defeat the right-wing step 2 according to It Could Happen Here podcast…

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A large gathering should at a minimum specifically ask people who are sick with covid or flu to stay home instead, or at least strongly recommend masking for anyone who is currently unwell. This is the minimum, to adhere to the recommended guidance of the CDC. That’s the minimum. Less precaution will likely precipitate an event becoming a superspreader. www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/prevention/precautions-when-sick.html

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The DNC was a superspreader event because they failed to adhere to CDC guidance recommending masking — at least for actively sick people!

2024-09-04

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don't wait for everybody - Chloe Humbert

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Don’t assume CDC HICPAC will recommend controlling infection in hospitals

Don’t Wait For Everybody – Episode 008

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The CDC needs to be brought into compliance with the public interest.

2024-08-17

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"I don't always need to go to the hospital. But when I do I don't want them to GIVE me diseases there." https://actionnetwork.org/letters/hospitals-should-not-spread-disease/

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Healthcare tech pitfalls that universal masking and common sense isolation rules could fix.

2024-08-17

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Kite in sky over Scranton Pennsylvania USA

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Information alone is not enough. The levers of power don’t work themselves.

2024-08-05

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Hypernormalisation Documentary, 2016, by Adam Curtis. ”The liberals were outraged at Trump. But they expressed their outrage in cyberspace so it had no effect. Because the algorithms made sure that they only spoke to people who already agreed with them. Instead ironically their waves of angry messages and tweets benefitted the large corporations who ran the social media platforms. one online analyst put it simply — angry people click. It meant that the radical fury that came like waves across the internet no longer had the power to change the world. Instead it became a fuel that fed the systems of power making them ever more powerful.”

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The problem of busy work activism.

2024-07-30

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Peter Thiel wanted Trump to appoint this weird anti-FDA tycoon to lead the FDA

2024-07-27

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The image is a screenshot of the Youtube video of the channel for the CDC and showing the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Day 2. The video is at time marker 2:55:55 and the screen shows a slide. The last sentence has added emphasis with red marker and yellow highlighter. “The Work Group will continue to evaluate COVID-19 vaccine policy, including the need for a universal recommendation.”

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Don’t take vaccines for granted.

2024-07-07

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They’re prepping for “weeding out” potential “resistance” to Trump from the civil service.

2024-07-02

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Chloe’s Public comment to CDC ACIP meeting, June 2024.

The recommendation for a spring covid vaccine boost for seniors was NOT well promoted.

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FDA VRBPAC covid vaccine public comment, date extended

2024-05-11

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The Trump & Republican Project 2025 agenda is to dismantle public health.

2024-05-06

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Banning noncompetes: Good for workers, businesses, and the economy The FTC estimates that banning noncompetes will mean More innovation: an average of 17,000-29,000 more patents each year More startups: a 2.7% increase in new firm formation - that's 8,500+ new businesses per year Higher earnings: typical workers earn $524 more per year Who's affected? An estimated 18% of U.S. workers are covered by noncompetes. That's 30 million people. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

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Noncompetes have harmed healthcare too.

2024-04-24

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Many references to “climate engineering” are actually a part of climate denial & disinfo narratives.

2024-04-19

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Antiviral Injustice

2024-04-08

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Screenshot of direct message conversation. text reads #OSHAhearing bit.ly/OSHAhearing Nicolas Smit @PPEtohe Jan 19, 2023 Replying to @PPEtoheros @nb_covid_info and 31 others — Here’s evidence @COVIDOversight knew about the widespread negligence in July. I was asked by their top investigators how they should investigate & they confirm I gave them info that helped -Show more- QUOTE — NYT Science @NYTScience “It’s frustrating and frightening because a mask like this can make the difference between life and death, but no one knows about them.” nytimes.com A Clunky Mask May Be the Answer to Airborne Disease and N95 Waste 11:54 AM 2022–07–09 — Nicolas Smit Jan 19, 2023, 3:46 PM

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The shadowbanning of the pandemic.

2024-04-05

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Granovetter, M. S. (1973). The Strength of Weak Ties. American Journal of Sociology, 78(6), 1360–1380. doi:10.1086/225469 Imagine, to begin with, a community completely partitioned into cliques, such that each person is tied to every other in his clique and to none outside. Community organization would be severely inhibited. Leafletting, radio announcements,or other methods could insure that everyone was aware of some nascent organization; but studies of diffusion and mass communication have shown that people rarely act on mass-media information unless it is also transmitted through personal ties (Katz and Lazarsfeld 1955; Rogers 1962)

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Journalist thinks covid is no longer political — just “trusts” right-wing covid denial.

2024-04-03

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twitter post @LifeAfterMyPhD 3:01 AM · Mar 18, 2024 - It gets worse. Apparently if you search "as of my last knowledge update" or "i don't have access to real-time data" on Google Scholar, tons of AI generated papers pop up. This is truly the worst timeline. 897.7K Views 95 replies 2.4k retweets 78k hearts 1.7k bookmarks [The tweet contains screenshots of the google scholar search results containing those search term sentences.]

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Lying AI should not be doing the people’s business or science.

2024-03-22

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Politics isn’t a crockpot, and Trump certainly won’t save anyone.

2024-03-22

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SIMPLE SABOTAGE FIELD MANUAL Strategic Services Field Manual No. 3 Office of Strategic Services Washington, D.C. 17 January 1944 - Image is of typewriter typeset pages describing tactics for sabotage in office settings.

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Sabotage works best when it looks like incompetence.

2024-03-19

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