Greta Thunberg: "The President of the United States just said that a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again & no one is reacting. This speaks for itself: what the fuck is anyone even doing at this point? We have normalized genocide, total annihilation of entire people."
Our team at Duke has spent almost a decade studying the transition of middle income countries (MICs) out of aid
Transition is of course the goal for all MICs—but we’ve studied what happens when aid donors cut aid suddenly without proper planning
SUDDEN cuts cause disease resurgence & mass death 👇
The first concern with measles is, of course, the devastating health impact.
But this article does a great job of explaining the economic costs.
Heroes get remembered, but weirdos never die.
One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
it’s also all related. the men who traffic children with impunity are the same ones who start wars, bomb schools, support genocide, ignore laws, shirk taxes, beat their wives and children, and steal every dollar they can from the people. it’s all an expression of the same belief: no one else matters
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I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.
Alternative facts
The DoD now has more money than it knows what to do with.
Imagine if we spent that money on healthcare or housing instead.
"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” -MLK
On top of everything, these mega warehouses are uniquely challenging for firefighters if a fire breaks out. Human beings do not belong in them.
Universal healthcare is hard. Only 31 of the top 32 countries have managed it.
Remember when RFK Jr. unilaterally decided that COVID19 vaccines should no longer be recommended during pregnancy?
Well, COVID19 increases the risk of preeclampsia.
And it turns out that getting boosted, either before or during pregnancy, significantly reduces the risk of preeclampsia.
Yikes.
The passive acceptance of trump alone deciding to go to war in this headline is infuriating.
Not only the direct costs Americans paid, but also job losses, wage stagnation, and opportunity losses because many industries were affected by the tariffs or blamed "uncertainty" due to the erratic tariffs
BREAKING: Trump admin issues new policy aimed at ending transgender-related care in federal prisons.
"It's a really dangerous policy,” an ACLU lawyer representing trans people in federal prison suing the Trump administration tells Law Dork of the new Bureau of Prisons policy.
"Hold on, we actually allow a failsafe"
The failsafe: Having a birth certificate, ID, and being willing to sign an affidavit on penalty of perjury.
This is what gendered administrative burdens look like.
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A judge ruled that groups representing residents of Louisiana’s Cancer Alley can proceed with their landmark lawsuit seeking a pause on toxic industrial plants in two majority‑Black districts
Rep. Angie Craig: "The attacks on Black and brown people in Minnesota have been egregious. At the end of the day, what they wanted out of Minnesota was for us to riot. I think this will go down in American history as one of the greatest examples of peaceful resistance from an entire community."
"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
Republicans' so-called "SAVE America Act" would require every American citizen show a 1) Passport or 2) Government ID AND a birth certificate to vote.
Millions of Americans don't have a passport or ready access to their birth certificate.
This is a voter suppression bill. Plain and simple.
Where's the outrage from the libertarians and privacy advocates? Oh yeah they don't actually care about those things unless it's for them.
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