No, there's no reason to split up the MMR vaccine. No, vaccines don't come in vats. Yes, a lot "bad can happen from what we’re doing."

Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About Childhood Vaccines After Executive Order (Gift Article)

Mr. Trump signed an executive order on Monday calling to scale back the number of vaccinations American children receive.

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When I'm working on a new research manuscript I will often create a second doc with everything I've cut in case it would fit well in supplemental or had language I particularly liked but couldn't fit anywhere.

Corner deli in Seattle makes a “grilled chicken Italian“ sandwich w/ a perfect combo of crusty grilled cheese, pepperoncini, & meat. They had a gas explosion after I moved & I donated to help them rebuild it’s so good. Went back during a visit after they reopened & it was as good as my dreams.

Gef the Toking Mongoose@geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · last yr.

by 30 you should have had a sandwich so good that it occasionally pops into your head like a love long lost

To be excrutiatingly clear, I am opposed to transphobia for its own sake. I just think that we need to understand people who say they want to "protect" women's sports are LIARS. Most anti-trans people also loathe women's sports. They want women to be weak, not strong.

Even so, it was a new virus! There were so many unknowns. Recommendations changing doesn't mean we were "wrong" or "made a mistake", it means we learned new information and revised our advice. It was literally impossible for anyone to immediately have all the answers for a NOVEL virus.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 2w ago

Let’s be clear here, when scientists say mistakes were made at the start of the pandemic, we DO NOT mean that we did too much. We mean not socially distancing quickly enough, not making tests widely available, and not acknowledging COVID is airborne and distributing N95 masks to everyone.

Republicans are trying to make the news cycle about anything other than Donald Trump and his incredibly unpopular domestic and foreign policy agenda. That’s why they set up this Fauci hearing. And everyone is taking the bait

I just want as much paid sick leave as Mitch McConnell

McConnell has consistently voted against paid medical leave protections.

Forbes@forbes.com · 2w ago

It is unclear when the Kentucky senator plans to return to Congress.

This article talks about a crisis of trust w/o engaging w/ the 1) coordinated campaign to dismantle trust in public health during the pandemic or, crucially, 2) RFK’s conflicts of interest. MAHA’s entire premise is in bad faith. We don’t have to engage w/ those arguments to improve public trust.

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:

It is genuinely bizarre that we’ve become acclimatized to right wingers throwing a tantrum every time a black person (particularly a black woman) is cast in something, but are also supposed to pretend that this is not racism but related to some other substantive concern.

It’s never been about protecting women’s sports.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 4w ago

After targeting trans sports under Title IX for the past 4 years, the Heritage Foundation is now turning to destroying it for all women. It wants to replace women's varsity sports with yoga and "protect women's fertility" by ending many athletic opportunities. Subscribe to support our journalism.

YOU CAN'T TELL ME NOT TO DRINK FROM THE BROAD STREET PUMP

Media Matters for America@mmfa.bsky.social · 4w ago

Fox host Brian Kilmeade dismissed the advice of the network’s own senior medical analyst, Dr. Marc Siegle, by saying there is “not a chance” he will wear a KN95 mask.

“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. 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.

wired.com

England up 1 deciding to sit back and do nothing with 9 in the box for a half hour against Argentina in the World Cup

"Hundreds of federal food-safety staff have been cut, and last July the CDC narrowed FoodNet — the sentinel network that provides early warnings of foodborne illness — from eight pathogens to two, dropping cyclospora altogether."

Why we still don’t know what foods are the source of the cyclospora outbreak

“You cannot thin a system, defer the tools that would speed it up, and then wonder why the public is left guessing,” writes epidemiologist Katrine Wallace.

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Dashboard with analysis of comments & github source link omb-financial-assistance-comments.netlify.app

Holy COW. Text analysis of comments on the OMB rule: overwhelming opposition, overwhelmingly not form letters. (But 9 in 10 comments supporting the rule ARE form responses, LOL) Whatever happens next, folks have stepped up.

Karen R. Lips@karenrlips.bsky.social · 4w ago

techpolicy.press/the-public-r...

Comments due today!! You still have time!

Sarah Gollust@sarahgollust.bsky.social · last mo.

Did you write your comment yet on the OMB rules on federally funded science yet? No? Don’t worry, you can do it this weekend. Here are some resources that can help you get started.

This PDF is incredibly helpful! It outlines specific sections & gives a framework for how to format your comment. Talk about your own experience! It doesn't have to be eloquent; the point is to add comments that force them to respond. If they don't respond, it's easier to pursue legal action.

Adrianna McIntyre@adrianna.bsky.social · 4w ago

Great resources linked in Sarah's thread. I found this two-page "take action flyer" from @elizabethginexi.bsky.social especially helpful for pulling together comments — due today — quickly: drive.google.com/file/d/1ppq4...

Fought the Klan AND WON

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis@kendrawrites.com · 4w ago

Also a reminder that Notre Dame got the nickname the fighting Irish because they physically fought the Klan who hated Catholics.

Monday is the deadline for public comment! The Heritage Foundation has been mobilizing its members to leave comments in favor of the rule change, so every unique comment matters (don’t use a form letter or copy/paste—similar comments are batched and treated as one).

Bethany Brookshire@beebrookshire.bsky.social · last mo.

There's an OMB rule change that would require political oversight of scientific grants, and could pull any that don't "reflect presidential priorities" Another country has tried this before! It was the USSR and it was called Lysenkoism. By @thsaey.bsky.social www.sciencenews.org/article/omb-...

So pretty much the worse thing that can befall any team is Trump taking a rooting interest.

The USMNT and Knicks being really good except for the precise moment when Trump involves himself is really funny

🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 10 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/Bl59I

The best production decision Fox has made this whole world cup is just pumping the stadium audio for country roads after USMNT wins. Gets me every time.

The outcome is thus: 5–4 that the Constitution protects birthright citizenship for the children of all immigrants. 6–3 that Trump's order is unlawful (because Kavanaugh says it violates a statute, NOT the 14th Amendment.) www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

this is really just utterly appalling, we’re at the point where people who know better (Gorsuch) can dismantle the Trump lawyers in oral arguments and vote for them anyway because fuck you that’s why packing the court is the practical solution, they should be impeached, removed and disbarred

Isn't this good? People paying into a system they're not using? This is literally one of the benefits of insurance to keep prices down.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Dr Oz on ACA "fraud" -- "Of the people who signed up, 40% never use the insurance. Let me ask you, John, you have health insurance -- do you use it once a year? In Obamacare right now 40% of the people ostensibly signed up never use the insurance ... we have a lot of fake people on the policies"

“How much is a magical world worth?” A beautiful thread about Cabo Verde, the Peace Corps, and the World Cup:

Warning: do not read if you want to maintain any sense of peace in your day Very informative read as always. Constantly reminded that we live in a country with an anti-constitutional court that doesn't think the legislature has any actual power to legislate.

Leah Litman@leahlitman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I'm in The Atlantic on the Supreme Court's cases from this past week - which allow corporations to enforce their rights but ... almost no one else? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...