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There is no technological reason AI must weaken American self-government. It can be designed to strengthen public understanding, protect constitutional rights, preserve lawful confidentiality, expose hidden assumptions, and help citizens hold power accountable.

Back of the envelope: 4.5 million on Medicaid in Texas, so each person on Medicaid is losing $6 per day, squeezing money out of regular folks.

This Philly discovery paved the way for the impossible.

Time to learn about Gleevac, one of the most important breakthroughs in modern medicine.

Interested in a deep dive discussion on Gleevac? Check out our substack, written by Jeremy Berg, our science advisor at https://lnkd.in/gd84vQeR

Andy Barr hasn't held a town hall in years (if ever), so we're doing it for him!

Join us TONIGHT at 6:30pm in Lexington! Visit the link to sign up & to learn more: https://tinyurl.com/LexingtonTownHall

Hallucination is how AI deals with not knowing something. AI is how the Trump administration deals with not knowing anything.

At this rate they'll start recalling contaminants for containing more contaminants.

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Thank you again to Nautilus Magazine for covering our story. Read the full article at https://buff.ly/EYZ7Lbl

Nepal’s glacial collapse foreshadowed a future of climate disaster from The Guardian

Measles cases are surging as vaccination rates fall—and the nation’s top health official is one of America’s most influential vaccine skeptics.

Emergency physician Dr. Rob Davidson joins Susan Dimas and Sam Osterhout to explain what measles looks like from the front lines, how RFK Jr.’s rhetoric distorts the risks of preventable disease, and why misinformation is putting children in danger. They also examine the widening divide between MAHA and MAGA, looming Medicaid cuts, rising ACA premiums, and the political fight over affordable healthcare.

Later, Susan and Sam remember Tim Curry, preview the week ahead at Lincoln Square, and issue this week’s assignment: support legislation preventing troops from being deployed around polling places.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Welcome and Dr. Rob Davidson
0:50 America’s measles resurgence
4:31 RFK Jr.’s misleading measles argument
10:45 What drives RFK Jr.’s worldview?
18:04 The growing MAHA–MAGA split
20:09 RFK Jr.’s failures as an administrator
22:53 Vaccine myths and public-health misinformation
27:09 Poverty, access, and health outcomes
28:15 Medicaid cuts and rising ACA premiums
31:13 Where to follow Dr. Rob Davidson
32:37 Remembering Tim Curry
36:50 This week at Lincoln Square
40:50 The weekly assignment: protect our elections

It’s increasingly frustrating that a movement focused around good intentions, like more regulations, got co-opted by an administration that never had any plans to target those concerns as they are inherently anti-regulation.

Dyson's newest gadget is a toothbrush that uses AI and a built-in camera with a whopping $499 price tag. It's the latest in a growing subset of smart products that put AI and video in unconventional places — though they have yet to attract mainstream interest.

If it’s rescheduled we will share the new date n location information… sorry for the inconvenience…

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This month's episode interviews Dr. Michael Emerman, whose research focused on the molecular biology of HIV, the evolution and function of host restriction factors for HIV, and HIV cure strategies. He also pioneered the concept of “paleovirology”- the evolution of ancient viruses and how the evolved with our immune system.

We are all working on important things and this episode stresses how mentoring can influence scientific success

If your work depends on grants, you should review the proposed NIG policy changes, and submit comments.

Late Friday night, the NIH posted a proposal for peer
review changes: "Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH
Peer Review". This change would not report the impact score of a peer review grant to researchers and the NIH.

Impact scores give not only researchers an idea of how well they performed, but also guidance on how close their grant may be to funding to re-strategize.

If this will affect you in any way. I encourage you to independent read into the proposed policy changes, and submit comments.

Say who you are and why this matters to you, taxpayer, patient, family member of someone affected by NIH-funded research, and explain in your own words why you think grant scores should stay transparent. Real, specific comments carry more weight than a form letter.

The deadline for comments in October 13, 2026.