Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

Oh, no, Justice Jackson - you've been doing so well! What is this, now?? Tonight, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson "temporarily halted a court order that would have required the Trump administration to fund food stamps in full, in a move that fueled new uncertainty... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Psych 🧵: I've talked about this before: People need to feel a sense of agency & control over their lives - including over their health. Back in the day, there were lots of studies of this need for control. Even when the unpleasant situation subjects faced... 1/8 www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Every time I get a perfect score on the NYT weekly news quiz (this week, one of the two sports questions was about Tom Brady's dog, so I didn't even have to guess) I'm reminded that the question isn't necessarily "Do you want to be right, or happy?" so much as "Do you want to be informed, or happy?"

There are racial & geographic disparities in who lives long enough to access Medicare. This makes sense for multiple reasons, but one is that demographic variables are often proxies for healthcare access. If you didn't have good access before, you might not... www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

This one is pretty shocking, even if you're done being shocked: ICE arrested a guy during a raid outside a Home Depot. After putting him in one car, they drove off in his w/ his toddler in the back (a violation of policy; they need to call a SW). The punchline: 1/4 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Lest all your wrath go towards this one woman, remember, also, that those wedding guests were themselves unvaccinated. Preventing diseases in and across communities requires group efforts. When too many folks are willing to be kindling, it only takes one match.

This is an ex. of how GOP pols use the primacy effect to "inoculate" people against the idea that the GOP is bad for the non-wealthy. When the GOP is going to do something harmful, they first lay protective groundwork by introducing the idea of harm (say, from the ACA) to the public & telling 1/2

SNAP: Trump is just completely ignoring federal court orders, now.

A federal appeals court today "denied a last-minute attempt by [Trump] to halt some food stamp funding during the government shutdown, opening the door for millions of low-income Americans to begin to receive their full aid payments." BUT we're still "in limbo," b/c www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

On the NBC news now: the admin is threatening to cut 20% of air flights. Everyone whose flight has gotten canceled should march on the Hill or their statehouses with big signs that say "GOP: Stop Being Massive Assholes & Support ACA Subsidies, Already" Someone please organize this for Monday.

Oh, Canada....☹️ The NYT "found that at critical points, as measles was gaining new footholds in Canada, provincial politicians stopped public health officials from speaking out about the value of getting vaccinated. That tension between politics and health policy... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...

Gift 🎁 link, because climate change mitigation & adaptation are critical to public health. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Cornell has great ornithology and a really good vet school, but if your family is looking for an ivy to pay tuition to, maybe look elsewhere. Cornell is the 5th university to cave to Trump. The others are Penn, Columbia, Brown, & the University of Virginia. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Nope. Repubs won't even consider Schumer's plan to delay ending ACA subsidies for a yr; they want you to lose healthcare *right now.* What's the rush, Lindsay? Thune says Schumer's proposal is evidence Ds are “feeling the heat.” We should w/draw it & tell them to f off. thehill.com/homenews/sen...

Sen. Chuck Schumer has proposed "a 'clean' one-year extension" to the expiring ACA tax credits, "meaning they would not include new restrictions on eligibility that many Republicans have sought. He also proposed creating a bipartisan committee to negotiate... 1/5 www.politico.com/live-updates...

Good; hold the line! My guy (ty, Chris): "I think it would be very strange if on the heels of the American people having rewarded Democrats for standing up and fighting, we surrendered without getting anything for the people we've been fighting for" said Sen. Murphy. share.google/KAcPwV1Q0XvF...

Senate Repubs are making noises about at least allowing a vote on ACA subsidies. But over in the House, Johnson's refusing, b/c the last thing he wants is a roll call vote that will expose to constituents which of their GOP Reps want to slam them into medical bankruptcy. thehill.com/homenews/hou...

I wish this has gotten much more press - the issue is incredibly important, affecting all Americans & many, many global citizens. Hundreds of public health workers & allies marched from the National Mall to HHS yesterday. "Their mission: Demand HHS Secretary... www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...

The American Academy of Pediatrics & other medical groups are suing RFK to have his Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) disbanded, its decisions overturned, & the panel reconstituted under court supervision. Sounds like a great idea. "New... www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

I sat here all day with my phone b/c I was told I'd be able to videochat with my mom (it was just a phone call yesterday b/c apparently no one in the room had zoom??) - my brother called me this am on GoogleMeet to make sure it would work & said plan for this afternoon, but then I guess was asked...

My cat would *never* be such a s***. If I so much as stub my toe, he's all over it, because he knows the basic rules of civility.

So much winning. Trump said we'd be sick of all the winning; I sure am. "U.S. employers have announced 1.1 million layoffs so far this year — the largest reading since the pandemic recession and on par with 2008 and 2009 job cuts during the Great Recession." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Sociopaths like to test limits - its what they do. But for the courts to have to redirect the feds back to what they're supposed to be doing every two seconds is exhausting & an enormous waste of taxpayer funds. This is a ridiculous way to run a government. 1/3 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

Good news, though sounds like it was close: the jury deliberated 7 hrs over 2 days before returning a not-guilty verdict. "The meatiest factual dispute concerned whether the salami sub had 'exploded' on the CBP agent’s uniform." (See what they did there?) www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Oh, I think they've chosen. When people tell you who they are - and MAGA has been screaming it from the rooftops for years - believe them. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’” @reuters.com #Chicago www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible

The $4B Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) assists almost 6 million low-income households with their energy bills. Repubs won't fund it during the shutdown, & the Trump admin "has indicated it would like to eliminate the...program altogether." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Congratulations to Dr. Morawska. share.google/qTVVzW5sUeAC...

This from the guy who promised voters that filing taxes would be so easy, they could file on a postcard. "The [free] program developed during Joe Biden’s presidency was credited by users with making tax filing easy, fast and economical." But "the IRS has faced 1/3 abcnews.go.com/Business/wir...

About 5 million Americans are expected to get NONE of their Nov. SNAP benefits, "because of the way that the White House has chosen to pay partial benefits during the government shutdown." The USDA now says their emergency SNAP account funds will only... 🧵1/3 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...

Two asteroids, seen by a Japanese museum astronomer, made big booms on the moon, but we don't know how big they were, b/c apparently no one here was taking note. "When asked, America’s space agency was unable to comment. 'NASA is currently closed due to a... 1/2 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/s...

Messaging matters. The article didn't really say so, but when health intervention messaging is confusing or contradictory, people generally view inaction as the safest course of action, so they choose to do nothing. Initially, ~75% of Americans received at least 🧵1/9 www.cnn.com/2025/11/05/h...

It's John Knox, and "People in the know are worried." Um, *yeah.* "Historically led by doctors, military officers or career public health officials, the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response [ASPR] is now being directed... 1/2 www-msnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.msnb...

At the FDA, Prasad is still prasading: "Through his leadership at the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)," Vinay Prasad "has pushed out at least 7 senior leaders and created an environment that employees worry threatens the center's 1/5 www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

Why do I keep getting tangled up in this time-sucking b.s.? I obviously still need to learn to just detach-&-block.

The idea that the US anti-vax mvmt. has been leaderless is naive & wrong. There were always incredibly well-organized & funded forces running the show - they just wanted parents to think it was their own idea, b/c attitude change is easier when folks think they've come to conclusions on their own.

By today, nearly 11 million SNAP participants should have received *full* benefits for November. They haven't. By Friday, this jumps to about 20 million. (estimated using state participation data and issuance schedules from USDA FNS) 🥗 🛟 🩺📊 #econsky

Can't blame the GOP for this? Seriously?! Delusional. The GOP gave an anti-vaxxer a national platform by putting him in charge of Health & Human Services, and he replaced the members of the CDC's ACIP (Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices) with anti-vaxxers. As health secretary, he tells...

Gift 🎁 link, because we've been talking about sleep issues, & this article, unlike some health pieces that are mostly fluff, includes interesting, useful info - about why we keep getting up to pee, why it's a problem, and what to do about it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/w...

Elections have consequences. "Countries have made very slight headway in the fight against global warming....But there’s a catch: Some of that modest progress...could end up being canceled" as Trump "dismantles [US] pollution controls and other climate policies." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/c...

His modus operandi is always to make people suffer to get what he wants. He'll make you collateral damage w/o a blink. That's how Republicans work - through pain, fear & coercion. They make politics a horror show - on purpose. "Rather than trying to negotiate," ... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/b...

Cali's Prop 50 has passed - whew!

Excuse me, but I was a protective mom, & that's not what I'd do at all. “'I did what any other mother would do to protect her children,'...Ferguson [said]. 'I shot at it and it just stood there, and I shot again, and he backed up and that's when he fell.'" www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Crowdfunding for SNAP: Propel CEO Jimmy Chen has identified ~230,000 of his SNAP app users who are "high need." Propel needs $10M to fund $50 payments to most. He's solicited corporate donors & set up a crowdfunding campaign w/ GiveDirectly, which has raised $6M so far. www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...

Palate cleanser: I read this the other day & wasn't going to share it, but we were talking about sleep (sort of) last night, so here you go. I knew about biphasic sleep as a cultural phenomenon, but I always assumed it was entirely a cultural construction. Maybe not. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Nice, huh? Trump's USDA is telling grocers who want to give discounts to SNAP recipients that they can't. Source: www.fns.usda.gov/snap/ebt/ret...

Yeah, they're a clown show - they they had to go back & re-vote last time b/c they hadn't realized what they were voting on, & they tabled other votes b/c of wording problems. "In a commentary in Vaccine, a group that included many of the ACIP panelists... 1/2 www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

Well, yeah. The US will lose its measles elimination status because measles is now endemic, here - that's when there's uninterrupted transmission from an outbreak that goes on for at least 12 months. & watch out, Canadian friends 🇨🇦 - you're on our heels. www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...