Manoj Pawar

Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices....

ICYMI: Amazon still doing Amazon things

The company is not only reintroducing new versions of old features that allow police to access footage from Ring users

Amazon is introducing a new Ring feature that will allow police to request *livestream* access to our home security devices.

@eff.org

How Trump Killed Cancer Research Attempting to eliminate funding for certain kinds of “woke” studies, the Trump administration erased hundreds of millions of dollars being used for cancer research.

This is tragic, and I don’t think the media is covering the impact adequately. Good for Wired for doing so.

www.wired.com/story/how-tr...

Safety of JN.1-Updated mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines This cohort study investigates the association between booster vaccinations containing the JN.1 lineage and 29 serious adverse events in Denmark.

JAMA study finds no increase in adverse events in those who received the mRNA Covid vaccine for the 2024-5 season.
#vaccines
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Popcorn

Canada’s Measles Outbreak Exceeds Cases in the U.S.

Despite having 1/8th the population, Canada has had 3x as many measles cases than the US has had this year (ie the worst year for measles in the US in 25 years). Staggeringly bad.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/w...

Termination letter for appointment to the Advisory Committee to the Director, CDC.

Today I received notice that my appointment to the Advisory Committee to the Director of the CDC--a committee whose existence is mandated by Congress--has been terminated.

Breaking: Another CDC purge underway. Multiple members of the Director’s Advisory Committee terminated without explanation. I believe were are breaking some news here in Inside Medicine.

The broad termination of federal advisory committee members will only undermine trust in US government agencies. I am particularly worried this will only fuel the persistence of questions about CDC’s independence.

insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-a...

Breaking: Another CDC purge underway. Multiple members of the Director’s Advisory Committee terminated without explanation. I believe were are breaking some news here in Inside Medicine.

Breaking: Another CDC purge underway. Multiple members of the Director’s Advisory Committee terminated without explanation.

Here's what we know so far...

@jennifernuzzo.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

There’s enough money for affordable healthcare and housing for all.

It’s a conscious choice to not allocate funding to these things.

FYI…While this is a study in mice, the mechanisms are plausible enough that is you are in treatment
for or a survivor of cancer, extra vigilance is a good idea.

Inflammation during viral infection can rouse dormant cancer cells Sometimes, cancer cells that have spread become ‘dormant’ but can start proliferating again later. A cue that can reactivate them has been discovered.

Inflammation during viral infection can rouse dormant cancer cells

#LongCovid

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Literally your one job was don’t create the Borg.

#SanFrancisco, a 1-foot tsunami is not the same as a 1 foot tide. It is a wall of water in motion. It's the energy, not the height, that's dangerous. Don't go to the beach to watch this. #tsunami #LosAngeles #SanDiego, #Seattle

Yes…lots of severely allergic individuals.

Even as we address the issue with early exposure in kids, the fact remains that it can be deadly for some who didn’t benefit from these recommendations.

Ocean rapidly retreating. Get away from the shore #Hawaii. #Tsunami incoming.

Peanut butter is back!

And it’s good on mousetraps too!

I mean first ppl were all on Small, but now Medium is the place to be!

Why aren’t ppl moving to Medium?

Ahhh.

“Good riddance…leaf is alone!”

Wait I thought it was reference to Liz Truss?

I bet California is thrilled.

We calculate 8.4 Sc

Lettuce rejoice

Very good! 8.4 Sc (abbrev for this unit of time)

“There’s no evidence for a genome sequence or isolate of a precursor virus at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Not from gene sequence databases, scientific publications, annual reports, student theses, social media, or emails.”

“For the lab leak theory to be true, SARS-CoV-2 must have been present in the Wuhan Institute of Virology before the pandemic started.…

But the inconvenient truth is there’s not a single piece of data suggesting this. “

The COVID lab leak theory is dead. Here’s how we know the virus came from a Wuhan market For the lab leak theory to be true, SARS-CoV-2 must have been present in the Wuhan Institute of Virology before the pandemic started. But there’s not a single piece of data suggesting this.

And here’s another good explainer from @eddieholmes.bsky.social if you find yourself struggling to discuss with someone

theconversation.com/the-covid-la...

Excellent post and article.

Continued conspiracy distracts from efforts to understand and prevent zoonotic spread, making us less prepared.

How conspiracy theories about COVID’s origins are hampering our ability to prevent the next pandemic The COVID pandemic likely began when the virus jumped from animals to humans, and didn’t start in a lab. But false narratives continue to circulate.

theconversation.com/how-conspira...

The COVID lab leak theory is dead. Here’s how we know the virus came from a Wuhan market For the lab leak theory to be true, SARS-CoV-2 must have been present in the Wuhan Institute of Virology before the pandemic started. But there’s not a single piece of data suggesting this.

Here’s another article If you find yourself struggling to refute arguments:

theconversation.com/the-covid-la...