Roger Winters, PhD

Taxing the rich is absolutely essential to saving our economy and our democracy. Don't believe me? Look at this chart.

Read this very well written essay, especially if you pride yourself on being non-political.

It is 2026. The number of measles cases is reaching a point where we are seeing deaths from measles complications. An unvaccinated 18 yo died from acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. That is a complication of measles. You get what you vote for.🧪

49 years ago today Talking Heads: 77, is the debut album by the American rock band Talking Heads, released on this day in 1977, includes the singles "Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town", "Psycho Killer" and "Pulled Up" #punk #newwave #postpunk #TalkingHeads #history #otd #punkrockhistory

46 years ago today Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables is the debut studio album by the American punk rock band Dead Kennedys, released on this day in 1980. #punk #punks #punkrock #FreshFruitforRottingVegetables #deadkennedys #history #punkrockhistory #otd

I attempted to put words to what's been going on in my life:

As LLMs get better at certain tasks and much more convincing, it's a useful exercise to ask about a subject you know intimately. Here, ChatGPT 5.6 diagrams the wrong game, doubles down, then finally admits its mistake. It cites a paper that doesn't exist, doubles down, and finally confesses again.

NEW: CNN is reporting as an "exclusive" that the former CFO of SPLC, Heidi Beirich, was arrested in California today. They have a quote from Blanche at a news conference and say this is "part of a superseding indictment," but the docket does not yet reflect the superseding indictment.

It's also our job as scientists to listen to critical evidence and revise our understanding based on it. But when Dr. Hooven received evidence that conflicted with her thesis, instead of revising her ideas, she ignored the evidence and double down. That's not science. That is ideology.

Dress Made of Living Mycelium Can Renew and Repair Itself https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/06/2210253/dress-made-of-living-mycelium-can-renew-and-repair-itself?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

The plans – not yet been officially confirmed – would allow a two-year tariff-free window for firms to move production to the US, after which a 100% duty will be applied, stepping up to 200% a year later. #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/trum...

41 years ago Talking Heads’ bassist, Tina Weymouth, from the August 1985 issue of Vogue. Photo by Oliverio Toscani #punkrock #newwave #postpunk #basswoman #tinaweymouth #talkingheads #history #punkrockhistory

Released on this day in 1979: Fear Of Music #TalkingHeads youtu.be/8al5cSQNmME?si…

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I’ve seen a lot of my colleagues’ interactions with Claude working on research problems & it would be easier for me to accept it as a serious scientific tool if it didn’t end every single response with the LLM equivalent of “you want fries with that?” — constantly trying to goad you into asking more

Elon Musk is planning to spend at least $100 million to help Republicans in this year’s midterms. That’s just 0.014 percent of his current $702 billion net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics.

Here’s to 40 years of Lifes Rich Pageant

The South African trust-fund billionaire wockaflocka brought in to gut our country's infrastructure, whose cuts to aid have already killed a half-million children, is now offering $100-million to make an all-white remake of a movie. This is all totally normal and whatnot.

lmfao

This is bull***. I have a PhD and 40 years experience. I founded and led a nonprofit and never made more per hour than the guy who just fixed my oven.

People captured by a supremacist spirit want to dominate humanity to prove to themselves that they are the Good Ones. They want it so badly it's made them hate everything human; their own humanity most of all. I really think we ought to defeat this ghastly fucking spirit with a better humanist one.

41 years ago Salad Days is the final EP by the American hardcore punk band Minor Threat, released in July 1985 through Dischord Records, 2 years after the band's breakup Cover by Glen E. Friedman #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #minorthreat #saladdays #history #punkrockhistory

Trump will present his bogus conspiracy theories about voter fraud and the 2020 election once again tonight. The only reason he's doing so is to lay the groundwork for his midterm voter suppression scheme. Be warned.

Rather than repeating debunked election conspiracy theories, in a better world, a President would be addressing... this:

i have never seen someone as clearly vacant behind the eyes as tuberville. there is nothing going on in there. if the electrons are firing they are moving through molasses

PSA: If you're taking an SSRI and it's helping you: don't stop it suddenly because of a politician's comments. Abruptly stopping antidepressants can cause withdrawal symptoms and relapse. If you're thinking about making a change, talk with your healthcare professional and make a plan. 💚

Peter Mcullough, a grifter cardiologist spreads Covid vaccine misinformation about Lindsey Graham’s death. I guess Lindsey Graham didn’t take his $84 “spike protein detox supplement” when he got the vaccine FIVE years ago. Here we are. .

"slipped and fell into an enormous pickle jar full of yellowjackets while trying to reach a package of malomars from the tippy top shelf today, dead at the tragically advanced age of 71 ..."

My piece on Lindsey Graham from late November 2019... "The conversion of Lindsey Graham did not occur on the road to Damascus, like Paul of Tarsus, but on the back nine of the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia. And he did not come to Jesus, but to the Antichrist."

“If votes aren’t even accurately counted, democracy is a fraud.” Lindsey Graham’s death closes one chapter, not the Republican campaign against voting rights. As the 2026 midterms approach, the lessons of the stolen 2000 election remain urgent.

My kids have measles, I lost my job, and a parasite that the CDC no longer monitors has given me explosive diarrhea. But at least now there’s no plaques honoring Black scientists at the Smithsonian.

How two punk icons are giving the Cramps a second life

Released 44 years ago today "Bleed for Me", the sixth single by the Dead Kennedys Bleed For Me - Dead Kennedys - Urgh! A Music War - Santa Monica Civic Auditorium - August 15, 1980 #punk #punks #punkrock #deadkennedys #bleedforme #history #punkrockhistory #otd

44 years ago today Dead Kennedys at the Whiskey A Go Go, July 4, 1982. T.S.O.L. was also on the bill, and the Butthole Surfers were added at the last minute based on Jello Biafra's recommendation. 📸 Edward Colver #punk #punks #punkrock #deadkennedys #history #otd #punkrockhistory

🚨 PHILLY STRIKE ALERT 🚨 As of 12:01pm, 1600 IBEW Local 614 PECO workers are on strike—the first in the utility company’s 145-year history. “PECO's lack of seriousness over six months of bargaining has forced us to this point. We are officially on strike. We strike strong, and we strike to win.”

NEW: Todd Blanche claims the DOJ won’t produce additional docs or unredact them b/c the original redactions & withholdings were appropriate & he wants to protect the privacy of victims…despite already repeatedly violating that privacy. My reply to his asinine arguments: youtu.be/f0GaVdXLrfM?...

As Deputy Attorney General, Todd Blanche fired me for doing my job, then subjected me and my family to months of retaliation. My story is one of many reasons the Senate should not confirm Blanche again. Read and share my letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee. www.lawyeroyer.com/p/my-letter-...

For America's 250th, I read Frederick Douglass’ speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” on the House floor—for the first time in history. His speech endures as a mirror & mandate for us all—to confront our inequities while fighting for an America as good as its promise.

The number alone should land him in prison, without any consideration to how it was gained. It should be illegal to vastly increase your wealth while holding public office. Any capital gains ought to enter an inaccessible public trust to be used on public good. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/u...

you know, when someone says something like "these are the things that need to be done to avert disaster" and your response is "you think democrats will do that?!?" all you're telling me is that you think politics is a spectator sport

“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Join me today (Saturday, 6/27) at 12 pm in Exeter town hall for the reading of Frederick Douglass’ famous speech.

AOC: The Republican Party’s brand is fear. They constantly want Americans in fear of somebody because, if you are not afraid of someone who is your neighbor, you’re going to realize who’s actually pickpocketing you.

NEW — The sentencing of the Prairieland demonstrators shows the brutality of Trump's war on dissent, but it's not without precedent, @kimkelly.bsky.social writes. History shows us the government has always punished anti-fascism. But this time we can change the narrative in real time. Read here:

Anthony Fauci should sue Peter Navarro for defamation. I’m not saying this hyperbolically, I mean it.