Mastodawn

Pfizer just announced that its Lyme disease vaccine reduced the number of tick-borne infections by over 70% in a phase 3 trial.

Warning: GSK pulled a Lyme vaccine in 2002 despite studies showing it posed no serious safety risks.

Any new Lyme vaccine is going to be a huge target for antivaxxers.

Steve of Mastodon 4d ago

George Takei

🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽4d ago

Trump kicked a hornet’s nest and is whining that the hornets are furious and everyone is getting stung.

Steve of Mastodon Mar 19

JuneSim63 💚Mar 19

About 7% of England’s land – an area roughly two-and-a-half times the size of Cornwall – will need to be given over to nature, forests and renewable energy, to meet the UK’s environmental targets, new data shows.

#Nature #Forests #Renewables #Biodiversity #Wilslife

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/18/england-land-use-framework-nature-renewables-environmental-targets

England should give over 7% of land to nature and renewables to meet environmental targets, data shows

Government’s first published land use framework maps how land is used and how it can be adapted to meet changing needs

The Guardian

Steve of Mastodon Mar 17

Cathy Gellis
America’s Diminished Place In The World And The Consequences Of Not Impeaching
17 Mar 2026 at 09:57

1º para: It has long been clear: Trump needs to be removed from office before he can inflict even more damage than he already has. But he doesn’t just need to be stopped; for America to have a future he also needs to be repudiated. Impeachment speaks to each need, to both make clear his behavior is beyond anything we would ever tolerate as well as remove his capacity to continue it.

Steve of Mastodon Mar 16

George Takei

🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Mar 16

When the outlook is so poor that you have to crack down on reporting about it, it's a sign you’re in an authoritarian system.

Steve of Mastodon Mar 13

Randahl Fink Mar 13

Those who keep complaining that wind turbines do not work when the winds are not blowing, just realized that oil does not work when the Hormuz Strait is not open.

Steve of Mastodon Mar 13

Ewen Bell 📸Mar 13

Every so often I check the comments on the YouTube channel and there's usually at least one person who wanted to say thanks and I feel good.

Then there'll be one person every few weeks who just leaves a mean comment for the sake of being negative. I can't understand why some folks put their energy into bringing others down. Serves no purpose.

There's enough to bollocks happening in this world without being that kind of dude.

Steve of Mastodon Mar 13

GeofCox Mar 13

Almost 50 cities in France have already done away with paid tickets... "Nearly three million people in France can now use urban public transport without paying a fare. That number is likely to grow after the municipal elections... given the proliferation of proposals to make urban transport at least partially free."

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2026/03/12/french-cities-steady-march-toward-free-public-transport_6751388_19.html

French cities' steady march toward free public transport

Ahead of the municipal elections, candidates across the country have promised fare-free transport. Almost 50 cities have already done away with paid tickets, compared to just six before the 2000s.

Le Monde

Steve of Mastodon Mar 13

JuneSim63 💚Mar 13

"Journalist Raffi Berg may be fighting for damages, but it's really the BBC in the dock – for being utterly wedded to an editor whose objectivity on Israel is so clearly in question"

#BBC #OwenJones #RaffiBerg

BBC editor's libel case against Owen Jones falls at the first hurdle. Here's why
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/bbc-editors-libel-case-against-owen

BBC editor's libel case against Owen Jones falls at the first hurdle. Here's why

Raffi Berg may be fighting for damages, but it's really the BBC in the dock – for being utterly wedded to an editor whose objectivity on Israel is so clearly in question

Jonathan Cook

Steve of Mastodon Mar 12

JuneSim63 💚Mar 12

Palantir’s NHS contract opens the door to the Big Brother-style data-sharing that Reform UK would use for a version of US immigration raids, health bosses have been told.

Goodness. And not Mahmood and Labour too?

#NoToPalantir #Palantir #NHS #Data

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/12/palantirs-nhs-england-contract-opens-door-to-government-abuse-of-power-health-bosses-told

Palantir’s NHS England contract ‘opens door to government abuse of power’, health bosses told

Health justice charity Medact says data-sharing potential could be used for UK version of US immigration raids

The Guardian