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Erik
@egveitikkje.bsky.social
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English professor丨slow cyclist 丨aging punk rocker 丨leftist丨sports fan: Bengals, Cavs, Yankees, Canadiens丨 wanna-be Scandinavian丨skeptic丨English, Norsk, & Français
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 1d
It took a while.
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 1d
Yes, but to be fair, they didn’t really report on the health of the last guy, either.
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d
Is it just me, or does it seem the press is actually and completely terrified to report about Donald Trump's physical and mental health the way it would have if anyone else were president?
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 6d
AI overviews are so stupid sometimes. For instance, I looked up information about passengers traveling on cargo ships and the AI summary included this long-winded thing about how there is "less luxury and all food is prepared by Filipino chefs."
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 11d
Oh, I get it now. Republicans want a smaller government so they keep shutting it down. There's nothing smaller than zero.
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 11d
Putting tariffs on films made outside of Hollywood is an excellent idea. It will help to finally bring nature documentaries about Antarctic wildlife back to American shores where they belong!

Oh, wait.

My bad. It's just another incredibly stupid thing in a long list of staggeringly terrible ideas.
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 11d
The fact the Ryan Rehkow has punted for more yards than the #Bengals offense has gained through a full month of the NFL season is a staggering statistic.
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 12d
Reading Henry V's lines as Trump is surprisingly effective at illustrating how the king refuses to admit he can make mistakes, places blame on other people, uses logical fallacies with reckless abandon, doesn't respect a lot of people, loves power, & is fine with people dying if it advances his aims
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 12d
The childlike conception of global economics undergirding this colossally stupid tariff policy is staggering in its ineptitude.
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 18d
Why should the humanities be a central part of education? Because we now have an HHS secretary who does not understand what post hoc ergo propter hoc is.
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 19d
ClearSky!
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 20d
Just in case you were confused, RFK, Jr.’s Tylenol——>autism B.S. is misogynistic
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 21d
I can’t wait to see some locker room video sponsored by Kettering Health where Zac Taylor praises the team for “not giving up” and “handling adversity.” #Bengals #WhoDey #ThisOneHurts
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 21d
I’ve been to a lot of Bengals games over the years…and I’ve seen some lousy games, but this is next-level “Remember the 90s” stuff.
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 21d
Go Packers.
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 21d
This game is a fucking disaster. Oh, my God. #Bengals #WhoDey
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 21d
Watching the #Bengals play the #Vikings in Minnesota. Who Dey!
U.S. Bank Stadium. Interior. U.S. Bank Stadium. Exterior.
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 23d
Donald Trump, who also visited Windsor Castle in 2018, just stated that he is the “first American president” to have visited. However, Presidents Wilson (1918), Eisenhower (1959), Nixon (1969), Reagan (1982), Clinton (1994 & 2000), Bush 2.0 (2003), Obama (2016),
& Biden (2021) did, too.
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 23d
Does Ivermectin kill brain worms? Asking for a “friend.”
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 23d
Well, that’s encouraging, at least. Thanks so much to Dr. Jacobs for her thoughtful, scientifically-sound commentary on the ACIP meetings.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 23d
The ACIP vote was tied 6-6 for requiring everyone to get a prescription for the COVID19 vaccine.

The chair broke the tie by voting NO.

Prescriptions will NOT be required.
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 23d
I remember when I actually trusted the CDC for information, but that was way back in 2024 or early 2025.
Screenshot of a CDC post on C in which Robert Malone comments on Covid.
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 26d
Not that anyone expects it to happen again with Joe Burrow and Jake Browning, but #Bengals fans might want to remember that, in 1972, Bob Griese got hurt in Week 5 for the #Dolphins and Earl Morrall stepped up and the team did pretty well, if I'm not mistaken. #WhoDey
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 26d
No #Bengals fans think Jake Browning will be 1999 Kurt Warner, but we would love to see a 2017 Nick Foles performance. #WhoDey
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 26d
True. But they still only operate with a piece of the pathogen having been created within a person.
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 27d
Vaccines use either a deactivated virus or a piece of it to simulate infection and get a person's body to produce antibodies that will recognize the actual virus if/when it appears. Since a person is not actually carrying the full, active virus when vaccinated, there is nothing to spread.
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Erik @egveitikkje.bsky.social · 28d
Jake Browning? Who Dey!! 2-0.
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