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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 2d

Tito Puente Jr. because when the world is burning there’s still music.

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 2d

"Usutu, which mainly infects birds, was first detected in London blackbirds in 2020 and has been found in birds or mosquitoes every year since, making it now endemic to the UK … Usutu often establishes first, with West Nile following as temperatures rise."

theconversation.com/first-eviden...

First evidence in the UK of breeding aegypti mosquito – the main spreader of dengue, chikungunya and Zika

The first discovery of Aedes aegypti eggs in the UK shows how climate change and global travel are helping mosquitoes that spread dengue and Zika expand northwards.

theconversation.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2d

For one, the federal government cannot constitutionally commandeer state officials to do its bidding.

But more importantly, the president does not see his political opposition as legitimate but rather as a target for a carceral and militaristic state. It is deeply undemocratic and authoritarian.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 9d

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, former Director of NIAID, is Fired by Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy in Retaliation for Filing Whistleblower Complaint with the Office of Special Counsel

bit.ly/4gRA3yx

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Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 @andreasor.bsky.social · 15d

MSNBC: #jamescomey #fdt #doj
#fascism #nazipos

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 14d

When the President uses federal law enforcement for his personal revenge, it puts all of us in danger.

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 14d

BREAKING: Trump posts unfounded medical advice about vaccines, Tylenol. @anacabrera.bsky.social and @vinguptamd.bsky.social discuss.

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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 15d

My thoughts are with those in the path of the storm #Ragasa 🌀

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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 17d

Excellent meme use.

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 17d

Oh, cool!

Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 @andreasor.bsky.social · 17d

Cannot wait!! The orange clown fuck is going to have a heart attack. 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 19d

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable.

This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.

From me for @rollingstone.com:

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.

www.rollingstone.com

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 17d

Yup, iHerb, his supplement company, sells leucovorin

This administration is just one big grift

Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 17d

Dr. Oz sells a supplement.

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 17d

I agree 100% with Dr Offit

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 17d

Trump’s attack on vaccines yesterday — delivered from the White House — “was the most dangerously irresponsible press conference in the realm of public health in American history” @pauloffit.bsky.social told us.

More on Trump’s false claims with @lenasun.bsky.social

‘Based on what I feel’: Trump escalates attack on childhood vaccines

Trump promoted long-debunked claims that vaccines can cause autism as he called for changes to the childhood immunization schedule sought by anti-vaccine activists.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 18d

Dads also care.

Odd to make this a women's-only issue.

Also, Tylenol is not going to be it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18d

Leavitt: "I think women for many years, in fact for decades, have been confused by the rapid increase in autism in this country ... they want answers to that. That's exactly what this administration is focused on finding."

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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 18d

Let it be known that after 20+ years, I am eating my words.

I just printed a protractor and I’m using geometry. I apologize, Ms Fritchie, wherever you are!

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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 18d

Just a friendly reminder that RFK Jr doesn’t know wtf he’s talking abt, he doesn’t understand the 1st thing abt science or statistics (or health really), and there is no evidence that Tylenol (or is it acetaminophen generally???) or folate have anything to do with #Autism.

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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 19d

This is evil

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Aug 2

BBC News, "The BBC World Service has compiled material on over 160 cases where children have been shot in Gaza and found that in 95 cases the child was shot in the head or the chest"

"In most these cases, the victim was under 12 years old"

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Jason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social · 19d

$3.87 billion SO FAR....

Tha Bean @thabean.bsky.social · 20d

Nooo… lemme fix it for you.

“Disney has lost $3.87 Billion (USD) overnight because of DISNEY.” 🤨

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 19d

"President Trump is remaking the country in his image: crude, harsh, gratuitously mean.'

#GiftLink 🎁

When your country strips you of rights and protections, it tells you that it no longer recognizes you. Other times, you realize that you no longer recognize your country. People leave; families rupture along political lines; friendships shatter; people and institutions that used to be widely admired are vilified, and yesterday’s villains are sainted; familiar faces disappear from the public sphere; an aggressive conformity takes hold; the material conditions of life change.

The indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s show signaled just such a shift in landscape. The news tells us that we are moving from one country to a different, autocratic one. The television shows us: This country looks different, sounds different and feels different. A familiar face and a familiar voice vanish. Some people turned on their televisions on Friday night to see a memorial to Charlie Kirk when they expected to see a comedian welcoming his next guest.

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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 19d

Your dad is correct

Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 19d

Happy 21st of September!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs06...

Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)

YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO

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UF Geography @ufgeog.bsky.social · 23d

NEW in Nature Climate Change - Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change, by GeoGators Catherine Lippi, @sjryan3.bsky.social and colleagues www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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