Three reasons to be in Washington this November. 🎉 AMERSA's 50th Anniversary Conference · November 12–14, 2026 · Register at conference.amersa.org #AMERSA2026 #StrongerTogether

My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Always uplifting to watch this master class in asskicking.

Rob-In-Seattle-AntifaCaptain LandofFreeHomeOfResistance@theresisterpost.bsky.social · 6d ago

Happy Birthday to James Baldwin. A great American society critic. And then so much more. This is a great watch. Nothin better than seeing Will Buckley, getting his teeth kicked in and lunch money taken, and on, an international level. youtube.com/watch?v=dTEr...

Admirable clarity @science.org

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 2w ago

Whew, the editors of @science.org are getting real.

We need to see MAHA as the product of a political economy designed to sow doubt and undermine public institutions, rather than a solution to the structural forces that have created a sense of abandonment and dislocation in too many communities and left them vulnerable to bad faith actors.

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 2w ago

A lot of people in public health believe that MAHA is “nothing more than a subversive anti-vaccine, anti-science syndicate,” but the movement is an opportunity that the public-health sector “cannot afford to squander,” Craig Spencer argues:

If there’s no society, there’s no obligation to regulate pollution, guarantee food security or access to healthcare. There are only individuals tasked w/ optimizing themselves. Read why I think #MAHA isn’t about health. It’s healthism. My latest in Adverse Reaction. open.substack.com/pub/adverser...

MAHA Isn’t About Health. It’s Healthism.

RFK Jr. pushes diet and exercise while millions of Americans face hunger, poverty, and worse.

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Heroin-assisted treatment improves patients' health along with their quality of life "This suggests that HAT both stabilizes patients and that it can act as a bridge to less intensive treatment," medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07...

Heroin-assisted treatment improves patients' health along with their quality of life

At two clinics in Oslo and Bergen, a small group of patients have been given a new treatment option for opioid addiction. Twice daily, they receive pharmaceutical heroin as medication, administered un...

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I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

@rnbluthenthal.bsky.social Thank you for an amazing episode!

🚨 NEW EPISODE ALERT 🚨 In this week's episode we invited Dr. Ricky Bluthenthal to discuss harm reduction, systemic barriers impeding access to it, and just how much policy influences health outcomes. Don't miss out - listen here or anywhere you get your podcasts! open.spotify.com/episode/6Fmy...

Dr. Ricky Bluthenthal - Barriers in Access to Healthcare and Harm Reduction Services

The Addiction Psychologist · Episode

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Such good news. Human beings are capable of magical and wonderful things. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given HPV vaccine

A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.

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Hopping on a plane to DC tonight, because @standupforscience.net is fighting this new OMB rule proposal with everything we’ve got. My calendar is literally booked for 12 hours of meetings, on the Hill, in a row for three days. Wanna sponsor the trip? secure.qgiv.com/for/stop-vou...

Five diabetes researchers were removed from the field’s premier conference in New Orleans after handing out copies of an editorial criticizing the Trump administration’s “dismantling” of the biomedical research enterprise.

Diabetes researchers ejected from conference after criticizing White House

The scientists, including the editor of a leading journal, were handing out copies of an editorial criticizing the Trump administration’s handling of biomedical research.

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Often times becoming homeless occurs after generations of challenges. This recollection from a Blue Hollywood Sanctuary participant is a moving example full of tragedy, recovery and comparison. www.bluehollywoodstreetsanctuary.com/blog/black-b...

Black Butterfly — Blue Hollywood Street Sanctuary

This project is supported by the Unshame CA campaign , funded by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) through a grant administered by Shatterproof.

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A reminder that DOJ has sued 30 states for access to their sensitive voter files. DOJ is currently 0-8 in decided cases. This is what I mean when I say the future of democracy is on the docket. www.democracydocket.com

An effective push back against GOP culture war tactics? Seems to me it should be.

Vought is trying to destroy American science as we know it. Here's what you can do to stop him: 👉 Visit our action center: zurl.co/NXVak 👉 Donate to Fuel the Fight for Science: zurl.co/PHtGH

If you’re interested in how scientific advances build on each other, watch one of my favorite series of all time. James Burke’s “Connections” had a huge influence on me when it originally aired.

Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · 3y ago

Connections is all online now. Great for kids bored by remote learning!

GFP technology is used to screen the drugs you take, detect antibiotic residues in the milk you drink, and monitor pathogens in your water supply. If you've had a medication developed after 2000, fluorescent proteins likely helped screen it. You're already benefiting from the jellyfish. Every day.

🔗 This is part of the "Your Tax Dollars At Work" series on federally funded research that sounded ridiculous but generated enormous returns. Full series archive: bioniclab.substack.com/notes #YourTaxDollarsAtWork

Jasmine Clark will become the first Black woman with a science Ph.D. to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. https://scim.ag/4dDZe6P

Microbiologist wins Georgia primary for U.S. House seat

Jasmine Clark is set to become the first Black congresswoman with a science Ph.D.

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Because this country likes to forget what it’s capable of, I take it as a duty to remind us. We sit at the brink of the largest decimation of Black political power since the fall of Reconstruction — a Second Redemption. And the end of Black political power means the end of democracy itself.

The Civil Rights Era Is Collapsing Before Our Eyes

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This incident has it all! But you still cannot overdose on fentanyl from just being near it, whether through air or skin. We shouldn’t obscure the tragedy of overdose - entirely preventable! - with bad response to overdoses youtu.be/215hLEVD9ww?...

The Myth(s) of Fentanyl Exposure

YouTube video by Ryan Marino, MD

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Lindsay Beyerstein@beyerstein.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Eager to hear @ryanmarino.bsky.social's take on the incident in NM. The cops are claiming it's mass fentanyl exposure.

Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4a7l1TR

Hell Yeah Science☄️💥⚡️💯

Family comes in all shapes & sizes, & #HarmReduction mamas are the heartbeat of communities across the world. This #MothersDay, we're lifting up the time, energy, & care mamas pour into their life-saving work making this world a safer, healthier world for people who use drugs & all people.

After 13 years working on UBI full-time, I've learned: in tech, talking about UBI is easy. Funding it is rare. So I've just launched the AI Pledge for Humanity to separate the talkers from the doers. And to share Elon's role in silencing one of his own engineers who pushed for UBI.

I Just Launched the AI Pledge for Humanity. Here’s Why.

AI leaders keep saying UBI is necessary. This pledge asks them to prove it.

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If you're in Chicago, come join me, Nabarun Dasgupta and Mary Pounder a week from Saturday. www.chicagohumanities.org/events/atten...

The Infrastructure of Compassion: Rethinking Public Health in the Fentanyl Era

MacArthur Fellows Nabarun Dasgupta and Gregg Gonsalves on their life-saving work

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