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Sebastião

@sebastiao21.bsky.social

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Recovering Twitteraholic. Ex-owner of Twitter handle @deralteGaukler. Interests: Science, Food, History, Culture, Travel, Photography, Classic Rock and much more.

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Sebastião @sebastiao21.bsky.social · Dec 15

When you just want to capture the Milky Way but your camera decides to capture the aurora as well.
Location: Açores.
Date: 11 Oct 2024

P.S. The aurora was not visible to the naked eye. This 15 sec exposure 'saw' it.

#Astrophotography
#NightSky
#AuroraBorealis

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1h

BREAKING: A Palestinian was just shot and seriously injured by Israeli army gunfire in the town of Al-Ram, northeast of occupied Jerusalem.

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1h

Mayor of Khan Younis, southern Gaza:

⭕ 85 percent of Khan Younis Governorate is destroyed.

⭕ 400,000 tons of rubble must be cleared from the city's streets.

⭕ 300 kilometers of the city's water networks are destroyed.

⭕ 75 percent of the sewage network in the city is destroyed.

This image shows a street filled with destruction — buildings on both sides are heavily bombed and partially collapsed, leaving piles of concrete and twisted rebar spilling into the road. Dust and rubble cover the ground. Several people are visible walking through the ruins; one child rides on a cart pulled by another person, while others walk cautiously among the debris. The sky is clear, contrasting sharply with the devastation below, and the atmosphere is one of loss and survival amid the aftermath of airstrikes or shelling.

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Medlife Crisis (Rohin) @medcrisis.bsky.social · 1h

Still no Indian news coverage on bluesky. Maybe for the best, another grim story about a medical student gang raped, in Durgapur, West Bengal. Just one year on from the brutal rape and murder of a resident doctor in the same state. Nothing is improving.
www.ndtv.com/india-news/3...

www.ndtv.com

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1h

Footage shows the systematic destruction of entire neighborhoods in the northwestern area of Gaza City following the withdrawal of Israeli forces.

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 1h

Kennedy’s attacks on tylenol use and MMR vaccine could be converging but what could this mean for vaccine access?

Updates on the the latest attacks on vaccines in the USA

Attacks on MMR are gaining pace- could this threaten access to the MMR vaccine?

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Sebastião @sebastiao21.bsky.social · 13h

I was similarly fascinated by how Rothenburg ob der Tauber escaped destruction thanks to both combatants realising the loss in doing so.
ludwigheinrichdyck.wordpress.com/2023/12/08/h...

How Rothenburg ob der Tauber survived two devastating Wars

How Rothenburg ob der Tauber survived two devastating Wars Overlooking the woods, orchards and vineyards of the valley of the Tauber River in Bavaria, lies the fairy tale town of Rothenburg ob der …

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16h

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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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 19h

Thousands of civilians are returning north along the devastated roads following the ceasefire announcement and the Israeli army’s withdrawal from Al-Rashid Street and most areas of the devastated Gaza Strip.

They are going home ❤️‍🩹

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 21h

Breaking | Israeli drone bombed a vehicle in the town of Qalaouiyeh, South of Lebanon.

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking | Multiple Palestinians were reported wounded in Israeli artillery shelling that hit a group of civilians in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip.

A group of men in Jabalia, northern Gaza, gather around a damaged white car amid rubble and destruction. A body covered with patterned blankets lies across the car’s trunk, while medical wrappers and debris litter the ground. The background shows a bombed-out building, its concrete frame exposed and walls shattered. The men’s expressions are somber and shocked as they stand in the aftermath of Israeli artillery shelling that wounded multiple civilians.

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Krieg und Freitag @kriegundfreitag.bsky.social · 2d

Before you do your own research, research how to do research.

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Mollie Tindle @mollietindle.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, friends! Amal's account was banned again, so all her fundraising posts have been deleted.💔

Please share this post if you can! ❤️

Support Amal Al-Haj & her dear family who are all suffering health issues amidst this genocidal war occupation. 🍉

Donate here: gofund.me/03f0859d2 💕

Amal Al-Haj getting her blood pressure checked during a clinic visit after illness from contaminated water.

Naser in the hospital for his lung injuries.

Omar (1) and Rolan (5) posing in front of rubble last year. They are now 2 and 7 respectively.

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

“We are the landowners”

Palestinian Journalist Bissan Owda documents the return of Gaza City’s residents following Israeli occupation forces’ withdrawal.

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 1d

RFK Jr. says vaccines don’t save lives. He’s wrong. Yes, sanitation saves lives; so do vaccines. www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/m... via @statnews.com

RFK Jr. says vaccines don’t save lives. He’s wrong

Now RFK Jr. is claiming vaccines don’t actually save lives. Here’s the math to show what he gets wrong.

www.statnews.com

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

Israeli occupation forces destroyed dozens of heavy equipment and vehicles in the airstrikes that hit Al-Musaylih in south Lebanon.

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

Gazans raise the Palestinian flag in the midst of the rubble of their homes that were destroyed by the Israeli occupation in Gaza.

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 1d

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta: Everyone Else is Lying to You - Pandemic Disinformation - Dr. Jonathan Howard. Have a listen:

Everyone Else is Lying to You - Pandemic Disinformation - Dr. Jonathan Howard

In this episode of the Talking Biotech podcast, Dr. Jonathan Howard...

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

CNN reports that Israel has refused to release two abducted Palestinian doctors, renowned pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan Al Hams, deliberately excluding them from the ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement.

A digital poster features two Palestinian doctors, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan Al-Hams, against a blurred background of destruction and smoke. Text at the top reads in bold yellow letters: “They are not coming home.” Below, in white and yellow text, it says: “Israel denies release of abducted Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan Al-Hams in deal.” Both men appear serious—Dr. Abu Safiya in a white medical coat, and Dr. Al-Hams in dark clothing with a stethoscope around his neck.

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

According to Lebanese sources, a Lebanese man was killed and his brother injured when their vegetable transport truck was bombed, coinciding with the Israeli airstrikes that targeted the town of Al-Musaylih in southern Lebanon.

A heavily burned truck is seen destroyed on a roadside in southern Lebanon. The vehicle’s metal frame is charred and blackened, its sides warped by the explosion. Crates of fruits and vegetables, including pomegranates and tomatoes, are scattered and partially burned on top and around the vehicle. Behind it, damaged infrastructure and debris mark the aftermath of an airstrike, with a few intact buildings—one labeled “Fakih Gallery”—visible in the background. The scene conveys destruction and loss following the reported Israeli bombing in Al-Musaylih.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 1d

Hundred of large well done studies from all across the world vs 1 deeply flawed assoc study? www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

Amazing how antivaxxers ignore large body of evidence & expert opinion, but when they find something that they think supports their view?

Cognitive bias fest.

COVID Vaccines and Cancer Risk: Experts Dissect Flawed Study

Retrospective study from Korea proves nothing about COVID shots and cancer, experts say

www.medpagetoday.com

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 1d

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
“Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.
#GiftLink

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

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

www.nytimes.com

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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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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting study that looks at dynamics of B cell responses in the lymph nodes to vaccination against SarsCov2 (COVID). This shows that B cell responses are broadened in the node germinal centres enabling wider responses to variants 🧪 #ImmunoSky

Germinal center–mediated broadening of B cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 booster immunization

SARS-CoV-2 variant booster vaccination broadens human B cell responses through the germinal center reaction.

www.science.org

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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