Steve Saklad
@saklad.name
Clin Prof Emeritus at UT Austin, Col of Pharm, Div of PTherapy & Trans Sci, based in San Antonio.
PharmD, BCPP, AAPP, clin care, CNS disorders & treatment, consultant for clin care & research, tech, space, equality, diversity, climate, & civility.
PharmD, BCPP, AAPP, clin care, CNS disorders & treatment, consultant for clin care & research, tech, space, equality, diversity, climate, & civility.
Texas Hill Country winery, William Chris, honored as one of the world’s must-visit vineyards apple.news/AvWJRXutERni...
Texas Hill Country winery honored as one of the world’s must-visit vineyards — Austin American-Statesman
William Chris Vineyards has been ranked at No. 31 on the 2025 World’s Best Vineyards list published by William Reed, making it the only Texas winery to earn a spot and one of only a few U.S. vineyards...
apple.news
December 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Texas Hill Country winery, William Chris, honored as one of the world’s must-visit vineyards apple.news/AvWJRXutERni...
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The Trump administration is proposing to ask visitors from countries with visa-free travel to the U.S. to submit five years of their social media history before they can enter.
Tourists from 42 countries will have to submit 5 years of social media history to enter U.S. under Trump plan
The Trump administration is proposing to ask visitors from countries with visa-free travel to the U.S. to submit five years of their social media history before they can enter.
cbsn.ws
December 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The Trump administration is proposing to ask visitors from countries with visa-free travel to the U.S. to submit five years of their social media history before they can enter.
The latest status symbol for the rich and powerful isn’t a Birkin — it’s a hearing aid #Medsky apple.news/AaP1JFZYlRfi...
Want This Hearing Aid? Well, Who Do You Know? — WIRED
AI-powered startup Fortell has become a secret handshake for the privileged hearing-impaired crowd who swear by the product. Now, it wants to be in your ears.
apple.news
December 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The latest status symbol for the rich and powerful isn’t a Birkin — it’s a hearing aid #Medsky apple.news/AaP1JFZYlRfi...
New Roman space telescope will be IR sensitive with 100 times the Hubble’s field of view. earthsky.org/space/nancy-...
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now complete!
earthsky.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
New Roman space telescope will be IR sensitive with 100 times the Hubble’s field of view. earthsky.org/space/nancy-...
Resurrecting a Global Killer: ACIP's Hep B Vote #Medsky www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/para...
Opinion | Resurrecting a Global Killer: ACIP's Hep B Vote
The U.S. rejected our best way to beat it back
www.medpagetoday.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Resurrecting a Global Killer: ACIP's Hep B Vote #Medsky www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/para...
National parks cut free entry for Juneteenth and MLK Day, add Trump’s birthday apple.news/A4OARpVr8Q3e...
National parks cut free entry for MLK Day, add Trump's birthday — USA TODAY
NPS changed its free admission days in 2026, removing MLK Day and Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday.
apple.news
December 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
National parks cut free entry for Juneteenth and MLK Day, add Trump’s birthday apple.news/A4OARpVr8Q3e...
Beware agentic software. It is still very much beta software and can make very expensive and dangerous errors. www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
Google's Agentic AI wipes user's entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure — cache wipe turns into mass deletion event as agent apologizes: “I am absolutely devastated to hear this. I cann...
The user even made a screen recording to document his troubles
www.tomshardware.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Beware agentic software. It is still very much beta software and can make very expensive and dangerous errors. www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
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The war powers legislation would prohibit Trump from launching “hostilities within or against Venezuela” without congressional approval.
Bipartisan House Resolution Seeks to Block Trump War With Venezuela
The war powers legislation would prohibit Trump from launching war against Venezuela without congressional approval.
interc.pt
December 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The war powers legislation would prohibit Trump from launching “hostilities within or against Venezuela” without congressional approval.
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Previously: Enrollment by international students from China dropped by 3 percent, from India by 4 percent, and enrollment from students from Mexico has flatlined. These declines will have serious consequences for Texas' education and economy.
The High Cost of Targeting International Students in Texas
The Trump administration’s bans and airport detentions are derailing the academic dreams of students who carry out important research—and sometimes pay hefty tuition—to attend Texas institutions.
www.texasobserver.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Previously: Enrollment by international students from China dropped by 3 percent, from India by 4 percent, and enrollment from students from Mexico has flatlined. These declines will have serious consequences for Texas' education and economy.
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Thank you @seattletimes.com for publishing.
The exclusion of nursing as a professional degree will impact the future pipeline of advanced practice nurses, educators, & future leaders. We must demand inclusion of nurses in the Dept of Education's proposed rule
The exclusion of nursing as a professional degree will impact the future pipeline of advanced practice nurses, educators, & future leaders. We must demand inclusion of nurses in the Dept of Education's proposed rule
We must speak up and ask the Department of Education to include nurses on the federal list of professional degrees. Read WSNA President @justin-gill.bsky.social's op-ed in @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social and sign the petition at ana.quorum.us/campaign/professionaldegreepetition/
Include nursing on the federal list of professional degrees | Op-Ed
I am alarmed by the Department of Education’s proposal to remove nursing from its list of “professional degree” programs, limiting what students can borrow.
www.seattletimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Thank you @seattletimes.com for publishing.
The exclusion of nursing as a professional degree will impact the future pipeline of advanced practice nurses, educators, & future leaders. We must demand inclusion of nurses in the Dept of Education's proposed rule
The exclusion of nursing as a professional degree will impact the future pipeline of advanced practice nurses, educators, & future leaders. We must demand inclusion of nurses in the Dept of Education's proposed rule
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Germany’s largest offshore wind farm fires up its first turbine
Germany’s largest offshore wind farm fires up its first turbine
Germany’s largest offshore wind farm hit a big milestone: The first turbine at EnBW’s He Dreiht project has produced its first kilowatt-hour of electricity and sent it into the grid.
more…
electrek.co
December 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Germany’s largest offshore wind farm fires up its first turbine
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After a "double-tap" strike was ordered to kill survivors of an initial attack on a so-called "drug boat," the White House has tried to gaslight the American people by fabricating their own reality. This spin is the latest in a pattern of denial and distortion at the highest levels of government.
Double-Tap Gate: A Case Study in Gaslighting
We’re all trapped in Trump’s fabricated world and need to pull ourselves up out of it.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
After a "double-tap" strike was ordered to kill survivors of an initial attack on a so-called "drug boat," the White House has tried to gaslight the American people by fabricating their own reality. This spin is the latest in a pattern of denial and distortion at the highest levels of government.
Vaccine scientists, not sycophants that now staff ACIP, have published a report that supports using Hep B vaccine to newborns. Real science! #Medsky www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
Scientists Release Data Backing Hepatitis B Vaccines for Newborns Ahead of Crucial Vaccine Panel Vote
The review was carried out and released by the Vaccine Integrity Project, which is dedicated to bolstering vaccines in the U.S.
www.scientificamerican.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Vaccine scientists, not sycophants that now staff ACIP, have published a report that supports using Hep B vaccine to newborns. Real science! #Medsky www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
Unfortunately, you can't really make something so irrational up. You just have to watch it unfold and hope that the damage is very limited. #Medsky arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Meet CDC’s new lead vaccine advisor who thinks shots cause heart disease
Milhoan has a history of touting unproven COVID cures while disparaging vaccines.
arstechnica.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Unfortunately, you can't really make something so irrational up. You just have to watch it unfold and hope that the damage is very limited. #Medsky arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers plan biggest change yet to childhood schedule #Medsky apple.news/AfN24wyexTkm...
RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers plan biggest change yet to childhood schedule — The Washington Post
The new chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said the panel plans to vote to end universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth and to scrutinize if childhood shots cause allergies.
apple.news
December 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers plan biggest change yet to childhood schedule #Medsky apple.news/AfN24wyexTkm...
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Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.
December 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.
Top Ivermectin Prescriber Now in CDC's Second Highest Position #Medsky www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
Opinion | Top Ivermectin Prescriber Now in CDC's Second Highest Position
Ralph Lee Abraham, MD, has a questionable public health track record
www.medpagetoday.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Top Ivermectin Prescriber Now in CDC's Second Highest Position #Medsky www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Novo Nordisk shares fell sharply after it said a pill with the key ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy didn’t slow Alzheimer’s disease in two late-stage clinical trials.
Novo Nordisk Shares Slump After Ozempic Pill Fails in Alzheimer’s Trials
Oral semaglutide—the ingredient in obesity and diabetes drugs Ozempic and Wegovy—didn’t slow Alzheimer’s disease in two late-stage clinical trials.
on.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Novo Nordisk shares fell sharply after it said a pill with the key ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy didn’t slow Alzheimer’s disease in two late-stage clinical trials.
Eating cheese is associated with lower rate of Alzheimer’s dementia #Medsky www.sciencealert.com/a-taste-for-...
A Taste For Cheese May Reveal Your Future Risk of Dementia
We don't yet have a cure for dementia, but we do have a growing list of factors that may influence risk – including exercise, diet, drinking, social circles, and even how you listen to music – and we ...
www.sciencealert.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Eating cheese is associated with lower rate of Alzheimer’s dementia #Medsky www.sciencealert.com/a-taste-for-...