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A reminder that Jack Dorsey no longer owns the good place and is encouraging people to stay here. Yall know what to do. Same handle. theguardian.com/technology/art…

He's so wrong that I'm starting to think there might be a God

thread below on how Trump's pick for SecDef is a full-blown nut

2 interesting things I learned about fluoride in drinking water thanks to anil oza: - In the 1960s, people thought it was a “communist plot” - It's a health equity issue: Removing it from water tends to impact lower-income kids most Read more: statnews.com/2024/11/13/flu…

Rare credit to POLITICO for asking "Who the fuck is this guy?" Not euphemizing him as "outside the norm" (NYT) or "a combat veteran and political ally" (WaPo). politico.com/news/2024/11/1…

📢 Application season is open for KSJ @ MIT 📰 Both the Academic-Year Fellowship and the Africa and Middle East Fellowship are accepting applications until January 15, 2025. ksj.mit.edu/news/2024/11/1…

I hate when extremely coordinated people randomly fall out of the window after criticizing their tyrannical governments.

Linda McMahon, Trump’s pick for Education secretary, resigned from a state education board shortly after a newspaper asked her about her false claim that she had an education degree.

"For weeks now, more than ninety per cent of the Northeast has experienced abnormal dryness. In some places, such as New York and New Jersey, the deficit of rainfall is nine inches and soil moisture is 95% below average." newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

Whooping cough cases up 500%, vaccine skepticism playing a role statnews.com/2024/11/22/who…

A few thoughts on public health risks ahead🧵👇: Since my VANITY FAIR story on US govt's botched #H5N1 response last month, things have gotten worse: 616 dairy herds in 15 states infected; 53 human cases including today's news of a child vanityfair.com/news/story/ins… /1 Rick Bright

Applications are open for KSJ's Fellowship for Advancing Science Journalism in Africa and the Middle East. The one-semester fellowship is designed to enrich the training of a journalist from Africa or the Middle East. Start your application: ksj.mit.edu/fellowships/af…

BREAKING: Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski just made a bold move, declaring she won’t support any of President Trump’s nominees unless they undergo full FBI vetting. This marks a significant development and could have major implications for the administration’s agenda.

Medical toxicologist and clinical epidemiologist here. None of this is true.

The Victor K. McElheny Award is accepting submissions until Jan 31! The $10K prize recognizes outstanding coverage of science, public-health, technology, or environmental issues at the local or regional level in the United States. ksj.mit.edu/mcelheny-award…

My friend and Pulitzer Prize winning colleague Ann Telnaes quit the Washington Post in protest of the killing of a proposed cartoon criticizing the publisher and his billionaire buds. Here's my tribute to Ann.

🌟 Our Speaker Series is back for 2025! Today we're excited to share with you Dr Suze Kundu: find FunSizeSuze on other platforms's interview with Deborah Blum, director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT. KSJ at MIT 🔗 See their interview on science journalism & social justice: ow.ly/UtaW50UAXwx

Just to be clear, they did not de-extinct anything, and those are not Dire Wolves. Those are Gray Wolves with 20 genes edited to match the Dire Wolf versions of those genes. #DireWolves

It is indeed incredibly stupid. And puts all of us at risk.

Make norovirus great again!