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Maggie McNeill

@maggiemcneill.bsky.social

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Overeducated and unrepentant whore who talks far too much and writes the popular blog The Honest Courtesan in addition to the usual harlotry.

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · Mar 5

If the HPV vaccine had been available 20 years earlier, my beloved Grace might still be alive.

Get vaccinated.

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · Mar 4

“Healthcare personnel often do not realize that in the U.S., HPV-related mortality far surpasses the mortality from tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis & meningococcal disease combined. Each year, about 4,000 deaths are the result of cervical cancer; most are preventable through pre-exposure vaccination”

Technically Speaking: Why HPV Vaccination Before Age 11 Years Is a Good Idea

Dr. Sean O’Leary, Chair of AAP’s COID, explains why AAP and CDC recommendations about HPV vaccine differ.

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 4h

I don't believe in subsidies or bailouts. They are a large part of the reason the US has come to this sorry pass.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 10h

STORY: ORANGE MAN LIE AGAIN

OLD WAY: “CRITICS SAY STATEMENT MAY BE MISLEADING.”

ANIMAL WAY: HIT KICK DRUM, YELL “LIE!” HIT TAMBOURINE, WHISPER “but other side lie too” IN SOFTEST MIKE JOHNSON VOICE.

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌮 ❌👑 @callyson.bsky.social · 13h

Another day, another Trump tariff temper tantrum:

Trump on his tariff authority case before the Supreme Court: “I can create peace with tariffs. I’m using them for a lot of different reasons. If that power was taken away from the president, it would be a terrible terrible day for our country. These are enemies of the country that are pursuing that lawsuit.”

… Scott Lincicome with conservative Cato Institute: “I know the president spews so much delusional word-vomit that we casually dismiss this stuff, but calling the small business plaintiffs in the tariff cases ‘enemies of the country’ is still really shitty.”

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 11h

We're close to completing our list for September. Look for it on our site next week. If you need a refresher, or, you know, lean toward masochism, here are all 416 atrocities committed by the Trump administration since the reality TV star/steak salesman/convicted felon took office.

Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 5h

All the way to Wall Street, apparently. But given that it's the hunting grounds of the squarest people on Earth, that's not surprising.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 9h

The genius’s logic was: it’s not torture if you agree to have it done, like you wouldn’t agree to have your fingernails pulled out for an article asking if that was torture

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 9h

…to death, I still have nightmares about it even tho I knew it wasn’t a real torture session

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 9h

Marc Thiessen is so fucking stupid, willfully or not, that he argued waterboarding couldn’t be torture because Christopher Hitchens agreed to be waterboarded to find out how bad it was for a iirc Vanity Fair article and video, even tho Hitchens was all: it’s torture I felt like I was being tortured…

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 11h

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 5h

This isn't merely full of shit; people who are completely full of shit have ALWAYS had an outsized influence on society. What makes this present period so frustrating is that they're not MERELY full of shit, they're violently deranged. A large minority of the population has been swallowed by evil.

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Hal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 9h

One of the more frustrating things about modern society is the influence of people who are completely full of shit.

Post-Left Watch @postleftwatch.bsky.social · 13h

Matt Taibbi's co-host, Walter Kirn, compares Democrats who oppose Trump's immigration crackdowns to Southern politicians who opposed school integration in the 1960s, and equates the National Guard protecting the Little Rock 9 to the National Guard abducting immigrants now.

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 5h

"Sudden correction" is a euphemism for crash.

They're predicting that "AI" lunacy is about to cause a stock market crash by 40% or more.

Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 10h

A friend sent me this article and genuinely it’s f***ing insane and I can strongly recommend reading it. futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8h

Autism cannot be acquired after birth.

Seems bad that the top people in the US federal government are brain rotted freaks obsessed with children’s genitals.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 19h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 5h

That would be an abomination, and make the "peace prize" more of a joke than it already is.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 10h

9th Circuit just made anti-SLAPP laws (like the good ones in California and Nevada) a lot less effective. This is going to lead to a ton of suppressed speech. Stupid and dangerous. Especially now.

We need a federal anti-SLAPP law now. And we won't get one.

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 5h

This is eerily like a mob of mindless minions, swaying back and forth and chanting some creepy obeisance to their master.

Okay, let's pull that "like" out of there.

Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 5h

If only.

Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 5h

Trump is beginning to behave like an evil, decaying version of Mad King Ludwig II of Bavaria.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 12h

Press pool: “On Trump’s desk in the Oval Office today was a plan for a triumphal arch on the other side of the river from the Lincoln Memorial”

Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 9h

I hope he does all of this, because apparently not enough people yet understand the severity of Trump's mental illness and the danger it presents to the entire world.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 16h

Another day when everything is stupid. Norway is gearing up for Trump to throw a tantrum because he won't get his desired shiny medal.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 9h

My sincere pleasure!

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Jason Kuznicki @jkuznicki.bsky.social · 16h

How does the United States dominate the Nobels?

Immigration. Scientific mastery is a policy choice.

Speranta Dumitru @spe07.bsky.social · 16h

30%: #Immigrants are overrepresented amongst #Nobel winners 🏆
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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 9h

Now, now, Onion, Dolly would never use that kind of language. The proper polite Southern term for this is a "spoon".

The Onion @theonion.com · 16h

Dolly Parton Shares Video Confirming Sister A Shit-Stirring Bitch https://theonion.com/dolly-parton-shares-video-confirming-sister-a-shit-stirring-bitch/

Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 9h

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 14h

Total lawlessness smh

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 16h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 9h

Can that guy ever take a photo that doesn't make him look like a cartoon character?

Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 1d

that's right Kash and all we have are Mids

Screenshot from twitter that shows Kash Patel on Fox News. The post states "Breaking FBI Director Kash Patel has just revealed nearly 5% of Chicago's 2.5 million residents, approx 110,000 people are active gang members."

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Carol Fenton @cfpdx.bsky.social · 14h

A Portland City Council member made a CNN anchor chuckle Thursday after calling Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem a "renowned puppy killer" who is "afraid of protesters wearing frog costumes and chicken costumes."

www.rawstory.com/portland-267...

CNN anchor can't help but laugh as Trump Cabinet member brutally mocked by official

www.rawstory.com

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