"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...

Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)

To face our own history, we must be honest about it.

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

The last day of an American factory

A Trump donor called for an end to offshoring. Then his company moved much of this plant’s work to China.

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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.

Stephen Nuñez@socio-steve.bsky.social · 7d ago

I still don't understand the purpose of this conspiracy theory exactly. Why would everyone be trying to cover up that the virus (which was clearly not bioengineered) was loosed through a lab leak as opposed to spread in wet markets?

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...

Why I Always Trusted Tony Fauci

Hint: He never lied to me

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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

NPR@npr.org · last wk.

The release of Dr. Anthony Fauci's pandemic diaries has rekindled the debate over the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Here's how scientists have weighed in. n.pr/4h55Tdr

From Philipp Markolin on the run up to the Senate hearings for Dr. Fauci: "TL;DR. Paul got nothing. Less than nothing, actually the documents he provided ... are much more exculpatory than incriminating to Dr. Anthony Fauci." (1/3) open.substack.com/pub/protagon...

The Fauci diaries are a predictable bust

Rand Paul desperately applies selective disclosure methods in his latest attempt to sustain lab leak fan fiction for personal gain

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“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...

Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations

The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.

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A Southern Magnolia flower blooming today at Brookside Garden. The magnolias have a fascinating pollination strategy that involves beetles. The distinctive top and bottom portion of the central “receptacle” of the flower are the female (carpels) and the male parts (stamens), respectively. (1/2)

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...

Four takeaways from our investigation into a hidden gene-editing death

Girl’s death in China raises questions about the safety and cost of gene therapy, China’s biotech push, and scientific publishing practices

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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

Opinion | The conversation a 98-year-old retired physician never expected to have

Vaccine misinformation isn’t new. These tried-and-true methods work to combat it.

wapo.st

I don’t understand why there isn't more outrage at the SpaceX IPO and the way it is structured to transfer wealth from the 99% of the public toward those who already have the most, with Elon Musk as the primary beneficiary. 🧵 1/8

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

Opinion | The U.S. is dangerously close to defunding miracles like the one that saved my life

Jenney Bitner: I'm not a scientist or policy expert. But I know that the drug that kept me alive for my children was built on a foundation of public investment.

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@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

Why $70 Should Be the Most Worrying Number for LNG

Here’s some back-of-the-napkin math to show why LNG producers should be fearful for their future, even if the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz hadn’t just knocked a fifth of global supplies offline.

bloomberg.com

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.👇

Hunter Walker@hunterw.bsky.social · 3mo ago

From @hcrichardson.bsky.social -- American Conversations: Josh Marshall & Kate Riga of Talking Points Memo heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/american-c...

“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.”

Message by the WHO Director-General to the people of Tenerife regarding the hantavirus response

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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."

Iran war to accelerate China's shift to electric trucks from diesel

BEIJING, May 7 (Reuters) - 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 ...

finance.yahoo.com

We have reached the point where firmed renewable energy (FRE) is economically favored over FF. Building renewables & storage at 2:1 enables excess renewable power to be used 24/7. As nations fight over dwindling FF the cost advantage for FRE grows. 🧪💡🔌☀️💨💧🔋 www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/30/r...

Renewables growth cut Spain’s electricity bills by 24.2% over the past two years

Spain and Portugal are 53% less exposed to gas price volatility than they were three years ago, according to a new report from Positive Money.

pv-magazine.com

We'll definitely lose the future if outstanding scientists like Dr. Meng are driven away. Pushed by Trump policies, top U.S. battery scientist is moving to Singapore | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Pushed by Trump policies, top U.S. battery scientist is moving to Singapore

Shirley Meng explains why her passion for decarbonizing the global economy required her to relocate

science.org

Some folks have created an "unrolled" version of this, over here: skywriter.blue/@kevintmorri...

This week, the Supreme Court finally killed off the Voting Rights Act of 1965. I've spent the past decade studying the VRA and the attacks on it, so I thought I would offer some historical perspective, and where I think we're headed. This will be a long thread; buckle up.

NEW: A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits.

The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families

A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who...

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These brothers, 15 and 18, came here legally to learn. Their status changed without their knowledge because they transferred schools. Now separated and detained out of state. The “worst of the worst” are in the White House and Fort McNair. www.mississippifreepress.org/max-and-isra...

Max and Israel Makoka Were Waiting for a Hancock High School Bus. ICE Took Them Instead.

ICE detained Max and Israel Makoka, two Hancock County high school students who were waiting for a bus when agents arrested them.

mississippifreepress.org

Pretty clear way to show it and looks about right: internal combustion cars really don't have a snowball's chance in hell agains electric cars.

Study Has Warning About Missed Hepatitis B Shots at Birth www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/v...

Study Has Warning About Missed Hepatitis B Shots at Birth

About 90% of infants infected at birth go on to develop chronic infection

medpagetoday.com

Scene from San Diego Convention Center. #Photogrsphy

Measles is NOT "just like chickenpox". It can kill years later. This woman was so brave for coming forward with her story. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...

Opinion | Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know.

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I have to disagree on this. There has been massive amounts of piecemeal scientific inquiry that build up a compelling body of evidence speaking against a lab origin. On top if that, a lot of "human" intelligence came also to light discrediting ideas of a lab leak. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrsV...

Lab Leak Fever with Philipp Markolin

YouTube video by Decoding the Gurus

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Interesting summary of journal article in Scientific Reports documenting improved performance for bifacial rooftop PV systems over conventional tilted monofacial rooftop PV systems across seasons in the UK. www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/15/v...

Vertical bifacial PV outperforms tilted PV systems in the UK

A year-long study in the UK finds vertical bifacial PV systems achieve an up to 26.91% higher output during morning hours compared to traditional tilted PV systems. The vertical bifacial system better...

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