I bet plague doctor Bill Cassidy (R, Medieval Times) is feeling especially proud today with RFK Jr. leading the country right off a herd immunity cliff. Congratulations, Bill! Your legacy is secure.

“As measles cases reach a 35-year high in the U.S. and with cold and flu season quickly approaching, today’s executive order on vaccines is not only disheartening but dangerous." thehill.com/policy/healt...

American Academy of Pediatrics calls Trump vaccine order ‘dangerous’

The president of the American Academy of Pediatrics blasted President Trump’s Monday executive order calling for fewer childhood vaccines.  “As measles cases reach a 35-year high in the …

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No soap, deodorant, or toothpaste. These are more than 5,000 sailors and Marines, now in the ninth month of a deployment that was supposed to last seven, held at sea to support a war against Iran that Congress never authorized.

These men and women signed up to serve their country. The least their country owes them is hot water, a working toilet, and a real meal. Hegseth cannot even manage that, and he has the nerve to look their families in the eye and call them liars.

It’s been a week since a dozen military families shared what their loved ones are enduring aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. Moldy showers, broken toilets, laundry down for weeks, long stretches with no hot water, a meal that came down to half a cup of rice and two tortillas.

It’s literally about a quarter of a shot glass throughout Infant to 12 years old. About 8mls tops. This is what it looks like in a standard tablespoon.

How much harm have Trump, Kennedy junior and people like Wakefield done to children across decades over false #MMR claims? Now this - splitting vaccines over invented autism claims #measles #mumps #rubella #IDSky www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump signs order attempting to override CDC vaccine schedule and break up MMR shots

President and RFK Jr, the health secretary, repeatedly referred to autism during signing, though studies show no link between it and vaccines

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"One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap." ~Ida B. Wells, ca. 1892. Image: Public domain.

My standard software cheating tool, jPlag, does not detect AI cheating as it is a based on an assumption that students share with one another. AI cheating requires other approaches.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · yesterday

“The result is a new era of distrust, where readers constantly question whether what they’re reading is AI and real human writers try their best not to sound like it.”

Bomb squad called to RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes and section of busway closed after suspected WWII device discovered #Cambridge

Bomb squad called to RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes and section of busway closed after suspected WWII device discovered

Road and footpaths to site have also been cordoned off.

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Kate Sampson, contemporary ceramics artist #Womensart

UK contemporary sculptor known as Anna & the Willow creates nature-inspired sculptures made from rods of willow #womensart

Love this!✨

womensartbluesky.bsky.social@womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 2d ago

UK contemporary sculptor known as Anna & the Willow creates nature-inspired sculptures made from rods of willow #womensart

This is what America has become. A disease invested shit hole. Thanks Donny & RFK. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Leprosy cases are on the rise in Florida. Here’s how to reduce your risk

Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, can impact a person’s nerves, muscles, skin, eyes and respiratory tract, causing large bumps all over the skin and lead to paralysis and blindness

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@flyoragayshun.bsky.social love your biography statement so much

RELEASE THE UNREDACTED CHUMPSTEIN FILES, AND TURN THE EPSTEIN FILES, INTO TRIALS !

A “woke” (squints) hedge fund manager, Chris Hohn spelling out the reality “It’s case of decarbonise or die…if you don’t embrace green technologies there will be no jobs because that’s the future…the more we use fossil fuels the more it will drive up prices”

Henry Mance@henrymance.ft.com · 2d ago

Chris Hohn, billionaire hedge fund manager: ‘All these people who say we can't afford net zero - they're completely misunderstanding the gravity of the situation.' www.thetimes.com/article/de38...

JD Vance says that a glass falling off of a wall was a sign from God. Is that God saying gas prices are too high so end the Iran war?

dude gets pulled over for speeding and tells the cop—fingers tented Elon-style—that he wasn't actually driving, his Tesla was it does not go well youtu.be/kOa9iZmlfnk

The Tesla did it? Driver argues "I wasn't speeding" with cop and it doesn't go well.

YouTube video by ABC13 Houston

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Bulgaria says a drone entered its airspace from Romania before exploding 1,000 metres from a compressor station of the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline. euronews.com/my-europe/2026… ift.tt/fxUI0nB

Some beautifully colourful wild flowers up at the East Light today on Rathlin.

1/ Hashtags to follow TODAY ( August 8th 2026 ) #ScottishWildcatDay #InternationalCatDay (aka #WorldCatDay) #Caturday 1 of 10 #Aug8Hashtags

'Furthermore, vaccinated and subsequently challenged cohorts failed to transmit the virus to naïve animals, demonstrating a *complete block of onward transmission*'. * my emphasis. Extraordinarily promising research. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

RTE news: All you need to know about next week's solar eclipse www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

All you need to know about next week's solar eclipse

The solar eclipse is a rare event at any location and it will not occur again in Ireland until 2090

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Seatbelt covers 'reduce distress' after crashes #Cambridgeshire #BBCNews

Seatbelt covers offered to vulnerable people in Cambridgeshire

The devices are being offered to people who might struggle to communicate with emergency workers.

bbc.co.uk

Jalapeño peppers linked to a multistate salmonella outbreak have been traced back to a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico, federal officials say.

Jalapeños linked to a US salmonella outbreak are tracked to a Mexican farm and a distributor

Federal officials have traced a multistate salmonella outbreak to jalapeño peppers from a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico. At least 345 people in 27 states have fallen ill.

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Because it is an unethical company.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 6d ago

Why is Anthropic destroying books? | Kathryn James

The EU is about to ban 'video glasses' because they break invasion of privacy laws. The UK needs to ban them too.

Mass displacement in the tens of millions due to weather related events is already happening and will only continue to rise. Without global cooperation we are all sunk.

Thousands of websites created by AI: Unmasking the fake news generators f24.my/B3y0.BS

Focus - Thousands of websites created by AI: Unmasking the fake news generators

With the ever-growing and often overwhelming number of news outlets, it has become increasingly difficult to identify reliable sources. Artificial intelligence is likely to make matters worse, as more...

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