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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 1d

Typos aside, there is simply no such thing.

ECGs are not an indicator of age.

They literally do not contain that information, either directly or indirectly.

This is just made up gobbledygook.

So, my question is: why?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

The pope calls Trump’s immigration policy “inhuman” and “not pro-life”

www.npr.org/2025/10/01/n...

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Jorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social · 1d

Well—more brilliant clowns in Portland. Please post images of peaceful protest in Portland,Chicago, Memphis…

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Meidas_Charise Lee on X: "THIS IS THE COOLEST WAR ZONE EVER‼️ Portland’s strategy …maybe if we act weird enough they’ll leave‼️ https://t.co/4AzxQzZ4kV" / X

THIS IS THE COOLEST WAR ZONE EVER‼️ Portland’s strategy …maybe if we act weird enough they’ll leave‼️ https://t.co/4AzxQzZ4kV

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Grab the popcorn.

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 1d

My info is from sources close to CDC. The groups above are affected by sweeping RIF notices. I don't know if they are entirely eliminated but it seems close to it, if not. The 1,100 HHS number is from a Trump admin court filing summarized here federalnewsnetwork.com/government-s...

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump admin is in the midst of laying off 1,100-1,200 HHS staff. The CDC's outbreak responders, gone. The office producing CDC's weekly journal MMWR is gone. CDC staff securing sensitive data, gone. Worker safety, gone. Immunization group, gone.

Instead, Congress watches RFK "make the proof"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you @nytopinion.nytimes.com for publishing this rot. Marc Rowan has run hundreds of companies into the dust to extract profits from their failure and bankruptcies. Now he wants to do the same to American higher education. Do not believe a word this man says. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Badly Needed

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Doug Milford @dougmilford.bsky.social · 1d

“Under Title 10 of the US Code, the president has plenary authority, has–”

There he abruptly stopped. The man whose entire head looks as if it’s covered by a stocking mask seemed to betray a feeling. Maybe regret, maybe embarrassment. Maybe: Oh shit, I just gave away the game.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Stephen Miller is the most dangerous man in the Trump administration | Judith Levine

In the White House deputy chief of staff, we see that Maga will not simply end with Trump. We must keep our eyes on Miller

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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Jay Ulfelder @jayulfelder.bsky.social · 2d

"What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we're actually not that afraid."

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 2d

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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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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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 1d

Dr. Jeremy Faust: BREAKING NEWS: CDC employees terminated in apparent Friday night massacre. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

BREAKING NEWS: CDC employees terminated in apparent Friday night massacre.

The Trump administration is using the shutdown to further weaken the our national public health infrastructure.

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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 2d

"Days before the raid, the man who sheltered the mother and her daughter saw someone he believed to be a worker from the building taking pictures of the units “where the Venezuelans lived.”

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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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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2d

“Oh my god… I have no words.”

Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news.

NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize

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Rev. Angela Denker @angeladenker.bsky.social · 2d

I’m finally sharing the (unpublished) column that led directly to my firing as a columnist at the Minnesota @startribune.com.

Read it here:

angeladenker.substack.com/p/the-column...

The column that got me fired

A Special Edition of News with Nuance ...

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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 2d

Following this excellent Bulwark piece 👆, the NYT has an article today --gift link!-- that describes how MAGA provocateurs are baiting left-wing protesters and hand-in-glove with DHS. (Fist-in-glove may be more accurate.)

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

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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 4d

Kristi Noem is running around with a make-your-own reality TV crew to manufacture media hype for their invasion of blue cities.

www.thebulwark.com/p/ice-propag...

The ICE Propaganda Campaign Goes Into Overdrive

MAGA commentators are stepping up as soldiers in Trump’s culture war to provoke confrontations against “Antifa” with the backing of DHS.

www.thebulwark.com

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Doug Milford @dougmilford.bsky.social · 2d

Independents, never-Trump Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians who actually love freedom, people who don't normally vote--UNITE! Be sure to turnout for a No Kings rally near you. Fight against these false lies and fight for the Constitutional freedoms that made this nation great.
www.nokings.org

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 2d

Japan’s flu season hits 5 weeks early amid fears of an evolving virus

Japan has declared a nationwide flu epidemic after cases surged 5 weeks earlier than usual, overwhelming hospitals and forcing school closures, as experts warn the virus may be evolving more rapidly.

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Nationwide epidemic declared in Japan as flu season hits early

The government has declared a nationwide flu epidemic, prompting calls for vaccinations and heightened vigilance.

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Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 3d

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

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Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com · 3d

So you can imagine my excitement to hear that he and Rev. Susan Hayward are launching American Unexceptionalism, a new series exploring how people of faith around the world resist religious nationalism and authoritarianism. It premieres October 23 and will be must listen as well!

American Unexceptionalism: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism

Listen to American Unexceptionalism: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism on RedCircle

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