someone call up will smith we need him to do something

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Chris Rock Compares ‘Woke 1’ to the Old Testament and Salem Witch Trials: ‘No Forgiveness’

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

i am having trouble articulating this but a system that excuses gang rape as a youthful error on behalf of college men with ~ bright futures ~ does so because it is served by producing older men who are comfortable with, even enthusiastic about, torturing people at the system's behest

Fundamentally, this entire worldview is just mad that Africans have to exist in a place that should be undisturbed and unpopulated rainforest. Turn it into a nature preserve. That’s the contemptible premise

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Photo of the decade: AfD leader Alice Weidel

BREAKING: sucks to have stuff renamed by white people, doesn’t it?

🎧 🪴 “The system is not what's holding us together; it's our humanity.” In this episode, we explore the diversity of grassroots aid efforts and challenge the formal humanitarian system to take a more humble, supportive approach to locally led action. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4hXRIHz

Rethinking Humanitarianism | Grassroots aid is here to disturb the system

How grassroots aid continues to reshape humanitarian action – and what it would take for the formal aid system to truly follow their lead.

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Today I learned that peer reviewed articles in academic journals aren‘t fact checked by an independent fact checker the way magazine articles are If this is the case, how can any journal article be considered accurate? it’s so easy to make small errors even on subjects you know up and down

📢 Looking for a #job? @lshtm.bsky.social is #hiring a #ResearchFellow to support delivery of 2 studies evaluating #malaria #vector control tools (topical repellent in #CoteDIvoire & genetically modified #Anopheles stephensi in #Djibouti)🦟. Closing Date 24/8/2026. jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Research Fellow

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...

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🚨 New today in Nature 🦟 After decades of debate, we show that climate change has probably made malaria worse in sub-Saharan Africa, causing about 1 extra case per 1,000 children. But: malaria eradication efforts have pulled the other direction 200 times harder. 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Another massive jump in Ebola cases in DRC (reflecting new cases as well as "data harmonization"). Now 2,905 cases including 1,269 deaths. I find it harder every day to square the size and speed of spread of this outbreak with the lack of attention it is getting. insp.cd/sitrep-n069-...

DNA G-quadruplexes are dynamic four-stranded #DNA knots that may control genes, protect genomes, and drive disease, yet are poorly understood. This Unsolved Mystery by Irene Gallina & Sara Richter investigates their origins and functions. 🧪 #AcademicSky plos.io/4aXJXNC

Safer streets shouldn't be delayed, watered down, or treated as a political inconvenience. Every day we wait is another day people risk their lives just trying to get around. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/10/m...

‘Systemic failure’: Crash that killed Boston transit planner sparks furor over road safety efforts - The Boston Globe

Residents and public officials alike have been concerned about pedestrian and cyclist safety on the stretch of Tremont Street in Mission Hill near Parker Street for years.

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Meet the ‘princess’ mosquito 👑 🦟 LSHTM establishes UK’s first laboratory colony of Aedes vexans, a mosquito that's very 'high maintenance' Find out how this pioneering research is helping to protect the UK from disease threats as our climate changes 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

🚨 Cohort IV applications are OPEN! 🌍Are you a woman leader in #NTDs? Apply as a mentee! 🤝Are you an experienced NTD professional? Volunteer as a mentor! Deadline: 📅 Mentees: 11 Aug 2026 📅 Mentors: 22 Sept 2026 🔗Check your eligibility & Apply👉🏽 espen.afro.who.int/opportunitie...

Blessings to the person who referred to Haaland as “Norwegian megafauna”.

#Splicing dysfunction may represent a cryptic form of #genome erosion. This study shows that intron retention freq is much higher in #recombination -suppressed #MatingType regions in 4 #phytoplankton species, producing aberrant transcripts & functional decay @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/44vbDFI

New for 2026: The Frank H. Collins Eck Institute - ACME/ASTMH Travel Award. Up to $2,250 for one African PhD student or postdoctoral researcher working on malaria vectors within the African continent to attend #TropMed26. Apply by July 20. tinyurl.com/w3tyjet5

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From @theguardian.com: The US is building an #Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya for Americans amid an outbreak. The prospect of not being able to come home could drive cases underground and cause the virus to spread further. — @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social

US building Ebola quarantine center in Kenya for Americans amid outbreak

Some experts criticize White House approach and say not allowing Americans to return to US hurts treatment efforts

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- Experts in rich nations are highlighted, not those who are actually at the frontlines - After heroic efforts, the outbreak is controlled - Everyone promptly forgets the lessons learnt - We go into a phase of neglect and amnesia Until the next outbreak, and then we repeat the cycle, all over

Every single outbreak, we see the same pattern of response - Rich nations tell themselves that everything will be fine if they just ban travel and close their borders - Politicians make knee-jerk reactions to appease their base, ignoring everything scientists tell them

Today's Daily Cartoon for @newyorker.com by Kevin Maher and me.

Pulmonary Tuberculosis Detection with MiniDock MTB Using Swab Samples @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

For many years, Stephanie Nolen was one of the best reporters covering the HIV/AIDS in Africa health crisis. Now, finally, the #NYTimes has unleashed her again -- and here's her valuable first-hand report from #Zambia. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...

AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to H.I.V. Assistance

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Texas breaks ground in the RGV on the construction of a new sterile male facility for screwworm flies, now only 90 miles from the TX/MX border.

Sterile fly facility groundbreaking to stop New World screwworm

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, were part of a groundbreaking on Friday, April 17, 2026, at Moore Air Base in Edinburg, Texas, for a $610 million new ster...

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New in @science.org ‼️ In the most comprehensive study to date, we show that wildlife trade is driving animal-to-human zoonotic spillover at a planetary scale, with +1 spillover per host every 10 years. Live animal markets and illegal trade pose even greater risks. 🔓 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Dear Europe: Germany has shown the way forward, by making the Open Document Format (ODF) mandatory within its sovereign digital infrastructure. Now it's time for other countries to do the same! blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03... #foss #opensource #freesoftware #openstandards