for an idea of how big a deal this is, my mom was in great shape when she got diagnosed and she lasted less than sixty days. six years is insane.

Happy 80th Birthday to Tim Curry, a guy who treats every single part like it was the role he was born to play.

Baking set to opera. Found this weirdly satisfying.

Trump Is Quietly Showing His True Feelings About Gig Workers The president claims to be cutting taxes for independent contractors like DoorDash deliverers. Meanwhile, his administration is working behind the scenes to undo protections they gained under Biden.

The president claims to be cutting taxes for independent contractors like DoorDash deliverers. Meanwhile, his administration is working behind the scenes to undo protections they gained under Biden. trib.al/3s4IJer

I'm tired of Dems trotting out the Revolving Villain act all the time.

We see you.

The average federal income tax for an individual is 14.5%.

But in 2025, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, paid just an 8% tax rate.

Meta paid just 3.75%.

Amazon paid just 1.37%.

Palantir and Tesla paid nothing.

itep.org/corporate-ta...

It's the Prices, Stupid Consumer sentiment is at an all-time low because prices are at an all-time high. Consumer sentiment isn't broken, popular government data is just incomplete

The index of consumer sentiment isn't broken; models that try to predict it just don't have the right input variables. I fix that and find that, yes, high nominal price levels explain why the vibes are so off. It's the prices, stupid
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-04-14...

“Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: ‘I don’t want…Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.’” @propublica.org 10/17/25… 1/ www.propublica.org/article/russ...

Black background graphic with WHN branding in white and pink. At the top: “whn.global”. Large headline: “COVID-19 is in its 7th year”. Below: “Science and medicine have learned a lot about COVID in the past six years—how it affects the body, brain, and immune system, both short and long term.” In pink text: “We also now know far more about how to prevent and reduce its impact.” At the bottom: “World Health Network — Science for a safer, healthier world.”

We’re in year 7 of COVID, and a lot has changed. We now understand far more about its long-term impact on the body and how infections can build over time. If you’ve been rethinking your approach to protection, you’re not alone, and it’s not too late to start again.

“But as things currently stand, it is hard to imagine things going worse for the man President Trump has called his “handsome son of a bitch.” And it’s almost entirely because Trump forced Vance into this position….

Transcript: Trump’s America Is Deeply Unwell, and It’s Time to Say So As Trump reveals his unfitness in stark new ways, a political theorist argues that our election of this man to the presidency twice should prompt deep introspection about what we’ve become.

"This is what happens when you have a malignant narcissist as the president of the United States. This man is simply not capable of thinking or feeling or conceiving of other people beyond himself." trib.al/a3aaSiG

News image showing a healthcare worker wearing scrubs, gloves, and a face mask treating an elderly patient in a hospital bed. The worker appears to be handling or checking the patient’s arm, possibly inserting or adjusting a line. On-screen caption reads: “Covid Virus May Spread More Widely by Turning Lung Cells Into Targets, Study Finds.” Source: Bloomberg.

"Covid Virus May Spread More Widely by Turning Lung Cells Into Targets, Study Finds"

"COVID-19 may spread through the lungs by turning resistant cells into infection targets, helping explain severe inflammation and organ damage, and pointing to potential new treatments."

Source: archive.md/18Rth

Brought to you by socialized science.
Imagine what socialized medicine could do.

Chuck Schumer Is a Terrible Democratic Leader With Terrible Judgement on Candidates When it comes to Senate candidates, the Democratic leader rarely picks well – and both the party and the country suffer.

"Chuck Schumer Is a Terrible Democratic Leader With Terrible Judgement on Candidates"

When it comes to Senate candidates, the Democratic leader rarely picks well – and both the party and the country suffer, writes @ryanlcooper.com for Zeteo.

Harry Enten is a dope. Read @gelliottmorris.com's piece about why the "100% support" poll was kind of goofy www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-03-22...

This Is What Trump Thinks Makes You a Domestic Terrorist The FBI included a detailed list of what constitutes domestic terrorist activity in the 2027 budget.

Buried in the FBI’s 2027 budget is a funding request to hunt so-called domestic terrorists: "Anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity ... extremism on migration, race, and gender. And hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality."

We've Spent Trillions on Our Pentagon Budget. So Why Are We Losing Against... Iran? Former US army major and defense intelligence analyst Harrison Mann on why the US military is struggling against Iran and how Donald Trump isn't the only one to blame for US failures in this war.

empire in decline. zeteo.com/p/pentagon-b...

No they’ll never make a prompter out of me

Planet of the apes the musical

I hate every bot I see. From gpa to gpt

I used to write the WaPo editorials on US-Africa policy, as well on as human rights and politics on the continent.

To describe hundreds of thousands of deaths on the continent as “messy” is an absolute abomination.

Doctors Say Older Adults Are Mistaking These Symptoms for Normal Aging—but It Could Be Long COVID Plus, what to do if symptoms are impacting your life.

Parade: 'Doctors Say Older Adults Are Mistaking These Symptoms for Normal Aging—but It Could Be Long COVID'

'“The most common symptoms are fatigue, brain fog and a flare-up of symptoms after physical or mental exertion'

parade.com/health/how-t...

3 images. The first is Florida Senator Rick Scott smiling. The second is also Rick Scott, now smiling with an increasingly horrifying intensity. The third is a nazi's face melting from the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark

Just keep smiling through it. Stay positive

As horrifying as the Minnesota killing spree stuff was, you need to remember that: that is what they were willing to show you in public: imagine what is happening now behind closed doors and walls.

Up to 60% of health care workers may have long COVID 4 years after infection

CIDRAP: “Up to 60% of health care workers may have long COVID 4 years after infection”

www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/60-...

Screenshot of a Medical Xpress article titled “COVID-19 may increase the risk of glandular fever, study shows,” published March 17, 2026. The article summarizes research from Örebro University. A graph shows time from COVID-19 exposure to outcomes among individuals with EBV infection, comparing those with a positive PCR test and those hospitalized, indicating increased risk over time.

"COVID-19 may increase the risk of glandular fever, study shows."

"We were surprised that even people who did not have severe symptoms but tested positive for COVID-19 appear to develop a weakened immune system and a higher risk of, for example, glandular fever."

medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03...

Officials ‘missed 99% of data’ before ending Covid vaccine recommendation, memos reveal Internal memos ignored Covid safety studies and pushed vaccine changes based on ideology, critics say

Newly uncovered memos show the basis for RFK Jr's decision to end the Covid vaccine recommendation for pregnant people and children. They're light on evidence and heavy on ideology, sources told me in my latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

'Zombie' Remnants of COVID-19 Hunt In Packs And Kill Our Immune Cells 'Zombie' coronavirus fragments not only help drive inflammation in long-COVID, but also destroy our immune cells.

Feb. 2026, Science Alert: "'Zombie' Remnants of COVID-19 Hunt In Packs And Kill Our Immune Cells"

'Amid this backdrop, many have been left struggling without adequate support for the ongoing consequences of long COVID, which are very real and debilitating'

www.sciencealert.com/zombie-remna...

New Pentagon budget reports show Pete Hegseth spent $93 billion in one month, making it the highest monthly expense since 2008.

This budget report included spending $2 million on Alaskan King Crab.

Trump Adviser Flails Trying to Defend Threat of Iran Nuclear Program Steve Witkoff can’t square Donald Trump’s claim he “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear facilities last summer.

Steve Witkoff is somehow arguing that the Trump administration destroyed Iran’s uranium enrichment capabilities with their June strikes, but also that Iran was still actively enriching uranium, and bragging about its enrichment, after these facilities were destroyed. trib.al/vkrOJ6p

🚨 New study: “Over 42% of active-duty military personnel who contracted COVID-19 developed long-lasting post-COVID syndrome—dominated by pulmonary, neurological, & fatigue issues… The cohort was predominantly male (74.1%), young (mean age 31.3 years)…”