Donald Trump’s advisers are treating him like he can’t handle the reality of the war in Iran. They might be right—but that fact is a danger to the constitutional order.
The Atlantic

Matchmaking Database Offers Easier Path to Grants The Philanthropy Data Commons has the potential to make the grant application process much easier — and provide a clear view of impact.

The project, dubbed the Philanthropy Data Commons, is an attempt to bring a huge reservoir of foundation and charity information into a single database.
www.philanthropy.com/news/matchma...

comic style featuring a large, stylized beetle. The beetle is predominantly dark grey or black with several orange circular spots on its back. The text above the illustration reads: "I hope this helps," and the text below it reads: "said the beetle (it did not help)."

Artist: @theoatmeal.com

I see

Crunchy Queso Wrap Recipe • 5★ • 45 min (Gift Recipe) A wildly popular novelty snack from Taco Bell, the Crunchwrap Supreme combines elements of a burrito with the tidier portability of a sandwich, in a stacked, layered and wrapped tortilla package It de...

How to make your own Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme.
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Trump deals double blow to the great British pint The Iran war is putting pressure on carbon dioxide supplies needed to make beer — and last year’s U.K.-U.S. trade deal has already been blamed for undercutting British plants.

Trump deals double blow to the great British pint www.politico.eu/article/dona...
war is putting pressure on carbon dioxide supplies

Utah Becomes the New Center of U.S. Measles Cases

“There’s so much misinformation out there,” he said. “They get way more information about the side effects of vaccines than they ever get about what can happen if you catch one of these diseases.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/w...

Orbán’s Defeat Shows What Trump’s Opponents Keep Doing Wrong The Hungarian election was a setback for MAGA. But the winner’s campaign should be a wake-up call for Trump’s opponents.

Orbán’s Defeat Shows What Trump’s Opponents Keep Doing Wrong
politi.co/4tGIcLB via @politico
one defined by reformist candidates who launch new parties and blow up old ones,

Women have awaited a revolution in menopause. It hasn’t arrived. Persistent barriers are still hindering drug development for a host of menopause symptoms.

Women have awaited a revolution in menopause. It hasn’t arrived.
www.pharmavoice.com/news/women-r... via @PharmaVoice
The estimated 6,000 U.S. women a day who reach menopause experience it differently.

Former Sen. Ben Sasse shines the spotlight on a possible breakthrough for pancreatic cancer Former Sen. Ben Sasse is taking Revolution Medicines' daraxonrasib, which has shown promise as a treatment for pancreatic cancer.

Former Sen. Ben Sasse shines the spotlight on a possible breakthrough for pancreatic cancer cnb.cx/4bZUc4U
“We’ve had physicians describe this as potentially the biggest breakthrough in pancreatic cancer ever.”

Purple Alert | Bill advances to full House for alert system to find missing people with disabilities The purple alert would notify the public and law enforcement immediately when an at-risk individual goes missing and allocate resources to get them home safely.

Pa. lawmakers propose purple alert system for missing individuals with disabilities

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#Disabled #Disabilities #SpecialAbilities #AliveAndAble

In Houston, One Person’s Trashed Car Becomes Everyone’s Treasure

There was a time when I went to this every year.
Explore this gift article from me.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/s...

Trump is still trying to DOGE the NIH. Republicans are tired. The NIH has proven a difficult target for the White House budget director, because lawmakers have a symbiotic relationship with the agency.

Trump is still trying to DOGE the NIH. Republicans are tired.
politi.co/4t4PEAa via @politico
Republicans and the NIH’s scientific leaders also view investing in the agency as essential to beating China.

splash down tomorrow

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Please join the ALL ALS Consortium on April 15th at 2:00 PM PT/5:00 PM ET for their next quarterly ALL ALS Community Webinar and Q&A. Robert Bowser, PhD, will provide updates on recent and upcoming ALL ALS study and research milestones and activities.
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Can Tiny Graphene Drums Let Doctors Hear Which Germ You Have? SoundCell’s “nanodrums” can ID germs from the acoustic patterns their movement makes

These graphene nanodrums turn a bacterium’s motion into sound, distinguishing E. coli from staph and quickly spotting superbugs.

Nearly 2,000 procedures have been guided by virtual-twin modeling, where a dynamic digital replica is used for practice surgery, and it keeps getting better. spectrum.ieee.org/living-heart...

TACO Tuesday

only got one year

he can buy a primary

With Cheers and Tears, Houston Reclaims Its Place as ‘Space City’

Explore a bucket list must. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/u...

“supplying the best possible medicine to protect the health and wellbeing of the patients we serve.”

A kneeslapper.

@chronicillness.bsky.social

Doctors Couldn’t Help Them. They Rolled the Dice With A.I.

Not accepting a power differential :
Ms. Smith now goes to appointments with A.I. suggestions in hand, and she chooses providers in part based on whether they are receptive to its role in her decision-making.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/w...

How to deal with chronically negative people Experts offer tips on avoiding toxic positivity, listening to what a person’s feeling and keeping yourself from getting pulled into the same dark place.

How to deal with chronically negative people wapo.st/3NV1cH5
therapists say often the kindest thing to do is let the other person talk about what’s wrong, and really listen.

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn.
The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.

P. J. O'Rourke

GOP weighs health care cuts to pay for Iran war New efforts to rein in health programs open the GOP up to attacks that they're cutting health care to pay for an unpopular war.

GOP weighs health care cuts to pay for Iran war www.axios.com/2026/03/30/g...
This is not going to fly.

no preauthorization for a current subscription

April 1 marks the 50th ann of the founding of Apple (known at the time as Apple Computer) by college dropouts Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. The company’s first product, the Apple I, was a single-board computer that lacked a video monitor, keyboard, power supply or a case. It was priced at $666.66.

CMS vows to ditch faxes for electronic claims attachments | TechTarget A new final rule would establish standards for the electronic exchange of claim attachments for all HIPAA-covered entities by 2028.

CMS vows to ditch faxes for electronic claims attachments www.techtarget.com/revcyclemana... via @revcycleintel
Notably, the final rule did not include standards for prior authorizations. A break from the proposed rule, which would have expanded the standards' scope beyond claim attachments.