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Saturday, August 9
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“The Trump administration has ordered all federal agencies to scrub any records related to workers’ COVID-19 vaccination status and other compliance with pandemic mandates.” ⁂
“Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has canceled nearly $500 million of grants and contracts for developing mRNA vaccines” ⁂
“The 42-year-old man with long-standing diabetes was given donated islet cells that were genetically modified via CRISPR to prevent immune rejection. Roughly four months after the procedure, his fully gene-edited cells have continued to produce insulin without provoking an immune response.” ⁂
Exclusive: US Air Force denies early retirement for group of transgender service members | Reuters ⁂
“i am sorry, i did not open the doors when i said i had. that was my mistake. the doors are now open” ⁂
Friday, August 8
“I asked Grok!” “I asked ChatGPT!” “Well, I asked Franziska von Karma and she says a fool who doesn’t think is more foolish than a fool who foolishly thinks!” (continued)
Wednesday, August 6
The Cruelty is the Point
“The cruelty is the point” entered U.S. political vocabulary through an essay by Adam Serwer, a staff writer at The Atlantic. Published on October 3 2018 and itself titled “The Cruelty Is the Point,” Serwer’s piece argued that Donald Trump’s political style—and many of his administration’s policies—deliberately united supporters through shared pleasure in the suffering of disfavoured groups. The phrase, which appears in the headline and serves as the article’s thesis, was new enough that readers immediately treated it as a coinage and a concise diagnostic of the moment. (continued)
Rylee Marcotte, a technical sergeant with the Air Force who has served for about 13 years, was hoping to be able to wear her uniform to her final outprocessing appointment before being involuntarily separated. […] She was told she had to report in uniform – not civilian clothes – but a male uniform. […] “So now I am outprocessing the Air Force at Fairchild Air Force Base virtually, when four minutes south of me is the military personnel flight – I can walk there – but I’m not being allowed to walk out in uniform,” she said. (continued)
“For every $1 a grandmother in Iowa donates believing she’s saving democracy, $0.98 goes to consultants and operational costs. Just pennies reach actual campaigns.(https://data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mothership-vortex-an-investigation)" ⁂
DOJ says trans people don’t exist in military ban case](https://www.advocate.com/news/doj-trans-people-dont-exist) ⁂
Researchers’ hold a ‘science fair’ for projects cut by the Trump administration : NPR ⁂