Whispers from our past: The history of vaccinations We have much to learn from the headstones that cluster around diseases of our past (and present). It's time to listen, remember, and learn from those stories, whispered into the wind.

We've fought deadly diseases in the past. Together we've managed to subdue many of the scourges that destroyed lives, families, and communities. This is the story of the O’Marra family who, in one week, watched 8 of their children suffocate and die. Lest we forget. open.substack.com/pub/danismar...

To The People I Know Who Voted for Him, To the people I know who voted for him,

There’s nothing I could say about him here, that you don’t already know.

But as this next chapter of our nation begins, I just want you to know something I feel about you:

I am going to hold you responsible.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...

Authentically US We come into the world with a brilliantly complex mixture of plans and instructions, written through our biology.

"With so much talk of 'government overreach' and the right to live life without governmental intervention, the hypocrisy of then limiting those freedoms to only those who fit a heteronormative, biblically-based paradigm is breathtaking." open.substack.com/pub/danismar...

Angelo is the best. Brilliant and doing vitally important work in this era of disinformation. Highly worth a follow.

Ahoy! Help spread word that I'm here, please.

I'm president of Media Matters (@mmfa.bsky.social).

X is currently suing me and colleague personally as well as Media Matters. Been sorely missing the community Twitter once offered me. Hoping Bluesky can help fill that void. It's much needed.

Such brazen corruption happening right out in the open. Welcome to the oligarchy.