SCOOP: A key federal vaccine panel has abandoned an attack on covid-19 mRNA vaccines — a shift that comes as some GOP warn that any more changes to vaccine policy could damage midterm prospects. Me + @rachelroubein.bsky.com www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Episode 43 of the Kilauea eruption is a BEAST. They just zoomed out and uhhh this may be on its way to setting a record for tallest lava fountains. What on Earth. 😍🌋 Cam 2 live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...

Interesting case study on shifting political valence. Animal liberation used to be left-coded -- like, anarchist, not liberal. It was considered fringe & didn't get much popular traction. A pig confinement bill is getting pushback on the other site, but I barely see it mentioned here. 1/

apnews.com/article/auti... finds little evidence that a drug touted by Trump can help people with autism

Setting aside how absurd it is that federal tax dollars went to something like this, can we take a moment to acknowledge that we have a federal agency comms division whose sole focus seems to be to equate its leader to an action hero? The post of HHS Secretary is now a vanity project.

Hep C has a 90+% effective antiviral cure now, but still no vaccine. Unlike hep B, which has a highly effective vaccine but no cure. (The viruses aren’t related beyond the fact that both target the liver.)

The playful, prolific use of hyperlinks in online journalism (eg Slate, Pitchfork) didn’t anticipate link-rot. Now so many articles are pock-marked with cryptic allusions that some long-dead link once explained. Weird how quickly a new style comes to feel more archaic than the traditional format

Can someone explain briefly what's up with the Iranian women's football team? www.theguardian.com/football/202...

We always get the early dinner request when the clocks turn back in the Fall, but somehow the opposite never happens in the Spring…

Age verification risks tying users’ “most sensitive and immutable data” — names, faces, birthdays, home addresses — to their online activity, EFF’s @mollibroccoli.bsky.social told @CNBC.com. “Age verification strikes at the foundation of the free and open internet.” www.cnbc.com/2026/03/08/...

love how we killed the old, frail anti-nuke ayatollah just to have him replaced with his young, healthy son who wants nukes and who just had his father, mother, wife, and child murdered on the same day by his mortal enemy. surely this will bring peace to the region

It’s great when companies can do graceful transitions. @jay.bsky.team is a geek who prefers thinking about technology vs revenue, so they created a suitable position for her. www.wired.com/story/bluesk...

I’ve despised cockroaches since I was a kid growing up in Florida, but gotta give them credit.., www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

This study on bone & tendon injury is interesting, given that two other recent studies (links below) found GLP-1 agonists to be associated with improved osteoarthritis & fewer fractures. More research is needed on long-term outcomes in different populations.

Sacramento and Placer Counties, CA.

The U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office. A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies. Read more: https://scim.ag/4boPkq8

Filled up my car & booked a flight for late March yesterday. Both were more expensive that they would have been 2 weeks ago, but I suspect prices will get worse before they get better.😕 www.wsj.com/world/middle...

I love that people from Massachusetts created the most generous, socialist health care system in all 50 states while also being the most aggressive drivers. They’re like “I want my neighbors to have the best care. They’re gonna need it if they don’t get out of the left lane.”

Everything about this war is bad news, but this is a new & horrifying angle compared to wars of the past.

NIH employees were already worried that things weren't getting done under Jay Bhattacharya. Now that he's also the acting director of the CDC, they're worried even more about his fractured attention. My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

Wow -- as first spotted by @BadFoxGraphics on X, Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday

Proteinmaxxing is getting out of hand…

EFF is appalled by how quickly and uncritically internet restrictions are being adopted around the world, David Greene told CNET. "Even if they are under 18, or under 16, children have the right to access information, to speak and to associate.” www.cnet.com/tech/servic...

They've now killed four people -- three U.S. citizens and a Mexican national. They've shot several more. They've lied about all of them. They haven't shaded the truth. They haven't "misled" us. They've brazenly, knowingly lied while in possession of the evidence disproving their lies.

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

“Young people still have human rights, and that includes the right to access information and to associate with other people and to speak to the world. These laws are designed to diminish those rights,” EFF’s David Greene told @TheIntercept. theintercept.com/2026/03/05/...

Running part of a key federal health agency — where you need to maintain smooth relations with a lot of different people — isn’t really his skill set. www.biospace.com/fda/fdas-pra...

Now you see it, now you don't. Near the end of this extremely warm winter, California's snow is rapidly melting. My colleague @castleman.bsky.social shares some striking satellite images. He spoke with @weatherwest.bsky.social about the remarkably rapid loss of snow: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Last year, Rockefeller researchers reported that ~60% of people who received N-803 (Anktiva, aka BioShield) + 2 bnAbs had delayed HIV rebound for at least 24 wks after stopping antiretrovirals. But data presented this year at #CROI2026 weren't so promising... 1/ www.aidsmap.com/news/mar-202...

He's putting up record job losses, driving the country into a war he can't even explain, and was credibly accused of raping a teenager in the Epstein files released yesterday - so of course it's time to try and ruin more trans people's lives

First they came for the trans people, and I said nothing because I wasn’t trans. Then they were like actually I’m pretty sure you are trans and I said no I’m not and they went okay well show us your penis then and I said what no get out of my face and they said that one’s a girl get her

Looks like the stated intention to “restore trust” in federal health agencies like CDC & NIH is backfiring. RFK Jr gets the lowest confidence rating. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Wow, good riddance! But I suspect the pundits are right who think they'll fire the women & people of color (like Kash Patel) while keeping Stephen Miller.😕 www.axios.com/2026/03/05/k...

I wrote about the House hearing today, how Congress is trying to strip anonymity from the Internet, and the devastating effects that has for journalists, whistleblowers, LGBTQ ppl, immigrants, civil rights activists, abortion providers and anyone challenging power for @theintercept.com

If the government gets to decide if you have them, they're not human rights.

I don't think that the SAVE act includes anything about points 4 or 5? I think he's just throwing in some anti-trans stuff into his post for the fun of it?

Exactly. The right only considers the harms of mistaken early transition, not the harms of being denied.

The total lunar eclipse last night from Fairbanks, Alaska with a searing bright aurora right overhead. Insane combo.

As a Kaiser member, I can say they achieve this high screening rate by using FIT home stool tests & pestering you relentlessly to mail them in. Everyone doesn't need a colonoscopy. The best test is the one that gets done. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

On negative social ties. The number of "hasslers" in your life—people who create problems or make life difficult, especially family members (not spouse)—and the link to promoting accelerated aging, inflammation, and adverse health outcomes @pnas.org pnas.org/doi/full/10....

The concern isn't that Claude doesn't work well, rather that Pete's on the warpath against Anthropic & he's buddies with Bobby. They're getting rid of effective tool for purely political reasons. www.statnews.com/2026/03/03/h...

Many of the scientists Jeffrey Epstein courted were already well-established and well-funded. So why didn’t they all just say no? Science talked with three who did just that. Here’s how Epstein approached them, and why they refused to have anything to do with him. ⬇️ https://scim.ag/40qbXnv

Pete Hegseth's crazed rants at reporters reveal that Trump's rationales for attacking Iran are incoherent, confused, and based on lies. Dems don't have to take refuge in criticizing Trump's war on purely procedural grounds. They can go much harder. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2072...

it's like maybe the most ridiculous conspiracy theory in history lol. yes, trans surgery is the one thing in American healthcare that is simple and cheap to access bsky.app/profile/claw...

The Worm Moon, the last full moon of winter, is visible near the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco as it goes into total eclipse, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.

A bit of good health & science news. www.science.org/content/arti...

New post! Many Americans hold contradictory opinions on the same policies. Question wording effects can swing opinions by 20+ points on immigration, the budget, and transgender rights. That's a problem for people who interpret polls for a living. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/many-ameri...

the publisher of the new york times wants you to subscribe to the handbasket www.thehandbasket.co/subscribe

This is one where civil libertarians on the left & right can agree. Obviously one shouldn't shoot drunk or stoned, but if alcohol doesn't preclude gun ownership, neither should marijuana. www.npr.org/2026/03/02/n...