Gardener, poody/doge lover, former HIV research lab peep, canner of world-famous habanero pepper jelly. Profile pic: A red Shiba Inu wearing a Santa hat with a holly leaf pin.
Record outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite 20M eggs recalled due to salmonella Worst air quality in world from wildfire smoke UN says world risks HIV resurgence due to funding cuts Most measles cases in 35 years They’re going after Fauci to distract you from current public health failures
'Not only was brine “regularly migrating to the surface,” officials said, but seismic activity in Washington County had increased almost 20 times over since 2023, a “clear indication” that underground rock formations holding billions of gallons of waste were “moving and likely fracturing.”'
In Ohio, Toxic Wastewater Is Bubbling Up Out of the Ground (Gift Article)The state is a major importer of fracking wastewater, which gets pumped underground but doesn’t always stay there. The city of Marietta is fighting back.www.nytimes.com
This is your periodic reminder that there have been earthquakes in the Youngstown area attributable to injection wells. My friend on city council once told me he had more oversight on a liquor license renewal than on injection wells in his ward.
PM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Each Year Worldwide'Not only was brine “regularly migrating to the surface,” officials said, but seismic activity in Washington County had increased almost 20 times over since 2023, a “clear indication” that underground rock formations holding billions of gallons of waste were “moving and likely fracturing.”'
My genuinely brilliant colleague in Southeast Asian studies, Dr. Erik Davis at Macalester College in St Paul, faces a federal indictment and a possible six-year prison sentence, for having "ties" to "antifa" (i.e. for organizing anti-ICE protests). www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’Erik Davis is accused by the government of a ‘conspiracy’ to obstruct ICE – experts say it’s part of a pattern to criminalize lawful organizing and ruin activists’ liveswww.theguardian.com
I can't compete with this. www.npr.org/2026/07/28/n...
Trump shattered ethics norms. Will voters trust Democrats to fix them?Democrats are making the case that now is the time to tackle anti-corruption reforms — to serve as a check on Donald Trump and to overhaul a system voters say is co-opted against their interests.www.npr.orgThese treatment regimens were established BECAUSE we came to understand the effects of ongoing exposure to a virus that damages our immune system. We should keep that in mind wrt ongoing, repeated exposure to other viruses which do similar documented damage, especially COVID.
nejmCurrent HIV treatment guidelines worldwide recommend that persons with HIV infection start antiretroviral therapy (ART) regardless of symptoms, signs, clinical stage of disease, CD4 cell count, or HIV RNA level. Learn more about ART in a new review: https://nej.md/4wn6mg2
ICE literally went into a national forest and arrested people who were swimming, etc. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/n...
ICE agents target NC’s Pisgah National Forest and make multiple arrests, feds sayImmigration and Customs Enforcement extends its reach to western North Carolina’s wilderness areas and makes 13 arrests in Pisgah National Forest, feds say.www.charlotteobserver.com
Nothing says The US Navy like man camps full of seamen
Sailors could live in RVs or houseboats as Navy overhauls barracksThe Navy is considering putting sailors in apartments, "man camps," RVs and even houseboats during a major barracks overhaul.taskandpurpose.comErin Fogg says Free LinkWhat could up to 2k illegally deployed troop apartments cost, Michael? $148,000? Each?
"Unlike many others forced to halt their research [due to Trump cuts], Sehgal and his co-authors released their study anyway...with a fraction of the intended sample size. Still, removing the gas stoves relieved the participants’ asthma so much that the results were clear even with only 85 of them."
The EPA halted a study on gas stoves and asthma. But even partial results were striking.Research that used a federal grant to pay for asthma patients to have their gas stoves replaced showed a dramatic fall in asthma attacks. The program was cut short after President Donald Trump took of...wapo.st
Kentucky’s Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear said the two photos released by McConnell’s office only “stoked more speculation” about his condition.
Kentucky Gov. Says McConnell Should Call In For TV Interview As Photos Have ‘Stoked More Speculation’Kentucky’s Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear said the two photos released by McConnell’s office only “stoked more speculation” about his condition.www.forbes.com
Bernie Moreno was a car salesman with a record of wage theft and employment discrimination. Anthony Fauci was the director of NIAID from 1984 to 2022 and in 2008 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work fighting HIV/AIDS in that role.
Aaron RuparMoreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
I hate living in Ohio as it is, but then I have to sit here and watch our fucking dipshit of a senator, Bernie Moreno, ignore the fact that his daughter is being abused by ANOTHER Republican from Ohio, all while he berates the man that literally saved millions of lives. What an absolute fucking joke
Just posting this summary of the Farrow profile for reasons futurism.com/artificial-i...
Inside Sources Say Sam Altman Is a SociopathSome of these insiders were strikingly blunt in their diagnoses: Altman was a literal "sociopath," one OpenAI board member alleged.futurism.comDare Obasanjo“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.