Thirty-six states now involved in a Salmonella outbreak linked to Moringa supplements. All for something of unproven health benefits!

A couple days ago, yet another food product (cheese bread) was recalled due to the risk of salmonella contamination from powdered milk. This brings us close to 40 recalls over the last month or so. So let's talk about milk and bacteria and some of what's going on. 1/12

In which our government continues to drive things backward.

Thanks, Nathan. And Strange Stability is a great recommendation!

So about those super-green supplements 1/3

Also, I have a bridge to sell you. (gift article)

This headline is hilarious when you learn that the rocket toppled over in a fiery explosion on landing

This very smart overview from @kakape.bsky.social will remind you of the many ways that good science can protect the rest of us.

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

The Arlington National Cemetery Memorial apparently has deleted references and information on everyone interred there who wasn’t a white straight man from their database - attempting to sweep their existence under the rug. My thoughts on this obscenity cannot legally be shared on this platform.

Deadly Measles Outbreak Sickens Thousands of Children in Bangladesh. The outbreak, with more than 8,000 confirmed cases and another 60,000 suspected infections, has prompted an emergency vaccination drive. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/w... via @nytimes.com

Ah, well,,

When Elaine Weiss was working on her new book, "Spell Freedom," she thought she was writing history. But so many themes from this book are back in today's headlines.

Trump and Gabbard claim she's leaving due to her husband's health, but Reuters reports "the ​White House ‌forced her to ⁠resign"

Such should studies should be appoached with caution. But this is a reminder that natural does not mean safe. A lesson for #maha, in fact. "Food colorants as a whole were associated with a 38 percent increase in the risk of type 2 diabetes among those with the highest consumption".

ICYMI. It is hard to keep up with every awful action. (gift article)

"So you agree RFK Jr should resign?. You're a pharmacist, Buddy. You know better than this." -- damn -- Auchincloss is not playing around with Rep. Carter

NEW: A serious staffing shortage — of the Trump admin's own making — is delaying the agency's ability to send billions to universities around the country, leaving labs reeling in the meantime. “I thought we were at rock bottom”, a senior NIH official said. “We are below rock bottom now.”

wow — the preprint host, arxiv, is banning authors for a year if they submit papers with hallucinated citations 🤖

Could take it up again but so far so actually good. (gift article)

Who would've thought cuts on food security (3500 FDA jobs, 9% Food Safety and Inspection Service jobs, cut on Safety programs, cut on 17 Inspector Generals, having the grifter Marty Makary as FDA comissioner, blocking a rule proposal aimed to reduce Salmonella in poultry) would have consequences.

The getting is grifting and the grift is large

TIL that salmonella is named after a dude

“Let me start with what worked…the part of the story most Americans do not know. The Nebraska biocontainment unit now holding our returning passengers is a Level 1 Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center… the highest tier of a national network built specifically for moments like this.”

One of the Largest Physics Surveys Finds No One Agrees on Anything. 1,600 respondents answered 10 Q's about central issues in physics, from Big Bang to black holes, cosmic inflation, and quantum gravity. I mean, on those topics, there SHOULD be a ton of disagreement. gizmodo.com/one-of-the-l...

This sounds like a very good book indeed. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804544...

🛟🩺 Salmonella can be very dangerous for people who are pregnant, very young, or very old.

This is an excellent thread with a lot of important things you should learn/know. Climate change and the microbial world are coming for us and the ignorant have turned over our shield organizations to quacks. We're not ready. Or, I should say, we're even less ready than we already were.

In the last couple weeks, we've seen a remarkable number of food recalls due to salmonella contamination. So many, in fact, that it's worth our time to take a deeper look at some of the reasons why. 1/10

Such a thrill to talk about the truly crazy history of food safety in the United States on Criminal, one of my all-time favorite podcasts.

I want to share this conversation between Ezra Klein and science journalist Julia Belluz. 1st, it's such a smart look at GLP-1 issues. 2nd, you should read the terrific book, Food Intelligence, that she & Kevin Hall published last year. 3rd, I really appreciated the shout out for The Poison Squad!

My latest review for The New York Times!

No surprise here. (gift article)

I still can't believe that not one single news outlet did a story on this. That's just amazing to me. Every scientist I know who works in the life sciences thought it was fascinating and had a million questions. 🧪

Smart thread.

#Measles is still doing in the US what measles does super well — spreading. As of 5/7, there have been 1,842 confirmed cases this year, which is 80% of the 2026 total in just over 4 months. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...

A very Strength In Numbers-coded article today: It looks like Republican Supreme Court justices made a very rudimentary, but willful, statistical error in their effective invalidating of the VRA in the Callais decision. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-05-08...

The Stratos data center will raise local temperatures by 5 degrees Fahrenheit during the day and up to 28 degrees at night. “That’s the difference between Utah’s semi-arid climate and the Sahara Desert,” a BYU ecology professor told The Tribune.

A bit of cheerleading for you: Even some gerrymandered seats are not 100% certain to go the way the GOP wants in a wave election. In the last five midterm elections, the incumbent's party lost 9, 13, 30, 40, and 63 seats. Do you know how many turnovers Democrats need to flip the House? Three.

It really is such a good book.

Good. (gift article)

When people talk about self-censorship, they often focus on campus events or classroom discussions. But self-censorship of research is different and more impt. Big difference btw "I don't want to offend others" to "I don't want to speak truth to power" www.chronicle.com/article/near...

Literary agents don't mess around. (gift article)

Nice cat.

OK, so do I have this right? 1. the shooter wasn't anywhere actually close to the WHCA dinner 2. Trump, his cabinet, and the fascist enablers in the press corps present were never in danger 3. security actually worked as it should have 4. everyone making Trump into a martyr preemptively is a turd

They are so creative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. By which I mean putting poison in shoes. (gift article)

How tragic that you could publish, then re-publish, then re-publish, then re-publish, then re-publish a cartoon like this over and over again...

People began hoarding gas cylinders, and in the Delhi area, prices skyrocketed by 600 percent. Some people stood in line for three or four days to get LPG cylinders. With his own supply running low, Kapoor had little choice but to turn to the black market. www.thexylom.com/post/iran-wa...

This. N95’s can save lives from wildfire smoke. The scientific evidence of the damage caused by Particulate matter is clear and terrifying.

Dozens of US military veterans were arrested at the Capitol today during a protest against the Iran War. Photos via @frankthorp.bsky.social