I am a well educated, pretty media literate person whose job it is to be professionally annoying. I cannot figure out if my cancer medication, which costs $17k a month (I do not pay anything thanks to a combo of insurance/access programs), is going to be tariffed 100%.

New from me: A "heterodox" writer took a week to teach himself immigration law, then reprimanded me for daring to suggest that Trump is violating the due process rights of immigrants. He's wrong -- about pretty much everything. radleybalko.substack.com/p/what-to-wa...

🦟 🪱 🦠 25 tracks on a theme of infectious disease.... We start with a banger that's 24 years old, Four Tet's magnificent "No More Mosquitoes" (it's a rallying cry for this playlist 'cuz they're a vector for all sorts of diseases, like malaria and Zika) 1/25 youtu.be/l651f3mucXA?...

from worst to best versions (off the top of my head)

If that meme is your intro to jungle, watch this fantastic short video that gives you a little taste of the history and ethos of the art form that is jungle @gavinyamey.bsky.social youtu.be/vDZHEAwDAVo?...

I have to keep this deliberately vague, but this is a total disaster for academic research. And imposing it so suddenly is just cruel. I’ve got friends scrambling to get back to the US before midnight tonight. Do you know how hard that is to do on 36 hours of notice?

The Black Death ripped through the world to devastating effect. /u/Noble_Devil_Boruta has a surgically precise post on how medieval people tried to fight it, and what effective ways were just beyond their capabilities. #Skystorians #HistMed

Never let it be said that we do not recognise excellence in question-asking.

Come check out this fantastic AMA with @kweingarten.bsky.social we have going on today! (One of several @nursingclio.bsky.social appearances on @askhistorians.bsky.social in the near future!) www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

24 Hours to Save AIDS Research is just minutes away! Join us on YouTube at 11am ET as @judyauerbach.bsky.social and @jeffwickersham.bsky.social usher in a full day and night's worth of programming! bit.ly/45Qftts #saveAIDSresearch #HIV #HIVresearch

We have an AMA today on @askhistorians.bsky.social with @bachynski.bsky.social discussing the history of youth football and public health! Be sure to check it out! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

Crested pigeon for @lanewcombe.bsky.social ! Thanks for your #Waymakers donation! These pigeons are so cool! To donate & request a bird, see: act.theyoungcenter.org/a/birdsbeyon... All funds support unaccompanied immigrant kids in the US via @theyoungcenter.bsky.social 🎨🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt

Thank you so much for setting up this egg-citing fundraiser for immigrant children. We can't stop raven about it. Also, birds! We love them (lot's of birders on staff make for a backed up collection of bird puns waiting for an opportunity to soar).

DAY 83 SPECIES 83 - Legionella pneumophila STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek watercolor and paper, Writech pen. NOTES: I learned after stirring settled watercolor, rinse and dry your brush first to avoid dark spots on the paper. #sciart #biology #painting #watercolor #bacteria #legionnairesdisease

I'm so excited for AskHistorians to have @lzreis23.bsky.social for a fantastic AMA today on her book Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex! Come check it out! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

DAY 80 SPECIES 80 - Haemophilus influenzae STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek, QoR and HWC watercolor. Chromatek paper. Writech and Charsoco pens. This species was the first organism to have its entire genome sequenced. #sciart #biology #painting #watercolor #bacteria #inkandwash

@pauloffit.bsky.social on @pbsnews.org to discuss the American Academy of Pediatrics newly released COVID vaccine guidelines and their divergence from the CDC recommendations. Read below, share widely!

For this month’s #ExploreYourArchive theme #EYAHumour, we found the 1976 journal of the ‘Gilbert and Succulent Society’ in our Kewensia ephemeral collections. Seemingly only ‘published’ once, it contains humorous poems and articles – we enjoyed this one about a cactus’s haircare routine. #KewLA

“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time,” writes former CDC Director William Foege. www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...