More than 70 vultures found dead on athletic fields in Ohio. They most likely died from bird flu. This isn't going away. www.wlwt.com/article/dead...

It’s been a busy day, but I want to draw your attention to this critically important paper by @jonshaffer.bsky.social and colleagues. In it, they show that since its strict abortion ban was enacted, Texas has seen a significant increase in EMTALA violations involving obstetric emergencies.

This regressive move will literally kill people. It's making kids' liver cancer great again. And it's a sign of more harm to come. CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com

RFK laid out his plans to wreck vaccine science & policy in books, speeches, podcasts & films before becoming Health Secretary. @sherylnyt.bsky.social & @by-cjewett.bsky.social track how he's succeeding in impressive detail. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u... eg:

12 former commissioners of the FDA came together to write a Perspectives piece for the New England Journal of Medicine; raising our concerns about recent changes to vaccine approval policy at the FDA and its implications for patients and public health.

Can I let you in on a little secret? Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity. It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.

The leftward shift in special House elections, including in a (relatively) higher turnout contest, is hard to see as bad news for Democrats. www.pbump.net/o/the-leftwa...

Timeline cleanse. Kitten napping in a box.

Beautiful snow day sourdough loaves baked by @richparr79.bsky.social

Springfield, Massachusetts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVkR...

A fun swap this summer led me to a Palestinian restaurant so good, I went twice! My latest There is a Season column. There is a Season with Molly Parr: A taste of the Levant: A food swap leads to a culinary revelation - Daily Hampshire Gazette share.google/Q01RkxqpOkOa...

Just another Jewish suburban kid who didn't know how much he needed reggae until Jimmy Cliff and the Harder soundtrack showed up and smacked some stupid from him. Very sad to see this man pass. Very grateful for his full life, clear voice and true artistry.

Republicans increasingly oppose requiring healthy kids to get MMR vaccines to attend public schools 2016 19% 2019 20% 2023 42% 2025 47% www.pewresearch.org/science/2025... 🧪

Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.

CORRECTION: A *third* potato has been named after Prince.

Someone check on Bill Ackman

My seminary roommate dropped out of seminary to study nursing. This year she earned her nurse practitioner degree. My Bible degree hasn't saved one life. But my old roommate does. Daily.

Now that’s a lede. Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social. Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

The anti-vaxxers in my local mom's Facebook group have hijacked the site with their nonsense because they are now validated by the CDC. Sigh.

This is disgraceful. PS Maserati makes an SUV?

It's Not Easy Being Greene MTG is out to prove she's nobody's Muppet, but she's stuck in a labyrinth of GOP drama as Trump calls a reporter Miss Piggy and threatens to take Manhattan. Should Marge go full Animal like Greg Bovino? Or team up with her boy for some Gonzo journalism? by Maureen Dowd

The common good is a set of shared commitments. To the rule of law. To democracy. To tolerance. To equal opportunity. To upholding the truth. We cannot have a functioning society without these shared commitments.

The thing is… old white men love to talk about themselves You don’t have to sleep with them

The federal government invading churches across the country at Christmas to kidnap Christian immigrants is one of those things so comically evil it can hardly be imagined. Waiting for faith leaders of every political stripe and religious hue to condemn this racist assault on people of faith.

“I am deeply ashamed of my actions” getting found out and aired publicly

"Homeland security investigators worked approximately 33 percent fewer hours on child exploitation cases from February through April compared to their average in prior years" A tragic shift with real consequences - just one horrifying example:

fyi nb/trans friends

A person hospitalized in Washington has tested positive for H5N1, pending confirmatory testing (because that's the system). First *KNOWN* case this year. Under the Trump admin, the CDC has barely tested any farmworkers for H5N1.

A far more diverse student body than when I was at Seminary 25 years ago. Took long enough!

The worst person in the world: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/13/m...

Epstein: I’m best friends with this pedo running for President, here’s a bunch of stories about how big a pedo he is NYT: but her emails

these are the most despicably evil people alive

I have never been a supporter of Donald Trump, but if Senate Democrats continue to stop him from self-immolating, I will have no choice but to vote for him for the fourth time in 2028.

I'm thinking today of all my fellow veterans but especially the more than 5,000 trans service members and their families who were kicked out of the military this year despite being highly qualified and serving honorably. This injustice will be a stain on our nation's history.

Rewatching "Children of Men" for the 1st time in almost 20 years and OMG, the opening lines. "Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle. The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques...the deportation of illegal immigrants will continue." The movie takes place in 2027.

Happy pub day to @sarahweinman.com and her deeply important book Without Consent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...

Cheap Beets lives!

New Post! "My husband and I are solidly middle class. Together, we make a nice living. But when fresh fruit starts to become too expensive for us, it’s time to start writing this blog again." cheapbeets.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/n...

🔔 When Trump posted a video of budget director Russell Vought as the grim reaper, public health workers recognized a kernel of truth. My latest piece @kffhealthnews.org couldn't be more important. Art by the incredible @oonazenda.bsky.social 🧵 kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Our post-election wrap-up with @jenndotsmith.bsky.social @skoczela.bsky.social and @richparr79.bsky.social. And for the true sickos, bonus 2026 MA Sen and Gov polling from @umassamherst.bsky.social soundcloud.com/user-7275171...

In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.

The great thing about the Trump endorsement is that even before his terms as president and all the misery attached for blue-state America, there was no more disliked celebrity in New York. Donald Trump was known to New Yorkers as a constant chisler and self-aggrandizing vulgarian. Mazel tov, Andy.

Won "beat Rivers Cuomo costume" at a Halloween covers show tonight, except I was just wearing my normal clothes.

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court permanently BLOCKS the administration from implementing part of Executive Order requiring documentary proof of citizenship on the federal voter registration application. A BIG VICTORY for our clients--DNC, DGA, DSCC, DCCC, Sen Schumer and Leader Jeffries--and all voters!

Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming. Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:

A neighbor came up to my husband and told him how much she enjoyed my column this week where I talk about my sukkah. Said her daughter had returned home for a graduate degree and was encountering antisemitism in the labs. She was so grateful for my pride in my Judaism. gazettenet.com/2025/10/24/t...

One of the defining features of this era is millions of people truly believing that their material and emotional well-being depends on cruelty to others