Dinner guest* *Sahara was losing her ever loving mind

Sahara's first trip to the dog park(with me). Only a couple of boxers on their on the way out. We had the whole place to ourselves. *multiple times she flipped me the bird and ran the other way when I called her. It's 87 today, so she ran out of gas, otherwise who knows how long we would be there!

The emergence of Philomena, Harbinger of Autumn:

To the people who think that social media is just some kind of rotten hell hole, take a look at this.

They tell you that it is cloth-backed to obscure the ugly truth... Duck tape is ducks

Autism that manifests in early childhood is distinct from autism diagnosed later in development go.nature.com/46uGl3O

I teach a class on the history of public health. After every class, I write a summary of what we discuss. Thought I'd start sharing some of those reflections. Here's the first on the long history of quarantine, confinement, and travel restrictions. craigaspencer.substack.com/p/from-quara...

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “A new American from Congo whose grandmother wanted to kill her at birth and who was an elementary school dropout may be a better role model than our secretary of state,” our columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social writes.

Among her many responsibilities, Philomena is a harbinger of autumn.

Will always repost. Enjoy!!

There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯 I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨ youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU

#UglyDogs 👀

Children and teens who had a Covid reinfection had a doubling of #LongCovid risk (PASC) and a significant increase in many other adverse outcomes (Figure) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

it’s time 🧛

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶 🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈 #FollowTheRainbow

The semi-finals have landed. Chunk, the heavyweight heartbreaker, takes on Floatato, the buoyant boar. Only one can drift into the final. Your vote decides who moves on. Vote at fatbearweek.org

🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/a...

There is one tried and true way ordinary Americans can stop Trump’s political prosecutions: Jury Nullification. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Wendell has calculated how many times he can hear “If I Had a Hammer” in one day, and Terry’s about to lose his tiny pickaxe. (repost from September 2020, Ypsilanti MI)

there aren’t a lot of purely good things on the internet but “you have to share Tom Holland doing Umbrella” is one of them

Please listen to this attorney’s story of how he is STILL treated in courts of law. Chief Justice Roberts and the rest of the right wing Justices oughta listen up too. (Maybe they could also listen to their colleagues Justices Sotomayor and Jackson)

"u saw what the wampa did to luke and you are sending me into its lair?"

do they know we can see them or are they just silly like that

Polar bears occupy abandoned Soviet-era research station

#UglyDogs small update from BraverMountain

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com The Trump administration’s autism project “is built on the premise that an autism diagnosis is a terrible tragedy and that scientists and doctors have failed,” Roy Grinker, a cultural anthropologist and the father of an autistic child, says. “But science has not failed.”

Cameron would like you to look after his best friend for the weekend.

Love this graphic @drrabbithole.bsky.social and appreciate so many standing with us

Wonderful news. A salutary reminder of the absolute benefits of scientific progress, and the absolute evil of conspiracist bollocks. Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time www.bbc.com/news/article...

Roxane Gay's tour de force of an op ed. 🎁post.

In making unsupported claims about autism, the Trump administration is "pointing the finger" at parents and making them feel guilty, says autism community advocate Colin Killick.

Sahara had a good road trip. Bed to herself, seeing Lake Michigan. Riding on the ferry and meeting my friend who lives on the island.

Your favorite scientist’s favorite scientist has been honored with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star! 🌟🤩 Thank you, PBS, for teaching us to embrace the joy of science with our friend Bill Nye the Science Guy 🧡🧪 www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/b...

UglyDogs assemble! Kat needs our help. She and Mr. Kat have had quite the year.

2. Tiny amounts of aluminum can help prompt a robust immune response. The best study to date of > 1 million kids was just published and showed no relationship between aluminum and autism or 49 other conditions. RFK Jr. demanded that the journal retract this study. They correctly refused.

If RFK Jr. does include vaccines as a cause of autism in his report, here are some facts from Defend Public Health’s report. 1. Tiny amounts of thimerosal were used as a preservative in childhood vaccines, but once it was removed (2001 in the U.S.), rates of autism diagnoses kept climbing.

Many studies have shown that there is no relationship between MMR vaccine and the development of autism. Here are two of the best. This one followed every single child born in Denmark from 1991 through 1998 (n=537,303). There was no association.

This is one of the largest studies to link gestational diabetes to neurodevelopmental disorders in children go.nature.com/4nLMmih

Ricky waits patiently every morning for a High Two.

respect the classics

I remember staying up late waiting for these September 21 videos to drop. It was an amazing run youtu.be/_zzEDrYTkkg?...

📽️ WATCH: Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past 20 years studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child. RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua

I miss this guy. youtu.be/kPwG6L73-VU

Some White House RFK Jr announcements expected early this week about autism, here’s my detailed interview with Boston @museumofscience.bsky.social explaining why it’s not related to vaccines www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHxb...

Cute lil fren on my salad lettuce today

#uglydogs Sweet interview with Blair by Julie Buckles of Honest Dog Books about “The Day Leap Soared.” honestdogbooks.shelf-awareness.com/sar-issue.ht...

Good summary of where we stand with vaccines.

I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited

New film follows five years of Alaska Native families seeking justice for murdered loved ones, reports Corinne Smith for the @alaskabeacon.com