“Now what we’re seeing is a full-on assault on our state’s immunization program. Activists felt like they could take advantage of the [COVID-19 pandemic] and exploit it and start going after laws that have been on the books for decades.” texasobserver.org/measles-outb…
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Amid Texas Measles Outbreak, Conservatives Double Down on Anti-Vax Crusade
Spread of the virus is due to low immunization rates in certain communities. Meanwhile, some legislators are cheering for more “medical freedom.”Joelle DiPaolo (The Texas Observer)
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Turning Down the Noise on SMPS
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Turning Down The Noise On SMPS
On paper, electricity behaves in easy-to-understand, predictable ways. That’s mostly because the wires on the page have zero resistance and the switching times are actually zero, whereas in real li…Hackaday
Free App Gem: UTM For Mac Runs Windows, Linux and More !
Find a low cost Mac at B&H : https://lon.tv/qvtrh (compensated affiliate link) - UTM is a free, open source virtualization and emulation application for the ...YouTube
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Spectacular new open geospatial project by [Dan Snow](https://sno.ws/): > OpenTimes is a database of pre-computed, point-to-point travel times between United States Census geographies. It lets you download bulk travel time …Simon Willison’s Weblog
A U.S. airman is charged in death of a South Dakota woman who had vanished in August
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5330706/airman-south-dakota-sahela-sangrait-quinterius-chappelle?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Harvard will be free for students whose families make $100,000 or less
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5330842/harvard-admission-tuition-free-affirmative-action?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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A US House bill to buy and rename Greenland. This is absolutely nuts.
When will the citizens of the United States have had enough of this complete clown government?
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Ok…so despite the senile rantings and ravings by #Trump about acquiring Greenland either by purchase or force, I had not clocked the name of the bill on it… ‘Introduced in House (02/10/2025) Red, White, and Blueland Act of 2025 This bill authorizes…Mastodon 🐘
the Serbs had hundreds of thousands gathered in Belgrade this weekend. If Washington looked like this every Saturday, that would be a good start.
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Drone footage shows mass anti-government protest in Belgrade
More than 100,000 protesters gathered in Serbia's capital, Belgrade, on Saturday in one of the largest rallies in decades, as students and workers faced riot...YouTube
Sub-Saharan Africa reels from USAID cuts
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5323199/sub-saharan-africa-reels-from-usaid-cuts?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Trump and Putin will talk Tuesday about the proposed ceasefire deal in Ukraine
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5330810/trump-and-putin-will-talk-tuesday-about-the-proposed-ceasefire-deal-in-ukraine?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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A law professor weighs in on the White House's recent deportations
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5330593/a-law-professor-weighs-in-on-the-white-houses-recent-deportations?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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"Kennedy’s war on vaccines has started," one researcher said.
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Federal funding for mRNA vaccine research in jeopardy under RFK Jr.
“Kennedy’s war on vaccines has started,” one researcher said.Beth Mole (Ars Technica)
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Researchers are now putting AI into robots to to physical tasks
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5231022/researchers-are-now-putting-ai-into-robots-to-to-physical-tasks?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Jorge Stolfi (@JorgeStolfi@mas.to)
The biggest problem with self-driving cars is that the driving itself is completely controlled by software, that can be updated through the net without knowledge of the owner.mas.to
I’m sure Peter Hitchens writes vile stuff in the Daily Fail most weeks, but this has belatedly caught my eye from a few days ago.
He’s decided that #Dyslexia and #ADHD don’t exist.
He’s blaming parents and teachers for not teaching kids how to read.
A quick online search reveals he’s been spouting this pet theory since the mid noughties.
Zero evidence. Just spite.
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While reactionary dinosaurs like Hitchens seem to wonder why life didn’t just stay caught in the aspic of their blinkered 1950’s childhood…Cambridge researchers believe that #dyslexia actually played a key part in human survival, exploration, invention and creativity.
Having worked with many innovative dyslexics I know where my money is. And yes, one of those is my partner, a librarian.
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Developmental dyslexia essential to human adaptive success, study argues
Researchers say people with Developmental Dyslexia have specific strengths relating to exploring the unknown that have contributed to the successful adaptationUniversity of Cambridge
For those like Hitchens who still think #Dyslexia has exploded in the 21st century because of lazy, woke, leftwing teachers…try reading this.
Then imagine you are a young child who cannot read..but desperately wants to read and catch up with their classmates:
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A friend who has dyslexia described to me how she experiences reading. She can read, but it takes a lot of concentration, and the letters seems to “jump around”.Victor Widell (geon)
What was the first thing scientists discovered? A historian makes the case for Babylonian astronomy
Science uses careful, organized observations and tests to construct theories that are recorded, passed on to others and built on.The Conversation
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Experts worry that DEIA bans are part of a push to undo the 1964 Civil Rights Act
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5319065/experts-worry-that-deia-bans-are-part-of-a-push-to-undo-the-1964-civil-rights-act?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The White House defends Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5330870/the-white-house-defends-trumps-use-of-the-alien-enemies-act-to-deport-migrants?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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A bacterial energy storage system is modified to make polymers.
arstechnica.com/science/2025/0…
What could possibly go wrong?
I thought the hope was to invent ways for nature to degrade plastics.
Dozens of people in the Midwest and South died in weekend tornadoes and storms
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5330596/dozens-of-people-in-the-midwest-and-south-died-in-weekend-tornadoes-and-storms?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Is Trump defying the courts? : Consider This from NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/1239050320/is-trump-defying-the-courts?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Judge seeks sworn declaration from Justice Department in deportation case
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5331300/trump-alien-enemies-act-tren-de-aragua-deportation?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The VA will deny gender dysphoria treatment to new patients
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5331258/department-of-veterans-affairs-gender-dysphoria-treatments?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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What we know about the doctor blocked from returning to the U.S. from Lebanon
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5330888/what-we-know-about-the-doctor-blocked-from-returning-to-the-u-s-from-lebanon?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Ukrainians rally around Zelenskyy ahead of Trump's call with Putin
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5330421/ukrainians-rally-around-zelenskyy-ahead-of-trumps-call-with-putin?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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California Democrats seek to balance climate with cost of living
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5302675/california-democrats-seek-to-balance-climate-with-cost-of-living?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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A teenage fire survivor competes in the L.A. Marathon
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5327488/a-teenage-fire-survivor-competes-in-the-l-a-marathon?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Measles continues to spread in West Texas and New Mexico. How can you stay safe?
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5326146/measles-continues-to-spread-in-west-texas-and-new-mexico-how-can-you-stay-safe?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Political scientists seeing parallels between China and the U.S.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5309764/political-scientists-seeing-parallels-between-china-and-the-u-s?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Pentagon website removes, then restores, page honoring Black Medal of Honor recipient
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5330848/defense-pentagon-black-medal-of-honor-charles-rogers?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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