"Mayo’s former director of research operations, claimed she was wrongfully terminated last year after raising concerns that lax safety standards could result in AI tools that make faulty medical decisions or fail to protect the privacy of medical records on which their decisions are based."

Thought I would be the only white guy who woke up early on 4th of July to make a fool of himself in an African American neighborhood😢

I’m sorry, no. This is not the guy who did the reflecting pool. No. Come on. We’re just putting a hat on a hat here. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...

“.. A trainee in his sixth week of basic training died after falling ill on Friday and being taken to Brooke Army Medical Center, the Air Force said in a news release.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...

The prosecutors involved need to become unemployable.

Looks like New York is ready for some Knicks basketball!

This is an example of a scientific association censoring its members, real scientists, for defending attacks on science. The police were called to remove the scientists for handing out hard copies of this editorial. diabetesjournals.org/care/article...

You want a Dark Age? Because this is how you get a Dark Age.

Our entire economy is being artificially propped up by astrology for men: AI, crypto, sports betting, and prediction markets. It's an economy shaped entirely by male insecurity and lack of impulse control, and we'll all pay the price.

The Sargent at Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents.

Think about how many stories & headlines you've seen about small modular reactors (which still don't exist commercially) and how they can be 'manufactured' at scale. Now think about how many stories you have NOT seen about the small modular energy manufacturing juggernaut that's actually happening.

I'm thinking about all the people googling "Avignon papacy" or looking it up right at Wikipedia, and I love this for all of us. It gives me hope.

Avignon. White House coms team is working really hard to build the antichrist brand.

they are calling it the scotus cuck chair

Oh man, the hit at Ras Laffan has taken almost 20% of output (i.e. roughly 3% of global LNG volumes) offline for *3-5 years*.

No gods, no masters. Our urge to deify leaders is human so many of our tendencies, a weakness.

Breast cancer mortality dropped 58% from 1975 to 2019. Localized, early detected breast cancer has a 99% 5 year survival rate. Modern mammogram tech was developed by NASA for telescopes. Last year, RFK Jr. cancelled 87 research grants on breast cancer. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u...

NYT: Paula Doress-Worters, an Author of ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves,’ Dies at 87 By Penelope Green She wrote about postpartum depression when it was an unmentionable like abortion or birth control, and her research on her own suffering helped countless women. Gift link!

Funny-Not Funny www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUBV...

Official MAHA Health Tips: - Beef irregulars (priced to move) - Kids die! Always have, always will - Doctors think there SO smart 🙄 - Seed oils ruined teen cock - Sludge / Runoff - You can wear whatever pants you want to the gym there's no official gym pants - Iced coffee... just seems weird to me

Truly the Fyre Festival of strategic campaigns.

The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians. We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.

This week's cover @thelancet.com

Take action to oppose Casey Means for US Surgeon General! Tell Congress to end her nomination by Feb 24. open.substack.com/pub/peoplesc...

"The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG).. announced its withdrawal as a liaison organization from CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), citing concerns about recent changes that undermine the committee’s scientific integrity..." www.acog.org/news/news-re...

Is this bad

It is pretty telling that it comes as something of a surprise that the Supreme Court sided with the Constitution over Trump.

It's unchartered, but we can see the terrain: the territory ahead includes masked secret police taking people to concentration camps but not new vaccines. That's our reward for a system in which fewer than 20 people, all of them deranged and malicious, control over $3 trillion.

Re: Science Mag editorial celebrating mainly the inside/quiet advocacy done this year, I offer this in lighthearted response. 🧪 This is a Myanmar woman doing her usual, longstanding dance routine while black cars speed by to carry out a coup. 1/4

Every Dem should watch this ad. The thing about it is that right now, conditions are such that majorities will be receptive to this understanding of the situation. The opportunity to hammer it home should not be squandered.

A madman.

A long, absolutely must-read article from Cory Doctorow: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

New, from me: The Trump administration isn’t just using social media to shape a narrative. They view the world through a social media lens in a way that is plausibly corrupting their judgment and undermining their performance. Welcome to the clicktatorship. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/life-under...

It’s started.

In 2016 Hinton predicted that AI would replace all radiologists in five years. Ten years later, why hasn't it happened? This post is a great explainer. www.understandingai.org/p/ai-isnt-re...

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

WaPo gets to decide who speaks on its opinion page. And I get to say they can't pretend they're for "personal liberties" when they join a coordinated state effort to repress the voices of people who don't speak the way Trump wants in response to a newsworthy event. Support @karenattiah.bsky.social

Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it

Will be hard to explain in the future that the US government went antivax, causing a lot of avoidable suffering and death, not in response to any negative incident with vaccines, but to the biggest, fastest, most successful, most impressive vaccine rollout in history.