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Just a great poster design!Looked it up and it shows memejacop-art as the designer #NoKings

I am one of the organizers of a huge annual international academic conference. This year it's in the U.S.

I don't think I can, in good conscience, recommend that any of our international members attend.

https://www.newsweek.com/britain-issues-travel-warning-us-deportations-2047878

Britain Issues Travel Warning for US

The change comes amid President Donald Trump's large-scale crackdown on illegal immigration.

Newsweek
The entire USAID website is gone.
USDA ordered to scrub climate change from websites - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/31/usda-climate-change-websites-00201826

Kewl!

Rachel Maddow Will Return to Nightly Shows on MSNBC for Trump’s First 100 Days https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/us/politics/rachel-maddow-msnbc-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.o04.Rd2P.miYxlwxkM97J

Rachel Maddow Will Host Nightly Shows on MSNBC for Trump’s First 100 Days

The cable news network rejiggers its prime-time lineup ahead of Donald Trump’s second stint in the White House.

The New York Times
Just testing the limits of the BlueSky bridge.
#NothingToSeeHereMoveAlong
Moooooommmmm!!

Omfg.

Via Kyle Griffin:

#Trump just named Dr. Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator.

Yes, Dr. Oz.

⚠️“Tom's of Maine toothpaste was manufactured with water containing bacteria, while a "black mold-like substance" was found in a factory where the product was made, according to a warning letter from FDA

The Nov 5 letter stated that Tom's Simply White Clean Mint toothpaste contained Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a germ that can cause infections in the blood and lungs, the FDA letter said. “

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/toms-of-maine-toothpaste-bacteria-water-black-mold-fda-details/

Tom's of Maine toothpaste made with bacteria-tainted water, FDA warns. Here are details.

The FDA sent a warning letter flagging "significant violations" of manufacturing regulations for Tom's of Maine toothpaste.

Re @davids7’s question: my numbers are back-of-napkin calculations using press reports of current vote tally + sloppy web searching for US population and voting-eligible population. Please take my numbers with the appropriate gain of salt.

The broad “each group is about about 1/4” conclusion should be approximately correct, but don't stare too hard at exact percentages until somebody does this calculation a bit more carefully.

https://mastodon.social/@davids7/113511407571843374