This is very stupid—It's pointless, and I think there's no way Italy players would accept this.

Jay Bhattacharya, who is best known for ranting about COVID conspiracies and “coverups” for the past 5 years, is now literally suppressing the data on COVID vaccines…because he is an antivaccine hack not a scientist

BENNET: Do you agree that 89% of children who died from flu were unvaccinated?

RFK Jr: I don't know the exact number

BENNET: That is the exact number, Secretary Kennedy

RFK Jr: *death growls*

BENNET: You took down the HHS communications promoting the flu vaccine. Do you regret that?

Trump has invented a new way to do math—Stephen Hawking-level genius.

Indeed, it is a politically explosive issue. And that's why Sheinbaum is trying to pull the wool over people's eyes.

gawking at the decision to pay reporters to uncover explosive, fascinating untold news stories, then put an AI summary of the comments above the details of the story, in this case speculating on the truth of the reporting.
as if a computer summarizing reader opinion is as important as the reporting

Musk and Zuck and Thiel and Altman and the rest are some of the unhappiest people to ever live, and they all seem willing to destroy the world in their search for just a moment of contentment. Not great for the rest of us.

CDC won’t publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits The report, which had cleared the agency’s scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now won’t be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.

SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

The U.S. is still at war with Iran. A blockade is an act of war. The U.S. Navy has fired on a ship to enforce it.

The bombing campaign is over (for now?) but the war very much is not.

"Look at how I made them crawl for an interview with me."

As usual, a bully.

Opinion | Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know.

“Within a week she seemed back to normal. What I didn’t know was that measles can cause long-term complications. A child can seem fine while the virus slowly replicates in her brain, poised to exact a terrible toll years later…. Parents should know just how dangerous this disease is.”

‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

“The US has provided no evidence that any of the vessels were involved in drug trafficking, and legal experts and rights groups say the attacks amount to extrajudicial killings as they apparently target civilians who do not pose any immediate threat.”

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Reminder that analysts thought there was a deal to be struck with North Korea in 2017-2018, not to denuclearize (they won't), but to count/verify nukes, stabilize situation. Trump didn't order any diplomatic work for that and instead did a photo op with Kim.

His diplomacy and his deals are fake.

For example, the landscape of Epstein Island

This is definitely a message to the new guy that he’d better continue the bribery and corruption or his company will suffer the consequences.

a good 75% of the U.S. press operates either in blind fealty or timid normalization of him, yet he's such a narcissistic black hole it's just never enough

America’s options with Iran are still humiliation or escalation. Trump got the U.S. into a bad strategic position. That core dynamic hasn’t changed.

Average new UK electric car price is now lower than petrol vehicles Autotrader says average EV cost is £785 cheaper, in an important milestone in the move away from fossil fuels

Average new UK electric car price is now lower than petrol vehicles
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Federal agents detain wife of another US army member: ‘ICE is out of control’ Jose Serrano, a sergeant, said Deisy Rivera Ortega, his wife, was arrested at an immigration appointment

ICE detains the wife of another US army member at her immigration appointment.

“I don’t really understand why, because she followed the rules of immigration by the T since day one,” he said.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Gunman Kills Canadian Tourist At Mexico's Teotihuacan Pyramids Several others were also wounded in the shooting.

A man shot and killed a Canadian woman and injured several others before killing himself at Mexico’s Teotihuacan pyramids, a popular tourist site, authorities said

I'm a man without children, and I have no desire to have any.

This is fucking deranged.

In a compromise Iran will let half of ships transit the Strait of Hormuz, and will sink the other half.

Insight: Musk scorned “shady” loopholes, yet offshore tax tricks likely saved Tesla hundreds of millions When Tesla released its annual report for U.S. regulators in January, the Texas-based automaker, led by the world’s richest man, reported a federal tax bill of zero dollars for 2025.

Reuters investigates Tesla's tax avoidance. Excellent records analysis & by Tom Bergin and Chris Kirkham -- www.reuters.com/legal/transa...

In Article About Horrific Shooting That Killed Eight Children, Forbes Lets Readers Place Bets About Gun Control In a story about a mass shooting that left eight children dead, Forbes is encouraging readers to bet on the news with fake money.

Forbes is gamifying news about the horrific mass shooting in Shreveport, LA this weekend, encouraging readers to bet on the likelihood of gun regulation with fake money via its "ForbesPredict" feature.

Eight children were murdered in the shooting.

futurism.com/future-socie...

Gil Duran tweet: TLDR: Fascism in response to Palantir's long fascists screed on X.

"Your Account is Suspended" Message on X

The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X.

I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!).

So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.

"The UAE has been an incredibly valuable ally throughout this effort."

Literally yesterday:

mastodon.social - Status mastodon.social Status

Mastodon.social is being DDoS right now. That's bad. It was bad when Bluesky was DDoSed. It's bad when open social platforms are attacked.

status.mastodon.social

BREAKING: Tasnim News Agency reports Iran has no plans to send a delegation to Islamabad for talks with the Trump administration while the U.S. naval blockade remains (via Fox)

Two very inconsequential issues.