Shanah Tovah. If you are a Jewish health professional, please consider signing this letter calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza. As we begin the days of awe, as we welcome in a new year, now is the time. We must do better. We cannot remain silent. zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

This makes me sad because my kids love Disney movies, but it had to be done. I’ll guess I’ll be buying a lot of used DVDs in the next month few months.

attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"

The FBI used hidden cameras to record Tom Homan taking a $50,000 bribe (in cold, hard cash) last year from undercover agents posing as business executives who Homan promised government contracts in a new Trump administration. The Trump DOJ has now shut down the probe. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

I have to keep this deliberately vague, but this is a total disaster for academic research. And imposing it so suddenly is just cruel. I’ve got friends scrambling to get back to the US before midnight tonight. Do you know how hard that is to do on 36 hours of notice?

162,000 doctors strong: The American College of Physicians demands RFK Jr. be removed as HHS Secretary, warning he is undermining vaccines, science, and public health. www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom... #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #NurseSky #SciSky

Turns out when you capitulate you still lose your job. That should be a lesson to everyone

Isn't it crazy that the leader of our country is able to get comedians fired for their jokes? Pic unrelated

Let’s mock them still

The United States is in an authoritarian crisis. Trump said he wanted to be a dictator on day one and it turns out he wasn’t lying. People who criticize or speak up against the regime are targeted and punished. Cowardly institutions are going along with it, refusing to assert their rights.

Reporter: Credit scores are falling at the fastest pace since the Great Recession as Americans struggle to keep up with the rising cost of living. FICO says the delinquency rates are at the highest level since 2009 on car loans, credit cards, and personal loans.

Amazing chyron as the Vice President of the United States jokes about the <checks notes> indiscriminate murder of civilians in international waters, in blatant violation of domestic law & multiple international treaties we have signed & ratified.

The average out-of-pocket costs for pregnancy, childbirth, and post-partum care for women with employer coverage is $2,743. Newborns also have healthcare needs, adding an additional $475 for care in the first three months of life: https://on.kff.org/4gpAdNB

Or worse still: letting the wolves into the fold, even while they are in the middle of slaughtering the herd, based on nothing more than our vague sense that it would be rude to call them wolves

If you refuse to identify lying, bad faith, and malice, you are its easiest target. You let the wolves into the fold based on nothing more than their periodic insistence that they are, in fact, sheep

Firing a Black woman for quoting Kirk’s horrific statements about Black women is insane. It seems the Washington Post would rather perform politeness (and demand that the people Kirk harmed do it too) that tell the truth: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

Though it’s traumatic for me to bring this up, I was targeted by a group allied with Turning Point USA in 2018, with the help of Tucker Carlson on Fox. My home address circulated online and I got death threats. 1/

i share this mayo clinic video every year because more people need to see and hear how horrific a disease whooping cough is

Here’s another bold take: You should let your PCP prescribe you that blood pressure medication they keep suggesting

Here’s another bold take: You should let your PCP prescribe you that blood pressure medication they keep suggesting

Here’s an opinion I have: Way more people should be screened for obstructive sleep apnea.

Here’s an opinion I have: Way more people should be screened for obstructive sleep apnea.

Did you know Texas A&M fired a professor for talking about gender in her class? So much for academic freedom. (Rest of the video is on TT)

Welcome to primary care

Update on the Texas A&M professor / cell phone video situation: the professor has been fired by the A&M president president.tamu.edu/messages/an-...

If you don't feel like yourself today, choose a disguise to wear into the world: - forlorn tugboat captain - unemployed rock bassist - librarian of darkness - moss witch - slightly sexy shrub - large boulder the size of a small boulder

“We need to get up from under our desks and persuade our fellow citizens that the institutions that they have helped create with their tax dollars are incredibly precious and important.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...

It should not be up to John Oliver to be publicly making the argument that university presidents should be making loudly & collectively on the news & in front of the US Capitol every day.

My collaboration with Ivan Ehlers for the @latimes.com

The next national NO KINGS event is OCTOBER 18. Mark your calendar and tell all your friends. Start planning your outfits and signs and bring a drum to beat and make noise. Plan to be LOUD. Reach out to a local 50501 or partner organizations to get involved or to plan your own event. We need you!

We’re being governed by absolute morons.

Trump admin: We’re prosecuting war on American cities, violating rights, and hurting the economy too, laws mean nothing, it makes us giddy. Majority of US public: We hate it. Way too many US elites: He’s all powerful, the people love it, this is forever, let’s capitulate, that’s just being smart.

In a shocking revolt, over 1,000 current and former Health and Human Services employees have released a letter calling for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign. trib.al/VenycWh

It seems painfully evident that we lacked legal, moral, or other justification for the killing of eleven individuals aboard a small boat in the Caribbean. It is also entirely clear that the Trump administration, having begun by obfuscating and lying, is now simply stonewalling. They fear the truth.

This is all so stupid. Fascism is so deeply stupid.

This week has been an absolute shitshow. Give your loved ones in medicine, public health, science in general some grace this week. Luckily I have an empty secret trail that gives me this view (& peep the sitting rock), so took extra time there to decompress. Onward to the next awful event, y'all.

FIRE HIM, STAT! Medical groups say remove the not-so-pale horseman. Signatories included the Infectious Diseases Society of America ; American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology; American Public Health Association; and American Association of Immunologists www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Data pulled, then restored by court order. AHRQ on the chopping block. HHS staff demanding change at the top. This week’s Situation Report tracks how political decisions are directly affecting science, health, and research. Read more: buff.ly/qY0qoTO

ICE arrested a dad dropping off his kid at my son's school today. Elementary school. What a fucking world.

Caroline Kennedy warned us about her cousin #RFKJr, "a predator" presiding over "perverse scenes" of "despair and violence." His youth was the origin story of a new American Psycho. Now he is the position to inflict pain and suffering on millions. He has to go now. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere

This is all so stupid. Fascism is so deeply stupid.

‼️UPDATE‼️ Stand Up for Science files whistleblower complaint against the Trump Administration for "blatantly illegal" retaliation against the #FEMA36. STAND WITH #FEMA36. SIGN our letter of support linked in bio. 🔗

They keep losing in court because everything they’re doing is illegal

This is my niece! She is now justifiably famous for being both adorable AND progressive

Teens calling Idaho's suicide hotline are being told they can't proceed with the conversation without parental consent. Many of the callers are then hanging up. Idaho approved a strict parental consent law last year. idahocapitalsun.com/2025/08/29/i...

This is my niece! She is now justifiably famous for being both adorable AND progressive

Kids teeth are the weirdest things ever when you stop and think about them. My 9yo’s dental X-rays show embryonic wisdom teeth forming in his jaw, like, his bones are currently growing OTHER bones

WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you. Apply by: 10 Oct www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...