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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 10h

Case in point: staff of Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, #CDC's critical information tool. Most MMWR staff were informed Friday they'd been RIF'd, leaving it unclear what the future of the publication would be. It appears these firings have been rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

Deep cuts made to CDC's flagship MMWR publication reversed hours later

Deep cuts made to CDC's flagship MMWR publication have been reversed hours later.

www.statnews.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14h

So now the Administration are saying that the mass firing of CDC scientists, including many responsible for preventing outbreaks, was an “error” and many will be brought back.

Whether by intention or incompetence, dismantling public health will kill people.

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Dana Hull @danahull.bsky.social · 10h

Don't see this often in the 311 reports about blight! @mateosfo.bsky.social @cayimby.bsky.social

"LA “developer” Frankieflex replaces four below market rate homes with one architectural tragedy."

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Blight-PRIVATE PROPERTY ONLY- Trash, debris, graffiti, weeds. Residential or Commercial Properties

LA “developer” Frankieflex replaces four below market rate homes with one architectural tragedy. The neighborhood agrees this eye sore is a crime against good taste. The house sits unsold and unloved ...

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 13h

The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

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Dana Hull @danahull.bsky.social · 12h

Oakland friends: it is slated to rain on Monday so this is my periodic reminder to "clear the drain before the rain" and adopt a storm drain. It's also very helpful to pick up trash on your street for an hour if you have the time/capacity.

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Adopt-A-Drain

Oakland Adopt-A-Drain program seeks volunteers to help keep storm drains clear of debris.

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Dana Hull @danahull.bsky.social · 20h

Tesla gets a lot of LFP battery cells from CATL for its energy storage products

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 20h

In the first seven months of 2025, Chinese grid-scale lithium-ion batteries accounted for about 65% of US imports, according to the most recent data available from BNEF.

China’s New Weapon in US Trade Talks: Batteries

The US is heavily reliant on Chinese batteries as it seeks to stabilize the grid and support explosive data center demand for power.

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Dana Hull @danahull.bsky.social · 21h

If you are in NYC, go see this play at Irish Rep. I loved it. Great theater.

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The Honey Trap - Irish Repertory Theatre

A New York Premiere on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage By Leo McGann Directed by Matt Torney Featuring Michael Hayden, Doireann MacMahon, Daniel Marconi, Samantha Mathis, Molly Ranson, Harrison T...

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 23h

The Nobel *Peace* Prize winner is cool with murdering civilians on boats

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Dana Hull @danahull.bsky.social · 21h

I love the history lesson embedded within this

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Dana Hull @danahull.bsky.social · 1d

that means a lot--thank you!

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Chad Kirchner @chadkirchner.com · 1d

One side note: @lorak.bsky.social and @danahull.bsky.social have been tirelessly reporting truthfully and fairly about Elon for a long time. Trump isn’t their beat, but I implicitly trust their reporting.

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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 1d

Well, I mean..

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 2d

How Mark Bray, author of the book on antifa, was targeted with death threats:

— Trump signs EO designating antifa as terrorists
— DHS memo warns about "antifa-aligned" individuals
— Far-right trolls target Bray on X
— TPUSA treasurer launches petition against Bray

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He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7d

It’s never too late to start masking again.

It can be daunting to mask back up when no one else is bothering, but your health is worth it.

Every Covid infection is a dice roll with disability, and a good respirator like an N95 stops chains of transmission.

You’ll also get less colds & flus!

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 7d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 7d

In ruling that the government cannot deploy the National Guard in Portland

A federal judge finds that president Trump lied

“this Court concludes that the President did not have a ‘colorable basis’ to..federalize the National Guard..The President’s determination was simply untethered to the facts”

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 7d

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

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Dana Hull @danahull.bsky.social · 7d

Oakland dioramas! Even a side show

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 7d

They’re! Still! Using! Signal! (And! Badly!)

taber @kvetch.gay · 8d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

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Dana Hull @danahull.bsky.social · 8d

Slow Horses season 5 has it all: masculinity crisis, PTSD

a man wearing a watch stands in front of a metal fence

ALT: a man wearing a watch stands in front of a metal fence

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taber @kvetch.gay · 8d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 8d

Isaac Chotiner interviews the Bluesky Moderation team.

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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 8d

🎧 On this week’s show: @jamellebouie.net on how fear of Trump is holding us back, and Corey Robin on eerie parallels between now and McCarthysim. lnk.to/onthemedia/b...

On the Media

The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transp...

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