Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

A Peptide, a Secretive Scientist, and a Debate Over Evidence

RFK, Jr. is backing a peptide out of Zagreb, BPC-157, which has lots of fans and very little evidence. What could go wrong?

Blair Invokes AI to Revive TINA, Denying TIARA

Swamp creature Tony Blair emerges to tell the suffering public that they should accept even more hardship because AI.

Climate Denier Group Pushes States to Embrace Coal Power for Data Centers

Moneyed interests are linking support of two bête noires, coal and data centers, to better shove them down voters’ throats

Michael Hudson Warns: Imminent Economic Catastrophe – War, Oil Crisis & Bond Market Panic

Michael Hudson explains how the financier-friendly medicine of higher interest rates will only make the impending economic crisis worse.

AI is Hungry for Power and You Are Footing the Bill

AI promises efficiency in offices but its insatiable power needs are making life more costly for communities at large.

HHS’ Healthy Food Agenda Puts Hospitals on Notice About Patients’ Meals

HHS arouses ire via messaging and a gimmick to try to get hospitals to serve less gawd-awful meals.

US-Led Sanctions: The End of a Regime

Why the US sanctions regime has become a dead letter.

Supreme Court Justices Weigh Monsanto Bid to Block Warning Lawsuits in Glyphosate Litigation

A good recap of the Monsanto glyphosate case now before the Supreme Court, including its broader implications.

Why Food Additives May Not Be FDA Reviewed

Discussing a decades-old FDA loophole for putting new ingredients into the country’s food supply.

Defending TrumpRx Scam, RFK Jr. Absurdly Claims Trump ‘Has His Own Way of Calculating’ Percentages

Not only is Trump inventing his own school of math. but he is also pretending that paying more than market rates for drugs is a savings.

Home Care Workers Launch Hunger Strike as 24-Hour Work Shifts Persist

The battle over 24-hour care shifts has pitted the mostly immigrant women against vulnerable patients who rely on round-the-clock care.

Economic Questions: Guy Standing and the Rise of the Precariat

Guy Standing’s notion of the precariat, and his policy observations and prescriptions.

Psilocybin Mushrooms Are Going Mainstream, but Scientific Research and Regulation Lag Behind

Less is known about psilocybin mushrooms than you might think even as their popularity and potency of products like edibles rises.

Can I Opt Out of Having My Doctor Take Notes With AI?

What if anything you can do to prevent recording and AI transcriptions/summaries of doctor visits.