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Interested in tech, AI, public health, healthcare — Kicked out of TTU med for truth-telling — I want Texas Tech to tell the truth about what it did

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In 1970, the Stanford butterfly biologist Paul Ehrlich made an ominous prediction: "Sometime in the next 15 years, the end will come." A guest on Johnny Carson that same year, he told viewers the two ways to prevent it: "One is to bring the birth rate down. The other is to push the death rate up." Ehrlich's The Population Bomb sold two million copies and was one of the most influential books of the 20th century. Carson brought him back roughly twenty times. In it, Ehrlich predicted famines killing hundreds of millions in the 1970s. About England, he said in a 1971 speech:. "I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000." None of this happened. But the idea had a profound impact. Population control became one of the central goals of the World Bank, USAID, and the Club of Rome's Limits to Growth. India's emergency sterilization campaign and China's one-child policy were influenced by Ehrlich's ideas. "Too many people" became the default viewpoint among America elites and Hollywood -- and then much of the public. Having children became something the planet was unable to afford. Having none became seen by some as a virtue. And having "too many" looked down upon. The value of children -- of life itself -- became debatable. Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in 1973, came at the pinnacle of Ehrlich's influence. Virtually all of the West is now below replacement fertility. Marriage rates are at an all-time low. Fewer young people than ever "know if they want to have children". Millions of children are aborted each year in Europe and North America alone, with hundreds of millions aborted between 1973 and today. If those people were not aborted -- making no other changes -- the population of Europe would be 42% higher. Worldwide, a billion children are aborted every 13 years. That's 20 World War 2's every 13 years. Last month, abortions were legalized in Massachusetts at 9 months pregnancy. That's a baby. The heart is beating. The brain is working. It could be born alive, like any other full-term baby. Drugged, locked down, injected, masked, assigned to sex surgery, or neglected in school, many increasingly unable to read and write by the time they graduate, the value that society assigns to children has never been lower. The debate has now shifted -- in the recent Lindsay Clancy case -- to whether a woman might be excused for strangling her own children to death. Ehrlich was never held accountable to the impact of his ideas, whose impact on human life was perhaps greater than any man's in history. Instead, he was showered with awards. In 1970, Ehrlich prophesied the end of the world by 1985. In 2015, he said that he was "even more apocalyptic today." Of course. What Ehrlich never acknowledged is that he himself may have been the one to help bring that about.

In 1970, the Stanford butterfly biologist Paul Ehrlich made an ominous prediction: "Sometime in the next 15 years, the end will come." A guest on Johnny Carson that same year, he told viewers the two ways to prevent it: "One is to bring the birth rate down. The other is to push the death rate up." Ehrlich's The Population Bomb sold two million copies and was one of the most influential books of the 20th century. Carson brought him back roughly twenty times. In it, Ehrlich predicted famines killing hundreds of millions in the 1970s. About England, he said in a 1971 speech:. "I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000." None of this happened. But the idea had a profound impact. Population control became one of the central goals of the World Bank, USAID, and the Club of Rome's Limits to Growth. India's emergency sterilization campaign and China's one-child policy were influenced by Ehrlich's ideas. "Too many people" became the default viewpoint among America elites and Hollywood -- and then much of the public. Having children became something the planet was unable to afford. Having none became seen by some as a virtue. And having "too many" looked down upon. The value of children -- of life itself -- became debatable. Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in 1973, came at the pinnacle of Ehrlich's influence. Virtually all of the West is now below replacement fertility. Marriage rates are at an all-time low. Fewer young people than ever "know if they want to have children". Millions of children are aborted each year in Europe and North America alone, with hundreds of millions aborted between 1973 and today. If those people were not aborted -- making no other changes -- the population of Europe would be 42% higher. Worldwide, a billion children are aborted every 13 years. That's 20 World War 2's every 13 years. Last month, abortions were legalized in Massachusetts at 9 months pregnancy. That's a baby. The heart is beating. The brain is working. It could be born alive, like any other full-term baby. Drugged, locked down, injected, masked, assigned to sex surgery, or neglected in school, many increasingly unable to read and write by the time they graduate, the value that society assigns to children has never been lower. The debate has now shifted -- in the recent Lindsay Clancy case -- to whether a woman might be excused for strangling her own children to death. Ehrlich was never held accountable to the impact of his ideas, whose impact on human life was perhaps greater than any man's in history. Instead, he was showered with awards. In 1970, Ehrlich prophesied the end of the world by 1985. In 2015, he said that he was "even more apocalyptic today." Of course. What Ehrlich never acknowledged is that he himself may have been the one to help bring that about.

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March 29, 2021 CDC Director Rochelle Walensky infamously declared on MSNBC: "Vaccinated people do not carry the virus, don't get sick." Emails obtained by FOIA from Jan 30, 2021 show that Walensky knew this was a lie at the time she said it. 1/2

March 29, 2021 CDC Director Rochelle Walensky infamously declared on MSNBC: "Vaccinated people do not carry the virus, don't get sick." Emails obtained by FOIA from Jan 30, 2021 show that Walensky knew this was a lie at the time she said it. 1/2

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The elimination of conservative professors from academia

The elimination of conservative professors from academia

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Newly resurfaced 2026 clip of Hasan Piker wishing Vladimir Lenin "happy birthday", calling him "one of the greatest of all time". Lenin caused the deaths of three million people. Piker is credited by mainstream media as being instrumental in the election of Zohran Mamdani.

Newly resurfaced 2026 clip of Hasan Piker wishing Vladimir Lenin "happy birthday", calling him "one of the greatest of all time". Lenin caused the deaths of three million people. Piker is credited by mainstream media as being instrumental in the election of Zohran Mamdani.

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Rachel Maddow: We do not broadcast what Trump says because it's wrong and I'm against broadcasting wrong things Also Rachel Maddow: The COVID-19 vaccine is perfect and will end the pandemic completely

Rachel Maddow: We do not broadcast what Trump says because it's wrong and I'm against broadcasting wrong things Also Rachel Maddow: The COVID-19 vaccine is perfect and will end the pandemic completely

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"It doesn’t matter if f***ing rapes happened on October 7th. That doesn’t change the dynamic for me even this much." - Hasan Piker, a streamer who campaigned with Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Abdul El-Sayed

"It doesn’t matter if f***ing rapes happened on October 7th. That doesn’t change the dynamic for me even this much." - Hasan Piker, a streamer who campaigned with Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Abdul El-Sayed

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On May 5, 2021, Dr. Anthony Fauci proclaimed: "Vaccines are better than the traditional response you get from natural infection." We now know this is wrong. At the time Fauci knew evidence did not strongly support this claim. He made it anyway. He was incompetent or lying.

On May 5, 2021, Dr. Anthony Fauci proclaimed: "Vaccines are better than the traditional response you get from natural infection." We now know this is wrong. At the time Fauci knew evidence did not strongly support this claim. He made it anyway. He was incompetent or lying.

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I can't stop thinking about the scene where Leonidas wishes Ephialtes a long life, and Ephialtes reacts with despair. Viewers often interpret Leonidas's words as an insult. It was not; he meant them genuinely; he was recognizing Ephialtes as a man. What commenters miss is the confusion that briefly flashes on Leonidas's face after he sees Ephialtes's reaction. This creates a completely different interpretation. Leonidas was not insulting Ephialtes. His confusion shows that he thought of Ephialtes's actions as instrumental, for personal gain. But the true cause of Ephialtes's betrayal--his resentment--is something he cannot relate to. It is beyond his comprehension. Ephialtes was offered a role with the Spartan army. Tending to the wounded. Helping with supplies. But because he physically cannot participate as an equal within the Spartan ranks and is therefore refused that role, he rebels. But his rebellion is not against Leonidas. It is a rebellion against reality itself. It is a rebellion against the gods. Ephialtes was demanding a recognition that was physically impossible, given the sort of being that he was. And in response, he decides to betray and destroy everything that is good. Leonidas cannot comprehend that. It is so outside of his moral frame that it is the one thing about the unfolding events that he never understands before his death. It shows the purity of Leonidas's heart, the nobility that he takes with him to his death. This film is mythic. It is deeper than most people appreciate. When it was released, it was widely hated by liberal reviewers. The reasons for this are obvious. They are Ephialtes.

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A case study from 2025 on Fauci's chosen method of prevarication. Scene: A appearance by Anthony Fauci at the New Orleans book festival, where he explains why "masks worked". In this clip, he starts by declaring: "masks worked". Applause follows. We should ask how applause is appropriate. Whether masks work is a scientific problem. It is not a moral or political position. Should a scientist be applauded for giving his or her scientific opinion? If they are, then it's not being treated as a scientific opinion anymore. The applause shows just how ideological the whole discussion on masking became--and remains. But what follows is remarkable. The interviewer pushes back and questions whether masks really worked, whether scientific evidence really supports that position. Fauci yields and pivots: "there's the rub, Walter, a proper mask, an N95 or KN95." In other words, the implication is that the cloth and surgical masks that he recommended during the pandemic didn't work, but N95s do. Which somehow still allows Fauci to say, "masks worked". Isn't this remarkable? Fauci started with "masks worked", i.e. the masks that were widely recommended and worn. And for this he was applauded. But now, without conceding the mistake of surgical and cloth recommendations, he maintains that "masks worked" but only "N95s or KN95s". It gets richer. Then Fauci digs in deeper: N95s and KN95s work, yes. But, but, but! Only if the N95 and KN95 is "properly worn, all the time". That is, the mask has to be properly fitted (and that requires professional assistance) with a proper seal, and worn all the time. Ergo, "masks worked". We've gone from cloth and surgical mask recommendations to properly fitted N95 and KN95 masks worn all the time. This is why "masks worked". Then Fauci digs in even deeper: but you cannot take the mask off to eat! People complain that they took the mask off to eat and got COVID. You can't do normal things and say masks don't work! The only way masks work if you live entirely abnormal lives. Therefore, according to Fauci, "masks worked". Here's the thing: Fauci has just enumerated all of the arguments against masks working in the real world, all the while affirming that "masks worked". He gets his cake and eats it too: On the one hand, clinical studies show that not only do surgical and cloth masks not work for respiratory pathogens in a variety of environments, N95s haven't been shown to work to reduce the risk of infection by a respiratory pathogen when worn over the course of the day in normal working conditions either. (This is probably, as other studies show, because the seal breaks within just a few hours--something Fauci alludes to--and because people take the mask off.) On the other hand, if you mask harder, if you do it absolutely perfectly, then they DO work. Ergo, "masks worked". Does anyone else see how twisted this logic is? I mean, masks don't work under most or all real-world conditions. BUT, they do in theory. Therefore "masks worked", and therefore (by implication) surgical and cloth mask mandates were not pseudoscientific or a mistake. And for that performance Anthony Fauci is applauded and lionized, and he goes on and on. And nobody in the tribe pushes back on the ridiculousness of it. They just turn off their brains. And clap. It boggles the mind.

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