Whether he's a baby in a diaper, or an old man in a diaper, the fact is, next time he wants something he won't remember how this went.

Trump does not think strategically, historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later. Allied leaders know that if they help him in the Gulf, he won't be grateful, or even remember www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The drivers of uncertainty matter as much as its level! In this project we introduce RAUI, a new generation of uncertainty indicators built with advanced AI. Our methodology identifies how different user‑specified topics contribute to overall uncertainty. RAUI for the last 5 yrs:

Merz: “This Iranian regime must stop. It must be replaced by a democratically legitimised government. “But according to all the experiences we have also made in previous years and decades, bombing that into existence will, in all probability, not succeed.”

UPDATE ON THE HORMUZ COALITION (Mon, March 16): 🇫🇷 France: REJECTED 🇬🇧 UK: REJECTED 🇮🇹 Italy: REJECTED 🇪🇸 Spain: REJECTED 🇯🇵 Japan: REJECTED 🇳🇴 Norway: REJECTED 🇨🇦 Canada: REJECTED 🇦🇺 Australia: REJECTED 🇩🇪 Germany: REJECTED 🇨🇳 China: NO RESPONSE 🇳🇱 Netherlands: NO RESPONSE 🇰🇷 South Korea: NO CONFIRMATION

Counter point: prepare a bill so they can pay for the increase in energy costs they just caused

Three waves of HPAI though Italy 2016-2023. First 2 waves poultry-to-poultry transmission in high desnity farming areas. Wave 3 (2022-23) mid- to long-distance dispersal associated w waterbodies + gulls = role of wild birds in HPAI spatial dynamics 👉 academic.oup.com/ve/advance-a...

@zalaly.bsky.social Hi, I'm curious about your take: how is health evolving in the whole veterans database since the pandemic started? I ask because this is what I got using the information about the controls in the supplementary tables from two of your papers.

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I'm very happy with this new paper 😄 (Particularly, I think our methodology provides better measurements, and that's always a good thing)

🆕 quarterly monitoring report on #AvianFlu w/ @ecdc.europa.eu & EURL: 🔹HPAI detections in birds declining in Europe but are higher overall than recent years 🔹Small rise in mammal detections 🔹First possible EU spillover from wild birds to cattle in NL Low public risk. link.europa.eu/DQ9f3T #H5N1

Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?

This is hilarious. Also, completely enraging.

That's not Q226L, but seeing mutations in that location out there in the wild is very concerning

This should be a bright, blinking light catching everyone’s attention.

OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying… “Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got”

“My little girl was completely burned,” he said. “There was nothing left of her. We could only identify her from her school bag, which she was still holding. She was completely burned.”

If anyone is friends with any Georgian air traffic controllers, buy them a nice bottle of wine. As guardians of pretty much the only narrow gap still available between Europe and Asia that avoids both Iran, the Gulf, Ukraine and Russia, they are under some substantial pressure.

One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

Empiezo a sospechar que el Premio FIFA de la Paz está amañado.

1. Grab the oil 2. Create an oil crisis 3. Profit

H5N1 must be still doing the rounds in farms across the US, even if there's almost no information about outbreaks anymore. The prices of live cattle and beef are at 10-year record levels. Poultry not so much but still quite high.

Here's the problem, though. If you stand up to tanks in the streets, everyone will agree you're a Brave Hero. But if you stand up to the small things -- stopping the train before it really gets started -- you will be coded as *annoying*, as uptight, as moralistic, as uncool.

Exactly what happened in Nazi Germany and occupied Europe

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

#FDA backs down on #Moderna: The agency had refused to review the company's licensure application for an mRNA flu vaccine, but after significant pushback has relented. www.statnews.com/2026/02/18/f...

This directly weakens the national security of the United States. Removing words from websites and cutting critical programs simply because they are now considered to not match the dominant political ideology is absolute folly. You can't just wish a threat away. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I can't think of better rebranding ambassadors for masks than the 2026 Olympians. Our leaders have tried to pass off masks as something you only wear if already sick or older with comorbidities. But everyone is vulnerable to post viral illness. These athletes get it 👏🏼👏🏼

NEW: The F.D.A. refused to accept an application from Moderna for its mRNA flu vaccine. Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...

As I've said many times before on this platform, the moment I decided that I was going to avoid infection with SARS-CoV-2 was the moment I read that acute Covid-19 could cause both cognitive dysfunction and anosmia. nypost.com/2026/02/10/h...

🚨 Are people sicker now than in 2019? Civil servants in England are. Sickness absence rates have *risen by between 12% to 23% across the age groups*. Are things getting worse? It certainly looks like it. This is exactly what we predicted repeat covid infection would do.

Coffee and improved cognition, reduced dementia >130,000 people followed 37 years Benefit seen only with caffeinated coffee or tea and most pronounced ~2 cups/day @jama.com ☕️☕️https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2844764

Also: he wants you to talk about this, which is a topic his fans will support him on, rather than about the Epstein files

1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

"Data centers in space" must be one of the dumbest ideas I've heard in my life

Encouraging to see some members of the US Olympic team wearing masks to protect their health ahead of competition.

Looking good, Olympians! The U.S. cross country teams know what's up. So now we have athletes & astronauts wearing respirators. Seems like masks are a symbol of strength & resilience, not fear 🙌🏼 (h/t @lazaruslong13.bsky.social)

I can't speak to whether it is actually bortac and whether it is actually mortar launchers but I mentioned in my piece yesterday that I had witnessed tear gas being launched in the air in an arc over people's heads. This video I found on IG shows what I described

Measles cases, by vaccination status, in South Carolina. It’s almost like vaccines work!

If listening to this doesn't make you think about late-1930s Germany, I don't know what will

I think about this post a lot

So if you survive Measles, like many other airborne viruses, you're at risk of long-term sequelae and immune dysfunction (or amnesia for Measles). Tell me again how this anti-vax admin is making America healthy again?

At this point if I was abducted by aliens 👽🛸I would consider it a rescue mission.

TikTok is now TrumpTok. Mentioning “Epstein” is now forbidden after Trump allies seize control of the app.

The ocean freighting industry is woke now (the containers spell Renee, for Renee Good). www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...

The performance of the newly released ChatGPT Health, via a thorough assessment by @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social with his health data, is very disappointing gift link wapo.st/49GEASP

Point blank. 10-shots. Execution. A US citizen, a VA ICU Nurse. Then lying. Blocking a real investigation.