Bill Gerdes
Bill Gerdes
@billgerdes.bsky.social
I’m back in the US baby. Looking for gigs and writing jobs as well as acting work.
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My hometown where life is cheap but the rent is not.
Riverside County jails had the highest homicide rate among large jails in California from 2020 through 2023, state data shows. The New York Times and The Desert Sun found clear patterns of security lapses, negligence and policy violations by jail staff.
I’ve got a relative whose disabled child helps make bullets in a bullet factory for 50 cents an hour and man that sums up the country these days
Over at @bloomberg.com , the terrific @josheidelson.bsky.social has a deep dive into the program that allows employers to pay some disabled workers far, far below minimum wage. Well worth your time. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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If you’re pissed about Sen. Chuck Schumer caving to Trump and Elon Musk, take the pledge to boycott contributions to all Senate Democrats until they replace him as leader: chng.it/mZgjGv9rS9
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The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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#MedSky: Trump & complicit republicans (and ineffective / inactive / scared dems) have taken away the CDC, WHO, & other important medical resources. This matters for us. #50Marches #50States Please share & participate if you are able. www.reddit.com/r/Quakers/co... www.reddit.com/r/Indiana/co...
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Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research. I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research. Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...
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