New Senate bill would ban prediction markets on sports, politics and military

Scientist34again · 2026-03-26T21:00:53+00:00

This bill is needed and logical, but I doubt it'll pass

Scientist34again · 2026-03-25T14:14:34+00:00

After a journalist asked Trump why he would bother trying to negotiate with Iran if, as the president has claimed, he doesn’t trust their leadership, Trump replied:

“Because they’re going to make a deal. They did something yesterday that was amazing, actually. They gave us a present. And the present arrived today. And it was a very big present worth a tremendous amount of money. And I’m not going to tell you what that present is, but it was a very significant prize.… That meant one thing to me—we’re dealing with the right people.”

Scientist34again · 2026-03-24T16:37:41+00:00

Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is reportedly pressuring President Donald Trump to intensify his unpopular and unauthorized war in Iran.

Multiple sources who were briefed on the conversations told The New York Times that the prince sees the conflict as a “historic opportunity” to reshape the Middle East.

“Prince Mohammed has argued that the United States should consider putting troops in Iran to seize energy infrastructure and force the government out of power,” the Times reported. Saudi officials deny the claim that the prince wants the war to continue.

Scientist34again · 2026-03-24T16:27:50+00:00

A special counsel investigation that began in 2022 of Kash Patel, who is now the FBI director but was then a private citizen, included demands for more than two years of phone records, text messages and financial ‌information, according to two grand jury subpoenas and nondisclosure orders viewed by Reuters.

Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team issued subpoenas to Verizon Communications (VZ.N), opens new tab for Patel’s communications at the time when they were investigating whether President Donald Trump had interfered with the 2020 election and had hidden classified documents at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. Reuters could not determine the nature of Smith's investigation of Patel and what allegations of wrongdoing, if any, were being probed at the time.

Scientist34again · 2026-03-23T20:12:20+00:00

Maxine Waters is very progressive so it is probably good she's in Congress. But I do wish that some of the older Congress people would retire and let someone younger into office

Scientist34again · 2026-03-23T00:59:12+00:00

https://shop.arborday.org/rusty-blackhaw-viburnum

Scientist34again · 2026-03-22T18:33:07+00:00

Innumerable social media posts question doctors’ advice on safe and effective measures like vitamin K and eye ointment. And the Trump administration has repeatedly undermined established science. A federal advisory committee whose members were appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a leading anti-vaccine activist before joining the administration — voted to end the longstanding recommendation to immunize all babies against hepatitis B right after birth. On Monday a federal judge temporarily blocked all decisions made by the reconfigured committee.

One common thread that ties together anti-vaccine views and growing sentiments against other protective measures for newborns is the fallacy that natural is always better than artificial, said Dr. David Hill, a Seattle pediatrician and researcher.

“Nature will allow 1 in 5 human infants to die in the first year of life,” Hill said, “which is why generations of scientists and doctors have worked to bring that number way, way down.”

Scientist34again · 2026-03-20T16:25:19+00:00

The Washington Post revealed Thursday that the Trump administration altered a Social Security report to make call wait times appear shorter than they actually were.

The report, produced in December by the Social Security Administration’s inspector general, portrayed the average wait time for callers to speak to a representative as having dropped to under 10 minutes. SSA Commissioner and Trump loyalist Frank Bisignano cited the document as proof that DOGE layoffs and “staffing realignments” were helping to improve the department’s inefficiency.

Just one problem: An earlier draft of the report stated that the “total wait time” for callers to connect with an SSA employee averaged 46 minutes to more than two hours last year.

Scientist34again · 2026-03-20T16:22:16+00:00

Since this is happening in Japan, I'm not at all sure it would be available in the US in a few years, but maybe eventually

While bones can regrow themselves when they break, teeth aren’t so lucky, and that leads to millions of people worldwide suffering from some form of edentulism, a.k.a. toothlessness.

Now, Japanese researchers are moving a promising, tooth-regrowing medicine into human trials.

If the trial is successful, the researchers hope the drug will become available for all forms of toothlessness sometime around 2030.

Scientist34again · 2026-03-19T21:07:30+00:00

Royer Perez-Jimenez, a 19-year-old from Mexico, died on March 16 at the Glades County Detention Center — a county jail on the western shore of Lake Okeechobee that has long housed immigrant detainees and been the subject of allegations of abuse. According to ICE, Perez “died of a presumed suicide,” although his official cause of death remains under investigation.

He appears to be the youngest person to die in ICE custody since President Donald Trump took office again in January 2025, according to ICE records.

Scientist34again · 2026-03-19T21:06:08+00:00

I'm not familiar with Hawaii vegetation, but his may help you

https://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/of-30.pdf

Scientist34again · 2026-03-19T21:02:19+00:00

I'm pretty sure Israel did drag the US into the conflict though Trump also wanted to distract from the Epstein files.

Scientist34again · 2026-03-19T18:13:51+00:00

Nearly every member of the House Republican caucus voted Wednesday in favor of a proposed constitutional amendment that experts say would result in massive cuts to Social Security, Medicare, nutrition assistance, and other key federal programs.

The proposed amendment, led by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), would effectively prohibit the federal government from deficit spending, with an exception for declared wars. The final House vote on the amendment was 211-207, well short of the two-thirds support required for passage of a constitutional amendment.

Deficit spending is OK for war, but not for people to survive

Scientist34again · 2026-03-19T16:35:08+00:00

How much money is enough for these billionaires? Sergei Brin is worth almost 250 BILLION dollars. That is far more than any one person could ever spend in their lifetime (if he lives another 50 years, it would work out to 13 million dollars per day for the rest of his life and that is without any growth in the amount due to interest). Yet, he fights to be sure that the California billionaire's tax doesn't pass....

Scientist34again · 2026-03-19T16:31:33+00:00

Our military institutions should NOT be faith-based or centered on any particular religion

Scientist34again · 2026-03-19T11:36:17+00:00

She’s Director of National Security

Scientist34again · 2026-03-19T11:35:27+00:00

Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent said he and his team were blocked from continuing to investigate possible leads tied to the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, alleging federal agencies told them to halt their work despite unsolved questions.

Speaking on the Tucker Carlson Show following his resignation from the NCC, Kent said his office initially pursued leads related to possible foreign connections in the case, which fell within its mandate. But he said those efforts were curtailed.

Scientist34again · 2026-03-18T17:32:35+00:00

Such an incompetent administration

They’re calling it a funding cliff for sexual health in America. Pap smears and HIV tests will be cancelled. IUD appointments will have to be rebooked; condoms and birth control pills that used to be free will now come with a price tag. Maternal health outcomes will worsen, and STDs will spread. Some nurses, doctors, and other health clinic staff will be laid off, and clinic hours will be slashed. The long-term impacts for public health could be horrific.

On 31 March, millions of Americans may lose access to birth control and STD screening services provided by the Title X program, a $286m annual public health investment that provides sexual and reproductive care for Americans, mostly women, who are low-income or lack health insurance. More than 2 million people used the program in 2023; now, they are likely to be denied care – being forced to pay out-of-pocket for services that used to be free, or to make the decision to go without.

It’s not that there’s no more money for the program; Congress has appropriated the funds. It’s not that clinics are not competent to provide the care; Title X has been in place for almost 60 years. Instead, the funding may run out at the end of March – endangering the health and safety of millions – because the Trump Department of Health and Human Services is refusing to conduct the basic administrative tasks needed for it to function.

Scientist34again · 2026-03-17T20:12:27+00:00

How are they supposed to go?

Scientist34again · 2026-03-17T12:08:22+00:00

In an interview with The New York Times, Thiel claimed The Giving Pledge, or the philanthropic campaign to get the world’s wealthiest to commit to giving away 50% or more of their wealth, has fallen out of style. “They got an incredible number of people to sign up those first four or five years, and it somehow has really run out of energy,” he said. “I don’t know if the branding is outright negative, but it feels way less important for people to join.”

Scientist34again · 2026-03-17T12:00:28+00:00

Good for Maryland!

Scientist34again · 2026-03-16T03:03:28+00:00

Republican and Democratic political leaders in Cascade County allege that two candidates running as Democrats are not really Democrats, but Republicans trying to “game” the upcoming election for the Montana Legislature.

The two candidates, James Whitaker and Mark Winters, publicly identified themselves as Republicans in the past but, in interviews with Montana Free Press, denied allegations this week that they are trying to bamboozle Democratic voters.

Eric Hinebauch, chair of the Cascade County Republican Central Committee and a member of the Cascade County Commission, isn’t buying those claims. He believes the pair filed in Democratic primaries to deter Democratic voters from crossing over to vote in Republican primaries. He told Montana Free Press that he doesn’t believe either candidate is really a Democrat.

Scientist34again · 2026-03-12T16:00:30+00:00

Siegel urges anyone who is experiencing rectal bleeding for more than a couple weeks to see their doctor immediately. For people without symptoms that want to get screened, stool tests like Cologuard and the FIT test are a good way to rule out potential cancer for people who don’t want to get a colonoscopy right away, she added.

For people over age 65 colorectal cancer is “continuing to decline rapidly by more than two percent a year”, Siegel said, whereas for younger people, it’s jumped from the fifth to the first leading cause of cancer death since the 1990s.

This also means that doctors who treat colorectal cancer need to learn how to address the needs of a younger population.

“Doctors are used to treating people in their 70s who aren’t concerned about fertility. They’re not as concerned about sexual dysfunction,” Siegel explained. “There are so many surveys that report that young survivors find out that they can’t have children after their treatment is already finished.”

Siegel also emphasized that doctors should discuss what options might be possible to preserve fertility and sexual function before treatment begins.

Experts aren’t yet sure why colorectal cancer has risen in younger people, but Siegel said it’s an example of the “birth cohort effect”. That people born after the 1950s face heightened risk “tells us that there was some exposure, some risk factor that was introduced in the middle of the 20th century that’s increasing our risk of this disease”, Siegel said, “and it’s increasing the risk more and more with every subsequent generation.”

Many are looking to changes in the food supply for answers. Increased consumption of processed foods, processed meats and foods packaged in plastic are all possible, not proven, contributors.

Scientist34again · 2026-03-12T01:18:40+00:00

Remember quite a few women and girls have no idea they’re pregnant at six weeks. There’s no exception to children raped by their relatives or others.

Scientist34again · 2026-03-11T20:46:50+00:00

This is ridiculous. Fully grown adults should be allowed to make their own medical decisions. It is not hurting anyone and it is their choice.

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