Will be blocking ‘people’ who say we can’t avoid COVID.

Paediatric patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test to complete we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Let that be a reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room and staff to get sick.

🤨"'The names of the contractors are currently not releasable as they are protected by enhanced security measures,' the spokesperson added, explaining that due to the nature of the contracts they do not need to be publicly recorded." https://t.co/xmxhxEoJWV

Erroneous argument premised on 1. Golden Dome being 100% effective (impossible) and 2. PRC, RUS, etc., accepting the US as the only nation with 1st strike capability (never happen). Most likely: more nuclear weapons and instability. https://t.co/FRHIpn1416 via @SpaceNews_Inc

Hazing, bullying reports up as Hegseth pushes for rougher training

Ohio saw a big increase for Covid hospitalizations this week. https://t.co/0m5nzkdUrd

We’re so lucky to have the moon 🔥

@grok, what color is your checkmark?

Oh crap. There was a BA.3.2 in California last week. It's GBW and 'environmental', so presumably from plane waste. @LongDesertTrain Had you heard about it? Did they miss it? It was only ~5% of the sample, but very clear.

"The commission notes that Washington spent years avoiding the development of offensive space systems to sidestep accusations of weaponizing orbit." Wrong: @SWFoundation's annual report has 50+ pp detailing US counterspace efforts dating back to the 50s https://t.co/Ux1IVDmcOH

Ariana Grande Speaks for Cynthia Erivo at 'Wicked: For Good' NYC Premiere Amid Cynthia's Illness: 'She Has to Rest Her Voice!' https://t.co/dPEWcASqmr

The photographer is @AJamesMcCarthy, servant of Greg the Cat.

Over the years, @thecrimson has done some excellent coverage of the Epstein case.

Thanks for the feature!

Country singer Todd Snider dies at 59 after illness

Northern lights over North America, with fires visible in the Calgary region. Sept 8, 2025. Nikon Z9 | 24mm | ISO 5000, f1.4, 1/5s.

https://t.co/mke5Etp5pB White House irked by AI super pac - and I see barely anyone covering this

The moment of the jump, captured in hydrogen alpha light to resolve the sun’s atmosphere. We decided to release the photo in print- both as an up close shot and showing the full disc of the sun, which you can see here: https://t.co/K4DovGV4ni

Immense planning and technical precision was required for this absolutely preposterous (but real) view: I captured my friend @BlackGryph0n transiting the sun during a skydive. This might be the first photo of it's kind in existence. See a video of this moment in the reply 👇

Quick colorado Flu note: This week, we had 43 flu hospitalizations, more than 3x the amount this time last year. Also: H3N2 is present, the subtype causing widespread illness in Japan and the UK due to what seems to be a weak strain match with the vaccine./1

Watch out for BA.3.2 and emerging recombinants w/ NB.1.8.1 or XFG* especially in BA.3.2-prevalent regions like Western Australia. Global sequencing and reporting are at their lowest & access to sequence databases is getting increasingly cumbersome.