An analysis found that, following Trump’s claim that acetaminophen was linked to autism, orders for the drug for pregnant patients in emergency rooms dropped, while the number of children prescribed an unproven autism treatment increased
"It is not a mild infection, it is not a mild virus; it is a severe illness. And they kept on telling me they wish they'd known beforehand how bad measles was, so that they could have protected their family."
Tech companies have until August 2026 to comply with the EU AI Act's rule requiring public summaries of AI model training data.
New analysis shows that the big AI players (OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Microsoft) have so far neglected this requirement for GPT, Gemini, Claude, and other models.
Camp East Montana was supposed to be the Trump administration's model for a new breed of large-scale, makeshift immigrant detention centers. Eight tumultuous months, 60 violations and three deaths later, ICE is preparing to close it. New from me: t.co/jOIIRAMJCo
"The conflict in the Middle East is choking global supplies of fertilizer right before the crucial spring planting season. 'This literally could not be happening at a worse time,' says Josh Linville, the vice president of fertilizer at financial services company StoneX."
My colleague @alexwitze.bsky.social joined @scifri.bsky.social today to break down our reporting on how the White House is withholding funds from science agencies.
One researcher dials in to say her institution is waiting on $20 million in research funding.
Give it a listen ⤵️
super odd. Polymarket was hosting a bet on the possibility of a nuclear detonation in 2026 and it's now "archived" it. You can't view it anymore.
“The terms this war will be set by us at every step” reflects an ignorance of the entire human experience with warfare.
1,000 far right podcasters drinking 1,000 energy drinks typing into 1,000 iPhones for 1,000 years would struggle to conjure such an extraordinary statement.
Remarkable, really.
US military sinking of Iranian frigate near Sri Lanka widens the war to the Indian Ocean.
“An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters,” Hegseth said. “Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
This is an absolutely bonkers statistic.
Yet this administration is trying to spend $500 billion on the military (that the Pentagon did not want and is having trouble spending) and the Trump administration is now asking for $50 billion more.
While teachers are having to do side hustles…
"One of his young male patients recently refused chemotherapy in favor of ivermectin and another antiparasitic drug, fenbendazole, to treat his Stage 4 cancer. Mizrahi saw him again months later, by which time a CAT scan showed the cancer had spread."
"There is no indication, however, that the school is in any sense a military-use building... The school also enrolled many children from the local community, particularly those who could not afford private school fees."
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Reserve and National Guard troops have proportionally born far more of the brunt of combat losses over the past few years, from the USAR casualties in Jordan in 2024, the IAARNG soldiers killed in Syria in December, and now this
The original "unleash Chiang" reference got even more convoluted as the Bush family used it as an inside joke for their sports trash talk. In 2005, Rubio received a golden sword inscribed with "Unleash Chiang" from his mentor Jeb Bush.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on Capitol Hill for briefings with Senate and House members, said that the United States is stepping up its military campaign against Iran, forecasting a widening scope and greater use of force. “We’re gonna unleash Chiang on these people in the next few hours and days,” Rubio said. The phrase, which is used as a euphemism to indicate that one is about to use overwhelming force, dates to the Cold War, when it was a rallying cry for those who urged the United States to arm Chiang Kai-shek to retake China from the Communists.
Marco Rubio saying the Trump administration will "unleash Chiang" on Iran is a wild Cold War reference to invoke. It originated from a US conservative fantasy about reclaiming communist China and first reached Rubio's ears via the Bush family's sports trash talk. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...
Trump's trying to find the guy who did this.
A long overdue reckoning for Henrietta Lacks — the Black woman whose cancer cells led to breakthroughs but were harvested without her consent. Novartis has settled a lawsuit by Lacks’ estate that alleged the pharmaceutical giant profited off her cells.
https://bit.ly/3NgCeBs
Camp East Montana in El Paso is currently under quarantine following a measles outbreak and cases of tuberculosis.
My breaking story:
ChatGPT uninstall rates spiked after OpenAI announced an agreement allowing broader Pentagon use of its AI models. Now Sam Altman is claiming OpenAI will "amend" the Pentagon deal to prevent "deliberate tracking, surveillance, or monitoring of US persons or nationals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
"For US tech companies, the conversation has now shifted from political to war risk... Apart from storing commercial information, Gulf data centers support government surveillance, intelligence work, and military communications, making them more valuable and more likely to be deliberately targeted."
Full answer at 13:15 -->>
"It's data centers and it's nothing but data centers. And the people who start trying to muddy the waters with EVs and electrification, that's not true. Absolutely not true. There's no data to support it. It's it's not true. Our data shows that it's data centers"
Teens in households making under $75K are more likely to use chatbots for help with all or most schoolwork % of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 who say they do all or most of their schoolwork with the help of AI chatbots U.S. teens — 10 Household income <$30,000 — 20 $30K–$74,999 — 15 $75,000+ — 7 Note: Those who did not answer or gave other responses are not shown. Source: Survey conducted Sept. 25–Oct. 9, 2025. “How Teens Use and View AI” PEW RESEARCH CENTER
According to PEW, teens in households making under $75K are more likely to use chatbots for help with all or most schoolwork. I read a comment on another platform that said this is amazing news because we are "finally going to close the achievement gap." That is not how I would interpret this data.
"The fact that Ellis was flagged for her name change alone suggests the state of Kansas is intensely monitoring transgender citizens."
On the 6 US troops who died at Shuaiba port in Kuwait: Troops asked for more drone defeat capabilities, none came. It was recommended that the makeshift tactical operations center not be used because it was hard to defend and concentrated too many troops in one place. www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-st...
Citing reporting by @propublica.org and others, nearly 4,000 doctors, nurses and health professionals sent a letter to DHS Sec Kristi Noem calling for the immediate release of all children currently in immigration detention. Full letter: tinyurl.com/yz2amueb 1/
"Her release follows months of advocacy from community members and political leaders of both parties.
Yu has operated her two West Valley restaurants for years, building a reputation for greeting customers with humor and kindness. She has no criminal record."
www.12news.com/article/news...
Reading this, again, you get the sense that someone at Anthropic knows how the intel community misleads by using definitions of words that are different than everyone else believes. And the people at OpenAI simply don't know or don't care about that.
I know maps are less popular than clickbait, but pls entertain me
🧵 We are watching two escalating conflicts at the same time:
• Pakistan–Afghanistan cross-border fighting
• Israel–Iran strikes, with spillover across the Gulf
These events may converge into a regional displacement crisis.
WSJ reporting that the U.S. used Claude for the air strikes in Iran. Centcom has been using Claude "for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios" www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
