Valerie the Neuroscientist's Avatar

Valerie the Neuroscientist

@docvalerie

Also an ecologist, but mostly a specialist in applied complexity. Interested in the dialogue, thinking, strategy & structure-building necessary to create a viable future. Also Nature, reality w/o Ego, logic, cats, beauty. #Blue #RejectDisinfo #WakeUpNOW

14,005
Followers
5,038
Following
7,891
Posts
16.11.2024
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by Valerie the Neuroscientist @docvalerie

Preview
Indiana’s Odd Priorities: Weaken Water Protections, Increase Energy Production KEY POINTS: Indiana lawmakers want regulatory changes that dramatically weaken water protections. If the new legislation is approved, polluters will easily evade state environment agency oversight. Th...

In GOP seeking to weaken water protection.
"If the new legislation is approved, polluters will easily evade state environment agency oversight.
The proposal ... was written without any input from minority party legislators." 🌎πŸ§ͺ
www.circleofblue.org/2026/water-p...

27.02.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

What book/lecture is being discussed? I'm glad to see someone is considering these issues, the best chance of societies is to identify their placement amidst the disinfo/misinfo. Hacking and redesigning our current systems to recognize and counter disinformation/manipulation campaigns is imperative.

04.03.2026 01:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'll try them again. When i tried 5 mos ago so they said 'absolutely no Novavax' - the time i did get the shot i literally badgered their national press office.
Need to get out in the world so i guess i go hardcore...

Thank you - have a wonderful day :

02.03.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent, thanks so much.
Guess i need to dive into the literature to concretize my concerns, with some facts.

02.03.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you have refs handy about Novavax, I could really use them.
My own experience with Novavax vs the others is that it seemed better in every way - NO postvax symptoms, and it didn't seem to be bring anything negative with it.
But trying to track down NOvavax is not easy, any current notes?

02.03.2026 17:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Yes, AND they still learned nothing.
Nor has (at least American ) our society or systems.

27.02.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
[2/26 THURS] 좜근길 μ˜μ–΄λ‰΄μŠ€ I Morning Wave in Busan
[2/26 THURS] 좜근길 μ˜μ–΄λ‰΄μŠ€ I Morning Wave in Busan YouTube video by λΆ€μ‚°μ˜μ–΄λ°©μ†‘ Busan English Broadcasting

🌎EPA’s axing of its endangerment finding is international news. I was interviewed yesterday about it by Morning Wave in Busan, South Korea.

You can watch the segment on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIiT....

26.02.2026 21:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's time for strategy on this.
And we need to put this together for the Public.

27.02.2026 07:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ”­πŸ§ͺπŸŒπŸ‘‡

27.02.2026 04:02 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
DOJ’s Losing Streak Continues Because Federal Officers Just Can’t StopΒ Lying I'll take my joy where I can. And this iteration of the Trump DOJ continues to provide bright bursts of schadenfreude-tinted sunshine. Any competent DOJ can close cases. Any barely competent prosecutor can push a case past a grand jury. Any sufficiently slippery solicitor (mixing in some British for the sheer alliteration of it all) can convince a judge that the lies told by officers were merely good faith blunders not worthy of anything more than a judicial "no one's perfect" shrug.

DOJ’s Losing Streak Continues Because Federal Officers Just Can’t StopΒ Lying

I'll take my joy where I can. And this iteration of the Trump DOJ continues to provide bright bursts of schadenfreude-tinted sunshine. Any competent DOJ can close cases. Any barely competent prosecutor can push a case…

26.02.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly correct. Trump doubled the deficit in just 3 years (pre-covid).

He just borrows a bunch of money that the taxpayers have to pay back, gives it to the richest people, and lowers taxes on the richest people so that the middle and lower class take more of the total tax burden.

27.02.2026 04:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It already is!

27.02.2026 05:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Same here. And yes, doctors are apparently still useless even post-pandemic. Did they learn nothing?

27.02.2026 05:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Trump tells committee chairs he backs controversial spy law extension President Donald Trump wants Congress to sidestep internal debates and extend a key surveillance program β€” and he has made the demand directly to key Hill Republicans. At issue is the foreign spy program known as Section 702, which is set to lapse on April 20. Lawmakers in both parties want to put new restrictions to prevent the intelligence community from searching program data for Americans without a warrant. Trump has instead asked for a straight extension with no changes, according to Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Tom Cotton and three other senior lawmakers who were granted anonymity to discuss the private request. β€œPresident Trump has requested a simple, clean extension and I support the commander-in-chief on this vital national-security decision,” Cotton (R-Ark.) said in a statement. Trump recently told House Intelligence Committee Chair Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) and Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) that he wanted a clean extension, according to a congressional aide familiar with the discussion. Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said Crawford told him this week Trump wants a straight extension. β€œThe chairman and a variety of other people have told me that the president is pushing [an] 18-month clean authorization,” Himes said. Spokespeople for the White House, Johnson, Crawford and Jordan didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Trump’s backing for a clean extension comes as top White House staffers have been privately lobbying for a clean extension of at least 18 months, including top domestic policy adviser Stephen Miller. Some intelligence community allies have privately floated going even longer β€” up to three years, according to one GOP lawmaker granted anonymity to discuss private discussions with the administration. Even with Trump’s private edict, a clean extension faces an uncertain path in the House, where a bipartisan coalition of privacy hawks have long demanded sweeping changes to the spy power. People familiar with the vote-counting effort don’t believe it can clear the two-thirds-majority bar for fast-track passage, and GOP lawmakers and senior aides are skeptical their party could unite behind a necessary procedural measure to put it on the floor. Himes said that while Trump’s vote of confidence could help rally Republicans, it could scare off some Democrats. β€œWe now have a president who has shown disdain for the law, disdain for the Congress, and an awful lot of my Democrats are going to point that out and say, β€˜Hey, I supported this when we actually had a president who supported the law β€” tell me again why I should support it now,’” he said.

Trump tells committee chairs he backs controversial spy law extension

25.02.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
Preview
Boycott Trumpist companies? Colorado makes sure your money helps them. | Colorado Newsline It's impossible for a Coloradan to fully disengage from many of the companies that are often viewed as the worst offenders.

Commentary: Palantir. Amazon. The GEO Group. Many Americans see these and other companies as complicit with a domestic dictatorship.

In Colorado, public money supports them all. Divestment would serve a moral principle. But it could also be enacted as self-preservation.

26.02.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
This statement can be attributed to Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) Chief of Advocacy Seth Stern: 

> β€œEllison has already shown his cards. When the Trump administration unconstitutionally demanded editorial concessions from Ellison’s Skydance in exchange for government approval of its takeover of Paramount and CBS News, he obliged, even appointing a Trump loyalist as a so-called β€˜bias ombudsman.’ CBS has since repeatedly censored journalists or altered its coverage to please Trump and his allies. There is no reason to believe that this proven capitulator will behave any differently this time around – in fact, he’s already reportedly promised Trump β€˜sweeping changes’ at CNN, including firing people Trump dislikes. 
> 
> β€œEllison will readily throw the First Amendment, CNN’s reporters and HBO’s filmmakers under the bus if they stand in the way of expanding his corporate empire and fattening his pockets. But censorship is bad for business. WBD executives and shareholders should recognize that selling companies that depend on the First Amendment to a censorial White House puppet is not only morally wrong but harmful to their bottom line. And lawmakers, state attorneys general and anyone else in a position to intervene should make clear that they will not stand by as the Trump administration abuses its power to unconstitutionally extract content-based concessions from news companies.”

This statement can be attributed to Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) Chief of Advocacy Seth Stern: > β€œEllison has already shown his cards. When the Trump administration unconstitutionally demanded editorial concessions from Ellison’s Skydance in exchange for government approval of its takeover of Paramount and CBS News, he obliged, even appointing a Trump loyalist as a so-called β€˜bias ombudsman.’ CBS has since repeatedly censored journalists or altered its coverage to please Trump and his allies. There is no reason to believe that this proven capitulator will behave any differently this time around – in fact, he’s already reportedly promised Trump β€˜sweeping changes’ at CNN, including firing people Trump dislikes. > > β€œEllison will readily throw the First Amendment, CNN’s reporters and HBO’s filmmakers under the bus if they stand in the way of expanding his corporate empire and fattening his pockets. But censorship is bad for business. WBD executives and shareholders should recognize that selling companies that depend on the First Amendment to a censorial White House puppet is not only morally wrong but harmful to their bottom line. And lawmakers, state attorneys general and anyone else in a position to intervene should make clear that they will not stand by as the Trump administration abuses its power to unconstitutionally extract content-based concessions from news companies.”

πŸ“« Censorship is bad for business.

WBD executives and shareholders should recognize that selling companies that depend on the First Amendment to a censorial White House puppet is not only morally wrong but harmful to their bottom line.

27.02.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
Preview
New Mexico state agency to hold public hearing on proposed uranium mine β€’ Source New Mexico The New Mexico Mining and Minerals Division received more than 200 letters opposing the project and calling for a public hearing.

The New Mexico office charged with permitting what would be the state’s first new uranium mine in decades has agreed to hold a public hearing after receiving more than 200 letters in opposition.

buff.ly/zWPYofB

26.02.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

You open a new tab on Edge at work and you see national headlines from NY Post. Your doctor’s office is a Sinclair owned local station or Fox (or soon CNN). TikTok and Meta algos have been skewed. It’s the oxygen, and sets the frame for how normal people process events and just general disposition

27.02.2026 04:03 πŸ‘ 231 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

Why aren't we applying economic pressure?
Boycott!
Buy a share of stock in these networks and raise rightful hell!

27.02.2026 05:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Singing :)

27.02.2026 05:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

πŸŽ₯
State of Climate Action 2025
We need to take urgent #ClimateAction to avoid the worst of #ClimateChange!

PL RP πŸ©·πŸ’šπŸ’™ Thank you!

full #video▢️ youtu.be/SKx21eLLUqs
report πŸ“– wri.org/research/sta...

#climate #environment #hope #cleanenergy #EndFossilFuels #Klima #ClimateActionNow #renewables

09.02.2026 13:41 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

@sourcenm.com
Hi, what's the best way to contact you with story tips?

26.02.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Deb Haaland announces β€˜affordability agenda’ in campaign for NM governor β€’ Source New Mexico Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland unveiled her "affordability agenda" as she seeks the Democratic nomination for New Mexico governor.

Haaland’s affordability agenda is part of a multi-faceted plan, which her campaign has dubbed β€œDeb’s Plan,” which so far includes four tenets: education, affordability, health care and public safety.

26.02.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

β€œIt’s no longer a political calculus. It’s a moral and legal and Constitutional obligation of Congress to [impeach]. It would be a violation of the oath of office for a member of Congress not to push for impeachment when it is possible.”

26.02.2026 14:22 πŸ‘ 9847 πŸ” 2833 πŸ’¬ 368 πŸ“Œ 138

GOOD!

Any scientist in contact with Epstein after his conviction has shown such bad judgement that they can no longer be trusted to run any of our institutions.

Now look up Santa Fe Institute in the Epstein files...

26.02.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image Post image Post image
26.02.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

GOP obsessed with hiding their own congressmen from involvement. I know there are Republican Congressmen listed in the Epstein files. Why doesn't someone do something about that? You cannot make me believe that there are no Republican Congressman in Epstein files. Nuke the GOP Fascist party,

26.02.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Post image

We will get it from our former allied countries. They are going at this hard and are taking names and holding people responsible. Everyone knows people will try to make "deals" to save their own skins.

Let's get all of the names. All to public trials. No more hiding.

26.02.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Great user name! Me too.

26.02.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, they have no choice of course.

All the world will now untie themselves from the new American Abuser.
Trump is trying to isolate us from our allies.. and it's working.

26.02.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0