Why do people want to bring polio back so badly?

Air quality slightly improving in Portland, but still well in the "unhealthy" range. Stunned seeing no one wearing a mask while running errands this morning. I know Covid broke a lot of brains, but come on.

Not great in Portland right now. Went outside earlier and felt like standing in a campfire.

I can’t even begin to imagine what the White House smells like on a daily basis. 🤢

I had been working on this story on climate reporting anyway, then the wildfire smoke arrived here in Portland today. derekberes.substack.com/p/the-single...

The single issue we should all care about

Tragically, media outlets are less interested than ever

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Fking up earth isn't enough, gotta litter elsewhere now. www.space.com/astronomy/mo...

A SpaceX rocket will crash into the moon this week, and scientists aren't sure what to expect

"Watching this one gives us a rare chance to open up ejecta-plume science and calibrate those models against a real event, which matters for every future thing we deliver to the moon."

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HAHAHA just two guys having fun cooking up salmon cakes for the proletariat using taxpayer dollars.

"Kennedy claimed that home cooking is a 'sacred ritual that has been abandoned,' despite data showing that more than half of American men and three-quarters of women regularly cook at home." My wife and I cook 3 nights per week each. As usual, RFK makes up data. www.vanityfair.com/story/robert...

RFK Jr.’s Cooking Show Is Even More Bizarre Than You Could Imagine

Considering the guy is known for all kinds of strangeness in the biome, from protein to emus to brain worms, ‘The Real Food Show’ is quite the surreal experience.

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Just in case RFK Jr forgot that he financed Plandemic.

RFK Jr spread so much bllsht this weekend you might have missed this wild claim. My Conspirituality bonus episode today goes into the MAHA crew running cover for him.

Dana Bash has unbelievable patience with this petulant, privileged man child. I’m sure every woman has had to be in meetings with such pompous idiots, but even this is next level.

Callan’s birthday weekend celebration. First, dinner at Coquine then Tempo walk.

Nothing is as toxic in American society as an aggrieved white man.

MAHA spent this past week using the Fauci show trial as a marketing blitz. Remember, Kennedy's publisher, Tony Lyons, also runs his lobbying, marketing, and fundraising arms. Wednesday's MAHA weekly call featured every possible book they could promote about the "scandal."

“Rosabella’s AI marketing practices have previously been written about by 404 Media and The New York Times, but were most thoroughly explored in an excellent episode of the podcast Conspirituality." -- @jasonkoebler.bsky.social www.404media.co/inside-an-ai...

Inside an AI TikTok Shop Slop Factory That Shills Supplements Recalled By the FDA

How a company called Rosabella used AI content to market its supplements: "If you’re trying to sell health products to a 50-year-old, well, make your avatar 50 years old."

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So glad MAHA is laser-focused on the Fauci show trial. www.cnn.com/2026/07/24/h...

US measles cases reach 35-year high, for second record-breaking year in a row | CNN

Measles has continued its historic resurgence in the United States this year, with a second record-breaking year in a row.

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The Fauci circus today? Turns out RFK Jr ordered his team to search through 11 different servers over 8 months to “find” Fauci’s diaries, then handed them to Rand Paul to publish.

Maybe we shouldn’t listen to chiropractors or plastic surgeons when they discuss peptides 🤷🏻

Ross Douthat joining CBS under Bari Weiss’s leadership is the least surprising story of today.

Lol this only happened in Children's Health Defense's dreams. It must be nice having no need for editorial integrity whatsoever.

Working on a piece about the reissue of "The Ecstatic" by Mos Def/Yasiin Bey and came across these photos I snapped at Shakespeare in Central Park in 2004. I've seen Yasiin perform at least 5x and every one was a treasure.

Why chiropractic is a ghost religion.

Are we about to see MAHA chiropractic “gaslight journals” spring to life? @derekberes.bsky.social and team walk us through it. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Brief: The Chiropractors Are Coming

Podcast Episode · Conspirituality · July 25 · 35m

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This should be considered child abuse. Instead, RFK Jr's lobbying and fundraising arm publishes sht like this on their Substack.

RFK Jr’s corruption is now being extended to chiropractic.

The MAHA Chiropractic Hub wants the ghost religion to be further embedded in the American healthcare system, with more federal dollars earmarked for "research" and more Medicare money flowing in. RFK Jr is going to help them achieve their goals. www.conspirituality.net/episodes/bri...

Brief: The Chiropractors Are Coming — Conspirituality

A look at the MAHA Chiropractic Hub and what it means for the future of American healthcare.

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We are so fked

I give you the official CDC website.

I can’t believe RFK Jr would appoint people with conflicts of interest to vote on peptides.

No way, shocking. "The advisory panel was recently overhauled, and many of the new members have ties to the peptide industry." www.npr.org/2026/07/23/n...

FDA panel backs easier access to peptides

Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted in favor of easing regulation of popular peptides. The recommendations could pave the way for specialized pharmacies to produce them in the U.S.

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