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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 2h

Thankfully, some of yesterday's CDC firings have been rescinded.

But this should be a major scandal, not business as usual in this shitshow of an administration. It's either spectacular incompetence or an effort to make even politically untouchable positions feel precarious to those in them.

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 3h

100s of #CDC employees were notified Friday they were being fired — RIF'd. The firings cross multiple parts of the agency, endangering its core mission of keeping Americans safe.
Saturday, some were informed they were RIF'd in error.
Hard to imagine how this happens www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

CDC battered by government shutdown firings, while some are rescinded

The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 9h

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10h

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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Maggie M. @maggiemck.bsky.social · 6h

One of my faves.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 7h

Meryl Streep's speech at the AFI Life Achievement Award ceremony honoring Diane Keaton

Vale Diane 😢💙👏

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Maggie M. @maggiemck.bsky.social · 6h

Perfect ❤️

Maggie M. @maggiemck.bsky.social · 8h

💯

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Maggie M. @maggiemck.bsky.social · 8h

He’s trying to kill us Senator. It’s time to say that loud and clear

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 8h

Make sure everyone knows: these mass firings are NOT because of the shutdown.

Trump doesn’t have to fire any of these people—he’s choosing to do it as an intimidation tactic.

Difficult to overstate how stupid and reckless this is.

Mass CDC cuts hit staff dealing with measles, Ebola and disease forecasting

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

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Maggie M. @maggiemck.bsky.social · 8h

Thank you for this beautiful tribute to her and her best films. She was the woman many in my generation longed to be

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CNN @cnn.com · 9h

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suffered another round of deep staff cuts late Friday, with disease detectives, outbreak forecasters, policy and data offices among those impacted, according to four sources with knowledge of the layoffs. https://cnn.it/3WlxL1z

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Maggie M. @maggiemck.bsky.social · 10h

Damian from “The Omen” come to life

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

a russ vought special

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 13h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 17h

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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Maggie M. @maggiemck.bsky.social · 11h

My fashion inspiration in the late 70s

Maggie M. @maggiemck.bsky.social · 11h

Reds ❤️❤️❤️

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

Absolute legend.

But really, *those* are the movies we're naming? She won an Oscar for ANNIE HALL and more than held her own with an all-star cast in the GODFATHER films.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 11h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Maggie M. @maggiemck.bsky.social · 12h

Another billionaire tech bro cheers on Stephen Miller’s thuggery www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Maggie M. @maggiemck.bsky.social · 14h

The pro death party

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 14h

Fustiliarian Friday: Trump/Kennedy/GOP use the shutdown as an excuse to destroy the CDC’s elite field epidemiology team and one of the most important epidemiology journals in the world.

Gift link.

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

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 15h

Your creativity is needed for the resistance! 🐸🐸🐸

#PDXFrog #FrogsOnTheFrontlines #50501Movement #PeoplesMovement

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Maggie M. @maggiemck.bsky.social · 15h

Another connection: Ichiro was the first Japanese player inducted in the HOF last summer.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

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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Maggie M. @maggiemck.bsky.social · 1d

What took you so long?

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