Today we announced the closing of approximately $9 million from our public offering, with the potential for up to approximately $18 million if all warrants are exercised. Aptera intends to use the proceeds to support vehicle validation and manufacturing readiness. → aptera.us/closing-9-mi...

On NPR on Friday, there was a story of a 4-year-old--an American citizen--who hasn't left her house since early December, not even to play in the yard. And her 8-year-old brother recently stopped going to school, too. Their father is undocumented, and the family doesn't want to risk him being taken.

William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89

We lost a giant in public health today.

Dr. William H. Foege helped eradicate #smallpox - the only human disease ever eliminated—through science, surveillance, and vaccines.

His legacy is the antidote to today’s antiscience, anti-vaccine rhetoric.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

🚨BREAKING: Minneapolis protesters shut down a hate march led by right-wing agitator Jake Lang. "How do you spell Nazi?!?" anti-ICE protesters chant. LIVE NOW⬇️

Congrats, Virginia! Governor @abigailspanberger.com seems like she’s going to be a force for democracy and social benefit for your state!

Opinion | This Is the Only Card Trump Can Play

wrote about the occupation in minnesota with a closing note on how the white house has exactly one tactic — repression with goons — but no particular strategy for dealing with entrenched resistance. gift link.

It increasingly seems like many of these ICE goons are masking not because they're worried we'll learn who they are out of uniform and more because they're worried what other uniforms they've worn.

Making progress.

It was incredible to be there, meet the team, see and sit in this beautifully built vehicle. Chris Anthony was very generous with his time and candor in a hours long Q&A. Every bit of the experience was confidence inspiring and exciting. This @aptera.us team is second to none!

The same guy telling you Portland is war-ravaged, told you Mexico was going to pay for the wall and people were eating your pets in Ohio.

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

Excellent discussion….take a listen!

How race science shows up at the doctor's office

“Pregnant women who have #COVID-19 & show symptoms are more likely than nonpregnant women with COVID-19 & symptoms to need care in an ICU, to need a ventilator…, or to die from the illness…. more likely to have a cesarean birth, preeclampsia or eclampsia, & blood clots.”
www.acog.org/womens-healt...

ACOG is an association of 60,000 OB-GYN physicians in the United States. Please see their statement regarding COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy.

Why is the Colorado River running dry? It's not just drought. It's putting sacred cows above farmers, cities, and a secure future.

So we should admit and accept, up front, that the Colorado never was and never will be a mighty river system, and that it is climate-­challenged and prone to drought. We never should have asked it for so much. We invaded it like cancer, turning water into property. I wish it wasn’t so. (From 2023)

Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

YouTube video by AZ Health Professionals for Climate Action Solar and Battery Solutions

#solarenergy is a way to reduce #airpollution, save money in the long term, and decrease #climatechange affecting #humanhealth. Great talk explaining residential and other solar with #batterystorage in our medical student course.
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#cleanenergy

Reminder: the First Amendment protects everyone who resides in our country. It doesn't matter if you have a green card or a visa or if you're undocumented. The Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that any person residing in the United States, regardless of status, is entitled to 1A protections.

Trump promised scientific breakthroughs. Researchers say he’s breaking science. NIH funding for biomedical research has abruptly fallen by billions of dollars, with many grant decisions on hold. Trump officials say they’re reviewing the agency.

Powerful new Washington Post story up...

wapo.st/426d9fT

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Hegseth, Waltz and company texting war plans to a reporter on signal is just the tip of the iceberg. This whole administration is full of incompetent, inexperienced, and unqualified clowns. Our national security is compromised in ways we’re just beginning to understand.

As we get ready in #Arizona for upcoming #heatseason this articles looks as some solutions cities are employing to help adapt to #climatechange
#Extremeheat leads to increased heart attacks, strokes, kidney disease, & more health harms
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I’m curious if there are any scientific journals that are running special issues or pieces from scientists who are losing their funding or being fired. It needs to go down on the permanent record for the people who come after us.

Adding a journalist to a top secret government group chat about dropping bombs *IS* the kind of thing people who aren’t super politically literate can understand and find shocking/notable/disqualifying. Dems should seize on this and never ever let it go. I hope to hear about it in a decade

Post from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that reads: Any unauthorized release of classified information is a violation of the law and will be treated as such.

Circling back on this…

The fact that a reporter was inadvertently given access to this in real time shows that Pete Hegseth & the rest of this crew are bumbling incompetents who are going to get a lot of intelligence officials and others killed at some point. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Measles is preventable.
Misinformation kills.

Again: It was never about efficiency or savings. It’s about letting rich people get away with tax evasion, corruption, and keeping as much of their money as possible — At regular folks’ expense.
www.propublica.org/article/how-...