Philip Roads

Philip Roads

@philiproads.bsky.social

Here for the good times and good people. Not here for the nonsense.

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In the richest country on Earth, hospitals are closing en masse. In rural Maine you’re driving an hour to the nearest birthing center. The hospital in Blue Hill where I was born is closed. It’s a disaster brought on by decades of pure greed, and nothing short of Medicare for All can turn the tide.

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OIL PRICE NOW CRITICAL: RUSSIA FACING GROWING INCOME DECLINE The oil price is now below what is sustainable. If this remains so, which is likely with the global economic slowdown and reduced demand for oil, russia’s economy and war machine are doomed.

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I was just an Education Department guy under Reagan and the most junior WH senior staffer under G.H.W. Bush, so what do I know? But if I were an ex-president, and the current president were executing the most disastrous turn in American foreign policy in 80 years, I think I might say something?

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no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person

Darby Saxbe@darbysaxbe.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

The theatrics! So we must endure the circus of dumb ideas, hoping their brilliant friends will someday join the show? What happens when the clowns refuse to leave? Do we applaud the tragedy or demand a refund for your never-ending farce? Why add me to your drama list, bro? bsky.app/profile/temu...

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The young 19-24 year old engineers who are helping Musk takeover the government. One 19 year old, nicknamed "Big Balls", now has access to the highest top secret information inside a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF). Names in comment. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

wired.comThe Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government TakeoverEngineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
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The young 19-24 year old engineers who are helping Musk takeover the government. One 19 year old, nicknamed "Big Balls", now has access to the highest top secret information inside a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF). Names in comment. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

wired.comThe Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government TakeoverEngineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.