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They're absolutely consumed with a politics of petty personal grievance, sucking all the air out of the room, like surly adolescents, not mature adults. And they want the whole nation following suit. This from the party that used to pretend it owned gravitas and civility in some kind of unique way — the party of "values" and "morality" and respect for religion. It was always a sham, and we're seeing just how much of a sham it is right now.

#Republicans #McCarthy #Congress
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Reminder who owns & operates Matt Gaetz...
#KochNetwork
https://www.ecowatch.com/abolish-epa-bill-pruitt-2267818117.html

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/18/the-mccarthy-speaker-fight-gop-fundraisers-00092577

Plus the drama is a grift for Gaetz.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/540444-matt-gaetz-campaign-gets-17k-from-rockefeller-heir-who-had-contact-with-russian-agent/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/17/gaetz-political-donations-mccarthy-speaker/11673919002/

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/matt-gaetz-andy-biggs-fundraise-blocking-mccarthy-speakership-1234656547/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/15/matt-gaetz-lawyer-jeffrey-epstein/

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The University of Pennsylvani is acting proud of Katalin Karikó now that she's won a Nobel Prize. But they kicked her out of her tenure track job when she insisted on doing the work that won her that prize:

"She recalls spending one Christmas and New Year’s Eve conducting experiments and writing grant applications. But many other scientists were turning away from the field, and her bosses at UPenn felt mRNA had shown itself to be impractical and she was wasting her time. They issued an ultimatum, if she wanted to continue working with mRNA she would lose her prestigious faculty position, and face a substantial pay cut.

”It was particularly horrible as that same week, I had just been diagnosed with cancer,” said Karikó. “I was facing two operations, and my husband, who had gone back to Hungary to pick up his green card, had got stranded there because of some visa issue, meaning he couldn’t come back for six months. I was really struggling, and then they told me this."

"While undergoing surgery, Karikó assessed her options. She decided to stay, accept the humiliation of being demoted, and continue to doggedly pursue the problem. This led to a chance meeting which would both change the course of her career, and that of science."

Elsewhere she recalled:

“I thought of going somewhere else, or doing something else. I also thought maybe I’m not good enough, not smart enough."

She's now an adjunct in UPenn's neurosurgery department. Will they make her tenure-track now? Luckily she also has a good job at BioNTech.

Both quotes here come from interesting stories. The first is from here:

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/mrna-coronavirus-vaccine-pfizer-biontech

The second is from here:

https://billypenn.com/2020/12/29/university-pennsylvania-covid-vaccine-mrna-kariko-demoted-biontech-pfizer/

So Musk is just straight up declaring himself a Nazi. The silver lining is according to lore and law you are allowed to punch him in the face now.

This is heartbreaking.

Josh went through so much and came out the other side a compassionate advocate for people whose hardship he knew & could relate to from personal experience, especially folks in unhoused and HIV+ community.

A huge loss for Philly & all who knew him.

https://www.inquirer.com/crime/josh-kruger-killed-point-breeze-shooting-philadelphia-journalist-20231002.html

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AFU soldiers noticed a curious fox, whose head was firmly stuck in a plastic bottle. And although they had to run a little after the unfortunate animal across the field, they still managed to rescue it from the trap…in a war zone during combat! Our guys are the best! (VIDEO) #Ukraine #Press #News #RussiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
#NoEUPrezForHungary
#NoUSRepublicans2024

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Via Kyle Griffin:

The Supreme Court has denied ex-Trump lawyer John #Eastman's request to vacate a ruling that allowed the #Jan6 Committee to access emails he said were shielded by attorney-client privilege. #legal

Katalin Karikó was the daughter of a butcher. She wanted to be a scientist, although she had never met one. She immigrated to the US in her 20s, but for decades never found a permanent position, receiving little support from the scientific establishment. Now she’s a Nobel winner!