"The majority of those at risk have functional limitations that would make compliance genuinely difficult, yet they don't meet formal disability criteria that would exempt them," said an author of a study looking into who will be impacted by Medicaid work reqs. www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

So, here's the deal: Send us one week of your coffee money ☕ And let us keep fighting on your behalf. Defending democracy takes a village. Some give time. Some give voice. You can give a cup (or seven). Donate what you'd spend on coffee this week → CourageForDemocracy.com Every drop counts. 💙

BREAKING: Israel's Knesset has passed a law to execute Palestinian detainees. Death by hanging. Mandatory sentencing. No pardon. 90 days to carry out. It applies through military courts with a 96% conviction rate. It does not apply to Israelis.

A large-scale study has analysed data from 9,000+ ppl with ME/CFS to build a picture of condition’s onset, potential triggers & links to illness severity. ME doesn't begin at a single typical age. Instead there appear to be 2 peak periods of onset: adolescence & early middle age tinyurl.com/674d58ze

Your 'water-cooler fun fact' for today: The 3-year running average for the global surface temperature anomaly is currently sitting at a record 1.53°C above the pre-industrial baseline.

At the height of ICE operations in Minnesota, reporters descended on the Twin Cities. I wanted to know what was happening in the small farming & meatpacking towns in the rest of the state. So we sent @emmarjanssen.bsky.social there, & she produced this stunning report. prospect.org/2026/03/30/a...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani's budget funds a Highline-like Queens park that could prevent future attempts to revive a deactivate rail line.

A thread on birthright citizenship I wrote in 2018, that unfortunately remains relevant. I always thought this was where it was all headed. Abolishing birthright citizenship for the non-white and non-rich. And why I teach on United States v. Wong Kim Ark every semester. Who was Wong Kim Ark? 1/

1) Dutch researchers found that transferring antibodies from Long Covid patients into mice caused increased pain sensitivity, which was not seen in mice receiving antibodies from healthy controls.

Sandra Wong, the great-granddaughter of Wong Kim Ark, in San Francisco today 👇🏽 bsky.app/profile/asam... #NoKings

Viktor Orban is waging cognitive warfare on a scale no one else has tried before. "Emotions are high because the stakes are high. If he succeeds, he will once again blaze a path that others will follow. And if he loses, an era comes to an end." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

#TripleTheNIHBudget is the only NIH budget proposal that actually makes sense if you prefer not to watch your loved ones suffer & die from horrific diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s, etc

The current speaker on the Stand Up For Science virtual No Kings rally - wonderful speaker!

I am so excited to be part of this incredible lineup of speakers advocating for defending our democracy. Can't make it to an on-site No Kings Rally? I can't either. Join me virtually.

Thank you to all who participated in ME/CFS Advocacy Week 2026. You helped make sure our community is heard at both the state & federal level this year. That matters — more than we can say. This work continues. Stay connected with Solve M.E. & #MEAction Network#MEActionfor what comes next.

Washington, D.C. Metro station. #NoKings

I was just helping my kid with their high school Gov homework, and was astonished to learn the United States has a Congress.

OK, I'm obsessed with this study in @science.org It took Reddit "Am I The Asshole" posts & asked LLMs if the poster was the asshole. Aaand (surprise) AI was more likely to tell people they were NOT the asshole ... even when humans said yeah YTA 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

‘It didn’t matter whose child I rescued’: parents of the victims of the Iran school bombing describe their worst day

Third No Kings protests to see millions across US push back on Trump administration

If you're one of the Americans for whom showing up in person to #NoKings3 isn't an option, @standupforscience.net is partnering with the No Kings organizers to hold this Accessible Rally, so everyone, everywhere can show up and join the fight. Sign up! www.standupforscience.net/sufs-nk3

Hegseth’s chief of staff told the Army Secretary he opposed the promotion of a female general to take control of the military district in Washington because President Trump would not want to stand next to a Black female officer at military events. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

this piece articulates some really important insights, but I have issues with the core frame presented in this paragraph

A chocolate shop in Southport Lancs has created a limited-edition red leaf chocolate to raise awareness of ME and money for Prof Ponting's research. The red leaf is a symbol of hope for Joe Greer, whose daughter has severe ME tinyurl.com/22u24zr2

“Mano advised one Zimbabwean who went on to attend Duke, Yale & Harvard and is now an oncologist specializing in lung cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering. Another earned his PhD from Wash U, & helped develop the Covid-19 vaccine at Pfizer. “‘This is the kind of talent we’re shutting out,’ Mano said”

Donald Trump murdered this man.

i went into this expecting the medical grievance denial rate in federal prisons to be in like the 70–80% range after crunching the numbers, i found that 98% of the 66,000 medical grievances lodged between 2014–2024 were rejected by BOP; less than 1,000 cases were granted relief in 10 years

#MECFS is not consistently recognized, diagnosed, or safely managed! Join #Solve and #MEAction in asking State Medical Boards to meet and support questions on national medical licensing exams. Add your name & share: tinyurl.com/StateMedicalBoardForm #NEISvoid, #MECFS #pwME #LongCOVID #IACCs

ME/CFS affects ~9 million Americans. There are no FDA-approved treatments. We need medical research funding to change that. Today advocates are asking Congress to change that - join us! It takes 5 minutes: https://ow.ly/2hKo50YySls #MECFS #MEAwarenessHour Solve M.E. #MEAction Network

UNGA vote map

It's been a month since NYU Langone ended care. Letitia James deadline came and went, NYU still has not restarted care. Mamdani refuses to answer questions from trans journos over the real steps he can take, like directing H+H to absorb patients or enforcing human rights law. Important thread.

Oh hey it’s me, one of the nine million! With no approved treatment 🫠 If you have a few mins to send a prescripted email (and maybe even follow that up with a call? 😃) to help us ask Congress to finally fund ME/CFS research, I’d be so grateful. solvecfs.quorum.us/campaign/157...

Today for #MECFSAdvocacyWeek: make your voice heard at the federal level. Contact your reps: solvecfs.quorum.us/campaign/157943 Share our posts: tinyurl.com/MECFSFederalAdvocacyDay#MECFSAdvocacyWeek #MECFS #pwME #MEAwarenessHour

we have essentially zero data on how many people ICE has arrested, detained, or deported over the past month ICE stopped releasing its congressionally mandated biweekly detention reports, and DHS hasn't published its monthly enforcement tables since Trump's inauguration

As shared on Minnesota Department of Health's Instagram & Facebook page today ⬇️ ⬇️ #LongCOVIDAwareness

Pete Hegseth called them “narco terrorists” and the official statement from the Trump administration called it a training camp for drug traffickers. It was a dairy farm. They murdered Ecuadorian farmers. With our money. The War on Drugs has always been a fascist plot to kill Black and Brown people

US ME/CFS friends, @solveme.bsky.social & @meactnet.bsky.social have a tool up to facilitate emails and calls to your Members of Congress—including asking for at least $50 million to fund the ME/CFS Research Roadmap. If possible, it’s important to do this today as the House has a deadline at 6pm!

this, too, is a disability justice issue

"Many disabled people in media, myself included, owe a debt of thanks to Alice, whether she helped us personally or indirectly by fundamentally reshaping the culture around us." Very much agree with these words by @sesmith.lol on Alice Wong. disabilityvisibilityproject.com/celebration-...

ICE, the TSA shutdown and the LGA crash made it so I couldn't get out to San Francisco, but I am grateful Alice Wong's memorial is going to be online today (11 AM Pacific, 2 PM Eastern) and anyone can tune in here: San Francisco Disability Cultural Center's YouTube dcc.page/alice-program

Today in AI: Canada rejected the PR application of a McMaster postdoc from the Sorbonne who works in the immunology of aging because the generative AI being used to process applications (😱) entirely hallucinated her credentials. Everyone involved should be fired. archive.is/ELrCI#select...

If you're in Manhattan today, keep your eyes out for these sidewalk chalk memorials for the 146 victims of the Triangle Factory Fire. The Chalk Project was started by Ruth Sergel in 2004 and is now organized by the Tenement Museum.

1) Had a look at Putrino's trial on "Microtesla Magnetic Therapy" for Long Covid. Unfortunately, I don't think the trial shows effectiveness. They used 44 outcomes that weren't pre-registered or corrected for multiple comparisons so differences might simply be due to chance.

Israel using white phosphorus to scorch earth in south Lebanon, researcher says

13 days until the runoff election here in Northwest Georgia. This district deserves leadership that answers to the people here, not just one person in Washington, DC. Get involved — volunteer, donate, or sign up today → shawnforgeorgia.com #GA14

Water cooler fun fact: Earth's global 2m surface temperature just posted the hottest March 23rd on record, and likely the hottest March 23rd in the last 120,000+ years.

Sharing from Alice Wong's IG account. Alice's Celebration of Life will be on March 25, 2026.

A particularly nasty one: some store brands of vinegar are now less acidic (4% vs the standard 5%), making them unsafe for pickling or canning. You have to look carefully at the label to be sure. news.vt.edu/articles/202...

Mockler: The national debt added $8 trillion in the last two Middle Eastern wars, and now we pay $1 trillion per year just on the interest of that debt. And what are we doing? Spending tens of billions of dollars on another war that could last who knows how long.