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Carl Zimmer: Air-Borne and the Big Miss With Covid One of the top science journalists of our time discusses his new book

AIR-BORNE, @carlzimmer.com's new book, is an enthralling deep dive into airborne diseases. The colossal failure to recognize that #COVIDisAirborne is thoroughly reviewed.
Our podcast erictopol.substack.com/p/carl-zimme...
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The DOGE Takeover Is Worse Than You Think What’s happening to the US government right now is bad. What comes next is worse.

Okay... we feel like we say this every week but *a lot* of stuff happened. Let's break it down, starting with @brbarrett.bsky.social on why the DOGE takeover is worse than you think... (sorry, but you gotta read this one.)

dehumanized and devalued Capitalism is the most efficient machine ever created. It can dehumanize vast numbers of people and transfer the common wealth of a society to the very rich. Billions of people still want it despit…

If anyone interested, I had some disjointed thoughts on the dehumanization caused by economic progress. Apologies for not including an AI summary.

randalthehandle.wordpress.com/2025/02/22/d...

Yup! 😁

Best way to celebrate St. Patrick’s day?

Yeah - feeling that a bit myself.