Today in @nytimes.com , @juliabelluz.bsky.social and I share our thoughts on our toxic food environment, what to do about it, & how MAHA leadership is falling short by promoting wellness products & industry cooperation instead of better science, policy & regulation. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing. 👇

Spring 2025 virtual, US, and London tour dates for HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY are on my website! More details as I learn them.
1/5. 💙📚 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #18thCentury
www.surekhadavies.org/booktour

(Checks to see if my publisher is part of this suit)

FUCK YEAH MACMILLAN GET THESE MOFOS

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

The protest is part of a nationwide movement at state capitals across the nation in response to Trump’s executive orders, as well as Project 2025.

Must we relearn these lessons?

Did anyone elect Elon Musk?
 
Has Congress confirmed him for an actual position?
 
No? Then why was he given sweeping, unfettered access to the U.S. Treasury payment systems?
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"This is a problem that goes beyond and predates fracking. Oil and gas development has always brought a lot more to the surface than just oil and gas."

Thanks to Justin Nobel for this important effort to hold Big Oil and Gas to account.

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

I went to post about the National Japanese American Memorial in D.C., which is beautiful but usually missed by tourists. It is a deeply staggering admission of guilt and a warning to future Americans. I went to link to the inscriptions and-

Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...

Mutual aid can defeat fascism. Time to brush up and find your local community service providers lithub.com/we-only-have...

So if I’m understanding today correctly, the world’s richest person Elon Musk, whom no one elected, is taking over federal payment systems and employee data while the federal employees who investigate and prosecute public corruption are being fired en masse.

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

Chiefs keep benefitting off bs calls. Refs of last two games are deciding the playoff