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Brian H. Feighner

@feighnerbh.bsky.social

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Retired US military PH/FP doc/epi prof/TO&E unit commander. Also into baseball, footie, coaching, officiating, & travel (50 countries, 49 US states). “I thought this was the kid with the arm who couldn't hit?" Dick Bowie, Baltimore Orioles scout, 1975.

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Brian H. Feighner @feighnerbh.bsky.social · 1d

I had an incredible time this summer working with the Alfeld Greenhorns #Baseball Club in Germany. I was disappointed that my #German didn't return as much as desired, but working with the teams was the experience of a lifetime. Great times on & off the diamond with new friends who love this game.

Brian H. Feighner @feighnerbh.bsky.social · 38m

What kind of person zip-ties the hands of little kids and feels good about it?

Charlotte Crist @touchesky.bsky.social · 2h

Brian H. Feighner @feighnerbh.bsky.social · 1h

You ever notice that when you don’t get enough sleep you spend the whole next day running into nothing but assholes?

Brian H. Feighner @feighnerbh.bsky.social · 3h

Another game I & fellow Boomers on the east coast have no hope of staying up to see the end, just like all the kids who might become the next generation of fans. Get those TV bucks, you short-sighted #MLB geniuses.

Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 3h

Here's the #MLB schedule for Sunday, October 12th - PLAY BALL!!!
⚾️ #ALCS #Mariners #BlueJays #Baseball #Postseason

Brian H. Feighner @feighnerbh.bsky.social · 3h

Hey, if you know, ya know.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 15h

Oh come on ump! That was a strike!

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 4h

We’re making progress on intranasal delivery of our low cost recombinant protein Covid vaccine, in collaboration with @tulanemedicine.bsky.social @bcmhouston.bsky.social

www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...

Frontiers | Heterologous prime-pull mucosal vaccination with an adjuvanted RBD vaccine elicits robust IgA production and protects against SARS-CoV-2

Despite the efficacy of approved severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines in preventing severe disease and death, breakthrough i...

www.frontiersin.org

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 5h

BREAKING: Trump doesn't remember/believe/understand HE was president on January 6, 2021

This is how unstable, how mentally unbalanced, how much of a dangerous mixture of dishonesty and insanity Trump is:

"Biden's FBI?" By Jan. 6 2021, TRUMP had run the FBI for 1,448 days #25A

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Brian H. Feighner @feighnerbh.bsky.social · 4h

An amazing finding also found in...checking notes...everyone else who has moved around during their lifetime.

Brian H. Feighner @feighnerbh.bsky.social · 4h

We used to do Iron Chef with our kids when the cousins were over. We'd select a few ingredients they had to use, then take then shopping for whatever else the wanted to use...good times.

Brian H. Feighner @feighnerbh.bsky.social · 12h

Use the Dewey decimal system number to indicate where to meet to ensure no MAGAs can listen in.

Colleen Paige @colleenpaige.bsky.social · 1d

Brian H. Feighner @feighnerbh.bsky.social · 17h

Haha

🌮 Chef Bruce 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦 @chef-bruce.bsky.social · 17h

Trump’s current government, through Pam Bondi, just convinced a federal judge to force a gun rights group to hand over its membership list.

That’s a gun owner registry.

Is MAGA winning yet?

Brian H. Feighner @feighnerbh.bsky.social · 17h

I bought it because my 2015 Leaf range was down to 80 miles after 10 years - its original mileage estimate. OBTW, total cost of 10 years of maintenance? $800 (4 tires & a 12V battery)!!

Brian H. Feighner @feighnerbh.bsky.social · 17h

I dragged my feet until the dealership came down to $24K on my 2025 SV+. MD should give me another $3K back. Because of CHAdeMO, it isn’t a good road tripper. But as a second car charging in the garage for local trips, I get 4m/kWh. With a 60kW battery, that delivers well over 215 fun miles.

InsideEVs @insideevs.com · 18h

The third-generation Nissan Leaf opens a new frontier for affordable EVs in America. Here are five things I loved about it, and two things I didn’t.

insideevs.com/reviews/7754...

The 2026 Nissan Leaf After A Week: Surprisingly Great, Slightly Maddening

The third-generation Nissan Leaf opens a new frontier for affordable EVs in America. Here are five things I loved about it, and two things I didn’t.

insideevs.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18h

The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, even as the nation grapples with the most cases recorded since 2000, when measles was declared eliminated in the U.S.

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases

Scientists who focused on other infectious diseases, like an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, also were let go.

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Brian H. Feighner @feighnerbh.bsky.social · 18h

June 1981. I was a 3rd year stud hitting the wards where we had young guys with funny opportunistic infections. We worked them up for occult cancers because that was a known cause of these infections. The #MMWR broke this story and so many more. #Trump has killed #publichealth in the US.

Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 20h

With news that they are trying to fire the staff of the MMWR, I thought I would note that AIDS first came to the attention of public health workers broadly from an MMWR report describing an unusual cluster of pneumonia in gay men in San Francisco.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Brian H. Feighner @feighnerbh.bsky.social · 18h

It is difficult for me to explain how terrible this is - Deep cuts made to CDC’s flagship MMWR publication, a cornerstone of public health www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c... via @statnews.com

Deep cuts made to CDC's flagship MMWR publication, a cornerstone of public health

CDC staff behind the agency’s flagship publication have been fired amid drastic cuts to the HHS promised by the White House due to the government shutdown, according to five people familiar with the s...

www.statnews.com

Brian H. Feighner @feighnerbh.bsky.social · 19h

"I don't have time to write a 5,000-word article. Can you take 10,000?"

Brian H. Feighner @feighnerbh.bsky.social · 23h

It's a mystery!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine that

Brian H. Feighner @feighnerbh.bsky.social · 1d

Boot Big Football From the N.C.A.A. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...

Opinion | Boot Big Football From the N.C.A.A.

www.nytimes.com

Brian H. Feighner @feighnerbh.bsky.social · 1d

If you played and still had a clean uni, we can't be friends.

Doyer Dennis @dennis24.bsky.social · 1d

The guy with the dirtiest uniform wins.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Renee Dechert @reneedechert.com · 1d

I love baseball.

That is all.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Roxine King @roxineking.bsky.social · 1d

Guess who didn't get a Nobel Peace Prize?
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Brian H. Feighner @feighnerbh.bsky.social · 1d

If you think everyone else has an accent but you & yours do not, @allsidesnow.bsky.social may not be for you. I find the site helpful for understanding our place in the world, just like reading foreign newspapers. See: www.allsides.com