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Autism, like synesthesia, is a condition, not a disability.
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"I'm not scared of a germ... I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats."
This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people.
news.sky.com/story/robert...
This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people.
news.sky.com/story/robert...
Robert F Kennedy Jr admits he used to 'snort cocaine off toilet seats'
The US health secretary made the confession to podcaster Theo Von during an episode of his show, This Past Weekend, as he opened up about his past drug use.
news.sky.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:56 PM
"I'm not scared of a germ... I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats."
This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people.
news.sky.com/story/robert...
This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people.
news.sky.com/story/robert...
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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This is by now a familiar routine. Trump administration announces cuts that may be illegal. States sue. Judge issues TRO. Here’s step 3 in the events that began Monday with an announcement of $600 mil in cuts to 4 blue states
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Plan to Cut $600 Million in Health Funds
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:30 PM
This is by now a familiar routine. Trump administration announces cuts that may be illegal. States sue. Judge issues TRO. Here’s step 3 in the events that began Monday with an announcement of $600 mil in cuts to 4 blue states
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
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There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.
EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions
The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.
www.nbcnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:06 AM
There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.
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Anne Frank died from a typhus epidemic that spread through the concentration camp where she was imprisoned.
Two active cases of tuberculosis and 18 cases of COVID-19 have been identified at a massive immigration detention center in El Paso, according to the local Democratic member of Congress.
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
Two tuberculosis cases detected at Camp East Montana ICE facility
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
www.texastribune.org
February 7, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Anne Frank died from a typhus epidemic that spread through the concentration camp where she was imprisoned.
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Good morning. The goal of the anti-vaccine movement is not “medical freedom.” That’s just a lie. They literally want to ban vaccines. RFK Jr & allies have filed legal requests for the government to take shots for Covid, polio, and hepatitis B off the market so you have no choice.
February 8, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Good morning. The goal of the anti-vaccine movement is not “medical freedom.” That’s just a lie. They literally want to ban vaccines. RFK Jr & allies have filed legal requests for the government to take shots for Covid, polio, and hepatitis B off the market so you have no choice.
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A Florida A&M University law student says the school told her to remove the word 'Black' from a Black History Month event flyer. The school says it is in full compliance with state law
‘Black’ banned from flyers for FAMU College of Law Black History Month event, student says
A student at FAMU College of Law says the school told her to remove the word 'black' from a Black History Month event flyer. The school says it is in full compliance with state law.
www.clickorlando.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
A Florida A&M University law student says the school told her to remove the word 'Black' from a Black History Month event flyer. The school says it is in full compliance with state law
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s picks for a key autism panel include members who tout dangerous treatments and say vaccine manufacturers are “poisoning children.” One doesn't know why she was chosen. www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
RFK Jr.’s Picks for a Key Autism Panel Include Advocates for Bizarre Theories
Among those Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently named to a federal autism committee are people who tout dangerous treatments and say vaccine manufacturers are “poisoning children.”
www.wired.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s picks for a key autism panel include members who tout dangerous treatments and say vaccine manufacturers are “poisoning children.” One doesn't know why she was chosen. www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
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I really enjoyed this short opinion in @bmj.com about misinformation and how we can approach it differently.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Matt Morgan: What mermaids can teach us about misinformation
In intensive care, most of my patients lie flat beneath wires and plastic, life compressed into horizontal lines on a monitor. But London reminds me that humans are also a vertical species—stacked in ...
www.bmj.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:18 PM
I really enjoyed this short opinion in @bmj.com about misinformation and how we can approach it differently.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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South Carolina measles outbreak is triggering dangerous brain swelling in some children www.scientificamerican.com/article/sout...
Brain swelling is one of measles’ nastiest side effects, and it’s happening in South Carolina
The South Carolina measles outbreak has triggered rare but serious brain swelling in some children
www.scientificamerican.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:31 PM
South Carolina measles outbreak is triggering dangerous brain swelling in some children www.scientificamerican.com/article/sout...
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An infant in New Mexico has just died from listeria.
Public health officials think it is because the mother drank raw milk during pregnancy.
I can imagine this family’s pain.
Please, please don’t drink raw milk. It is of no benefit whatsoever.
Public health officials think it is because the mother drank raw milk during pregnancy.
I can imagine this family’s pain.
Please, please don’t drink raw milk. It is of no benefit whatsoever.
New Mexico warns against consuming raw milk after newborn dies from listeria
While the New Mexico Department of Health said it can't pinpoint the baby's exact cause of death, officials believe it could have been linked to the mother's drinking raw milk during pregnancy.
www.nbcnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:08 PM
An infant in New Mexico has just died from listeria.
Public health officials think it is because the mother drank raw milk during pregnancy.
I can imagine this family’s pain.
Please, please don’t drink raw milk. It is of no benefit whatsoever.
Public health officials think it is because the mother drank raw milk during pregnancy.
I can imagine this family’s pain.
Please, please don’t drink raw milk. It is of no benefit whatsoever.
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789 cases have been reported so far
South Carolina Measles Outbreak Becomes Largest In U.S. History Since First Elimination
789 cases have been reported so far
www.forbes.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:20 PM
789 cases have been reported so far
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The scale of the loss is unimaginable.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
www.science.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:48 PM
The scale of the loss is unimaginable.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust. n.pr/4tkczIu
The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules
The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.
n.pr
January 28, 2026 at 11:28 AM
The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust. n.pr/4tkczIu
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Gift link to FBI-targeted Post reporter Hannah Natanson's sweeping look at how federal workers have been targeted by Trump. wapo.st/49BQBrh
I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal.
One reporter’s effort to show how Trump was transforming government brought her 1,168 new sources — and nearly broke her.
wapo.st
January 14, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Gift link to FBI-targeted Post reporter Hannah Natanson's sweeping look at how federal workers have been targeted by Trump. wapo.st/49BQBrh
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Scoop: Trump Administration is reversing its massive cuts to NIOSH, the agency behind most US workplace safety research www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Our September @BW feature on the sweeping consequences of those cuts: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Our September @BW feature on the sweeping consequences of those cuts: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
HHS Reverses Cuts to Safety Agency NIOSH, Reinstating Hundreds
The Trump Administration is reversing its deep staffing cuts to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, reinstating hundreds of employees.
www.bloomberg.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Scoop: Trump Administration is reversing its massive cuts to NIOSH, the agency behind most US workplace safety research www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Our September @BW feature on the sweeping consequences of those cuts: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Our September @BW feature on the sweeping consequences of those cuts: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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this is clearly retribution for @hannahnatanson.bsky.social’s coverage of illegally fired federal workers. serious escalation against 1a by this regime
January 14, 2026 at 2:04 PM
this is clearly retribution for @hannahnatanson.bsky.social’s coverage of illegally fired federal workers. serious escalation against 1a by this regime
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The FDA used to have a page that specifically warned about potentially dangerous “treatments” for autism, such as chelation therapy and hyperbaric chambers.
RFK Jr. and his flying monkeys took it down.
RFK Jr. and his flying monkeys took it down.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The FDA used to have a page that specifically warned about potentially dangerous “treatments” for autism, such as chelation therapy and hyperbaric chambers.
RFK Jr. and his flying monkeys took it down.
RFK Jr. and his flying monkeys took it down.
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For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
He put his complete trust in a chat bot that turned him into a savage murderer.
Disturbing Messages Show ChatGPT Encouraging a Murder, Lawsuit Alleges
A lawsuit against OpenAI reveals the chilling ChatGPT messages that drove a middle aged man to kill his 83-year-old mother.
trib.al
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
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I find myself thinking about historian Robert Paxton’s 2004 definition of fascism far too often than I’d like these days. Note that these sentences were written back when Donald Trump was a NYC playboy libertine who donated to Democrats.
June 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I find myself thinking about historian Robert Paxton’s 2004 definition of fascism far too often than I’d like these days. Note that these sentences were written back when Donald Trump was a NYC playboy libertine who donated to Democrats.
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NYT: One Year of Kennedy and Things Are Very Bad
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by Benjamin Mazer @mazer.us
RFK Jr.
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by Benjamin Mazer @mazer.us
RFK Jr.
December 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
NYT: One Year of Kennedy and Things Are Very Bad
nyti.ms/49bMstJ gift link
by Benjamin Mazer @mazer.us
RFK Jr.
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by Benjamin Mazer @mazer.us
RFK Jr.
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Can’t stop thinking about this. The Trump administration is essentially extorting hospitals into dropping gender-affirming care—without Medicare or Medicaid they’d go bankrupt. It’s akin to a backdoor ban even for people with private insurance, a proposal that wouldn’t pass Congress.
Under the proposed rule issued by the Trump Administration today, any Medicare- or Medicaid-participating hospital would be barred from providing gender-affirming care to *any child*, even if the care is not paid for by Medicare or Medicaid.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
December 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Can’t stop thinking about this. The Trump administration is essentially extorting hospitals into dropping gender-affirming care—without Medicare or Medicaid they’d go bankrupt. It’s akin to a backdoor ban even for people with private insurance, a proposal that wouldn’t pass Congress.
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I am glad to see large media outlets reporting on this. Hopefully it shames the researchers into not continuing with the planned study or at minimum making sure ALL children in the study receive the birth dose of the HepB vaccine.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
CDC funds controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in African newborns
Scientists question the value of the proposed study, which will investigate a vaccine long known to be efficacious and safe
www.science.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I am glad to see large media outlets reporting on this. Hopefully it shames the researchers into not continuing with the planned study or at minimum making sure ALL children in the study receive the birth dose of the HepB vaccine.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
This will be discussed alongside the Tuskegee syphilis study in medical ethics textbooks and lectures.
RFK Jr.’s anti-science, anti-vaccine agenda is “spreading like an infection all its own throughout the globe.”
Thank you to @melodyschreiber.com and @katlay.bsky.social for staying on top of RFK Jt.’s continued attacks on vaccines.
H/t @nerdparty.bsky.social for the heads up.
Thank you to @melodyschreiber.com and @katlay.bsky.social for staying on top of RFK Jt.’s continued attacks on vaccines.
H/t @nerdparty.bsky.social for the heads up.
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This will be discussed alongside the Tuskegee syphilis study in medical ethics textbooks and lectures.
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Deputy AG Blanche just said the Trump DOJ will miss the Epstein files deadline.
He says "several hundred thousand" docs will be released today, "and then over the next couple weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more."
All files are required by law to be released today.
He says "several hundred thousand" docs will be released today, "and then over the next couple weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more."
All files are required by law to be released today.
December 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Deputy AG Blanche just said the Trump DOJ will miss the Epstein files deadline.
He says "several hundred thousand" docs will be released today, "and then over the next couple weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more."
All files are required by law to be released today.
He says "several hundred thousand" docs will be released today, "and then over the next couple weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more."
All files are required by law to be released today.