Years ago @mikeduncan.bsky.social told me "you can rewrite shit but you can't rewrite nothing" and it's made every draft easier since.

Peptides promise longevity and healing. Does the science back them up? The world of peptides has exploded in wellness circles, but the benefits of injecting these gray-market molecules rest on little clinical evidence

Wild.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

Talk About Insurance Fraud! Big Tech Floods Pols' In-Boxes With Fake Emails In Support Of Hochul's Car Premium Ploy - Streetsblog Empire State Politicians are noticing something fishy, rather than phishy, about their constituents' emails.

Politicians are noticing something fishy, rather than phishy, about their constituents' emails.

AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper journalism The Associated Press says it will offer buyouts to an unspecified number of its U.S.-based journalists as part of an acceleration away from the focus on newspaper journalism that sustained the company...

AP's "customers now are dominated by broadcast, digital & technology companies, an illustration of where people are getting news. The AP has seen 200% growth in revenue from technology companies over the last 4 years," said a senior VP and chief revenue officer.

apnews.com/article/news...

Thousands of women visit this Mount Sinai Health System center annually for exams and treatment for breast cancer.

"...Dubin and her husband, billionaire hedge funder and longtime Mount Sinai trustee Glenn Dubin, gave a reported $15 million to launch the center."

"The Dubin Center, which opened in 2011 at Mount Sinai’s Tisch Cancer Institute, was named for the physician, philanthropist and former model Eva Andersson-Dubin — a longtime associate and former girlfriend of Epstein..."

‘Anything is possible’: How Jeffrey Epstein received special treatment at one of the country’s elite hospitals The convicted sex offender enjoyed unusually close access to Mount Sinai doctors, records show.

our health care systems are named for and enmeshed with this

The Dubin Center at Mt. Sinai. 1176 Fifth Avenue. At 97th.

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The cost of fresh vegetables is up a stunning FORTY EIGHT PERCENT from February 2025:

www.bls.gov/news.release...

take the hint

Judge Blocks RFK Jr.'s Overhaul of Vaccine Recommendations HHS secretary violated federal procedures in revamping advisory committee, judge says

hopeful public health news www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/v...

Science and environment journalist friends: I have a spot for you on an upcoming shark research expedition! Want to come, see some shark research, and learn about the important work the lab is doing? Let's chat. DMs open.

Clockwise, from top left: Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus. None of the worlds is to scale, but all are imaged with JWST's near-infrared (NIRCam) instrument.

The giant planets of the Solar System, by JWST.

what a marvelous array of toys and climbing opps you've arranged for him. well done. (also he is right - the counter is his; everything is his.)

First reporter on the questionable to false premise of Iran war, @danvergano.bsky.social

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS is exceptionally alcoholic This interstellar visitor is “bursting with methanol,” according to one scientist

This interstellar visitor is “bursting with methanol,” according to one scientist

China's moon base plans sound stronger than US moon base plans, to me. Detailed reporting you'll only get from incomparable phys sci writer/editor @leebillings.bsky.social & legendary space reporter Leonard David.

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Guys. All hands on deck this is not a drill. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. The Pokémon Company has a job posting for PhD-level ecologist 🧪

hrmos.co/pages/pokemo...

Daylight saving time hit you like a brick? Here’s how to cope better Losing an hour of sleep to daylight saving time is not good for you, but there are ways you can help yourself bounce back

Losing an hour of sleep to daylight saving time is not good for you, but there are ways you can help yourself bounce back

For particle physicists working with neutrinos, almost nothing is everything

Several massive multimillion dollar experiments should soon reveal more about the nature of these ghostly particles.

✍️ Nicola Jones

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I’m quoted in this excellent Scientific American article on the incredible Zagros mountains, the focus of much of my PhD and postdoc research. The Zagros’s unique tectonic history explains the Gulf’s rich oil and gas reserves and ultimately the Gulf itself, including the narrow Strait of Hormuz.

WATCH: How traffic dried up in the Strait of Hormuz since the Iran war began The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz is "about as wrong as things could go" for global oil markets. Iran achieved it not with a naval blockade, but with cheap drones.

Good animation, with story detailing why shipping traffic shut down in this strait thru which about 1/5th of world's crude oil and NG typically passes. In a word: insurance. www.npr.org/2026/03/04/n...

Ding-dong! The Dutch Fish Doorbell needs you to help migrating fish A Dutch lock is closed for the spring, and its employees want you to tell them when migrating fish come knocking by ringing a digital doorbell

Well, in more pleasant news, the Fish Doorbell is back... 🧪

Paid >$400 oop last year for an MRI. They wanted it paid *before* I was seen. I declined ("never pay the first hc bill") so they gave me a "one-time courtesy" deferral. Acted like it was a huge favor.

Truth vs spin: El Paso cartel drone lasers TikTok video by The Bigger Picture

This, 1000x this: www.tiktok.com/@maxfishersh... #medialiteracy

My students were horrified today when I told them that the phone company used to publish everyone's name, address, and phone number in a huge book, then deliver it to everyone in town.

Mike Johnson: I Am Tuning Out the News Cycle to Focus on Self-Care Don’t ask me about the news. I am protecting my mental space.

this is from November but then again I don’t think he’s seen any news that would make it out of date

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

To anyone laid off from the Post today, we are hiring: