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EFF: “This is the first installment in a blog series documenting EFF’s findings from the Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. You can read additional posts here. We’ve been hearing that social media platforms are censoring abortion-related content, even when no law requires them to do so. Now, we’ve got the receipts. For months, EFF has been investigating …
BuzzFeed: “How many alcoholic drinks do you have in an entire week? Five, seven, 10? More? If you have one drink a day, your health could be impacted ― but the powers that be aren’t doing much to make that fact known. Earlier this month, Vox reported that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Department …
“A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine says the evidence for current and future harm to human health and welfare created by human-caused greenhouse gases is beyond scientific dispute. The report focuses on evidence gathered by the scientific community since 2009, when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found that greenhouse …
The Journalist’s Resource, Zoom Meeting – Vanishing Numbers: How Federal Data Manipulation and Removal Threaten Journalism and Public Trust Oct 1, 2025 12:00 PM [h/t Barclay Walsh] “Federal datasets are one of the pillars of democracy. They underpin everything from health research and economic forecasting to climate science, disaster response, and watchdog journalism. Yet today, these …
The New York Times – [no paywall]: “…Most of this material — gathered by social media analysis, drone surveillance and more — will never be reviewed by any court and will be entirely inaccessible to anyone outside of law enforcement. For almost 90 percent of the technologies it deploys, the department has stated that it …
Lewy body dementia promotion by air pollutants. Science. 4 Sep 2025 Vol 389, Issue 6764 DOI: 10.1126/science.adu4132 – “Air pollution was recently found to be associated with increased risk of developing dementia. Zhang et al. investigated the relationship between PM2.5, an index of particle pollution, and the development of Lewy body dementia (LBD), the second …
404 Media: “Employees at Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services received an email Tuesday morning with the subject line “AI Deployment,” which told them that ChatGPT would be rolled out for all employees at the agency. The deployment is being overseen by Clark Minor, a former Palantir employee who’s now Chief …
U.S. Agency for International Development: An Overview (CRS): “The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) served as the lead international humanitarian and development arm of the U.S. government. It was established in 1961, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 10973, to implement components of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA). Congress codified USAID in statute …
The Defender: “If you are not in one of the 16-ish states requiring a prescription for a COVID vaccine, you should be able to self-report a condition and receive your vaccine….I’m high-risk and I want the vaccine. Can I walk into a pharmacy and get it? No, because that would be easy, and anti-vaccine activists …
Guardian: “News has never been more accessible – but for some, that’s exactly the problem. Flooded with information and relentless updates, more and more people around the world are tuning out. The reasons vary: for some it’s the sheer volume of news, for others the emotional toll of negative headlines or a distrust of the …
Via LLRX – The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research and Public Health – Part 2. This is a follow up to Sabrina I. Pacifici’s July 31, 2025 article, The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research and Public Health. In just one more month this administration has ramped up its use of unsupportable …
Environment America: “America’s beaches are some of our favorite places to relax … when the water is safe. Where is water pollution harming our ability to enjoy the beach? And what can we do to stop it? Americans love the beach. Our lake and ocean waters are great places to cool off on a hot …
