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"Bypassing its standard pathways for scientific discussions, FDA has recently held a slew of so-called "expert panels" that sidestep legal procedures and ethics guardrails, raising concern about cherry-picking of experts and evidence.

The panels appear to be a new feature of Trump administration officials, and have no parallel in agency programs from years past, sources said."

medpagetoday.com/washington-wa

www.medpagetoday.comFDA 'Expert Panels' Raise Concerns of Evading Regulations, EthicsDo panels cherry-pick experts and evidence that align with FDA leadership's views?

From the #FreedomFlotilla

youtube.com/watch?v=05s24u6IV1

Canadian physician Yipeng Ge sent me messages and video footage from on board the #Handala, a flotilla carrying children’s #prosthetic limbs, #medicine and baby #formula with the hopes of delivering the items to #Gaza.

The latest effort comes after the Madleen, a previous flotilla that had Greta Thunberg and other activists on board, was illegally intercepted by #Israel before it could deliver #HumanitarianAid to Gaza.

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🚨🚨The #Trump admin is preparing to help the #Afrikaners find “temporary or longer-term #housing” & “basic #HomeFurnishings, essential household items & cleaning #supplies,” acc/to the memo. The admin is also planning to help the Afrikaners secure “#groceries, weather-appropriate #clothing, #diapers, #formula, hygiene products & prepaid #phones that support the day-to-day #wellbeing of households,” the memo said.

🤯
[just think about the treatment of non-#white immigrants]
#law #immigration

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#CBP justified the rollback by stating in the memo–titled Rescission of Legacy Policies Related to Care & Custody–the policies were “obsolete” & “misaligned” w/the agency’s current enforcement priorities.
Together, the now-rescinded policies laid out #standards for #detainees w/heightened #medical needs—requiring, for instance, access to #water & #food for #pregnant people, ensuring #privacy for #breastfeeding #mothers, & mandating #diapers & unexpired #formula be stocked in holding facilities.

I've been a coder off and on for 8 years. I enjoy programming, but I've always enjoyed crocheting way more. But I could never truly find the balance between the two, until now. Coding isn’t always cold and clinical. Sometimes, it spirals into something poetic. I used a rose curve and some trigonometry to visualize the art of crochet with code.
fiberartsdecoded.blog/blog/

Fiber Arts Decoded - ∑= where all the stitches add upFiber Arts Decoded - Fiber Arts Decoded∑= where all the stitches add up

#RachelMaddow brings another mental backstory on the #Trump #tariffs🤯 :

Peter #Navarro, a quack #economist recruited by #JaredKushner as Trump's trade advisor, the suspect author of the insane tariff #formula, turns out to have created a fictional expert called #RonVara, an anagram of his name, to cite in his books & memos as a trusted source and justify the policy of so-called #reciprocal tariffs. Even made up an email address for him.

youtube.com/watch?v=MJbZCbBLqkk