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AIR-BORNE, @carlzimmer.com's new book, is an enthralling deep dive into airborne diseases. The colossal failure to recognize that #COVIDisAirborne is thoroughly reviewed. Our podcast erictopol.substack.com/p/carl-zimme... Open-access, with transcript and full video, + relevant links

submitted 8 hours ago • 15 comments

New book by RFK Jr, a sequel to his first book, The Very Hungry Brain Caterpillar.

submitted 1 day ago • 356 comments

The fact that the USA has banned visas for trans people but welcomed rapist Andrew Tate shows how all this "defending women" stuff is total bullshit

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For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...

submitted 3 days ago • 3764 comments

From food safety to air travel to environmental protections, Trump and Musk have gone on a firing spree at agencies that protect nearly every facet of American life. This has nothing to do with "efficiency" and everything to do with lining their own pockets at our expense.

submitted 4 days ago • 116 comments

Here are some nice mushrooms

submitted 5 days ago • 407 comments

Perfect shot! 📸: Steve Woods Photography

submitted 5 days ago • 395 comments

House of My Mother Review: I’ve never #read #truecrime but for some reason I have been completely fascinated and appalled by the idea that a family can (seemingly) have their every move recorded and streamed and have this insanity going on in the background. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6b69...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

🧬 In-womb cure for genetic disease A baby treated before birth for severe spinal muscular atrophy shows no symptoms at nearly 3 years old. This is a huge milestone for genetic medicine. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41... #GeneTherapy #MedicalBreakthrough #SciComm 🧪

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BREAKING: Associated Press is suing the Trump administration for violating the First Amendment. This is what needs done at every turn. Resist. Fight back. Well done AP👏

submitted 7 days ago • 30 comments

What do you do when the weight of the world is so much that you feel paralyzed? Not a rhetorical question, I’m looking for real answers.

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“For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.” “So read the books they're banning, that's where the good stuff is! If they don't want you to read it, there's a reason why.” Born on this day in 1957 LeVar Burton #BookSky

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

This is a line from the Hobbit film, but still very much worth sharing as work inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien. #Booksky

submitted 12 days ago • 26 comments

The incompetent engineers at SpaceX who create aircraft that explode after takeoff are going to take control of the FAA to make aviation safer. Nothing to see. Everything is fine. GIRL, TAKE GREYHOUND!!!

submitted 11 days ago • 484 comments

Musk’s takeover of US health agencies raises pandemic threat, experts warn www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Stop giving money to Amazon! Buy your books at @bookshop-org.bsky.social which donates a portion of all their proceeds to independent bookstores! Here’s some of my fave kids books: bookshop.org/shop/Elizabe...

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The removal of a transgender reference from the National Park Service’s Stonewall website wasn’t done by NPS staff. Elon, care to elaborate?

submitted 14 days ago • 191 comments

See also Just Security’s Litigation Tracker. www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...

submitted 22 days ago • 46 comments

In a new lawsuit filed against Trump by state AGs, a family with a trans kid shares she died by suicide last month citing fears Trump would deny her access to gender-affirming care. "Her parents have expressed fear...that what happened to their daughter does not happen to other children."

submitted 21 days ago • 175 comments

@mcuban.bsky.social if the current pres no longer allows insurance companies to pay for hormones for #trans people, will @costplusdrugs.com offer them on their website?

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Good news: CDC back to posting MMWR reports www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/... Bad news: The bird flu data and 3 studies were omitted, and 2 new household-cat transmissions unreported www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

submitted 21 days ago • 10 comments