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Health contributor/reporter at Guardian US, contributing editor at the New Republic, freelance elsewhere. Arctic obsessive and book enthusiast. Email: melodyschreiber@proton.me Signal: melodyschreiber.06 Newsletter: notadoctor.news

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That's not anxiety, it's the entire model

06.03.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are you talking about mandates in general, or for school participation (and participation in other institutions/activities)?

06.03.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Parents have little time to sift through misinformation and grifts and, frankly, it shouldn't be on us to do our own research, as @publichealthguy1.bsky.social notes. It's a systemic issue, not a moral failing, for the vast number of parents with questions about vaccines.

06.03.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

For sure! But I think people do kinda act that way without thinking -- filling up on snacks and then having little appetite for a meal

06.03.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"showing symptoms of anxiety" BRO he was trained on the internet and my book!

06.03.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I used to prefer paperbacks because they were lighter, but hardcover is nice if you're taking notes and planning to re-read -- they hold up better

06.03.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

AGREED

06.03.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was just thinking about this last night. This is a long-term fight; we have to protect our joy and allow ourselves to have good days. It's not some betrayal; it's necessary.

06.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In every Republican presidency of my lifetime there's been a recession and a new war in the Middle East.

06.03.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 4382 πŸ” 1347 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 67

*looking around* how the hell did all these slurs get in here? did someone leave the door open again

06.03.2026 03:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm thinking of enrolling my almost-three-year-old in hip hop dance class and I cannot wait to see what this class entails

06.03.2026 03:21 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE arrested Nashville journalist without warrant, attorneys say The journalist, Estefany Rodriguez, was taken to a detention center and remains there as of 3 p.m. March 5.

"She frequently reported on stories critical of ICE for Nashville Noticias, the Spanish-language outlet."

www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...

06.03.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 864 πŸ” 485 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 30
B&W pic of Lincoln Center w surrounding towers disappearing into the fog.

B&W pic of Lincoln Center w surrounding towers disappearing into the fog.

Heavy rains after heavy snows can produce some cool fog.

06.03.2026 00:48 πŸ‘ 146 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

This part for me

06.03.2026 00:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's kind of Vinay Prasad's whole thing

05.03.2026 23:47 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

1. It is not *necessarily* unethical to run a sham surgery trial for a serious disease. It depends on whether it's necessary to answer the relevant scientific questions and if risks can be minimized enough for the benefits of answering those questions to outweigh them.

05.03.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Keep in mind, as journalists were only supposed to offer anonymity if someone is not authorized to speak / would face repercussions.

05.03.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Once again we have a senior FDA official refusing to speak on the record in a *press conference.* Why? What's the danger to putting their name on it?

05.03.2026 22:53 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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FDA official calls UniQure's gene therapy a 'failed' treatment for Huntington's disease UniQure needs to run another trial to prove its gene therapy "actually helps people with Huntington's disease," said a senior FDA official.

"UniQure has said it wouldn’t be feasible to run a true randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled study, considered the gold standard, because it wouldn’t be ethical to make people undergo a sham hours-long brain surgery." www.cnbc.com/2026/03/05/f...

05.03.2026 22:52 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

β€œβ€¦ Noem teased Trump’s plan to unveil his β€˜Shield of the Americas’ policy on Saturday, where he would be joined by other cabinet secretaries to discuss his plan to combat cartels and drug trafficking. She was seemingly unaware that Trump had reassigned her as the program’s β€˜special envoy.’”

05.03.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

NOEM TAKING QUESTIONS - DOES NOT APPEAR TO KNOW SHE WAS FIRED

05.03.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 12225 πŸ” 1572 πŸ’¬ 511 πŸ“Œ 886

Bill Cassidy said if such recordings existed, they needed to be handed over immediately, at which point Mullin stopped bringing it up.

But I still wonder: did he withhold evidence? Or was he just making the entire thing up? 2/2

05.03.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At a hearing of former CDC officials last year (Susan Monarez and Debra Houry), Mullin claimed multiple times that there was a recording of Monarez and Kennedy where they spoke about rubber-stamping vaccine changes. 1/

05.03.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Kristi Noem is out and MARKWAYNE MULLIN is taking her job

05.03.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

WWII Merchant Marine who became a plasterer, and scam artist who became a maintenance man

05.03.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OK, as the actual journalist who has been unwittingly caught up in the Claude rumor this morning (who also covers AI disinformation) let me clear this one up for the record.

To recap: Claude kind of implicated itself in the Iran school bombing citing (in part) my reporting...

05.03.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 211 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 21

That's what I was wondering

05.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, I saw this piece but not the text above!

05.03.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I reposted this and deleted when I couldn't find the original source. Do you know where this was published?

05.03.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0