dickensdad.bsky.social

dickensdad.bsky.social

@dickensdad.bsky.social

retired scientist, medical historian, one-time hippie, liberal, gay 🏳️‍🌈

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I never would've expected Americans to get so accustomed to fascist madness. Every day there are 5 new outrages that make me think I must be having a nightmare. Yet some people around me act as if it's just normal life. Frankly, a little more healthy panic would reassure me.

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So the president claims not to know who did something that should only be doable, if at all, with the president’s knowledge, if not by the president himself.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: If it wasn't you, then who gave the order for Starlink to go down in Ukraine? TRUMP: I don't know

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Russia, Russia, Russia was not a hoax. Trump signed an EO tonight exempting Russia from new sanctions legislation that Congress passed last month. The law was designed to squeeze the financial lifelines sustaining Russia's war against Ukraine. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

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Q: "It's not just Trump, we also heard from Elon Musk saying Zelenskyy has gone too far. Why are they blaming you for the continuation of this war?" Zelenskyy: "Because these people can't find a key to how to stop Putin. Because it's more difficult to stop Putin than to pressure others..."

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The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.

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The Trump administration’s actions resulted in the destruction of the largest ancient Cottonwood tree on Indigenous territory in Arizona. This tree, known as the “Grandmother Tree,” was 250 years old.

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JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”

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The Republican health care record so far: Medicaid enrollment: down 5 million ACA enrollment: down nearly 3 million Premium payments: up 58% Hospitals at risk of closing: 446 Everyone who voted for it wants your vote in 4 weeks. Vote them all out. #RepublicanHealthcareCrisis

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Not my president. Clearly, not a president for all Americans. “Let them (Iran) take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego.” Then Trump called it a “small price to pay.” Millions of us dead. And his audience laughed. Reporting from my local news…

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These demons are doing EXACTLY what they said they'd do - & anyone who voted for them- or for any republican in the last 12 years- is complicit. The timing of this on light of the Cornell revelation- further removing protections against sexual assault. Unbelievable. And yet, totally on brand.

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#ScienceSky 🧪When you upload the data to Claude or ChatGPT or Gemini, or any of the usual solution extraction tools, it will keep that data. And the company will "steal" your discoveries.

c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social

The obvious conclusion (to me): if you have proprietary research & you upload it into the Plagiarism Nexus, it's not YOUR proprietary research anymore. Behave accordingly.