Cherry
Ph.D. in molecular biology; Not a follower of The ScienceTM.
May 3 11 tweets 3 min read
Thread (it's not just DEI):

Never forget that universities don't care about free speech. They are the least open places in the country. They only care about money and keeping the inmates happy.

Last year, a lecturer lost her job because she showed a picture of Muhammad. Why? Image Well, Muslim students argued that the act was Islamophobic. It would be too easy to dismiss this as DEI in action. It isn't that simple.

Many Muslim students from overseas come to US campuses from wealthy backgrounds from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman, Turkey, Jordan, and Qatar.
Apr 20 16 tweets 4 min read
The Columbia protests ended with the arrests of several people, many of whom are from incredible privilege. Let's shine a light on one of them - Isabel Jennifer Seward.

You see, she killed Chet and Connie Hawkins on September 8, 2020 and only had to pay $220. What happened? On that day, Chet and Connie Hawkins were traveling through Charlotte, Vermont. Chet served the town of Ferrisburgh for 35 years and Connie was a bookkeeper.

Charlotte is a small town positioned on the picturesque Lake Champlain just south of Burlington. Image
Apr 16 13 tweets 3 min read
Thread:

This is NPR's new CEO. I am through sugar-coating what these people are. They are horrible people. They don't care about anything other than signaling to other people that they think the right way.

Katherine Maher grew up privileged and wealthy. Image She traveled the world, attending college at the American University in Cairo and then Institut Français D'études Arabes de Damas in Syria before graduating from NYU. She then worked jobs at NGOs and at governmental and inter-governmental agencies.
Apr 12 22 tweets 5 min read
Open Letter to Clover:

I know that you are a 24-year-old climate activist. I get the fact that you believe that "you are familiar with the science." But, frankly, this is complete and utter garbage.

Let me tell you about my journey to this point. In 1989, 11 years before you were born, I was told by the same people that unless we reversed course by 2000, entire nations would be wiped from the Earth.

.tallahasseereports.com/2019/03/09/a-1…
Apr 9 12 tweets 3 min read
On April 3, and with no fanfare, Pfizer published its Phase 2/3 clinical data on the effectiveness of Paxlovid. This paper is a damning indictment of the FDA and the use of EUAs during the covid panic.

Let's look at the data. Image First, this is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. It randomized both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals who were at standard risk and high risk. Patients were randomly assigned Paxlovid. Diaries were used to track patients (this is common practice).
Feb 27 13 tweets 3 min read
Thread: Trump fraud ruling

I decided to write this thread to point a legal point that renders the New York fraud ruling to be logically inconsistent and legally unsustainable. It can only be sustained on the basis of going after Trump.

Now, let's start from fraud law. Civil fraud in NY requires: 1) a misrepresentation or a material omission of fact which was false and known to be false; 2) made for the purpose of inducing the other party to rely upon it, and 3) justifiable reliance of the other party.

Justifiable reliance is key here.
Jan 4 16 tweets 3 min read
Thread:

DEI is now openly discussed in media and our political debates. But many are confused about DEI is and what it is not.

Let's get what it is not out of the way. DEI is not a system that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion. Nor is it a system to remediate past harm. It is a political philosophy that is Marxism fused with identity grievance politics. The basis for all identity grievance politics is a concept called "intersectionality." Intersectionality is described by the chart below. Image
Jan 2 6 tweets 3 min read
This is now a standard deflection used by people who supported masks, closing schools, and business closures. It is false. This is not hindsight. We knew a lot about the virus and we knew what to do and what not to do.

Let's walk down memory lane before the world went insane. By February 2020, we already knew who the virus harmed - the old and frail. How did we know? The Chinese CDC reported the results in 2/2020.

weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id/…
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Dec 26, 2023 6 tweets 1 min read
Almost every progressive policy over the last 70 years has benefited urban elites. Covid was no different. Shutting down businesses and closing schools was never going to stop the virus.

The policy decisions during covid were based on unbridled evil. Let me explain. Let's say that you believed covid was a highly deadly virus. You had broadly 2 choices - continue living your life and supporting society OR hide away in your home and have other people support you.

In modern, urban societies, few people have the capacity to go off the grid.
Jul 21, 2023 6 tweets 3 min read
John is the "chief data reporter" at FT. He should realize that the sudden spike in "heat-related deaths" beginning in 2016 and accelerating needs to be analyzed because it looks like a reporting issue, not climate change. He doesn't do it.

So, let me. First, there has been no noticeable increase in days over 100 degrees per year in Phoenix over the last 2 decades - one of the hottest parts of the state. Indeed, you will notice that 2023 is so far a below average year. Image
Jun 30, 2023 6 tweets 1 min read
If you think yesterday's decision will decrease race-based admissions, you couldn't be more wrong.

I have seen how colleges admit new students and here is what they will do.

1. Colleges will deemphasize standardized testing entirely. 2. They will deemphasize the importance of AP classes. AP classes have been under attack by progressives. This decision will be accelerate that attack.

3. Colleges will emphasize interviews and college essays. These rarely mattered. Now, they will be of primary importance.
Jun 12, 2023 10 tweets 2 min read
Fear of coronavirus infection can cause brain damage, which includes:

1) wearing masks with catching slogans;
2) wearing masks outside;
3) wearing masks generally;
4) forcing kids to wear masks;
5) Staying home to stay safe;
6) Listening to Anthony Fauci; Image 7) voting for Joe Biden a second time;
8) believing that Hunter Biden's computer was "Russian disinformation;"
9) believing anything that the CDC tells you;
10) believing that the FBI and CIA work for "America's best interest;"
Jun 7, 2023 5 tweets 1 min read
So, there is a lot of talk about climate change and the forest fires. Don't let governments play this card. It is years of terrible forestry practices that have come home to roost.

Across the US and Canada, forests are a disaster, particularly in the west. There are too many trees that are too densely packed together. To the average person, the forests look great. They are a mess. By extinguishing fires for decades, we now have a powder keg that destroys forests. Fire is a necessary part of the ecology of many forests.
Jun 7, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
You see this tired and stupid take all of the time. Those men were fighting actual fascism. They were heroes that liberated Europe.

Antifa, on the other hand, is nothing like those men. Antifa has a lot in common with the Nazis than with anyone in the US. Antifa is a collection of misfits and depraved people who want to impose their vision of society on the rest of us. Take a look: Image
Jun 6, 2023 12 tweets 3 min read
More Gen Z's are identifying as LGBTQ than any other generation. Why? Activists will tell you because LGBTQ are more accepted. The data does not support that.

Let me explain. Image Let us work from a basic premise - there is an N% of individuals who will be LGBTQ in the human population IRRESPECTIVE of age.

Now, if increasing acceptance in the society for LGBTQ led to increased % identifying, that increase should be felt IN THE OLDER POPULATIONS.
Jun 6, 2023 10 tweets 3 min read
The Human Rights Campaign needs money. So, you will see a lot of garbage like "declaring a state of emergency." Activist organizations like HRC don't do anything other than very occasionally lobby and mostly raise money and pay staff lavishly.

msn.com/en-us/news/us/… HRC pays its employees at the top a lot of money. I mean, a lot of money. In 2021, every member of the executive management earned at least $152,000 per year. Image
Jun 5, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
I am not trying to be brutal here but...

There is a reason that critical theories and trans ideology fall apart with just a moment's inspection. These ideologies spring from humanities departments that have been used to warehouse subpar students and professors for years. This has been known for a long time. The academics know that they can't debate anyone on these issues because they lack the mental capacity to do so. So, they shut down debate and teach their students to do the same.
May 23, 2023 8 tweets 2 min read
Sigh. This is not what anyone should take from the findings that Sweden may have lower excess mortality than almost all other nations.

If all nations took different approaches and ended up in practically the same position, it supports the position that measures were irrelevant. Nations essentially did a hodge-podge of different measures and the only thing that appeared to matter in the end was age of the population, health of individuals in the population and region of the world where the population existed.
May 22, 2023 8 tweets 2 min read
Read this and weep for what has been permitted to happen. Progressive beliefs have allowed for race essentialism to fester so long as it is the right race.

Let's breakdown what was written here.

msn.com/en-us/news/us/… "They decided to make a compromise on the race of their donor, settling for a man who was half white, half Black. "We kept telling ourselves, Well at least he’s partially Black."

I am not sure that there is a single person in the US who is entirely black.
Apr 29, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
Long covid is a condition that appears to have these characteristics:

1) Extensive use of Twitter to complain about "disabling" illness;

2) It affects people with progressive political beliefs who "resist;" 3) Most of the people it affects were "infected" in February or March 2020 - you know, before mass testing 😉;

4) It affects people with college education who have office jobs;

5) It is so debilitating that many of these people can't sit at their desks and do work;
Apr 28, 2023 8 tweets 2 min read
Here are the factors that control for covid outcomes in a population:
1) The obesity rate of the population;
2) The age of the population;
3) The general health of the population aside from obesity;
4) The region of the world. Here are the factors that have no effect on covid outcomes in a population:
1) People masking;
2) School closures;
3) Business closures;
4) Church closures;
5) Curfews;
6) Eating at the French Laundry;
7) Writing a book about leadership while groping your subordinates;