As a writer, I have to say I would not personally choose to piss off a huge number of people across the country before going on a book tour but that’s just me I guess

Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.

Old friend just laid off by USDA, 1 mos short of his probationary period as senior researcher. Brilliant person who left a tenured faculty position several yrs ago to join USDA. Bright early-career researchers also being laid off. USDA is terminating a generation of highly-qualified scientists.

I for one am really hoping it’s true! I heard the CEO Jay Graber and I like what she said! Made real sense!!!!!!

On his first day in office, Donald Trump pledged to end chronic disease and then announced that he was pulling out of the World Health Organization, whose mission is in part to end chronic disease. Making America Grate Again.

My daughter Larissa, a young woman of color, died of MBC during Trump's first term. Our hope was that cancer research focused on minorities might save other lives like hers. Trump has indicated that he sees this as a "DEI" effort and wants to eliminate it. This would be really bad policy.

If you’d told me on Jan 6th 2021 that the man responsible for that horrific attack would end up returning to the office he tried to steal that day, and that he’d do so after calling the attackers “heroes” & “hostages” he was going to pardon, I’d have thought you were out of your damn mind.

And yet…

I am thankful for a social media site that’s not run by disinformation-pushing maniacal billionaire, not controlled by an algorithm design to censor news and much-needed debate, and not overrun by mean-spirited people who encourage and celebrate ignorance. Thankful, indeed.

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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget

First, they came for the immigrants, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not an immigrant.

Then they came for the homeless, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not homeless.

Then they came for the...

Are we really going to sit back and just watch this?

Last year, when I was at MSNBC, I did a 10-minute deep-dive into RFK Jr's anti-vaxxer role in the measles outbreak that killed dozens and dozens of kids in Samoa.

I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:

I for one am really hoping it’s true! I heard the CEO Jay Graber and I like what she said! Made real sense!!!!!!

it disgusts me the national democratic party barely pushes back at this attempt from the right to wind back LGBTQ rights decades after claiming to be the party of LGBTQ rights

Bonus Bluesky Lily content incoming

@ninanicholas.bsky.social Nina do you have any tips how I can maximize use of Bluesky? I really like it!

A frustrating thing for me right now is the media narrative that RFK Jr is just an “anti-vaxxer” when he has said so many crazy things about other stuff over the years. We compiled 10 nutty clips on various topics, which still barely scratches the surface. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...