No other agency of the U.S. government has saved more lives per dollar than U.S.A.I.D.—it supplied medicine, food, and staffing for some of the most desperate and vulnerable. A new short documentary shows the impact of its dismantling. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2a5Jm5

letting covid rip was a war on youth.

A bailout is a rescue operation. The US is rescuing Argentina. So yes, the US is bailing out Argentina, & whether or not the US makes money out of this has nothing to do with the fact that it is a bailout by definition, Monica de Bolle says. wbur.org/onpoint/2025/1…

In publishing, nothing is set in stone until a book is in the shops So, the title - or at least subtitle - of my next book has been tweaked a little It is now: THE FATE OF THE WORLD: A HISTORY AND FUTURE OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS Out in Hbk/ebook next May Later in pbk

One thing noted is a period of extreme anxiety and paranoia in youngsters and teens after an infection. This in kids who had previously never shown any signs of this.

Whether it’s weaponising the hygiene hypothesis to suggest all infection is good for you, or using co-evolutionary ‘infection has always been with us’ arguments, infection normalisers are the scientific snake oil attention tarts of the 21st century.

Fresh off the press👇🏿 “Leadership demands humility, courage, and the willingness to speak truth to power. Too often, I witness the resilience of Black nurses, clients, and colleagues navigating systems that have not always recognized our full humanity.” ijb.utoronto.ca/news/advancing…

A chapter closes, we turn the page, and another begins….

This keeps me awake at night.

Covid ruined Christmas for me. When public health was outsourced to households, every family gathering became the venue of the fake debates on social media, fracturing friendships and families. Public health was invented to delegate disease control *outside* households.

🔴 LIVE NOW: Sentinel-6B will continue a record of more than 30 years of sea level and ocean data. Tune in to hear mission experts discuss details of this new satellite before it launches Nov. 16: youtube.com/live/1n4SjH6UR…

Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping? Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki. Let me know if anything is unclear or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8

Can recurrent COVID damage your heart and brain? Answer from Grok: x.com/i/grok/share/s…

As the earth heats up, poor women are often the victims, with severe consequences for their health. nytimes.com/2025/11/16/wor…

A traffic camera in Montreal caught this shot of a snowy owl in flight 🦉❄️

I've got a bad feeling about the upcoming flu season, given the fact that there are a bunch of subtypes at this party with the potential to wreak varying amounts of havoc. So I broke it all down here. open.substack.com/pub/rasmussenr…

"The rate of warming is showing signs of accelerating" PIKs Johan Rockström gives an analysis of the current situation on climate & planetary boundaries at #COP30. The data suggests the world is heading for global temperatures not seen in millions of years. youtube.com/watch?v=EnNnhl…

And from Broadway Book Warehouse in Vancouver, Genki Ferguson models the cover .. 😀

"Decision-based evidence-making" — that's how one former #CDC leader described the approach to scientific decision making under the HHS secretary in a meaty examination of Kennedy's unprecedented tenure by several STAT colleagues. statnews.com/2025/11/18/rfk…

David Byrne just dropped a video for it, and revealed that it was co-written with Brian Eno. rollingstone.com/music/music-ne…