
The Present Illness Men's Hockey Goes From Hero to Zero
Feb 27, 2026
01:06:32
State of the Union bingo card; US Mens Hockey squanders the good vibes; RFK Jr’s HHS gets sued yet again for illegally messing with vaccination; Punch updates; Angry Quilters; Gen Z slang
Men’s Hockey Squanders Good Will
- Some of the US men’s hockey team reactions to the response to their “locker room talk”
- Ellen Hughes’s comments
- Hilary Knight’s reaction to the US men’s hockey team
- Arghavan’s post about the US men’s hockey team cavorting with the president
- Hockey mom Sara Wiles
- Andy Murray knows how to stand up for women
Another Lawsuit Against Antivax HHS:
- AGs Kris Mayes (AZ)and Rob Bonta (CA) announce lawsuit against HHS
- FDA’s refusal to evaluate Moderna flu vaccine (and later reversal of this decision)
- Moderna no longer investing in new late-stage vaccine trials
💊Take Two and Call Me in the Morning
- Arghavan’s post summarizing the story of Punch, the little monkey abandoned by his mother
- QuiltCon: The Quilters are angry
- Gen Z writes the Pasco Library script
- 77 year old art curator Alison Luchs uses Gen Z slang to teach
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Credits
- Production by Arghavan Salles & Alyssa Burgart
- Editing by Alyssa Burgart
- Theme Music by Joseph Uphoff
- Social Media by Arghavan Salles
