Police officer dead after ‘antivax’ shooter targets CDC headquarters An active shooter was reported on the Emory University campus in Georgia. The suspect, who was killed, was said to have blamed his illness on the Covid vaccine

They spread the lie for years that public health professionals are enemies. Now, a policeman is dead, and the lives of CDC personnel and their kids were at risk.

There'll be "deep concern" and thoughts & prayers.

But architects of that lie will celebrate privately because this has been the goal.

Trump order aims to politicize decisions on federal science grants Researchers worried by plan giving political appointees more control over where funding goes

Research advocates are expressing alarm over a White House directive on federal grantmaking released yesterday that they say threatens to enhance President Donald Trump’s control over science agency decisions on what to fund. scim.ag/45q6P4J

It’s not CBS and CNN that are attributing higher turbulence to climate change. It’s climate scientists. CBS and CNN are just reporting it.

Astronomers Are Enthralled by This Potential Planet around Alpha Centauri In some of its most ambitious work yet, the James Webb Space Telescope looked to spot a planet in a potentially habitable orbit around Alpha Centauri A, the nearest sunlike star to our solar system

www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst...

The Danes Resisted Fascism, and So Can We Danish resistance didn’t arrive all at once during World War II. But taken as a whole, the Danes’ actions are a testament to what’s possible when we work together to fight fascism.

The Danes showed that you do not wait for permission to fight fascism. They resisted in small and big ways. They saved almost every Jewish neighbor. Fascism cannot survive without obedience. Ours still does. Refuse to comply. Protect the targeted. Make the collaborators sweat.

Flames burn through the Happy Camp Complex in California.

New findings suggest that anthropogenic warming has advanced California’s fire season by 6–46 days in 11 out of 13 ecoregions.

Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: scim.ag/4ooHznX

Federal court filing system hit in sweeping hack The identities of confidential court informants are feared compromised in a series of breaches across multiple U.S. states.

“Latin American drug cartels are feared to be among those that obtained sensitive court data due to a sweeping breach of the federal judiciary’s case filing system, raising concerns that the groups will now be able to target cooperating witnesses involved in criminal trials against them.”

“You almost had to already be enrolled in a private school to have a voucher”

As Speaker Sexton says his “gut” tells him most voucher kids are not already in private schools, the reality is he knows they are. That’s why @GovBillLee isn’t tracking it. www.wbir.com/article/news...

JUST IN: New FOIA lawsuit for documents related to the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files goes to ... Judge Chutkan.
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More Black and Latina women are leading unions — and transforming how they work The trend has translated into an emphasis on family-friendly benefits like parental leave and health care coverage, as well as protections against sexual harassment.

The trend has translated into an emphasis on family-friendly benefits like parental leave and health care coverage, as well as protections against sexual harassment.

11 Women, 9 Dogs, Not Much Drama (and No Guys)

How do you want to retire? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

Man Who Thought He'd Lost All Hope Loses Last Additional Bit Of Hope He Didn't Even Know He Still Had

Man Who Thought He'd Lost All Hope Loses Last Additional Bit Of Hope He Didn't Even Know He Still Had theonion.com/man-who...

A figure showing the neurophysiological and functional significance of silver vine response in cats.

Not only do catnip and silver vine hold a special place in felines’ hearts, but the intoxicating chemicals in these plants also protect cats from mosquito bites, according to #ScienceAdvances research from 2021.

Learn more on #InternationalCatDay: scim.ag/3HpxYwv

As the piece notes, the PragerU propaganda is being used in schools in Louisiana, Florida, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Montana, Arizona, South Carolina and Idaho.

Check with your district to see if they're using this garbage to brainwash your kids.

BREAKING NBC:

Trump's Justice Department is in the early stages of an investigation into the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James — who brought the civil fraud case against Trump.

The AG's office: “Any weaponization of the justice system should disturb every American."

They forgot millions of dollars and work hours wasted at DOJ defending lawsuits brought on by all of this!

They forgot millions of dollars and work hours wasted at DOJ defending lawsuits brought on by all of this!

After six years of adding medical staff, the VA this year is down more than 600 doctors and about 1,900 nurses. The number of doctors on staff has declined each month since President Donald Trump took office. The agency also lost twice as many nurses as it hired between January and June, records viewed by ProPublica show.

Trump admin says everything is hunky-dory at the VA.

But we found that the number of doctors at VA has dropped each month since Trump took office.

Nurses are way down too

We got the records.

www.propublica.org/article/vete...

by @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social @vernalcoleman.bsky.social and me.

Confederate statue toppled during Black Lives Matter protests will be reinstalled The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and Freemason leader, was vandalized and taken down on Juneteenth in 2020. It is the only statue of a Confederate general in Washington, D.C.

Who was Albert Pike?

A General in the Confederate Army.

Later described as “the chief judicial officer of the KKK.”

Declared, “the white race, & that race alone, shall govern this country. It is the only one fit to govern, and it is the only one that shall.”

www.npr.org/2025/08/05/n...

Canada’s Girl Guides Suspend U.S. Trips Amid Trump’s Immigration Crackdown The organization, Canada’s equivalent of the Girl Scouts, said it was pausing the trips out of safety concerns for its members.

The Girl Guides of Canada, the country’s equivalent of the Girl Scouts, is suspending all trips to the U.S. over concerns for the safety of its members amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

It’s Fed Worker Friday! 🤗

Opioid overdose prevention. Covid-19. Tobacco control. Public health comms.
…Yeah, apparently CDC doesn’t need any of that expertise. 🙄

We miss you, Aryn! And CDC needs you back.

@firedbutfighting.bsky.social
#CDCSavesLives

#WhoNeedsPublicHealthCommsAnyway?

Trump Just Did What Not Even Nixon Dared This isn’t the first time the BLS commissioner aroused presidential ire. But at least Nixon faced constraints.

Trump Just Did What Not Even Nixon Dared To
By Tim Naftali
The Atlantic

His tantrum over weak jobs numbers & termination of Bureau of Labor Statistics director crossed a line that even former President Nixon who was paranoid that federal data was being cooked to sabotage him didn't
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A colorful picture of an orange sea hare underwater

𝘈𝘱𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢 is a favorite study organism for neuroscientists. These muscular purple sea slugs have enormous neurons — the largest is about the size of a letter on a U.S. penny — and their physical responses are easy to measure: Poke it and it flinches.
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Trump signs order giving political appointees oversight of federal grants President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order tightening control of the federal grant funding process, requiring political appointees to sign off on each grant. The order directs each agenc…

The is Administration is openly lining the pockets of organizations, people, and even state/local governments that support them.

Political appointees making decisions instead of career staff using objective (and reasonable) criteria sounds bad.

Need some fully fleshed out lyrics. Maybe @alyankovic.bsky.social can help?

Ranking Member Lofgren Calls Trump Out for Corrupt Executive Order Requiring Political Appointees to Approve Federal Grants | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

Let’s build momentum!

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Yes! Yes! And Yes.

HHS Sec is throwing away Nobel Prize winning mRNA science!

For folks keeping track at home, GAO has now found 5 Impoundment Control Act violations by the second Trump Administration.

And they have at least 30 more ongoing ICA investigations.

Immigrants who are crime victims and waiting for visas now face deportation Immigrants who applied for U visas, reserved for victims of certain crimes who agree to help authorities, are no longer protected from deportation and fear for their future.

Amid the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, immigrants applying for U visas as crime victims are being detained.