Quoipas
@quoipas.bsky.social
Upstate New Yorker. Current Interests: Native plants and biodiversity, science fiction/ fantasy, biology (especially infectious disease). And humor. We all need a laugh!
Let’s keep our democracy intact!
Let’s keep our democracy intact!
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Xennial Farmer
@xennialfarmer.bsky.social
@xennialfarmer.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Xennial Farmer
@xennialfarmer.bsky.social
@xennialfarmer.bsky.social
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COVID vaccines slashed ER visits by 76% in kids 9 mos-4 yrs, and 56% in older kids, CDC's latest MMWR report found (reposting with story): www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...
COVID Vaccines Slashed Kids’ ER Visits by 76 Percent, Study Finds
A report published by the CDC reaffirms the effectiveness of COVID vaccines at preventing severe disease in children
www.scientificamerican.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
COVID vaccines slashed ER visits by 76% in kids 9 mos-4 yrs, and 56% in older kids, CDC's latest MMWR report found (reposting with story): www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...
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Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined | Common Dreams
A landmark report on global inequality shows that
the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else
continued to expand this year
www.commondreams.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
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Polling: "Do you think the rich have too much political power in the U.S.?"
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
December 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Polling: "Do you think the rich have too much political power in the U.S.?"
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
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My recent story about Christian creep inside the federal government:
RFK Jr. is very worried about anti-Christian bias at HHS...under Biden
Employees received a survey Monday asking them to rat on each other.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
My recent story about Christian creep inside the federal government:
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one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states
Trump Administration Scraps Plan to Mint Quarters Featuring Abolition, Suffrage
The move comes as a controversial $1 Trump coin for the nation’s 250th birthday is also being considered.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states
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ICYMI: Kristi Noem caught lying under oath to Congress about deporting veterans.
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
ICYMI: Kristi Noem caught lying under oath to Congress about deporting veterans.
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"We are joined on zoom by a gentleman named Sae Joon Park. He is an U.S. Army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country in Panama in 1989...Earlier this year, you deported him to Korea...Can you please tell Mr. Park why you deported him?"
Rep. Magaziner (D-RI) asks DHS Secretary Noem Why She Deported a U.S. Army Combat Veteran
YouTube video by C-SPAN
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"We are joined on zoom by a gentleman named Sae Joon Park. He is an U.S. Army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country in Panama in 1989...Earlier this year, you deported him to Korea...Can you please tell Mr. Park why you deported him?"
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"DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE PASSIVELY AUTO-RENEWED INTO YOUR 2026 PLAN."
December 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE PASSIVELY AUTO-RENEWED INTO YOUR 2026 PLAN."
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We pursue the investigations the public needs. Readers like you make it possible. Donate now: https://propub.li/4iDFe6a
We pursue the investigations the public needs. Readers like you make it possible. Donate now: https://propub.li/4iDFe6a
December 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
When you give to ProPublica, you’re directly supporting journalism that holds the powerful accountable.
We pursue the investigations the public needs. Readers like you make it possible. Donate now: https://propub.li/4iDFe6a
We pursue the investigations the public needs. Readers like you make it possible. Donate now: https://propub.li/4iDFe6a
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Can a nation be truly free when federal prosecutors only get three chances to indict the president's political enemies? This used to be the "Land of Opportunity," dammit.
BREAKING: For a second time in a week, a grand jury in Virginia has REFUSED to INDICT NY AG Letitia James .
99.6% of all cases presented to a federal grand jury result in an indictment.
The chances of the same case being brought to a grand jury and failing twice are about 1:40,000
99.6% of all cases presented to a federal grand jury result in an indictment.
The chances of the same case being brought to a grand jury and failing twice are about 1:40,000
December 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Can a nation be truly free when federal prosecutors only get three chances to indict the president's political enemies? This used to be the "Land of Opportunity," dammit.
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BREAKING: A federal grand jury — for the second time in one week — rejects the DOJ's attempt to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on alleged mortgage fraud charges. The decision suggests the department does not have sufficient evidence to establish she committed a crime.
Second Grand Jury Rebuffs DOJ Attempt to Re-indict NY AG Letitia James
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
BREAKING: A federal grand jury — for the second time in one week — rejects the DOJ's attempt to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on alleged mortgage fraud charges. The decision suggests the department does not have sufficient evidence to establish she committed a crime.
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If at first you don’t commit misconduct, try try again
BREAKING: For a second time in a week, a grand jury in Virginia has REFUSED to INDICT NY AG Letitia James .
99.6% of all cases presented to a federal grand jury result in an indictment.
The chances of the same case being brought to a grand jury and failing twice are about 1:40,000
99.6% of all cases presented to a federal grand jury result in an indictment.
The chances of the same case being brought to a grand jury and failing twice are about 1:40,000
December 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
If at first you don’t commit misconduct, try try again
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Emil Bove, a judge in Philadelphia’s federal appeals court and staunch defender of President Donald Trump, faces an ethics complaint over his decision to attend the president’s rally in Pennsylvania earlier this week.
Philly federal court judge Emil Bove attended Trump’s Poconos rally. Now he faces an ethics complaint
www.inquirer.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Emil Bove, a judge in Philadelphia’s federal appeals court and staunch defender of President Donald Trump, faces an ethics complaint over his decision to attend the president’s rally in Pennsylvania earlier this week.
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One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
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Wow. This is horrible. This is everything that America claims other countries do and use to control them. The world is watching. Countries and allies are choosing not to come here as a result.
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Wow. This is horrible. This is everything that America claims other countries do and use to control them. The world is watching. Countries and allies are choosing not to come here as a result.
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“Deadhead Fed hair”.
Maybe time to limit his public events.
Maybe time to limit his public events.
December 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“Deadhead Fed hair”.
Maybe time to limit his public events.
Maybe time to limit his public events.
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Yet...so much in the trump world is absurd. Massive amounts of corruption and lies. What is absurd, is how anyone can get away with the ridiculous, dangerous threat
to democracy that trump represents.
#KKK #TRUMP #TrumpIsARussianTool
to democracy that trump represents.
#KKK #TRUMP #TrumpIsARussianTool
December 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Yet...so much in the trump world is absurd. Massive amounts of corruption and lies. What is absurd, is how anyone can get away with the ridiculous, dangerous threat
to democracy that trump represents.
#KKK #TRUMP #TrumpIsARussianTool
to democracy that trump represents.
#KKK #TRUMP #TrumpIsARussianTool
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There is hope. Listen up. 😳👇
December 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
There is hope. Listen up. 😳👇
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The tone deafness of this pampered, entitled, white supremacist billionaire that has spent his entire life stealing credit from others is astounding. Wealth and lack of empathy is a horrible recipe and creates self-absorbed a*$holes who think they know everything. IJS.
December 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The tone deafness of this pampered, entitled, white supremacist billionaire that has spent his entire life stealing credit from others is astounding. Wealth and lack of empathy is a horrible recipe and creates self-absorbed a*$holes who think they know everything. IJS.
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Burns: “If anyone in Trump’s White House is actually getting any work done, they’ve done a good job hiding it from the public.”
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
Trump’s presidency is crumbling before our eyes
Despite his big promises, Donald Trump just doesn’t seem to know what he’s doing.
thehill.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Burns: “If anyone in Trump’s White House is actually getting any work done, they’ve done a good job hiding it from the public.”
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
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NSF
- Forced reorg
- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)
- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)
I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃
- Forced reorg
- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)
- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)
I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃
December 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
NSF
- Forced reorg
- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)
- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)
I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃
- Forced reorg
- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)
- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)
I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃
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Being able to see and write about beautiful things designed and created nearly two centuries ago by people who spent their lives in the most tragic and harrowing conditions fills my soul in these dark days of winter, and it also brings me some hope. #slaveryarchive
December 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Being able to see and write about beautiful things designed and created nearly two centuries ago by people who spent their lives in the most tragic and harrowing conditions fills my soul in these dark days of winter, and it also brings me some hope. #slaveryarchive
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Better ways to measure cognitive exhaustion could point to treatments for long COVID and other debilitating disorders. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Is your brain tired? Researchers are discovering the roots of mental fatigue
Better ways to measure cognitive exhaustion could point to treatments for long COVID and other debilitating disorders.
www.nature.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Better ways to measure cognitive exhaustion could point to treatments for long COVID and other debilitating disorders. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I'm hearing good things about Nick Donohue, our new Virginia Secretary of Transportation. For one, he helped secure dedicated funding for @wmata.com.
Nick Donohue was tapped to become the next secretary of transportation in Virginia.
via @virginiamercury.com
via @virginiamercury.com
Spanberger taps Nick Donohue as Virginia’s next transportation secretary
Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger on Tuesday tapped transportation expert Nick Donohue as Virginia’s next transportation secretary, selecting the VCU graduate to help steer her administration’s policies…
www.newsfromthestates.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I'm hearing good things about Nick Donohue, our new Virginia Secretary of Transportation. For one, he helped secure dedicated funding for @wmata.com.