Trump’s Vision for A.I. Dominance Comes With Major Air Pollution www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/c...
Trump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution (Gift Article)
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Paul Tuite
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Prof Neurology U MN /biomarkers/pharmacodynam/Parkinson’s/PSP/LBD/therapeutics/MR
I Tried the Trump Cabinet’s Steak and Sauerkraut Diet. It Was (Mostly) Fantastic. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/m...
I Tried the Trump Cabinet’s Steak and Sauerkraut Diet. It Was (Mostly) Fantastic. (Gift Article)
Steak, fermented foods — and that’s about it.
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Spotlight on Fauci Said to Boost Book Sales for Kennedy and His Publisher www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Spotlight on Fauci Said to Boost Book Sales for Kennedy and His Publisher (Gift Article)
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his son, and Senator Rand Paul have all written books criticizing Dr. Anthony S. Fauci. All were published by a company led by a close Kennedy adviser.
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Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It. The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u... #Project2025 #OMB ##Blues
Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It (Gift Article)
The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.
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Hiker Trekked About 6 Hours to Safety After Impaling Himself With Pole www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Hiker Trekked About 6 Hours to Safety After Impaling Himself With Pole
David Cifaldi, 32, slipped on a rock and fell on one of his trekking poles while hiking in Montana on Granite Peak. Somehow, he wasn’t in pain and there was no blood, and he was able to trek out.
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To help raise money for their marmot research after losing federal funding, a team of scientists started “OnlyMarms” — a free, G-rated account of cute videos that collects money through tips. nyti.ms/4fAfAOB
A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge. (Gift Article)
Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.
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www.reuters.com/legal/litiga... The problem with combo medicines is that you need to understand how 2 different medications can benefit and harm you -
US FDA approves over-the-counter Tylenol combination pill for pain relief
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a nonprescription, fixed-dose pill that combines Kenvue's Tylenol with the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug naproxen for up to 12 hours of...
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www.politico.com/news/2026/07... The least they could do with all the scientific cuts is to study these products and help determine if they work. How they work and who should get which product. But then again they ignore data and science about other products so I guess it doesn’t matter
RFK Jr. promised to stop the ‘aggressive suppression’ of these controversial drugs. He’s making progress.
A panel of FDA advisers voted this week to broaden access to peptides.
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Tech bros strike again!
Sheryl Gay Stolberg@sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2w agoNew White House plan reimagines American science — more $$ for AI, less for universities and the “life sciences.” Written by Trump’s science adviser, who is a Silicon Valley tech guy, not a scientist. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...
F.D.A. Panel Supports Lifting Restrictions on Four Peptides, Despite Scientists’ Objections www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/h... Conflict of interest - corruption as bad as it gets - Prior FDA panels did not have such bias despite claims they did. This is truly disgusting.
A Peptide Showdown: F.D.A. Scientists May Clash With R.F.K.’s Agenda (Gift Article)
In an all-day hearing, the agency’s scientists argued against allowing broad access to unproven drugs that the agency had banned three years ago.
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A Peptide Showdown: F.D.A. Scientists May Clash With Kennedy’s Agenda www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/h... “…we are missing safety…we are missing efficacy…” what more needs to be said
A Peptide Showdown: F.D.A. Scientists May Clash With R.F.K.’s Agenda (Gift Article)
Agency scientists are advising against allowing widespread use of several peptide injections. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, has said people should be free to experiment.
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The World Cup activation of public space in Toronto really was magic. But John Doyle thinks Montreal has missed something… Montreal has vibrant public life all summer, every summer, and none of it has to do with sports. www.thestar.com/sports/socce...
John Doyle: FIFA runs the World Cup but in Toronto it belonged to the streets. And it was magic
As Toronto found out, the World Cup does not belong to FIFA or corporate sponsors. It belongs to the people.
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I really think Montreal made the right choice not to host World Cup games because it would have meant no Jazz Fest and no record-setting attendance for Angine De Poitrine.
NEW: Trump is now threatening to punish Canada for wildfire smoke blowing into the U.S., as a GOP senator intros a bill to sanction Canadian officials “responsible” for the fires driven by climate change. “Insane," says one leading Canadian enviro group. www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie...
GOP Senator Calls For Stripping Visas From Canadian Officials Because Of Wildfires
“We will not tolerate this incompetence,” vowed Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno, who may not understand how climate change works.
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Today in stupid: Republican lawmakers threaten Canada if Canada doesn't stop the wildfire smoke www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Today in stupid: Republican lawmakers threaten Canada if Canada doesn’t stop the wildfire smoke
Via Unfiltered North: Canada has a long history of sending help to America to fight wild fires. Unfiltered North links to a report a Canadian pilot just died while helping to fight a fire in Colorado.
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The Federal Highway Administration quietly stripped bike lanes and other safety recommendations from a key list of best practices. Critics say those measures are proven to cut crashes and save lives. n.pr/4yoz3dD
Bike lanes and speed cameras disappear from the DOT's list of proven safety measures
The Federal Highway Administration quietly stripped bike lanes and other safety recommendations from a key list of best practices. Critics say those measures are proven to cut crashes and save lives.
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Pete Hegseth’s proposed testosterone screenings aren’t medically necessary and seem unlikely to contribute to military readiness—they’re “an exercise in projecting a masculine image,” Tom Bartlett writes.
Pete Hegseth’s Questionable Testosterone Plan
The secretary of defense wants to monitor the hormone levels of every service member over 30.
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www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... mGluR4 and NPDC1
Yale scientists may have found how Parkinson's disease spreads through the brain
Yale scientists discovered two neuron surface proteins that appear to help spread the toxic protein linked to Parkinson’s disease. Blocking these proteins in mice dramatically reduced disease progress...
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Pesticide makers stack wins against US environmental, public health groups
The U.S. Supreme Court handed a major legal victory to German agrichemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer last month when it reined in thousands of lawsuits accusing the German company of failing to...
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