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David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · 22h

The Russian orphan farms with Ukrainian kids taken in the war.

David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · 2d

Chilling.

@wearetb.bsky.social @tschampl.bsky.social @robynwaite.bsky.social @globalsentinels.bsky.social @younite4tb.bsky.social @tbfighters.org @stoptbcanada.bsky.social

StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · 2d

World leaders, are you listening? The data is overwhelming. The time for action is NOW. Restore funding and programs to #EndTB
#TBServicesDisrupted #GlobalHealthCrisis #RestoreTBFunding #EndTB

David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · 5d

Good games. Really good people too--an asset to the Los Angeles design community.

Zerua Games @zeruagames.bsky.social · 5d

We're closing! Last chance to get our games. Thanks yall!
www.zeruagames.com/shop

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David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · 15d

I've read most of Hotez's general audience books for my work with @stoptbusa.bsky.social. Highly recommended.

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 15d

🦆🚨 Quack alert:

Mark Blaxill, major anti-vax author who blames his child's autism on vaccines, is now occupying prime space in CDC’s Immediate Office of the Director 😫

For perspective, pediatrician, vaccine scientist and parent of an autistic child Dr. Peter Hotez writes about his own experience

Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism

www.nnlm.gov

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David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · 15d

Yes. I know. But we still need him to act.

StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · 15d

Testing for latent TB infection (LTBI) saves lives and money. But Medicare has stalled...
- Over 25 organizations called on CMS to act nearly 2 years ago.
-TB cases are the highest in a decade.
- Older Americans are at greater risk.
@globalsentinels.bsky.social @tbfighters.org @wearetb.bsky.social

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David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · 16d

The new year just began, but I think I've already hit on 5786's understatement winner:

I needed this.

Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 16d

Also yes, I gave @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social a challah I made (round of course), it's how we celebrate 🤷‍♀️

I did forget to include the honey, but we may we all have a sweet new year 🍯

David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · 19d

The savory equivalent of gingerbread people.

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David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · 22d

Looking for an appropriate sacrifice?
1. An unvaxxed child.
2. Someone who just had their TB or HIV meds taken away
3. A cancer patient who could have benefitted from a cancelled study.
4-10000+: I'm too depressed to continue this. Thankfully Bluesky has a character limit.

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David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · 22d

"For Whom the Shofar Blows" is moving up on my reading list...

David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · 23d

The livestream has been amazing. And call your reps and senators: their staff will be doubly eager to take good notes about something that doesn't involve Epstein, Israel, or last week's shootings!

TAG - Treatment Action Group @treatmentactiongroup.org · 23d

For the next 24 hours: saveaidsresearch.org

David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you so much for detailing your thought process, responsibilities. This is my "third rail" issue, where I keep quiet because of concern some bot will cause blowback against Mom at Federation or it will hurt my spouse's animal rescue non-profit. Prudence or cowardice? I'm still unsure.

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David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · 28d

I have a routine where I imagine three audiences before I post:

1. My mother (85 y/o).
2. The key people (donors, volunteers, etc.) in my spouse's non-profit.
3. The publishers I hope to write for one day, the designers I want to work with.

Yeah, it keeps my posts, but the alternative? Yikes.

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David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · Sep 9

3/3 Start with shallow and then go deep? Not telegraph them at all? So unsure of what gets read--do you front load the best stuff (as in a news article) or work on nailing the perfect last impression?

David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · Sep 9

2/3 (#DeeperIdea). Solitaire game. Amnesiac character in version of Dante's Inferno. Each level that self-awareness is a memory of an act related to that sin the character committed. Then there's a bit of play as there's a chance for partial redemption or at least growth.

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David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · Sep 9

1/3. (#ShallowIdea)...so the cutaway diagram of the dungeon is a silhouette of Freud's head?

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David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · Sep 8

They need capes.

David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · Sep 8

If you haven't read her book...time to change that.

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David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · Sep 4

TB and CRC survivor here--that's enough seriously ill time to understand at a deeper level just what a f&*!ing threat he is. @wearetb.bsky.social @tschampl.bsky.social @younite4tb.bsky.social @globalsentinels.bsky.social
@tbfighters.org
(Thank you for signing: @stoptbusa.bsky.social)

IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · Sep 3

As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people.

Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi

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David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · Sep 2

Look at that lineup of sponsors and speakers...not to be missed.

StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · Sep 2

There's going to be value for everyone, but especially TB peeps north of the border. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

@tbfighters.org @tschampl.bsky.social @wearetb.bsky.social @globalsentinels.bsky.social

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: #LeadOnTB training 1: TB and the power of advocacy. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

This info session will provide you with an overview of the power of advocacy, highlighting why the voices of everyday Canadians matter to decisionmakers, as well as the critical necessity of advocatin...

us02web.zoom.us

David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · Sep 2

Pretty much the same (except I'm 58)

Charlie Griefer @charlie.griefer.com · Sep 2

I'm a 57 year old college educated man.

I learned about the Tulsa race massacre from a TV show 6 years ago.

Schools have been very selective about the history that is taught.

That's just one of the reasons why this matters.

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Aug 30

Despite the academic capitulations, media collapse, and Trump's attacks on history and race, it's now more important than ever to teach on all of these issues.

So I will.

I have set up an independent course to teach Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 in October.

Sign up here!

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David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · Aug 31

Eight time zones away from @rebellionunplugged.bsky.social's home base, T&T TNA hits @strategicon.bsky.social in Los Angeles.
@tunnels-and-trolls.bsky.social @deluxetnt.bsky.social @voxparlour.bsky.social @loottheroom.bsky.social

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David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · Aug 30

Contrivances...sigh. (BTW: Dickens. Anyone who isn't British or an Anne Rice fan gets an extra 10% credit for the identification)

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David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · Aug 30

There's a hint of that in early T&T, just a little less friendly. Backstory is secondary. In the T&T TNA playtest I'm running, players get their marching orders from the god of contrivanes.

Keeping it British...

And he'll have a scorpion's tail: a nod to the oldest school players at the table.

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David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · Aug 30

And child rapists get billion dollar planes and the nuclear codes.

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David Moskowitz @mosker.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thank you. It's always good to know you're not alone.

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