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A padamelon. Sometimes I make things. Sometimes I do stuff outside.
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mgsquires.bsky.social
“Email correspondence obtained by ProPublica shows that government officials were alerted to the presence of PFAS in pants used by wildland firefighters as early as 2021.”
Via @abestreep.bsky.social
Firefighters Wore Gear Containing “Forever Chemicals.” The Forest Service Knew and Stayed Silent for Years.
As early as 2021, government officials were alerted to the presence of potentially dangerous chemicals known as PFAS in pants used by wildland firefighters, according to emails obtained by ProPublica.
www.propublica.org
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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susanrinkunas.com
Misoprostol is used in many aspects of OBGYN care (abortion, miscarriage management, cervical prep) and to treat ulcers. Methotrexate is used to treat ectopic pregnancies and in the management of autoimmune disorders like lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis.
autonomynews.co Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 14d
There was so much news last week, including the little-noticed nixing of a rule that required pharmacies to carry and dispense misoprostol and methotrexate. More in our roundup:
Trump Lets Pharmacies Refuse Misoprostol, Planned Parenthood Drops ‘Defund’ Challenge: February 2 News Roundup
Plus, what you missed on Autonomy News last week.
www.autonomynews.co
February 2, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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ryanmarino.bsky.social
In case anyone forgot, this administration had already prohibited public funding of mRNA vaccine research. Moderna was one of the single biggest private funders of mRNA vaccine research. This will set us back decades.
January 27, 2026 at 4:16 AM
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thisone0verhere.bsky.social
“Why am I so sad today?” I ask myself after staring at my little handheld sadness machine and clicking all the sad little things that will definitely make me sad
April 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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jameeljaffer.bsky.social
The policy had nothing to do with fighting antisemitism and everything to do with suppressing legitimate and constitutionally protected criticism of Israel.
January 23, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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carlbergstrom.com
And just like that, the US has left the World Health Organization.

Link goes to the official announcement—lies pretending to justify a decision that will kill countless numbers—from people too stupid to even include a proper twittercard.

www.hhs.gov/press-room/u...
United States Completes WHO Withdrawal WASHINGTON —  January 22, 2026 — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of State today announced the United States’ completion of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) due to the organization's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states.Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a joint statement on the termination of U.S. membership in the WHO.President Trump on January 20, 2025, announced the U.S. plan to leave the WHO. During the yearlong process, the U.S. stopped funding WHO, withdrew all personnel from WHO, and began pivoting activities previously conducted with WHO to direct bilateral engagements with other countries and organizations. With the exit from WHO, the U.S. will be coordinating with WHO solely in a limited fashion to effectuate withdrawal.  The WHO delayed declaring a global public health emergency and a pandemic during the early stages of COVID-19, costing the world critical weeks as the virus spread. During that period, WHO leadership echoed and praised China's response despite evidence of early underreporting, suppression of information and delays in confirming human-to-human transmission. The organization also downplayed asymptomatic transmission risks and failed to promptly acknowledge airborne spread.After the pandemic, the WHO did not adopt meaningful reforms to address political influence, governance weaknesses or poor coordination, reinforcing concerns that politics took priority over rapid, independent public health action and eroding global trust. Its report evaluating the possible origins of COVID-19 rejected the possibility that scientists cre…
January 23, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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startribune.com
This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis.

Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
January 22, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Incredible what you find when you start looking for data on the "white men can't get jobs anymore" phenomenon
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
What Does the Census Data Say About “The Lost Generation”
Savage appears wrong, but the reality is potentially bleaker.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
December 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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pittsburghdan.bsky.social
This is extremely good @mollyjongfast.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
Opinion | The Epstein Files Should Not Have Been Released This Way
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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jamellebouie.net
it requires an absolutely staggering lack of self awareness for chatterton to complain that he has lost elite opportunities because he has anti-woke views.
The Other Way the ‘Super Woke’ Left Discriminates
Race and gender aren’t the only categories that determine who gets special treatment.
www.theatlantic.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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susanrinkunas.com
The DOJ lawyer who cleared the way for this abortion ban is Josh Craddock, a fetal personhood devotee who believes the 14th Amendment requires states to ban abortion. He also wants to revive the Comstock Act:
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
juliannemcshane.bsky.social Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · Dec 23
🚨🚨 SCOOP @ms.now : The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week.

This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.

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Department of Veterans Affairs quietly implements abortion ban
A VA spokesperson confirmed to MS NOW that the ban was in place following a Department of Justice memo issued last week.
www.ms.now
December 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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premthakker.bsky.social
Remember awhile back when AIPAC dropped Randy Fine from their website after he said "starve away" in response to 4 kids in Gaza dying of starvation?

AIPAC then said "consideration" for endorsing Fine would take place later.

Well, turns out AIPAC has added Fine back to their site:
After the tweet, Fine, who once said he was AIPAC’s “fastest-ever endorsement,” was soon missing from AIPAC’s website. Rep. Greene responded to the development by condemning Fine, saying that “calling for the continued starvation of innocent people and children is disgraceful.” AIPAC responded by saying that the allegation they had dropped Fine was “based on an unsourced speculative piece” and that consideration for Fine’s endorsement “will take place later in the cycle.” Sure enough, as of publishing, Fine is back on AIPAC’s online list of endorsees.
December 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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wajali.bsky.social
zeteo.com/p/meet-randy...
Meet Randy Fine, America’s Most Racist Congressman
The Florida lawmaker says 'destroy' mainstream Muslims. Who is he and where did he come from?
zeteo.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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altssa.altgov.info
🚨🚨🚨I’ve talked before about how our records are NOT the most up to date and should NOT be used in this way. It WILL result in citizens being denied their constitutional right to vote. You can submit public comments until 12/12 and I urge you to please do so!! Spread the word!! #AltCitizen alert🚨🚨🚨
kathleenromig.bsky.social Kathleen Romig @kathleenromig.bsky.social · Dec 9
In May, the Trump Admin secretly--and probably illegally--began using SSA data to verify voters' citizenship.

One big problem: Social Security data don’t have complete or up-to-date citizenship info, so this could disenfranchise U.S. citizens ahead of the midterms.

www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
Trump Administration’s Legally Dubious Misuse of Social Security Data Risks Disenfranchising Eligible Voters
Friday, December 12 is the deadline for public comments on a policy the Trump Administration secretly adopted in May, giving the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) access to personal data from the....
www.cbpp.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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boltsmag.org
Clashing, inconsistent testimony and a threadbare defense landed Anthony Boyd on Alabama’s death row. Boyd, who maintained his innocence, was executed with nitrogen gas this fall.
He Was Convicted Entirely On Clashing Eyewitness Testimony. Alabama Plans to Execute Him Next Week.
No physical evidence connected Anthony Boyd to a 1993 murder. He was sent to death row on the word of a co-defendant who testified under the threat of capital punishment.
boltsmag.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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propublica.org
The Trump administration is pushing to expand grazing on public lands while reducing its already low cost, under the false premise that it will fill America’s coffers.

Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.

With @highcountrynews.org
Wealthy Ranchers Profit From Public Lands. Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab.
A ProPublica and High Country News investigation found that government programs supporting grazing on public lands prop up a wealthy few while harming the environment. The Trump administration is supe...
www.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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vortexegg.com
What the fuck
use. Case Presentation: A 26-year-old woman with no previous history of psychosis or mania developed delusional beliefs about establishing communication with her deceased brother through an Al chatbot. This occurred in the setting of prescription stimulant use for the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), recent sleep deprivation, and immersive use of an Al chatbot. Review of her chatlogs revealed that the chatbot validated, reinforced, and encouraged her delusional thinking, with reassurances that "You're not crazy." Following hospitalization and antipsychotic medication for agitated psychosis, her delusional beliefs resolved. However, three months later, her psychosis recurred after she stopped antipsychotic therapy, restarted prescription stimulants, and continued immersive use of Al chatbots so that she required brief rehospitalization. Conclusion: This case provides
November 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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digny.bsky.social
A new bill by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) would give land in the Dixie National Forest away to a ski resort town without oversight or public input. If passed, this bill would set a dangerous precedent of rushing back-door public land transfers without evaluating impacts—incl wildlife habitat & wildfire
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December 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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jessicacalarco.com
It's notable that, even in an article critical of RFK Jr., the reporter hedges, saying "There’s no good evidence of serious, widespread harm from the vaccine" rather than just "vaccines are safe." RFK Jr. has made a career of exploiting the ambiguity of the former.
www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-anti-v...
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
www.thebulwark.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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karlbode.com
hey on the plus side we live in a country too corrupt to pass even a baseline modern privacy law, and we just completely lobotomized our already barely-functioning regulators
mharrisondupre.bsky.social Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · Dec 4
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.

Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.

futurism.com/future-socie...
Futurism Groxxing Elon Musk’s Grok Is Doxxing Home Addresses of Everyday People Grok is a stalker's best friend. Image: Elon Musk doing a gesture that looks a whole lot like a Nazi salute over a bunch of censored information about private citizens, generated by his chatbot, Grok. By Maggie Harrison Dupré, Joe Wilkins Published Dec 4, 2025 9:05 AM EST
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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annackramer.bsky.social
The Forest Service is getting slower and slower with wildfire prevention, just as the fires get worse and worse.

“The workforce is so shot out and depleted, they’re even decreased expectations. We’re behind the targets, even when the targets have been reduced” — one fire manager to me.
The U.S. Forest Service Is Falling Further Behind on Wildfire Prevention
Outside analysis of Forest Service data is being circulated by Democrats finding the Trump administration lagging on forest management.
www.notus.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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disabilitystor1.bsky.social
And here are two senior editors at @theatlantic.com smugly telling us on X how accommodations are now a "problem"
Maybe @yappelbaum.bsky.social and @giladedelman.bsky.social would like for disabled students to be drummed out of education altogether--perhaps institutionalized?
Gilad Edelman @GiladEdelman · 4h I don't think people realize how much the use of academic disability accommodations has exploded over the past decade—and the trend is driven overwhelmingly by the most selective schools: Yoni Appelbaum @YAppelbaum · 4h "The ADA was supposed to make college more equitable. Instead, accommodations have become another way for the most privileged students to press their advantage."
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
"The net effect would be to disadvantage the people the FDA exists to protect. ... The proposed new directives are not small adjustments or coherent policy updates. ... These arguments misrepresent both the science and the regulatory record." —former FDA commissioners writing in NEJM
The NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL of MEDICINE Perspective A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA As former commissioners of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — who collectively guided the agency’s oversight for more than 35 years, through myriad public health crises — we are committed to medical product safety and identifying new medical evidence with the speed, rigor, and openness that the public should expect. We are deeply concerned by sweeping new FDA assertions about vaccine safety and proposals that would undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure that vaccines are safe, effective, and available when the public needs them most. The existing regulatory model builds public trust by encouraging open information exchange and rigorous, transparent scientific debate. Yet a memo sent last week to FDA staff will upend core policies governing vaccine development and updates.1 These measures, and the unilateral way they are being imposed, undermine the public interest. They are the latest in a series of troubling changes at the FDA, including substantial departures of FDA staff, that could diminish both the FDA’s strength and Americans’ health and safety. The memo (available at https://www-biocentury-com.ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/article/657740) was written by Vinay Prasad, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), who also serves as the agency’s chief scientific officer, chief medical officer, and acting head of CBER’s office of biostatistics, as well as overseeing the division responsible for vaccine review and approval. His memo characterizes the actions of FDA scientists who express concerns about agency processes or decisions to outside parties as “unethical” and “illegal.” It calls for scientific debates to be kept within the agency “until they are ready to be made public,” and instructs staff members who disagree with the new framework to “submit your resignation letters.” The proposed guidelines would dramatically change vaccine regulation on the basis of a reinterpretation of selective evidence and by a process that breaks sharply with the norms that have anchored the FDA’s globally respected scientific integrity. If enacted, the framework would impede the ability to update vaccines to keep up with the natural evolution of respiratory viruses or changes in the prevalence of bacterial serotypes; it would also suppress innovation and competition. The net effect would be to disadvantage the people the FDA exists to protect, including millions of Americans at high risk from serious infections. The new framework rejects the agency’s long-standing reliance on “immunobridging” studies for well-understood vaccines with extensive safety data. Using this approach, once a reliable correlation with effectiveness has been established, a vaccine’s ability to stimulate the immune system to produce protective antibodies can serve as a surrogate for its efficacy in helping patients avoid infections and complications from rapidly evolving viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and influenza. Because these viruses change frequently, repeating large-scale efficacy trials for every new seasonal strain is not feasible within the time needed to update the vaccines. Bridging studies have also been used to broaden vaccine protection to additional serotypes of bacteria.2 The FDA continually updates the correlate strains used for immunobridging studies to ensure that vaccines remain safe and effective as threats evolve. Immunobridging studies have also been used for some new products, including the human papillomavirus vaccine that could largely eliminate cervical cancer. The proposed new directives are not small adjustments or coherent policy updates. They represent a major shift in the FDA’s understanding of its job. The memo states that “no amount of cell or humoral mediated immune surrogates” can justify approval of new or updated vaccines — logic that Prasad claims is implied by the lack of a full biosimilar pathway for vaccines. These arguments misrepresent both the science and the regulatory record, especially in the case of vaccines that target well-understood pathogens through an established mechanism of action. Abandoning the existing methods won’t “elevate vaccine science,” as the memo asserts. It will subject vaccines to a substantially higher and more subjective approval bar. The proposed measures will slow the replacement of older products with better ones and will create potentially prohibitive expenses for new market entrants, especially small biotechnology companies. It’s true that vaccines can generate substantial profits and that their complexity thwarts true generic competition, as the memo observes. But the proposed policy response would reduce competition and raise prices by demanding premarketing randomized clinical trials “for most new products.”1,3 Moreover, insisting on long, expensive outcomes studies for every updated formulation would delay the arrival of better-matched vaccines when new outbreaks emerge or when additional groups of patients could benefit. It is important to create a clear, science-driven, and well-reasoned pathway to approval; otherwise, innovators will have no reliable way to design their development programs. The people most affected by the FDA’s proposed framework will include older Americans and those with weakened immune systems who rely most on the protection that timely and updated vaccines can offer. The new approach would also evade public transparency, including long-standing statutory and regulatory mechanisms that enable disagreements about benefit–risk balance, clinical tria…
December 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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altreclamation.altgov.info
It has been an extremely challenging year for the federal workforce, & the shutdown / reopening has only compounded the situation: inconsistent backpay; managers kept in the dark while trying to guide staff; tension between those who worked during the shutdown & those who didn’t; etc.
‘The mission is dead’: Federal workers say the shutdown made an ‘extremely trying year’ worse
“As if morale wasn't already non-existent, it sure is now," one federal worker said.
federalnewsnetwork.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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propublica.org
NEW: Elected officials are quick to support public lands ranchers who are accused of breaking rules.

As a result, federal agencies pull punches when enforcing regulations.
Powerful Friends: Sympathetic Officials and “Cultural Power” Help Ranchers Dodge Oversight
Elected officials are quick to support public lands ranchers who are accused of breaking rules. As a result, federal agencies pull punches when enforcing regulations.
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM