A mom charged with murder says vaccines killed her twins. Doctors say it’s not possible. “I can say with confidence what didn’t happen here. It was not the vaccines” @jakescottmd.bsky.social told me. An anti-vaccine group once led by RFK Jr still stands by her www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Here's something I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.

A lot of attention has gone to Kennedy making cyclosporiasis optional for FoodNet reporting. But cuts to state and local health departments -- and the loss of CDC expertise -- are a much bigger deal. My latest: www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

"There is no vaccine injury that improves and then kills a child overnight. And certainly not two children in the same night.” Excellent reporting on the Idaho twins case by Michelle Smith. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... @theguardian.com

An Idaho mom charged with murdering her twins says vaccines killed them. Doctors I spoke with say it’s not possible. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The AP did some digging and found extremely disturbing information about the ICE officer who killed a man in Maine. This person was hired as an agent of the US government apnews.com/article/ice-...

Different Seasons, which incudes stories that inspired films such as Stand by Me and The Shawshank Redemption, judged to contain ‘objective sensitive material’

It’s like this in Providence too and it smells like smoke outside

In my first story with Kelley French for @notus.com, I spoke to the woman pictured in the Metro photo on July 4. She didn't know she went viral. Her family wants people to know their difficult reality. Please take some time with our story today www.notus.org/metro/viral-...

Mississippi had, for many yrs, the strictest school vax reqs in the US (long bf CA) until an antivax legal effort forced allowing religious exemptions that have been growing & thus outbreak risks as these exemptions cluster in certain counties. Good story mississippitoday.org/2026/07/02/m...

(cont'd) Great explainer here by @bymichellersmith.com about the antivax activism legal effort that enabled Mississippi's religious exemptions and its subsequent impact on whooping cough rates. 🛟😷🧭 Sociology idsky health policy lawsky

BREAKING: US Senator Lindsey Graham has died after a brief and unexpected illness, his office says in a statement.

#FOIA litigation-powered reporting!

New evidence has emerged that Robert F Kennedy Jr was on a vaccine-related “mission” when he visited Samoa ahead of a deadly measles outbreak in 2019, raising further questions about whether the US health secretary lied to the US Senate when he said the trip had “nothing to do with vaccines”

New evidence casts doubt on what RFK Jr told the US Senate about his 2019 trip to Samoa ahead of a deadly measles outbreak. Kennedy said the trip had 'nothing to do with vaccines.' But an email his colleague sent just before the visit said they were on a vaccine-related 'mission' #FOIA

EXCLUSIVE: RFK Jr encouraged a third-party candidate to “make an agreement” to exit a contested Iowa congressional race and help GOP win the seat. “I can’t go into specifics because there’s legal prohibitions about that,” RFK Jr. said, per audio obtained by The Post.

More evidence that RFK Jr lied to the Senate when he said his 2019 trip to Samoa had nothing to do with vaccines. An important story that is not going away while @bymichellersmith.com is on it: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Guardian investigation: Renters at apartment buildings operated by industry giant Greystar complain they’re deluged by ‘unfair’ and ‘inflated’ fees. The company denies these claims

Wee skrunkleton. Postcard from my collection, 1955.

Military services again requiring recruits to get flu shots as Air Force outbreak grows In April, Hegseth said the flu shot would be optional for military personnel. abcnews.com/Health/milit...

‘Extremely overwhelmed’: apartment renters face rising tide of fees Guardian investigation: Renters at apartment buildings operated by industry giant Greystar complain they’re deluged by ‘unfair’ and ‘inflated’ fees. The company denies these claims. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

In Barry Blitt's latest Kvetchbook, some life hacks to rectify your reflecting-pool problems. Sign up for our humor newsletter to get more gags and goofs right in your inbox: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Nq-QVg

#Ebola: DRC has reported another 45 confirmed cases as of 6/21; 13 of them are already dead. This brings the DRC total to 1048 confirmed cases & 267 deaths. The percentage of case contacts being followed is around 71%. The number of contacts identified has risen marginally. insp.cd/sitrep-n38-m...

In accordance with ancient tradition, our next Prime Minister is announced to the nation while standing between a furry and a man with a bin on his head.

The Tartan Army has been the most delightful addition to June in Providence this year

Jamie Raskin is demanding answers from Harvard and Bard about their ties to Epstein. Time to come clean, he says. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Boatloads of ivermectin, little evidence or oversight. “This is about political identity. This is about creating distrust in the existing biomedical community. This is about money,” said @caulfieldtim.bsky.social By @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social & Brett Kelman kffhealthnews.org/health-indus...

Congressman Jamie Raskin alleges FBI director authorized substantial recurring payments to agents in his inner circle

"[RFK Jr. wrote] a medical journal that recently removed a paper suggesting a link between vaccines and infant death, saying their decision was “of great interest to me”." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... @bymichellersmith.com @theguardian.com

Rejected citing ‘conflict of interest’, the ad took aim at Trump allies David Ellison, Paramount Skydance chief, and his billionaire father, Larry Ellison

WSJ: RFK Jr. Orders American Exposed to Hantavirus to Stay Quarantined Against Medical Advice By Alyssa Lukpat and Sabrina Siddiqui on.wsj.com/4g8zQZR

I recently wrote about how research used to justify controversial vaccine policy changes was under scrutiny. One paper was removed after a investigation found “serious methodological flaws”. Now, RFK Jr has written a letter to the journal, prompting criticism of bullying by public health advocates.

RFK Jr. claimed his calendar, including meeting details, is public. But those records have not been released — despite more than a year of FOIA requests from @statnews.com reporters. More on the state of transparency at HHS, w/ @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2026/06/11/r...

I just learned about my emo British cartoonist doppelgänger.

@reuters.com: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes, France says By Gabriel Stargardter @gabstargardter.bsky.social

Little boys. 💕 Postcard from my collection, unsent, 1902.

The jerseys also say "Ceci n'est pas un maillot" ("This is not a jersey") on the back. Perfect detail.

Just need everyone to know that the Belgium men's soccer team has new jerseys based on the art of Rene Magritte and this is the official photo shoot

A former top executive with @mprnews.org wonders if it might make sense to merge with the @startribune.com, which announced last week that it's pursuing nonprofit ownership. www.linkedin.com/posts/timroe...

The Pope’s AI Warning Could Help Workers Seek Religious Exemptions From Using AI https://gizmodo.com/the-popes-ai-warning-could-help-workers-seek-religious-exemptions-from-using-ai-2000768283

What a good kitty. 💕 Photo from my collection, no date/info.

NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey police sergeant has been charged with stealing $10,000 worth of cameras and other equipment from a photojournalist who had been injured covering tense protests outside a Newark immigration jail.

Family members said the author of the landmark comic book memoir ‘died of sadness’ after the death of her husband last year

NEW: WIRED analyzed Meta's AI app and found NameTag — a hidden facial recognition system designed to identify people via the wearer's smart glasses — has already shipped to over 50 million phones.

CFPB deleted at least 2,200 webpages from its website last month

"Three scientific papers that raised questions about vaccine safety and were used by the Trump administration to justify controversial changes to US vaccine policies have ... been removed, retracted or placed under investigation ..." www.theguardian.com/science/2026... via @bymichellersmith.com

One of the most interesting lines in @bymichellersmith.com 's reporting comes from RFK Jr himself, describing the lengths it took to get one of these controversial studies published. "Five medical journals rejected the paper outright before Sage considered it." We would love to know more.

One paper was rejected by 5 medical journals before being accepted, and the journal had trouble finding researchers willing to review it, RFK Jr wrote in his 2023 book. He based the book in part on its findings and co-wrote it with one of the paper's authors. The paper is now under investigation.

Oh nooo. Her graphic novel-style memoirs are so beautiful and thoughtful and taught people so much about life in Iran and beyond. Not clear what happened

Please read and share the latest by @bymichellersmith.com about the three scientific studies that helped justify controversial changes to US vaccine policy under the Trump administration and how the journals that published them are now scrutinizing them www.theguardian.com/science/2026...