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🦷They're starting human trials next year.
🦷They're starting human trials next year.
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
🤔Next up?
🦷They're starting human trials next year.
🦷They're starting human trials next year.
🤔Menstruation is routine for half the population, so how can we reduce the stigma around it?
🎙️Managing editor of ASU Media Enterprise, @miaaarmstrong.bsky.social spoke with @btsamuelsonmd.bsky.social , director of classical hematology @clevelandclinic.bsky.social about promoting better care.
🎙️Managing editor of ASU Media Enterprise, @miaaarmstrong.bsky.social spoke with @btsamuelsonmd.bsky.social , director of classical hematology @clevelandclinic.bsky.social about promoting better care.
What everyone should know about periods
An interview with an expert on menstruation. Plus: What’s “contraindication”? + Do you know your blood type?
doingwellnews.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🤔Menstruation is routine for half the population, so how can we reduce the stigma around it?
🎙️Managing editor of ASU Media Enterprise, @miaaarmstrong.bsky.social spoke with @btsamuelsonmd.bsky.social , director of classical hematology @clevelandclinic.bsky.social about promoting better care.
🎙️Managing editor of ASU Media Enterprise, @miaaarmstrong.bsky.social spoke with @btsamuelsonmd.bsky.social , director of classical hematology @clevelandclinic.bsky.social about promoting better care.
🧠The VA is expanding their psychedelic-assisted therapy trials for veterans diagnosed with PTSD, treatment resistant depression, and anxiety disorders.
💊If the outcomes from these trials remain positive, they could pursue FDA fast-track consideration.
💊If the outcomes from these trials remain positive, they could pursue FDA fast-track consideration.
VA Expands Psychedelic Therapy Trials for PTSD Treatment
The VA is expanding psychedelic-assisted therapy trials for PTSD and depression at nine facilities, exploring new hope for treatment-resistant veterans.
www.military.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🧠The VA is expanding their psychedelic-assisted therapy trials for veterans diagnosed with PTSD, treatment resistant depression, and anxiety disorders.
💊If the outcomes from these trials remain positive, they could pursue FDA fast-track consideration.
💊If the outcomes from these trials remain positive, they could pursue FDA fast-track consideration.
📵🇺🇸The Daily Dose via @apnews.com 🇺🇸📵
In October, Wisconsin became the 36th state in the US to limit cellphones in schools.
The measure passed with bipartisan support.
In October, Wisconsin became the 36th state in the US to limit cellphones in schools.
The measure passed with bipartisan support.
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
📵🇺🇸The Daily Dose via @apnews.com 🇺🇸📵
In October, Wisconsin became the 36th state in the US to limit cellphones in schools.
The measure passed with bipartisan support.
In October, Wisconsin became the 36th state in the US to limit cellphones in schools.
The measure passed with bipartisan support.
😮Cavities may be much rarer in the future.
🦷Scientists have created a gel that regenerates tooth enamel!
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
🦷Scientists have created a gel that regenerates tooth enamel!
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Cavities could be prevented by a gel that restores tooth enamel
Enamel does not naturally regenerate, which can lead to painful cavities, but a gel that harnesses some of the properties of saliva could restore the hard, shiny layer to teeth
www.newscientist.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
😮Cavities may be much rarer in the future.
🦷Scientists have created a gel that regenerates tooth enamel!
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
🦷Scientists have created a gel that regenerates tooth enamel!
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
😎3 Things That Went Right😎
💊31 states have enacted laws to lower prescription drug costs in 2025
📉Global maternal mortality fell by 41% between 2000 and 2023
🐢The green sea turtle has been reclassified as a “species of least concern,” after almost going extinct
theprogressnetwork.org/tobacco-endg...
💊31 states have enacted laws to lower prescription drug costs in 2025
📉Global maternal mortality fell by 41% between 2000 and 2023
🐢The green sea turtle has been reclassified as a “species of least concern,” after almost going extinct
theprogressnetwork.org/tobacco-endg...
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
😎3 Things That Went Right😎
💊31 states have enacted laws to lower prescription drug costs in 2025
📉Global maternal mortality fell by 41% between 2000 and 2023
🐢The green sea turtle has been reclassified as a “species of least concern,” after almost going extinct
theprogressnetwork.org/tobacco-endg...
💊31 states have enacted laws to lower prescription drug costs in 2025
📉Global maternal mortality fell by 41% between 2000 and 2023
🐢The green sea turtle has been reclassified as a “species of least concern,” after almost going extinct
theprogressnetwork.org/tobacco-endg...
"So, in all respects, it was a good week for American democracy and civic and legal engagement," writes TPN founder Zachary Karabell.
"You wouldn’t know that in the partisan heated fray of public discourse, but don’t let the noise drown out the facts."
edgyoptimist.substack.com/p/tariffs-an...
"You wouldn’t know that in the partisan heated fray of public discourse, but don’t let the noise drown out the facts."
edgyoptimist.substack.com/p/tariffs-an...
Tariffs and Tallies
n the United States, this was a banner week of off-year elections and Supreme Court oral arguments on the legality of many of Trump’s tariffs.
edgyoptimist.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"So, in all respects, it was a good week for American democracy and civic and legal engagement," writes TPN founder Zachary Karabell.
"You wouldn’t know that in the partisan heated fray of public discourse, but don’t let the noise drown out the facts."
edgyoptimist.substack.com/p/tariffs-an...
"You wouldn’t know that in the partisan heated fray of public discourse, but don’t let the noise drown out the facts."
edgyoptimist.substack.com/p/tariffs-an...
🌳🇨🇳The Daily Dose via @yalee360.bsky.social 🇨🇳🌳
Since 1990, China has added 170 million acres of forest (roughly the size of Texas).
Since 1990, China has added 170 million acres of forest (roughly the size of Texas).
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🌳🇨🇳The Daily Dose via @yalee360.bsky.social 🇨🇳🌳
Since 1990, China has added 170 million acres of forest (roughly the size of Texas).
Since 1990, China has added 170 million acres of forest (roughly the size of Texas).
"Democracy in Iraq is precarious, distorted, and repeatedly betrayed. But it still exists, and that alone is worth defending," writes TPN member Faisal Saeed Al Mutar.
"Iraq’s only real choice is perseverance."
www.themiddleeastuncovered.com/p/fifteen-ye...
"Iraq’s only real choice is perseverance."
www.themiddleeastuncovered.com/p/fifteen-ye...
Fifteen Years After My First Vote, Iraq Still Waits for Democracy
Iraq still holds elections, but authority lies elsewhere. For many voters, participation has become less an expression of faith in government than a refusal to give up.
www.themiddleeastuncovered.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Democracy in Iraq is precarious, distorted, and repeatedly betrayed. But it still exists, and that alone is worth defending," writes TPN member Faisal Saeed Al Mutar.
"Iraq’s only real choice is perseverance."
www.themiddleeastuncovered.com/p/fifteen-ye...
"Iraq’s only real choice is perseverance."
www.themiddleeastuncovered.com/p/fifteen-ye...
🇲🇻The Maldives just became the first in the world to institute a generational tobacco ban!
📉And generally global tobacco use is down all over the world.
🤔Let's talk about it.
theprogressnetwork.org/tobacco-endg...
📉And generally global tobacco use is down all over the world.
🤔Let's talk about it.
theprogressnetwork.org/tobacco-endg...
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🇲🇻The Maldives just became the first in the world to institute a generational tobacco ban!
📉And generally global tobacco use is down all over the world.
🤔Let's talk about it.
theprogressnetwork.org/tobacco-endg...
📉And generally global tobacco use is down all over the world.
🤔Let's talk about it.
theprogressnetwork.org/tobacco-endg...
🇧🇷📉The Daily Dose via @telegraphnews.bsky.social 🇧🇷📉
Between 2000 and 2023, teenage pregnancies in Brazil fell by 50%!
Between 2000 and 2023, teenage pregnancies in Brazil fell by 50%!
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🇧🇷📉The Daily Dose via @telegraphnews.bsky.social 🇧🇷📉
Between 2000 and 2023, teenage pregnancies in Brazil fell by 50%!
Between 2000 and 2023, teenage pregnancies in Brazil fell by 50%!
🚗EVs have exploded in popularity in Nepal.
🖊️Editor's Note: We made this video before the regime change in Nepal. As far as we know, the new government is keeping the same policies.
🖊️Editor's Note: We made this video before the regime change in Nepal. As far as we know, the new government is keeping the same policies.
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🚗EVs have exploded in popularity in Nepal.
🖊️Editor's Note: We made this video before the regime change in Nepal. As far as we know, the new government is keeping the same policies.
🖊️Editor's Note: We made this video before the regime change in Nepal. As far as we know, the new government is keeping the same policies.
⚖️In the wake of the Gisèle Pelicot case, France has amended their law to say that all sexual acts done to another person without consent constitute rape.
👏The bill says that consent must be "free and informed, specific, prior and revocable" and cannot be inferred from "silence or lack of reaction."
👏The bill says that consent must be "free and informed, specific, prior and revocable" and cannot be inferred from "silence or lack of reaction."
France enshrines need for consent into rape law in wake of Gisèle Pelicot case
The debate over the change in legislation gained renewed urgency following the mass rape trial which shocked France last year.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
⚖️In the wake of the Gisèle Pelicot case, France has amended their law to say that all sexual acts done to another person without consent constitute rape.
👏The bill says that consent must be "free and informed, specific, prior and revocable" and cannot be inferred from "silence or lack of reaction."
👏The bill says that consent must be "free and informed, specific, prior and revocable" and cannot be inferred from "silence or lack of reaction."
🥳Brazil has recorded their biggest drop in emissions in 15 years!
🌳According to Brazil's @obsclima.bsky.social, a network of environmental NGOs, the country's emissions fell by 16.7% year-on-year, thanks to the fight against deforestation.
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
🌳According to Brazil's @obsclima.bsky.social, a network of environmental NGOs, the country's emissions fell by 16.7% year-on-year, thanks to the fight against deforestation.
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🥳Brazil has recorded their biggest drop in emissions in 15 years!
🌳According to Brazil's @obsclima.bsky.social, a network of environmental NGOs, the country's emissions fell by 16.7% year-on-year, thanks to the fight against deforestation.
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
🌳According to Brazil's @obsclima.bsky.social, a network of environmental NGOs, the country's emissions fell by 16.7% year-on-year, thanks to the fight against deforestation.
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
📉🌏The Daily Dose via the United Nations 📉🌏
Only 36 polio cases have been reported so far in 2025, which is down 99.9% from 1988.
Only 36 polio cases have been reported so far in 2025, which is down 99.9% from 1988.
November 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
📉🌏The Daily Dose via the United Nations 📉🌏
Only 36 polio cases have been reported so far in 2025, which is down 99.9% from 1988.
Only 36 polio cases have been reported so far in 2025, which is down 99.9% from 1988.
Better late than never.
November 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Better late than never.
🤔What's a man's secret weapon?
"Kindness," says TPN member @profgalloway.com in his conversation with Chris Williamson.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nDy...
"Kindness," says TPN member @profgalloway.com in his conversation with Chris Williamson.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nDy...
The War On Men Isn’t Helping Anyone - Scott Galloway
YouTube video by Chris Williamson
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🤔What's a man's secret weapon?
"Kindness," says TPN member @profgalloway.com in his conversation with Chris Williamson.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nDy...
"Kindness," says TPN member @profgalloway.com in his conversation with Chris Williamson.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nDy...
😮Scientists have discovered 30 new species in the bottom of the Southern Ocean!
🤩Our favorite?
💀The carnivorous “death ball” sponge.
e360.yale.edu/digest/south...
🤩Our favorite?
💀The carnivorous “death ball” sponge.
e360.yale.edu/digest/south...
November 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
😮Scientists have discovered 30 new species in the bottom of the Southern Ocean!
🤩Our favorite?
💀The carnivorous “death ball” sponge.
e360.yale.edu/digest/south...
🤩Our favorite?
💀The carnivorous “death ball” sponge.
e360.yale.edu/digest/south...
🇺🇸📉The Daily Dose via @thetrace.org 🇺🇸📉
In 150 of America's most gun-violent cities, 75% of them saw a drop in shootings this year, according to a new analysis by @thetrace.org ’s Gun Violence Data Hub.
In 150 of America's most gun-violent cities, 75% of them saw a drop in shootings this year, according to a new analysis by @thetrace.org ’s Gun Violence Data Hub.
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
🇺🇸📉The Daily Dose via @thetrace.org 🇺🇸📉
In 150 of America's most gun-violent cities, 75% of them saw a drop in shootings this year, according to a new analysis by @thetrace.org ’s Gun Violence Data Hub.
In 150 of America's most gun-violent cities, 75% of them saw a drop in shootings this year, according to a new analysis by @thetrace.org ’s Gun Violence Data Hub.
🌲Deforestation has slowed in EVERY world region over the past decade, according to a new United Nations report.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Decade of slowing deforestation offers hope for forests
Lush, green and brimming with trees and wildlife, forests are the Earth’s lungs and source of livelihoods for many communities.
news.un.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
🌲Deforestation has slowed in EVERY world region over the past decade, according to a new United Nations report.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
news.un.org/en/story/202...
"It might strike you as unscientific to believe in the unseen, but the truth is the opposite: A good deal of the way today’s scientists understand the world operates at a purely theoretical level," writes TPN member Arthur Brooks.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Why You Should Keep an Open Mind on the Divine
There are more things in heaven and Earth than are dreamed of in a purely materialist philosophy.
www.theatlantic.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"It might strike you as unscientific to believe in the unseen, but the truth is the opposite: A good deal of the way today’s scientists understand the world operates at a purely theoretical level," writes TPN member Arthur Brooks.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Reposted by The Progress Network
For 100 years, Egypt’s scientists have watched as their nation’s story was largely told by institutions from Europe and the United States, but tomorrow, the Grand Egyptian Museum opens to the public
go.nature.com/3JIBoM7
go.nature.com/3JIBoM7
Egypt is building a $1-billion mega-museum. Will it bring Egyptology home?
For 100 years, Egypt’s scientists have watched as their nation’s story was largely told by institutions from Europe and the United States. Can a stunning new museum change that narrative?
go.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
For 100 years, Egypt’s scientists have watched as their nation’s story was largely told by institutions from Europe and the United States, but tomorrow, the Grand Egyptian Museum opens to the public
go.nature.com/3JIBoM7
go.nature.com/3JIBoM7
Reposted by The Progress Network
By studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug, scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic that could help to fight drug-resistant infections
go.nature.com/4hJ4d7K
go.nature.com/4hJ4d7K
Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria
Nature - Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.
go.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
By studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug, scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic that could help to fight drug-resistant infections
go.nature.com/4hJ4d7K
go.nature.com/4hJ4d7K
Reposted by The Progress Network
Life expectancy has increased at all ages
November 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Life expectancy has increased at all ages
☀️Australian households in three states will be promised access to at least 3 hours a day of free solar power, regardless of whether they have rooftop panels.
🏘️The “solar sharer” offer will be available to homes with smart meters, with other areas to potentially follow in 2027.
🏘️The “solar sharer” offer will be available to homes with smart meters, with other areas to potentially follow in 2027.
Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power - even if they don’t have solar panels
Labor announces ‘solar sharer’ program for households in NSW, south-east Queensland and South Australia
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
☀️Australian households in three states will be promised access to at least 3 hours a day of free solar power, regardless of whether they have rooftop panels.
🏘️The “solar sharer” offer will be available to homes with smart meters, with other areas to potentially follow in 2027.
🏘️The “solar sharer” offer will be available to homes with smart meters, with other areas to potentially follow in 2027.