whoever came up with "climate best by government test" as the Redwood City slogan should have gotten to be us poet laureate

Had a great time at CODE@MIT this weekend, and wanted to highlight a few (of the many) cool talks!

We have more on how the administration is gutting food safety programs and making foodborne illnesses more likely on our explainer: unbreaking.org/issues/food-...

someone needs to invent a roller suitcase that turns into a chair when you pull up the handle

Since day one, the Trump administration has recklessly exploited Americans’ sensitive data in efforts to deport immigrants, restrict access to critical benefits and services, and gut the federal workforce. Here’s what we’ve learned so far: unbreaking.org/issues/data-...

i think cuomo did well considering he couldn’t campaign while the sun was up

👋 Hi, we’re Unbreaking, a volunteer-run collective working to document our current moment of institutional collapse and its human costs—as well as the pushback and resilience work already underway. We believe this is critical work for building and retaining political agency.

This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.

Some folks have asked, given recent news, “how do I show my friends/family the impact of NSF?” We have some easy Fact Sheets for you! Here’s a brief thread about this website: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s... which hosts a ton of useful one-pagers.

This article--on the systematic dismantling of the NIH, NSF, and CDC--is a must-read not only for researchers and clinicians but for anyone who has ever gotten a vaccine, taken medication, read the results of a research study, or gotten tested for Covid, flu, or STIs. www.science.org/content/blog...

I've collected accounts from trans folks inside US prisons facing Trump's brutal crackdown: trans women rounded up + placed in solitary before transfer to men's prisons; canceled medical appointments + loss of vital healthcare; vicious taunting "You're going to be a man," one guard told trans women

New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH. No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts. And no indication how long the pause will last. With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.

Breaking news: The FDA approves updated coronavirus vaccines targeting new variants. Everyone 6 months and older should receive one, the CDC recommends.

a supermarket that only sells soup called a soupermarket

I co-wrote an article that just came out in Medical Humanities! It uses text mining to examine how "vagina" is wrongly used to signify the vulva and the entire female genitalia. Access it for free here: bit.ly/Mh-vulva