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Published today, there's a lot in Michael Lewis's new book we didn't know about. Including the NIH, unbridled assertion of power, cruelty, and many civil servant heroes (the "blockers")
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Michael Lewis: The NIH “Murder Mystery,” DOGE, and Our Government Immune System
Our conversation on his new book BORDERS
erictopol.substack.com
October 6, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Published today, there's a lot in Michael Lewis's new book we didn't know about. Including the NIH, unbridled assertion of power, cruelty, and many civil servant heroes (the "blockers")
erictopol.substack.com/p/michael-le...
erictopol.substack.com/p/michael-le...
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2026
🚨THE AMERICAN PEOPLE RISE UP 🚨
This afternoon & tonight
Massive crowds show up at the Kennedy Center in DC
This is so AWESOME ..Kerry Kennedy, niece of JFK called out & the people came....even a human chain around the center
This is how it's done
DAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2026
🚨THE AMERICAN PEOPLE RISE UP 🚨
This afternoon & tonight
Massive crowds show up at the Kennedy Center in DC
This is so AWESOME ..Kerry Kennedy, niece of JFK called out & the people came....even a human chain around the center
This is how it's done
September 19, 2026 at 12:19 AM
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2026
🚨THE AMERICAN PEOPLE RISE UP 🚨
This afternoon & tonight
Massive crowds show up at the Kennedy Center in DC
This is so AWESOME ..Kerry Kennedy, niece of JFK called out & the people came....even a human chain around the center
This is how it's done
DAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2026
🚨THE AMERICAN PEOPLE RISE UP 🚨
This afternoon & tonight
Massive crowds show up at the Kennedy Center in DC
This is so AWESOME ..Kerry Kennedy, niece of JFK called out & the people came....even a human chain around the center
This is how it's done
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A brilliant new @nature.com synthesis of what we know about Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis, which is non-linear, with discrete phases (Figure), and notable inflection and transition points. Also helps to explain why symptoms do not correlate with underlying pathology.
nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
September 17, 2026 at 5:39 PM
A brilliant new @nature.com synthesis of what we know about Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis, which is non-linear, with discrete phases (Figure), and notable inflection and transition points. Also helps to explain why symptoms do not correlate with underlying pathology.
nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
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Impermanence is not the enemy of love. It is what gives love its urgency and its depth.
September 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Impermanence is not the enemy of love. It is what gives love its urgency and its depth.
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Wendell Berry, a writer and farmer, died this week at age 92. Joe Fassler writes about the simple, clarifying idea that informed his life:
Why Wendell Berry Didn’t Worry About the Future
His life as a writer and farmer was informed by a simple, clarifying idea: Forget tomorrow, and work toward what is good today.
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September 5, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Wendell Berry, a writer and farmer, died this week at age 92. Joe Fassler writes about the simple, clarifying idea that informed his life:
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Join the extraordinary Rebecca Solnit at Upaya in person or online, Aug 30, 11AM, MT. Free, donation appreciated. Roshi Joan and Sensei Dainin will be threading and reflecting. Open q and a.
www.upaya.org/program/the-...
or online: www.upaya.org/program/the-...
www.upaya.org/program/the-...
or online: www.upaya.org/program/the-...
August 28, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Join the extraordinary Rebecca Solnit at Upaya in person or online, Aug 30, 11AM, MT. Free, donation appreciated. Roshi Joan and Sensei Dainin will be threading and reflecting. Open q and a.
www.upaya.org/program/the-...
or online: www.upaya.org/program/the-...
www.upaya.org/program/the-...
or online: www.upaya.org/program/the-...
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4-minute-long local footage captures the rapid development of the flash flood on the Nepal–Tibet border on August 26.
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August 28, 2026 at 11:17 AM
4-minute-long local footage captures the rapid development of the flash flood on the Nepal–Tibet border on August 26.
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August 23, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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The Trump administration has been quietly selling thousands of wild mustangs to slaughterhouses for as little as $25 a horse — more than doubling sales since taking office, according to a Times analysis of government records
Trump secretly sends thousands of horses to their deaths: 'Slaughter in plain sight'
Wild horses couldn't keep President Donald Trump away from the chance of making a kill, according to a new report.Under his administration, thousands of wild horses have been rounded up with helicopters, packed into metal trailers, trucked hundreds of miles, and sold off to be slaughtered, the New Y...
bit.ly
August 20, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The Trump administration has been quietly selling thousands of wild mustangs to slaughterhouses for as little as $25 a horse — more than doubling sales since taking office, according to a Times analysis of government records
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Latham Nez, Navajo artist, jewelry creator & cultural advocate from New Mexico, remembers the Native American Code Talkers, whose Indigenous languages became unbreakable codes that helped win both World Wars, in this 250 to 250 from @hcrichardson.bsky.social & team.
youtu.be/Oz6yp24l53I?...
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Native American Code Talkers, Narrated by Latham Nez
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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August 14, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Latham Nez, Navajo artist, jewelry creator & cultural advocate from New Mexico, remembers the Native American Code Talkers, whose Indigenous languages became unbreakable codes that helped win both World Wars, in this 250 to 250 from @hcrichardson.bsky.social & team.
youtu.be/Oz6yp24l53I?...
youtu.be/Oz6yp24l53I?...
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This story is a bit wild. After Elon Musk's DOGE erased decades of USAID data, it was assumed to be lost. But a Canadian college student had previously downloaded much of it in high school for a project. 4,000 PDFs.
Thanks again, Canada. Yet again.
www.aiddata.org/blog/before-...
Thanks again, Canada. Yet again.
www.aiddata.org/blog/before-...
Before reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learned
Why we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports.
www.aiddata.org
August 12, 2026 at 11:45 PM
This story is a bit wild. After Elon Musk's DOGE erased decades of USAID data, it was assumed to be lost. But a Canadian college student had previously downloaded much of it in high school for a project. 4,000 PDFs.
Thanks again, Canada. Yet again.
www.aiddata.org/blog/before-...
Thanks again, Canada. Yet again.
www.aiddata.org/blog/before-...
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If we experience ourselves as separate individuals, compassion is generosity directed outward. If we experience ourselves as one body, compassion is simply the natural response to our shared condition, and serving another is no longer sacrifice. It is participation in reality.
August 12, 2026 at 2:01 PM
If we experience ourselves as separate individuals, compassion is generosity directed outward. If we experience ourselves as one body, compassion is simply the natural response to our shared condition, and serving another is no longer sacrifice. It is participation in reality.
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myself, is this: a human life can be whole inside an unrepaired world. Not comfortable. Not untroubled. Not spared. Whole. Present to what is actually happening and still capable of love and of action.
August 7, 2026 at 5:52 PM
myself, is this: a human life can be whole inside an unrepaired world. Not comfortable. Not untroubled. Not spared. Whole. Present to what is actually happening and still capable of love and of action.
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I cannot promise that the world will be repaired. I have watched too much go unrepaired to say that honestly, and at eighty-four I will not see how most of it turns out. What I can promise, because I have watched it in others and been carried by it
August 7, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I cannot promise that the world will be repaired. I have watched too much go unrepaired to say that honestly, and at eighty-four I will not see how most of it turns out. What I can promise, because I have watched it in others and been carried by it
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www.upaya.org/wisdom-libra... I have been writing like a river that has been dammed up and now the dam has been taken down and the rush of water is nourishing my life.
June 30, 2026 at 1:24 AM
www.upaya.org/wisdom-libra... I have been writing like a river that has been dammed up and now the dam has been taken down and the rush of water is nourishing my life.
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BREAKING: Ethics complaint just filed against Pam Bondi — & it's damning
She ran DOJ like a weapon — & now 100+ scholars, retired judges & retired FL Supreme Court Chief Justice Peggy Quince — joined by @democracydefendersfund.org @ldadorg.bsky.social & LFRL — are holding her accountable -TN
She ran DOJ like a weapon — & now 100+ scholars, retired judges & retired FL Supreme Court Chief Justice Peggy Quince — joined by @democracydefendersfund.org @ldadorg.bsky.social & LFRL — are holding her accountable -TN
May 27, 2026 at 7:28 PM
BREAKING: Ethics complaint just filed against Pam Bondi — & it's damning
She ran DOJ like a weapon — & now 100+ scholars, retired judges & retired FL Supreme Court Chief Justice Peggy Quince — joined by @democracydefendersfund.org @ldadorg.bsky.social & LFRL — are holding her accountable -TN
She ran DOJ like a weapon — & now 100+ scholars, retired judges & retired FL Supreme Court Chief Justice Peggy Quince — joined by @democracydefendersfund.org @ldadorg.bsky.social & LFRL — are holding her accountable -TN
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There’s a more accurate way of measuring who’s at risk for cholesterol-related health issues. So why don’t more doctors use it?
Testing for ‘Bad Cholesterol’ Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
There’s a more accurate way of measuring who’s at risk for cholesterol-related health issues. So why don’t more doctors use it?
wrd.cm
May 16, 2026 at 7:35 PM
There’s a more accurate way of measuring who’s at risk for cholesterol-related health issues. So why don’t more doctors use it?
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The web of interdependence includes wolves, bears, and salmon. The BLM’s emergency grazing plan opens 24M public acres while bypassing the Endangered Species Act. May we protect these kin. Text SIGN PIRXBR to 50409 #EngagedBuddhism #Ahimsa #ClimateJustice
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May 13, 2026 at 8:49 PM
The web of interdependence includes wolves, bears, and salmon. The BLM’s emergency grazing plan opens 24M public acres while bypassing the Endangered Species Act. May we protect these kin. Text SIGN PIRXBR to 50409 #EngagedBuddhism #Ahimsa #ClimateJustice
resist.bot/petitions/PI...
resist.bot/petitions/PI...
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How ~262,000 non-accidental deaths and 75,000 all-cause deaths were prevented
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Reduced urban air pollution and mortality from the transition to new energy vehicles in China - Nature Health
Using satellite data and interpretable machine learning, the widespread adoption of new energy vehicles was shown to reduce particulate matter particles with a diameter of 2.5 μm or less and carbon mo...
www.nature.com
May 13, 2026 at 11:47 AM
How ~262,000 non-accidental deaths and 75,000 all-cause deaths were prevented
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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An innovation taking mRNA-nanoparticle cancer vaccines to the next level for potency and durability www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Immune-remodeling mRNAs expressing IRF8 or NIK generate durable antitumor immunity in multiple cancer models - Nature Biotechnology
Immune-remodeling mRNAs delivered in lipid nanoparticles boost antitumor immunity.
www.nature.com
May 13, 2026 at 11:44 AM
An innovation taking mRNA-nanoparticle cancer vaccines to the next level for potency and durability www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Boss of the Resistance.
Live From Minneapolis (3/31/2026)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2026 at 12:26 PM
The Boss of the Resistance.
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Bruce Springsteen declares "War" against Donald Trump during his defiant tour opener in Minneapolis.
"The America that I love...is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless, and treasonous administration."
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
"The America that I love...is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless, and treasonous administration."
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Bruce Springsteen Declares 'War' Against Trump at Defiant Tour Opener in Minneapolis
The opening night of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's 2026 US tour was focused heavily on politics, and took direct aim at President Trump.
www.rollingstone.com
April 1, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Bruce Springsteen declares "War" against Donald Trump during his defiant tour opener in Minneapolis.
"The America that I love...is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless, and treasonous administration."
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
"The America that I love...is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless, and treasonous administration."
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Finally!
IT’S OFFICIAL!
Wisconsin moms are now covered by BadgerCare for a full year after giving birth! Thank you to everyone who fought to make this happen.
https://www.wisn.com/article/gov-evers-signs-bill-expand-medicaid-postpartum-coverage-for-wi-mothers/70782705
Wisconsin moms are now covered by BadgerCare for a full year after giving birth! Thank you to everyone who fought to make this happen.
https://www.wisn.com/article/gov-evers-signs-bill-expand-medicaid-postpartum-coverage-for-wi-mothers/70782705
March 18, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Finally!