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We're David Skroob Pumpkins @pseudonymble.bsky.social · Aug 8

Not only have we not attained endemicity for SARS-CoV-2, we have destroyed endemicity for many other viral and bacterial infections like tuberculosis, polio, & staph-A. It's just not the case specifically because of immune system damage from covid. libguides.mskcc.org/CovidImpacts...

MSK Library Guides: COVID Impacts: Immune

Detailed information and resources on the long-term health consequences of COVID-19 infection and the broad social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

libguides.mskcc.org

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h

“For many years now, eCommerce shopping experiences have consisted of a search bar and a long list of item responses. That is about to change,” Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said in a statement.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 6h

The nation’s largest retailer announces a new partnership with OpenAI, aimed at helping shoppers make purchases using the tech startup's chatbot app.

Walmart says customers will soon be able to use ChatGPT to shop

The nation's largest retailer announced a partnership with OpenAI that they say will create more personalized shopping experiences.

nbcnews.to

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6h

Republican Rep. Cory Mills allegedly threatened to release nude images of a 26-year-old woman and to harm her future boyfriends after she ended their relationship.

Now, a judge just ordered Mills, 45, not to come within 500 feet of the defendant & ruled that she is “a victim of dating violence.”

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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We're David Skroob Pumpkins @pseudonymble.bsky.social · 1h

Little Nicky Mode engaged

a man in a yellow jacket is making a funny face and the words `` release the evil '' are written below him .

Alt: Adam Sandler as Little Nicky in a yellow jacket is making a funny face with fire in his eyes and saying the words ``Release the evil '' .

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 5h

A lot of inquiries I get are people presenting things that democrats did and saying “are they fighting now??”

The answer is always no.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 5h

there was a very sad, very cynical harlan ellison story about a couple who could live forever in a moment frozen in time as long as they never talked to each other. Now we might have the singular version of that particular torment nexus.

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 5h

The one good thing about them taking the horny restraints off ChatGPT is that we will never hear from some people again

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

the more I read about the promises OpenAI has made, the more disgusted I am. They've promised to deploy 10GW of Broadcom chips *by the end of 2029*, a chip that has yet to tape out, in data centers yet to be planned or funded or the power acquired. We are in a black hole of ethics and good sense.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6h

2. This means even 18-year-olds—legal adults—will be impacted by the restrictions. Those under the cut-off will no longer be able to access these evidence-based best practices in care for transgender young people

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 6h

I was on the board of Fenway and I warned the then CEO in 2023 that this would happen. This was cowardly capitulation sacrificing trans youth.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6h

1. In a major capitulation to Trump, Fenway Health, a center ostensibly dedicated to LGBTQ+ healthcare, has ended its trans care program under 19.

It could have fought for its patients. It chose instead to roll over.

Community members are devastated.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Fenway Health Restricts Treatment for Patients Under 19 In Capitulation To Trump

“This is a fundamental betrayal to the core mission of Fenway and the patients they serve.”

www.erininthemorning.com

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 6h

"So what do you suggest we do to fight Trump?"

Find people in your community who need help, and help them. We all have skills. Maybe it's giving rides to people who don't have cars. Maybe it's going to the grocery store so your immigrant or racialized neighbors don't have to when ICE is around.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 12h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 7h

Same reason AAVE became Gen Z slang

( I also like this creator a lot his book is out and he speaks to this . I recommend it especially since it’s just Neo fact we need white e people to explain this for folks for folks to respect it)

Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 8h

There's actually a reason for that!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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We're David Skroob Pumpkins @pseudonymble.bsky.social · 9h

For those still bewildered that anyone could still have a Twitter account, this is one of many reasons why I can never leave football Twitter. It's the closest thing to real global news available.

A screenshot of a tweet from @leylahamed that reads:

Israel’s anthem was drowned in boos during their qualifier against Italy, even as many fans boycotted the match. The sound was so overwhelming that organisers blasted the music louder to mask it.

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Michael @bravesandbirds.bsky.social · 14h

Like the Alabama State Police beating up John Lewis looking like this. Or James Reeb.

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Kevin 🍅🥫 @doyle.boston · 15h

67% of Americans thought otherwise at the time

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

this is not true? the public was broadly supportive of the BLM protests bsky.app/profile/cycl...

cyclesixmile @cyclesixmile.bsky.social · 15h

I tend to agree but also during protests in 2020 there were many videos of police brutalizing people and some of the general public actually thought that was a good thing and wanted to see the police do more brutalizing. Hopefully that was just a fringe.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

one response to this (correct) observation is to say “well, the cops will attack you no matter how you dress and behave.” that’s right. images of cops and ICE beating grandmas and kids in inflatable frog costumes is a win for the opposition.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 17h

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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We're David Skroob Pumpkins @pseudonymble.bsky.social · 14h

There it is. I'm not a Majority Report listener.

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We're David Skroob Pumpkins @pseudonymble.bsky.social · 14h

Well shit. Don't do Hollywood, kids. Not even once.

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 15h

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We're David Skroob Pumpkins @pseudonymble.bsky.social · 14h

Low angles are the bane of every prideful balding man.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h

Trump is not too pleased with the photo they used of him in TIME Magazine

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 15h

For Businessweek’s November issue, I have a feature about the high-fee premium credit card war being waged by American Express and Chase for the hearts, minds, and swipes of America’s affluent supershoppers. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Inside the Credit Card Battle to Win America’s Richest Shoppers

The fierce fight between Amex and Chase is playing out over higher fees, extravagant events and every perk imaginable.

www.bloomberg.com

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 1d

For Indigenous People's Day, consider donating to this:
www.navajowaterproject.org

Navajo Water Project

Help DigDeep bring clean, running water to hundreds of American families. 1 in 3 Navajo homes don't have a tap or toilet. We can fix that.

www.navajowaterproject.org

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We're David Skroob Pumpkins @pseudonymble.bsky.social · 1d

"In American law, corporations are not born; they are built. Corporations are creatures of statute, not of nature. And for more than two centuries, the power to build them—to define their form, limits, and privileges—has belonged to the states and only to the states."

David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 1d

More details at these links

www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

transparentelection.org

The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant

By using their authority to define what corporations are—and what powers they hold—states can end the era of corporate and dark money in U.S. politics.