Watson walked free after killing an 84-year-old man in San Francisco in 2021, leaving the community devastated.
https://americancommunitymedia.org/news-exchange/justice-denied-for-late-grandpa-vicha/
Herr Merz gibt zu: Auch er "hat mal Erwartungen geweckt" in der Opposition. Aber nun müsse er halt Kompromisse schließen. (@faznet, 27.3.26)
NEW: San Francisco judge Linda Colfax has released a man who fatally assaulted an 84-year-old because the prison sentence would have a "poor impact" on him.
25-year-old Antoine Watson was granted probation just two months after he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and assault.
Watson violently assaulted Vicha Ratanapakdee in 2021, which resulted in his death just two days later.
He was acquitted of first-and second-degree murder charges and instead convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
Colfax says Watson being in prison would have a "poor impact" on him and didn't think he should be there because he "expressed remorse," according to the SF Chronicle.
Colfax is accused of hiding details from the jury in an apparent effort to help Watson escape prison time.
Infuriating and evil.
John Thune has destroyed every single Senate norm that he claimed to cherish.
He set a far bigger and more dangerous precedent than abolishing the filibuster.
Children’s Health Defense CEO Mary Holland highlights shocking vaccine rules the military follows that aren’t applied to children.
“In the military, they will not give more than 5 vaccines at once.”
“These are 18-year-olds or older who are absolutely in robust health, but they won’t give them with developed immune systems more than 5 shots.”
“And yet we’re giving babies 10 shots at once.”
@maryhollandnyc
If you had a fault on a car or a plane that crashed and caused the loss of lives wouldn’t you want caution to be applied and it be investigated especially when it’s a new novel product
Von Wölfen zu Freunden: die ersten Hunde Europas und ihre Bedeutung https://www.nzz.ch/wissenschaft/hunde-sind-in-europa-seit-mehr-als-14000-jahren-wichtige-begleiter-des-menschen-ld.1930739?utm_campaign=mrf-twitter-NZZ&mrfcid=2026032769c406819262dd68b7d89f98
Erst eingestellt wegen fehlender Beweise, jetzt wiederaufgenommen nach politischer Kampagne.
Klassischer Fall von weisungsgebundene Staatanwaltschaft.
These people who come around years too late deserve zero credit.
Bob Costas knew it was insane and said nothing until it was safe.
Tell me you haven’t read a vaccine insert without telling me…
Case in point: a reporter from a major news outlet called to interview me and at one point she said, “but with the measles you can get brain inflammation…”
Anyone who has read a vaccine insert knows that encephalitis, aka brain inflammation, is listed clear as day as a side effect. In fact, many experts believe that exact side effect is one of the contributing factors to developing autism.
These are the kinds of conversations that we all need to be having. Our society has been brainwashed from big pharma by way of legacy media to condition us to believe that vaccinating is the “right” way, and not vaccinating is for the unintelligent, selfish, bottom feeders of society.
WRONG. If you have fallen victim to this way of thinking, you’ve been fooled.
I have nothing against anyone who chooses to vaccinate, that’s free choice. But I do believe that’s an inferior method of developing immunity.
R to @Ayjchan: One of the Proximal Origin authors thought he would get tenure for publishing their letter dismissing any lab based scenario.
Just saying a lab origin had to be considered in 2020 put my scientific career and reputation in jeopardy.
https://x.com/Ayjchan/status/1683663052942573570
🔴 18/20: Das Abendjournal – live mit Gernot Danowski https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1AJEmOjePlYJL
My dream for automated, replicable research: "papers" become open repos that anyone---agent or human---can fork and build on. But I have a funny story that suggests we've got some way to go to get there.
In their fantastic paper, @xuyiqing and @YangYang_Leo show that my dream is approaching feasibility. For papers in journals with sufficiently strong data/code requirements, AI can now automatically replicate almost all of them. This is super exciting!
But here's my story...
In January, I released my Claude Code vote-by-mail paper, which got a lot of attention. As part of that release, I shared a public repo with the data and code (https://github.com/andybhall/vbm-replication-extension).
Recently, I discovered to my great joy that the repo had 70 forks. Maybe my dream of open research was coming true??
So today I fired up Claude Code and asked it to analyze the 70 forks, so I could see what new insights we're learning.
Here's Claude's summary: “Based on what I just investigated, the answer is simple: virtually none of them do anything.”
It turns out, none of the 70 forks do any new research whatsoever. LOL.
It seems like the tech is getting close---now we need to solve the incentive problem. We need to make it exciting and valuable from a career perspective for people to fork and build on projects. Then we can get real knowledge aggregation moving and really leverage AI's ability to let us do continuous, automatically replicable empirical work.
We need to find a way to reward people for productive repo forks as a means to encouraging new and better research. Would love to figure out how best to do this!
Der Kanzler bleibt dabei: Weil Trump ihn nicht vorab informierte, wird sich Deutschland auch nicht am Schutz der Straße von Hormus beteiligen. (Q: @faznet)
"We can't let Iran hold the US, the UAE and the global economy hostage. A simple cease-fire isn't enough. We need a conclusive outcome that addresses Iran's full range of threats."
Dr. Gargash's message reinforces Amb. Al Otaiba's case in @WSJopinion: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-u-a-e-stands-up-to-iran-ec229761
Trump’s confabulations reach new heights. He says he negotiates with Iran and that "They're great negotiators." Problem is that there is no negotiation. Does he also hear voices?
The most common name among newborns in The Hague, Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, London, Manchester and Oslo is Muhammad
A True Apocalypse
R to @rosenbusch_: tagesspiegel.de/berlin/mutma…
„Demnach wollten Mitarbeiterinnen des Jugendamtes die Polizei nicht einschalten, damit die arabischstämmigen Jugendlichen nicht marginalisiert und stigmatisiert werden.“
Falls jemand dagegen auf die Straße gehen will: es wird keine NGO dazu aufrufen und neues Gesetz gibt es auch nicht.
If you’ve been wondering why I can’t let go of the ousting of Vinay Prasad from the FDA, here it is, plain and unvarnished.
He was a once in a lifetime hire.
Prasad was one of the strongest appointments the agency has ever made, and the FDA should have fought like hell to keep him. That doesn’t mean I agreed with every call. For example, I support advisory committees. But it’s worth noting that advisory committees were already in decline prior to his appointment. Besides, disagreement with one aspect does not negate the whole.
The failure to retain Prasad was a consequential mistake; it signals exactly how the agency, the media, and the investor class handle serious challenges to the status quo. And the backdrop makes it worse. Prasad walked into the CBER director’s office after a truly rough stretch in FDA history: overly broad use of COVID vaccines, with related resignations of two top vaccine officials, Paxlovid cheerleading, Elevidys and Aduhelm debacles, and misguided misinformation-policing, among others. This stretch had eroded public trust. He inherited a scarred institution, and the expectation was that he would challenge the status quo and repair the perception of the FDA as acting merely as a rubber stamp.
What’s been maddening to watch is the yawning gap between what everyone claims to want, like higher evidence standards, fewer weak approvals, more appropriate use of accelerated approval, and how violently the system recoils the moment someone tries to deliver it. Modest, data driven moves were treated like heresy. The loudest critics rarely engaged the substance; they only amplified an outrage coming squarely from the perspective of pharma and investor interests.
A clearer accounting of what actually changed and what didn’t during the time Vinay Prasad was at the FDA is still worth laying out.
Accomplishments included the COVID vaccine framework, the Elevidys label narrowing, and proposing to strengthen CBER research and vaccine standards more generally. The Moderna flu vaccine refuse to file decision was an example of using an unconventional approach. It was resolved quickly in a manner that will result in better evidence generation, but with much media fanfare. And worth noting: not all of his accomplishments were around tightening standards. He co-authored significant approaches to introduce regulatory flexibility and support true innovation: formal guidance documents for the new plausible mechanism pathway and Bayesian methodology. Both of these are being praised, but no one is bothered that a key architect on these projects is leaving the FDA? Not to mention the single trial paper.
Instead, the public narrative chose to fixate on three leadership overrides, endlessly framed as “chaos” or a break from sacred norms. Conveniently omitted: every single override aligned decisions with the new COVID vaccine framework that Prasad had developed to navigate uncertainty without rubber stamping. Approval volume stayed roughly in line with historical norms. Rare disease decisions weren’t some override spree; they were part of long running debates over accelerated approval pathways that predate Prasad by years. Reasonable people can quarrel over individual calls. What’s indefensible is pretending the record was defined by recklessness rather than a short, intense effort to tighten standards in an agency long accused of being too cozy with industry.
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Michel Houellebecq zum Iran-Krieg. Quelle: @NZZde
Immortalization of sensitive scientific research
I've inscribed my preprint that links the WIV to a leaked dGOF MERS chimera, onto censor-resistant bitcoin following @Kevin_McKernan 's #DeSci method 🧵
Tx ID b14860b04d16ec1a90b8c701da0889b49e17efbb819f85eafe99954270bf7322
In #Ungarn muss Viktor Orbán um die Wiederwahl kämpfen – und setzt dabei auf alte Ressentiments. Wird seine Nähe zu Donald Trump zum Vorteil? Oder kippt die Stimmung angesichts wirtschaftlicher Sorgen und eines starken Gegners? Von Alexander Marguier. https://www.cicero.de/aussenpolitik/orbans-kampf-um-die-wiederwahl-krieg-an-vielen-fronten
167 TWh. CO2 frei. Das Gleiche wie 35.000 Windkraftanlagen.
Abgestellt weil es Deutschland zu gut ging.
Criminal Covid Vaccine is a Scum and Traitor
Die Chefin des Zürcher Vermögensberaters Ecofin ist besorgt wegen der deutlich gesunkenen Liquidität an den Finanzmärkten seit dem Ausbruch des Iran-Kriegs. Zugleich weist sie im Interview darauf hin, dass Anleger bisher erstaunlich ruhig geblieben seien. https://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/alexandra-janssen-wir-haben-heute-andere-systemische-risiken-ld.1931338?utm_campaign=mrf-twitter-NZZ&mrfcid=2026032769c406819262dd68b7d89f97
Hello Senator Thune,
At 3 AM on Friday, March 27th, in a near-empty chamber, you passed a bill by voice vote that excludes all funding for ICE and CBP.
Let me repeat that: voice vote. No roll call. No record of who was there. No accountability. Just you, Barrasso, and a handful of senators shuffling paper in the dead of night while America slept.
You could have demanded a recorded vote. You chose not to.
You could have held the line for five more days until the House returned. You chose not to.
You could have used the same procedural tools Democrats have used against you for 40 days. You chose not to.
Instead, you gave Chuck Schumer exactly what he asked for, DHS funding minus immigration enforcement, and called it a win. Then you walked to the cameras and blamed the Democrats.
Let's be precise about what you did:
1. You caved to a demand Democrats made on Day 1 of this shutdown. Forty-one days of supposed hardball negotiation, and you settled for their opening offer.
2. You handed them a template. The next time Democrats want to defund any agency — ICE, CBP, or anything else — they now know: just shut down DHS and wait. John Thune will fold at 3 AM.
3. You punted to reconciliation. "Good possibility," you said. Not "we will." Not "guaranteed." Just maybe. Meanwhile, ICE operates on fumes from last year's bill with no certainty of future funding.
The precedent you set:
You have argued for months that the filibuster is sacrosanct. That the 60-vote threshold protects minority rights. That we cannot bend Senate rules for policy wins.
But at 3 AM on Friday, you bent every norm that actually mattered:
• Voice vote to avoid accountability
• Empty chamber to avoid debate
• Midnight deal to avoid scrutiny
• Immediate recess to avoid questions
You'll bend the rules to avoid a fight. You just won't bend them to win one.
What you've actually accomplished:
Democrats demanded ICE restrictions. They got ICE defunded.
Not reformed. Not restrained. Defunded.
And you're out here tweeting about how Democrats are the "Defund the Police" party while you just voted to defund border enforcement at 3 in the morning.
The question you should answer:
Why did this deal have to happen at 3 AM?
Why couldn't it happen at 3 PM, with cameras rolling and every senator on record?
You know why. Because you didn't want your voters to see what surrender looks like.
Here's my message: We saw it anyway.
Stop hiding behind "Democrat obstruction." You're the Majority Leader. You set the schedule. You control the floor. You chose this outcome.
Own it.
Or they way he from the death darts and ridiculous
Ihr seid ja Profis, daher kennt Ihr die Begriffe Astroturfing und Gaslighting natürlich. Unsere Angestellten kannten ihn noch nicht alle. Daher habe ich spontan ein kurzes Erklärvideo aufgenommen.
This is surreal.
The father of a 25 year girl who was gang raped, attempted suicide but failed and then opted for assisted suicide, tried to prevent her death and this MP asks “how can we stop this happening here?”
If one of my own children were in such a situation I would move heaven and earth to try to save them. Any parent would.
This is inhuman. 👇
Med News: New lipid guidelines from @ACCinTouch and @American_Heart adopt earlier screening and intervention, a new risk calculator, updated risk categories, LDL-C targets, one-time universal Lp(a) testing, and other reworkings.
Find out more: https://ja.ma/47nU6Bp
Mélanie Maupas has passed away at 36 after battling ALS that French authorities formally recognized as plausibly linked to her COVID-19 vaccination.
Her symptoms began days after her second injection. Sixteen months later, she was diagnosed with Charcot disease. Her condition progressed rapidly.
Instead of staying silent, Mélanie became a public advocate for others experiencing vaccine injury, serving as vice-president of AAVIC Team and calling for recognition and support.
We honor her courage and her voice.
Read more about Mélanie: https://nieuwrechts.nl/109429-mlanie-36-overleden-na-strijd-tegen-coronaprikschade
Petroleum-based food dyes add color but no nutritional value.
That’s why the FDA is tracking industry pledges to remove petroleum-based food dyes.
Check out where companies stand ➡️ https://www.fda.gov/food/color-additives-information-consumers/tracking-food-industry-pledges-remove-petroleum-based-food-dyes
#NationalNutritionMonth
R to @rosenbusch_: telegraph.co.uk/global-healt…
Die nächste Pandemie kommt bestimmt.
Die britische Regierung entwickelt für 1,2 Milliarden Euro ein brandneues digitales Kontaktverfolgungs-System, das KI und Echtzeit-Standortdaten nutzt, kauft tonnenweise Schutzausrüstung auf Vorrat und schreibt dazu ein „Lessons Learned“-Papier.
Kurz: Die nächste Runde „Stay home, protect the NHS, save lives“ ist schon vorgeplant, inklusive allumfassender Überwachung der potenziellen Seuchenverbreiter.
When you couldn’t think the assisted suicide supporters could stoop any lower…
Here’s Tom Gordon MP criticising the father of Noelia Castillo, the girl who died by euthanasia after being gang-raped, for trying to save his daughter’s life.
Absolutely appalling.
R to @Ayjchan: In the past 6 years of advocating for a rigorous investigation into Covid origin, $ has never been a factor in my decision making. I believe the same is true for Matt.
Billionaires offered to fund my work on origins and I declined ALL of them - perhaps foolishly.
So sad to learn of another cruel sacking of a true professional with years of faithful service to his patients.
Another one who’s paid a huge price simply for doing his job and acting with integrity.
We are in a dark place…
No sane person would endanger themselves (targeted by the Chinese gov) & suffer alienation from their peers & scientific establishment just for book earnings.
We wrote VIRAL to lay out the evidence for natural vs lab origin of Covid. A virus that has killed millions of people.