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Mockingbird, MPH, CHES
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Public health, reproductive justice, big nerd about tv as health education. Fighting depression and anxiety with cats, bunnies, and raccoons. And being clever never got me very far. she/her
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melodyschreiber.com
Olivia Nuzzi wrote an entire story based on unnamed sources about Biden's decline, reinvigorating calls for him to leave the race -- and the whole time, she was working on RFK Jr.'s behalf, according to her ex-fiance. newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Olivia Nuzzi’s Real Victims
More than her fiancé, or fellow female journalists, the public will pay the price for these misdeeds. RFK Jr. will see to that.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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bheanilla.bsky.social
Stiff competition but Vance is probably the worst fascist goblin in the WH rn.

Smarter than opportunistic idiots like Witkoff and more ideological and actively evil than Trump.

And he wraps all his smug viciousness in this faux ”well now good sir” civility that’s sooo hateable.
aphclarkson.bsky.social Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 12h
Makes you wonder what Vance will say if Trump orders a US military attack on Venezuela
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
amockingbird.bsky.social
Boo has always been interested in cooking, doesn’t want to eat it, just sniff and watch my technique from a couple feet away, but the touch of dementia means she now gets too close to food prep. Like, in it. I try to keep her away, because gross, plus knives, but eh, we cope. This, though, is wrong.
birdpoof.bsky.social Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 1h
I remember being invited to have lunch at a friend's place and they offered salad. Had a slide-in cutting board which clearly was rarely washed. They put the CAT FOOD BOWL ON IT from the dirtiest corner to refill for the cat, then brushed off the cutting board, and began to cut the veggies.
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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tvline.com
Here are the Stranger Things episodes the Duffer Brothers really think you should see again before you dive into Season 5.
The Stranger Things Episodes You Need To Rewatch Before Season 5, According To The Show's Creators - TVLine
www.tvline.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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louisathelast.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving specifically to the guy at the grocery store carrying an armload of at least eight bags of frozen pizza rolls, sans basket or cart
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
this is obviously intended to chill dissent but i think it's going to backfire on them. what the lawmakers said was just directly true. and trying to get them for it is just going to raise their profile and the salience of what they said!
kylegriffin1.bsky.social Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Remarkable ¶ in Sara Ellis' opinion on CBP/ICE abuse of force. This is about an October 14 conflict at 105th Street and South Avenue North (I don't claim to know the neighborhood).

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The agents therefore began making plans to deploy chemical munitions on their way out. See Axon Body 4 Video 2025-10-14 1151 D01A49557 at 1:19:37–1:19:40 (“Yeah, I’ll drop ’em everywhere. But I need two more cans. I only got three on me.”); id. at 1:27:05, 1:27:18–20 (repeatedly stating that “I’m going to gas this street”); id. at 1:29:17–1:29:30 (“I’m going to be the one deploying the gas . . . I’m going to gas this street. And then I’m waiting here and I’m looking for fucking with the bricks and shit to keep everybody safe.”); Axon Body 4 Video 2025-10-14 1130 D01A4281B at 52:45–47 (agent miming throwing tear gas canisters and saying, “we’re going to be ching ching-ing away, just booking it”); Chicago Vehicle Wreck Riot at 1:15:00–1:15:03 (“I have a feeling I’m going to get to use this [tear gas] finally.”); id. at 1:22:14 (“We’re definitely gassing them when we leave. Just start throwing shit.”); id. at 1:28:56–1:28:58 (“We’re definitely going to gas them when we get out of here.”); Axon_Body_ 4_Video_2025-10-14_1251_D01A30574 at 29:52–30:00 (“We’re going to gas the street . . . let [the other agents] know.”); id. at 30:14–30:21 (“Hey guys. We’re going to start gassing here in a little bit.”).
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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wendyorent.bsky.social
How can there ever be enough justice for this?
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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mythbri.bsky.social
One of the best to ever do it
Digital drawing of Detective Lennie Briscoe from Law & Order (original flavor). He’s wearing a gray suit jacket, navy blue dress pants, shiny black shoes, and a pale blue shirt with a dark red tie. The caption reads “Stupid isn’t a defense for murder.”
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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jibarrondo.bsky.social
NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling
Policy drops “paylines” based on peer-review scores and requires geography and other factors to guide approvals
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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bitchyolympian.bsky.social
Great job, RFK. How many dead babies will satisfy you?
jessdkant.bsky.social Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 3h
A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:

“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”

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Kentucky Public Health KENTUCKY HEALTH ALERT Increase in Pertussis in Kentucky Recommendations for Identification and Prevention November 21, 2025 Kentucky health officials are alerting providers that cases of pertussis ("whooping cough") have increased steadily across the Commonwealth in recent weeks. To date, 566 cases of pertussis have been reported in Kentucky in 2025, the highest number of cases in the Commonwealth since 2012. This follows a trend that was first announced in July 2024 when pertussis cases began increasing in Kentucky to levels not seen in over a decade. Health officials anticipate that pertussis will continue to increase during the winter months based on historic trends. Many U.S. states and other countries are also experiencing elevated levels of pertussis. Many of the recent cases have occurred in young infants, and health officials also recently confirmed the third pertussis-related death in a Kentucky infant within the last year. This follows two other infant deaths that were announced in June. These are Kentucky's first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy. Health officials urge all Kentuckians to remain up to date on recommended pertussis immunizations and emphasize the importance of maternal immunization during pregnancy, and for all infants beginning promptly at two months of age. Health officials also encourage providers to consider pertussis as a diagnosis in addition to circulating seasonal respiratory viruses such as influenza, RSV and COVID-19. A significant number of cases have also occurred in school-aged children, many of whom were up to date on pertussis vaccination. Immunity from vaccination or natural infection wanes over time so infections can occur in people who are fully vaccinated. However, the vaccine is known to reduce disease severity, and hospitalization among vaccinated individuals is rare. The Kentucky Dep… Kentucky Public Health regularly in Kentucky, however an increase beyond the expected background rate has been reported in recent weeks. Though pertussis vaccination (DTaP or Tdap) is available and widely implemented, B. pertussis continues to spread in the U.S. due to lack of vaccination or timely boosters, the lack of lifelong immunity from vaccination or natural infection and the long duration of infectiousness in untreated cases. Symptoms of pertussis usually begin with a runny or congested nose, a low-grade fever, and mild coughing; apnea/stopping breathing can also occur in infants. After one to two weeks, the cough can progress to rapid, violent (paroxysmal) coughing fits that can cause the "whooping" sound, vomiting or labored breathing. Young children are the most severely affected; most teens and adults will have mild symptoms. People with preexisting health conditions that may be worsened by whooping cough are at high risk for developing a severe infection. Testing for Pertussis: The preferred methods for pertussis testing include nasal pharyngeal (NP) swab or nasal wash via PCR testing or culture. PCR has optimal sensitivity during the first three weeks of cough, is widely available at commercial laboratories and has a fast turnaround time. Culture is considered the gold standard due to excellent specificity but may take longer to complete. Serology for antibodies to B. pertussis is available at many commercial laboratories, however, serologic assays are not generally recommended for primary diagnosis of pertussis due to variability and unknown clinical accuracy. The most promising serologic assays are those that measure IgG antibodies against pertussis toxin only and are collected two to eight weeks following cough onset. Prevention of Pertussis: Prevention of pertussis is primarily achieved through routine vaccination with DTaP (ages two months to six years) and Tdap (ages seven years and older), followed by appropriate booster doses. Vaccination of pr… Bordetella parapertussis B. parapertussis is a bacterium that is similar to B. pertussis and can cause pertussis-like illness but does not produce pertussis toxin. Symptoms of parapertussis are typically milder and infection may be asymptomatic. There is no vaccine for B. parapertussis and post-exposure prophylaxis is not recommended, however treatment recommendations for symptomatic patients are the same as those for B. pertussis. B. parapertussis is not reportable in Kentucky. Thank you for your attention to this alert and guidance. The KDPH pertussis website includes supplemental resources, including a pertussis quicksheet with additional information that providers may find useful. If you have questions regarding reporting, testing, or prevention of pertussis or other infectious diseases, please contact the Kentucky Immunization Branch at (502) 564-4478 or after hours by calling the KDPH Epidemiology on-call line at 888-9-REPORT (888-973-7678). Our Mission: To improve the health and safety of people in Kentucky through Prevention, Promotion, and Protection
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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brendanjharkin.bsky.social
British journalists failing to understand that Ireland won't fire unprovoked on a "suspicious ship" because that would be a criminal act and our military doesn't make a name for itself by shooting people who pose no threat to them in the back.
ftedit.ft.com FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 11h
Despite these high stakes, Ireland has no dedicated intelligence agency, just four working navy vessels and the smallest defence budget in the EU. In fact, the only thing the Irish navy can do when it spots a suspicious ship lurking is say “hello”.
A line graph titled “Ireland’s military spending is the lowest in the EU.” It charts defence spending as a percentage of GDP from 2008 to 2024. Ireland sits at the bottom, below Malta and Portugal, while countries like Latvia and Sweden are near the top. The EU average hovers around 1.3%.
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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lyz.bsky.social
The Des Moines Register published an op-ed by a man who believes in the great replacement theory and wrote for Vdare. The op-Ed argues no immigrant can be vetted enough to be safe to enter this country. White washing racism in the name of local journalism.
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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chrissteller.bsky.social
ladder truck from Louvre heist
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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kriswernowsky.com
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
The Norman Rockwell guy standing up to give a speech at a town hall meeting. He looks like a youngish Abe Lincoln.
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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wordloaf.org
I have developed zero recipes for NYTimes Cooking, and more than 100 for ATK, this is correct
erinbiba.bsky.social Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 3h
My public service announcement for today is that America’s Test Kitchen, which is infinitely better then NYTimes Cooking, has introduced a new gift link option that has no limit on how many you can share and each link lasts 30 days.
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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rollingstone.com
The volume of water needed to cool the servers in data centers has become a nationwide resource issue.

Volume isn’t the most pressing problem in Morrow County, however. The issue is pollution, which Amazon’s data centers have exacerbated since its arrival.

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November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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ufw.bsky.social
Windmill Farms workers are fighting for a union! Support their boycott. This holiday season, don’t buy Windmill mushrooms!

¡Los trabajadores de Windmill Farms están luchando por una Unión! Apoya su boicot. ¡Estas fiestas, no compres hongos Windmill!

#BoycottWindmillMushrooms
A graphic showing windmill mushrooms with x's through them with this text overlay. DID YOU KNOW? MOST MUSHROOMS ARE SOLD EACH YEAR BETWEEN THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS! REMEMBER: STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH WINDMILL FARM WORKERS, DON'T BUY WINDMILL MUSHROOMS! #BOYCOTTWINDMILL MUSHROOMS!
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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chaoskat.bsky.social
My mom told her physical therapist she wears a mask because her husband and daughter are immunocompromised. The PT said she is too but isn't worried bc she knows if she dies she is going to heaven. Then her co-worker yelled, “Shut up Debbie you wear a seatbelt and take blood pressure meds” 👀
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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moviessilently.bsky.social
I now wish to know the size of a Plesiosaurus vs Emily Bronte
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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ilanaslightly.bsky.social
This is an excellent piece that you should read and also, I think there's something so much bigger going on on top of all this, which is that we have become so utterly numbed to dead kids in this country that we think just a couple kids dying of a horrible preventable disease isn't a big deal
Perhaps no one can be surprised that the subject of a scandal writes a book anymore. But offering her an editorship showed disregard for the damage she’s caused and the journalistic ethics she’s burned to the ground. The glamorous photo shoots, the breathless gossip on her sordid saga—they all function to rehabilitate the images and careers of people who have done harm. When a major publication repeats a joke about vaccines without mentioning, for instance, the two unvaccinated children who died of measles in the U.S. this year, they contribute to the rise of dangerous actors and they normalize those who helped them into power.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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notus.com
The Trump administration’s new policies could put approximately 170,000 people at risk of losing permanent supportive housing and being pushed into homelessness again.
https://www.notus.org/housing/hud-homelessness-programs-republicans
Trump's Plan to Cut Homelessness Programs Is Getting Pushback From Republicans
Approximately 170,000 people are at risk of losing permanent supportive housing and being pushed into homelessness again due to the Trump administration’s new policies.
www.notus.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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bedform.org
This right here
What is skepticism? In my lifetime as a word-nerd, I have known "skepticism" to refer to a sort of stubborn insistence upon rigor and evidence in place of things like dogma and "common sense." A skeptic, by those terms, is someone who questions what they are told. Crucially, a skeptic actually questions, as in seeks answers. A person who merely refuses to learn what can be known is not a skeptic, but rather an ignoramus; a person who raises questions but does not seek their answers is not a skeptic, but a bullshitter. A person who rejects empirical knowledge, who refuses the answers that exist while requesting ones more to their liking that flatter their preference for unfounded contrarian gibberish and conspiratorial paranoia, is not a skeptic. They're the exact opposite of that: a mark. A sucker. A credulous boob.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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bradys.bsky.social
50% of the US economy is AI and the other 50% is gonna be this
popcrave.com Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 2h
The first anti-aging pill for dogs just got FDA backing and is now closer to approval, which could help senior dogs stay healthier for longer.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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alyssaharad.bsky.social
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
blipstress.bsky.social violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM