Paul Gasser

Ronald Reagan said it. #NoKings tomorrow 10/18

@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."

Intranasal vaccine combining adenovirus and trimeric subunit protein provides superior immunity against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant - Nature Biomedical Engineering A combination of adenovirus-vectored and subunit protein intranasal vaccine enhances immune response against SARS-CoV-2 variants in animal models and humans.

Where are the Covid nasal vaccines for the US to block infections and transmission?
Here's yet another with a very good profile in people for mucosal immunity and high neutralizing antibodies in all participants (from China)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Opinion | Not Sure Where to Turn for Trusted Vaccine Guidance? The Vaccine Integrity Project is analyzing the latest data

As recommendations shift and federal guidance changes, clinicians and families alike are asking: Who can we trust?
That question is at the heart of the Vaccine Integrity Project, an initiative of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP).

YouTube video by Illinois Policy Schoolhouse Rock! The Preamble

Had the words of the preamble to the US Constitution floating through my head when I woke up late last night/early this morning. Thanks to Schoolhouse Rock for teaching those words to so many. The videos may have been cheesy, but they worked. Never thought a president would dishonor these words so.

Kamala Harris nailed it. We warned everyone the stakes were too high to hand the guy built for Project 2025 another shot — but noooo.

Ever have one of those mornings you just want to throw the window open and yell, FUCK YOU ALL? Yeah, that.

SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov on fascism in 🇺🇸 : “There is not safety in keeping your head down… People who oppose public policy decisions but are too afraid of retribution from their government to speak their mind should send a chill down all of our spines.”

Holy shit. This legit gave me chills.

Texas State Rep. Ann Johnson clapped back at GOP members amid Wednesday's redistricting vote.

WHITE WOMEN, this is the model. We have more power than others. We are the last to be silenced. We have a responsibility to SPEAK so others are HEARD.

People in Los Angeles have been protesting 24 hours for 2 weeks straight and no news outlet is covering it!
8/8/25

This is Patty Hartman, a 17 year veteran of the Justice Department. She was fired on Monday by Pam Bondi. She is warning of a wave of retribution inside the agency. You must hear her words for yourself.

The plan to vaccinate all Americans, despite RFK Jr. The extraordinary effort to create a parallel system of recommending and perhaps even providing vaccines faces major challenges.

Health groups are mobilizing behind the scenes to preserve access for vaccines as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. works to upend the nation’s decades-old vaccine system, according to public health experts.

The dismantling of the research apparatus that made America the science and tech giant it's been over the past century is the greatest own-goal in history. We haven't even begun to calculate or feel the losses

Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s Drugs A ProPublica investigation found that for more than a decade, the FDA gave substandard factories banned from the United States a special pass to keep sending drugs to an unsuspecting public.

In 2022, inspectors described a “cascade of failure” at one foreign factory.

The FDA barred it from shipping drugs to the U.S. — then excused more than 20 drugs from the ban, despite risks to consumers.

How to speak to a vaccine sceptic: research reveals what works Hesitancy about vaccinations is on the rise, but studies show there are specific ways to address people's questions.

These are great tips for having productive individual dialogue, but it's also important to note that anti-vaxx influencers have a massive campaign funding them, and that is hard to combat!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

CBS reporter Scott Pelley:

This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”.

If you haven’t already shared this, please do.

Asking for a friend:
When going away for a two-day writing/recharge “retreat”. How many books should I take?
A) 7
B) 8
C) all of them

Remember these words…

“I will vote for you if you are brave…”

Carl Sagan gesturing in front of models of planets

"There once was a time. Before television. Before motion pictures. Before radio and books. The greatest part of human existence was spent in such a time.

And then, over the dying embers of the campfire, on a moonless night, we watched the stars."

- Carl Sagan

Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

Raskin: If they can just sweep someone off the street, put them on an airplane, and send them to a torturer’s prison in an authoritarian state like El Salvador without due process… then they could do it to anybody.

1. Yesterday I wrote a thread about the dire warnings from food professionals on the state of supply chains. Comfortable folk might find it impossible to imagine an end to the current abundance. But we'd better start imagining it fast.
THIS thread is about solutions - false ones and sound ones.

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

NIH and Its Agencies Are Being Smothered In recent days I have been inundated by reports out of HHS...

The Richest Man in the World Says We Can't Afford Any More Cures for Cancer talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/nih-a...

We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.

YouTube video by Democracy Docket The GOP Is Trying To Steal a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat

There is no more important story that needs your attention than the fact that the GOP is trying to steal a North Carolina Supreme Court seat.

Please watch, share, and take action.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzh1...

Wildfire climate connection Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.

Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:

www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...