Our Longing for Inconvenience People are pining for old technologies—CD players, VCRs, Walkmans. What’s behind our longing for inconvenience?

Loved this essay on inconveniences in our modern reality, from dating to the prospect of a political uprising, www.newyorker.com/culture/essa...

Sign On, Senators: #FundLongCOVID in FY27

21 million Americans with Long COVID are depending on YOU. Ask your Senator to sign the FY27 Dear Colleague letter by Friday and #FundLongCOVID research and care. 👉🏻👉🏽👉🏿 [Campaign URL] share.nwmd.social/s/kRwRoBow

"The report has cleared the CDC's scientific-review process, but [Jay] Bhattacharya is blocking its publication ... [It] used methods that are regularly utilized by the national health agency, and a report on flu vaccines, using the same methodology as this blocked report, was [recently] published."

RFK Jr. takes lashing in first of several contentious health hearings The health and human services secretary received a rare rebuke from a Republican lawmaker as he defended his — and Trump’s — handling of the agency.

The bar is in hell. Republicans only show any sensitivity when something affects them personally. Rep. Moore called out RFK Jr.'s misinfo on autism because "his wife was hurt." Like okay dude sorry he made your wife sadface but his policies are literally killing people! www.ms.now/news/rfk-jr-...

As if an ounce of civility is reciprocated

"[O]ur tax dollars are doing more to bomb children in Iran and [elsewhere] than to feed and educate children ... Instead of spending even more of our hard-earned dollars on war and mass deportation, we deserve a massive reinvestment in making [the US] a place where we can all survive and thrive."

"Ending disparate-impact liability would be ... a devastating blow to civil rights in the United States."

The MAHA movement is eager to find scapegoats in vaccines and specific populations, hungry for easy solutions to complex issues like the failing healthcare system and autism. RFK Jr. and his cronies lean into racist, ableist histories and American hyper-individualism. We will all suffer as a result.

BREAKING: in March 2026, *every single one* of the 1,341 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans:

In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 4,496 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else.

www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Re...

Jan-15 45.4% Feb-15 52.4% Mar-15 51.0% Apr-15 49.8% May-15 48.0% Jun-15 47.6% Jul-15 49.5% Aug-15 54.8% Sep-15 53.1% Oct-15 52.1% Nov-15 52.8% Dec-15 53.3% Jan-16 57.2% Feb-16 58.3% Mar-16 56.7% Apr-16 54.2% May-16 55.3% Jun-16 51.9% Jul-16 56.9% Aug-16 56.6% Sep-16 50.3% Oct-16 56.2% Nov-16 55.6% Dec-16 55.1% Jan-17 56.3% Feb-17 59.4% Mar-17 60.3% Apr-17 59.4% May-17 59.9% Jun-17 61.7% Jul-17 65.9% Aug-17 64.2% Sep-17 63.0% Oct-17 63.5% Nov-17 62.3% Dec-17 63.7% Jan-18 62.0% Feb-18 64.5% Mar-18 64.5% Apr-18 61.8% May-18 64.6% Jun-18 66.9% Jul-18 68.6% Aug-18 67.6% Sep-18 68.0% Oct-18 68.5% Nov-18 66.5% Dec-18 67.7% Jan-19 74.1% Feb-19 68.1% Mar-19 69.8% Apr-19 68.4% May-19 65.1% Jun-19 66.0% Jul-19 65.7% Aug-19 68.3% Sep-19 68.5% Oct-19 69.5% Nov-19 67.7% Dec-19 67.0% Jan-20 69.5% Feb-20 70.7% Mar-20 69.3% Apr-20 61.0% May-20 63.7% Jun-20 66.3% Jul-20 59.7% Aug-20 55.7% Sep-20 63.6% Oct-20 63.0% Nov-20 64.9% Dec-20 65.4% Jan-21 62.9% Feb-21 56.7% Mar-21 56.4% Apr-21 58.7% May-21 61.4% Jun-21 55.3% Jul-21 43.7% Aug-21 45.8% Sep-21 47.2% Oct-21 49.3% Nov-21 44.4% Dec-21 44.4% Jan-22 46.7% Feb-22 51.7% Mar-22 49.7% Apr-22 43.8% May-22 41.2% Jun-22 45.8% Jul-22 52.7% Aug-22 55.5% Sep-22 54.0% Oct-22 52.7% Nov-22 50.6% Dec-22 46.8% Jan-23 47.1% Feb-23 49.8% Mar-23 47.8% Apr-23 49.7% May-23 45.8% Jun-23 45.6% Jul-23 45.2% Aug-23 43.4% Sep-23 42.9% Oct-23 44.2% Nov-23 45.5% Dec-23 46.5% Jan-24 47.9% Feb-24 46.4% Mar-24 47.5% Apr-24 49.3% May-24 50.8% Jun-24 50.8% Jul-24 52.1% Aug-24 56.6% Sep-24 59.2% Oct-24 59.1% Nov-24 62.0% Dec-24 60.3% Jan-25 64.1% Feb-25 71.2% Mar-25 73.0% Apr-25 75.1% May-25 75.4% Jun-25 72.0% Jul-25 73.9% Aug-25 74.8% Sep-25 78.3% Oct-25 78.8% Nov-25 78.2% Dec-25 84.4% Jan-26 90.5% Feb-26 94.7%

Hey, has anyone visited TRAC Immigration and looked up asylum denial rates in US immigration courts?

October 2000-January 2025: 56% of cases denied
February-November 2025: 75% denied
December 2025: 84%
January 2026: 91%
February 2026: 95%

tracreports.org/phptools/imm...

Under RFK Jr.’s leadership, ‘MAHA’ obliterates public health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made massive cuts to public health and spread dangerous disinformation—all under the guise of “making America healthy again”

Check out my deep dive on the "Make America Healthy Again" movement for @prismreports.org:
Thank you to @jessicamalaty.bsky.social @seemiaroll.bsky.social @drdemetre.bsky.social for speaking with me about the damage RFK Jr. has wrought in his first year at HHS.
prismreports.org/2026/04/06/r...

jesus christ

Under RFK Jr.’s leadership, ‘MAHA’ obliterates public health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made massive cuts to public health and spread dangerous disinformation—all under the guise of “making America healthy again”

“We’re going to see more Black & brown bodies that are going to suffer from disease & death for no reason.”

RFK Jr. has made massive cuts to public health & spread dangerous disinformation—all under the guise of “making America healthy again,” @lauralew105.bsky.social reports.

YES! Some good news.
The students at @indykidsnews.bsky.social covered this issue in January
indykids.org/public-media...

The President may, of course, engage in his own expressive conduct, including criticizing the views, reporting, or programming of NPR, PBS, or any other news outlet with whom he disagrees. The government may also fund its own speech and may fund government programs that promote specific perspectives on issues of public importance, and it may decide which views or perspectives to convey—and which not to convey—in any such government speech or program. And it may impose limits on federal grants to ensure that they are deployed to further the legitimate purposes of the program and may pick and choose among applicants based on legitimate criteria. But the First Amendment draws a line, which the government may not cross, at efforts to use government power—including the power of the purse—“to punish or suppress disfavored expression” by others.

BREAKING

Trump’s executive order directing federal agencies to stop funding NPR and PBS is “unlawful and unenforceable,” a federal judge ruled.

Doc buff.ly/WcnQN4A

“Not a whole lot of substance”: HHS posts Long COVID website, six months after making big promises - The Sick Times New website receives mixed reviews from Long COVID advocates and researchers; some do not expect to see any meaningful support from the Trump administration.

Don't be fooled. This and Restef Levi's secret panel on vaccine injuries and long Covid cannot be taken in good faith. In fact I'm very worried about how RFK Jr. is making long Covid seem less credible by associating it with MAHA.
thesicktimes.org/2026/03/31/n...

Opinion | I Saw Something New in San Francisco

Multiple people have told me that they now ‘write for the A.I.’:… In some cases, that’s because they want to deepen the A.I.s at their company; in others, it’s to inform the future systems they expect will be the core repositories of human knowledge.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/o...

"Some viruses travel through air to the nose or mouth... A virus uses its spikes on the outer shell to attach to the host's cell wall then it gets in and uses the cell to make copies of itself. That is so sneaky!" - a 9-year-old who knows more about SO SNEAKY airborne diseases than the government

The federal government is restricting COVID-19 vaccine access. Here’s what that means for the ongoing pandemic and people with Long COVID. - The Sick Times Recent policy changes around COVID-19 vaccines are already sowing chaos and confusion and restricting vaccine access — including for people who should still be eligible to receive them.

"In some rare good public health news this week, a federal judge has blocked many actions Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took to attack U.S. vaccine policy." @thesicktimes.org thesicktimes.org/2025/06/19/t...

This is a huge victory for federal science agencies, not because it addresses the presence of non-experts, but because it addresses *procedural* violations in agency governance. Advisory panels are authorized by Congressional law to be constituted and inform policy in specific ways. (1/2)

Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies

WOAH WOAH WOAH -- many of RFK Jr's anti-vaccine policies at HHS struck down by a federal judge. I wrote about some of those changes and the lawsuit this summer for @newrepublic.com: newrepublic.com/article/1967...
(www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...)

Just went to reschedule a checkup with my primary care dr this week on MyChart and saw something in April, so I changed it. Then I realized it’s for APRIL 2027 (TWENTY TWENTY SEVEN)- and we wonder why people have issues accessing doctors. Unbelievable.

Always a pleasure to talk to my pal @alletson.bsky.social at @revealnews.org

That last part. I keep waiting to see when we’ll finally get consensus on the fact that COVID-19 wrecks your immune system. I for one spent years just getting sick constantly and taking 2-3x more time to recover from any little thing.

Can't say it often enough:

Abolish ICE.

good day to revisit @lauralew105.bsky.social's piece about this guy

newrepublic.com/article/1949...

Vinay Prasad, key Makary ally and a focus of controversy at the FDA, is leaving the agency Prasad has been involved in several controversial decisions related to rare disease treatments.

Make up your mind man www.statnews.com/2026/03/06/f...

The nature of human rights is that they apply to, you know, all humans

"As tech giants force-feed AI inevitability marketing and trumpet the technology's supposed benefits to society, a robust AI-resistance movement has emerged in response. ... The backlash against Friend was not just a rejection of one company, but emblematic of a larger struggle."

Columbia student arrested by DHS agents who posed as police officers Acting university president says agents misrepresented themselves to gain entry to the residential building

People are just being abducted now, in New York City… and a chilling question left unanswered is… WHERE did they take her? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...