Notices by Steve Silberman (stevesilberman@newsie.social)

Today is the 179th birthday of Scientific American, the oldest continuous publication in America, according to editor Laura Helmuth. I'm so proud to be a columnist for SciAm. The late Oliver Sacks' assistant Kate Edgar told me it was his favorite magazine. Oliver not only read every issue, he saved them in his library in bound volumes.

The best hashtag I've seen yet for JD Vance: #HillbillyVanilli.

How RFK Jr. betrayed his followers and flushed whatever legacy he had left as an "environmental warrior" down the toilet to kiss the ass of the former president most hostile to protecting the environment in history. https://wapo.st/3yZIO8g

The best thing about RFK Jr. endorsing Trump is that now I can spend less time as an autism historian explaining to nudnik anti-vaxxers in my friends' social networks that his books and speeches are full of lies. I can just say, "What on Earth is wrong with you?"

To mock the rule of law and the Constitution, prominent terrorist cult leader and rapist to host "J6 Awards Gala" on his golf course to raise funds for the murderous thugs who attacked cops that day. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-jan-6-awards-gala_n_66c77f6be4b0b9c7b3609dab

No, I'm not going to repost Ann Coulter's mocking of Tim Walz's beautiful son Gus. She's a talking toilet, a vile, wicked creature from the Sociopathic Lagoon, a worst-case human scenario who claimed the 9/11 widows were "enjoying" their husbands' deaths. She makes people nastier and more ignorant every time she opens her lips.

I'm all for the politics of joy, but watch this to remind yourself of the horror of what Trump and his cult unleashed on Jan. 6 - and are planning to unleash again to destroy our democracy. Trump is not a candidate, he's a criminal who should be dying in prison.

https://www.threads.net/@kamalahq/post/C-8-tllJ-LU?xmt=AQGzDgS9-M1pl1jozSQODO9zOKFwUgJINx95mPRIFELPfA

The bottom line is, we've all been traumatized by the past nine years. It's been a scarring nightmare, like people experience in abusive families, more than we could even speak. Our nation has needed this healing. [📸 Demetrius Freeman]

One of the most important articles you could read about what's really at stake in this election. This is the kind of incisive coverage we desperately need more of. Please read and spread this gift link. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/21/opinion/trump-second-term-2025.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ek4.MGLi.HFM1Ziql-h-t&smid=em-share

So many people are getting the story about the JD Vance ordering Swiss on his cheesesteak slightly wrong. It's not that he was so clueless as to order such a thing. It's worse: Vance was making fun of the war hero Sen. John Kerry, who was ridiculed in August 2003 for making the same order, while being swiftboated by the GOP. In other words, it was a deep cut of GOP ratf*ckery, resurrected by Vance because he's a really, really weird creep.

Are we still pretending that this blathering, blithering, disoriented mess is less impaired than Biden was when every other headline was about how Biden must drop out for the good of the nation? JUST CHECKING. https://www.threads.net/@kamalahq/post/C-3UmD7sfoI?xmt=AQGzT6S7tP9bcnAP5wwFtf8pEjDPKYpb01jr0xdiTqteKQ

Best news I've heard in days: To fight inevitable GOP ratf*ckery at the polls and after, until the election results are certified, the Harris/Walz team have hired a crew of top election lawyers, including @marc.e.elias of @democracydocket, who are girding for a fight. [gift link] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/us/elections/democrats-election-legal-challenges.html?unlocked_article_code=1.D04.wqCf.rjhG7YARurXJ&smid=url-share

JD Vance is SO bad at this: "Giving Kamala Harris control over inflation policy, it's like giving Jeffrey Epstein control over human trafficking policy."

No, you bizarre, clownish creep, you're literally *running* with a guy whose name keeps popping up in Jeffrey Epstein's notebooks.

🚨🚨🚨A five-alarm fire: Georgia's Republican Secretary of State warns that even if Harris and Walz win, the Trump team will force election officials to lie about results with a barrage of lawsuits. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/us/politics/brad-raffensperger-2020-georgia-election.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DU4.NCd6.Ue0uwKEjw-nJ&smid=url-share

Urgent: With a blathering racist sociopath and a perpetually faceplanting buffoon at the helm, it's clear the GOP's Plan A for election 2024 is to rely on voter suppression and corrupt officials. Between now and November 5, *check the status of your voter registration* even if you think you're all set. It's easy. https://vote.gov/register/

When you're an LGBTQ+ kid growing up in America, one book in which you see your life reflected can save you from self-harm. This mountain of books thrown in the trash by the GOP ideologues who have ruined New College of Florida is bone-chilling to see. https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/education/2024/08/15/new-college-of-florida-throws-away-hundreds-of-library-books-diversity-lgbtq/74814756007/

Aw, *so cute*! Trump's rally in Asheville tonight is like a miniature doll's house version of one of Kamala's rallies. Don't worry, big guy. They'll love you in the prison chow line.

GOP family values! Trump-supporting (see https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/who-is-bobby-george-entrepreneur-restauranteur-accused-of-rape-attempted-murder/ar-AA1oJHoN) "Christian" restaurateur outraged by Olympics opening ceremony accused of rape, assault, attempted murder, shoving a towel down a woman's throat. https://nypost.com/2024/08/13/us-news/ohio-businessman-bobby-george-arrested-for-attempted-murder-rape-kidnapping/

Imagine trusting this guy to build cities on Mars. "We've got a billion oxygen tanks left!"

"Trump has never had an opponent that made him go: 'Oh f*ck, these people mean business.' Now he does." https://newrepublic.com/article/184754/donald-trump-freaked-out-harris-walz-attacks