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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 5h

New reporting: many apparently fired at CDC in 'error'. This is a failure by design given that the admin does not care about fulfilling agency missions. This is the kind of error that should have political consequences.

Unserious people cause real-world harm.

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

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks for sharing this! It's wonderful!

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Black Girl Nerds @blackgirlnerds.bsky.social · 1d

Alfre Woodard, plays Deputy Director Bradford is a part originally written for a man. She shares how she approaches roles that have been gender-swapped for her.
The Apple TV+ series 'The Last Frontier' is currently streaming. For more our interviews go here: blackgirlnerds.com/interview-th...

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Thad Ochocinco, Active Listener @thadochocinco.bsky.social · 10h

From the people that repeatedly shoot at the Emmitt Till Memorial Marker comes Brent Jones, who was arrested for pissing in the reflecting pool and destroying the eternal flame at Martin Luther King's burial site www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

Eternal flame at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Atlanta burial site destroyed

Police say the man also urinated in the reflective pool.

www.wsbtv.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11h

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 13h

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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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 13h

What is it about tech that gets a pass when it comes to respecting Indigenous rights?

Why is it that the Internet itself depends on trespassing through Indigenous territories yet it's framed as something that we're given access to through some sort of charity?

Why are we never even considered?

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 13h

I am once again asking Canadian journalists to ask the most basic-ass question of "on whose land will these be built?" How is it that every other major industry must consider Indigenous rights but with tech it's like "meh".
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

www.cbc.ca

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

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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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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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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 13h

Air traffic controller slowdown has now hit Phoenix's Sky Harbor airport (PHX): www.azcentral.com/story/travel...

Phoenix Sky Harbor sees hundreds more delays. But not because of the weather

Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport flights experienced additional disruptions after rain delayed hundreds of flights. This time, it isn't nature's fault.

www.azcentral.com

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 16h

'Capitulation is not in Tucson's nature': City Council opposes Trump compact

Quite a remarkable story of a "university town" sticking up for one of its major employers: tucson.com/news/local/g...

'Capitulation is not in Tucson's nature': City Council opposes Trump compact

The Tucson City Council passed a resolution Wednesday night opposing the Trump administration’s “compact” sent to the University of Arizona last week.

tucson.com

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Matt Siegel @mattsiegel.bsky.social · 1d

chip in to help bex!

MashedBex ✨ @bexmashaba.bsky.social · 3d

after my visit to the doctor today, it is clear that radiation therapy is what has been working. that is amazing news! there is hope. ❤️

i am $2730 away from getting back on track with radiation therapy.

if 140 people gave $20 each, i can get the treatment i need (asap).

please help if you can ❤️

Bea Eli 🏳️‍⚧️ @msbeaeli.bsky.social · 10d

According to Bex's doctor, the radiation therapy is working!

The bad news is they need to pay the $3280 remaining balance ASAP!

$20 from your pocket could literally save their life.
Give it today- their treatment has been interrupted several times due to lack of funds.

ko-fi.com/rebekamash/g...

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 15h

Standing in solidarity with colleagues at the CDC who were fired as part of yet another RIF wave.
We are all less safe without their expertise and dedication.

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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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 16h

'Capitulation is not in Tucson's nature': City Council opposes Trump compact

Quite a remarkable story of a "university town" sticking up for one of its major employers: tucson.com/news/local/g...

'Capitulation is not in Tucson's nature': City Council opposes Trump compact

The Tucson City Council passed a resolution Wednesday night opposing the Trump administration’s “compact” sent to the University of Arizona last week.

tucson.com

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 20h

@lizneeley.bsky.social's newsletter tonight: emails went out late on Friday notifying CDC workers that they had been laid off. "If the reporting is correct, the layoffs include nearly the entire staff of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report."

#histmed people will immediately know what this means.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 21h

This is the exact situation we all (including her when she was working) pay into social security for. And then the government withholds that money from people who deserve it, people who have literally FUNDED THE PROGRAM, when they need it. The govt just issues denials waiting for ppl to heal or die.

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montygibbon.bsky.social @montygibbon.bsky.social · 1d

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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 23h

Drohnen über deutschen Flughäfen: Deutscher Airline-Verband verlangt Abschuss: Drohnen sorgen immer wieder für Verzögerungen an Flughäfen. Der Bundesverband der Deutschen Fluggesellschaften moniert, dass das Problem »seit zehn Jahren« bekannt ist, und fordert die Politik zum Handeln auf.

Drohnen über deutschen Flughäfen: Deutscher Airline-Verband verlangt Abschuss

Drohnen sorgen immer wieder für Verzögerungen an Flughäfen. Der Bundesverband der Deutschen Fluggesellschaften moniert, dass das Problem »seit zehn Jahren« bekannt ist, und fordert die Politik zum Handeln auf.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1d

Yep.

Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 1d

A "blast" from the past. Just happened to see this post from @lollardfish.bsky.social, written in 2023. What we're seeing in 2025 had many, many forewarnings. #DEIPurge

www.davidmperry.com/dont-say-rac...

Don’t say Race (in Florida schools) – This is David M. Perry

www.davidmperry.com

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, Marmota sibirica (the tarbagan) is a regular host of the plague. And apparently has been for 100s of years. This is why countries that have endemic plague reservoirs (like the U.S.) have surveillance systems. (Otherwise known as "Public Health".)

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 1d

A "blast" from the past. Just happened to see this post from @lollardfish.bsky.social, written in 2023. What we're seeing in 2025 had many, many forewarnings. #DEIPurge

www.davidmperry.com/dont-say-rac...

Don’t say Race (in Florida schools) – This is David M. Perry

www.davidmperry.com

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, Marmota sibirica (the tarbagan) is a regular host of the plague. And apparently has been for 100s of years. This is why countries that have endemic plague reservoirs (like the U.S.) have surveillance systems. (Otherwise known as "Public Health".)

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