I doubt folks around here need more explainers about the disastrous Supreme Court ruling that makes it essentially impossible for lower courts to overturn blatantly unconstitutional moves by the president But this is clearest explanation I’ve seen: https://archive.is/S74FW

There is nothing I love more than research finding that coffee is good for your health in this case, a four-decade-long study of 50,000 women

Could coffee be the key to 'healthy aging' in women? What to know

I always find this chart by Hannah Ritchie -- of Our World In Data -- deeply informative of how disjointed is our sense of personal risk

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Hannah Ritchie (@_HannahRitchie) on X

There's a big disconnect between what the media reports on & the reality for most of us Terrorism gets more than a third of coverage but is le...

A pediatrician reads the "Make America Healthy Again" report and discovers it is wildly contradictory It spends pages meticulously documenting how corporations spend billions of dollars developing highly addictive ultra-processed foods and marketing them to children ... ... and how this has caused child illnesses and obesity to boom It documents how other countries better regulate this But then it says "the US shouldn't regulate things":

Slate Magazine

I’m a Pediatrician. There’s So Much That the MAHA Report Does Get Right.

It sets up a compelling argument—then veers wildly off course.

Among the many dangerous things the Trump administration is doing ... ... this one's a doozy: the executive order giving his political appointees the power to determine what are "correct" scientific findings, and "the power to 'discipline' anyone who violates the way the administration views science" Gift link:

The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research.

Thousands of scientists, academics, physicians and researchers have responded to the administration’s executive order about “restoring a gold ...

Hey NYC-area folks! Tonight (June 4), my friend Kevin Smokler is going to be at Greenlight Books in Brooklyn ... ... to do an event for his new book "Break the Frame", a collection of his interviews with pioneering female directors Tonight he'll be in conversation with Debra Granik, director of -- among other fabulous movies -- "Winter's Bone" Event details here:

Greenlight Bookstore

Kevin Smokler with Debra Granik

Brooklyn independent bookstore

super worth attending if you can!

Trump pardoned a man who'd been convicted of tax cheating -- he withheld over $10 million from the paychecks of nurses, doctors and other employees, money that was intended to make their tax contributions ... ... and blew it on a $2 million yacht and shopping he was caught, fined $4.4 million and given an 18-month jail term then his mother attended a $1 million Trump dinner ... ... and soon after he was pardoned Full story here: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/trump-pardoned-tax-cheat-after-mother-attended-1-million-maga-dinner/

Flock -- an automatic license-plate-reading service -- is adding tons of data sources ... ... so police could, upon scanning your license, get linked to tons more info about your life, relationships, etc where did Flock get these additional sources of info? they're using standard people-lookup tools and data brokers, but also ... ... info from *data breaches* so great @404 Media has the story:

404 Media

License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows

Flock, which has license plate readers (LPRs) all around the country, wants police to be able to “jump from LPR to person,” according to leaked...

unpaywalled version: https://archive.is/GmuUk

USDA says it'll restore climate info to its web site after farmers and environmental groups sued

Knight First Amendment Institute

USDA Reverses Course, Commits to Restore Purged Climate Webpages in Response to Farmers’ Lawsuit

I'll believe it when I see the pages restored, but provisionally this is good news climate data gathered by federal agencies is crucial for farmers, insurers, airlines ... pretty much any industry that has to deal with the weather #climate

Kseniia Petrova is the Russian scientist who came to the US in 2023 to study biology ... ... and three months ago was detained by ICE after failing to delcare some frog biological samples she took from France into the US (an infraction that normally has a fine of $50 to $500) She's still in ICE detention she wrote a fantastic op-ed that focuses on her science -- a remarkable new form of imaging with huge promise for mitigating disease Gift link:

Opinion | I Came to Study Aging. Now I’m Trapped in ICE Detention.

I was detained at Logan airport after I did not complete a customs declaration for frog embryos.