Breaking News: The FDA approved the first mRNA flu vaccine, enabling a faster way to target particularly dangerous strains.

F.D.A. Approves Moderna’s mRNA Flu Vaccine

The agency had initially refused to even review the application but reversed course after a public outcry.

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Well. That sucks for a lot of people. *Hugs Scrivener harder*

Bogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced!@bogiperson.bsky.social · 6h ago

Google Docs leaks private information - www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/c...

If you're wondering where the fuck they get these weirdos, "Amanda holds a B.A. in history from Yale and an M.Phil. in international relations from the University of Cambridge." This is the chattering class. This is the ruling elite. This is how their rotted brains work.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 13h ago

If I had a terminal illness, my My Make A Wish request would be to sit in on an editorial meeting at this magazine www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...

📌Good time to remind everybody that Trump invoked the 5th Amendment over 440 times during his deposition with Letitia James ...

Weird he can’t bring this kind of energy towards his colleague who is accused of beating up his daughter.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

The relatively low administrative burden in CA's Medicaid program is being framed as "fraud"

Julia Métraux@juliametraux.bsky.social · last wk.

RFK Jr. and Oz attacked California for its Medicaid home care, citing growth as proof of fraud. For @motherjones.com, I reported on how the growth isn't proof of fraud, and growth of participants is proof the program is more accessible than in other states. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

when you think the government helping people who need help is inherently illegitimate,

Julia Métraux@juliametraux.bsky.social · last wk.

RFK Jr. and Oz attacked California for its Medicaid home care, citing growth as proof of fraud. For @motherjones.com, I reported on how the growth isn't proof of fraud, and growth of participants is proof the program is more accessible than in other states. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I’ve already seen one post saying “He’s the only reason anyone outside academia even KNOWS WHO SHE IS,” so we’re doing great.

When people from a racial minority argue this they get called mean btw

Jessica Ellis@baddestmamajama.bsky.social · last wk.

Oh did a female academic with an extensive history of study and practice in a particular area of literature make a reasoned critique of a male filmmaker’s movie? I’m sure this will be handled with maximum normality.

a statement from Fauci's lawyers says Rand Paul has "an intense & seemingly pathological course of retribution, revenge, & obsession with Dr. Fauci ... The accusations that Chairman Paul continues to propagate are false and disgraceful, and we will examine all options to hold him accountable."

Yelling your beliefs at people who are captive is an assault, and should be treated as one.

I saw a guy get thrown off a moving bus for this in Maharashtra

Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · last wk.

Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...

This is why they’re going after Dr Fauci: he impeded grifters

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Peter Navarro: "I had a million doses of hydroxychloroquine in warehouses as the defense policy coordinator that I was trying to distribute to hospitals. And Fauci got the FDA stop me from doing that."

John Fetterman: “I don't know why your network’s so pro-Hamas.” @premthakker.bsky.social: “I’m asking you about American public opinion, senator.” Watch Senator John Fetterman crash out on our political reporter and label our newsroom as ‘pro-Hamas.’

I've covered local government meetings for over 20 years, in a city where the mayor notoriously makes up rules to curb anything critical of city hall, especially clapping. So, it's worth a quick🧵 on how governments use rules of decorum to intimidate the public, even to throw opponents in jail.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · last wk.

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and uncertain financial support by promoting the disunion of a people who ought to consider themselves as one."

"We march because the growing consciousness and solidarity of race, coupled with sorrow and discrimination, have made us one; a union that may never be dissolved in spite of shallow-brained agitators, scheming pundits and political tricksters who secure a fleeting popularity+

Photo of the Silent Parade held on this day in 1917. The Negro Silent Protest Parade, also called the Silent Parade, was a political protest in New York City, held with the intention to draw national attention to racial violence (lynching in particular): beinecke.library.yale.edu/blog/1917-na...

And then we find these strange ideas about obligation! Like she owes Nolan, or that somehow money means she should shut up or make nice. You just want deference to senior, rich, powerful men. That's what this comes down to.

"Goes out of her way" = does her job. She's arguably *the* leading expert on conveying the Odyssey to a contemporary English-speaking audience. You want her take! It is bizarre. We complain that academics are inaccessible eggheads, and then when an expert writes, accessibly, oh no not like that.

New month long artist/curator residency in Norway for Canadians. Check it out, share with some of your art folks. Organized by Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art (which, full disclosure, I'm on the board of).

Prefix ICA Announces the Residency at The Place

The Place, Kvalnes, Lofoten Islands, Norway. Photo: Elise Misao Hunchuck. Courtesy Maaretta Jaukkuri Foundation Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art is pleased to announce the Residency at The Place…

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really good reporting by @marisakabas.bsky.social (feels worth noting story like this is fraught/challenging even at big, traditional paper/media institution w/ a lot of money/lawyers etc — very impressive/brave to tackle as a smaller independent site) www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...

Exclusive: Political operative behind Graham Platner's rise accused of sexual assault

A spokesperson for Daniel Moraff said: “Any suggestion that he committed a criminal offence is false and without foundation."

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If you're relying on "A.i." summaries, you don't even know what kind of bullshit it's excreting. And it *IS* excreting bullshit.

Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם)@bestonetx.bsky.social · last wk.

Someone gave me a "summary" that some AI had produced of a panel I was on, including pull quotes. The quotes were all invented -- no one on the panel said that stuff -- even though the AI was given an audio recording of the whole thing. I told them to trash it and did the transcription myself.