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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 1h

I didn't they want $250 every 3 months in order to refill prescriptions. Racket.

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Gabby @gabliotecaria.bsky.social · 2h

This makes me want to break things. If it's such a no-big (it actually is a big that fucking disabled me), and you're equating it to flu (again, not remotely like), then why aren't the prices comparable?

(They should be free but given that's not going to happen, well)

Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 2h

It’s dispiriting that this is what getting a COVID vaccination now looks like to this chronic asthmatic.

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 1h

it's all of them. #RapeCulture

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 2h

Tony Blair met with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in London during his time as prime minister, it has emerged

Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister

www.thenational.scot

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

OpenAI’s Sora puts a watermark on its videos but not enough people know what it means.

To complicate matters, people have built tools to easily remove and (oddly) add a Sora watermark. Sharing real videos with an AI watermark can make for a funny joke, but it also really fucks with the landscape.

AV🕯️ CTRL+ALT+DEL @yappydagger.bsky.social · 7h

There should be an AI labeler if there isn't already.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

Don’t feel stupid if you fell for fake video. It can be really hard to tell these days. But we do have to try and be careful with what we share because there’s so much AI video out there.

It’s just the world we live in now.

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 9h

5 ways YOU can use the torment nexus to maximize your workflow

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 2h

Shimaa was shot by an Israeli quadcopter trying to keep her baby safe & lost her husband to Israel's genocide in Gaza. Please help by sharing & donating to cover the steep costs of healthcare, food, shelter in the aftermath of Israel's destruction, she's all alone (no donations for 2 days):

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 16h

Because of the extremity of this refusal to ever have executive appointees face consequences for their actions, Trump I appointees could (correctly) assume zero would be done, even up to an armed insurrection to reverse an election result.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 16h

When that administration’s actions similarly faced no consequences for their actions, Trump II administration appointees knew they could do literally anything and look forward to nothing but rewards for the rest of their life.

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 2h

Outbreaks in South Carolina and Minneapolis. please get vaccinated. if you were vaccinated as a kid, get your titers done to make sure you're still immune.

Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 2h

Sure, lets cut the CDC! Seems like a fine idea. @altcdc.altgov.info #publichealth #IDsky #vaccines #publichealthsky bit.ly/4h5KnmE.

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 2h

Do you think Enya likes Remedios Varo's work. I'd like to think so.

Remedios Varo @remediosvaro.bsky.social · 2h

Exploring River of The Source Orinonoco
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19574

"Exploring River of the Source Orinoco" by Remedios Varo captures a surreal journey through a mysterious watery landscape, where a figure in a cocoon-like red vessel glides amongst towering tree trunks. Varo's distinct blend of mystical and fantastical elements invites viewers into a dreamlike exploration of nature and the subconscious.

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 3h

Honestly, it’s exhausting that people think Gazans should only ask for help to survive to eat, to stay alive but not to dream, to study, or to rebuild their lives. Wanting education, safety, and a future isn’t greed. It’s being human.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 16h

US lawyer John Yoo wrote a series of memos for the Bush administration in order to create a legal cover for torture.

He suffered no negative consequences. He later was made Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 8h

Extremely bad news if true (and unlikely this reporter would run with it if not). The MMWR has been the earliest warning bell for outbreaks since it announced the first US cases, in 1981, of what was later identified as AIDS.

This will be a grievous shock to what remains of US public health.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 9h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 8h

It is difficult for me to express how disastrous this is.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 9h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Reuters @reuters.com · 8h

Guatemala receives first flight from US with third-country migrants reut.rs/3W08Z6Q

Guatemala receives first flight from US with third-country migrants

Guatemala's IGM migration authority said late on Friday it had received a first flight from the U.S. carrying foreign migrants returned from the United States, as well as Guatemalan citizens.

reut.rs

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Peter Bailey-Wells (he/him) @baileywells.bsky.social · 8h

All those Mercury fans staying just to boo the commissioner is eeek

The Athletic @theathletic.com · 8h

The boo birds were out in full force for WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert 👀

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 8h

For some context the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report in addition to being just a good read, to quote wikipedia, "is the main vehicle for publishing public health information and recommendations that have been received by the CDC from state health departments. "

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 9h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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ESPN @espn.com · 8h

LUCK HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT 😤

THE LAS VEGAS ACES ARE WNBA CHAMPIONS AGAIN 🏆 🏆 🏆

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 8h

She's such a stunning, powerful screen presence in The Underground Railroad and All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt. What a catch for one of the best shows on TV. #IWTV

Lin Codega @lincodega.com · 10h

For folks who didnt hear Sheila Atim is Akasha.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 9h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 2d

We’re not headed towards authoritarianism. We’re here. It’s now.

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Franchesca Ramsey @chescaleigh.bsky.social · 18h

This week Vivek Ramaswamy spoke at a Turning Point USA event originally scheduled to headlined by the late Charlie Kirk. But during the Q&A things took a turn as Ramaswamy fielded questions about his Hindu faith…🐆💀

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 9h

the heart in this heartland, the fighting love

“Block them. Don’t let them leave with your neighbors. Make their lives a living hell.”
www.chicagomag.com/news/chicago...

Chicago Is Organizing for All

Everyday Chicagoans are proving to be the first line of defense against the federal incursion into their city.

www.chicagomag.com

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