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More than 1,100 of you wrote to tell us about the books that broadened your horizons, that you kept through every move, that inspired you to become English majors, librarians, writers and teachers.
In case you were looking for this tonight … How The 25th Amendment Actually Works — And What Nobody's Ever Figured Out www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chri...
Do you have Trump supporters in your life? Remind them of this.
If you're a homeowner, just to be on the safe side... call your insurance company and ask them if your property is covered for damage from political violence. It's time to start thinking like you lived in Afghanistan.
In a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park, a microbe does something that life shouldn’t be able to: It breathes oxygen and sulfur at the same time. www.wired.com/story/these-...
#medsky
Ha. Haha. Haaa. I get it.
Yessssss!
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I’d put money that this is NOT him. Just some other old dude.
@chuckborges5.bsky.social risked his livelihood to make us all aware of how our personal data is being unlawfully exposed by the current administration. It was a truly brave act. SSA is unquestionably worse without him.
I want to feel what these soldiers were feeling.
Doctors develop AI stethoscope that can detect major heart conditions in 15 seconds
WHAT DID I TELL YOU during the LIVE? According to Kremlin pool, Putin is traveling to China from 8/31-9/3. There he will meet with Xi, Modi, Erdogan, Kim Jong Un. The visit will begin with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. Oh, believe me you, I’ll cover the heck out of it.
Where things stand on fall vaccines open.substack.com/pub/caitlinr...
A Dangerous Liaison open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
New, from me: America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism. This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
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UPCOMING REMOTE TAI CHI SESSIONS... Thursday August 21 7:00 - 7:30 pm OR 8:00 - 8:30 pm Eastern Location: Your Device! More info. and registration at... docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Trying to kill off all the “useless feeders”. What will it take to stop this insanity?! Unfortunately, I think only a bloody revolution 😞
This article is the best one I’ve seen yet at explaining the hollowing-out of US science and healthcare infrastructure.
Red states rely on the money from Blue states to function. This can all be over the second Democratic governors actually wield their power.
He’s testing the fences
Just now…
I for one am concerned.
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This is the grossest, most embarrassing scene of a US “president” in the history of our country.
GOLDMAN: “.. the revised payroll trajectory now constitutes .. the ‘downside labor market risks’ cited by Chair Powell .. investors should take the weak signal seriously. And while the unemployment rate has moved up only very slowly .., a further rise may re-awaken ‘Sahm rule’-type recession fears.”
Quick Takes: Brain-eating ameba in Missouri, Vibrio alert in Massachusetts, NYC Legionnaires outbreak Missouri health officials have announced a lab-confirmed a case of Naegleria fowleri infection, which can destroy brain tissue.
Newsom on ICE action outside his presser: "It's pretty sick & pathetic. It's everything you know about Trump's America & the authoritarian tendencies of the president. Wake up, America. You will not have a country if he rigs this election. You will a president running for a third term. Mark my word"
HFE, on PPI: “.. Well… this is a kick in the teeth for anyone who thought that tariffs would not impact domestic prices in the United States economy. “.. will not be a long journey for producers' prices to translate into consumer prices.”
Mask up!
We've known that Covid increases the risk in survivors of cancer, but today @nature.com a mechanism of reactivation of cancer cells elucidated in the experimental model www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Add to this report for #MECFS bsky.app/profile/eric...
Diagnosis and characterization of people with #ME/CFS (vs controls) using circulating cell-free RNA, indicative of immune system dysfunction and pro-inflammatory cytokine signaling www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
COMING UP: Judge Charles Breyer is set to preside over a bench trial in Newsom v. Trump The suit, brought by Governor Gavin Newsom, challenges Trump’s use of federal military forces to enforce immigration in California. I plan to live-post for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along ⬇️🧵
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Oh boy! Just what we need - trillionaire man-babies living in their parent’s basement.
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
This is exactly why Dems get their ass handed to them by Trump's world. They have no clue how to leverage social media algos to their advantage. open.substack.com/pub/weaponiz...
so ford is operated at a loss last quarter despite record revenues because they took $800m in tariff charges in q2 (when tariffs were lower than now) - and ford is just one company. this is getting quite bad now. s205.q4cdn.com/882619693/fi...
"What do we know about the Covid-19 virus 5 years on?" "The growing body of research suggesting that for several months after a Covid infection, people become more vulnerable to other infections and there can be lingering effects on the heart, cardiovascular system and the brain." #COVIDisNotOVER
1 of my top 5 all time favs!! “The 2 yutes”. 😂
New @nature.com The possibility that lithium deficiency is a driver of Alzheimer's disease. Experimental model shows Li depletion impedes amyloid clearance, and repletion in humans could be achieved with low doses nature.com/articles/s41...
Cambodia announces 15th human H5N1 infection of the year Seven of the 15 cases from Cambodia this year have been fatal, resulting in a case-fatality rate of 46.6%. www.cidrap.umn.edu/a... Photo: NIAID/Flickr cc
Every day, Americans are bombarded with the bad news of Trump 2.0. It’s an everything-everywhere-all-at-once strategy to reshape America to the fancy of an autocrat who relishes blowing up foundations they regard as liberal, woke, or otherwise at odds with their MAGA theology.
Wow…AP really is hitting hard with the investigative journalism- no?! 😏
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/05/p... Oh boy - what nonsense will this include?
The sooner the better!!
Same!
😂 oh boy - orange guy gonna be big mad! 1000% tariffs 😂😂😂
I am outraged that the price of standing up to Trump — of standing for democracy — is to be subjected to endless lies, attacks and false accusations by people who know better. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/im-n...
Wordle 1,508 2/6 ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Crazy right?!
Not insomnia. All of us paying attention are thinking the same thing!
Not insomnia. All of us paying attention are thinking the same thing!
WIRED talked with one of the most influential voices in computer science about the potential for AI and quantum to supercharge supercomputers. www.wired.com/story/how-su...
American anatomist Leonard Hayflick introduced the concept of Hayflick limit to explain the fact that each time a cell divides or undergoes mitosis, the telomeres found on the ends of each chromosome shortens slightly. Cell division ceases once telomeres reach a critically short length.
We’ve entered the Twilight Zone!!!! He could have interviewed a survivor like David Hogg 🤷♀️
If I didn’t live here, I definitely wouldn’t visit. With the guns, violence and morons in charge, you’re just asking for trouble. And now add 15k …. Many other vacation spots!
Trump claimed he would get grocery prices down on day one of his administration. This is a price check of month six. All prices are from FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) a tool used by the federal government. So far Trump hasn't made much progress.
Destroying tourism to the US.
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The sad and fundamental truth is that neither the Obama administration nor the Clinton campaign took Russian electoral interference seriously, meaning that now, a decade on, Russia’s man keeps trying to prove that he’s not. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...
From incarceration to gaslighting, the medical system has long dismissed women’s sleep struggles—especially during menopause—putting their health and lives at risk.
j.lulu_photography ..Lulu🦋 "One of my favorite summer sunsets…🧡" 📍Anna Maria Island, Florida
Do we want our kids to go hungry? No? Then we transform what we eat & how we produce it. We elect governments willing to dismantle the multinationals & fight for a fair & sustainable food system. Or we watch food shortages & hunger rip our society to pieces.
This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
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"The microplastic (MP) 1–10 μm exposure estimates are 100-fold higher than previous estimates that were extrapolated from larger MP sizes, and suggest that the health impacts of MP inhalation may be more substantial than we realize." journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Can Trump, a man who's ignorant about so much, be trusted to make the correct and difficult decisions on AI without being unduly influenced by Big Tech, political contributors, or perhaps his own financial interests? The Trumpification of AI: What could go wrong?
This is a really terrific piece that reads like an American tragedy: a smart and curious young man interested in history and technology bought into the online far-right ideas about govt and used his talents to eviscerate it. Some thoughts 🧵
The surgery that reveals everything that's wrong with women’s health care
Brilliant writing.
NEW: Decades of NASA satellite data reveal how quickly the planet’s underground stores of fresh water have been depleted and how their use is contributing to rising sea levels. Here are the key takeaways.
Big cats being sweet #caturday
NEW: Thousands hit the streets of Scotland’s capital, Edinburgh, to protest at the arrival of Donald Trump. 🏴👏
All this!
Another link to the vid. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjPH...
Page One in Scotland.
Beginning Tuesday, the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency is rolling out three Grateful Dead-inspired Muni vehicles, wrapped in fluorescent florals and psychedelic-inspired graphics, ready to transport riders back to the Summer of Love.
If we want to demonize sugars perhaps we should begin with lactose (milk sugar). Almost all mammals, with the exception of 30-40% of humans, lose the ability to digest it after about 2 years of age. I wrote a paper about this and immediately got a call from the AZ Dairy Council, who were ☹️
There's a terrible 5th Circuit opinion I'd like you all to see. Lots of people say we should "use conservative arguments against them," but you have to understand, FedSoc judges do not care about their own hypocrisy. They just write their way through it. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
But who will enforce the ruling?
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In NJ!
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GOP = Greedy Old Pedophiles
I’m so sick of his repulsive face, voice….everything. Shouldn’t all this stress cause a major health event with his weak veins? 😏
Shouldn’t all this stress cause a MI? 😏
Ozzy Osbourne observed the dignity of George Floyd’s life in a 2020 post against racism
😂😂😂 We in NJ know sh*t when we see it!
That’s awesome! It help immensely!
Beyond an idiot! Look at the seal 🤣🤣🤣