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NYT Gift Article. Robert Rubin sounds the alarm on election interference and the need for leaders in business and in all sectors of our society to work with state and local elected officials to protect election integrity www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/o...

Religious right? New from Beyond the Noise 113: Are religious exemptions to vaccination religious, in that religion takes care of the health and well-being of children? @pauloffit.bsky.social

“I’m not going to work for a gambling company and have blood on my hands.” -- Nicole Noren, 24-year ESPN veteran and winner of Emmy, Murrow, and Peabody awards. Her grandfather, father and one of my brothers "were pretty much destroyed by sports gambling addiction." www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

@helenbranswell.bsky.social was probably the only person on here who each year closely tracked/posted US pediatric flu deaths—always covering every change for past seasons, too. these threads never got much notice or attention, but she kept writing them because she believed they should be reported.

ICYMI, great statement by former VP Mike Pence about Trump's betrayal of Ukraine. Scandal there's no one else left in Republican Party able to say it out loud.

HVAC heat pumps are outselling fossil-fueled furnaces. But did you know you can also purchase a heat pump water heater? There are now 17 brands on the market! We are very happy with our HPWH. It delivers 344% efficency year round in HP only mode. 🧪💡🔌☀️💨💧🔋 cleantechnica.com/2026/10/08/1...

What was measles like before the vaccine? Dr Paul Offit and Vincent discuss RFK Jr.’s claim that children are receiving too many vaccines too soon. From BTN 111: Why Is RFK Jr ignoring measles outbreaks?

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UN chief says 'big oil' treats atmosphere as open sewer. #climate www.afp.com/en/un-chief-...

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

This guy is pretty damn good at this

He was waiting for his son to return from the USS Lincoln. Then Border Patrol arrested him. PBS News https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/he-was-waiting-for-his-son-to-return-from-the-uss-lincoln-then-border-patrol-arrested-him SUBSCRIBE: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/newsletters

💥 ICE drag mom & teen daughter out of hospital room—in middle of being treated after car accident. Still wearing hospital gowns. Both victims of car collusion, with asylum case pending in good standing & valid work permit. Grace Calero 39, & Giulianna Carriel 19, from Ecuador.

Given the recent COVID-19 origins revival and Fauci witchhunt, just a reminder that I have written a book that answers to the best of our knowledge the question; and dismantles the many disinformation campaigns around the various lab leak narratives. Free access: open.substack.com/pub/protagon...

“The anti-vaccine movement is successful because their metric of success is children suffering,, being hospitalized and dying”- Paul Offit Don’t miss Beyond the Noise 109:: Trump & RFK Jr’s Vaccine Order Puts Children At Risk @pauloffit.bsky.social

Europe led major markets on EV sales in H1 2026, up 30% year on year. EVs are now 30%+ of EU sales, 38% in the UK. But the real story is global. Outside the major markets, sales rose ~75%. Latin America more than doubled. India +90%. Colombia +300%. The centre of gravity is shifting. Chart: IEA

A statement from AAP President Dr. Andrew Racine on today’s executive order on U.S. childhood vaccines: www.aap.org/en/news-room...

"Extensive testing is required for every vaccine, and research shows that getting multiple vaccines at the same time is safe. There is no medical reason to delay or space out childhood immunizations." www.aap.org/en/news-room... via @aapfactcheck.bsky.social @aapor.bsky.social

"Accusing him of crimes and deception wasn’t enough; the release of the diary was meant to inflict public humiliation on him". Very good article and spot on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"Civil War is no name for a war waged by slaveholding traitors against the United States to hold Black Americans in human bondage. Now, 165 years since the war’s first shots, we should be honest about how we hold its memory." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...

wapo.st/4yR8j5X A sad story for the workers in the Conn Selmer factory in Eastlake Ohio.

The lab theory is v hard to reconcile w/evidence: So, two (2 lineages initially) infected WIV researchers didn't infect anyone in their community or around WIV (invisible masks?). They went to the market to pet (?) mammals, left traces of SARS2, coughed on people. Then put invisible? masks back on.

He liked talking to the media long before it was glamorous. Long before it was fun. Long before it got him the attention of movie stars. open.substack.com/pub/maggiefo...

Good NPR article on the question of Animal spillover vs Lab leak for SARS-CoV-2 origin, and the answer: those with the greatest understanding of the epidemiology and genetics of SARS-CoV-2 overwhelmingly favor spillover because the evidence so uniformly and compellingly points to a spillover process

“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...

Chemist & X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin's meticulous research was instrumental in uncovering DNA's molecular structure. Most famous for her role in the DNA double helix discovery, her work also revolutionized our understanding of viruses & coal. She was born #OTD in 1920. #WomenInSTEM 🧵

Rare genetic disease. Desperate family. Ambitious scientists. A little girl's hope for a normal life: a cutting-edge gene therapy. She died within a week. No one told the world. Important lessons about how hope for a miracle can go tragically wrong. Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

A pediatrician for nearly 50 years in Florida, Dr. Walker saw kids die of measles encephalitis and others in iron lungs from polio. He gave vaccines free to those who couldn't pay. A good man, and a living memory worth listening to. wapo.st/4xnOCSl

Powerful piece! www.ms.now/opinion/canc...

@davidfickling.bsky.social laying out the simple math on LNG. "Here’s some back-of-the-napkin math to show why LNG producers should be fearful for their future" And the rest of us who plan to live on this planet should be thankful that the economics of liquid methane don't work anymore

In his write-up @talkingpointsmemo.com of this convo, @joshtpm.bsky.social called @hcrichardson.bsky.social “generous” and that’s exactly right. Heather had me on in March to talk education politics. She didn’t have to do that. I’m very grateful. The most viewed thing I’ve done. This was great.👇

“Nearly 150 people from 23 countries have been at sea for weeks, some of them grieving, all of them frightened, all of them longing for home. Tenerife has been chosen because it has the medical capacity, the infrastructure, and the humanity to help them reach safety.”

Electric heavy trucks get the Trump Bump! "The jump in diesel prices triggered by the Iran war is expected to accelerate electrification of China’s heavy truck fleet this year, analysts and automakers say, and speed a decline in fuel demand in the ‌world's largest oil importer."