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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 1h

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 5h

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 4h

I believe this is what Jeannette Walls' father called "doing the skedaddle" (sneaking out of the hospital so that, in their case, he didn't have to pay)

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 4h

In 2024, I was diagnosed with HPV again and had to have LEEP surgery for an 8% chance of cervical cancer. I did general instead of localized anaesthesia and it cost me $1600+ with insurance, plus $40 per appointment with my OB-GYN. And the Gardasil vaccine has been approved for adults up to age 45!

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 4h

Did you know they extended the age recommendation?

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 5h

NEW / HUGE: Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama sued nearly three dozen abortion pill providers + a pharmacy and The states asked the Supreme Court to be able to sue New York, Massachusetts, and California to challenge their telehealth shield laws @autonomynews.co storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Dear Mr. Cayce:
I write to notify the panel of two legal developments material to the
panel’s resolution of this case.
First, today Louisiana—joined by Arkansas and Alabama—filed a
lawsuit in the Western District of Louisiana against nearly three dozen
individuals and entities responsible for remotely dispensing FDA-
approved mifepristone in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama. See
Louisiana v. Nouhavandi, No. 2:26-cv-03836 (W.D. La.) (attached). As
the complaint in that case illustrates, none of those individuals and
entities could carry out their current operations without the 2023
REMS’s removal of the in-person dispensing requirement.
Second, also today Louisiana—joined by Arkansas and Alabama—
filed a motion for leave to file a bill of complaint (attached), Louisiana v.
New York, in the United States Supreme Court against New York,
Massachusetts, and California. The bill of complaint challenges the
telehealth shield laws of those states on various legal grounds.
Both complaints explain how Louisiana’s success in Louisiana v.
FDA will eliminate the flood of FDA-approved mifepristone into the
State. Louisiana’s success in Louisiana v. Nouhavandi will eliminate the
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ability of nearly three dozen of the most prominent actors to illegally send
any abortion drugs into the State. And Louisiana’s success in Louisiana
v. New York will strip all shield-law state residents—regardless of any
back-up drugs they may try to use—of the claimed authority to violate
Louisiana’s laws with impunity.
espectfully,
/s/J. Benjamin Aguiñaga
J. Benjamin Aguiñaga
Solicitor General
Counsel for Louisiana

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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 5h

Maryland just released its own vaccine recommendations based on guidance from established medical and scientific organizations instead of the Trump administration. With unqualified leaders at the helm, states can and—should—step up to protect their communities.

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Maryland issues first-ever statewide vaccine schedule to push back against Trump administration

Under new legislative authority, the Maryland Department of Health has issued a state-level vaccine schedule based on guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics and other leading independent e...

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 5h

one future we could begin experimenting with right now is: when, as a way to deal with a problem, we are invited only to invent better ways to punish people, we can refuse

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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 6h

I want to make a compilation of news headlines and ledes where the sentence keeps taking an unexpected turn all the way to the final word. www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...

Kyrsten Sinema’s ex-boyfriend and former bodyguard said he threw her paintings into her swimming pool in part because he felt disillusioned by her relationship with a major U.S. artificial intelligence software developer as the war in Gaza drags on.

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 6h

I'm getting a mammogram for the first time this week, and I'm nervous but I've decided to reframe it as part of my glow-up. Getting my hair done, nails done, going to the gym, checking on my breast health, it's all over for you fools

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 21h

GOAT OR BIRD????

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 7h

Just revisiting this for no reason... If Trump is elected again, “we’re going to have incredible shortages and economic downturn” with the potential for “rampant inflation,” Román said. “Look at your kitchen, open the fridge—just about everything you buy” would see higher prices.

newrepublic.com

Haitian Immigration Is a Biden Success Story. I’ve Seen It Firsthand.

The CHNV program provided a vital refuge, and the people who came filled vacant jobs. But now, Trump is targeting these immigrants and Biden has declined to renew the program.

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 9h

I need to compare all the numbers, but it seems like the only person less popular than Trump is Kennedy

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 11h

data collection is DIRECTLY TIED to policy decisions made by the people in power?? HUH FUNNY HOW THAT WORKS. Third, there's actually a nation who has already leveraged their population level medical data to investigate if vaccines cause autism...it's Denmark and they don't.

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 11h

As always, excellent reporting by @melodyschreiber.com. I have *so much* to say about all this. But let me say this: I've worked with medical record data for research and LMAO, LMFAO even...this is why we need qualified scientists in charge of our scientific institutions.

theguardian.com

RFK Jr outlines expansive vision for collecting US health data at Maha event

Health secretary calls for medical and lifestyle details to be sent to doctors and AI to address ‘chronic disease epidemic’

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 18h

The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”

Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 18h

I'm starting to believe my experience in a (coed, community service) fraternity MAY have been an outlier

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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 19h

like i say every time this comes up, the term for what awaits survivors who go through the official system (cops, rape kit at the hospital, the hell of a trial where you as the victim get to be cross examined by yr rapist’s defense) is called “the second rape”

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 23h

[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never spoken with an Attorney General nominee? [JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think— [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Matt Gaetz! [SMITH]: That is Media Matters senior fellow Matt Gertz

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 29/09/2026

Calling AI "super intelligence" is a big Trump talking point right now. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. used it several times in a MAHA speech yesterday - adding that HHS uses it the most of any federal agency www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.com

RFK Jr outlines expansive vision for collecting US health data at Maha event

Health secretary calls for medical and lifestyle details to be sent to doctors and AI to address ‘chronic disease epidemic’

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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It is shockingly common for child welfare agencies to remove children from parents because they can't afford housing. Billing them for the foster care really is just beyond the pale. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

thenation.com

“Nobody Blames the Landlord. They Just Take Away the Kids.”

All too often, when parents can’t afford safe housing, the solution child welfare services offer is putting their children in foster care.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Eric Schmitt is on The Charlie Kirk Show (yes it's still called that) -- and believe it or not, hosts are pretending he owned Smith with his embarrassingly botched gotcha "You caught him in this NBA game too in Atlanta" "Yeah," Schmitt says There's no mention that Schmitt had all his facts wrong

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 29/09/2026

Someone please ask him about USAID

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Joke about non-consensual contact right out of the gate at the MAHA Summit's "Reform in CMS" panel from moderator Russell Brand, the comedian who has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of rape and sexual assault for which he will stand trial in London next month. Dr. Oz slaps his knee. MAHA!

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Definitely click through on this story for the quotes from the Third Way spokesperson, who AGREED Democratic candidates should NOT adopt Republican language on trans issues. I was floored - even tried to get Billie to put it in the headline. This is not just analysis, these quotes are news.

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Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“AI is identifying more billable conditions, not sicker patients“ interesting article on AI cost pressure in health care

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

America.gov launched today--a DOGE initiative to use AI to deliver public services. Child lying facedown on a frozen lake as the image accompanying the question: "How can I invest in my child's future" is just incredible. Way to go AI

Image of a child lying facedown on a froze lake. above is the portal where you ask AI questions about government services. the question matching this image is: "How can I invest in my child's future?"

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 29/09/2026

Sarah Huckabee Sanders is coming for unemployed gamers

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 29/09/2026

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke yesterday at a MAHA Institute event. As many as 26 people (including me) tuned in. He detailed exactly how US health agencies are gathering data to try to link vaccination to autism, for instance. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.com

RFK Jr outlines expansive vision for collecting US health data at Maha event

Health secretary calls for medical and lifestyle details to be sent to doctors and AI to address ‘chronic disease epidemic’

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Lorenzo Salgado, jr. @oznezol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One step closer to justice for my dad, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 29/09/2026

I'm having a rough morning with a difficult preschool dropoff, and "This Year" by @themountaingoats.bsky.social came on the radio. Perfect, okay, I get it.

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 29/09/2026

I think it's weird how deeply the idea is embedded that everyone would need to search for how to get bloodstains out. Anyone with a uterus over the age of 14 or so knows exactly what to do.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 29/09/2026

"So, what's your company valuation?" "2 trillion dollars" "What are you basing it on?" "We lost 42 billion dollars last year" bsky.app/profile/edzi...

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 29/09/2026

I haaaate midges (also known as no see 'ems)

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food.

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today's winning Biology All email--in fact this is a contender for best this year

Hi all,

We received a package with no name to GSB 2144 with 80 sheep brains in it. If you are expecting this package, please reach out and we can coordinate the pickup!

Best wishes,
Jenna

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hoots @hoots.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Trickledown Depp-onomics

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

US, EU object to UN declaration on future pandemics The objections prevented UN member states from endorsing a political declaration that aims for better international coordination. Read more: bit.ly/3ToRmQw

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There’s something to be said for how most of the political spectrum can unite around hounding some lesbians over niche drama in their spaces but huge segments of society are silent about pervasive campus rape impacting a huge population of primarily youngwomen

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

wisn.com

Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 28/09/2026

Quit saying rogue when what you mean is illegal :)

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026

Gone are the mass raids and militarized metro operations. Gone are the pomp and pageantry. But ICE arrests have hit record levels. ICE operations are no longer concentrated in large American cities. Immigration enforcement officials are also working in suburban and rural areas, all across the US.

A map of the United States that shows immigration arrests per 100,000 people since ICE's new enforcement strategy began under DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026

Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc

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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)

An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is every bit as fragile, judgmental, and hostile as anything anyone said in the Globe piece!

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Patrons were required to wear KN95 or better masks, the face coverings ubiquitous during the heights of Covid-19, and which most of the country had left long ago to dental hygienists and [Highlighting begins] people who don’t want anyone to sit next to them on the train. [Highlighting ends]

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 27/09/2026

This is troubling. And it sounds like it's not just EA/rationalists, but much of the wider culture

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026

NEW: A Texas woman died after being denied an abortion and her family sued the state and her doctors for violating her right to life. They say the ban should be struck down. It's one of several cases challenging abortion laws under state constitutional rights to life and liberty @autonomynews.co

autonomynews.co

New Lawsuits Argue That Pregnant People Also Have a Right to Life

Lawyers are fighting abortion bans in state court by establishing that pregnant people have a right to life and liberty—or at least self-defense.

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