Some big implications for journalism, too, where reporters often mistake trending posts as a reasonable reflection of public opinion.

Apropos of absolutely nothing, the United States didn't go to all of the trouble to propose, debate, enact, and ratify the 25th Amendment just for when presidents undergo anesthesia.

I just saw an influencer on TikTok say that they refuse to give their child Tylenol, and instead they only give them acetaminophen so I’m just logging off for the day

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

I've said this before, but I feel pretty strongly that the building of concentration camps - and now, the inevitable disappearance of 1,800 people from those camps - is the biggest story in American public health right now that isn't being treated like one

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

BREAKING NEWS over in Inside Medicine: Censorship at the CDC. Again. Two dozen websites were removed, including resources for health equity, disability, and LGBTQ+ care. Here’s what we know:

the funny thing about the constant misappropriation of MLK is that the guy left a massive body of writing specifically aimed at explaining his views of those of the movement he represented to the broad public. it is extremely easy to know what the guy thought on a variety of subjects and yet

the hysteria has gone off the rails so far that the average american thinks 1 in 5 people are transgender. pure absolute insanity that is driving the current lavender scare

Smell that? 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

Now here is my summary of the ACIP meeting itself. 1. The chair permitted people to present harmful misinformation about vaccines throughout the entire meeting. 2. Retsef Levi and several other members appear to have no understanding of basic public health principles and IMO should be removed.

I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition. www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...

The best people with the best words. arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

The goat rodeo pretending to be the ACIP meeting with illegitimate and wrongfully present pretenders to committee membership has devolved into actual madness. It always was, but these nincompoops can't even behave themselves well enough to do their nefarious work. What a farce. Sad!

These ACIP votes are a total goat rodeo. This committee is completely and utterly incompetent.

Can’t believe the CDC. Can’t believe the DoJ. Can’t believe the BLS. Can’t believe the FBI. But I believe in us.

Sloppy, unprepared, and incompetent. They don’t even understand VFC or CHIP or know what their votes mean. Complete amateur hour. God bless the CDC scientists who have to endure this #ACIP

This literally isn't even within ACIP's purview

Andor season three is fully immersive for viewers in the US. They've really outdone themselves.

hey so this is insane

"Every time I listen to a lawyer-trained representative saying we should criminalize free speech in some way, I think to myself, that law school failed." Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Democratic New York lawmakers — as well as City Comptroller Brad Lander — were arrested by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers Thursday after demanding access to an alleged detention facility run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at 26 Federal Plaza.

Swalwell: “There’s going to be a Democratic majority in just over a year. To the FCC chairperson and anyone in involved in these dirty deals: get a lawyer and save your records because you’re going to be in this room answering questions”

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

According to the New York Times, "The text exchange between Mr. Robinson and his partner was reproduced by prosecutors in the charging document." Reproduced? So no one has seen the actual messages? No screen shots? No time stamps? Also, weren't they on Discord and not SMS? 1/

Swalwell: There’s going to be a Democratic majority in just over a year. To the FCC chairperson and anyone in involved in these dirty deals: get a lawyer and save your records because you’re going to be in this room answering questions

I just learned about the new US Measles Tracker from @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social and @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social. #medsky #IDsky #episky 🛟😷

if someone quotes Leviticus saying gay people should be stoned to death, and calls that "God's perfect law," it's accurate to say they called for gay people to be stoned to death. Likewise, it's inaccurate to say they never called for it. bc I can parse language and understand how humans communicate

People are going to learn a lot about Groypers, Pepe the Frog, Furries, Helldivers 2, 4Chan and a bunch more this weekend. And they will be absolutely terrified.

If you can do so, please consider getting your COVID19 vaccine before ACIP meets on September 18-19. I don’t think it’s out of bounds to guess that, since they are going to manipulate data to falsely claim that the vaccine killed children, they will also recommend pulling FDA approval.

news orgs really need to have people on staff who understand terminally online gamer culture, the amount of uninformed nonsense going on is breathtaking

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This is known as "chain refoulment" and yes, it's a violation of international law.

Media discovering groypers for the first time reminds me of when they first encountered incels. Those of us who study misogyny or followed Gamergate had been screaming about incel culture and violence for years. Coverage of hate groups is far too reactive.

So Matthew Dowd was right. Will MSNBC re-hire him?

Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative

Decrying violence against political opponents rings a bit hollow when you pull Secret Service protection from your political opponents.

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BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California. Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."

Let’s say it plain: the Supreme Court of the United States endorsed racial profiling today.

we’re going to have to throw a lot of people in jail after all this is over

Am I the only person who thinks this is INSANE?

There is no democratic justification for withholding these files. This is a coverup.⁩

BRUTAL JOBS REPORT: Just 22,000 jobs added in August. Unemployment rises to 4.3%. Broader jobless rate jumps to 8.1%. Slowest 4-month growth since 2020. Plus, downward revisions for June and July of -21,000. Yikes.

Ossoff: He never should have been confirmed by the senate and he needs to resign. It is one thing to be a skeptic or a reformer. It is quite another to be a fool…

Kavanaugh's statements make the problem worse, not better. If the reason SCOTUS is using cryptic shadow docket orders is because "five" of them can't "reach a consensus or a compromise on a particular issue that might be difficult," then that order should not be precedential —there's no majority.

abundance con. where you can hear radical pro-abundance moves like "we should deport more immigrants" and "what if we had more tariffs"