Maryn McKenna

The screenshot of a newsletter reads: “Celebrating the Censor: The White House Correspondents’ Association is facing criticism after Donald Trump said he would attend this year's annual dinner where the organization offered to welcome him as an "honoree." In a Truth Social post, Trump stunned many when he announced, "In honor of our Nation’s 250th Birthday, and the fact that these 'Correspondents' now admit that I am truly one of the Greatest Presidents in the History of our Country, the G.O.A.T., according to many, it will be my Honor to accept their invitation, and work to make it the GREATEST, HOTTEST, and MOST SPECTACULAR DINNER, OF ANY KIND, EVER!" In a statement of her own, WHCA President Weijia Jiang said, "We're happy the president has accepted our invitation and look forward to hosting him." “

Congratulations to the WHCA for fully ascending to the position of palace media. Via @status.news :

So an ‘agentic AI’ did actually write this piece. Really? Really. 🤦🏽‍♂️

US study shows rising prevalence of fungal infection

Analysis of electronic health record data shows US aspergillosis diagnoses increased by more than 5% annually from 2013 through 2023.

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Donald Trump in 2011 claiming Obama was going to go to war with Iran because he was “ineffective” and “could not negotiate.”

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English 🔴 Al Jazeera English | Live

As someone who was around in 1991 and 2003 I can affirm that US cable news and options like the BBC are going to be useless and intolerable on events in Iran so just watch AJE on YouTube imho www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCNe...

Team Trump Opposed War With Iran. Then They Started One Donald Trump, JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, Stephen Miller, and so many in MAGA claimed they would stop regime-change wars, not start them. We have the receipts.

“Team Trump Opposed War with Iran. Then They Started One”

Receipts from Zeteo on how Trump, Vance, Gabbard, RFK, Miller et al all said one thing about Iran & regime change wars… but then did the exact opposite:

Stephen Miller in 2024:

You fasten all the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion'
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

Epstein Received Sensitive Military Intelligence Amid Gates Foundation Polio Campaign in Pakistan Justice Department emails show that Epstein helped the Gates Foundation gain access to the Taliban—and received confidential reports and intelligence on Pakistani military operations.

It will be lost in today's news, but @dropsitenews.com is doing amazing work digging into the Epstein files, and its revelations that Epstein involved himself in the polio eradication campaign with the cooperation of the Gates Foundation is just jaw-dropping. www.dropsitenews.com/p/epstein-se...

The self-control is exhausting.

I would repeat the farewell that my Irish ancestors called out to their young men sailing to America:
"Write if you find work!"

I'm sorry. Cassandra, c'est moi.

Please read the alt text, which says everything that I would want to say about this disgusting, misogynistic, sex-negative effort, except for the stabby bits.

Crunchings and munchings!

ACOG Withdraws from CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ACOG announced its withdrawal as a liaison organization from CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), citing concerns about recent changes that undermine the committee’s scientific i...

"The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG).. announced its withdrawal as a liaison organization from CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), citing concerns about recent changes that undermine the committee’s scientific integrity..." www.acog.org/news/news-re...

Solemn, but deadly. No one laughs at them more than once.

Ilu Bklyn

They lack a First Amendment and their libel laws are a horror, but I am nevertheless sometimes envious of UK journos, because they get to use words like "grandee" and no one objects.

(Also "quango" and "gong" — not a musical instrument — and sometimes even "anorak." Bliss.)

Decorum is the rare double-negative strategy that doesn't win with voters OR funders.
Good job, boys.

The boys’ club: How Epstein’s influence shaped the exclusion of women in STEM In one email, an AI researcher suggested it’s “hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why another woman hates you.”

There were so many of us, exactly when these emails were being written, expressly working to undo the harms of sexual harassment and sexual discrimination in science. And so many people refused to believe us that any of it was real. It was all real.

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Domesticated turkeys are intimidating. I have video of flocks at a heritage turkey farm and it is SO clear they recognize human words.

Wild turkeys, though... whooo. Murder birds.

Geese are ready to f*ck you up.

Turkeys already will have, though. Never mess with turkeys.

Superbugs + climate change = double trouble. Here’s why - Bhekisisa Superbugs are a big public health issue. So is climate change. Put the two together and the problem becomes even bigger. Here are 11 questions and answers that make it easy to understand why.

In Africa, 1 in 5 bacterial infections is resistant to common antibiotics. In South Africa, this makes everyday infections harder — and more expensive — to treat. #ClimateChange #AMR bhekisisa.org/resources/ge...

This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to ...

NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.

The European romance with American 70s music is weirdly universal and disorienting.

FBI’s “Stand Down” Directive to NYPD on Jeffrey Epstein Investigations, and More The most comprehensive timeline to date of the publicly available record on New York law enforcement authorities’ action and inaction with regard to Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and other potential co-c...

NEW: Trump’s DoJ ordered New York SVU and New Mexico to stop investigating Epstein in 2019. www.justsecurity.org/132230/fbi-s...