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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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Newspaper clipping: The Philadelphia Inquirer. Healthy schools. A recent op-ed rightly highlighted the financial barriers to becoming a Pennsylvania teacher. However, the state should also prioritize tackling airborne viruses in schools, which are now hazardous workplaces due to the spread of COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and influenza. The CDC found that students were the main driver of COVID transmission during the initial reopening phase, endangering their health and that of their teachers. Insufficient air filtration and poor ventilation in buildings and buses are at the core of this problem. In 2023, the governor budgeted $500 million to reduce environmental hazards, which could be used to update school HVAC systems. Federal American Rescue Plan funds are still available. Inexpensive HEPA or Corsi-Rosenthal filters should be placed in every classroom, and opening windows encouraged. Let’s not tolerate sick schools anymore. If we literally clear the air, we can help attract quality teachers and protect the health of our kids. James G. Lertola, Pennsylvanians Against COVID, Kennett Square

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Pennsylvanians Against Covid Letter to the Editor published in The Philadelphia Inquirer about pandemic barriers to attract people to the teaching profession.

2024-06-24

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Image is a postcard addressed to President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington DC. Text reads: May 27, 2024 Dear Joe Biden, Sam Altman doesn't belong on any advisory board. He has no business near the people's business. He shouldn't be trusted with the security of a cookie jar given that his company is based on theft. Chloe Humbeet Scranton PA

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Sam Altman shouldn’t even advise on the security of a cookie jar.

2024-05-27

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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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Image is a graph chart showing that during the Great Recession from December 2007 to December 2011, the gains were all at the top and the lowest income people lost big, and in the Pandemic from December 2019 to December 2023, the wealthiest gained, but so did the middle and low income. The caption reads Wealth Gains Were Much More Equitable After The Pandemic Than After The Great Recession. Forbes - Wealth Gains Across Income Groups Show A Strong And Equitable Economic Recovery - Christian Weller - Apr 2, 2024

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Mitigating harm is an economic good

2024-05-01

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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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What definitions of “extremist” are being used?

2024-04-06

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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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Racknitz, Joseph Friedrich zu. 1789. Ueber Den Schachspieler Des Herrn Von Kempelen Und Dessen Nachbildung. Leipzig [u.a.]: Breitkopf.

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I had a dream of soylent chatbots made out of people.

2024-03-15

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FOIA request to CDC / HHS – RE The CDC’s Unmasking Decision of May 2021

2024-03-11

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CDC made medical guidelines please Delta Airlines, and now lots of people work sick and contagious in every industry - Image is the letter from Delta Airlines to the CDC Director asking for shortened guidelines because of the impact on their business caused by 10 day isolation.

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The CDC, Media and PR: a public health disinformation campaign.

2024-03-04

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Anti-Science MAGA CDC: “It’s like the flu”

2024-03-02

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FDA shouldn’t have Purdue and the Sacklers involved in Opioid Abuse Surveillance

2024-03-01

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Once more, this time with feeling, propaganda about “learning loss” is a myth.

2024-02-25

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