Bryant Furlow
@bryantfurlow.bsky.social
Public health and medical reporting at The Lancet news desks and elsewhere. ProPublica LRN alumn.
Virus watercolors by Michele Banks, @Artologica. (Used with permission)
Virus watercolors by Michele Banks, @Artologica. (Used with permission)
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The furor over the death of a Colombian fisherman has ignited a feud over the huge U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean and the legality of the deadly attacks on nearly 20 vessels since September.
Family of Fisherman Killed in U.S. Military Strike Says It Wants Justice
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The furor over the death of a Colombian fisherman has ignited a feud over the huge U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean and the legality of the deadly attacks on nearly 20 vessels since September.
Big “if.”
If this number were true, it would amount to about ~0.4% of 42 million recipients.
Brooke Rollins: "SNAP is a broken program. SNAP is full of corruption. We found 186,000 dead people."
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Big “if.”
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It's astounding how much CO₂ we put into the atmosphere each year by burning fossil fuels.
For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.
For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.
1) Fossil fuel
Still no peak. Emissions are projected to increase by 1.1% in 2025, reaching 38.1 GtCO2. An all time high.
Still no peak. Emissions are projected to increase by 1.1% in 2025, reaching 38.1 GtCO2. An all time high.
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It's astounding how much CO₂ we put into the atmosphere each year by burning fossil fuels.
For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.
For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.
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As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
Joan Meyer died of a heart attack shortly after police raided her home trying to identify the newspaper’s sources. U.S. police academies need to start making sure officers have read the Constitution to which they all swear an oath.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Police raided a Kansas newspaper. Now they have apologized and will pay millions.
A Kansas county apologized and agreed to pay over $3 million to a small-town newspaper after police raided it in 2023.
www.usatoday.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Joan Meyer died of a heart attack shortly after police raided her home trying to identify the newspaper’s sources. U.S. police academies need to start making sure officers have read the Constitution to which they all swear an oath.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
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Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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Immunologist Zachary Rubin explains how, according to a recent study, living through a pandemic might accelerate brain aging.
The COVID Pandemic May Have Aged Your Brain—Even If You Never Got Sick
Immunologist Zachary Rubin explains how, according to a recent study, living through a pandemic might accelerate brain aging.
www.scientificamerican.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Immunologist Zachary Rubin explains how, according to a recent study, living through a pandemic might accelerate brain aging.
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Not long ago...
Chemtrails were a comical marker of being totally off the rails. Tinfoils hats et al.
Now? Example of the legitimization & embrace of hardcore bunk.
States ban them & RFK Jr wants a "task force"?
Dark Age 2.0
Chemtrails www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Chemtrails were a comical marker of being totally off the rails. Tinfoils hats et al.
Now? Example of the legitimization & embrace of hardcore bunk.
States ban them & RFK Jr wants a "task force"?
Dark Age 2.0
Chemtrails www.bmj.com/content/391/...
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Not long ago...
Chemtrails were a comical marker of being totally off the rails. Tinfoils hats et al.
Now? Example of the legitimization & embrace of hardcore bunk.
States ban them & RFK Jr wants a "task force"?
Dark Age 2.0
Chemtrails www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Chemtrails were a comical marker of being totally off the rails. Tinfoils hats et al.
Now? Example of the legitimization & embrace of hardcore bunk.
States ban them & RFK Jr wants a "task force"?
Dark Age 2.0
Chemtrails www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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"Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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🚨 CNBC: "Announced corporate job cuts surging past 1 million so far this year, with 153,000 new layoffs just in October according to Challenger. That is the worst October since 2003."
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🚨 CNBC: "Announced corporate job cuts surging past 1 million so far this year, with 153,000 new layoffs just in October according to Challenger. That is the worst October since 2003."
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🚨 JUST PUBLISHED 🚨
⚠️ The 2025 @lancetcountdown.bsky.social report reveals climate change inaction is costing lives and livelihoods, and harming the economy.
❤️🩹 Protecting people’s health demands all hands on deck.
Read more: www.lancetcountdown.org/2025-report/ #LancetClimate25
⚠️ The 2025 @lancetcountdown.bsky.social report reveals climate change inaction is costing lives and livelihoods, and harming the economy.
❤️🩹 Protecting people’s health demands all hands on deck.
Read more: www.lancetcountdown.org/2025-report/ #LancetClimate25
October 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
🚨 JUST PUBLISHED 🚨
⚠️ The 2025 @lancetcountdown.bsky.social report reveals climate change inaction is costing lives and livelihoods, and harming the economy.
❤️🩹 Protecting people’s health demands all hands on deck.
Read more: www.lancetcountdown.org/2025-report/ #LancetClimate25
⚠️ The 2025 @lancetcountdown.bsky.social report reveals climate change inaction is costing lives and livelihoods, and harming the economy.
❤️🩹 Protecting people’s health demands all hands on deck.
Read more: www.lancetcountdown.org/2025-report/ #LancetClimate25
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📢 Julia Gillard calls for bold, collective action during the launch of the 2025 Lancet Countdown Global Report.
Read the 2025 Global Report - buff.ly/97Gf3Eu
#LancetClimate25
Read the 2025 Global Report - buff.ly/97Gf3Eu
#LancetClimate25
October 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
📢 Julia Gillard calls for bold, collective action during the launch of the 2025 Lancet Countdown Global Report.
Read the 2025 Global Report - buff.ly/97Gf3Eu
#LancetClimate25
Read the 2025 Global Report - buff.ly/97Gf3Eu
#LancetClimate25
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🌎 Professor Stella Hartinger delivers a clear message on the latest findings from the 2025 Global Report of the Lancet Countdown.
👉 Read the 2025 Global Report now: buff.ly/97Gf3Eu
#LancetClimate25
👉 Read the 2025 Global Report now: buff.ly/97Gf3Eu
#LancetClimate25
October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🌎 Professor Stella Hartinger delivers a clear message on the latest findings from the 2025 Global Report of the Lancet Countdown.
👉 Read the 2025 Global Report now: buff.ly/97Gf3Eu
#LancetClimate25
👉 Read the 2025 Global Report now: buff.ly/97Gf3Eu
#LancetClimate25
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DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf
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A small town police force bragged that citizens "can't get a breath of fresh air in or out without us knowing" thanks to Flock surveillance cameras.
They used the cameras to wrongly accused a woman of a crime, forcing her to find other surveillance video to prove her innocence.
They used the cameras to wrongly accused a woman of a crime, forcing her to find other surveillance video to prove her innocence.
October 30, 2025 at 2:16 AM
A small town police force bragged that citizens "can't get a breath of fresh air in or out without us knowing" thanks to Flock surveillance cameras.
They used the cameras to wrongly accused a woman of a crime, forcing her to find other surveillance video to prove her innocence.
They used the cameras to wrongly accused a woman of a crime, forcing her to find other surveillance video to prove her innocence.
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NEW: The Idaho Medical Freedom Act, which makes it illegal to require almost anyone to take a vaccine, test or other “medical intervention,” comes amid a national measles outbreak larger than the U.S. has seen in decades.
By @audreydutton.bsky.social
By @audreydutton.bsky.social
My State Banned Vaccine Mandates. Here’s How I Covered It as an Idaho Journalist.
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act, which makes it illegal to require almost anyone to take a vaccine, test or other “medical intervention,” comes amid a national measles outbreak larger than the U.S. has ...
www.propublica.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
NEW: The Idaho Medical Freedom Act, which makes it illegal to require almost anyone to take a vaccine, test or other “medical intervention,” comes amid a national measles outbreak larger than the U.S. has seen in decades.
By @audreydutton.bsky.social
By @audreydutton.bsky.social
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COMMENT | J Trevaskis, DG Parkes, AA Young:
On the 20th anniversary of exenatide, three former employees of Amylin Pharmaceuticals tell the story behind the first approved GLP-1RA 🧪
On the 20th anniversary of exenatide, three former employees of Amylin Pharmaceuticals tell the story behind the first approved GLP-1RA 🧪
A salute to innovation: exenatide in diabetes and obesity drug development at Amylin Pharmaceuticals - Nature Metabolism
The glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) class of medicines has emerged as transformative for the treatment of diabetes, obesity and other diseases. On the twentieth anniversary of the approval of exenatide (Byetta), three former employees of Amylin Pharmaceuticals acknowledge the contributions of some of the individuals and the innovation responsible for delivering the first approved GLP-1RA — the forerunner to the modern blockbuster drugs.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
COMMENT | J Trevaskis, DG Parkes, AA Young:
On the 20th anniversary of exenatide, three former employees of Amylin Pharmaceuticals tell the story behind the first approved GLP-1RA 🧪
On the 20th anniversary of exenatide, three former employees of Amylin Pharmaceuticals tell the story behind the first approved GLP-1RA 🧪
