A compelling call for our representatives to f*cking do something open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...

It’s pretty weird to take an extra deep breath because the president didn’t order our military to commit horrific atrocities and to then think “well f*ck, I’m pretty sure my country deserves some serious sanctions and whatnot for what our government is up to”

When a robber holds a whole bank hostage, but then decides to free them, he still goes to jail. Just saying.

Wait, you don’t want just anyone to use your intellectual property for LLMs? 🙄

LEAK THE EPSTEIN FILES FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.

Yup. As I sit comfortably in my home while people elsewhere struggle, I don’t know what to say or do at this moment except be extremely ashamed of my country

I’m here for a minor and petty grievance, which is that Top Chef allowed a contestant to refer to chadon beni as a condiment - in which he substituted the actual fucking chadon beni with collard greens - and even put text up describing it as a sauce/condiment

I think you should instead stage a "strike" on reviewing. Said during my free time on a personal device and not as a government employee. You could also spam the shit out of Jayanta Bhattacharya with as many PIs as possible.

Five Reasons Why It Still Wasn't a Lab Leak Time for some of that civil disagreement that the NIH Director can't get enough of rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/five-reaso... Dr. A. Rasmussen took the time to put this together, to set the record straight. @angierasmussen.bsky.social Worth reading!

Our elected officials have an obligation not to sit by while a wannabe King plunges us deeper into an unwise and unconstitutional war. We said no kings, not no spines.

They’ve tried to pitch this as being less restrictive, but it’s lipstick on a dumpster that’s on fire and contains the remnants of the US scientific enterprise

Good story in C&E News about damage to the scientific enterprise and loss of confidence from researchers about having a trusted partner in the federal government. nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Action Item...Action Item...Action Item Time to comment on the Framework for the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan grants.nih.gov/grants/guide... Comments due by May 16, 2026

'Things Are Not Okay': US Threatens to Withhold HIV Funding Unless Zambia Allows Plunder of Its Minerals www.commondreams.org/news/us-blac...

The death penalty is wrong

The death penalty is wrong

Ughhhhh

Everything is just super! 🇺🇸🤦‍♀️

I have to say the Post chose a hell of a moment to lay off all their foreign correspondents

Dozens of little girls were killed in war waged to coverup the rape and murder of other little girls by the perpetrators waging it. This is Epsteins war.

This week's cover @thelancet.com

Breaking News: The Justice Department did not release key records in the Epstein files about a woman who made an unverified accusation against Donald Trump. In 2019, the woman said she had been sexually assaulted by Trump and Jeffrey Epstein decades earlier, when she was a minor.

The US Justice Department withheld testimony that Donald Trump sexually abused a girl when she was 13 or 14 - according to a source who viewed unredacted Epstein files. This is the worst scandal in US history and should be the biggest news story on the planet right now. www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

ICE abducted a father of a six-year-old who is undergoing cancer treatment in a suburb outside Pittsburgh on Sunday and took him to a detention center in West Virginia. The cruelty is boundless.

On his birthday, we honor the legacy of John Lewis.

Let me show you a wardrobe you can build with $1,700 🧵

“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔 (From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

This is VERY bad

The Post is a treasure and it’s devastating what’s happening, but it’s time give up on the hope that people like Bezos will see the light, and instead shift our dollars and eyes to independent journalism

He was an absolute piece of 💩 Peter H. Duesberg, 89, Renowned Biologist Turned H.I.V. Denialist, Dies www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/s...

Yeah so, I really want to see all my non-American friends as much and as soon as possible, but I also want them to not be here for the “raw sewage” situation. Sh*t is not okay over here, friends.

Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over. In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.

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Gov. Walz: "What side do you want to be on? The side of an all-powerful federal government that can kill, injure, menace, and kidnap its citizens off the street, or the side of a nurse for a VA hospital who died bearing witness to such government?"

Agree! Our biggest voices have been too quiet. I welcome anyone speaking out now though, all are welcome on team anti-this.f*cking.bullsh*

For those of you who’ve never experienced -20° winds, let me just say it can be painful at times — on the skin, in the eyes and ears, and even when trying to speak. Those Minnesotans are American heroes.

Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...

Well this is bad.

Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.

Gutting

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... If cbs has any guts, they would not air any of it and explain why…. But of course now the newsroom is run by MAGA conspiracist Bari Weiss they will just roll over for their master.

84% of Americans say government investments in scientific research aimed at advancing knowledge are worthwhile. Yet a large and increasing share of Americans from both parties say we are losing ground. So, let's elect reps who support science! www.pewresearch.org/science/2026...

A beautiful poem by the woman murdered by ICE. I feel rage and aching and horror. It isn’t more awful because she wrote this, but it is heartbreaking and tragic in an almost tangible way to read her poetry. poets.org/2020-on-lear...

"A corrupt authoritarian president has been destroying his country for over a decade—and as of this weekend, he decided to invade Venezuela. But who is this political criminal?"

Many don't realize that the most vulnerable or immune compromised depend on the rest getting vaccinated properly to keep diseases from spreading out of control. It's not just “my body, my choice” when it comes to saving lives.

“Your generation screwed us over” appears to be the most universal truth today wapo.st/45qqLoP (gift)

this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)

NIH has for decades used a rigorous recruitment process to hire its top scientists, the institute directors. The Trump NIH is changing that. They’ve already installed one political hire this way, reportedly a friend of JD Vance. This post describes the process. Demand the Trump people follow it.