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Full exposure to asthma-linked pollution throughout the course of the day - including where we spend 90% of our time: indoors. One simple step can cut NO2 exposure in half. Plus, list of TOP 10 cities for highest total NO2 exposure.
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Switching to electric stoves can dramatically cut indoor air pollution
A new study links gas and propane stove emissions to asthma, lung cancer, and other health risks. Transitioning to electric could reduce exposure by over 50%.
news.stanford.edu
December 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Full exposure to asthma-linked pollution throughout the course of the day - including where we spend 90% of our time: indoors. One simple step can cut NO2 exposure in half. Plus, list of TOP 10 cities for highest total NO2 exposure.
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This is why we need an FDA staffed by competent people who understand germ theory and public health.
NOT RFK Jr and his deadly clowns.
NOT RFK Jr and his deadly clowns.
ByHeart’s recall of all of its baby formula products amid a growing nationwide outbreak of infant botulism has shaken the trust of moms and caregivers – not just in ByHeart’s formula, but also in formula made by other brands. Here's the latest.
Moms say ByHeart recall has shaken their trust in baby formula safety
ByHeart’s recall of all of its baby formula products amid a growing nationwide outbreak of infant botulism has shaken the trust of moms and caregivers – not just in ByHeart’s formula, but also in formula made by other brands. Here's the latest.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is why we need an FDA staffed by competent people who understand germ theory and public health.
NOT RFK Jr and his deadly clowns.
NOT RFK Jr and his deadly clowns.
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Stem cells and platelet rich plasma injections for all!
I suspect FDA no longer has qualified people willing to do this job.
"FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has appointed Tracy Beth Høeg, a longtime skeptic of Covid-19 vaccines, to be the acting director of the agency’s drug unit,...."
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"FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has appointed Tracy Beth Høeg, a longtime skeptic of Covid-19 vaccines, to be the acting director of the agency’s drug unit,...."
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Breaking: FDA to name Tracy Beth Hoeg, who helped lead Covid shot investigation, as acting CDER chief
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has appointed Tracy Beth Høeg, a longtime skeptic of Covid-19 vaccines, to be the acting director of the agency's drug unit
endpoints.news
December 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Stem cells and platelet rich plasma injections for all!
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I’ve been reporting about the potential connection of tariffs to small biz job losses. Scott Lincicome of Cato offers this piece discussing not just the high level of the tariffs, but the “truly insane complexity” whose “overall economic cost is likely staggering. “
thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
Welcome to Tariff Complexity Hell
Complexity is a tax, and today U.S. companies are paying through the nose.
thedispatch.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I’ve been reporting about the potential connection of tariffs to small biz job losses. Scott Lincicome of Cato offers this piece discussing not just the high level of the tariffs, but the “truly insane complexity” whose “overall economic cost is likely staggering. “
thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
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I am begging one, JUST ONE, congressional reporter to follow up with Mike Johnson by asking, "What are the American people to make of a Speaker of the House who tells us daily that he's not aware of what's happening on Capitol Hill and the White House?"
December 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I am begging one, JUST ONE, congressional reporter to follow up with Mike Johnson by asking, "What are the American people to make of a Speaker of the House who tells us daily that he's not aware of what's happening on Capitol Hill and the White House?"
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These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
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There’s nothing stopping any of us who live in other states from calling Hakeem Jeffries’s office and asking him to step down as minority leader.
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
There’s nothing stopping any of us who live in other states from calling Hakeem Jeffries’s office and asking him to step down as minority leader.
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Scoop: FBI aims to escalate its inquiry into 6 Democrats who made video for troops by pressing domestic terrorism squad to launch a formal seditious conspiracy investigation. Washington Field Office leaders are pushing back b/c they don't see a crime. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
FBI Seeks ‘Seditious Conspiracy’ Probe of Democratic Lawmakers
The FBI is pressuring domestic terrorism agents to open a seditious conspiracy investigation into six Democratic lawmakers who advised military service members to defy unlawful orders, according to th...
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Scoop: FBI aims to escalate its inquiry into 6 Democrats who made video for troops by pressing domestic terrorism squad to launch a formal seditious conspiracy investigation. Washington Field Office leaders are pushing back b/c they don't see a crime. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Exclusive: The four-star admiral in charge of Caribbean operations had concerns about the legality of the boat strikes. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked him to retire shortly after they started.
Hegseth Asked Top Admiral to Resign After Months of Discord
The relationship between the Pentagon chief and military leader had been rocky since Trump’s inauguration.
on.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Exclusive: The four-star admiral in charge of Caribbean operations had concerns about the legality of the boat strikes. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked him to retire shortly after they started.
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Dr Hoffman was a nuclear chemist who was often the only woman in her chemistry courses. She earned her doctorate in 1951.
#womeninscience #womeninstem #science #chemistry
#womeninscience #womeninstem #science #chemistry
Obituary: Darleane C. Hoffman (1926-2025) chemist who expanded the periodic table
go.nature.com/3KDUzXS
go.nature.com/3KDUzXS
Darleane C. Hoffman obituary: chemist who expanded the periodic table
Her experiments on the heaviest elements deepened our understanding of radioactivity.
go.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Dr Hoffman was a nuclear chemist who was often the only woman in her chemistry courses. She earned her doctorate in 1951.
#womeninscience #womeninstem #science #chemistry
#womeninscience #womeninstem #science #chemistry
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With the pardon of Rep. Henry Cuellar D-TX, who had been accused of bribery and corruption, President Trump has now pardoned 12 members of Congress - 10 Republicans and 2 Democrats. (All but Cuellar had been convicted.)
December 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
With the pardon of Rep. Henry Cuellar D-TX, who had been accused of bribery and corruption, President Trump has now pardoned 12 members of Congress - 10 Republicans and 2 Democrats. (All but Cuellar had been convicted.)
Characterization of H5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza virus belonging to clade 2.3.4.4b isolated from Ezo red fox in Japan in a mouse model
A fox-derived H5N1 strain: no known adaptation markers, yet highly virulent in mice.
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A fox-derived H5N1 strain: no known adaptation markers, yet highly virulent in mice.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Characterization of H5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza virus belonging to clade 2.3.4.4b isolated from Ezo red fox in Japan in a mouse model | Microbiology Spectrum
The H5N1 avian influenza virus has caused severe disease in birds worldwide and is
now spreading to mammals, including humans. In 2022, this virus was detected for the
first time in an Ezo red fox in ...
journals.asm.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Characterization of H5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza virus belonging to clade 2.3.4.4b isolated from Ezo red fox in Japan in a mouse model
A fox-derived H5N1 strain: no known adaptation markers, yet highly virulent in mice.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
A fox-derived H5N1 strain: no known adaptation markers, yet highly virulent in mice.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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The enhanced solar wind environment has prompted a strong (G3) geomagnetic storm warning which is now in effect until 23:59 UTC (Dec 3). Despite the full moon, aurora sky watchers at higher latitudes should be alert for aurora should local weather conditions allow.
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The enhanced solar wind environment has prompted a strong (G3) geomagnetic storm warning which is now in effect until 23:59 UTC (Dec 3). Despite the full moon, aurora sky watchers at higher latitudes should be alert for aurora should local weather conditions allow.
npj Vaccines: Influenza mRNA vaccine reduces pathogenicity and transmission of A(H5N1) virus in a ferret model
Masato Hatta et al
H5N1
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Masato Hatta et al
H5N1
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Influenza mRNA vaccine reduces pathogenicity and transmission of A(H5N1) virus in a ferret model - npj Vaccines
npj Vaccines - Influenza mRNA vaccine reduces pathogenicity and transmission of A(H5N1) virus in a ferret model
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
npj Vaccines: Influenza mRNA vaccine reduces pathogenicity and transmission of A(H5N1) virus in a ferret model
Masato Hatta et al
H5N1
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Masato Hatta et al
H5N1
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
bioRxiv || Detection and isolation of H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b high pathogenicity avian influenza virus from ticks (Ornithodoros maritimus) recovered from a naturally infected slender-billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei)
Dylan Andrieux et al
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Dylan Andrieux et al
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Detection and isolation of H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b high pathogenicity avian influenza virus from ticks (Ornithodoros maritimus) recovered from a naturally infected slender-billed gull (Chroicocephalus gen...
Laridae birds, such as gulls, are known reservoirs of H13 and H16 low pathogenic avian influenza subtypes. However, during the recent outbreaks linked to the reemergence of high pathogenicity avian in...
www.biorxiv.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
bioRxiv || Detection and isolation of H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b high pathogenicity avian influenza virus from ticks (Ornithodoros maritimus) recovered from a naturally infected slender-billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei)
Dylan Andrieux et al
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Dylan Andrieux et al
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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I went on @nprfreshair.bsky.social with Terry Gross to lay out what we know and don’t know about the administration’s second deadly strike on Sept 2, which killed two survivors in the Caribbean www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...
Did the Trump administration commit a war crime in its attack on a Venezuelan boat?
Washington Post reporter Alex Horton talks about the Sept. 2 U.S. military strike on a boat with alleged "narco terrorists," in which a second strike was ordered to kill two survivors in the water.
www.npr.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I went on @nprfreshair.bsky.social with Terry Gross to lay out what we know and don’t know about the administration’s second deadly strike on Sept 2, which killed two survivors in the Caribbean www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...
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What is lost in a lot of these headlines is the fact that these institutions are vanishing. This is a huge loss for everyone who may ever use a therapeutic medicine in the future. And it isn’t just limited to us unlucky Americans; destroying institutions like the US FDA will have global consequences
Four people familiar with the decision told Politico that Rick Pazdur, the top drug regulator at the FDA, submitted his resignation Tuesday, further roiling an agency that’s been upended by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Uhh, The FDA’s Top Drug Regulator Just Resigned
www.huffpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
What is lost in a lot of these headlines is the fact that these institutions are vanishing. This is a huge loss for everyone who may ever use a therapeutic medicine in the future. And it isn’t just limited to us unlucky Americans; destroying institutions like the US FDA will have global consequences
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I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
Trump announces a pardon of Henry Cuellar: "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
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I’m kind of new to the Democrats, but I thought we were FOR respecting the legal process, and also that we were AGAINST political corruption. And that it was especially important to hold to these principles at this time.
But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?
But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’m kind of new to the Democrats, but I thought we were FOR respecting the legal process, and also that we were AGAINST political corruption. And that it was especially important to hold to these principles at this time.
But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?
But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?
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It doesn't just threaten their First Amendment rights. It plainly violates them.
On Monday, the University of Alabama suspended two student-run magazines over fears stemming from a July DOJ memo. The student journalists I spoke with yesterday told me that the decision was nonsensical and threatened their First Amendment rights.
www.alreporter.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.alreporter.com/2025/12/03/u...
University of Alabama suspends two student magazines over DEI
The editors of the publications, which focus on women’s wellness and the Black student experience respectively, expressed shock at the decision.
www.alreporter.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It doesn't just threaten their First Amendment rights. It plainly violates them.
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I know I’m not supposed to use ChatGPT but I asked it to find me a seminar speaker and it suggested: “David Sabatini (deceased, but important for legacy)” and I cannot stop laughing.
December 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I know I’m not supposed to use ChatGPT but I asked it to find me a seminar speaker and it suggested: “David Sabatini (deceased, but important for legacy)” and I cannot stop laughing.
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this is a completely unserious, bullshit plan, and everyone should say so
Hawley is pitching his colleagues — and Trump — on a new health care plan that would allow all tax payers to deduct up to $25K/person in medical expenses.
Hawley told us he recently discussed the idea with Trump: “I said...'no taxes on tips, no taxes on health care’, and he goes ‘oh I like that."
Hawley told us he recently discussed the idea with Trump: “I said...'no taxes on tips, no taxes on health care’, and he goes ‘oh I like that."
Hawley pitches new health care tax plan
The Missouri Republican is proposing making it easier for more tax payers to deduct medical expenses — and has pitched Donald Trump on the idea.
www.politico.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
this is a completely unserious, bullshit plan, and everyone should say so
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There's no legitimate purpose behind removing dual citizenships. But the ability to restrict the movement of citizens is one of the early goals of fascism. It makes it easier to stop people fleeing and punish dissidents.
www.forbes.com/sites/virgin...
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Sen. Moreno’s Bill Seeks to End Dual Citizenship in U.S.
Sen. Bernie Moreno’s Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025 seeks to end dual citizenship, raising constitutional, tax and enforcement challenges.
www.forbes.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
There's no legitimate purpose behind removing dual citizenships. But the ability to restrict the movement of citizens is one of the early goals of fascism. It makes it easier to stop people fleeing and punish dissidents.
www.forbes.com/sites/virgin...
www.forbes.com/sites/virgin...
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Don’t know whether to laugh or cry
SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Don’t know whether to laugh or cry
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The Trump administration has renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, now calling it the National Laboratory of the Rockies, marking an identity shift for the Colorado institution that has been a global leader in wind, solar, and other renewable energy research.
Team Trump strips "renewable energy" from the name of an iconic national lab
A key driver of renewables research is now the National Laboratory of the Rockies.
www.motherjones.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Trump administration has renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, now calling it the National Laboratory of the Rockies, marking an identity shift for the Colorado institution that has been a global leader in wind, solar, and other renewable energy research.