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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 6h

www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

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Steve Saklad @saklad.name · 8h

“Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.”
— Confucius

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 1d

Does the news reflect what we die from?

The image presents a comparison of the leading causes of death in the United States for 2023 and the media coverage these causes receive from three news outlets: The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fox News.

In the footer, it notes the data sources, indicating that the information is based on media mentions from Media Cloud (2025) and death data from the US CDC (2025) and the Global Terrorism Index, with a clarification that values are normalized to sum to 100%.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 1d

Neurons in the mouse brain bypass synapses by communicating with one another via tiny nanotubes. https://scim.ag/4pOH6fL

Neurons can communicate via hidden network of nanotubes, study finds

Tubes in mouse and human brains may also influence spread of brain disease

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CNBC @cnbc.com · 1d

Republicans face pressure to consider Democrats' health care demands as shutdown drags on

Democrats have refused to vote for any funding legislation unless it includes an extension of Obamacare subsidies, which are due to expire before January.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sen. Kennedy with another set of probing questions about Epstein 👇

KENNEDY: Have you interviewed Secretary Lutnick?

BONDI: No senator

K: Do you plan to?

B: If he wants to talk to the FBI--

K: Don't you think you ought to talk to him after this interview? Maybe we ought to get Lutnick in here

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Now he’s mad at Fox and claiming approval ratings that don’t exist. Fascinating.

The image is an X post by Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump
) from today, stating: "Why is FoxNews and Peter Doocy putting on Democrat Senator Mark Kelly to talk about, totally unabated or challenged, Healthcare? The FAKE SPIN is so bad for Republicans that it is hard to believe that we WIN. It will be very unfair, in the future, when they don't have 'TRUMP' to fight for them. Therefore, we should fix it, NOW! I'm watching this Interview. It just doesn't end. Fox should either get on board, or get off board, NOW, but at this point, it just doesn't make any difference to me. They suck up the Ratings because of us, and then spin them in the Democrats' direction. They refuse to put up Polls that correctly show me at 65% in Popularity, a Republican RECORD, but if I have a fake bad 'Poll,' many of which are done by Fox (One of the worst 'Pollsters' out there is the FoxNews Poll), they put them up immediately, and with gusto. Republicans are so tired of this fight with Fox always trying to be so 'politically correct!' Thank you for your attention to this matter."

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Steve Saklad @saklad.name · 1d

Ecological overshoots and social foundation undershoots revisited in doughnut diagram update. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Current global status of shortfall and overshoot in the Doughnut of
social and planetary boundaries. Values shown are for 2022. Social wedges
(inner ring) show the status of humanity relative to minimum social standards
and ecological wedges (outer ring) show Earth-system status relative to
planetary boundaries. Red wedges show a shortfall below the social foundation
or an overshoot beyond the ecological ceiling. The grey wedge indicates
missing data. The centre of the plot represents total human deprivation (for the
social indicators) and the pre-industrial Holocene baseline (for the ecological
indicators). Values are proportional to the length of each wedge, which leads to a quadratic scaling of wedge area that may lead some readers to perceive small
changes as more significant than they are. To address this limitation, we
provide Fig. 2 with a bar-chart representation that avoids this quadratic scaling
issue. Wedges with a faded edge extend beyond the chart area. A maximum of
two indicators are included in each social or ecological dimension. Ideally,
there would be no red wedges below the social foundation or above the
ecological ceiling. See Tables 1 and 2 for details on all
of the social and ecological indicators, including their respective boundaries.
Adapted from ref. 2, CC BY 4.0.

Steve Saklad @saklad.name · 1d

www.technologynetworks.com/applied-scie...

Solar Energy Is Now the World’s Cheapest Source Of Power

Solar energy is now so cost-effective that, in the sunniest countries, it costs as little as £0.02 to produce one unit of power, making it cheaper than electricity generated from coal, gas or wind.

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Steve Saklad @saklad.name · 2d

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Bill Nye & Planetary Society hold 'Save NASA Science' day

"When it comes to exploration, there is no private option."

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Steve Saklad @saklad.name · 2d

www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

Massive system of rotating ocean currents in the North Atlantic is behaving strangely — and it may be reaching a tipping point

An analysis of clam shells suggests the North Atlantic subpolar gyre has had two periods of destabilization over the past 150 years: one around 1920 and the other from 1950 through present.

www.livescience.com

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NPR @npr.org · 3d

North Carolina and Idaho have cut their Medicaid programs to bridge budget gaps, raising fears that providers will stop taking patients and that hospitals will close even before the brunt of a new federal tax-and-budget law takes effect.

States are cutting Medicaid provider payments long before Trump cuts hit

North Carolina and Idaho have cut their Medicaid programs to bridge budget gaps, raising fears that providers will stop taking patients and that hospitals will close even before the brunt of a new federal tax-and-budget law takes effect.

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 3d

“They’re essentially trying to revoke his bond for thought crimes. I think it’s very important for people to understand: Fascism is here.”

Inside Tarrant County's Dogged Prosecution of a Pro-Palestine Activist

Raunaq Alam has been in and out of jail five times in relation to anti-Israel graffiti on a Christian church. His lawyer says the case shows "how easily the government can roll back all of our civil…

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Steve Saklad @saklad.name · 3d

Mifepristone Is Under Attack Again – With the Same Old Playbook #Medsky www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Opinion | Mifepristone Is Under Attack Again – With the Same Old Playbook

Ignore the evidence, stir up doubt, and leave patients to bear the consequences

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Steve Saklad @saklad.name · 4d

The news now reads like a review of the run-up to an authoritarian apocolpse. www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Science Magazine @science.org · 4d

A 2024 study found that ants best humans at tests of collective intelligence.

Learn more on #WorldAnimalDay: https://scim.ag/42nMvQJ

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Steve Saklad @saklad.name · 4d

Extending ACA support is very well liked #Medsky arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

Nearly 80% of Americans want Congress to extend ACA tax credits, poll finds

Without the extension, premiums for plans on the ACA Marketplace will more than double.

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Steve Saklad @saklad.name · 5d

US rating by Climate Action Tracker downgraded to “Critically Insufficient” due to current changes in policy. climateactiontracker.org/press/releas...

RELEASE: CAT downgrades US to "Critically insufficient"

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Steve Saklad @saklad.name · 7d

James Talarico has raised $6.2M in 3 weeks for his Texas Senate campaign. www.texastribune.org/2025/10/01/t...

Talarico outraises Allred with massive fundraising haul to kick off Senate Democratic primary

The Austin state lawmaker took in $6.2 million in the three weeks since he launched his bid, outpacing the $4.1 million Allred raised over the last three months.

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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 7d

Next move from OMB - canceling $8 billion in clean energy funds. You will note, all of the projects are in states led by Democrats

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 7d

Last night, the ADL took down its "Glossary of antisemitism" which included an entry for the term "globalist," describing it as a far-right codeword for Jews.

Hours later, the official DHS account authors a post with a common far-right meme, saying that "globalists" will be denied entry to the US.

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Steve Saklad @saklad.name · 7d

"I disagree with Charlie Kirk on almost every political issue, but Charlie Kirk was a child of God.” “There is something broken in this country. Our politics are broken. Our media are broken. Even our relationships with each other feel broken.”
— James Telarico, June 10, 2025

Steve Saklad @saklad.name · 8d

Bowing to extremist demands is appeasement. It gives short-term pain relief in exchange for long-term domination. ADL said their glossary contained errors and needed to be updated. Probably true, so put a notice on the page and review it live. economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/interna...

ADL labels Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA an extremist hate group, triggering backlash from Donald Trump Jr. and Elon Musk

The Anti-Defamation League designated Turning Point USA as an extremist group, citing its promotion of Christian nationalism, conspiracy theories, and providing a platform for bigoted statements. This...

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 9d

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.

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Steve Saklad @saklad.name · 9d

Mice placed on high-fat diet for 4 days had their CCK interneurons in the brain became abnormally active.
It appears that fatty junk foods impact the brain within days, well before the onset of weight gain or diabetes.
#Medsky www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Junk food can scramble memory in just 4 days

Scientists discovered that high-fat junk food disrupts memory circuits in the brain almost immediately. Within just four days, neurons in the hippocampus became overactive, impairing memory. Restoring...

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