An excellent post on flu and the immigrants we in the US are detaining, especially including children who have died. By @drjudystone.bsky.social boostershot.substack.com/p/the-politi...

Fuck! How many disappointments can be packed into a day.

An 18-year-old high school student just built a water filter that removes 96% of microplastics from drinking water. Not in a billion-dollar lab. In her garage. Meet Mia Heller from Virginia. Her secret? A magnetic liquid called ferrofluid that grabs microplastic 1/3

Cranks aren’t happy either

Zelenskyy: “Ukrainian long-range sanctions reached Moscow region, and we are clearly telling the Russians: their state must end its war. (..) The distance from Ukraine’s state border is over 500 km. … concentration of Russian air defense in Moscow region is the highest. But we’re overcoming it.”

This is THEFT. There is no other word for it. They are stealing almost $1.8 BILLION dollars to pay Trump‘s allies, despite knowing that these people are not legally entitled to any money and be laughed out of court if they filed a lawsuit for money damages.

Tomorrow, GA votes! Support Miracle Rankin & @jenjordanga.bsky.social for Supreme Court. They’ll protect reproductive freedom, hold corporations accountable & safeguard democracy. VOTE Tuesday, May 19. Find your polling place here: mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/

🗳️Louisiana: Head to the polls this Saturday, 5/16! 🤔Beyond the Primary Election, don't overlook the crucial constitutional amendments on your ballot.  🗳️Your vote shapes the state’s future—make your voice heard. 👉Go to BlueVoterGuide.org to learn more what's on your ballot. #BlueVoterGuide #May2026

Putting in a plug for BlueVoterGuide.org (@bluevoterguide.bsky.social) as a resource for quickly voting the whole ballot with confidence. It lists the endorsements for each candidate (all clickable links, so you can double-check their work).

RESULT: Louisianans was voting on a constitutional amendment today that’d have made it easier to “reclassify” civil servants in a way that made them fireable. Voters just rejected that amendment (the AP has called).

RESULT #2: Louisianans also just rejected a constitutional amendment that would have raised the mandatory retirement age for judges.

Did you know BlueVoterGuide is 100% volunteer-run? 🗳️ If you have skills in research, design, data entry, or social media outreach, we need your help to empower voters! Join our mission-driven team today. #BlueVoterGuide #Voterizer #Volunteer social.fieldteam6.org/s/tCMxnZWb

We’re proud to have been in Modesto with volunteers from throughout CA-13 to knock on doors for Adam Gray for congress. We’re going to keep this district blue, one voter and one door at a time. ✊🚪 Special shout-out to our team, Cody and Lea, for all their hard work in this district!

Update: Louisiana voters tonight have rejected all five constitutional amendments that were on the ballot today; they were there with the support of the GOP legislature and Gov. Landry.

🚨 Georgia Voter File Update 🚨 1,014,654 Georgians have now voted early for Tuesday's state primary and State Supreme Court general election, 13,444 of whom (1.3%) are low propensity climate voters we're mobilizing with mail, digital, and phone calls. Let's do this!

It’s #Caturday and these kitties will sleep well knowing that U.S. citizens abroad are going to #Vote! Go to VoteFromAbroad.org

All ballots matter. Up and down. State, county, local offices make up the firewall against authoritarianism. Use (and support) @bluevoterguide.bsky.social to fill out your entire ballot. #voterizer #bluevoterguide open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...

A very special thank you to every Democratic candidate who ran for office for the May 16th election! Your dedication to progress and your hard work did not go unnoticed. You are the reason the people of Louisiana have hope for a better state, country, and world. #LaDemos

Yesterday, a new generation of civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights. As states across the country try to make it harder for citizens to be heard, we need to learn the lessons of those who came before us and refuse to take our democracy for granted.

Feel confident in voting early and voting often. Find your nearest official ballot drop-box at cadem.org/vote-early

Great discussion yesterday in Madison. Grateful for everyone who came out and shared what matters most to them. Mississippi deserves leadership that listens. #MississippiMatters

Any statewide race in Alabama will be hard for Dems; but this issue makes this Supreme Court election worth watching.

The power-grabbing, misogynistic, racist TN GOP is afraid nonvoters will realize they outnumber MAGA & show up to vote. The # of people who pulled a Dem primary in the 2026 May 5 primary was nearly double that in 2022, an 87% increase. REGISTER & VOTE for the Dems. #TakeBackTennessee#ElectDemocrats

Vote early! 🗳️ • TX: 5/18-5/22 • CA Absentee: 5/5-6/2 | Early: 5/23-6/1 • IA Absentee: 5/13-6/1 • MT Absentee: 5/4-6/1 • NM: 5/5-5/30 • SD Absentee: 4/17-6/1 • ME Absentee: 5/11-6/4 Check your ballot at BlueVoterGuide.org and make your plan to vote!  #BlueVoterGuide #May2026

The 2026 primaries are upon us. Go vote!!!! And make sure your friends and family do the same!! BlueVoterGuide.org can help guide your choices.

Thank you to Kingwood Democrats for hosting another great meeting. We love to see our local democrats come together to make Harris County better for all. See you next meeting!

Live in one of these 👇states? Use #BlueVoterGuide to make your vote matter, then Vote! Your Vote is Your Voice!

Sadly, conditions are no better than in 2019, with terrorizing families and killing people seeking refuge. open.substack.com/pub/boosters... #ICE oppose detention centers near you! cc @projectsaltbox.com

More from @rbreich.bsky.social on Trump open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

California’s growing mushroom poisoning outbreak is the biggest-ever in U.S. www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

They're still riding putin's antivax train tho

This is a common sentiment. Without Covid disinformation to unite it, MAHA is imploding.

Alligator teeth aren't especially sharp: they're optimized for high-force BITING, not chewing. There's no serrated edge for cutting/severing. So to get bite-sized pieces from larger prey, they use their 'death roll' behavior to pull off chunks small enough to swallow. Nature's blender goes brrr!🐊

V concerning to have it spread in populated cities with airports. Glad it is not airborne, but still...no vaccine.

And yet you can hardly find a mention of this in the U.S. press and nothing from our health authorities: W.H.O. Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/w...

Reposting one of my faves, from 2019, on The Booster Shot, the substack I've joined with @epiren.bsky.social and Robert Wack open.substack.com/pub/boosters... #Trump #DetentionCenters #MigrantHealth

Spoke recently to a friend of mine who runs a lab. This administration is profoundly, maybe irreversibly, undermining the foundations of scientific research in the US. We won't feel the effects right away but they're coming

“This is exactly the kind of pathogen that's going to test whether the global health security infrastructure is functioning.” https://scim.ag/4duhS0G

🚨Trump just named Marc Andreessen’s wife to the SF Presidio Trust board, along with other MAGA allies & ultra-wealthy tech figures. Meanwhile, the Tech Bros have made it clear that they want to build a “Freedom City” in the Presidio. sfstandard.com/2026/05/14/t...

LOUISIANA: find your location to sign the petition for recalling Gov. Jeff Landry. LouisianaDeservesBetter.com NO ONLINE SIGNATURES. ALL IN PERSON.

In type 2 diabetes, GLP-1 receptor agonists lowered glucose, body weight, and lipid measures. 🧵 3/7

A Russian diplomat working as an undercover SVR officer who spent years infiltrating the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) and other think-tanks tied to the Orbán government was quietly expelled from Budapest. Szabolcs Panyi

Great how @donnagaffney.bsky.social and @nurseteria.bsky.social link #voting rights to health and #SDOH www.aol.com/articles/opi...

WHO: Epidemic of Ebola Disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda determined a public health emergency of international concern bit.ly/49BaOy8 @who.int

#Kayaking again! First time in a tandem, aka "divorce boat." I prefer being by myself. Pretty tree I couldn't identify and early spring flowers. #Duckpuddle stream and #Pemaquid pond. An eagle came very close by us! Also saw 2 loons and heard osprey. Stunning day. Very high water. #Maine

"“It’s possible that we’re starting to see the consequences of severe and sudden cuts to global health programs that have eroded surveillance and allowed deadly viruses to spread undetected...” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/w...

HUGE breaking news about sexual misconduct at ICE and CBP, and the investigative report that just forced CBP head Michael Banks to resign. 👏👏

Everyone needs to be paying attention to Alabama and Minnesota today. Minnesota house Dems are on their second day of a sit in demanding a vote on a gun restriction bill And activists have launched the all roads lead to the south voting rights campaign in Alabama. 1/

#genealogy now perceived as dangerous? 🤦‍♀️