For those who believe facts still matter, El-Sayed's participation in the uncommitted movement was during the primary and about Biden, not Harris. El-Sayed endorsed Kamala the day after Biden dropped out: bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

Fact check: El-Sayed, Stevens trade jabs on party loyalty, Kamala Harris - Bridge Michigan

While Abdul El-Sayed released a video overstating his speed to endorse Kamala Harris, Haley Stevens falsely suggested he led a 2024 movement to withhold primary votes from former President Joe Biden.

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Delta Nupe@itsnotuitsme1911.bsky.social · 17h ago

El-Sayed won. I’m urging Black Detroiters to STAY HOME and be “uncommitted’ like El-Sayed was for Kamala Harris during the general election. Dearborn voted for TRUMP instead of the Black Lady. I’m encouraging Black Detroit to vote for Jill Stein or Trump , like the Arabs in Dearborn did in 24!

Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.

Yes, the Problems are bad, but this is no time for radical things like Solutions

A couple paid more than $800,000 for a gene-editing therapy for their daughter. She died, and it wasn’t made public. An exclusive from us and @science.org.

Exclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made public

Parents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation reveals

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A suite of biotech industry leaders are backing the FDA against a "malicious" lawsuit that could make developing new drugs “chaotically impossible” 😮 my story!

Biotech industry leaders file brief backing FDA against ‘malicious’ mifepristone challenge

A group of 61 biopharma companies, executives and investors has filed an amicus brief in support of the FDA in an ongoing case brought by Louisiana meant to remove access to the abortion pill mifep | ...

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As of this morning, Oregon wildfires covered 415,000 acres, already surpassing last year’s total acres burned. More than 1,000 people have had to evacuate. With thunderstorms & heatwaves on the horizon, wildfires could get worse this week. www.opb.org/article/2026...

Thunderstorms could bring more wildfires to Central Oregon

More than 1,000 people in Oregon have been ordered to evacuate their homes this week

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Ah yes, taxes, the thing that all of us famously already pay

Walker Bragman@walkerbragman.bsky.social · 2w ago

The WaPo Editorial Board is back with another op-ed attacking the progressive policy agenda on behalf of big money.

3 years ago I wrote this piece for @theatlantic.com about why we mustn’t take public health for granted. This is long before this admin’s deep cuts to public health. With the massive Cyclospora outbreak, I couldn’t help thinking about my own warning from the past.

When journalists asked me "where we will see the effects of DOGE on outcomes?" one of my responses was "during crises...as long as media connect the dots." Well, dots connected: www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...

The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year

“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.

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Jennifer Doudna's lab has released its first AI-designed protein, a new field for her. If she starts doing journalism next I'll quit 🚨my story:

Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna enters AI protein design arena

Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., the Nobel Laureate best known for co-inventing the CRISPR system that has become the foundation for gene editing, is dipping her toes into a new, buzzy field:

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MIT Professor Susumu Tonegawa, renowned molecular biologist and Nobel laureate, dies at 86 news.mit.edu/2026/mit-pro... #neuroscience

MIT Professor Susumu Tonegawa, renowned molecular biologist and Nobel laureate, dies at 86

Susumu Tonegawa, a renowned MIT professor of biology and neuroscience and a Nobel laureate, has died at the age of 86. His discovery of how the immune system generates many different antibodies earned...

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RFK Jr. asked the National Institute of Health to dedicate $5 billion (!) to finding a link between vaccines and autism. "That would have dedicated more than a tenth of the NIH’s annual budget to investigating a hypothesis already refuted by scientists worldwide."

Inside RFK Jr.’s push to dismantle decades of U.S. vaccine policy

Insider accounts reveal the scale of the health secretary's ambitions to curb childhood immunizations and unearth a link between vaccines and autism.

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The (initial) results are in: most of the publicly available comments on OMB's proposal to overhaul federal grantmaking are negative 95% of the 50k available comments were opposed, just 1% were in support Political control, peer review, and terminations were most common topics mentioned

tell emily about your turbo diarrhea pls

Emily Mullin@emilymullin.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hi! WIRED health reporter here. Looking to speak with people who got sick with cyclosporiasis and are willing to share the gruesome details. emily_mullin@wired.com

Sam Neill, the versatile New Zealand screen actor who appeared in more than 150 productions over a five-decade career, and who was perhaps best known for his star turn as Dr. Alan Grant in the “Jurassic Park” series, died on Monday in Sydney, Australia. He was 78.

Sam Neill, New Zealand Screen Actor and Leading Man, Dies at 78

He appeared in more than 150 productions over a five-decade career but was perhaps best known for his star turn in the “Jurassic Park” series.

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Always always always always read @rtraister.bsky.social -- and especially on Graham Platner, women, and what comes next. nymag.com/intelligence...

yall are FAST 😭

Every outlet in our news tracker covered the recent trans sports ban decision at SCOTUS, but when I looked at the coverage I found one clear outlier - the New York Times had the most stories (5 in all) but not one included a quote from a trans person or representative of a trans rights organization.

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · last mo.

Why should you support independent trans media? Perhaps because we take on the bias of major news organizations with facts and data. Here's the latest from @evanurquhart.bsky.social, who found NYT wrote 5 stories on the trans sports ban decision without quoting a single trans person. 🤯🤯🤯

Tuesday was the hottest day in France's recorded history — it was 112°F/44.3°C in Pissos in southwestern France. That surpasses the peak of the August 2003 heat wave in which more than 14,000 people died. Only about 25% of homes in Paris have an air conditioner. We are in a climate emergency.

Jarl Graham Kirk. Photo of me 1965@grawitmik.bsky.social · last mo.

4/5 Only 1% of the Earth warmer than France! This spectacular anomaly positions France among the hottest places on the planet! This Tuesday, June 23, 2026, barely 1% of the world recorded temperatures higher than France, & are desert regions, Sahara, Middle East and deserts of the USA.

I’m so sad to share that yesterday was my last day at Scientific American. It was an honor to work alongside my incredible colleagues and to speak with researchers across the sciences. If you’re looking to hire staff or freelance, please consider me and my other laid off coworkers (🧵)

Today is my last day at Scientific American, which has been sold to LabX media group. For three decades I've led the magazine's coverage of human origins, archaeology, paleontology, animal behavior, ecology, BIRDS. End of an era. Anyway this feels weird to say, but I'm now available for assignments!

Scientific American is being sold to LabX Media, publisher of Discover: group.springernature.com/gp/group/med... They've fired me and other union staff, ahead of June 26 vote ratification. My rates are suddenly more reasonable, if you need editing or reporting - Argonaut2026@gmail.com

EXCLUSIVE: Eli Lilly gave compassionate use access to retatrutide, their unapproved powerful obesity drug, to a 79-year-old man in April. The application was arranged by a top doctor at NIH, and cleared by the FDA. www.statnews.com/2026/06/23/e...

Eli Lilly gave extraordinary obesity drug access to a 79-year-old patient. Who was it?

Exclusive: STAT has learned that Eli Lilly and the FDA allowed a 79-year-old to gain extraordinary access to an experimental obesity drug through the agency’s “compassionate use” program.

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And after you read this rundown make sure you go check out the full book! One of my favorite reads of the past few years

Brian Merchant@bcmerchant.bsky.social · last mo.

The Luddites are having a moment (again): they're being discussed and rehabbed everywhere from NPR to US Catholics Magazine to Psychology Today. So, adapted from my book on the subject, here's a short-ish rundown of what you need to know to understand the Luddites in the age of AI.

GLP-1s might help boost your mood not through your brain, but through a little microbe in your gut! 🧪🦠 my latest on a super cool new study www.fiercebiotech.com/research/glp...

GLP-1s may combat depression by multiplying a mood-boosting gut microbe

Since GLP-1 drugs like Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide and Eli Lilly’s tirzepatide took the world by storm for their potent treatment of diabetes and obesity, they have also been plagued by a clinical c | ...

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tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.

Science Magazine@science.org · 2mo ago

The White House today announced it plans to make major changes in how the U.S. government manages research funding. https://scim.ag/43HgW4s

Impressive data and a significant step toward a cure for chronic hep B, which affects around 250 million people around the world 💊🧪 my story:

GSK’s hepatitis B drug cures one-fifth of patients in ‘major step’ for pervasive disease

GSK is pulling back the curtain on the phase 3 success of its chronic hepatitis B drug bepirovirsen, revealing that nearly one-fifth of all treated patients across two trials were functionally cure | ...

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Elsevier has retracted a 2021 study claiming sudden infant death syndrome is linked to vaccines over concerns the paper might influence patient care.

Elsevier retracts study tying sudden infant death syndrome to vaccinations

Elsevier has retracted a 2021 study claiming sudden infant death syndrome is linked to vaccines over concerns the paper might influence patient care.   The single-author study, by longtim…

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The Pope has weighed in: AI isn't magic. It's currently produced by a deeply exploitative, extractive supply chain. It challenges human dignity; could fuel a new colonialism. And among the greatest challenges of our time will be to redirect its path of development. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...