David Shaw

Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services States were told Monday that they could no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction services.

When you really care about the scourge of opioid addiction…

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...

Federal funding debacle leads to 'scramble' at NC's top research universities The Trump administration's push to pause federal research funding raised alarm bells among administrators and faculty at North Carolina's top research universities.

The Trump administration's push to pause federal research funding raised alarm bells among administrators and faculty at North Carolina's top research universities.

www.wunc.org/education/20...

Thank you for not bending a knee to fascists.

Egg prices will be at a record-high for a while | CNN Business Eggs are estimated to cost another 20% throughout 2025 because of new avian flu outbreaks.

Egg prices are soaring. Trump said he would lower them. Why aren't they lower??? #magapromises www.cnn.com/2025/01/25/b...

This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance.

Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.

Make it make sense.

Four more years of Trump whining and bumbling his way through a presidency. This is gonna suck.

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...

This seems like a good place to start.

Of course!

I'm here now.