Deborah Blum
@deborahblumBook author, science journalist, publisher of Undark, and director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT.
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2 interesting things I learned about fluoride in drinking water thanks to @AnilOza16: - In the 1960s, people thought it was a “communist plot” - It's a health equity issue: Removing it from water tends to impact lower-income kids most Read more: statnews.com/2024/11/13/flu…
thread below on how Trump's pick for SecDef is a full-blown nut
Caffeinated from a late night drive and freaked out by *how* bad the coverage of Trump Sec Def Pete Hegseth is, I decided to start reading his new book, The War on Warriors. A thread. The new Pentagon chief begins by bragging he was pushed out for being an "extremist"...
He's so wrong that I'm starting to think there might be a God
Rare credit to @politico for asking "Who the fuck is this guy?" Not euphemizing him as "outside the norm" (NYT) or "a combat veteran and political ally" (WaPo). politico.com/news/2024/11/1…
A reminder that Jack Dorsey no longer owns the good place and is encouraging people to stay here. Yall know what to do. Same handle. theguardian.com/technology/art…
Under Trump, EPA scientists say managers encouraged them to delete evidence of chemicals’ harms, including cancer, miscarriage & neurological problems, from their reports — and in some cases, they said, their managers deleted the information themselves. propublica.org/article/epa-sc…
Don't miss the reboot of Undark's podcast, now called Entanglements. Join @brookeborel and @Anna_Rothschild every Monday for our first 8-week season exploring science's most contentious debates. Available wherever you get your podcasts. undark.org/2024/11/11/pod…
Even in modern times, 30% of measles cases that do not result in death still result in one or more serious, life-changing complications like pneumonia, blindness, deafness, or encephalitis. Before vaccination 10% of all hearing loss was caused by measles infection.
This is it. I’m done here. This is barely Truth Social Lite. This was for some time the greatest aggregator of news in real time. I made some amazing friends. But it’s time. I mean look at the venom?!
Trump has a secret plan that may very well destroy our country once and for all. You can read all about it in my new book appearing in January 2027.
When given the chance to vote directly on school vouchers this week, voters in Kentucky, Colorado and Nebraska resoundingly said no. Yet Republican politicians say they will press ahead with them anyway across the country. Important story 👇 propublica.org/article/school…
Smart stuff here.
It’s going to take time to sort through what happened Tuesday. But I've read a lot of takes the past few days (some good, many bad), and I've had a lot of people ask how I won one of the toughest districts in the country by over 13%. Here are some thoughts: 🧵
Steve Kerr on the election Kerr: “I believe in democracy. I think the American people have spoken and voted for Trump. I want him to do well the next four years. I want our country to do well.” Kerr (sarcastically): “I'm just thankful there wasn't any voting fraud this time.…
The US does not even have universal fluoridation (not by a lot) and what we do have still saves us $6.5 billion per year on dental costs alone. That’s not even taking into account orthodontia, downstream health effects and things like loss of productivity from all of the above…
Weird election night in North Carolina. Trump won, as did Republican judges. But at the same time Democrats won every major executive branch race (governor, AG, superintendent of schools), the only competitive US House race, and even broke the GOP supermajority in the legislature
🚨URGENT🚨Getting reports people are being turned away to vote when their ID address doesn't match on file address - that is NOT correct! The addresses don't have to match. If you or someone you know runs into this, tell them to insist on filling out a provisional ballot.
dear god please stay in line 😭
There is currently a 4-hour line to vote on App State’s campus in Boone, North Carolina. Polls close in just over 3 hours.
If Harris wins, will Congress certify the results? There are now 172 election deniers in Congress. But the new Congress gets sworn in before the presidential election is certified. Your down ballot votes could decide whether your presidential vote is respected or discarded.
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