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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23h

The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 19h

Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 1d

“A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 19h

It’s a food industry magazine. And very helpful.

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 20h

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Sigh, yeah.

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 1d

If this holds up, it could be very handy for those of us who, you know, eat food.

Novel Salmonella Vaccine Shows Promise in Clinical Trial

The Trivalent Salmonella Conjugate Vaccine (TSCV), which simultaneously addresses typhoid fever and foodborne illness caused by non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica, elicited strong immune response in 10...

www.food-safety.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Just bone chilling. And when the imprisonment of critics is combined with his offer to enrich and immunize his loyalists, this is how democracies die fast.

But it's still our choice. Don't let him silence you.

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Lisa Gerrish 💙 @gerrishlisa.bsky.social · 1d

VT Governor, “We need stability right now in this country—we don’t need more unrest.… I don’t think our guard or the military should be used against our own people. It’s unconstitutional unless, of course, there’s an insurrection, like we saw Jan. 6 a few years ago.” 👏
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

“Unconstitutional”: Two GOP Governors Slam Trump’s Troop Deployments

Republican governors are finally calling out Donald Trump for using the National Guard to take over American cities.

www.yahoo.com

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 1d

“Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.” (gift article) Go, MIT!

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

This morning there is one Nobel Peace Prize winner, 8.1 billion or so people who did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, and one Nobel Peace Prize loser.

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks so much, Melanie. And Lab Dog is a terrific book.

melanie d.g. kaplan @melaniedgkaplan.bsky.social · 1d

Terrific @nytimes.com guest essay by @deborahb.bsky.social, who just stepped down as director of @ksjatmit.bsky.social. It's fair to say if she hadn't offered me a fellowship in 2021, my book might not exist.

Opinion | Can Trump End This Impossibly Cruel Practice?

www.nytimes.com

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 1d

Yep.

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 2d

This cites seven outbreaks of listeria, salmonella, and cyclospora in food, which have caused dozens of illnesses, since July. In NO case has the contaminated food product been identified. In case you wonder how the reduction of the FDA's food safety labs has been working for us all.

Investigations of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

The following is a list of outbreak and adverse event investigations primarily being managed by FDA’s CORE Response Teams.

www.fda.gov

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, George. And agreed.

Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 2d

Very good point.

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 2d

Good tip.

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, my understanding is that companies add it in for weight. Leas is basically odorless and lead dust report can taste a little sweet. So it’s a handy descriptive additive if you are dishonest.

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, exactly.

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 3d

New from me at The Dispatch: DHS says it's illegal to videotape ICE agents. That's not what the courts say. @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social

DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.

Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic.

thedispatch.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 2d

That’s what I use too. Also, just a great company.

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, most toxicologists agree that there is no safe level of lead, in part because it bioaccumulates.

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 2d

My understanding is that it's mostly the ground form and there is some evidence that manufacturers add powdered lead to some of these brands to increase the weight.

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