youtu.be/gi2ZcBRt5h4?... Tuesday tune:

No surprise. Robert Kennedy Jr. continues to beat the drum for his viewpoint.

To say this plan is a "peace" plan is a misnomer:

People associated with the Trump "administration" should read this :

The power of words, music, and nature:

youtu.be/33kV-_jUuw8?... Morning music: Timely lyrics

youtu.be/529yhXKDVFE?... If Christopher Hitchens was alive...

youtu.be/wmUVy43tqw4?... Thursday tune:

Another reason to choose our "leaders" carefully.

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Apparently hand writing notes facilitates learning more than typing.

How the shutdown broke America’s food chain — and what happens next

A horrendous example of weaponizing forgiveness.

80 years ago on this day, the #NurembergTrials started. What have they taught us about the human condition? Have we learned the lesson?

Nuremberg trials - Wikipedia share.google/bxlC89fVhHuR... The Nuremberg Trials began on this date in 1945:

What's the wind got to do with bird flu?

Good questions:

The Trump administration delayed SNAP benefits, Republicans spread lies about welfare queens “using them to get their nails done.” @NaomiBethune shows how they employed the stereotype to justify cutting benefits for the millions of Americans who depend on the benefit: trib.al/2mHMN2o

youtu.be/KpxFLMKXzBk?... Tuesday tune:

Doable.

Doable:

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

NEWS: Senate and House Republicans prepare to conduct major break from Trump, Kash Patel gives his girlfriend a SWAT security detail, Indiana Republican gets swatted after Trump threat, and more. An important news update. Spread the word. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

I wouldn't board an aircraft, a bus, a train, a ship or even get in a car that had a 5% chance of crashing. Now AMOC collapse is closing in on over 25% probability we are all being boarded to a mad future. Excellent eye opener of a presentation. Educate yourself, watch it. youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8

RFK Jr.’s Cheer Squad Is Getting Restless - The Atlantic share.google/jQ5PJjP7vua7...

open.substack.com/pub/agentsof... A battle over the truth is underway:

@froomkin.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

@jamesgoodwin.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

youtu.be/e_VgNaCFKkQ?... Sunday song:

“Even for an intermediate emissions scenario [which is our current emissions pathway] the probability of AMOC shutdown is way above 50%” (AMOC shut-down means Europe and parts of South-East Asia become uninhabitable, by the way.) 1/4

British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo #ShareGoodNewsToo

youtu.be/ftDlwrg3obs?... "Imagine living in a world where the loudest voice is mistaken for the wisest. Where influence replaces wisdom. And popularity becomes the new measure of truth."

About those "Aha" moments:

A quandary about greed:

A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions. A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪

Trump is demanding that GOP side with him over Epstein's victims, Rep Ansari tells me. She had a harrowing exchange with one victim who recounts how her mom had cancer and he exploited that. Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds: newrepublic.com/article/2031...

$220 million. www.propublica.org/article/kris...

Needless suffering?

Whooping cough spread for months in Louisiana before health officials spoke up. Two infants died as vaccine outreach was halted. The silence proved costly. From @wwno.org , @npr.org , and @kffhealthnews.org 

More water woes:

Water woes. 🧵

"OH what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." W Scott

For Trump, "America First" means drawing into deep reserves to bailout Javier Milei, Argentina's wannabe dictator. This is beyond the $40 billion we already knew about. www.ft.com/content/2730...

You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants. We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua. www.propublica.org/article/chic...

Intriguing theory about the goal of Trump's "war on drugs":

Geared for those of us who are 60+ who want to contribute to resisting authoritarianism.

One of humanity’s most ubiquitous infectious pathogens, the Epstein-Barr virus, which 19 of 20 people carry, bears the blame for the chronic autoimmune condition called systemic lupus erythematosus or, colloquially, lupus. med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...