The list starts in reverse chrono. order, but in Oct. 2024 starts rolling forward, so oldest posts are in the middle. Doh.
Excerpts below:
1/21
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Excerpts below:
1/21
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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1/9
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Excerpts below:
1/9
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
"These may feel like grim times. Perhaps you feel powerless, even paralyzed. But we’re not at all helpless. Each of us has almost miraculous powers to save or transform lives, and this column is a guide to exercising those powers...
1/3
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
"These may feel like grim times. Perhaps you feel powerless, even paralyzed. But we’re not at all helpless. Each of us has almost miraculous powers to save or transform lives, and this column is a guide to exercising those powers...
1/3
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
I wish the public would pay more attention to what ICE is doing to these folks - our gov. is signaling what it will next do to us.
"Ms. Rosa...has been a lawful permanent resident of the [US] since she was 9....Just weeks [prior to detention],...
1/2
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
I wish the public would pay more attention to what ICE is doing to these folks - our gov. is signaling what it will next do to us.
"Ms. Rosa...has been a lawful permanent resident of the [US] since she was 9....Just weeks [prior to detention],...
1/2
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Richard Pazdur, an oncologist & longtime FDA official, was named head of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research this month. The center regulates OTC & most Rx meds.
Now, Pazdur "has questioned several plans developed
1/4
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Richard Pazdur, an oncologist & longtime FDA official, was named head of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research this month. The center regulates OTC & most Rx meds.
Now, Pazdur "has questioned several plans developed
1/4
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
🔺️Supporting appropriate infection control in healthcare settings is important.
🔺️Being frustrated that so much of the US healthcare system seems indifferent to infection control is understandable.
🔺️ Making...
1/8
🔺️Supporting appropriate infection control in healthcare settings is important.
🔺️Being frustrated that so much of the US healthcare system seems indifferent to infection control is understandable.
🔺️ Making...
1/8
I've had a long-form piece drafted for some time re: how anti-vaxxers engage w/ sci comms, but have been reluctant to post/link it here while my engagement is suppressed (presumably due to the mod. ding I got for posting pix of my mom's psych texts).
I'll work on it next week.
skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
I've had a long-form piece drafted for some time re: how anti-vaxxers engage w/ sci comms, but have been reluctant to post/link it here while my engagement is suppressed (presumably due to the mod. ding I got for posting pix of my mom's psych texts).
I'll work on it next week.
"Nearly 200 countries agreed...to step up efforts to adapt to global warming and warned about the risks of inaction, but rejected...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
"Nearly 200 countries agreed...to step up efforts to adapt to global warming and warned about the risks of inaction, but rejected...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
But also: I worked in STI risk reduction for years, folks. Please don't "felch,"; it's a high-risk activity for disease transmission.
But also: I worked in STI risk reduction for years, folks. Please don't "felch,"; it's a high-risk activity for disease transmission.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/hepatitis/cd...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/hepatitis/cd...
"Public health officials are continuing to monitor anyone who was in contact with the patient — including more than 100 health care workers — for symptoms to ensure that human-to-human spread has not occurred."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
"Public health officials are continuing to monitor anyone who was in contact with the patient — including more than 100 health care workers — for symptoms to ensure that human-to-human spread has not occurred."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Every day is a shocker. Also: he must have had something huge on her, huh.
“I raged against my own speaker and my own party for refusing to proactively work...
1/2
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Every day is a shocker. Also: he must have had something huge on her, huh.
“I raged against my own speaker and my own party for refusing to proactively work...
1/2
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
RFK is playing on public ignorance of what science is & does when he says scientists haven't proven there's no link between vaccines & autism.
Studies (of any sort) *confirm hypotheses*; they never "prove" something isn't true,...
1/8
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
RFK is playing on public ignorance of what science is & does when he says scientists haven't proven there's no link between vaccines & autism.
Studies (of any sort) *confirm hypotheses*; they never "prove" something isn't true,...
1/8
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Yes, because he's a fanatic. And he's admitting it to make sure he gets full credit with MAGA.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Yes, because he's a fanatic. And he's admitting it to make sure he gets full credit with MAGA.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
The Unitarian Universalist Assoc. has launched an online monthly support program for trans people & their family members. Find info & register here:
www.uua.org/lgbtq/thewoo...
The Unitarian Universalist Assoc. has launched an online monthly support program for trans people & their family members. Find info & register here:
www.uua.org/lgbtq/thewoo...
Esp. if you're a healthcare provider, epidemiologist, or parent, please submit a statement about why we can't lose that initial Hep. B vax dose.
www.regulations.gov/document/CDC...
Esp. if you're a healthcare provider, epidemiologist, or parent, please submit a statement about why we can't lose that initial Hep. B vax dose.
www.regulations.gov/document/CDC...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
This feels like that logic puzzle called the Liar Paradox, about the guy who says, "Everything I say is a lie." RFK, Jr. is that guy.
www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
This feels like that logic puzzle called the Liar Paradox, about the guy who says, "Everything I say is a lie." RFK, Jr. is that guy.
www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
"CMS rarely enforces its rules protecting Medicare Advantage members from network loss."
35M Americans have these plans & may suffer care access issues.
"Just this year, at least 38 hospital systems serving all or parts of 23...
www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
"CMS rarely enforces its rules protecting Medicare Advantage members from network loss."
35M Americans have these plans & may suffer care access issues.
"Just this year, at least 38 hospital systems serving all or parts of 23...
www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
Trump's "threats came in response to a video released Tuesday of six Congress members with military or intelligence experience, who cautioned that 'threats to our Constitution aren’t just coming from abroad, but from right...
1/2
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump's "threats came in response to a video released Tuesday of six Congress members with military or intelligence experience, who cautioned that 'threats to our Constitution aren’t just coming from abroad, but from right...
1/2
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"Trump was reacting to a video that reminded members of the military that they are not supposed to obey illegal orders."
“SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” Mr. Trump wrote in one of the posts, & he shared another saying to "HANG THEM."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
"Trump was reacting to a video that reminded members of the military that they are not supposed to obey illegal orders."
“SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” Mr. Trump wrote in one of the posts, & he shared another saying to "HANG THEM."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...