joel hanes
@joelhanes.bsky.social
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mucosally delivered adenovirus-vectored H5N1 HA vaccine in macaques. 100% of vaccinated macaques survived + controlled virus replication to undetectable titers in both upper + lower resp tracts = can protect against lethal H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b
👉 www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
👉 www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 AM
mucosally delivered adenovirus-vectored H5N1 HA vaccine in macaques. 100% of vaccinated macaques survived + controlled virus replication to undetectable titers in both upper + lower resp tracts = can protect against lethal H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b
👉 www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
👉 www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
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Average healthcare costs in the US:
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Average healthcare costs in the US:
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
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For the life of me I still cannot understand why anybody thinks these Republicans would have not watched the entire country burn before they’d concede. They keep telling everyone they don’t care who hurts, and they don’t think it will hurt them to keep hurting. So what possible leverage comes …
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
For the life of me I still cannot understand why anybody thinks these Republicans would have not watched the entire country burn before they’d concede. They keep telling everyone they don’t care who hurts, and they don’t think it will hurt them to keep hurting. So what possible leverage comes …
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My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
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UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I stopped faffing about and Did The Thing and it turns out that this is What Gets Things Done.
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
IT HAPPENED TO ME: I stopped faffing about and Did The Thing and it turns out that this is What Gets Things Done.
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“Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government.” 11/10/25
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue for Jack Smith Searches (1)
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
“Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government.” 11/10/25
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Donald Trump Is Threating to Test Nuclear Weapons And No One Knows Why - nationalsecurityjournal.org/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Is Threating to Test Nuclear Weapons And No One Knows Why
Trump is "strongly considering" resuming nuclear tests (paused since 1992), a "provocative" move to counter Russia, despite a 30-year moratorium.
nationalsecurityjournal.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Donald Trump Is Threating to Test Nuclear Weapons And No One Knows Why - nationalsecurityjournal.org/donald-trump...
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Also, I am very stuck on "what good would this do even if they actually got the ACA extensions sometime in December" in light of the fact open enrollment closes when? Like a lot of people just won't get insurance this year. Even if they get a deal it may be too late to buy a plan knowing the premium
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Also, I am very stuck on "what good would this do even if they actually got the ACA extensions sometime in December" in light of the fact open enrollment closes when? Like a lot of people just won't get insurance this year. Even if they get a deal it may be too late to buy a plan knowing the premium
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all of their calculus is predicated on case subjects who can autopay their bills, check their mail daily, fax & print forms from their own office, and wait months for dispute adjudications; this is an underlying reason Judges Are A Problem too
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
all of their calculus is predicated on case subjects who can autopay their bills, check their mail daily, fax & print forms from their own office, and wait months for dispute adjudications; this is an underlying reason Judges Are A Problem too
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In most of the U.S., formaldehyde contributes more to outdoor cancer risk than any other toxic air pollutant.
Look up your address to see risks from the chemical on your block and where it comes from:
(Published Dec. 2024)
Look up your address to see risks from the chemical on your block and where it comes from:
(Published Dec. 2024)
Map: What's the Cancer Risk From Formaldehyde Where I Live? — ProPublica
In most of the country, formaldehyde contributes more to outdoor cancer risk than any other toxic air pollutant. Look up your address to see risks from the chemical on your block and where it comes fr...
projects.propublica.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
In most of the U.S., formaldehyde contributes more to outdoor cancer risk than any other toxic air pollutant.
Look up your address to see risks from the chemical on your block and where it comes from:
(Published Dec. 2024)
Look up your address to see risks from the chemical on your block and where it comes from:
(Published Dec. 2024)
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Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
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EPA To Monarch Butterflies: ‘Count Your Fucking Days’ https://theonion.com/epa-to-monarch-butterflies-count-your-fucking-days/
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
EPA To Monarch Butterflies: ‘Count Your Fucking Days’ https://theonion.com/epa-to-monarch-butterflies-count-your-fucking-days/
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Whatever you're mad about this morning, I blame Donald Trump & you should too
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Whatever you're mad about this morning, I blame Donald Trump & you should too
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People don’t know or remember how bad things were before the ACA.
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
People don’t know or remember how bad things were before the ACA.
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SNAP benefits are currently being held hostage by the Trump administration and their fate now lies with the Supreme Court.
Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
SNAP benefits are currently being held hostage by the Trump administration and their fate now lies with the Supreme Court.
Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
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For those interested, last night I wrote about what's in the CR deal for Congress. If you want a slightly more coherent take...
firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/whats-in-t...
firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/whats-in-t...
What's in the CR Deal for Congress?
With a vote as early as tonight, we quickly ran the numbers
firstbranchforecast.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
For those interested, last night I wrote about what's in the CR deal for Congress. If you want a slightly more coherent take...
firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/whats-in-t...
firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/whats-in-t...
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UPDATE: A spokesman for Arizona AG Kris Mayes says Trump's pardons "will have no impact" on how she decides to pursue her ongoing criminal case against Trump's allies in the 2020 election effort. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
UPDATE: A spokesman for Arizona AG Kris Mayes says Trump's pardons "will have no impact" on how she decides to pursue her ongoing criminal case against Trump's allies in the 2020 election effort. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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President Trump’s housing finance director, Bill Pulte, fired internal watchdogs at Fannie Mae who were looking into multiple complaints against a high-ranking company officer close to him, according to people familiar with the matter.
Housing official Bill Pulte fired ethics workers who were looking into his ally
The actions have also sowed uncertainty and undermined confidence in Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte across the housing finance industry.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
President Trump’s housing finance director, Bill Pulte, fired internal watchdogs at Fannie Mae who were looking into multiple complaints against a high-ranking company officer close to him, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Fight don’t fold.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Fight don’t fold.
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Trump has threatened to bomb or invade 7 countries with a shot to play in the 2026 World Cup. He *has* bombed one (Iran) and said he'd deny them visas. He's preparing for war with another (Venezuela). He has summarily executed citizens from at least 3. He has imposed tariffs on nearly all of them.
FIFA head says 'you will see' at World Cup draw if Trump receives new peace prize
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Trump has threatened to bomb or invade 7 countries with a shot to play in the 2026 World Cup. He *has* bombed one (Iran) and said he'd deny them visas. He's preparing for war with another (Venezuela). He has summarily executed citizens from at least 3. He has imposed tariffs on nearly all of them.