“It turns out that banishing the slur from public discourse was, in fact, important. Because now it’s back and it turns out that it does matter when subtext becomes actual text, when terrible people enable open hatred and bigotry, encouraging others to emulate them, degrading us all.”

“Ppl are rising up to be good neighbors to one another. Charlotteans who could have carried on w/life as usual disrupted their schedules to stand guard on street corners … Ppl were reaching out to those unable to leave home, offering to run errands, drive children to the doctor & deliver groceries.“

The CDC just announced a new study on hepatitis B vaccination on newborns in Guinea-Bissau – a move that researchers call “highly unethical” and “extremely risky”. Happy to team up with @katlay.bsky.social on this story: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Of all the sins of AI, this is an unexpected and deeply annoying one

Subtext: This entire family *is* vaccinated, and the mom got a booster while pregnant. Their child was just 2 weeks old when she contracted whooping cough -- too young to be vaccinated. But experts say if vax rates drop, this kind of infection becomes more common -- bc the disease is just around.

on the bright side three years from now will be boom times for businesses that specialize in removing garish brass letters from buildings

This story Carl Nassib told on RC's pod about coming out in the NFL cracked me up. His delivery is so good!

Gutter racist administration

NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇

yale, they're not sending their best

The thing about Trump is that the more people who stand up to him the more people will see the Emperor had no clothes.

RSV shots are one of the biggest public health accomplishments of the decade www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Fallon: And this is going to make everyone rich? Ponzi: it’s called a pyramid scheme. Everyone wins. Fallon: Wow! I love that shape!

Golden hour Junco 🌅 Dark-eyed Junco on the East River, November 2025 🪶

In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.

Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families." Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.

Weaponization of the premier public health agency in the country for personal clout and gain. The CDC website should not be trusted given the fact that it is controlled by people who will profit from spurious and false attempts to link vaccines to autism. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...

RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language. Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.” Note the language in second photo.

trump take bald eagle

Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...

perfect

This is exactly right

“'I thought, Wait, why am I running? I’m a citizen,’ said Miguel Vazquez, one of the individuals who fled into the nearby woods." "Other reports of arrests and detentions, including of U.S. citizens, have emerged amid the federal enforcement activities in Charlotte." Kavanaugh stops in action.

“This semester, he is teaching two large undergraduate courses and one graduate class.” If the students of Harvard want to show the world how “elite” they are, a mass walkout of his lectures would be a start 🤷🏻‍♂️

“With immigration agents under intense pressure to deport thousands of people each day, Ms. Lopez was pushed through the system swiftly and was deported within four days of the factory raid. As a result, Jorge is now cared for by two siblings who are barely adults themselves.”

In my day, we were taught six was afraid of seven

CDC flu data is back! I’m so happy I could cry. H3N2 is predominating, especially the new subclade K. This supports the emerging hypothesis that we will have a big flu season. More to come.

Oreoboros

So when the aurora borealis is faint enough, you can capture its glow with the Milky Way 😍 Berthoud Pass, CO last night

You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique

lol, lmao

Bless Elizabeth Warren for making sure Larry Summers never achieved his dream of being Fed Chair. Small victories.

hear me out, maybe it’s time to stop making men the president for awhile

BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.

*11/11/2025 noncooperation thread* No. 2/

I spoke to CNN about how demoralizing it was to watch Stanford leadership stay silent while contrarians on campus launched unscientific attacks to stifle Stanford researchers. Now, those attacks have gone nationwide and much of MAHA leadership have ties to Stanford. www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/p...

THIS IS THE WAY Oscar Isaac.

can we have an opposition party that doesn't stick its neck out for senate republicans

13) I think Dem leadership still suffers from frame drag. They think it's the 90s. Trump is dismantling the powers of Congress. They have to rise to that moment and demand big things. Vought is expanding the playing field to thinks off the table. Dems need to do the same. ###

MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems. My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.

Enough is enough. Contact your Democratic senators TODAY and tell them to call for Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. We desperately need new leadership in the Democratic Party.

retire, chuck

just to clarify (and kevin knows this so don’t @ him) call no matter who your senators are. the caucus will pay attention to backlash

I'm in CA and used language that was like "we aren't falling for the trick where you have just enough vote yes so everyone else can say no. You're ALL responsible for this"

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

For my N. Hemisphere friends: This weekend would be an absolutely brilliant time to get your flu and covid shots. You will get a massive protective antibody surge right as holiday socializing is ramping up flu and covid activity. 15 minutes at the pharmacy could save you a week of misery.