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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 16h

So to summarize:

- There is a pattern where Vought makes the RIFs too wide, apparently to flood the zone with sh*t and see who will draw protests.
- They restore some people after outrage and work by us.
- But we are still left with many who remain fired at the end.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 16h

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

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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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21h

Trader Joe's Exec1: we'll sell lots of really good stuff at good prices

Exec2: that doesn't sound at all evil. We're a big company, we're supposed to be evil

Founder1: we are going to have the most inadequate, cramped, badly designed parking lots in the fucking world

Founder2: ok that works

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 21h

I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 20h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Wandering Scientist @wandsci.bsky.social · 1d

I am so sad for all of us

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:

Wandering Scientist @wandsci.bsky.social · 1d

I want pictures

Rachel W. Martin @rwmartin.bsky.social · 1d

Ours have never won any medals, but they have worn party hats and been dressed up as Star Wars droids for Halloween.

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Kate Muller @katemuller.bsky.social · 2d

Evvie Drake Starts Over by @lindaholmes.bsky.social! It’s fantastic.

Amanda Lane Cumming @amandalc.bsky.social · 2d

The way my brain works though, somebody OBVIOUSLY needs to write a romance novel where the hero is a baseball player who messes up in a big game and has to deal with the fallout and confront what it means to fail, to earn redemption, and to believe you're worthy of love as an imperfect human.

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Wandering Scientist @wandsci.bsky.social · 1d

For accountability: I did cancel my subscription

The editorial page was just getting too gross and my addiction to Caroline Hax wasn't enough to counter that

Not sure what I will replace it with. I subscribe to my local paper but I liked having a more national perspective, too

Wandering Scientist @wandsci.bsky.social · 24d

It also happens that my Washington Post subscription is almost due to renew. I will cancel instead. I will miss my Carolyn Hax fix but I will find something to replace it with

Currently trying to figure out what to subscribe to in it's place (I already subscribe to my local paper)

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Newsom signed SB79! So, so huge. Enormous props to all the people who worked so hard, for so long, to make this happen, above all @scottwiener.bsky.social. It's going to change California, and the country.

Governor Newsom Signs Senator Wiener’s Landmark Law To Build More Homes Near Public Transit

Official website of Senator Scott Wiener, representing California Senate District 11.

sd11.senate.ca.gov

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🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 🔥🧊 @chrisdafer.bsky.social · 2d

To be fair, we thought they said "the best and the brightest" but obviously they said "no breasts and the whitest."

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 2d

Without comment.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 4d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Wandering Scientist @wandsci.bsky.social · 3d

This thread is a travel nightmare

One entitled dude screwing with a plane full of people's day

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 3d

This is absolutely wild. I’m on a cross country flight. We are being diverted midway through to Denver. The reason? Some dude is sitting in the exit row who didn’t pay the $155 fee and he refuses to move back to his seat.

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Wandering Scientist @wandsci.bsky.social · 4d

Me too! A company I worked at had a lead compound that had a very narrow range of "efficacious and does not make the ferrets throw up"

Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, the “vomiting ferret” model is absolutely a real thing - I’ve encountered it in my own drug discovery career.

They’re one of the smallest animals that show this response- weirdly, rodents can’t do it at all.

Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 4d

that's my day gone then

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madison! @madepn.bsky.social · 4d

here is my first rendering of the bread scale of triviality (any suggestions welcome; I love thinking about bread)

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 4d

We will rebuild

Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 5d

Horrible, horrible images from Portland:

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 6d

It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.

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Wandering Scientist @wandsci.bsky.social · 5d

Ooh I second this as a reader

(V)Ladz The Impaler @ladzwriting.bsky.social · 5d

sometimes when you're plotting a book, it's important to consider if it wouldn't be more interesting if we already knew the great revelation to come

sometimes what we do with that information is far more compelling than learning it

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Wandering Scientist @wandsci.bsky.social · 5d

Ok shot in arm!

And to be clear I think all of them are safe and effective. Data is clear on this! Side effects are probably different for different people. Our immune systems are variable!

Wandering Scientist @wandsci.bsky.social · 5d

I gave up on my quest to get the novavax covid shot this year. Couldn't find it anywhere and have travel coming up so I'm currently at the pharmacy waiting for a Pfizer shot

If I feel like shit tomorrow I'm going to be so mad (past experience with side effects is moderna > Pfizer >>> novavax)

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Wandering Scientist @wandsci.bsky.social · 5d

I just left him a message, it really is easy!

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 6d

Reminder that @governor.ca.gov is reportedly considering vetoing SB79, the best housing bill to clear the CA legislature in decades.

It would be a *disaster*, substantively & for Newsom's political future. Really hope he doesn't self-immolate.

Tell him!

Contact the Governor | Governor of California

You can contact the Governor a few different ways. The best way is through his online form.

www.gov.ca.gov

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 7d

I am feeling very stressed about ‘it all’ and watching a stupid action movie seemed like a good idea but in retrospect Matthew Mconaughey driving a bus full of school kids through a wildfire was not a good choice

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Asakiyume/Morinotsuma @asakiyume.bsky.social · 8d

This looks like a dove emerging from the body of a hawk.

Aves do Brasil @avesbrasil.bsky.social · 8d

🇧🇷Pomba-trocal
🌎Patagioenas speciosa
Conservação:Pouco Preocupante

A pomba-trocal é um Columbiforme da família Columbidae.

📷 Júlio Silveira

Um pássaro de porte médio, com plumagem marrom nas asas e parte superior do corpo, exibindo um padrão escamado preto e branco no pescoço e peito. A parte inferior do corpo é predominantemente branca com leves manchas acinzentadas. O bico é pequeno e rosado. Está empoleirado em um galho de árvore seco e rústico, com um fundo de céu claro e sem nuvens.
Atenção: O alt da imagem foi gerado automaticamente.

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 8d

Uncomfortable laughter! Deeply uncomfortable laughter!

Shawn @shawnhils.bsky.social · 8d

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 9d

Great Chris Murphy quote from our interview:

"I would be a sucker to agree to a budget that literally funds an operation to hunt me and my allies down—to imprison us, harass us, intimidate us. If you want our votes, it can’t be for rampant lawlessness."

Tons more like that all throughout:

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 9d

Everyone should listen to Chris Murphy's extraordinary warning about Trump on our pod. First, he says the logic must be that the more lawless he gets, the stiffer the resistance.

"If I give in and consent to these kinds of tactics then it just normalizes it all." 1/

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

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