"The American media makes things that are abnormal seem normal. The European press doesn’t do that. So you’ll see when they report on Trump’s rambling Davos speech, they will say it made no sense. In the US press, you’ll just see excerpts and an attempt to sanitize it." — @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

Do the lie mongers really believe the twisted hated-filled BS they explicitly endorse? Increasingly, facts & evidence & testimony, etc, don’t matter, so long as the “gist” supports the regressive evil agenda. EG www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@theromanoreport.bsky.social where you be??

Fuck Bovino

We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.

Those cuts to science, culture, medicine? They aren't just about research, they are about power. Episode Three of Autocracy in America: www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...

Cliche. Duh. Obvious. But now some data...👇 "...men who feel insecure about their masculinity are more likely to place a high value on having a large penis." www.psypost.org/trump-suppor... cc @drjengunter.bsky.social From study: "...driven by insecurity regarding fulfilling the masculine role."

Half the battle with this guy is just reiterating government can and already does good things that are so ubiquitous they’ve become invisible. He’s able to remind you in a way that you understand that good government can exist outside of a 24/7 vengeance operation, and in NYC already does.

The absolute accuracy of this.

Don’t fall in love with politicians. It is your task as a citizen to be skeptical, hold officials to account, to not be drawn into cults of personality. And if your first thought is, “well my guy/gal is actually authentic and out there for the people.” -No, damnit. I’m talking to you specifically.

2026 will be a better year right?

Discussed here sciencebasedmedicine.org/ownit/

So much harmful BS. It's exhausting. FDA under MAHA control: Weakening the quack Miranda warning on supplements sciencebasedmedicine.org/fda-under-ma... by @gorskon.bsky.social "Every week, since January I have a truly difficult time choosing between multiple horrors to write about..."

We don’t need anymore evidence that this current administration is the most corrupt administration in US history. The system needs more checks and balances. This shit ain’t workin.

The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.

His magazine has some of the best writers around, but yes, he did his part. sciencebasedmedicine.org/if-the-atlan...

🚨NEW: A new poll Americans’ support for Medicare For All has intensified to the point where the old attacks may no longer work. As both parties legislate criticism of socialism, there has been a 50-point shift on a key question in just 6 years. This is YUGE. substack.com/home/post/p-...

New goal @banditelli.org, we'll get butterflies one way or another!

Give it a listen 👌

Remember: The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice. The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

I wrote ab how the antivax movement ascended to power, and now directs govt research funding — enabling it both to manufacture “findings” and to defund actual independent research. This happened concurrently w/the dismantling of outside verification systems where info is distributed: on social.

"Republicans have a Nazi problem" I spoke to @vox.com's Today Explained about Nick Fuentes and the growing influence he is having on the GOP Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/4jcM...

Great chat with these bros

Whenever asked what my motivation is for reviewing Shapiro etc I usually paraphrase Hitchens: There is something really cute, almost adorable, about a bunch of very rich, very vain men thinking the biggest problem in society is they aren't quite rich and revered enough

Here’s the truth. apnews.com/article/rfk-...

Remarkable conversation between Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani about what it means to be a mayor and how cities can lead in the struggle for economic and social and racial justice. Full video here:

Alex Jones’s world is collapsing all around him right now. He’s doing all the same media-bating lashouts he always does and since the media always covers him wrong (with few exceptions), you’re bound to see a lot of Alex Jones stuff show up soon. Here’s some context. 1/24

✅ This week, our Nutrition Fact Check campaign is focused on seed oils. 🔗 Find evidence-based information on seed oils, including the summary of science with a list of references and studies, plus consumer-focused content, at eatrightpro.org/NutritionFactCheck #eatrightPRO #dietetics

What are the responsibilities of those who have to those who do not have?

I just really hope future generations will understand that this is the only life they get. I really hope they see others as fully equal. I hope that they can come together and protect each other this planet and all other life forms.

One way to worsen the horror of mass shootings is to follow it with mental health misinformation, stigma, and to blame it on everything except guns.

Here’s a quick roundup of highlights from research we published in 2024, on unequal exchange, ecosocialism, and post-capitalist transformation. As always, free PDFs are available via the link at the end of the thread. 🧵

As one can imagine, I have some thoughts. Here’s a thread no one asked for: 1. SCIENCE IN THE US IS POLITICAL. No matter how much you want to ignore that fact, it is supported by taxpayer dollars and is therefore, political by nature. 2. BUT it has had bipartisan support for decades, which…

In 1776, approximately 20% of the people who lived in the 13 colonies were enslaved. As his White House gears up for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Trump wonders why we spend so much time talking about how bad slavery was.

In her new BBC series Human, Ella Al-Shamahi tells the extraordinary story of the human species, Homo sapiens.

If you’re under any illusions about what an authoritarian personality cult the GOP has become, they’re not hiding it:

McMaster researcher Lauren Colenso-Semple weighs in on the science behind this fitness trend. #McMasterExperts

There is a lot of online chatter about the harms of fasted-state training for women. But are there actually meaningful sex differences in how women respond to fasting? Check out the article by Dr Lauren Colenso-Semple @drlaurencs1 over at MASS Research Review. www.massmember.com/a...

Lauren M. Colenso-Semple of @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social et al. observed that menstrual cycle phase does not influence muscle protein synthesis or whole-body myofibrillar proteolysis in response to resistance exercise 🏃 🔎 📜 Read the #Research here: buff.ly/zcqUJhA

If only RFK Jr had stopped at “I don't think people should be taking medical advice from me.”

The US Department of Health and Human Services is arguing with a cable news channel to say that french fries aren’t unhealthy

If you’re wondering what the deal is with beef tallow & seed oils, the summary is that seed oils are not less healthy than other oils & are probably healthier than most, especially saturated animal fats like beef tallow. Regardless of oil, fried & salted potatoes do not have good nutritional value.

AOC's former Chief of Staff @saikatforcongress.bsky.social explains why voters see the Democratic Party's leadership as feckless and untrustworthy.

This piece lays out all the reasons AI is ill-suited for historical work — getting facts wrong, relying on existing sources only, churning out banal claims in bland prose, etc — and then asserts we’ll all just have to use it anyway. Yeah, no.

🚨A HUGE issue (which I tackle in my latest book, The Certainty Illusion). Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/s... by @carlzimmer.com “If these trends are not stopped, science is going to be destroyed..." Let's fight for science. 💪

@sethcotlar.bsky.social, a real historian, takes on Prager U's "history" of the country. As I've heard it said on the internet, read it all. sethcotlar.substack.com/p/pragerus-t...

Trump: I solved 6 wars, I am averaging a war per month. Including wars that lasted 500 years.