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A major legal victory for privacy! A federal court in California has blocked the administration's attempt to obtain confidential medical records of trans kids at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford thus ensuring private health care is protected.
#GoodNews #TransYouth #HumanRights
URL for article in case thumbnail is not displaying:
https://www.gladlaw.org/federal-court-in-california-blocks-trump-administrations-unprecedented-attempt-to-seize-families-private-medical-records-from-stanford-childrens-hospital/
Check out this great news from @ErinInTheMorn@mstdn.social
"While trans Americans grieved the Supreme Court decisions curbing gender-based rights, New Jersey offered a glimmer of hope."
Read the full update on the new shield law here:
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-jersey-finally-passes-trans-care
#GoodNews #NewJersey #ShieldLaw #GenderAffirmingCare #LGBTQCommunity
Trump didn't expect this when he released the UFO files.
#UFOFiles #Extraterestrials #ArrestTrump #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Trump
Big Picture Science for April. 13, 2026: Old School
Antarctic scientists have long known the region’s ice sheet holds clues to the planet’s ancient past. Yet even the field’s foremost experts were shocked when they extracted a six-million-year-old ice core — twice as old as expected and the oldest recorded so far. Researchers say it will provide one of our best looks ever into Earth's climatological record. In a relatively more recent past, the discovery of 40,000-year-old notches and lines carved into artifacts and cave walls in Germany, examples of protowriting, suggest humans began documenting ideas thousands of years earlier than thought. Those timescales pale however, when compared to the age of the Earth’s most ancient rocks, which have a story to tell too. Find out how the planet’s most venerable rocks, formed billions of years ago, reveal the geological conditions that allowed life to get a foothold.
Guests:
* Huw Groucutt – Archeologist, Department of Classics and Archeology, University of Malta
* Ed Brook – Paleoclimatologist and professor of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University
* Simon Lamb – Earth scientist and professor of geography in the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University at Wellington, New Zealand. Author of “The Oldest Rocks on Earth: A Search for the Origins of Our World.”
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"On Wednesday, the White House released a new “United States Counterterrorism Strategy,” the first such directive since a 2021 Biden-era memo emphasizing the need to combat white supremacist violence, which has now been scrubbed from the White House website."
#Politics #HumanRights #NationalSecurity #LGBTQ #CivilLiberties #SocialJustice
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/trump-gorka-counter-terrorism-transgender-antifa-docuiment/
May, the month before Pride in June, is Military Appreciation Month, honoring active-duty service members and veterans in the United States.
Many members of the LGBTQ community are currently serving or have served in the U.S. military. Alongside their fellow service members and veterans, their service and sacrifice have helped make it possible for the queer community to openly celebrate Pride.
Even when their missions or views may differ from our own, their commitment to duty and the sacrifices they have made deserve recognition and appreciation.
#USMilitary #NationalMilitaryAppreciationMonth
#Pride #LGBTQ #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Transgender #Queer #Pansexual #Intersex #Asexual #NonBinary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Military_Appreciation_Month
"As the chants, signs, and speeches at Saturday’s events make clear, countless Americas are fed up with federal immigration agents’ violence in American cities, the rising cost of living, the ongoing war against Iran, and the administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal."
#NoKings #UnitedWeStand #ICE #Iran #Epstein
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/no-kings-three-protestors-demand-trump-administration/
Big Picture Science for Mar. 30, 2026: Flower Power
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Before everything could come up roses, there had to be a primordial flower – the mother, and father, of all flowers. Now scientists are on the hunt for it. The eFlower project aims to explain the sudden appearance of flowering plants in the fossil record, what Darwin called an “abominable mystery.”
Meanwhile, ancient flowers encased in amber or preserved in tar are providing clues about how ecosystems might respond to changing climates. And, although it was honed by evolution for billions of years, can we make photosynthesis more efficient and help forestall a global food crisis?
Guests:
* Eva-Maria Sadowski - Post doctoral paleobotanist at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
* Regan Dunn - Paleobotanist and assistant Curator at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
* Royal Krieger - Rosarian and volunteer at the Morcom Rose Garden, Oakland, California
* Ruby Stephens - Plant ecology PhD candidate at Macquarie University in Australia, and member of the eFlower Project
* Stephen Long - Professor of Plant Science, University of Illinois
Originally aired March 13, 2023
Download podcast at - https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flower-power
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As a tech sector veteran of nearly five decades, I find AI both fascinating and concerning—a field I'll be studying closely as I navigate the next chapters of my career and life.
I look at my use of AI-created imagery in my posts here on Mastodon and elsewhere to enhance my ability to express myself, though such enhancement comes at a cost which I will be exploring in future posts.
For now, I want to share this article from AP regarding Pope Leo XIV's first message on AI, which I feel will become a historically significant document influencing AI and AI ethics.
#PopeLeoXIV #MagnificaHumanitas #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #AIEthics
https://apnews.com/article/pope-ai-tech-trump-vatican-anthropic-d92d0108730d146baa46da041b8523da
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, under Trump Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has quietly removed a federal public health webpage offering explicit safer-sex and harm reduction guidance for mpox. The deletion confirms fears among LGBTQ+ health experts that the Trump administration is once again illegally scrubbing medically vetted information tied to queer communities from government websites."
#mpox #CDC #Pride #LGBTQ
https://www.advocate.com/health/sexual-health/cdc-mpox-information-erased
TL; DR: While I haven't fully read this article, I thought I should share it, especially now with the current conflict with #Iran.
#USMilitary #MilitaryEthics #ServantLeadership #ProfessionOfArms #MilComm #Politics #PeteHegseth #Hegseth
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/military-pete-hegseth-trump-bragging-problem.html
Apparently #EricTrump is involved with a wind powered #Bitcoin mining company.
"Donald Trump and his family have added billions to their net worth since Inauguration Day, with much of that new wealth coming from a dizzying array of crypto projects. But some of those gains are under threat, thanks to the crypto sector’s recent struggles. The latest blow is a second consecutive reported loss for Eric Trump’s American Bitcoin Corp, a wind-powered bitcoin mining company. The $82 million loss, from the first quarter of 2026, is largely due to the continued slump in bitcoin prices. It follows the same pattern as Trump Media and Technology Group—the parent company of the president’s Truth Social platform—which has lost $1.1 billion since its founding, almost entirely due to losses on bitcoin."
#TrumpMedia #TrumpBusiness #TrumpFailure #TrumpCorruption #Trump
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/donald-trump-eric-trump-crypto-bitcoin/
Big Picture Science for May. 04, Shadow of Chernobyl
Forty years later, the exclusion zone surrounding the infamous Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant remains uninhabited by humans. But among the radioactive remnants, wildlife is flourishing, including endangered species. In the second of our two-part series, we look at the state of the disaster site today, consider what lessons we’ve learned during clean up efforts, hear about a strange story about radioactive shellfish, and consider whether small modular reactors could reinvigorate dreams of a nuclear-powered future and bring nuclear energy out of Chernobyl’s shadow.
Guests:
* Steven Biegalski – Chair of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics program at Georgia Institute of Technology
* Tom Scott – Professor of Nuclear Materials and Devices at the University of Bristol
* Jacopo Buongiorno – Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT, Director of the Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES), and Director of Science and Technology of the MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory
Download podcast at - https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/shadow-of-chernobyl
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AP - April 2, 2026
"The announcement follows months of scrutiny over the Justice Department’s handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking investigation that made Bondi the target of angry conservatives even with her close relationship with Trump. She also struggled to satisfy Trump’s demands to prosecute his political rivals, with multiple investigations rejected by judges or grand juries."
#PamBondi #AttorneyGeneral #DOJ #EpsteinFiles #Trump
https://apnews.com/article/trump-bondi-zeldin-justice-department-4b1bf39326d2d2c3fd41cadff91dd75b
"The death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who was found on a Buffalo street in February — five days after Border Patrol agents left him at a doughnut shop — has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Wednesday."
#ICEAbuse #ICECrimes #ICEOut #ICENews #ICE
https://apnews.com/article/buffalo-new-york-refugee-death-482894a96ba31b8945f4186f823c38d2
This article from People Magazine should be viewed with a skeptical eye given that tomorrow is April Fool's Day, and the source of the information is The Daily Mail, and you must be a subscriber to view the pictures.
What do you think? Early April Fools prank, clickbait, or legitimate article?
Either way, I just had to create a meme and share it in the comments for the benefit of #MAGA men 😉
#KristiNeom #BryonNoem #NoemScandal #Politics #TrumpAdministration
And of course Mastodon doesn't display the thumnail, so here the URL for article:
https://people.com/kristi-noem-devastated-husband-bryon-report-11938365
“On March 28, millions of us made it clear: we don't do kings in America. Our nonviolent movement is only growing. At our March 31 Mass Call, you'll hear from leaders and fellow local activists to celebrate this historic mobilization and dig into what comes next. Join us.”
#NoKings #UnitedWeStand #Protest #USPolitics
https://www.youtube.com/live/OEKiXNH-Ksw?si=AbIgzbuB_Fsrtlc0
What’s Next after No Kings 3?
The conclusion of the article:
"To put it plainly, this app is a security nightmare, and no one should have installed it, no matter what your political beliefs are."
"While the Trump administration is directing hundreds of millions of dollars to coal projects, miners in Appalachia are suffering from a resurgence of black lung disease. But industry pushback is delaying federal rules that would reduce miners’ exposure to deadly silica dust."
#BlackLung #CoalMining #SilicaDust #Appalachia #MiningReform #PublicHealth #CoalIndustry #Trump
So has anyone ordered a #TrumpPhone, and if so have you asked for your money back?
#Fraud is a felony.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/trump-phone-t1-first-look-report/
“No Kings was conceived to unite a cross-movement push against authoritarianism. And there is not one way to fight it,” said Leah Greenberg, a co-executive director of the Indivisible Project, which founded the No Kings movement. “We see No Kings as part of a tapestry of defiance that is going on.”
#NoKings #UnitedWeStand #Protest
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/mar/29/no-kings-protest-next-steps-activism
"The 33-year-old grandson of President John F. Kennedy, running in one of the most closely watched Democratic congressional primaries in the country to represent New York’s 12th District, is announcing on Sunday afternoon a two-part proposal he calls the “No Pay PrEP & PEP Plan,” which his campaign describes as a first-of-its-kind national effort to make HIV prevention drugs completely free at the point of care. Central to the plan is a head-on confrontation with Kennedy, his first cousin and the Trump administration’s secretary of Health and Human Services, over what Schlossberg calls a catastrophic rollback of federal HIV prevention funding."
#JackSchlossberg #PublicHealth #LGBTQ #LGBTQRights #HealthcareForAll #JFK #NY12 #EndHIV
https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/jack-schlossberg-hiv-prevention
AP - April 2, 2026
“It’s no surprise that a lot of these situations arise within the university sphere, because with students — especially the younger generation — there is virtually no tolerance for being associated with anyone who doesn’t represent the best of humanity,” she said
"She called this “a moment of reckoning” for universities and said they have to guard against the appearance of a quid pro quo in their building namings."
#EpsteinFiles #JeffreyEpstein #HigherEd #CampusPolitics #Accountability
https://apnews.com/article/epstein-associates-building-names-removal-5acbfd805d623934ccbfd0aca813cdac
"Lehigh County Controller Mark Pinsley announced a new policy Tuesday that changes hiring standards for local law enforcement. Under the first-of-its-kind guideline, candidates for jobs in law enforcement would be flagged if they have recent experience working with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement."
#LehighCounty #Pennsylvania #ICENews ICEOut #ICE
https://www.wdiy.org/wdiy-headlines/2026-03-31/new-policy-would-flag-law-enforcement-hires-with-ice-experience-wdiy-local-news
"Samantha Boucher openly defied the state laws of Kansas when, in the presence of the Governor and the police, she walked into the bathroom in an act of civil disobedience."
#Transgender ##LGBTQ #HumanRights
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/transgender-woman-defies-kansass
RE: https://mastodon.social/@vicfroh/116629702252953910
I use AI to generate images for the posts I write and as I learn more about AI the more I appreciate posts like this.
AI is not evil, it is simply a tool, it is the greedy individuals and businesses who are exploiting AI for profit who doing the damage.
Big Picture Science for May. 18, Allergy Reason
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Runny nose. Itchy, watery eyes. Sneezing. If you don’t have allergies, you probably know someone who does. The number of people with allergies, including food allergies and eczema, is increasing. What is going on?
A medical anthropologist describes how our hygiene habits, our diets, and our polluted environment are irritating our bodies. Also, the case for skipping your shower. Is skin healthier when we stop lathering?
Guests:
* James Hamblin – Preventive medicine physician and a lecturer in public health at Yale and author of Clean: the New Science of Skin
* Theresa MacPhail – medical anthropologist, professor of science and technology studies at Stevens Institute of Technology and author of Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World.
Originally aired July 3, 2023
Download podcast at - https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/allergy-reason
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#Allergy #Allergies #BigPictureScience #SETI #News #Podcast #Science
"The Department of War has announced that it's published "never-before-seen files" of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) on a new government webpage, and plans to add material on a "rolling basis." Some Pentagon UAP footage was declassified during President Donald Trump's first term, but this new page appears to be the results of a February Truth Social post from Trump calling on the DOW and related agencies "to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs)."
#UFOFiles #UAP #UFO #DepartmentOfDefense #DOD #DepartmentOfWar #DOW
https://www.engadget.com/2168147/department-of-war-sets-up-ufo-website-but-there-isnt-much-to-see/
CNN - May 10, 2026:
"Experts are raising conflict-of-interest and ethical concerns after President Donald Trump hosted a LIV Golf event at his Virginia property this weekend, renewing scrutiny over whether the Trump family is financially benefiting from his time in office while supporting a golf league backed by a government accused of human rights abuses."
#Trump #Golf #Politics #EthicsInGovernmen #DumpTrump
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/10/politics/trump-golf-courses-conflict-of-interest
New hat for Trump supporters: If you support Trump, you support a pedophile.
“The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Washington state has violated the rights of female prisoners housed with transgender women.”
#DOJ #CivilRights #CRIPA #PrisonReform #PrisonSafety #TransPolicies #GenderIdentity #PrisonHousing #TransRights #TransInmates #LGBTQRights
"NEW YORK (AP) — After Pam Bondi became U.S. attorney general last year, conservative influencers, online sleuths and others who wanted the government to disclose all it knew about Jeffrey Epstein thought they might have a champion in the Department of Justice.
"So did Jess Michaels, one of the legions of women who have said they were sexually assaulted by the late financier and convicted sex offender with a roster of powerful friends in business, politics and beyond."
"HB 649, which has already passed the House of Delegates 100-35, would significantly expand protections for transgender students across the state, giving them a private right of action to sue schools that discriminate against them in "any program or activity"
#Transgender #LGBTQ #HumanRights
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/maryland-advances-bill-that-would
This article explores how the United States’ recent military engagements and strategic maneuvers involving Iran are being analyzed as a "dress rehearsal" or a source of critical intelligence for a potential future conflict with China.
#US #China #Iran #Geopolitics #MilitaryStrategy #ForeignPolicy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/09/china/us-experience-fighting-iran-lessons-china-intl-hnk-ml
"The parent company of Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform – one of the president’s preferred communications channels – lost nearly $406m in the first three months of the year while generating a little over $870,000 in revenue, according to financial filings."
#TrumpMedia #TrumpBusiness #TrumpFailure #TrumpCorruption #Trump
Guantanamo Bay would be a great place for Trump to retire (i.e. be imprisoned)
#DumpTrump in #GuantanamoBay detention camp.
Here's an excellent article from Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) regarding US Military morale under the current administration. It's not too long so give it a read.
Here's a quote from near the end of the article: "Morale is not measured in press releases. It is felt in formations, command posts, and quiet conversations."
In my opinion the #USMilitary deserve better than what they are getting from #PeteHegseth and #DonaldTrump
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/american-military-year-end-review-2025
I'm quite certain the #NavySeals assigned to #SealTeamSix have some thoughts about the naming of this "team of elite private sector businessmen"
"The Department of Defense launched a team of elite private sector businessmen tasked with handling and approving defense contractor negotiations, aimed at fixing the former “broken Pentagon bureaucracy.”
"Dubbed “Deal Team Six,” the crew is tasked with creating better deals with defense companies to ensure their production of U.S. military equipment is not at the expense of the taxpayer, but that of the contractor, according to a Thursday social media video posted by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth."
#DealTeamSix #USMilitary #DepartmentOfDefense #DOD #DepartmentOfWar #DOW #PeteHegseth
Big Picture Science for May. 25, Skeptic Check: Cryptids
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Bigfoot could get official status if proposed legislation passes making it the state cryptid of California. If nothing else, the effort shows that fascination with cryptids has an outsized footprint on our culture. We look at why mythical creatures continue to capture imaginations - as well as passions - of die-hard believers, despite no evidence for their existence. An author uncovers the origin of a beloved hoax in the American West and its unexpected ties to a real animal and historical medical breakthrough. But are we looking for creature delights in all the wrong places? A tally of Earth’s species reveals that far more remain unidentified than are currently known. Newly discovered critters such as the Yeti crab and an organism dubbed the Flying Spaghetti Monster are so strange, it challenges us to separate fauna fact from folktale.
Guests:
* Chris Rogers – Assemblymember, California’s 2nd Assembly District
* Benjamin Radford – Deputy Editor of Skeptical Inquirer Science Magazine, author, and co-host of Squaring the Strange podcast
* Michael Branch – Writer, humorist, and author of On the Trail of the Jackalope: How a Legend Captured the World’s Imagination and Helped Us Cure Cancer
* Boris Worm – Marine ecologist, Professor of Biology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Originally aired April 14, 2025
Download podcast at - https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/skeptic-check-cryptids
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Raiders of the Epstein Files!
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decision to approve the sale and marketing of four fruit- or mint-flavored vapes marks a significant rollback of Biden administration restrictions that had banned many of these products."
#Trump #FDA #Vaping #DumpTrump
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-trump-administration-is-bringing-back-flavored-vapes-advocates-and-lawmakers-say-the-risks-outweigh-the-benefits/
Let's hope the next candidate for US Secretary of HHS will be as happy at the inauguration of the next US President.
#Hungary #USPolitics #HHS #DumpTrump #Trump
https://apnews.com/video/hungarys-next-health-minister-dances-outside-parliament-after-magyar-sworn-in-42d43b4677034b4e81674a04289071f8
