Lisap1999

Lisap1999

@lisap1999.bsky.social

Science writer. Film buff. Lover of a fine Manhattan

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The same US president who treats our friend Canada as an enemy is trying to give Alaska to Russia, a country whose absolutely overt foreign policy is to destroy us. This superpower suicide has to be stopped. www.ft.com/content/e9cf...

ft.comUS executives quit $25bn gas venture over claims of secret Russian controlFormer CEO of Polar Train LNG tells FT that energy giant Novatek financed and held reins of strategic Alaska project without Washington’s approval

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This is so good. @djrothkopf.bsky.social asks great questions. Putin wants "to do things that will be very hard for future presidents to reverse. And so it raises my concern quite a lot about the risk of Russian opportunistic aggression over the next two years.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

podcasts.apple.comThanks to Trump and Putin the Risk Russia Poses Is Only Likely to GrowPodcast Episode · The DSR Network · October 21 · 50m

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Listening to Heidi's son Michael talk about his mother's work and what she was documenting to BBC Radio. "This is happening daily and it's not only a single event that's affecting her only ... my mother is unstoppable and she will continue doing her work."

+972 Magazine@972mag.com

Award-winning American photojournalist Heidi Levine describes being violently attacked by a mob of Israeli settlers while covering the olive harvest in Turmus Ayya near Ramallah this morning. By Oren Ziv @mekomit.bsky.social

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In November 2025, a nurse at Camp East Montana called 911 to get help for a detained woman with COVID-19. “We don’t have any oxygen for her,” the nurse said as the woman’s oxygen saturation dropped. “She just doesn’t look good.”

propublica.orgListen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ...

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A year ago, Donald Trump signed a bill to slash health care for millions of Americans, including children. Here’s how many kids have lost Medicaid and CHIP because of Donald Trump so far. Alabama: 5,663 kids Alaska: 12,388 kids Arizona: 74,680 kids Arkansas: 10,523 kids

What an amazing result for patients and amazing presentation by #DrMarkDickson

News from #ASCO26: SARC041 trial shows targeted CDK4/6 inhibitor abemaciclib slows tumor growth in recurrent dedifferentiated #liposarcoma. Dr. Dale Shepard breaks down this data in our latest Science in Seconds.  Read the abstract: https://bit.ly/4adk1gk

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THIS THIS THIS

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Every Democrat needs to hit a microphone right now to say this is gross corruption, we're paying attention to who gets paid off here and we'll do everything we can to claw it back.

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Analysis of publicly reported data identified 272 deaths in #ICEDetention from fiscal year 2004 through January 2026, with mortality rates declining early in the period and increasing again in recent fiscal years. ja.ma/4uRtWQH

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“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears. "She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.” “'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..." azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i...

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HOUSTON (AP) — Artemis II’s astronauts return to Earth, ending a record-breaking trip around the moon with a splashdown in the Pacific.

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Hegseth fired generals who insisted that military leaders who had demonstrated long records of exemplary service deserved promotion. For all the bitching about "DEI," what these failsons and Fox News castoffs all really hate is an actual meritocracy, where people are rewarded for their hard work

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Hegseth firing Generals who wouldn't go along with his purge of Black and female officers www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...

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klan shit

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NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military, according to nine U.S. officials familiar with the process.

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Hegseth's repeated moves to purge the military of anyone not judged a Trump loyalist should set off major alarms. But, because Hegseth presents as such a buffoon, his role in Trump's authoritarian project is underrated. wapo.st/3OfHHck

wapo.stHegseth forces out Army’s top generalGen. Randy George’s ouster is the latest in a series of clashes between the Pentagon chief and the service’s senior leadership, and comes amid the ongoing war in Iran.

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In this economy, working people don’t have the time or money to drive longer distances or wait in long lines to get a passport or other documents to vote—but that’s what the SAVE America Act would do. The SAVE America Act is a voter suppression scam. https://bit.ly/4s84swO

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"In immigration detention, he missed 4 out of 5 chemotherapy sessions scheduled in his fight against aggressive lymphoma. A scan last month showed the cancer had spread into his bone marrow. “I was in shock, seeing those little dots,” he said of the scan...” www.startribune.com/how-ice-deta...

startribune.comDetained by ICE, he missed multiple cancer treatments. Now he’s in hospice.Some immigrants with chronic health problems were swept up by ICE in Minnesota, leading to missed medications and, for one man, missed chemotherapy sessions.

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While U.S. service members die in another forever war in the Middle East, Donald Trump’s “peace envoy” is raising money for his private equity firm.

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Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica. They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.

propublica.orgThe Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention CenterProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

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The data is in: the NIH goalposts have shifted. What were once almost certain fundable scores have become coin flips and what used to be likely grants have become aspirational, leading to fewer awards. Another manifestation of how HHS policies have led to fewer awards and less science.

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Israel crammed 2 million Palestinians into displacement camps where 50 people share one bathroom per hour & sewage runs between tents. Now bacterial meningitis is spreading through Gaza's children. An 11-year-old got sick & died within a week. mondoweiss.net/2026/02/a-de...

mondoweiss.netA deadly meningitis outbreak is threatening Gaza’s childrenBacterial meningitis is spreading among children in Gaza, including those who are vaccinated. Officials say conditions in Gaza’s displacement camps, widespread malnutrition, and Israeli bans on the…

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NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to... www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...

wired.comHow to Film ICEFilming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.

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AOC: This is quite a bit of market concentration. Agreed? CVS HEALTH CHAIR DAVID JOYNER: No. I'd suggest it's a model that works well for the consumer AOC: It works well for CVS. Health insurance gets a cut, pharmacy benefit manager gets one, drug manufacturer gets one, & the patient gets screwed

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Reporter: recent oversight reports of TX detention center holding immigrant children noted worms and mold in food, lack of access to legal counsel, lack of child-friendly food, lack of sleep, and mental health deterioration.