Dr. Lucky Tran

luckytran.com

15 August 2026 00:17

The doctor who claimed that vaccines cause autism lost his medical license for faking for the study. But his lies and the damage he did to public health persist long after his paper was pulled. This is why science communication is so difficult; all it takes is one grifter.

Peter

notalawyer.bsky.social

13 August 2026 19:43

there’s an important lesson in Abdul El-Sayed’s win and Francesca Hong’s loss, and that is that in politics it’s good to be cool and bad to be weird.

Mother Jones

motherjones.com

05 August 2026 16:13

No congressional candidate in Democratic history ever had as much outside money dumped on them in one primary as Abdul El-Sayed. But El-Sayed has now survived the onslaught in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. Barely.

Leah Stokes

leahstokes.bsky.social

05 August 2026 16:13

El-Sayed, Lawrence and McKinney all won progressive campaigns in Michigan last night by talking about climate and clean energy like it was a kitchen-table issue — because skyrocketing energy bills and endless wildfire smoke matter to people.

Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)

fisherdanar.bsky.social

01 August 2026 15:19

We talk a lot about climate impacts in aggregate, but today I wrote about climate impacts in my daily life and what it means to my family, the places we go, and what we do. Read the full piece here: danarfisher.com/2026/08/01/e...