Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

Ukrainian troops' logistics in Kursk Oblast destroyed, they face risk of encirclement, sources say

Growing number of experts say that Trump is providing Russia with intelligence against Ukraine. Russian forces in Kursk miraculously had extremely precise coordinates for Ukrainian troop locations, logistics and ammo depots in Kursk after Trump cut off aid. A day before Russia was on the back foot.

Also yesterday I found this ring of rosy conks on the end of a log. Almost a heart! Close-up below. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

Vitamin A, While Helpful for Measles, Is Not a Replacement for Vaccination Experts raise concerns about possible misinterpretations of HHS messaging on measles

What we heard this week 🧵 #Medsky

"Vitamin A is absolutely not a substitute nor an equivalent for #MMR [measles, mumps, and rubella] vaccination." -- Ericka Hayes, MD, of @childrensphila.bsky.social, discussing #measles prevention.
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

Bird's nest fungi look like their name - a bird's nest with eggs inside! There are more than one type of bird's nest fungi, but this one, when unopened, resembles a cylindrical bread bun with fuzz on the base of it. After the top pops open, it reveals an internal cup or nest-like structure. The inside of the cup is darker than the outside, which in this species looks a bit like white bread. The seeds, similar to eggs in a nest, sit inside the cup and are dark brown in this species. The eggs will eventually be splashed away from the fungus by falling rain, which then breaks apart, releasing the spores, and spreading the range of this amazing mushroom!

An open and unopened bird's nest fungus, plus a tiny baby, grow together on a mossy surface 🪺 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫 📷

Effectiveness of Liquid Soap and Hand Sanitizer against Norwalk Virus on Contaminated Hands Disinfection is an essential measure for interrupting human norovirus (HuNoV) transmission, but it is difficult to evaluate the efficacy of disinfectants due to the absence of a practicable cell cultu...

I've always known that hand sanitizer won't work on C. Diff spores, but ethanol-based products aren't great at killing enterovirus either. If you're dealing with norovirus, wash your hands!

Do you know if her section was recorded or a way to view later?

"We condemn the censoring of science!". Powerful opening words from Diane Havlir for #croi2025

"Young researchers, we have your back. Community, we are with you"

Hell yes!!!

Looking at #CROI2025 program and seeing lots of withdrawn work, am assuming mainly from CDC folks who were presenting their work. Let that sink in, the CDC can’t present at one of the biggest HIV research conference in the world…this is what US research looks like now

A reminder from Rebecca Denison, fear is a reaction, courage is a decision. She also begged rightfully to not preemptively bend the knee, and that silence = death.

#CROI2025
#ActUp

The old road to the park, filled with lupine and surrounded in forrest.

Somebody somewhere
Needs an old abandoned road
filled with flowers tonight

Warren Buffett's son Howard has given $500M to Ukraine — he warns the US is making a historic mistake by pulling its support Howard Buffett's foundation, largely funded by his father Warren Buffett's contributions, has given $500 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

What I came to say. Ppl need to post links and sources when they post…

www.businessinsider.com/howard-buffe...

Happy slime mold Sunday from these Badhamia utricularis sporangia

In rural West Texas, a measles outbreak grows with no end in sight At least 49 cases have been confirmed. Health officials — who are scrambling to get a handle on the vaccine-preventable outbreak — suspect 200 to 300 people may be infected.

"Most cases are in school-age kids, and 13 have been hospitalized..."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Texas Democrats sound off about proposed NIH cuts as many Republicans stay quiet President Donald Trump is pursuing changes at NIH that would result in ten of millions of dollars in funding cuts for Texas research institutions.

Chip Roy’s cancer was already cured at MD Anderson, so he doesn’t give a damn about anyone else’s. www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/art...

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

Tamanawas falls on mount hood Oregon in winter covered in snow and vibrant blue ice with a person standing at the base of it looking up at the falls

Good morning 😊 Its day 28/1,452 of replacing the terrible news on your feed with beautiful photography 📸 How are we doing today?

Tamanawas Falls, Oregon
#photography #waterfalls #oregon #pnwonderland #winter

'He's Building a Concentration Camp': Fears Grow as Images Emerge of Offshore Prison at Gitmo | Common Dreams "There's no reason to build this in Guantánamo unless you want to do things you don't think you could get away with on the U.S. mainland. It's easy to put tents in Florida. But they're putting them in...

"There's no reason to build this in Guantánamo unless you want to do things you don't think you could get away with on the U.S. mainland. It's easy to put tents in Florida. But they're putting them in Cuba. Ask yourself why."

www.commondreams.org/news/gitmo-c...

Give this mushroom a name in the comments. Bonus points if you include a backstory.
#mushroomswearinghats #mushroommonday #fungifriends #fungi #mushrooms #cowboy #cowboyhat

early morning sunrise over ocean.

A sunrise photo to kick off the week.

Global cooperation wasn’t born from goodwill—it was forged from the wreckage of WWII, built on the reality that dignity for all is essential for peace.

In 2 weeks, Trump/Musk have dismantled that infrastructure—destroying USAID, withdrawing from WHO, gutting what keeps the world stable.

#IDsky

They’re coming for Ryan white next 😪

US investment in HIV prevention reduces the risk of new variants by supporting 90% of initial PrEP doses globally. 🌎 With 53% fewer infections in '23 than in '10, US #ForeignAid for HIV is stopping the virus in its tracks—and protecting #PublicHealth.
@gappdc.bsky.social @theglobalfight.bsky.social

DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.

A teen DOGE staffer recently given access to government systems worked at a startup known for hiring convicted hackers. Someone using a Telegram handle associated with him also solicited a cyberattack-for-hire service in 2022. All raising questions about his vetting. www.wired.com/story/edward...