@petergleick I made some minor corrections for accuracy.As recent events have shown all too clearly, you can't trust Elon Musk (fka disruptive tech entrepreneur) at all.•••He lies relentlessly or simply ignore major stories that don't fit his desired narrative.
The most important modern improvement in public health has been the provision of safe #water and sanitation. The second most important is the development and roll out of vaccines.
The CDC doesn't understand disease control.The EPA doesn't understand environmental protection.Now it's clear the Dept of Energy doesn't understand energy.This administration is populated by imbeciles.
Yes, we already live in a fascist country. The President is mobilizing the US military against US citizens.The Vice President admits to the government committing war crimes and doesn't care.
The full name is Trump's Department of War Crimes https://theintercept.com/2025/09/05/pentagon-official-trump-boat-strike-was-a-criminal-attack-on-civilians
Apropos Trump trying to rename DOD to the Dept of War, in 1982, Reagan's Secretary of the Interior James Watt changed the department's logo from a left-facing bison to a right-facing bison.That didn't last long either.These are petty, childish, trivial people.
Department of War? Let's do them all.Dept of Agribusiness Dept of Ignorance Dept of Industry Dept of Fossil FuelsDept of Human DiseaseHomeland GestapoDept of Private Parks Dept of Unpaid LaborDept of State ControlDept of SUVs & TrucksDept of Bankrupt Treasury Dept of Veterans AbuseCenter for Disease
Dear Nobel Peace Prize committee,It now appears likely that one of the people nominated for your prize just committed a war crime. Thought you should take that into consideration.https://www.justsecurity.org/119982/legal-issues-military-attack-carribean/
The graph shows what happened when the #polio vaccine became available. Deaths and illness stopped. People begged to get it when it became available.Reversing this is what Florida just announced it intends to do.