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Join us for some free, family friendly fun this Saturday at Breakheart Reservation in Saugus for Maple Sugarin’ Days! From 10am to 2pm. Learn the process of making maple syrup and the Indigenous proc... TikTok video by MassDCR

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‘We Can’t Afford All These Humans’: A Doctor's Take on AI in Health Care We talk with physician and writer Bob Wachter about why he’s cautiously optimistic that artificial intelligence will usher in a ‘golden age’ of medicine — and the questions he still has about these powerful new tools.

We sat down with physician and writer @bobwachter.bsky.social
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Six Federal Scientists Run Out by Trump Talk About the Work Left Undone - KFF Health News Cancer treatments, disease outbreaks, addiction science: Scientists say an exodus from the National Institutes of Health will harm the nation's ability to respond to illness.

“There’s been a fundamental destruction.”

Scientists are leaving the National Institutes of Health in droves under President Donald Trump.

@rachanadpradhan.bsky.social & @k-hought.bsky.social report on what's left behind ⤵️

"Clips Method Not Patched Yet": The Evolution of the Beatpack How producers using Soundcloud as an unsanctioned marketplace has created new ways to package, sell, and showcase instrumentals.

"How producers using Soundcloud as an unsanctioned marketplace has created new ways to package, sell, and showcase instrumentals." Note byline.
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Melanie, a white woman with long brown hair, stands in front of the river in New York City, smiling.

Drop a heart for our new podcast producer, Melanie Marich!

And stay tuned for season two of Still Here, coming soon to your favorite podcast app! bit.ly/3PhvDr0

"Clips Method Not Patched Yet": The Evolution of the Beatpack How producers using Soundcloud as an unsanctioned marketplace has created new ways to package, sell, and showcase instrumentals.

How producers using Soundcloud as an unsanctioned marketplace has created new ways to package, sell, and showcase instrumentals.
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SEC Annual Report Confirms Decline in Whistleblower Award Payments The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) FY2025 Annual Report confirms an overall decline in whistleblower award payments in 2025. WNN

"If the SEC continues to deny whistleblower awards, whistleblower advocates warn that consequences could follow. Whistleblowers will be less likely to speak up..."
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Have a question about government records? By Massachusetts law, these are supposed to be open and accessible. All you have to do is file a request. (This is often called a FOIA request, short for the ... TikTok video by The Boston Globe

Shocking how bad Mass. Is on public records www.tiktok.com/t/ZTh7nxvMa/

Social Media on Trial, HHS & Midterms, Testosterone Therapy, Predicting Prostate Cancer, and More! Email from National Center for Health Research   Health News Digest, February 2026 We're Speaking Out For You Improving safety in Alzheimer's treatment In response to the HHS request for public commen

What is the latest news about preventing, diagnosing, and treating serious diseases? Do older men need hormone replacement therapy?

Find out in our NCHR February Digest!

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Drugmaker lobbying reaches historic high The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America spent nearly $38 million on lobbying last year, the highest annual total on record.

And it isn't just Congress!

PhRMA is lobbying FDA and the White House, and despite RFK's promises to not be a sockpuppet for industry, lobbying is paying off.

#BigPharma #Lobbying #FDA

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Immigration Enforcement’s Twin Threats to Health Care Patients are afraid to show up to medical appointments, while workers are being detained, deported or losing their visa statuses.

Immigration enforcement is posing twin threats to healthcare for immigrants.

Patients are afraid to show up to medical appointments. Plus, doctors, nurses, and home health aids are being detained, deported or losing their visa status.

Families Defend Disability Services Amid Medicaid Cuts - KFF Health News Idaho is positioning to slash Medicaid funding as state lawmakers grapple with the effects of the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law last year. On the tab...

In the wake of the federal Big Beautiful Bill, state lawmakers in Idaho and elsewhere are mulling cuts to Medicaid services that help disabled people live at home or in their communities.

“We just hold our breath every legislative session,” says one mother.

@realbrambo.bsky.social reports ⤵️

How AI Can Both Detect and Enable Fraudulent Research - The Monitor | KFF A new study finds that nearly 10% of cancer research papers showed signs of being fabricated by “paper mills”. The problem may intensify as generative AI becomes more sophisticated, prompting lawmaker...

From The Monitor: Claims that doctors are financially incentivized to promote vaccines may be contributing to vaccine hesitancy and declining trust, even as recent analyses show doctors typically break even or lose money when administering vaccines. https://on.kff.org/4u5nB4L

States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment

Tens of thousands of Americans are losing access to treatment for H.I.V. as nearly 20 states impose restrictions on assistance programs and several others weigh such changes.

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Una foto que muestra a un grupo de 10 jóvenes salvavidas con medallas de oro y sosteniendo un trofeo con el texto "Únete a nuestro equipo. Puestos de salvavidas disponibles. Gana entre 22 y 27 dólares por hora. Forma parte de un equipo. Trabaja al aire libre. Salva vidas. Mass.gov/lifeguards."

Únete a nuestro equipo. Puestos de salvavidas disponibles. Gana entre 22 y 27 dólares por hora. Forma parte de un equipo. Trabaja al aire libre. Salva vidas. bit.ly/DCRLifeguards

#CapeCod #2026 snow

High Wire: Calder's Circus at 100 at the Whitney is a full-circle moment for director Scott Rothkopf. Celebrate the centennial of Alexander Calder’s groundbreaking Calder’s Circus featuring an unforge... TikTok video by Whitney Museum

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Hungry for Affirmation, Vulnerable to Scams: As a Writer, I Know the Feeling

Hungry for Affirmation, Vulnerable to Scams: As a Writer, I Know the Feeling www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/b...

Bird Flu Strikes California Elephant Seals for the First Time

A lethal form of bird flu, which has already killed tens of thousands of elephant seals in the Southern Hemisphere, is now spreading in a colony of elephant seals in California.

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‘Truly unforgettable’: A massive nor’easter couldn’t stop this Boston couple from getting married - The Boston Globe The newly married couple smiled together on an empty Newbury Street, made snow angels and threw snowballs in the Public Garden, and jumped into the growing piles of snow on Commonwealth Avenue.

Another picture. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/25/m...

Family Table Collaborative | Food security Cape Cod | 1338 MA-28, South Yarmouth, MA 02664, United States Family Table Collaborative is dedicated to ending food insecurity on Cape Cod by providing fresh, nutritious meals to those in need. Visit us at 1338 MA-28, South Yarmouth, MA, and join our mission to...

Power's still out on Cape Cod. These folks are feeding people and making sure they are fed, storm or not. www.familytablecollaborative.org

I just love this picture.

Opinion | The Iranian Regime Has Committed a Massacre (Gift Article) We surveyed medical workers across 14 cities and 11 provinces about their experiences treating wounded protesters.

The Washington-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, which tallies only victims it can identify, has reported at least 6,800 protest-related deaths www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

On Time's top Med 100. Why does every thing have to be ranked? lnkd.in/gJZPHbEH

Green Eggs and Ham narrated by the Reverend Jesse Jackson YouTube video by skolander

He did many great things . This was onehttps://youtube.com/watch?v=A1mqg4C0awA

Hospitals Fighting Measles Confront a Challenge: Few Doctors Have Seen It Before - KFF Health News As the number of cases grows to about 1,000 in the Carolinas, health care workers who’ve never seen the vaccine-preventable disease can get caught by surprise.

Measles was supposed to be history in the U.S., but it’s spreading among unvaccinated children in South and, now, North Carolina. Health experts warn it’s hard to tell it apart from other sicknesses. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Jeffrey Epstein’s tissue samples ignited a furor in the Harvard lab of George Church Exclusive: Harvard geneticist George Church knew more about Jeffrey Epstein's activities than he has previously said, before accepting new donations from the sex offender.

At a Harvard lab in 2013, the Personal Genome Project had an odd request.

There was a push to fast-track one person's tissue sample for genome sequencing, ahead of some that had been waiting for years.

When the person's ID was revealed, uproar broke out:

Building Tomorrow: A Special Look at the Future of Housing “Building Tomorrow” is a special collaboration between Marketplace and This Old House Radio Hour that asks a simple but urgent question: How do we build homes that can last the next hundred years?

In this special collaboration between Marketplace and This Old House Radio Hour, we ask a simple but urgent question: How do we build homes that can last the next hundred years?

Photo of two brightly colored pinkish purple pansy flowers. Greenery and other pansies are visible in the background.

Good morning friends, want to share a bit of brightness with you all. Have a wonderful day! 🌱
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#gardening

College Campuses Are in Upheaval Over Faculty Ties to Epstein From small art schools to large public universities, the new DOJ release of emails reveals just how deep the financier’s influence in academia went. Students are demanding accountability.

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