“… but maybe Kevin Roose will write an article about me”

Woman who delayed motherhood (first child at 29) in order to pursue her career condemns women who delayed motherhood in order to pursue career. Following in the Republican footsteps of Phyllis Schlafly.

These are adjudged terrorists.

Disappointed, though not surprised, I began to describe various life- saving components of USAID’s global health portfolio, highlighting how we prepare for and respond to emerging pandemic threats; support the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV; and immunize millions of children from the deadliest childhood diseases. I spoke for about five minutes, focusing primarily on our infectious diseases work and hoping to keep the attention of people who seemed to have no experience—or interest—in global health. When I finished, the room was silent, the political appointees looking at one another in what appeared to be disbelief. The silence was broken by Ken Jackson, who chuckled softly and shook his head. “Wow, there really is so much that USAID does that we never knew,” he said. “This is the story that needs to get out there.” Joel, also smiling, chimed in next, echoing Jackson’s amazement. “I had no idea you did all this,” he said. “As a Republican, when I think of what USAID does in global health, I assumed it was just, you know, abortions.”

This is NUTS

www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-usai...

It's more complicated than that. One problem is that a private ambulance company - AMR - is now doing the triage. And there doesn't appear to be a remedy if someone's symptoms intensify.

I think that was true in the past, but perhaps not anymore. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Elon Musk didn’t go to the moon.

Jeff Bezos didn’t go to the moon.

NASA went to the moon.

Started laughing when I read that because of the post I just read a few minutes ago… bsky.app/profile/prof...

The FY 2027 NASA budget request hides its science cuts by omitting mission names instead of explicitly zeroing them out.

We did the work and found 54 missions cancelled in this proposal.

This is another extinction-level event for NASA science.

Full list: planetary.org/save-nasa-science

Top C.D.C. Official Delays Report on Covid Shot’s Effectiveness

The acting head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing that the Covid vaccine significantly reduced the likelihood of hospitalizations and emergency visits last winter.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/h...

The best and the brightest

The good old days when everyone liked the pope so much that they made a spare. Or two.

Alienating Catholics seems like a well thought out winning midterm strategy

It took me about 10 minutes to find this a few days ago, which was 10 minutes longer than the amount of research that shitty reporter put into that puff piece. bsky.app/profile/twit...

The alleged Statement put out by CNN World News is a FRAUD, as CNN well knows. The false Statement was linked to a Fake News site (from Nigeria) and, of course, immediately picked up by CNN, and blared out as a “legitimate” headline. The Official Statement by Iran was just released, and posted on TRUTH, below. Authorities are looking to determine whether or not a crime was committed on the issuance of the Fake CNN World Statement, or was it a sick rogue player? CNN is being ordered to immediately withdraw this Statement with full apologies for their, as usual, terrible “reporting.” Results of the investigation will be announced in the near future. President DONALD J. TRUMP

Does anyone have the slightest idea what he's talking about?

The matter-of-fact way she asks what investors should do if Trump destroys Iran. Absolutely wild.

"Let's talk about tonight, this deadline that President Trump has set 8 p.m., has threatened to destroy a civilization. How does an investor process that? Is it a bigger upside risk or downside risk?"

You can still be shocked can't you, even after years of this shit. That sentence chilled me to my bones. To see an American president say that. To see him boast about it.

Pretty sure that robotic spacecraft would be able to get all that info and more if they were funded at anywhere near Artemis program levels (-$50B vs -1.5B for the earlier automated missions)

Donald Trump just posted a video of Somali people enjoying the Mall of America to the soundtrack of “Mad World” because he is a bigoted POS

Bold pocket square statements have been known to change the course of history

“There is no excuse for downplaying or eliding the insanity of Trump’s morning post. It is the most unhinged public comment by a president in US history and should be reported and remarked upon as such.” - Garrett M. Graff, author/historian

White-label telehealth provider, pharmacy sued over 'snake oil' compounded oral GLP-1 OpenLoop, a company providing operational and tech services to telehealth companies, and compounding pharmacy Triad Rx are being sued in a class action for selling oral tirzepatide. | The complaint ac...

Nothing like selling fake GLP-1 drugs to allegedly (count me on the skeptical skepticism side) make a fortune. This is one of his providers www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/o...

NDD less VA medical, 1986-present. roughly flat-ish until 2020 around 3%, and then down down down down to 2% last year. And then Trump is proposing taking it down to 1.7%.

Here is my thread on Trump's budget request, which I'll update throughout the day.

He calls to cut domestic discretionary funding to the lowest level in the modern era.

Trump's budget reimagines Americans' relationship with our govt, and proposes a country that does less to help people get by.

A full disc image of Earth, as seen from the Orion Crew Module. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. At lower left, a large brown landmass is Africa, with Spain and Portugal with twinkling lights where the planet curves. At top right, auroras glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space (pic: NASA/R.Wiseman)

More context on this #Artemis II image:

* This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right

* The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon:
☀️🌍🚀🌕

Rubble and ruins -- Iran Pasteur Institute in Tehran, bombed by US-Isreal

Rubble and ruins -- Iran Pasteur Institute in Tehran, bombed by US-Isreal

Rubble and ruins -- Iran Pasteur Institute in Tehran, bombed by US-Isreal

Rubble and ruins -- Iran Pasteur Institute in Tehran, bombed by US-Isreal

Pasteur Institute of Iran, founded in 1920 now destroyed by Israel-US bombing😞

It played a pivotal role in developing vaccines & public health services, for over a century, now gone😞

A few days ago a pharmaceutical plant was bombed, accused of making anesthetic fentanyl

#War
#PasteurInstituteIran

Pam bondi ignoring Epstein survivors

may this define her for the rest of her life.

she was willing to stoop this low and still got fired.

girl, bye.

What photo? This one? 😏

Trump Tells Aides He’s Willing to End War Without Reopening Hormuz Administration officials assess that forcing the waterway back open would mean extending the military mission

Unpatriotic of you when we're just about to win the war. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

The idea that one variant in one gene controls one (and only one) complex phenotypical trait died around the turn of the century but I guess this guy missed that news.

Here We Go Sherman Bell GIF ALT: Here We Go Sherman Bell GIF

Watch Director Bhattacharya's performance at CPAC really got to me.

I chose to share some of my observations with him.

Hold on...

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