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There are some days when the news can be overwhelming and leave you feeling sad and afraid. Today is one of them. Try to remember that the good in the world has always outnumbered the bad, stroke a cat and enjoy the sunshine x (Pic @imageplotter.bsky.social)

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is preparing to roll back rules that limited mercury, lead, and arsenic emissions from coal plants, protections designed to safeguard brain development and prevent heart and respiratory disease.

Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.

Your safety is the top priority. Peaceful protesters have already been harmed for doing nothing. The story they’re selling isn’t legit. Please film everything, document everything.

Ahem.

NIH funding to HMS, including for ImmGen, has been terminated. This threatens tools used by 10,000+ immunologists globally. Please email support for ImmGen’s value to you to Immgen(at)gmail.com, your Senator (US), or US Embassy (abroad). Thanks The ImmGen Team #immgen #supportScience #NIHfunding

Your School House Rock moment......

Life = one long panic punctuated by cups of tea.

We got “liberated”, all right. Liberated from higher earnings guidance. 🤡

Anyone who has interacted with NHS HR (or IT, or indeed any back office function) knows that reducing the workforce in these further and making it even less attractive for good people to stay will be a total disaster. NHS is one of the world’s largest employers, it spends a tiny fraction on admin

Wishing a joyous First Contact Day to all those who observe.

Donald Trump is a failed businessman who is crashing the American economy. None of these people are fit to govern.

We are launching the second call for participants in our international conference, "Is Memory Enough in the 21st Century?". It will take place from June 30 to July 2, 2025. This time, we invite teachers, educators, and researchers to apply. Details & registration: www.auschwitz.org/en/museum/ne...

RIP Wilson Center. Musk staffers visited the center, and shortly after, its leadership staff and senior government employees were ousted. Dozens of federal employees, about a third of the center’s workforce, were also slated for administrative leave.

Time for a midweek mood check! Using a GIF, image, or vid, share how you are you feeling today 🖤

NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.

Check out our new totally real editions that have nothing to do with April Fools’ Day.

No lies told here.

UNACCEPTABLE

Unkind men so often whither in the face of unkindness.

Yep

We’re going to die