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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 5h

Bless you, kind sir.

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 7h

Not really. MAGA folks worry about "crime" which is most just racism

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 7h

Oh honey, this whole train is about to leap the tracks, buckle up.

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 7h

K. Sure. I suppose the fine American people shall be putting that heart through a stress test very soon.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

reut.rs

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 7h

It's STEVE WINWOOD O'CLOCK
If you see a chance, take it!

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 8h

Xmas Adventure League, Jesus Christ they were creepy fuckers.

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 8h

Saw One Battle After Another, and yeah, it's good. It's about how to parent a teen in this fucked up world. But it's also about how white supremacy makes a person lose their goddamn mind.

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 12h

Oct. 17, official #NoKings warmup. Stand up for fact based reality, Stand up for Science! #ScienceSky #MedSky

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 13h

#GetOutTheVought‼️ Trump and Vought are decimating the federal workforce. This isn't just a shutdown stunt, this is in line with Project 2025's goal of cutting our government by 1 million workers.

STAND WITH SCIENCE!
✊Rally to TAKE BACK SCIENCE 10/17 @ 3pm ET
200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC

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Reposted by Leah Shaffer

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 14h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 14h

Great warmup for #NoKings ! Channel your beams of rage For Science America!

Relai Dca GIF

Alt: Red eyes of rage can be seen in this gif

media.tenor.com

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 14h

If the CDC firings fill you with the fury of a thousand white hot suns, might I suggest this rally and joining/supporting @standupforscience.bsky.social
🧪🩺 #ScienceSky

Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 14h

I’m a mom.
I’m a scientist.
I’m an activist.

I’m not going to stand by while unqualified, Quack, fringe-ass conspiracy theorists make decisions about my family’s health that is going to kill people.

Join me outside of HHS on 10/16 at 3pm.
@standupforscience.bsky.social

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 14h

Everything about this administration mirrors an abusive relationship. The abuser would rather kill themselves and their partner rather than let go. Cops won't confiscate his guns, he keeps threatening to shoot your dogs if you leave. He controls all the $. He blames you for provoking his wrath.

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 15h

Is Vought suicidal? Cuz this is some murder suicide shit right here.

Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 15h

It was yet another rough night for CDC employees: Dozens — possibly hundreds, they are still self-surveying — were let go late at night, including those who worked on the prestigious MMWR reports

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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

www.nytimes.com

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 15h

Hey little microbe with evolutionary imperative to hop to as many organisms as possible, could you not? Just for a bit? As a personal favor?

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 15h

If bird flu could just hold still for a few months while we sort out shit, that would be great. K thx

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

ha ha, true

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

I also don't get Tron. Are they databits? Why do bits have bits? Do bits make babies? Why is gender, wtf is Clippy? Why is everything sleek and modern when computerland should look like a wood-paneled basement with an overstuffed couch. The questions are too distracting to suspend disbelief.

Paul Scheer @paulscheer.com · 1d

I’ve written something very close to my heart

open.substack.com/pub/paulsche...

I Don't Get Tron

and I don't think you do either

open.substack.com

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Markets need money from China, and markets can only run on irrational exuberance for so long...

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

yikes

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Thune doing some lovely manifesting, perhaps he should set up an etsy witch shop.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think we're gonna get that soy sold anytime soon.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

Breaking: President Trump threatened to raise tariffs and impose export controls on China, citing the country’s newest restrictions on rare-earth materials.

Trump Threatens Higher Tariffs on China Citing Restrictions on Rare-Earth Elements

President Trump said there was “no reason” to meet with President Xi Jinping after the country’s newest restrictions on rare-earth materials marked an escalation in trade negotiations.

on.wsj.com

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Service journalism

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

I spoke to Slate about why 404 Media is suing ICE for its $2 million spyware contract. The company ICE contracted with can remotely break into phones without the target even clicking a link slate.com/podcasts/wha...

The People Suing ICE

What kind of spyware is ICE working with—and what government agencies are collaborating?

slate.com

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

People out there working hard on the veggies in these wild times. The most important job.

United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 1d

It may be raining, but Kern County CA farm workers are hard at work harvesting carrots. #WeFeedYou

Puede que esté lloviendo, pero los campesinos del condado de Kern, California, están trabajando arduamente cosechando zanahorias. #SoyEsencial

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Never met a pit of doom that wasn't a lil bit tempting.

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

I get it, Sherman.

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 2d

sherman, for the love of god!

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