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“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?” - A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic

submitted 6 days ago • 784 comments

A new study by economists estimates that a 25% cut in science funding would result in a GDP decline similar in magnitude to the 2008 recession. They also estimate that a 75% cut to government science would trigger a larger GDP decline than in any recession since the Great Depression.

submitted 6 days ago • 22 comments

"A report by economists at American University in Washington DC estimates that a 50% reduction in federal science funding would reduce the US gross domestic product by approximately 7.6%." Science is an amazing engine of economic activity and progress for the US ... or at least it was.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

The possibility that RFK Jr. is going to undermine herd immunity in the United States grows increasingly likely. This would mean that US will be responsible for starting numerous pandemics and potentially destroying the effectiveness of the entire globe’s vaccine arsenal. This is bioterrorism.

submitted 4 days ago • 320 comments

🧵Confirmation via a friend: Starbucks will forbid employees from masking without a medical note. Giant US-based MAGAcorp known for union-busting, actively preventing workers from protecting themselves and the public from known workplace health hazards? Starbucks wants you infected. 👉 #Sickbucks 👈

submitted 13 days ago • 87 comments

Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.

submitted 14 days ago • 1434 comments

Two headlines in the New York Times today.

submitted 14 days ago • 1429 comments

“An unknown white male wearing a medical mask” They’re going to use this to push more mask bans. We saw it in NYC after Luigi Mangione’s arrest. It reignited the mayor’s desire to ban masks. If you stopped masking, we need you to start again. Normalize them as a public health tool

submitted 15 days ago • 9 comments

David Putrino is a leading researcher and he believes long covid will become a national epidemic. I think he’s absolutely 💯 correct. ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...

submitted 18 days ago • 15 comments

Severe COVID-19 Increases Diabetes Risk by 1,271% While Mild Cases Show Over 100% Increase! "The research, conducted by scientists from the University of Kentucky, analyzed data from nearly 9 million patients across 3 massive healthcare databases"

submitted 18 days ago • 8 comments

🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read. He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:

submitted 18 days ago • 340 comments

It's time to start reminding people: LILIES ARE DEADLY FOR CATS. The leaves, the petals, the stem, even drinking a bit of vase water or licking a few grains of pollen from their fur can cause fatal kidney failure. ⚠️ www.fda.gov/animal-veter...

submitted 30 days ago • 193 comments

This is so heartbreaking and makes nothing better and no one safer. It is the punitive act of an administration that values fealty over human health.

submitted 20 days ago • 64 comments

"Is COVID Rewriting the Rules of Aging? Brain Decline Alarms Doctors." "Millions of long-COVID patients continue to struggle with cognitive difficulties" #LongCOVID #COVIDisNotOVER Source: archive.md/bSXmv

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

A big reason the fascist administration doesn't want Mr. Abrego Garcia back in the U.S. is because they know that when he tells his story in his own words more people will be disgusted.

submitted 20 days ago • 42 comments

New— Trump's crusade against the American Bar Association continues, this time terminating all grants via DOJ's Office of Violence Against Women. This morning a webinar on trauma-informed representation was canceled moments before starting. ABA sent email attachment to participants (shared w/ me):

submitted 21 days ago • 84 comments

For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce" www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...

submitted 27 days ago • 523 comments

Please use ALT text on your protest photos. Disabled people are left out of non-disabled activism. Accommodations are not made. Intersectionality does not apply. We aren’t invited to participate. We have to fight for ourselves. Leaving ALT off your images leaves disabled people out yet again.

submitted 31 days ago • 17 comments

Are you an institution that’s come under fire from Trump? They are going to try to destroy you anyway. Go down swinging.

submitted 31 days ago • 4 comments

This is the Hands Off! map for Saturday. Nearly 400,000 people have signed up to attend over 1,000 events in all 50 states. We hope to see you in the streets in two days to let Trump and Musk know they can’t intimidate us into submission: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...

submitted 33 days ago • 93 comments

Elon Musk is trying to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court so he can continue to rig the system for Trump & the billionaire class. 2026 is huge, but 2025 is right now. Wisconsin votes on Tuesday & if we don’t show up, he wins. Support Judge Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court #JudgeSusanCrawford

submitted 40 days ago • 121 comments

“The Social Security Administration on Wednesday abruptly backed off planned cuts to phone services for disabled and some elderly Americans applying for benefits amid an uproar from advocates.” Keep agitating. Gift link: wapo.st/41Z4xrr

submitted 40 days ago • 15 comments

Hell has no fire hot enough. No pit deep enough.

submitted 40 days ago • 8 comments

HUGE protest against Elon Musk & Tesla in Cherry Hill, New Jersey on Saturday. For those who say protest doesn’t work, Tesla stock is plummeting, Tesla sales are crashing and many Tesla owners can’t offload their cars quick enough. #TeslaTakedown (🎥 Danned If You Do, via TikTok)

submitted 44 days ago • 132 comments

COVID is no more over than is the last great pandemic of HIV. This is very bad news, and not easily replaced, NIH funded research makes such a profound global impact. www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 41 days ago • 11 comments

SCOOP: A WIRED review of public data shows that national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.

submitted 41 days ago • 1074 comments

New Yorkers, have you called your NY State Senator and Assembly Member and urged them to reject any mask ban and anti-mask legislation in the state budget? There's still time to call today! And call again tomorrow! #NoNYMaskBan covidadvocacyny.org/stopmaskbanny

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments

Reminder, sunglasses hide your identity more than masks. As research in Scientific Reports shows, "Face masks are less effective than sunglasses in masking face identity." Will policymakers also ban sunglasses? hats? #NoNYMaskBan CC @govkathyhochul.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 43 days ago • 4 comments

Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast? He can’t require us to do shit. He doesn’t regulate elections. Please report on his incessant executive orders like you have some common goddamn sense.

submitted 41 days ago • 25 comments

Medical misogyny kills. I am so tired of the entire medical establishment treating women as wombs first and humans needing urgent medical care something like 4th or 5th. ... and even lower on the priority list if they're Black, Indigenous, POC, or gender-nonconforming.

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.

submitted 41 days ago • 617 comments

Folks, very bad news for #LongCOVID. Deep breath. 29 awarded grants to do with COVID and Long COVID have been rescinded by NIH. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 41 days ago • 46 comments

An insane response. Don’t let up on this story.

submitted 42 days ago • 448 comments

People are upset about the Republican assault on democracy but feel helpless. They’re not. It’s not too late to stop these bastards. My newsletter tells you how.

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

This is a gift article with no paywall. Please share this information on Social Security FAR & WIDE. And please call your members of Congress: 202-224-3121. Also encourage EVERYONE you know to call!🙏💜

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

ABSOLUTELY DEMAND: SOCIAL SECURITY IS A PROMISE TO US, THE PEOPLE, AND OUR EARNED BENEFITS. 202-224-3121

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

Last Friday, 1,000 more NIH biomedical research projects were defunded with no notice Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles

submitted 43 days ago • 5 comments