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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻

@mcbazacophd.bsky.social

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Infectious disease epidemiologist in the public sector, EIDs, Outbreaks, Zoonoses, Virginia Tech and Pitt grad, UMD Public Health adjunct faculty, Smash All Fascism, he/him, and most importantly Dad, DC adjacent

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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · Feb 8

Fulcrum symbol, from Star Wars Rebels in white on blue to green fade background.

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 9h

Alex Jones has asked the Supreme Court to immediately put his almost $1.5 billion defamation judgment on hold, citing the imminent threat of InfoWars being handed over to The Onion.

If there isn't a stay, "InfoWars will have been acquired by its ideological nemesis and destroyed," the filing says.

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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 6h

(This was supposed to be a reply to your other post, 😂)

Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 6h

Oh I like that!

Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 6h

Highlander since Queen>>>>

Sons of Anarchy was pretty good as well.

Under the radar pick, I loved the theme song from Cardinal.

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Carol Fenton @cfpdx.bsky.social · 9h

Our "journalism"? Antagonize protesters.
Our hobby? Playing the victim.
Our heroes? ICE agents.
Integrity? Never heard of her.

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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 9h

Poso holding a rosary is one of the funniest/cringiest things that I’ve ever seen.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 11h

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 14h

KFF finds partisan split on Tylenol

Most Republicans (56%) say they think it’s definitely or probably true that taking Tylenol during pregnancy increases the risk of kids with autism.

Most Dems (86%) say it’s definitely or probably false.

Multiple medical associations have said there’s no link.

KFF
Donate
Many Are Uncertain if Taking Tylenol During Pregnancy Increases Risk of Children
Developing Autism, Most Republicans Say it is Probably or Definitely True
Do you think that it is definitely true, probably true, probably false, or definitely false that taking Tylenol during pregnancy increases the risk of the child developing autism?
I Definitely true Probably true Probably false
Definitely false
Total
30%
30%
35%
Party ID
Democrats
27%
Independents
29%
59%
33%
Republicans
50%
34%
31%

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 1d

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Sabina Vohra-Miller @sabivm.bsky.social · 3d

I am half way through reading @joho.bsky.social ‘s new book and it should be included as historical evidence in national science libraries & archives. I really hope down the road we read this and find ways to ensure none of what we saw during the pandemic is ever repeated. Riveting read.

Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 6d

The sequel to We Want Them Infected is done!

COVID killed 1.2 million Americans while vaccines saved millions.

Yet, disinformation superspreaders were empowered, where they are taking a wrecking ball to science & medicine.

How did that happen?🧵

sciencebasedmedicine.org/everyone-els...

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Mistress Matisse @mistressmatisse.bsky.social · 1d

OK, she really said that they arrested “the girlfriend of the founder of ANTIFA”

The girlfriend

of the FOUNDER

of - anti fascism?

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 1d

lest anyone think the girlfriend line was a hilarious joke I concocted...

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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 1d

Capitals legend, Henrik Lundqvist on the pregame. Nice!

Did y’all know that he also played for the #Rangers early in his career.

Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 1d

The world is on fire but we also need distractions and for me it’s the #AllCaps and tonight they play a game for real for the first time in months and I’m here for it.

Cup or bust, baby!

Let’s Go Caps!

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

andy ngo is at the white house right now briefing the president on the antifa menace. that is a real sentence that is true. what the fuck

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 5d

A recent victim of political assassination in the United States who is continually overlooked, deliberately ignored even, by some.

Let's not forget her name anywhere in the world:

Melissa Hortman

This story always reminds me of our own Jo Cox over here in the UK.

Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 6d

Rep. Melissa Hortman was assassinated on June 14.

Say her name.

www.cnn.com/2025/06/14/u...

Melissa Hortman: Who was the Minnesota state representative assassinated in her home? | CNN

A dedicated volunteer who taught Sunday school and loved dogs. A lawyer who served as a Girl Scout Leader and worked at her dad’s auto parts store. A mother and wife whose husband was killed alongside...

www.cnn.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2d

This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 3d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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marikosegawa.bsky.social @marikosegawa.bsky.social · 2d

#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue
#DV1
Colleges are not the only path to success. So many people thrive without them.

Still, this rapid decline in people's regard for colleges may reflect political discourse's coarsening and the rise of anti-intellectualism.

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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 2d

Proud to pay a ridiculous cost of living to live here. 🦀 🦀

Ant @agramuglia.bsky.social · 3d

Oh look at that. Who is surprised that all of the outrage is manufactured?

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 3d

When Stephen Miller hijacks the Major League Baseball social media account

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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 3d

Love tajin, love cukes, I’m in!

Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve started mandolining (is that a word) cukes and just massaging them with a little salt, sumac, and rice vinegar as a garnish on just about anything and it’s 🤤

Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 3d

Unsweetened grapefruit. I just slam those things like a menace with no decorum.

Black jelly beans.

Cottage cheese mixed with pickle brine. Try it before you judge. Been inhaling that since I was 5. Brrakstones and Vlasic for the best combo.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3d

What foods do you love that you fully acknowledge make you a pervert for loving them?

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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 3d

The Minnesota Wild alternate jerseys are pretty terrible this year.

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 3d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 3d

Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization

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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 3d

“In the Klein world, moral clarity about abuse is polarizing, and polarization, not abuse, is the problem to solve.”