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Maximus

@maximustm.bsky.social

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Tar, feathers and gin served fresh daily. Occasional hooligan. Runs with scissors. #Jazzsky #Cansky #goodtrouble #NSCLC survivor #birds #climatechange #whodat ⚜️ 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 🇲🇽

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Maximus @maximustm.bsky.social · May 10

Seeing one of these amazing birds is very high on my bucket list.
There are only 244 alive now, and thanks to the heroic efforts of people like @digs.bsky.social they have the best chance to remain with us. #kakapo #birds #GoodSouls

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 7h

“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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Maximus @maximustm.bsky.social · 8h

Story of my life.

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 13h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 12h

Tawny-Flanked Prinia

Africa

📷: Chengguang aka joinus12345

#birds

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Maximus @maximustm.bsky.social · 10h

GM Wendy 😊

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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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Maximus @maximustm.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful!

Maximus @maximustm.bsky.social · 1d

I guess he forgot what his comms director looks like.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We're heading to Chicago, because we want to save Chicago. Do you know they had over 4,000 people killed in Chicago over a short-- 4,000 people. And I have to watch this slob of a governor stand up and say, 'Well, everything is okay.'"

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 1d

I think I know why Republicans don’t give a shit about the ACA tax credits expiring.

Remember all that personal information DOGE stole last spring?

Pretty sure they know exactly who registered Democrats are in most states…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Maximus @maximustm.bsky.social · 1d

My insurer BCBS sent me notice to download an important premium notice via my customer account.
The download is nothing more than a blank screen.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Friday!

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 2d

Consider this adorps lil blirp #birds

Little spherical bright gray puffy little gnatcatcher on a dry stem and an olivet background

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 2d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Maximus @maximustm.bsky.social · 2d

@sewell.house.gov AL voter here, I start on home oxygen today because my lungs are so damaged from cancer and radiation therapy.
If the tax subsidies are not renewed, and I lose my ACA coverage, my life I've fought so hard for changes drastically, and I lose access to what I now need to breathe.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

An artificial heart for children with congenital heart defects was almost finished. Families had waited for years it.

Then, Trump canceled billions in grants for universities — including the grant for this device.

The cruelty is endless. www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

www.npr.org

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 2d

This is Finley. He has a rare genetic mutation that causes patches of different colors in his coat. It is completely harmless, but it does make him completely handsome. 14/10 (IG: jaktlabben.finley)