Congratulations to all the Hungarians who turned out in massive numbers—almost 80% turnout—to reclaim their democracy. May your example remind the rest of us how it’s done

"Orion, the Moon, and the Earth. EVERYONE, in that picture" - #Artemis II Mission Control.

"This study is not ending as a result of any safety or benefit-risk concerns"

"It's a new world; it's the same Constitution." Chief Justice Roberts drops a bit of a hammer.

Moorestown, NJ #NoKings

A text for Project 2029

"We're allowed to be relevant now and then." This should be heard by a much wider audience.

An Irish blessing: ☘️ May your home always be too small to hold all of your friends. ☘️

This site needs a break. Post 3 good things, none of which are the cessation of a negative. 1. a mountain lake 2. inciting a smile 3. a cloudless night sky

It’s so frustrating to live in a time when we have the resources and technology to end and prevent immense suffering, yet our social biases and short-term thinking keep us from doing so.

TODAY IS THE DAY. NATIONWIDE rallies in your local city are kicking off today to SAVE SCIENCE, PROTECT HEALTH, and DEFEND DEMOCRACY. Visit standupforscience.net/march7 to find your local rally! GET OUT THERE SCIENCE ACTIVISTS!!! #March7 #standupforscience #science #rally #savescience

Nine months ago, Trump, Hegseth, Rubio and others were crowing about “obliterating” Iranian nuclear sites. They also said that anyone claiming something different was spreading “fake news”. www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

Dow 50,000! Also 21st out of 23.

This administration must not be allowed to continue their dismantling of the nation's scientific structure. Join us in fighting to protect science on March 7th in Washington D.C. or at your local rally! Learn more at standupforscience.net/march7 #March7 #rally #standupforscience #ImpeachRFKJr

"When Olympic athletes enter the political arena, they should expect some pushback," he says. The same is true for politicians.

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

Lotta meta-discourse this week about economics, the role of economists, who's paying attention, what they think of us, and if we're useful, etc. My $0.02: Trust is something you earn, not something you demand.

It follows that a person who lacks humility and curiosity, who believes they know all they need to know, is unlikely to have meaningful insights.

I hope, at the end of the year, we can recall this as an overreaction. "A president who doesn’t care about the law, who commands an obedient Congress and is supported by a radicalized base of tens of millions of people who believe his lies, represents a threat to the next election."

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Our highest loyalty doesn't belong to people or parties. It belongs to principles. If you wouldn't accept it from your opponents, you shouldn't accept it from your allies. Integrity is standing by your values even when your own group violates them.

Well said! "It just shouldn’t be the case that the only way to hold the federal government accountable is to elect a new one."

A list of every Nobel Peace Prize awarded: www.nobelpeaceprize.org/laureates/

Apparently, taking classified documents home is a crime again.

It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face. If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.

The official explanation they’re apparently going with here is that they aren’t 100% convinced that breathing soot and ozone is actually bad for you.

Any factual history of the insurrection and related schemes to overturn the 2020 election results must also chronicle the efforts to whitewash that history. The 2020 election wasn't overturned, but there's an ongoing effort to delegitimize the result.

Parents everywhere want to do everything possible to protect their kids and help them thrive. Secretary Kennedy just robbed us of one of the easiest ways to keep our kids safe, through routine science-based vaccine schedules. I'm angry about the kids that will suffer because of this cruel decision.

This: "there’s something deeply thuggish about this entire affair, and fundamentally contrary to what I’d always understood the United States’ position in the world to be."

For those on Medicare in AZ, NJ, OH, OK, TX and WA, you will now get to experience the joys of AI deciding on prior authorizations for 17 procedures. These include “Diagnosis and Treatment of Impotence”, a condition from which every Republican Congressperson suffers. Full list in the article.

"When scientific claims seem to threaten cherished values, beliefs, or interests, people are motivated to reject them."

People are more drawn to arrogant leaders in an uncertain world. They mistake swagger for strength & skill. Narcissists are unfit to lead. They see power as an opportunity to seize, not a responsibility to serve. Great leaders blend confidence with humility and put their missions above their egos.

☕️📖 Nothing like spending a cozy morning curled up under a blanket with a cup of tea and a book on my lap to keep me company while I endlessly scroll my phone

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

What RFKjr doesn't want you to think about.

How to acknowledge you're violating international law (not that it's a secret) www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

Temu ACIP, having shed all scientific credibility, put children at greater risk of severe chronic disease and premature death in adulthood, and embarrassed themselves in front of the world, has just adjourned.

I need an app to click 'like' on any post by @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social who is doing an awesome job of exposing the rampant misinformation being perpetrated on the American people at today's ACIP meeting.

"This disease has gone down in the US thanks to the effectiveness of our current immunization program," says Dr. Cody Meissner. "... In your opinion?" ACIP's Dr. Robert Malone. "Hah, well, okay, these are facts, Robert..." 🙈 #ACIP

He cites gaps in vaccine safety research, oblivious to his own gaps in understanding decades of research. RFK Jr is uniquely unqualified and a clear danger to public health.

RFK Jr. apparently promised Senator Bill Cassidy that he wouldn’t delete the statement “Vaccines do not cause autism” from the CDC website. Instead, RFK Jr. published a litany of lies claiming that vaccines *do* cause autism, left the statement with an asterisk, and added this:

Scientific misinformation is a carcinogen.

"Silence, for me, is now intolerable." As it should be for more of us.

When you see alarming health headlines, always ask: – Has the study been peer-reviewed? – Was it observational or experimental? – How big was the actual risk difference? Science takes time, and context matters!

MBFC's Weekly Media Literacy Quiz Covering the Week of Oct 26th - Nov 1st

This Media Literacy Week, I’m highlighting three research-backed habits that help us stay grounded and think clearly online: 🧠 Critical ignoring 💡 Actively open-minded thinking 🔍 Lateral reading matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/three-medi...

"Discrediting science and scientists is thus an essential first step for authoritarian regimes to then discredit any other types of learning and truth and destabilize their societies."

The Facts Behind Claims on Autism and Tylenol www.factcheck.org/2025/09/the-...

Experts say the FCC commissioner's conduct—testing how far the agency can go to limit speech without ever quite formally censoring it—is flatly unconstitutional. That won't make it stop. www.wired.com/story/brenda...