Air purifiers in Finnish daycare reduced children's illnesses by 18% in a carefully controlled study. This implies huge potential for better public health and cost savings from sick leaves, with a simple intervention against airborne infections. yle.fi/a/74-20089670

‘Last night VP Harris faced impossible, contradictory demands women face in politics & all public life…mix of aggressive & mannered, joyful & tough, gracious & angry, contemptuous & hopeful, incredulous & credible, pugnacious & nurturing…Last night she was all those things’

Riding these teams in MOTAT or in Wynward Quarter makes you feel like. Kid again, they’re truly amazing & guaranteed to make you smile. Worth supporting them: “Motat launches million-dollar appeal to keep heritage trams rolling” nzherald.co.nz/nz/motats-mill…

“Someone is more likely to be struck by lightning than to impersonate someone else at a polling site.” From the ⁦Brennan Center⁩ and cited in this NYT Opinion piece: Voter Fraud Isn’t As Bad As You Think - The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/10/22/opi…

No one understands this moment and how we got here better than Carole Cadwalladr. If ever there was a “must read” essay, this is it. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

When the GOP trifecta assumes power in just a few months, they will pass laws, and those laws will be terrible, and they will cast long, long shadows. 1/

The tariffs are insane; everyone knows that if Congress voted in secret, Senate would be 95-5 against. This whole situation is based on the ignorance of one man, and the lack of fortitude among Congress to push back. It will harm all four countries. So what should Canada do? 1/x

“That is the tension at the heart of Trump’s whole strategy: he’s acting like a king b/c he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality.” nytimes.com/2025/02/02/opi…

Just a reminder that Musk’s companies have received over $15 billion from the US government — he’s happy to go after USAID but not the agencies that have been feeding him.

The shift from AI as tools to AI as agents has tremendous implications for medicine and healthcare. Eric Topol and I share our perspective on new possibilities and how to prepare for this shift in The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…

This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP. It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next. 1/

I *think* this is what you call ROI in biz speak

The DOGE effort will cut millions and at best billions out of a multi-trillion dollar budget while doing billions and possibly trillions in collateral damage esp if used to justify tax cuts for the wealthy

is that a shift dress over a suit jacket??

British terms of endearment for Valentine’s Day: - “You’re not all bad” - “I quite like you, in a way” - “I’ll let you buy the first round” - “Help yourself to chips” - “You daft sod” - “You’ll do” - “Come here, you idiot” - “You scrub up well” - “Tea?”

Trump demands Zelensky hold elections. Shouldn’t he demand that Putin does the same since he’s been dictator for 25 years. apple.news/Ag6JRxR_IS_qUc…

People saying that they are shocked, or that Putin is hoodwinking Trump still don't get it. Putin isn't fooling Trump or Trump has not changed his position. He is pro-Putin, he wants Russia to do well and he could not care less about Ukraine (and he hates Zelensky).

Tune in: Stanford professor Larry Diamond has a warning after studying autocratic takeovers: push back fast. Unfree regimes grow stronger quickly. newyorker.com/podcast/politi…

Haven’t used Twitter in months b/c of Elmo so posting this to officially say that I’m done w/ Twitter. Joined back in March 2007 & always defended the platform and enjoyed it but no more. Please find me on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/cpherb… Nice knowing you Twitter, ciao!

Wondered if it was coming from the construction happening at the New World Victoria Park, here’s confirmation. The chemical smell is wafting over to Freemans Bay.