sorry west coast, i hope things work out for you too but i already stayed up for 18 innings of baseball this month and that's all i've got in me

HPV vaccination drives cervical cancer rates down in both vaccinated and unvaccinated people Researchers have found that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are highly effective at reducing cervical cancer-causing infections and can offer herd immunity, reinforcing previous research and highl...

HPV vaccination drives cervical cancer rates down in both vaccinated and unvaccinated people www.livescience.com/health/cance...

JUST IN: Sen. Van Hollen says he is going to El Salvador tomorrow to see if he can talk to Abrego Garcia.

A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.

90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.

An Open Letter to Lumon Industries Requesting to Please Kindly Insert the Severance Device in My Brain and Keep It on “Innie” Mode for the Next Four Years Dear Mr. Jame Egan, Chief Executive Officer at Lumon Industries, First, I congratulate you on implementing the severance procedure, which successfu...

"I'm sure you can provide a healthy and productive work life that will keep me blissfully mentally absent from the daily chaos of dismantling democracy, unnecessary cruelty, and destruction of all decency and normality that I, as an 'outie,' have been witnessing every day."

If this is true, then Elon is taking the third rail of American politics and shoving it down Trump’s throat.

Judge Alsup has issued a TRO in the case regarding OPM's memo ordering the removal of probationary employees. Will post my thoughts in this thread as I read and drink my coffee. 1/

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

We need this rule for Congress and presidents.

I just called my two senators, Senate Majority Leader Thune & Speaker Mike Johnson with my concern over this. Also urging them to get Sec. Kennedy in front of committees, to explain why, when they'll reschedule, and can he affirm current flu shots WILL be available this approaching year. #healthsky

House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt

🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT

How Does Budget Reconciliation Work? What are the rules of reconciliation? What is allowed in, and what is not?

You can read my explainer on the reconciliation process here: www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...

Federal mass firings hit home - Alamosa Citizen SLV fisheries biologist with years of experience is among those let go locally, loses ‘dream job’ just months before her baby is due

She's six months pregnant www.alamosacitizen.com/federal-mass...

"[Musk] is trying to gut everything good in America for his own private profit. This is the culmination of what oligarchy is all about...the fusion and the capture of the billionaire class of our democracy." - @aoc.bsky.social with @fedworkersunited.bsky.social today #SaveOurServices

Federal workers are already posting direct accounts of their firings on TikTok, garnering viral sympathy and support. Why Dems are not taking advantage of these already public, very personal profiles is indeed baffling, see this thread:

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YVxTUq/

A screenshot of a text excerpt from a court proceeding, showing a conversation between Judge Reyes and Jason C. Lynch about an executive order that defines “sex” strictly as male or female. Judge Reyes challenges this definition, noting that there are roughly 30 different intersex variations and citing examples such as XXX chromosomes, androgen insensitivity, and five-alpha reductase deficiency. Judge Reyes emphasizes that not everyone fits neatly into an XX or XY pattern, concluding that the executive order’s premise—that there are only two sexes—is biologically incorrect.

Trump's lawyers are absolutely flailing in the courts right now

U.S. diplomacy is in crisis. U.S. diplomacy in Europe and Marco Rubio's bilateral talks with Russia aren't really about ending the war in Ukraine, or a lasting peace.

New piece from me @goodauth.bsky.social on why Riyadh talks were very bad, why Rubio's appt was doomed from the start, and why U.S. diplomacy is in crisis (hint: giving away the store is not diplomacy). To paraphrase @dandrezner.bsky.social, I wrote sharper today. goodauthority.org/news/why-hig...

She's right and we should call her colleagues and say so.

Let’s be real — they’re yes-boys.