Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Harvard pushes back against Trump administration's demands for changes - The Washington Post
"No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,"...
5 things to know about fluoride and dental health - The Washington Post
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called fluoride 'industrial waste,' but fluoridation of drinking water promotes dental health, experts say...
Trump health nominee called for ‘corrective care’ for trans youth - The Washington Post
Brian Christine, an Alabama urologist, also has repeated conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic...
RFK Jr giving families ‘false hope’ on autism, says outgoing US vaccine official | Robert F Kennedy Jr | The Guardian
Dr Peter Marks, forced to resign by Trump administration, sees no 'possible way' to determine cause by September...
Who Is Curtis Yarvin? (Conspirituality podcast, episode #251)
"If Americans want to change their government, they're going to have to get over their dictator-phobia."
That's neo-reactionary philosopher Curtis Yarvin in 2012, when he outlined a strategy that's eerily similar to how Trump and Musk are now destroying our government. The "dark enlightenment" blogger, long a transgressive darling of the New Right, has in the last two months enjoyed a fresh round of mainstream exposure.
We look at a man who has the ear of those who are reshaping our world at breakneck speed.
Interview:
That's neo-reactionary philosopher Curtis Yarvin in 2012, when he outlined a strategy that's eerily similar to how Trump and Musk are now destroying our government. The "dark enlightenment" blogger, long a transgressive darling of the New Right, has in the last two months enjoyed a fresh round of mainstream exposure.
We look at a man who has the ear of those who are reshaping our world at breakneck speed.
Interview:
“The Bait-and-Switch” (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast) It’s in the Code ep 140
Practitioners of high-control Christianity present the “core” teachings of the tradition as being about God’s unconditional love and acceptance of human beings.
This is the “public-facing” presentation of high-control Christianity. But when we take a deeper look within high-control Christianity, we encounter a bait-and-switch. This accepting, affirming Christian vision is replaced by one focused on obligation structured around emotions like fear and guilt.
How does this take place? And how does this serve the purposes of high-control Christianity? Take a listen to this week’s episode to find out!
DOGE takes control of federal grants website - The Washington Post
A DOGE engineer removed users' access to grants.gov, threatening to further slow the process of awarding thousands of federal grants per year...
DHS emails MA immigration attorney, a citizen, to leave US – NBC Boston
But the 40-year-old is a U.S. citizen, born in Newton and raised in Sharon…
"The language in the email is very threatening," she said. "And it looks kind of like a sketchy spam email. It doesn't look like an official government notice, but it is."…
‘I became like a slave’: why 43 women are suing the secretive Opus Dei Catholic group in Argentina
The first item Opus Dei gave 12-year-old Andrea Martínez was a pink dress. The second was a schedule that detailed every task for every minute of her day. Then, when she was 16, she was given a cilice – a spiked metal chain to wear around her thigh – and a whip…
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