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A very digestible read for those of you interested in learning how vaccines can energize your naive adaptive immune system (T cells and B cells) to rapidly respond to a virus; thereby either completely blocking infection or limiting viral spread and tissue damage. Don’t be naive. Get vaccinated!
"One of the hardest sacrifices I made was suspending my Netflix subscription. (I love my shows!) But with those extra nine bucks a month, I was able to build up my savings, and then have my parents write me a check for ten percent above the asking price."
Can Vance kill Trump with the same black magic he used on Pope Francis? We asked three MAHA moms at a Bob Evans in the north Cincinnati suburbs.
The United States has seen 291 mass shootings in 2025. That’s more than one mass shooting every day. This isn’t normal. Weapons of war don’t belong on the streets. We need real action to save lives.
Solar power is the cheapest electricity in history and in 2024 delivered 2/3rds of new capacity and 40% of new global generation. Yet myths, often politically motivated, are holding back its progress. @carbonbrief.org debunks 16 of of the biggest ☀️ myths👇 interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/so...
Whether it’s Michelle Obama suggesting kids exercise instead of watching tv or RFK Jr. telling kids to drink raw milk instead of taking vaccines, both figures took a controversial approach to children’s health.
Opinion | Jeanine Pirro’s refusal to prosecute gun crimes endangers us all - The Washington Post
California needs to become a shadow government that hosts all these sorts of these things.
Judge blocks flights sending hundreds of children back to Guatemala - POLITICO
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Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week. newatlas.com/energy/large...
Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment. (Published April 2025)
you mean "we're all going to die" wasn't polling well?
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What Is Osmotic Power? Japan’s New Renewable Energy Plant Goes Live - IFLScience
J.D. Vance tells the President’s family that he’s driving Trump to a farm upstate where he can run around with all the ex-Presidents.
Minneapolis shooter harbored hate toward “almost every group,” official says - ABC News
If someone tells you there's nothing we can do about gun violence beyond thoughts and prayers, remind them: —Gun laws in other countries have prevented mass shootings —More guns don't make us safer —A majority of Americans want gun reform We don't have to live like this.
This is how generative A.I. could be used to design far better, more potent mRNAs (linear and circular) for the future for genome editing, engineered T cells, cancer therapy, vaccines www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @science.org
If we put god/prayer back in school mass murder of children in schools will end. That was an argument put forth by the right. But…. Location yesterday??!
Washington DC should join the Union as Deep State.
Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
Gupta: Here’s why this matters: 1. Because the FDA indications have changed, if I prescribe it to you, I’m opening myself up to a lawsuit. He directly signals that… 2. A pharmacist is no longer able to prescribe and administer a COVID-19 booster that doesn’t meet indications.
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
Whether it's Donald Trump declaring martial law in our cities or Barack Obama wearing tan suits at our press conferences, both presidents have done great damage to the rule of law in the United States.
Iowa's economy is a reason why the special election flip tonight may not be an aberration and Democrats may have a real shot at two of the U.S. House districts & the Senate seat. Iowa's economy is in deep trouble bc of Trump-Vance. Its GDP fell an astonishing 6.1% in the first three months of 2025.
Can't make it to Burning Man? These sheet pan ketamine edibles will make you feel like you're pitching your crypto app to a VC bro in Carhartt overalls at a 5am EDM rave on the Playa.
Invading every aspect of your life!
The Supreme Court — specifically conservatives— have said for centuries that the federal government has no obligation to or role in protecting American citizens from private violence. But suddenly, we can do that provided that it is under military occupation? It’s despotism wrapped in hypocrisy.
Why a Kelce-Swift ticket is Democrats’ only hope in 2028.
Furious Trump's Firing of Fed's Lisa Cook May Be about to Backfire - The New Republic Abuse of power!
Moodys chief exonimist says 22 states are already in recession. Trump’s tarrifs are to blame. qz.com/moodys-chief...
Social Security Administration chief data officer Charles Borges made the allegations in a whistleblower complaint filed Tuesday.
".. unless Pulte somehow had particular knowledge about issues with Cook's application, which is unlikely, then one has conclude that Pulte handed Fannie and Freddie a list of political enemies and asked for their loan files for review."
The Trump administration’s new weapon against foes: mortgage filings - The Washington Post I wonder if any Republicans have mortgage situations that are similar to these people in the article?? !!!
'Fossil fuel companies have developed and funded a complicated network of fake public interest groups, politicians and lawyers to oppose wind power by spreading disinformation. Legal firms have also received fossil fuel funding to sue wind projects out of existence. electrek.co/2025/08/25/s...
America 2025: Formalizing the use of military forces to routinely police American cities. Text of the EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
How the Richest People in America Avoid Paying Taxes - The Atlantic
The interesting thing is that if you talk to serving police, they will say they aren't social workers, psychiatrists, or babysitters. They want to do the job they were hired for. It's fair enough. Baltimore has thrown money at those other things, and the crime rate has gone down dramatically.
World's central bankers fear being caught in Fed's storm reut.rs/3HPrWFK
The 10th Amendment says that states have broad latitude to set their own laws. Donald Trump says states are just agents of the federal government. For busy textualist, originalist judges, it can be hard to know who to trust.
New research: 90,000 Americans die prematurely every year because of needless, preventable air pollution. Cheap clean energy (solar, wind, batteries) is the way to make this senseless carnage a thing of the past. @docsforclimate.bsky.social @jonathanpatz.bsky.social @howardfrumkin.bsky.social
Why is everyone reading these hard-to-find British war novels? - The Washington Post
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
Did you hear. Jasmine Crockett is going to run for another district that is even easier for her to win. You can't silence the queen of Texas. #USDemocracy
BIG news: The California Democratic Party just endorsed @scottwiener.bsky.social’s landmark housing bill #SB79, which legalizes multifamily homes near major public transit statewide! This marks a major shift in state politics: California Dems are *finally* embracing a party that builds!
About the biggest liar and convicted sexual perpetrator president, of course it must be true??!!??!!!
It’s clear that the main goal of the Maxwell interview was to get her to say that she didn’t see Trump do anything wrong. Which can only mean that there is something in the files that suggests that he did. Why else would she need to say that? The interview is more incriminating, not less.
Support For: Making election day a holiday: 74% Allowing convicted felons to vote after serving their sentences: 66% Automatic voter registration: 59% Allowing any voter to vote by mail: 58% Pew Research / Aug 10, 2025
Tomorrow in the New York Times: Was Ghislaine Maxwell Credible When She Said That Donald Trump Never Did Anything Wrong? We Asked Woody Allen
Breaking News: The Trump administration ordered construction to stop on a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that has already mostly been built.
By all means, let’s believe the heinous sex offender who lies like she breathes. Todd Blanche is shameful for conducitng this idiotic inquiry designed only to protect Trump www.thedailybeast.com//cackling-ma...
The current NYT frontpage is a series of textbook attempts at authoritarian consolidation by the Trump regime. Criminalizing opposition, falsely declaring emergencies to claim unchecked power, dismissing officials who dissent from the party line--we're headed towards a one party dictatorship.
Analysis | Why Solar and Wind Power Can Thrive Without Subsidies - The Wall Street Journal
If you are not a lawyer, here is a simple test to understand these cases. In fact, I think it is more useful than a lot of the analyses of constitutional lawyers. *Is SCOTUS letting Trump do what he wants to do?* The answer has been consistently yes, even when Trump's actions are clearly unlawful.
One of the most remarkable and impactful transformations of all human technology and civilization in history is happening right now!
"If an independent redistricting commission is standing in your way, roll it the fuck over it. If the filibuster is standing in your way, if the parliamentarian is standing in your way, if any good government reforms are standing in your way, barrel through those things."
NEW Economist/YouGov Aug 15-18 % who think federal funding for scientific research done by American universities should increase | decrease U.S. adult citizens 39% | 13% Democrats 63% | 2% Independents 39% | 14% Republicans 17% | 22% today.yougov.com/politics/art...
For the first time in over a century, sockeye salmon are able to return to Okanagan Lake #BritishColumbia Syilx Nation has been working to restore sockeye salmon in Okanagan waters for decades www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A FBI counterintelligence official was instructed to stop investigating allegations of dirty Russian money going to associates of Trump. He was arrested after filing a whistleblower complaint against the order. Soon they'll be falling out windows. Trump & his regime work solely for the Kremlin.
Australia is at reduced risk of blackouts over the next decade thanks to a rapid buildout of renewables and batteries that will help offset the retirement of the nation’s coal fleet, according to the country’s energy market operator
(at the car dealership) i'm going to write a number on this piece of paper, fold it, and place it into this bag of sun chips,
NDS
Erin McCanlies spent almost two decades at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health studying how parents’ exposure to chemicals affects the chance that they will have a child with autism. This spring, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eliminated her entire division.
My latest on the Health Sec who promised to figure out what causes autism and the autism research that's been stopped along the way www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
cdc announces it will be reversing guidance, now recommends you lift with your back
Volodymyr Zelensky wore a modified suit for today's meeting with President Trump. But where was his eyeliner? by J.D. Vance
NEW Economist/YouGov Aug 9-11: Jeffrey Epstein investigations Net approval of Donald Trump's handling of Epstein investigations among... U.S. adult citizens -39 Democrats -82 Republicans +14 today.yougov.com/politics/art...
The share of Americans who view President Trump as honest and trustworthy, 31%, is at a new low since the start of his second term. (Economist / @today.yougov.com) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250813-top...
More Republicans than Democrats want congressional districts in their state to be drawn to favor their party. (Economist / @today.yougov.com) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250813-top...
"Independent scientists conducted more than 40 high-quality studies since 1998 involving over 5.6 million people across seven countries. All found no connection between vaccines and autism." But RFK Jr has recruited a father-son team with a long trail of fraudulent research to reopen the question.
Reminder that Putin has never said he wants a trilateral meeting, had never said he would respect Ukrainian sovereignty, and has never said he wants to end the war. Not to be a downer, but the discussion of security guarantees is premature.
An Enclave of Americans Finds a Difficult New Reality in the West Bank - The Wall Street Journal
This is more commonly known as “holding someone hostage.”
It's like a display room for things he's looted.
JUST IN: The right-wing news channel Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to Dominion Voting Systems over its coverage of the 2020 presidential election. A trial had been scheduled for October. n.pr/3UuKeyZ
This dude has it. We got some generational talent in the party.
More proof Trump is bad for business: restaurant reservations fell by 30 percent during Trump's occupation of Washington DC
Trump won because of economic anxiety. So a collapsing economy could work to his advantage.
Exclusive: An internal planning road map obtained by The Post shows the strategy behind ICE’s breakneck expansion, a chaotic effort that has already triggered lawsuits and accusations of cruelty. wapo.st/41FWkck
Planting trees in neighborhoods have a host of health and social benefits. They even reduce crime! www.motherjones.com/environment/...
100 years of July temperature anomalies over land areas through 2025... Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
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Trump Has No Cards - The Atlantic
⚡️Putin offers Trump frozen battle lines, written promise not to invade again if Kyiv surrenders Donbas, NYT reports. Trump appeared to endorse Russia's plan as the fastest way to a peace deal, abandoning the demand for a ceasefire and threats of sanctions agains Moscow, officials told the NYT.
The easy fix that could bring rooftop solar to millions of homes - Mother Jones
that summit could've been an email
A new gold rush? How AI is transforming San Francisco - Los Angeles Times
Leaked chart, dropped by Politico, shows winners and losers in California’s redistricting—AKA retribution—and I’m here for it. 👀 This wouldn’t even be on the table if Trump and Texas Republicans weren’t trying to steal seats from Black and Brown communities. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Across the land, rainbow crosswalks face orders to erase ‘asphalt art’ - The Washington Post
Kids and teens try again to force federal govt. to combat climate change ->People's World | #ClimateChange | More info from EcoSearch
Costco will not dispense a key abortion pill at its pharmacies, a long-awaited win for conservatives trying to limit access to medication abortion. The company’s decision not to sell the pill is a victory for antiabortion advocates — but a narrow one.
I fled the mob on January 6th. Here’s why I’ll soon be voting to confirm a member of that mob as director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. by Josh Hawley
Scientists reckon they have arrived at a decent—though not perfect—understanding of which parts of the climate system are closest to a point of no return. Working out just how close they are is a challenging task
ICYMI, the eye-popper in today's PPI: a 39% rise in wholesale fresh vegetable prices. It's the largest month-on-month increase ever recorded in the summer (data to 1947), and one of the ten largest ever, regardless of season. With the estimable @alexjamesfitz.com www.axios.com/2025/08/14/i...
What if we arrested and deported all of our domestic farm workers, then slapped a tax on all imports?