Great NYT essay by @linseymarr.bsky.social, framing the hantavirus story. Independently, the same key points and perspective from @donmilton.bsky.social in our conversation that day erictopol.substack.com/p/assessment...

Rainfall intensity matters as much as how much rain falls. New in Nature: Corey Lesk and I show that daily-scale concentration of precipitation dries the land over the long-run, an effect as strong as total precipitation is climatological wetting. Paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Amid elevated disaster risks Tahoe cannot afford tourism business-driven governance www.newsfromthestates.com/article/amid...

It's May, the start of what @ucs.org calls Danger Season, a 6-month period when extreme heat, drought, wildfire weather, and flooding storms hit hard and are made fiercer due to a heating climate. #DangerSeason

Americans are relatively satisfied with their healthcare coverage, less confident in access to affordable care. Costs top the list of health care concerns for voters. navigatorresearch.org/wp-content/u...

My latest research and reporting: Amid elevated disaster risks Tahoe cannot afford tourism business-driven governance  nevadacurrent.com/2026/05/13/a... #emergencymanagement #wildfire #overtourism

People need to change their understanding: “Wildfire smoke is not transient. It’s not just a 1-day deal, or 2 days a week, or 2 days a year. It’s actually become chronic exposure,” Dr Leng said. “Those chronic exposures lead to chronic health effects” www.cancertherapyadvisor.com/reports/wild...

Climate change makes food less nutritious due to a surplus of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere. Crops grow bigger and faster, but CO2 hollows out nutrients like iron and zinc. Rice, wheat, and other crops are less nourishing than they were generations ago. It’s a public health threat.

Hantavirus can cause a serious pulmonary syndrome with a high fatality rate. Clearly a scroll of social media shows a mix of us all learning more in real time. Infectious diseases and critical illness are humbling. I’m glad to see a push towards mandatory quarantine for all exposed.

17 years ago my book, Silent Sorority, became available. It was the first memoir on IVF not authored by a mother. A reader sent me this message today: “Not every woman is a mother. Your work changed my life for the better, and maybe even saved my life.” #grateful www.google.com/books/editio...

State election officials from both parties are standing up to the Justice Department to defend their role in administering elections. bit.ly/49iHMmM

Respiratory viruses again in the news. With World Asthma Day (asthma sufferers are always at elevated risk) one reality bites hard: ginasthma.org/world-asthma...

“Tom Frieden, a former CDC director, said in a Substack post that the outbreak highlights the importance of international coordination, information sharing and global surveillance to protect against emerging infectious-disease threats” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

For one of the most enlightening discussions on the history and current state of voting rights in the U.S. watch this @thedailyshow.com @sifill.bsky.social interview my.lwv.org/new-york/uti... Stewart: “Our democratic institutions are the architects of our democractic demise.” #votingrights

Tiny, colorful plastic particles even smaller than the ones shown here get lofted into the atmosphere and may be acting as warming agents. #chemsky 🧪

“Hospital prices are the leading driver of the 320% increase in insurance premiums that Americans have experienced over the past 25 years. Since 2000, prices at hospitals have grown faster than prices in virtually any other sector of the economy. They have grown three times as fast as inflation.”

The National Interagency Fire Center predicts above-normal wildfire potential this summer. The Sierra Nevada is a wild card. Dry lightning — thunderstorms accompanied by little to no rain — can spark wildfires. #SierraNevada #wildfire #outlook #climatedanger

“Many insurers and analysts are estimating overall declines of about 20 percent, dropping to around 19 million from the 24 million who were covered under the ACA last year. Other indications suggest there could be even larger potential losses by the end of the year.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...

Reporting from Iraq and Afghanistan helped make the force stronger. Today, the Pentagon and the public have less access to information precisely because journalists have less access to the armed forces.

“Meta spent more on lobbying in 2025 than America’s three largest oil and gas companies combined.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

And felt another earthquake at 10:23 am in the North Lake Tahoe area emanating from a recorded 4.7 quake in Silver Springs, NV. @usgs-quakebot.bsky.social More on why this matters here: medium.com/@pamelamahon...

Nicely done, Nevada! Shout out to @cisconv.bsky.social and the state’s hardworking county clerks and teams who administer elections. #elections #votingrights elections.mit.edu#/data/rank

The Nevada legislative meeting on fire response and evacuation planning did not inspire confidence. It exposed a troubling lack of coordination among the various agencies tasked with planning and community safety. #wildfire #LakeTahoe pamelamahoneytsigdinos.medium.com/the-crisis-l...

WARREN: I want to understand how slashing healthcare for families so Meta gets a $3b tax cut is a 'really good outcome for the American public' IRS CEO BISIGNANO: I don't see the two as correlated W: Those tax cuts were paid for by pushing people off their healthcare. Did you not follow that?

“Unless health professionals speak up, and unless we put a human face on the tragic consequences of these environmental rollbacks, the connection between these seemingly abstract policy changes and the real health harms they cause may remain invisible.” www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

Anyone else just feel that earthquake in north Lake Tahoe?

“The sheer expanse of land that could be at risk simultaneously worries Hurteau. “Our fire suppression apparatus is in part dependent on the whole region not being on fire at the same time” #wildfire grist.org/extreme-weat...

This 👉“Imagine spending years showing up. You attend meetings. You give input. You sit through presentations that go on too long. You speak anyway. You do exactly what you’re told democracy is supposed to look like. And then, after all of that, someone in Washington decides none of it mattered.”

War crimes are morally and legally wrong. But they also don’t win wars or get us beyond politics. Insofar as there is a logic to this it is to provoke the Iranians and then act shocked and go for a coup domestically. See my essay "The Next Coup Attempt" snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...

Slaughtering our golden goose: massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration www.nature.com/articles/d41...

At least a few thousand turned out in Carson City, Nevada. Peaceful protests along four to five blocks on either side of the road with lots of cars driving by carrying signs — all protesting Trump’s incompetence and cruelty #NoKings

Signs from Carson City, outside Nevada’s state capital building #NoKings

Gonna be blue skies and sunny today. Perfect backdrop to exercise our first amendment right to free speech in Carson City, Nevada today #NoKings

Organizers are expecting record crowds at 3,000 “No Kings” rallies planned for this Saturday worldwide, with 10 events scheduled in Nevada alone. Protesters will voice their opposition to Trump administration policies at events in Carson City, Las Vegas and Reno.

#NoKings signs ready for the Carson City, Nevada event. Participating with my retired Navy officer husband

The Affordable Care Act turned 16 today. Because enhanced ACA tax credits expired, more chronically ill and disabled contractors have foregone health insurance this year. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The US-Israel war on Iran is a disaster for the climate, according to an analysis that finds it is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined.

While majorities of partisans place “a lot” of blame on lawmakers from the opposite party, independents with Marketplace coverage are more likely to say Congressional Republicans (56%) and President Trump (58%) deserve “a lot” of blame than Congressional Democrats (28%). https://on.kff.org/3NKfN84

(1/5) ⚖️ ON MONDAY: The GOP is asking SCOTUS to strike down mail-in ballot grace periods. If the Court agrees, millions of Americans in ~31 states and D.C. could be disenfranchised ahead of the 2026 midterms, disproportionately affecting Democratic voters. Here’s what Republicans are arguing👇

NEW: RFK Jr. is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back when trust in shots — or access to them — falters.

My latest column: Health insurance costs are skyrocketing and with no PPO options on Nevada’s ACA exchange, access to heath care has become more restrictive: nevadacurrent.com/2026/03/18/c... nevadacurrent.com/2026/03/18/c...

Nevada is one of the only states in the country where individuals, small-business owners, and the self-employed have no access to a single Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) medical insurance plan on the state’s health insurance marketplace. Commentary:

“About three-quarters of people who had ACA insurance last year now say they are ‘very’ or ‘somewhat’ worried about paying for emergency care or hospitalization, while about half said the same about routine medical visits or prescription drugs.” apnews.com/article/heal...

Strait of Hormuz standoff puts supply of America’s generic drug prescriptions at risk www.cnbc.com/2026/03/16/s...

My latest column compares the generous healthcare plans public officials receive versus the restrictive exchange plans. The contrast was staggering. Costly plans, limited access: Why don’t NV leaders endure the same health care as the rest of us? nevadacurrent.com/2026/03/18/c...

Costly plans, limited access: Why don’t NV leaders endure the same health care as the rest of us? www.newsfromthestates.com/article/cost...

Trump's new plan for the Affordable Care Act could increase family deductibles to $31,000. Millions of Americans already struggle to afford insurance in our broken health care system. Trump's plan screws over the most vulnerable Americans.

This is the front cover of the new edition of @thelancet.com (thanks to @profstevegriffin.bsky.social for sharing) #HealthPolicy #Science 🧪🧵

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Democracy Docket has obtained a draft of the executive order being circulated with the White House that would allow Trump to take unprecedented control over voting. Legal experts called the order blatantly unconstitutional. Read the full, 17-page order below👇 https://bit.ly/4l0gmXp