This is gross.

Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

Between things like this, the FL/TX requirements that hospitals collect patients’ immigration status, and new Treasury rule requiring banks to reporter customer citizenship, it is striking how much the state is coopting civil society & private sector into enforcing immigration policy for them.

As someone who grew up canoeing in the Boundary Waters, this is an absolute tragedy.

Half of ICE Detainees at Brooklyn Prison Have No Criminal Record: Documents - Documented In response to an inquiry by Congressman Dan Goldman, DHS said that fewer than 24 percent of those detained at the Brooklyn MDC have criminal convictions.

In response to an inquiry by Congressman Dan Goldman, DHS said that fewer than 24 percent of those detained at the Brooklyn MDC have criminal convictions.

How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Defunding HBCUs Despite Donald Trump's false claim that he "saved HBCUs," he is overseeing the biggest economic attack on historically Black college institutions in U.S. history.

Despite Trump's claim that he "saved historically Black colleges," when ContrabandCamp interviewed administrators and analyzed the data, we found a different story. As one HBCU president said:

"It's the greatest defunding of HBCUs in American history."

The Terrific Tulips of Spring 2026 YouTube video by Stuart Bourne - Making gardening easier

It’s been a fantastic spring for Tulips, so I made a short video capturing all the photos I’ve taken. Please check it out.

youtu.be/2ZivJQ-XF_o

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling #TulipTuesday

Thank you for raising up Rachel’s name.

For Second Year in a Row, Trump Budget Seeks to Slash WIC Fruit and Vegetable Benefits for Millions President Trump’s fiscal year 2027 budget calls for sharply reducing the fruit and vegetable component of WIC’s food benefits for new and expecting parents and young children. We estimate the proposed...

Trump Budget Seeks to Slash WIC Benefits for Millions
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Great news for Maine students.

Pride Flag Can Fly at Stonewall After Trump Administration Reversal

Good. The Pride flag belongs at Stonewall.

Queer people will never be erased, no matter how hard the Trump admin tries.

Big Bird’s Obituary: Greatly Exaggerated With apologies, tonight’s column runs a little longer than I like them to.

Trump wanted to kill off PBS & NPR by defunding them. It hasn't worked as intended—viewers came to their aid & now a fed'l judge has held Trump's executive order unconstitutional. We also look at why Trump might dislike public media & a Muppet named Donald Grump.
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Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate

A series of disjointed, hard-to-follow and sometimes-profane comments capped by threatening to wipe out Iran and attacking the pope have left many with the impression of a deranged autocrat mad with power and revived the debate about Trump's mental health. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

Arkansas didn’t expand Medicaid under the ACA.

WTF?

Mom, Kids, and Nowhere to Go Family homelessness is spiking just as the Trump administration rolls back social services.

Families are one of the fastest-growing segments of the homeless population, but they are rarely acknowledged in the larger policy conversation about homelessness in the U.S. buff.ly/gVr0AZP

More than a quarter of private colleges are at risk of closing, a new projection shows As one Vermont college finishes its last semester, an estimated 442 others may be in trouble.

As one Vermont college finishes its last semester, an estimated 442 others may be in trouble. n.pr/41xZy1d

Analysis Finds That Google's AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization A new analysis commissioned by The New York Times suggests that Google's AI Overviews are wrong an astonishing percentage of the time.

This is catastrophic.

Volunteers turn a fan's recordings of 10,000 concerts into an online treasure trove In 1989, an up-and-coming rock band from Washington called Nirvana played in Chicago for the first time at a club called Dreamerz.

A group of devoted volunteers is methodically researching, cataloging and digitizing more than 10,000 concerts that one music fan recorded over four decades.

We Mapped Out Where the Best Spring Blooms Are In NYC A guide to which neighborhoods have the species that are blossoming now, according to city arborists and data.

Spring in NYC is unmatched. www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/08/s...

Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.

Slaughtering our golden goose: massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Trump's 2027 budget proposal fully eliminates the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

LIHEAP helps struggling families with energy bills and energy crises.

I think the main thing I'm having a hard time with, getting excited about the Artemis II mission, is that the American government of 2026 is vigorously hostile to the kind of competent expertise and humble, methodical problem solving that NASA is driven by.

Hegseth just fired the Army Chief Gen Randy George. Immediately. Gen George the most competent and experienced combat leaders I have ever encountered. Courage. Integrity. Takes care of soldiers. A government of gangsters.

Hegseth has intervened in military promotions for more than a dozen senior officers The defense secretary’s efforts to block or delay promotions to general or admiral for some officers has raised concerns that he may be targeting them because of race, gender or affiliation with the B...

NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military, according to nine U.S. officials familiar with the process.

EXTENDED DEADLINE: More students are counting on Pell than ever. Now it’s on Congress to fully fund it. Help us make the case by sharing your story. Submit your testimonial by April 10. bit.ly/4bJZAZH

New SAVE Act Bills Would Still Block Millions of Americans From Voting The “show your papers” requirement is an attack on the freedom to vote.

The SAVE Act would require voters to show a passport or birth certificate to register to vote, but 21 million American citizens don’t have those documents readily available. bit.ly/4rA2p4R

Supporting our economy means we support our families.

Childcare needs to be funded and supported like other industries are.

Trump, Who Calls Mail-in Voting ‘Cheating,’ Just Voted by Mail

The hypocrisy is staggering.

Trump, Who Calls Mail-in Voting ‘Cheating,’ Just Voted by Mail www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...

The new MTA App is here! We’ve made major updates to the user experience, and added or improved new features. 📲

The MTA app is available in the Apple Store or Google Play—download or update your app now to get live subway and bus info, straight from the source.