For all you misinformed doctors, nurses, pharmacists, cancer technicians, politicians, bosses, teachers, caregivers, and average people on the street: “There is no such thing as a COVID infection without consequence.” — David Putrino, Long Covid researcher

If the Trump administration decides to pursue land strikes in Venezuela, U.S. forces could pursue a range of sites as targets. But the potential impact of such strikes remains uncertain.

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is coming to an end, but the central issue that caused it — the staggering cost of health care — isn’t going away anytime soon. nyti.ms/4nLPJoT

Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE

Just like television and film shoots, commercial production in Los Angeles has plummeted. That has left a gaping hole in the longtime safety net for industry workers in the area just as those workers need it the most.

how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

Gay Americans expressed relief on Monday after the Supreme Court denied a request to revisit a decade-old decision that established same-sex marriage as a national right. Conservative groups and state lawmakers said they would continue to press legal challenges.

It's unusual to see a bloody face on a polar bear this time of year. Our bears are current nearing the end of their over 140 day fast waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze. This bear, however, must have found an unsuspecting seal along the shore. Definitely a bonus. #BearSeason2025 #mammals 🌿

This seems like a cool and normal way to run a government agency.

NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific.

Going to be writing some things for MSNBC/NOW. Here’s a look at how Trump says great things are going to happen when they aren’t because he wants you not to be mad about the bad things that actually *are* happening. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Winter is coming and Gazans are freezing.

As goes Loudoun County, so goes the rest of the nation. And Republicans mastered anti-trans messaging in Loudoun since Glenn Youngkin's campaign. @amandabecker.bsky.social writes how Abigail Spanberger figured out how to respond to transphobic messaging. 19thnews.org/2025/11/elec...

There are few American mariners today. But demand could soon rise, as President Trump and a bipartisan group in Congress look to revitalize the U.S. shipbuilding industry. nyti.ms/3WTbMiD

The steep tariffs imposed by President Trump have magnified the economic strain of an already volatile coffee market, leaving shop owners with the question: Can they absorb some of those increased costs without putting themselves out of business?

The FDA on Tuesday named Richard Pazdur, its longtime overseer of cancer therapies, as its top drug regulator. www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/f...

In September, the Trump administration conducted a historic deportation flight to Iran. We tracked down people deported on the plane. Some are in hiding, others have fled the country. Their story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...

Probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months — in one case it was over a year. Six mothers died during this gap, WPLN and ProPublica found. www.propublica.org/article/tenn...

Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy." www.wfyi.org/news/article...

The Israeli police said four Israelis had been arrested after dozens of masked civilians attacked Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday and set fire to property, in an assault the authorities labeled “acts of extremist violence.” nyti.ms/49eYkNu

Breaking news: The Supreme Court extended a pause on a lower-court order directing the Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits to millions of Americans, preventing federal officials from having to provide the aid for now.

first it's pensions, then it's healthcare, then vacation, finally it's the wages, pretty soon you're just going to one box to work all day for no money and going to another to get the rest of snap to eat, which sounds a lot like how they described the soviet union to me in the 80s but what do i know

Don’t worry folks I’m sure Chuck Schumer has a plan /s

A spill on a family farm in Oklahoma killed several acres of vegetation and contaminated drinking water. A judge ordered the farmers to pay when they went after the oil company. (Published May 2024)

That they are developing robots to work in nursing homes and not radioactive mines or shit humans cannot do safely - and not work humans could do better than a machine is how you know their priorities are all out of whack.

The fury at eight Democratic-aligned senators who voted with Republicans to end the longest-ever government shutdown highlights the dramatic shift in the Democratic Party less than a year into President Trump’s second term. https://wapo.st/43oEMT9

ByHeart, a maker of organic baby formula, expanded a voluntary recall on Tuesday to include all of its products sold in the U.S. after federal health regulators found botulism infections in two additional infants, bringing the number of reported cases to 15.

Immigrant parents are scrambling to secure emergency caretakers for their children as deportations increase under President Trump. Some said guardianship planning has become one of the few things they can control. “It helps me breathe,” said one mother.

During the United Nations climate summit on Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California responded to President Trump’s proposal to allow new oil and gas drilling off the California coast, declaring it “dead on arrival.” Read more: nyti.ms/4p3n3J7

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UK - Research Associate in Media Audiences and Social Change (2 years, full-time) Bournemouth University - hybrid (UK-based, remote optional) vacancies.bournemouth.ac.uk/vacancies/49...

Many Canadians have no idea how high tuberculosis rates are in the Inuit population - hundreds of times the non-Indigenous Canadian-born rate. Globally this remains an illness of poverty and marginalization and that's true in one of the richest countries on earth.

The government shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Travis Peters, an urban farmer in Detroit, is giving out free produce tomorrow 'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that'

Just stepping on our own dicks when it comes to rejecting even the most basic public health innovations let's bring back the Broad Street Pump.

The anchor John Dickerson said on Monday that he would depart CBS News at the end of the year, the first sign of what is expected to be a major shake-up at the network under its new corporate owners.

Most plastic items are too small for recyclers to bother sorting and processing, or they're assembled in such a way that it's less expensive to just make new plastic. In fact, only 5% of Americans’ plastic finds new life. (Published Aug. 2024) By @lisalsong.bsky.social

'In the immediate future, the threat of losing SNAP benefits is “not something I want to think about,” she said, “because we’re already in a rough spot.” Phillis, like many parents of medically complex children, is just trying to get through today before thinking about tomorrow.'

NEW: Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a special pass to send their products to the U.S.

#ICYMI: We found that the FDA allowed 20+ foreign factories to continue to send certain medications to the U.S. even after those facilities were banned because of concerns about contamination and other breaches. The agency kept the practice largely hidden from the public and Congress.

The Al Jazeera reporters were unambiguously targeted by Israeli forces for being journalists, and also very clearly were not anything other than career journalists. This war has already killed almost as many journalists as Iraq in shorter time, many targeted www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

In the hands of financiers, a New York Medicaid program that lets disabled and elderly participants live at home is under fire.

Respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV, is one of the world’s most common respiratory illnesses and the leading reason infants go to the hospital in the U.S. Doctors recommend that eligible people get vaccinated in late summer or early fall so antibodies can kick in before cases spread.

Another piece to read. And bsky.app/profile/loll...

seems fine

Very cool editorial package on the economics of disaster recovery, which is a big business!!

In a 2-1 vote, a DC circuit panel allowed the Trump administration to go back to withholding foreign aid funds Congress appropriated for FY2024. Today sets up an uncertain landscape moving forward, as the court concluded that only the GAO can sue Trump over impoundment, rather than outside groups.

A Minneapolis pediatrician said he felt pressured to “fall in line” with child abuse specialist Dr. Nancy Harper and her team. Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired. (Published June)