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Christopher D. Brown Ph.D. @cdbrow1.bsky.social · 1h

Friday

Christopher D. Brown Ph.D. @cdbrow1.bsky.social · 1h

(Me on a date)

Her - “and what do you do for fun?”

Me - I yell at people on the internet

Her - And how long have you done that?

Me - Since I stopped yelling at people on Usenet…

Christopher D. Brown Ph.D. @cdbrow1.bsky.social · 1h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-xq...

Wolf Creek Pass

YouTube video by C. W. McCall - Topic

www.youtube.com

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Christopher D. Brown Ph.D. @cdbrow1.bsky.social · 10h

blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/10/i...

ICE Agents In Chicago Area Who Aren't Undercover Must Wear Badges Or IDs, Federal Judge Rules

Agents have been concealing their identities by wearing masks and hats without badges or name tags. Advocates say the ruling is a step toward accountability.

blockclubchicago.org

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info · 12h

People. CDC is Literally being decimated right now. Our hearts are breaking for our colleagues at @altcdc.altgov.info.

You can check out their page to see the growing list of departments affected. They don’t deserve this and America doesn’t deserve this.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h

Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.

(Published April)

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

www.propublica.org

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14h

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 13h

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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Christopher D. Brown Ph.D. @cdbrow1.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah. Crazy pricy.

Christopher D. Brown Ph.D. @cdbrow1.bsky.social · 16h

Wine train.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 20h

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

trib.al

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Christopher D. Brown Ph.D. @cdbrow1.bsky.social · 20h

Called it 16 hours ago.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h

Americans are fed up with the political establishment and an economy rigged against the working class.

Zohran Mamdani understands this well. Democratic leadership should be supporting him.

What Zohran Mamdani Can Teach Democrats

Robert Reich

www.youtube.com

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 21h

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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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 22h

So this IL Hospital Association memo describes an incident where ICE detained a US citizen, gave them HEART PROBLEMS, took them to a hospital where the fought with medical personnel, then left when they realized they detained a CITIZEN.

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Christopher D. Brown Ph.D. @cdbrow1.bsky.social · 22h

The only thing I liked from the last movie.

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BeSeriousUSA 🐝 @beserioususa.bsky.social · 22h

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 22h

As Homeland Security floods social media with propaganda videos, and pro-Trump commentators flock to Portland and Chicago in search of a "rebellion," local residents are responding with... chicken suits and clever jokes:

Protest frogs vs. MAGA media influencers: the information war over ICE in Portland and Chicago | CNN Business

As the Trump administration floods social media with “propaganda” videos, and MAGA personalities flock to Portland and Chicago in search of a “rebellion,” local residents are responding with… chicken ...

www.cnn.com

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Christopher D. Brown Ph.D. @cdbrow1.bsky.social · 22h

Nobody could have predicted dog killing...

www.theguardian.com/books/2024/a...

Trump VP contender Kristi Noem writes of killing dog – and goat – in new book

South Dakota governor includes bloody tale in campaign volume – and admits ‘a better politician … wouldn’t tell the story here’

www.theguardian.com

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Marliese Neunteufel @justquisquilia.bsky.social · 22h

You are the United States.
You do you.

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Christopher D. Brown Ph.D. @cdbrow1.bsky.social · 22h

@niedermeyer.online

FYI -

www.ktvu.com/news/parents...

Parents of woman killed in Cybertruck crash allege dangerous door design prevented her escape

The parents of a young Piedmont woman who died in a fiery Tesla Cybertruck crash last year filed an amended wrongful death lawsuit on Thursday in Alameda County Superior Court, alleging a dangerous do...

www.ktvu.com

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 22h

they're gonna have to start antifrog

Philip Seymour Hoffman saying "Oh, there are frogs falling from the sky" with a look of deep concern

frogs cover the ground near a swimming pool, with more falling from the sky, with the subtitle "[FROGS CROAKING]"

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David Blanchard @davidblanchard.bsky.social · 1d

Models have been showing this major rain event for many days now. Rainfall amounts >2" are likely over the higher terrain. It will be interesting to see the measured maximum rainfall amounts.

This forecast graphic is from NOAA/Weather Prediction Center.

BE SAFE!

#azwx #weather #arizona

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Christopher D. Brown Ph.D. @cdbrow1.bsky.social · 23h

Sarah Wood @sarahwood.bsky.social · 23h

My comments when I mention a woman running against a white man.

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