If you are reading the NAR article at the NYT please listen to this as soon as you finish. The NAR is a violent movement bent on destroying democracy. @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

At the Supreme Court, a private prison company is seeking a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability. More on the case: bit.ly/4pfafj2

This means the VA won't cover abortions EVEN in the case of rape, incest, or serious threat to the health of the patient. The DOJ memo was authored by Josh Craddock, one of the chief legal advocates for fetal personhood, i.e. imposing a nationwide abortion ban through the courts.

There is a lot of real and important to know but very dark stuff on the internet today. I don't know about you, but I'm feeling a bit sick. Please enjoy this manatee break.

I was there at the birth folks. Che Ahn was down the street doing stuff with the Toronto Blessing. When i tell you I been knowing these folks, believe me. They are political, and want to install Christians in every arena of American life. It's their belief system. Saying they aren't political is BS

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The UNC System has published the new syllabus policy. It's every bit as bad as you would expect, & as we warned. Poorly thought out. An invitation to bad actors to dox faculty. And serves no educational purpose that could not already be met with existing tools. www.northcarolina.edu/apps/policy/...

If you're staff, faculty, grad or undergrad student, alumni, or other community member of any UNC system school, please send Peter Hans a letter opposing the mandatory public release of syllabi. First amendment & academic freedoms aside, this policy could actively endanger instructors of record.

Mass arrests and kettling of protestors. Tolerating a culture of white supremacy. Leading MPD’s cooperation with federal agents. Jeffery Carroll is the wrong choice to be DC's next police chief. Tell the Mayor and Council to choose a different permanent chief: FreeDCproject.org/carroll

remember, the white house likely knows this will get challenged in the courts. they are hoping that leaders of health systems will obey in advance

Gender-affirming care saves lives. Tell your members in Congress to protect trans health care: https://www.votervoice.net/Humanist/Campaigns/132283/Respond https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/12/18/nx-s1-5647789/transgender-gender-affirming-care-rfk-jr-dr-oz-trump

I am very pleased to share that @defendpublichealth.bsky.social has filed an amicus brief in support of the lawsuit against RFK Jr. by five medical and public health organizations, including @apha.org, for his dismantling of science-based vaccine policy. This man must be stopped.

1 year ago today, ex-president Yoon declared martial law in South Korea. How did Koreans protect democracy? What role did religion play? How does an authoritarian past haunt? @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social, Susie Hayward, Ray Kim & I chat on this podcast + see @chanheeheo.bsky.social’s op-ed

this is worth reading even if you don’t think it will be

"An Appeal to Heaven" flag, popular with #ChristianNationalists & carried by some in Jan. 6 crowd, is on display in office of a top official in US Department of Education: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

What's everyone's opinion on Word's Accessability Checker tool? How are AI chat tools at advising on colors and visual accessibility guadance? For those of us who like visible examples of color combinations/text any tools you'd suggest?

Yes I am a candidate but I am a pediatrician first. www.counton2.com/video/measle...

I honestly think that many people don't know what their public libraries offer besides books. I think that everyone should go on a public library treasure hunt in 2026. Go explore what your library systems offer at no cost to you. Report back to me :)

LFG. Public healthers, activate!

Garden & outdoorsy folk, please spread this news: The great people at Monarch Watch have a program where schools, nonprofits & large restoration projects can apply for FREE MILKWEED (only thing Monarch caterpillars eat, can't have too much of it IMO). Check it out! monarchwatch.org/bring-back-t...

I noticed the @amnesty.org report on tourture & forced disappearances has actionable items. If you were horrified too. Here's snapshots for communication to: - Your Reps and Senators - The Gov't of Florida - the US Gov't (some apply for local/ county) www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

My favorite local pie shop in Baltimore, Pie Time, is closing. I managed to snag a photo of the best bathroom mirror ever before it goes away.

Just saw this—thanks for asking! The Q was broad: whether you paid/gave money to any news source—by subscribing, donating, or becoming a member. We don’t have details on how people decide to subscribe; hope to dig into that soon. Here’s a recent study on how Americans define news: pewrsr.ch/4m7tpXf

Have you ever heard of Reginald F Lewis? Probably not, and I believe that's by design, as Black erasure is endemic in America. Reginald F Lewis was the first Black person to build a billion dollar company, TLC Beatrice. It was also the first Black owned company to crack the fortune 500. short 🧵

Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected] www.propublica.org/people/nicol...

Women described being shackled and placed in solitary confinement. slate.trib.al/IDlnzh3

LifeWise Academy, a controversial religious instruction program, expanded to more than 100 Ohio school districts this year, bringing its total to more than 260 of the state's 607 districts, with plans for 300 more by the end of the school year. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/08/m...

@straightwhitejc.bsky.social did a great episode with @nataliehastings.bsky.social on LifeWise Academy & it's approaches to spread extended release time for Bible classes in public schools across the US. straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/lif...

One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.

Science is what America did best for 8 decades, causing the US economy to dominate world markets and utterly transform the world’s understanding of itself. All that has come to a senseless and “shattering” end. www.statnews.com/american-sci...

I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism. A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count. If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!

Where my health economists interested in incentives and quality targets? I think there's some interesting research to be done here with incentivizing quality care and standardizing metrics and targets across payers. May also support the sustainability of these valuable neighborhood programs.

Journalists! If you’re covering the #ACIP meeting this week, this report is super helpful, with tons of info and stats on the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine

My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.

hey @nytimes.com i had the scoop on this story hours ago. add a reference in your story to my name and outlet. thanks. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...

are you all about Tennessee tonight? here are three other elections you should keep an eye on: 1️⃣ a flip opportunity for Dems in Georgia:

NEW: Reports of DOGE’s death aren’t highly exaggerated, they’re wrong. Follow @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social on a voyage into the federal agencies where all your favorite young engineers are burrowed in ”like ticks.”

“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”

Ending soon!

Thank you for this. Here's the ICE "Arrests" data charted by month and "criminality" status.

We launched a PAC! “This PAC is an extension of our fight to ensure a future for American higher ed through bipartisan legislation that recognizes that college can be tuition-free, debt-free, welcoming to all, conducive to academic freedom & offer jobs with dignity.” - Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

Another outcome for which the Kremlin worked, lest we forget. Described in "Road to Unfreedom."

A🧵 This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds. The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful. THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die. 1/n

I love that @pbsnews.org often ends their segments with a relevant fact or data to support what was covered (with citations!)

"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside." I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless": www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.

Why should I give a shit what this creepy con man "wants"? What *I* want is for everyone like him to be driven out of polite society, powerless and penniless. But I'm not going to get it because far too many gullible nitwits think they're harmless.

Australia is on its way to eliminating HPV cancers thanks to ~2 decades of childhood HPV vaccination through school immunization programs. Meanwhile the US is undermining vaccines. Every cost, disability, & death from HPV cancers in the next century is on this HHS admin's head.