*in the style of the Aristocrats*: "The Insular Cases!"

We need to make sure this editorial goes viral Misguided Brushes of a Pen Continue to Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States: We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now! diabetesjournals.org/care/article...

Periodic reminder that Teapot Dome, the worst scandal in American history prior to Watergate, involved $9 million changing hands. That’s adjusted for inflation. This story by itself is 55500% bigger than Teapot Dome. That’s not a typo.

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“You saved the world. We must only defend it.” Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin marking 80 years since D-Day in Normandy, June 6, 2024. www.war.gov/News/Speeche...

It’s striking that broadcasters don’t lean into the popularity of women’s soccer by including at least one woman at the table for commentary.

Right next to the JCPOA guys, DEI may be the most vindicated thing in America. These guys get rid of DEI and immediately *instantly* every position of authority is flooded by a wave of talentless hack mediocrities, each one more corrupt and venal than the last.

This is a disgrace.

🚨BREAKING: The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) says it is “deeply alarmed” about the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) new rule created to carry out President Donald Trump’s plans for restricting mail-in voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The correct terms are "racism" and "sexism," not anti-diversity politics.

Here’s the NBER study btw: www.nber.org/papers/w35129

Look at this figure showing the global distribution of ocean temperature profile observations and contributions from major countries from 2005 to 2023. Without the US, we're flying blind.

Lung cancer is most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide. Scientists have found a set of biomarkers that accurately predict lunch cancers 5y before diagnosis. Smoking & pollution increase the level of these proteins, activating specific inflammatory pathways. 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/w...

Many of the Americans who landed on the beaches on D-Day were immigrants and the children of immigrants. The "America First" xenophobes who supported the Nazis hated them.

We quite literally have a whites only refugee program and somehow the media won’t call the Administration white supremacists.

When a lefty journalist’s (@rooster.info) arrest stinks so bad that even the head of the local FOP emphatically says it’s wrong:

Put wind or solar on the land that grows ethanol corn. Run electric vehicles off the power. Use 99% less land per mile driven, at far lower cost. Let farmers use the freed-up land to do actual farmer stuff, like growing real food for humans and being good custodians of land for future generations.

As yellow jackets begin to show up, it's worth noting they have great facial recognition software and if you are calm and slow around them, you soon fade into the backdrop. I love them, but if you must remove a groundnest, place peanut butter at entrance at dusk and critters will find, eat the nest.

In Liberia, they built their ETU (festooned in red & a comical amount of flags) next to the German ETU and atop the buried powerline to the German unit. they promptly cut the powerline, refused to let it be repaired and told the Germans they needed to transfer all of their patients to them.

Check out Denmark, Germany, Lithuania, and Uruguay.

Utterly brilliant. Go BBC 👊

"At Michigan schools where only 30% to 40% of students are now vaccinated, it is “simply not possible to keep diseases like measles at bay,” said Natasha Bagdasarian, the state’s chief medical officer." kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...

Sorry not to be in DC this evening.

Nonprofits hold him accountable? Shouldn't Congress be doing that? Imagine if you knew a member of Congress who could actually force impeachment votes and get everyone on record as to whether they support crime and corruption or not.

Beach sand can be cold on the feet late night looking to the lights on the pier.

Really awful. Write to American Diabetes Association CEO Charles "Chuck" Henderson at [email protected] and Chief Scientific and Medical Officer Rita Rastogi Kalyani at [email protected]. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/w...

Let's Streisand-effect these people. Here's the editorial that somehow merited calling the cops. Read and share.

I’ll go ahead & build the world’s longest post to reiterate: • legally, SHOULD is worthless • tish james SHOULD know that • tish james SHOULD be telling mount sinai that they will be legally destroyed if they do this • if you live in new york, you SHOULD contact tish james & tell her to do this

I miss the days when adding an “e” to “potato” is disqualifying.

"The study found that resettled refugees contribute $6 billion more to the U.S. economy than they take out. Per year. The Trump administration did exactly what you’d expect: They suppressed the study, and then they lied about it."

Whole thread worth a read.

Any thoughts @reason.com ?

ADA members are being threatened with arrest for speaking out against the destruction of biomedical research in America while the ADA invited the NIH Director overseeing that destruction to give a keynote talk. The ADA is not serving the members and patients it claims to represent.

There's nothing quite as radicalizing as the day you realize that the ruling class doesn't like full employment

This judge exposed the truth: the Trump Admin’s “anti-immigrant sentiments” are behind their dismantling of our asylum & legal immigration process. It's a direct attack on what Lady Liberty stands for. This ruling is a step in the right direction. We must keep fighting back.

"They physically grabbed us, forced us out of the conference center, & now are telling us we can no longer attend this meeting. They're taking our lanyards," Kelly said. "It really has come to this in America. Censorship is real…America needs to stand up. Scientists, stand up. Physicians, stand up”

Seems like scientific conference organizers ought to boycott New Orleans

🚨 🚨 🚨 EiC of the journal Diabetes Care was "threatened to be arrested for handing out the editorial" criticizing the Trump administration. "A pediatric obesity expert from Minnesota, being shoved by an officer wearing a badge of a local Constable's office, with Louisiana State Police following."

If I ran for Congress, I'd just list things Trump did. Trump destroyed a wing of the White House under cover of darkness without permission. Trump pardoned 1,000 people who tried to overthrow the government by attacking Congress. Trump gave himself & his family eternal immunity for tax crimes.

Herbicide use on Canadian farms has risen 270% since GM crops were introduced. The debate over their impact on soil is far from settled. Read more: www.canadianaffairs.news/2026/06/03/d...

The US govt is pumping $800m into its struggling coal sector. LOL. What next? A multi-million investment in fax machines, steam engines and penny farthings? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Tesla is literally just scattering these likely hand-made prototypes around various US cities to make it seem like their "robotaxi" plans are more serious than 20 cars in Austin that have crashed more than 15 times in the last year

Teen pregnancy is way down in Brazil, thanks to something conservative politicians in the U.S. are shying away from: Girls 14 and older have gained access to a long-acting birth control implant for free. (via @rewirenewsgroup.com)

AI can help identify what's wrong with a patient, but medicine isn't just about diagnosis. A medical educator explains why deciding what to do next is often the harder challenge that still needs human intelligence: theconversation.com/dr-chatgpt-i...

The vast majority of Americans broadly support public education for undocumented children – a small majority of Republicans and a large majority of Democrats.

My take

Been a grim, grim fucking week man iandunt.substack.com/p/an-abysmal...

There may have been world leaders somewhere in history that sounded dumber than this. But if there was, I don’t know them.

The National Guard have been deployed in DC since August. In November, a federal judge ruled that Trump's deployment of the National Guard to DC is illegal. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...