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bespacific , 5 days ago to random

New Drug Provides Total Protection From #HIV in Trial of Young African Women. An injection given just twice a year could herald a breakthrough in protecting the population that has the highest #infection rates. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/health/lenacapavir-hiv-prevention-africa.html #publichealth #womenshealth #clinicaltrial

bespacific , 1 month ago to random

Law Dork - https://www.lawdork.com/p/washington-post-bombshell-washington - In a series of paragraphs that are up there as being among the most shocking I have read in my journalistic career, #WashingtonPost acknowledged on Saturday they hid #Alito article for 3 yrs and dropped it in the middle this holiday week, more than a week after NYT report, that they had known about the flag since at least January 20, 2021, and had not revealed knowledge of it until May 25, 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/25/alito-flag-martha-ann-washington-post/?_pml=1 complicit #insurrection #democracy #MAGA

bespacific , 1 month ago to random

Fake studies have flooded publishers of top #scientific #journals leading to thousands of #retractions, M of $ in lost revenue. Biggest hit has come to #Wiley 217-year-old #publisher based in Hoboken NJ which announced it is closing 19 journals, some of which were infected by large-scale research #fraud. Wiley has reportedly had to retract more than 11,300 papers recently “that appeared compromised” as #generativeAI makes it easier for paper mills to peddle fake research. https://www.wsj.com/science/academic-studies-research-paper-mills-journals-publishing-f5a3d4bc

bespacific , 2 months ago to random

As a career long law librarian, this leaves me sad, angry, and really, feeling ill. I cannot even imagine 45 years ago anyone threatening the profession and its members this way - #Louisiana HB 777 Would #Criminalize #Librarians and #Libraries Who Join the American Library Association #ALA #librarians #freespeech #books #education #KnowledgeSharing #censorship https://bookriot.com/louisiana-hb-777/ #criminallaw #legislation

bespacific , 3 months ago to random

NYT analysis found #Trump spent more than $90,000 a day on average on #legal costs for more than three years — although none of it was paid with his own money, but instead came almost entirely from #donations raised as he fought against his 2020 #election loss.However, those accounts are nearly empty, so Trump must decide whether to pay his own staggering #legalfees or find another source of financing.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/27/us/politics/trump-cases-legal-fund.html

bespacific , 3 months ago to random

NYT headlines so skewed, but many don't read the articles. #Trump Spurned by 30 Companies as He Seeks #Bond in $454 Million Judgment. Trump’s lawyers said in a court filing that he faces “insurmountable difficulties” as he tries to raise cash for the civil fraud penalty he faces in New York https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/nyregion/trump-bond-civil-fraud-case.html & Pence Says He Won’t Endorse Trump, but Won’t Vote for Biden Either https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/us/politics/mike-pence-trump-endorsement.html - #corruption #democracy #insurrection #rapist #constitution #liar of these words appear

bespacific , 3 months ago to random

145 #GOP Members of #Congress Ask #SupremeCourt to Slash Access to the #AbortionPill. Republican lawmakers urged the court to declare that the 19th-century #ComstockAct means #abortion drugs can't be #mailed—even to states where abortion remains #legal #mifepristone #womenshealthcare #WomensRights https://www.jezebel.com/145-gop-members-of-congress-ask-supreme-court-to-slash-access-to-the-abortion-pill

bespacific , 4 months ago to random

#Plasticbag #bans have already prevented billions of bags from being used, report finds. “The bottom line is that plastic bag bans work.” #banplasticbags #environment #pollution #microplastics #healthcare #water https://www.popsci.com/environment/plastic-bag-bans/