Wendy Orent

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Science writer, anthropologist, Ph.D., member of plague lovers' society, disease evolution nerd, author of Plague, co-author of Biowarrior, I.V. Domaradskij's memoir. Author, journalist, former science writing instructor.

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The fact that non-academics always look at me as if I’ve certifiably lost my marbles when I try to explain academic publishing always gives me pause. The fact that this exploitation both of individuals and of tax payers is so normalised is, respectfully, absolutely bonkers.

"It’s worth remembering that the universities funded this research, paid the salaries of the academics who produced it and then had to pay millions of pounds to commercial publishers in order to access the end product." Das seltsamste System. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Academic journals are a lucrative scam – and we’re determined to change that | Arash Abizadehwww.theguardian.com Giant publishers are bleeding universities dry, with profit margins that rival Google’s. So we decided to start our own, says academic Arash Abizadeh

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Immigrants are what make this country www.legacy.com/news/celebri...

Peter Buxtun (1937–2024), Tuskegee syphilis experiment whistleblowerwww.legacy.com Peter Buxtun, whistleblower who revealed syphilis experiments conducted on unsuspecting victims, died May 18 from Alzheimer's disease in Rocklin, California at the age of 86.

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A viral story that alleges Ukraine's Olena Zelenska recently bought a rare Bugatti car in Paris is the work of an AI-powered disinformation operation, run by an ex-Florida cop now based in Moscow, that pumps out a network of fake news websites aimed at Americans. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A Bugatti, a first lady and the fake stories aimed at Americanswww.bbc.co.uk A former US police officer runs an AI-powered network of misleading news sites turning its sights towards November.

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I haven’t read this, but the truth of this quote is indisputable.

"If we lose the republic in November, it’s not going to be because Joe Biden is old. It will be because the media normalized Trump." - @ghelt bluevirginia.us/2024/07/tues...

The devil is real and Alex Jones is a truth teller and people Who listen to Rachel Maddow are likely sex perverts. The world according to JDVance: apple.news/AKIUENhXJSki...

In Private Speech, J.D. Vance Said the “Devil Is Real” and Praised Alex Jones as a Truth-Tellerapple.news Vance gave the speech to the secretive Teneo Network. The GOP vice presidential nominee has been a member of the Leonard Leo-backed group, which seeks to cultivate conservative influence in business a...

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Amazing story about what happens at the VA Hospital when you ask the Project 2025 question: "How are you going to pay the utility bills when Social Security and VA benefits get cut?" tweet: x.com/FlindyD/stat...

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california dems shut the fuck up challenge 2024

“If Mr. Biden remained, not only would he lose to [Trump], he could be enough of a drag on other Democratic candidates that the party would most likely lose the Senate and miss an opportunity to win control of the House, Mr. Schiff said at a fund-raiser in New York.” www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/u...

Schiff Warned of Wipeout for Democrats if Biden Remains in Racewww.nytimes.com Representative Adam B. Schiff of California told attendees at a Democratic fund-raiser that the party would lose the Senate and miss a chance to take the House if the president did not drop out.

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like, if you don’t think you have anything to lose from a second trump admin, you should look around. we all lose. everyone we know loses. but they aren’t winning and they know it and they are counting on us letting them win.

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petitie: Sign your name: IMPEACH Judge Cannonwww.thepetitionsite.com BREAKING: Judge Aileen Cannon DISMISSES Trump Classified Documents Case. Sign your name: IMPEACH Judge Cannon >> (18444 signatures on petition)

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As soon as we learned that Crooks was a registered Republican it was clear that the assassination attempt was going to be a two-day story.

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as i keep saying, there's enough material in the project 2025 document to keep writers busy for months. here for example we have a proposal that a public health agency should 1) be very limited in its ability to make plicy recommendations 2) should concern itself with SAVING SOULS

According to the Republican Party Governing Blueprint, Project 2025, Public Health Should Be Worried About Saving Soulsmikethemadbiologist.com No mentions of demons however. Among the torrent of bullshit that is the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025–a blueprint for a second Trump administration–is this section on public health (pp.…

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GOP is the new working class party!

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Trump’s VP pick … — demanded the DOJ open a criminal investigation of a journalist for “insurrection” over an op-ed critical of Trump — spouted replacement theory garbage — called for criminal prosecutions of other Trump critics — blamed Biden for Trump shooting — called for Biden’s prosecution

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I do not believe that Everything Is Fine and Everything Will Absolutely Work Out - I am absolutely an incredibly bleak pessimist at heart - but I also really, really *hate* declaring defeat and doom way before we know what’s going to happen.

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JD Vance is particularly odious to me because we’re roughly the same age and from the same part of Ohio and I grew up with a hundred pasty, squishy faced white dudes like him & they’re all convinced they’re marginalized because you can’t smoke at Waffle House or say the n-word anymore

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Rachel and I dug into what Project 2025 means for the environment and it’s actually not as bad as you’d think. Nah I’m kidding, it’s worse. thehill.com/policy/energ...

What Project 2025 would mean for the fight against climate changethehill.com Project 2025, a controversial conservative roadmap that aims to guide the next Republican administration, calls for the elimination of multiple energy- and environment-related offices and…

Trump picked the VP running mate I dreaded most-the horrifying JD Vance, whom I fear will be a stone around the neck of America for the next gazillion years.

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And there it is. A judge with NO PRIOR JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE who Trump himself HAND-PICKED has dismissed the espionage case against him. Fuck this timeline. This is actual 1930s Germany shit.

Judge Aileen Cannon has dismissed the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump.

Judge Cannon dismisses Trump documents casewww.npr.org She cited the manner in which special counsel Jack Smith was appointed to investigate the former president's handling of classified documents.

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Bernie is correct!

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Bernie Sanders says Biden will be the Democratic nominee and it’s time to stop ‘bickering and nit-picking’www.nbcnews.com The senator, who has routinely backed Biden since his poor performance in the debate against Donald Trump, wrote that he will “do all that I can” to re-elect Biden.

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Visited the British Library this morning and while the Diamond Sutra is sadly not on display (out for more restoration) I saw an early printed Avalokitesvara Sutra from Dunhuang and a much more recent woodblock!

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#SharedFacts

Too many people haven't yet heard about Project 2025. President Biden is getting the message out in no uncertain terms. open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...

Biden Slams Trump's Project 2025 in Forceful Speechopen.substack.com Joe is fired up, ready to go!

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And that's a reminder for ME TOO. We're all emotionally charged over *waves hands around wildly* and it's very easy to direct that anger, fear, etc. at the wrong people. Or to come at people with the wrong level of anger over what should be reasoned disagreements on how to achieve MUTUAL GOALS.

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I absolutely agree that delusion about the state of the race is dangerous but the delusion on the Dem side is coming almost entirely from people saying Biden can’t win

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Qui bono? Who benefits from the manufactured outrage over Biden’s “senior moments”?

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol... Look at the color of Joe's face. He looks healthy and in the pink. At the debate he looked dead white and pasty. He was SICK, people. Now he's well again. We've Got Joe's Back!

WATCH LIVE: Biden holds campaign event in Detroit as Democrats debate possible withdrawal from racewww.pbs.org Biden continues his effort to convince detractors that he can win his presidential race on Friday with a trip to Michigan, one in trio of "blue wall" states that his campaign now says is the clearest ...

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312 Times! #Project2025

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Biden accidentally called Zelensky Putin. Donald Trump met with Viktor Orban to bring him a message FROM Putin. Which is worse?

Breaking News: Donald Trump is expected to meet with Hungary’s right-wing leader, Viktor Orban, in Florida on Thursday, days after Orban met Vladimir Putin in Russia.

Trump Is Expected to Meet With Orban, Hungary’s Prime Minister, in Floridawww.nytimes.com The meeting would come after Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has long been aligned with the former president, made unexpected trips to China, Russia and Ukraine.

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Rick Wilson: In two short days we have witnessed an epic shift in momentum and you can almost feel a tremendous weight lifted from the shoulders of everyone that stayed true to Joe. We are in attack mode now!