Notices by AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org), page 3

The U.S. Starts Buying (Chicken) Eggs From Russia.
And Treasury issues a waiver for some diamonds.

"Little by little, Trump is rolling back sanctions meant to choke off Kremlin revenue, and the U.S. is quietly opening the door to Russian blood money."

But India is not allowed to buy oil from Russia? Or is that just an excuse to extract something of value from India?

https://olgalautman.substack.com/p/the-us-starts-buying-eggs-from-russia
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/us-turns-to-russia-for-chicken-eggs-for-the-first-time-in-32-years-despite-sanctions-to-cripple-its-economy/articleshow/123726523.cms?from=mdr
#Politics
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Astronomers have discovered a super massive black hole (SMBH) at the center of the well-known Cosmic Horseshoe Einstein Ring system.

Using gravitational lensing effects and stellar kinematics (how an SMBH affects the motion of stars around it) and data on asymmetrically placed lensed images of another distant galaxy, the mass of the SMBH is estimated at 36 billion solar masses, close to a new record. The galaxy itself is estimated at 5.2 trillion solar masses.

https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/541/4/2853/8213862?login=false
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How to move stock prices RFK Jr. style.

Health Secretary RFK Jr. plans to announce that pregnant women’s use of Tylenol is potentially linked to autism in a report.

It will suggest that a medicine derived from folate can be used to treat symptoms of the developmental disorder in some people.

Kenvue Inc., maker of Tylenol, stock price fell 15% in afternoon trading but has recovered to -10% since then.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/05/rfk-tylenol-autism-kenvue-stock-for-url.html
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/rfk-jr-hhs-to-link-autism-to-tylenol-use-in-pregnancy-and-folate-deficiencies-e3acbb4c
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It is non-stop gaslighting by every member of the regime, hoping their low-information and low critical-thinking base with lap it all up, while they destroy hundreds of years of progress so that a few oligarchs can make a few more bucks.

This is from the Secretary of Energy Wright -
#Politics #Energy #Solar #DOE
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Nice comprehensive article at https://www.npr.org/2025/09/02/nx-s1-5521384/energy-report-scientists-climate-change

"A group of more than 85 scientists have issued a joint rebuttal to a recent U.S. Department of Energy report about climate change, finding it full of errors and misrepresenting climate science."

"The DOE's Climate Working Group consisted of four scientists and one economist who have all questioned the scientific consensus that climate change is a large threat to the world and sometimes frame global warming as beneficial."

#Climate
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Here is the 459-page review written by 85 scientists in response to the DOE Climate Working Group report. The DOE report was published on July 29 and mocks climate science, extols the virtues of higher CO2 levels and argues for expanded use of fossil fuels to meet energy needs.

Home website with links to docs - https://sites.google.com/tamu.edu/doeresponse/home
#Climate #DOE #Science
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We suppose the sentence with the frightening word "Eugenics" was carefully crafted and was based on understanding of the new FDA overlords.

"The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines favoring natural infection and unproven remedies will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer.

Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated and is derivative of a legacy that good medicine and science should continue to shun."

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CDC Director Susan Monarez was "fired" by RFK Jr today (although she has not resigned yet) for honestly doing her job.

At least 4 other top officials and scientists also submitted their resignations.

Here is the resignation letter of Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. It succinctly points out the obvious - how unqualified and dangerous ideologues/hyenas have taken over the CDC and the country.
😠

https://x.com/dr_demetre/status/1960843433473376602
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Tireless Jake Scott educating twitter denizens on the ideology driven policies being pushed by RFK Jr and his ilk.

"Nutrition matters. But the "doctors don't learn it" trope isn't about food — it's the same playbook as your vaccine rhetoric: oversimplify, mislead, and undermine trust in medicine.

Sure, doctors could use more nutrition knowledge. But that's irrelevant when the real issues are coverage, access, food deserts, and low wages. ..."

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Dr. Demetre Daskalakis of the CDC on MSNBC. At the 9:45 mark, he explains the "Eugenics" remark in his resignation letter.

RFK Jr.: all chickens should get bird flu; the ones that survive are genetically superior and they should reestablish the flock.

Measles in TX - getting the infection is fine because only the strong will survive.

Referred to members of this team and their improving health status and said "that person has superior genetics." That is eugenics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYuYZHrkbf4
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Thank you Prof. Hotez.

Unfortunately, these nonsensical statements appeal to the testosterone-driven illiterati of MAGA world, who will rush out to buy whatever RFK Jr. and his cronies are selling to fix my-toch-andria something-something.

#Health #Politics
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From a scientist to a dangerous quack ...
🤣
#Politics #Health #CDC
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According to this NYT article, trump's 50% tariffs against India are because of trump's personal rift with PM Modi - Modi will not give him credit for the ceasefire with Pakistan and Modi will not nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize - things trump demanded during a phone call on Jun 17. The punitive tariffs are not part of any cohesive effort to reduce the trade deficit or cut off funding for Mr. Putin’s war.

The two men have not spoken since then.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/us/politics/trump-modi-india.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Politics
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@tinydoctor
But you know how gaslighting and propaganda works; even more so in this age of light-speed social media.

The gaslighting continues.

"RFK Jr suggested that antidepressants and other medical drugs were driving transgender people to embark on mass shootings."

Trans are the new scapegoats.

“There was no time in the past when people would walk into a church or a classroom and start shooting people."

Really? Data shows mass shootings in these venues have been taking place for decades.

“And it’s not really happening in other countries.”

Guns?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rfk-jr-offers-bonkers-explanation-165412881.html
#Politics
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If we do a search for 3I/ATLAS on Mastodon, Bluesky and twitter, we will observe astronomical differences in the content being posted.

On Mastdon and Bluesky, posts contain references to telescopes, papers, discussions on Physics, Chemistry and cosmology, spectroscopy images and explanations/hypothesis about its origins and evolution. 🧪 ⚛️

On twitter, it is alien-mania, fear-mongering and entertainment 👽👽
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Tesla sales continue their steep decline in European markets.

Sales of Tesla fell 33% in Jan-July 2025 compared to Jan-July 2024, sales of China's BYD rose 290% during the same period. BYD sold more vehicles in July than Tesla.

BYD's advantage over Tesla include price, technological advancements and EV + Hybrid portfolio.

"A January survey showed 60% of respondents were actively put off buying a Tesla owing to Musk’s behavior."

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-europe-problem-just-got-121358812.html
https://www.acea.auto/files/Press_release_car_registrations_July_2025.pdf
#EV #FAFO
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Contrary to earlier reporting, the FDA has approved COVID-19 vaccines - from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax - but with restrictions.

Eligibility:
65+: Yes
Others: At least one high-risk health condition, such as asthma or obesity (+ others)
Children under 5: Not eligible for Pfizer

Moderna's Spikevax vaccine is only approved for children with at least one serious health problem.

It's better than an outright ban, but still based on ideology and pseudo-science.

https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-covid-shots-fda-kennedy-pfizer-children-9ce19908ae7afb354732aa162fd28532
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llinois Gov. Pritzker:

"This is not about fighting crime. This is about Donald Trump searching for any justification to deploy the military in a blue city, in a blue state, to try and intimidate his political rivals.

This is about the president of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities and end elections."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4vQWQzcm_A
Full text at https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-governor-jb-pritkzer-speech-news-conference-full-text-trump/
#Politics
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Paul Krugman:

"Trump’s attempt to fire Cook has nothing to do with allegations of fraud. Her real crime, in his mind, is that she isn’t an obedient minion (oh, and that she’s a black woman.) The goal of his attempt to fire her is to replace independent Fed officials with lackeys who will take Trump’s orders — not just by getting rid of Cook but by intimidating everyone else.

The real message here is “If you get in our way we will ruin your life.”
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/in-the-matter-of-lisa-cook
#Politics
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