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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1h

The leadership of the measles outbreak response was fired in the RIF spree while RFK JR attempts to completely dismantle measles vaccine access for children.

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As of October 7, 2025, a total of 1,563 confirmed* measles cases were reported in the United States. Among these, 1,542
measles cases were reported by 42 jurisdictions: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, New York State, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. A total of 21 measles cases were reported among international visitors to the U.S.
There have been 44 outbreaks** reported in 2025, and 87% of confirmed cases (1,355 of 1,563) are outbreak-associated. For comparison, 16 outbreaks were reported during 2024 and 69% of cases (198 of 285) were outbreak-associated.

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CathySamtbird @cathysamtbird.bsky.social · 20h

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1d

To actually get a mass mobilization you need a lot more than the people who are jonesing to man the barricades

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

Stillframe from a video of Portland protesters dancing in inflatable suits

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Captain Fanta @sassy0210.bsky.social · 1h

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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 2h

Of all the news in this NYT survey of sitting federal judges - incl 47 of them think the SCt is mishandling its emergency docket - maybe the biggest is that 65 sitting fed judges (37D, 28R), folks circumspect for a living, responded to a NYT survey. Stunning. And a sign that something is very wrong.

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1h

Former President Joe Biden is receiving radiation and hormone therapy as part of a new phase of treating the aggressive form of prostate cancer he was diagnosed with after leaving office, a spokesperson said Saturday.

Biden is receiving radiation and hormone therapy to treat his prostate cancer

Former President Joe Biden's treatment for an aggressive form of prostate cancer has entered a new phase.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1h

Florida’s surgeon general’s anti-vax beliefs are only the tip of a very deeply weird iceberg.

Joseph Ladapo’s guiding voice? His wife, who believes she can talk to “Archangel Michael, Mary Magdalene, and many other beings of light.”

From medicine to mysticism: the radicalization of Florida's top doc

Joseph Ladapo was a normie—until he met his wife and a guru into levitating and communicating with spirits.

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Jeannette H @jeannetteh.bsky.social · 30m

Don't make us tap the sign

Annette @resistnow2024.bsky.social · 16h

This ⬇️⬇️

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23h

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Asia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social · 2h

The arsonist Russ Vought, currently at the wheel of the federal government, is taking away what hope we have of public health in the US and around the world. That is his aim—these illegal firings are just the start: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

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Tamela Ehlinger 🇩🇰🇨🇦🇵🇦🇲🇽🇳🇴🇸🇪🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇸 @tamela.bsky.social · 1h

She was quite a woman

Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 3h

happy bday Eleanor Roosevelt, b.1884, NYC.

“I believe that democracy is based on the ability to make democracy serve the good of the majority of the people. If it can’t do that, then it should not survive.”

“If silence seems to give approval, then remaining silent is cowardly.”

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maybe2020.bsky.social @maybe2020.bsky.social · 1h

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Dominion Voting Systems sold to Republican-run company pushing paper ballots

A company run by a former Republican election official has purchased Dominion Voting Systems, according to a report.Dominion was sold to Missouri-based Liberty Vote for an undisclosed sum, Axios repor...

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 5h

What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:

"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."

This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1h

Climate change and mental health. Climate models and policies miss systemic risks, like how food crises, pollution, and heat can harm mental health across generations. A systems approach is vital for true resilience.

Systems-level risks of the climate crisis are currently missed: A mental health lens

A lack of accounting for the systemic risks of the climate crisis in climate risk models, government policy and planning means that such risks remain poorly understood and largely overlooked, with det...

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · Dec 27

"Glaze… adds what’s effectively a secret cloak to images that prevents AI algorithms from picking up on and copying an artist’s style…

Nightshade [adds] an invisible layer of poison to images, which can break AI models…."

It's great that artists have some defenses against AI theft.

Glaze and Nightshade @theglazeproject.bsky.social · Nov 13

Some artists suggested that we pin a summary of Glaze, Nightshade & other projects here. Instead, I will point them to Melissa Heikkilä's article on our lab and projects. It is the definitive story of who we are, how we got here, and why we do what we do.

www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/13/1...

The AI lab waging a guerrilla war over exploitative AI

The tools Glaze and Nightshade are giving artists hope that they can fight back against AI that hoovers internet data to train. Are they enough?

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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 1h

Zukiswa Wanner: “What most people don’t know is 33,000 people applied to be in that flotilla. That’s how outraged the people of the world are.”

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 2d

As I observed in my Substack Round Up this past week, the endgame of the military strikes against drug cartels in international waters is to lay the groundwork to use lethal military force against Americans at home. Pay attention open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1h

Dozens of employees at the CDC — including “disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists and the entire Washington office — were notified late Friday that they were losing their jobs as part of the Trump administration’s latest round of federal layoffs.

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

“Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 1h

And now they’ve gutted the CDC to cause democrats pain. A more honest claim would be these cuts hurt everyone but only democrats care.

I’m old enough to know that both parties do outrageous things, but in this moment that seems like a quaint and outdated way of thinking.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

This was today, and these guys knew they were going to fire their own employees because, says Trump, they are "Democrat oriented." bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1h

I genuinely cannot express how vital it is that you train yourself to recognize AI-generated images and videos for your own good because none of this is going away and many, many people are counting on you to fall for their shit

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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