One minute these babies are fine. The next they're seizing, or vomiting blood, or not waking from a nap, or not breathing. I spoke with more than a dozen doctors who have seen the consequences of more parents declining the routine vitamin K shot for their newborns. This is what it looks like.

Can you imagine men have to go through an annual screening that involves crushing testicles between two plates while they hold skill? Me neither, because we would have invented a less painful screening method by now. But if it is a mammogram, nah,women should be used to pain anyway, so no need. 😒

Me: Hello! I am here for my mammogram and ultrasound appointment. Front desk (FD): Oh hi, it will be $600. Me: But I have an insurance? (and a darn pretty good one too!) Did they deny it? FD: Oh no, this is the remaining amount after their approval. Me: <wtf?!> 🤯🤯

did you know that the English words druid, trust, truth, betroth, and truce all share a root word with “tree”? this reflects the longstanding spiritual and symbolic significance of trees in many European cultures

Değişik balık mezesi tariff bakayım dedim önüme bu çıktı. Ayıp bunu tarif diye yazmaya, böyle lakerdayı dedem de yapar. Zaten lakerda bulsak tabağa koyup yeriz, bunun için kitaba lüzum yok ki. :)

Federal agents visited the home of a man who had sent a scathing email to a top ICE official after two demonstrators were killed. Now, a free-speech watchdog is suing the Trump administration, arguing that the agents’ actions were intended to intimidate the man.

A man who publicly was doing something which, when done wrong, can cause graft-vs-host disease, an autoimmune disease which can attack, among other things, your GI tract, now has an autoimmune disease which is attacking his GI tract. What a coincidence.

A 25-year-old Air Force trainee died June 16 from flu during a Lackland outbreak that sickened nearly 300 troops, after flu shots were made voluntary. The mandate has since been restored. Flu vaccines protect against serious illness.

On our 250th birthday, celebrating the contribution of immigrants and international collaboration —46% of people with doctoral-level degrees working in US science and engineering fields are foreign-born

Sliced, stabbed, punctured, bleeding, harassed on all sides by various weaponry, the curious image of Wound Man is a rare yet intriguing presence in the world of medieval and early modern manuscripts. @j_hartnell on this enigmatic figure publicdomainreview.tumblr.com/post/8210369...

When government and big business are the same thing, your democracy will be dead.

Many of the babies’ autopsy reports were clear: Vitamin K deficiency was the immediate cause of death, or contributed to it. The reports also included details about parents refusing the vitamin K shot, a long-standard injection, for their newborns. (Published May)

In less than two years, RFK Jr destroyed an American major #publichealth achievement. #measles #Ivax2protect #CommunityImmunity

For 300 years, vaccine opponents have repeated the same three arguments. In "A Pox on Fools", Thomas Levenson shows science answered every one. The arguments did not change. They lost their excuse. Read it, then give it to someone who is not sure. historyofvaccines.org/blog/pox-foo...

"No one knows who they were or what they were doing"

Çocukluk jönlerimizden biri daha gitmiş. İnsan yaşlandığını böyle böyle fark ediyor. Güle güle Kadir İnanır. Bundan sonra itlik, serserilik…

This made me scramble to make an appointment with the BMW service in the middle of my hectic morning. Also the terrible wording of this message! “Cont.” is easily mixed up with “can’t” and it blows my mind that a company as large as BMW can act like a clumsy startup with only alpha testers.

BMW people politically call it “a glitch”, but it’s a worldwide and massive software engineering failure. pushing this update without notifying owners or respecting their auto-update preferences is a massive policy failure. we at least know the “don’t update” setting is just smokescreen now.

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Such a wonderful Saturday! The weather was gorgeous and was perfect for hiking up to Mt.Tam. And we were pleasantly rewarded by beautiful views of The Bay and The City. ❤️

AI Economics for Dummies www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-...

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When her son was 7, Mary McGonigle-Martin gave him raw milk, as it promised to treat allergies and digestive problems. A month later, he fell gravely ill. Now 27, he’s still dealing with the effects of kidney damage and other health issues.

I cannot help but cringe every time I hear an executive starts a sentence with “Look, …..” To me it sounds so fake, so prescribed and so patronizing. Yet bunch of executive coaches and trainings insists it is the language of a solid leader. I hate it. The worst filler word, ever.

"Doctors are the most trusted source of information on these topics – and OB-GYNs occupy a special place." AAP, AAFP, and now ACOG are good resources for timely vaccine schedules.

these are the news we all crave for nowadays, so enjoy :) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

the way how we now feel about em-dashes, bulleted lists, emoji-laden text by AI is very much like how a victim of cultural appropriation feels. a group takes your cultural element, and uses it in a way that makes you want to detach from it, therefore pushing you away from your cultural identity.

Trying not to laugh but really I cannot help it. FAFO 😂

Why you should not trust an LLM-a story in 7 parts…. 1) Ask a question 2) Get a very confident answer 3) Ask if the answer legit 4) Receive a profound apology and a new answer 5) Ask if they are sure this time 6) Get another apology 7) Burn some tokens 8) Accomplish nothing… My simple question:

We stand with Albania! 🇦🇱 #SheShed

Remember the current NIH director going on about protecting researchers from government censorship? Today his people called the police in to forcibly remove my colleagues from their own society meeting for sharing an editorial published in their flagship journal that was critical of him. Gift link

There is nothing like shutting down the world and the news and getting lost on a fun project. Work in progress .

Superb piece by @nickkristof.bsky.social “Trump’s assault on global health has left us in a worse position to combat Ebola” He: 1. Destroyed USAID—it had supported surveillance systems in the DRC 2. Withdrew the US from WHO 3. Tore up preparedness plans 🎁 link: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/o...

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Your phone screen doesn’t have the same color range as the human eye – and AI widens the gap between digital images and the real thing

a rothko for your current weather

SkeptiCal June 27 in Oakland. Get info at www.skepticalcon.com

Our entire economy is being artificially propped up by astrology for men: AI, crypto, sports betting, and prediction markets. It's an economy shaped entirely by male insecurity and lack of impulse control, and we'll all pay the price.

"Dozens of state anti-vaccine bills backed by “Make America Healthy Again” supporters have failed after public health groups won over Republican state lawmakers, marking a series of defeats for the backers of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr." whtc.com/2026/05/18/u...

#1. This is a lie. #2. Lots of dollars don't go to people who are lawfully, correctly, eligible to receive them. This administration wants to increase that total. #3. This admin has gutted professional anti-fraud tools (e.g. Inspectors Generals) while fueling massive fraud by cronies.

Ok this is a truly great tweet

Lately I am realizing that I am almost addicted to Instagram. I scroll mindlessly for hours and tell myself that it helps me relax. Though I am not too convinced, quite the opposite, I am thoroughly annoyed. So I deleted the app today, lets see if I can claim my time to do meaningful things I love.

why does the “you can’t fight it” rhetoric around AI feel so familiar?? 🤔

Great quote by Hannah Arendt, from “On Violence”: Power, is collective, consensual and relational. Violence, by contrast, is instrumental and coercive, its strength evaporating the moment the threat is evaded or withdrawn. Violence can always destroy power.

i got sick of this kind of AI grammar templates, and the whole dramatic, movie traileresque tone of all sentences it generates. at this pace, i’ll have blocked all instagram accounts in a month or so. if you are bad at writing, AI can successfully turn you into a bad writer with great grammar.

Sometimes one needs to witness a natural event to remember how small and non-significant we are. This year it was seeing a volcanic eruption blooming for me. I watched a small bubble of lava growing from almost nothing to a 200m tall giant fountain with 300 m3/second lava flow. Spectacular. ❤️‍🔥

bay area’da türkçe tiyatro oyunu:

Neden sosyal medyada çoğunlukla millete laf anlatmaya çalışılmaması gerektiğini 300 yıl önce açıklamışlar. #HowtoArgueWithaRacist #AdamRutherford

Having a well deserved break, away from the work and the world this week. I really needed this. Now only if we can see the 47th episode of Kilauea, it would be the cherry on top.