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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · Nov 17

“For the truth changes so much for us that other people can hardly keep track of it.” –Proust (V, p11)

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 9h

BREAKING: Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED.
Here is my updated story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

www.washingtonpost.com

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 22h

Loook, Porter sucks because the preponderance of the evidence shows that she is an abusive boss, and also I think the original post can remain valid as a general principle even if one concedes that.

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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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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah for sure—I just mean even if ppl are into ~natural stuff, there’s still products available! But they just don’t feel the same weight of potential social censure, you’re so right. I think abt how my grandma instilled that in me growing up.

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 1d

Dove aluminum-free deodorant (of which there’s an unscented/sensitivity-conscious variety) works astonishingly well…

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 1d

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I saw it

J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 1d

This is like #738,837 on the list of things to notice about the post/thread, but the diction is crazy. “actual act”?? And I feel like “desperate/ly” & “transparent/ly” should be swapped. It’s giving midwit who uses “utilize” instead of use.

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 1d

seriously, inasmuch as that statement can be made about however many random social media users (and it can be), Ms. Rachel obviously has a substantive inner & interpersonal life and is driven by values. the idea that she lacks "depth [of] character" is just untethered from reality.

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not saying this couldn't be a huge problem going forward, but (A) most counties & cities in VA do not use Dominion (those that do are home to about 8% of VA voters) & (B) even if all GOP polities switch, it's too late to affect the current (ongoing since Sep.) elections, which is what OP means.

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grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 1d

Incredibly funny bit to hand the nobel peace prize to someone who does "President Trump thank you for bombing our fishers, our country yearns for freedom only you can deliver" lol

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 1d

oh Maduro sucks but they knew what message they were actually sending picking her and it wasn't "authoritarianism is bad"

J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills lol.

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve seen multiple people saying this like it’s any kind of rebuttal. It’s unreal.

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 1d

By giving it to someone who supported killing those fishermen?

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado welcomed the US strike, describing it as legitimate pressure. She interpreted it as a direct attack on the government, which she said would be overthrown before long.

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 2d

Cortez Masto, Cruz, Tillis

J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 2d

(Not the hedge fund manager, either, though that’s not great!)

J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 2d

All we’re missing is Ron Wyden’s son! (Anyone who doesn’t know about Ron Wyden’s son, Google “Ron Wyden son”)

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 2d

Yet American Hospital Associations PAC (to which Nebraska Hospital Association PAC is a contributor) gave Flood $10,000 last cycle.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill

FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 2d

My dope friend Adrian, who is trans, interviewed 90 transgender Texans. His project is finally out: www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...

We surveyed 90 trans Texans. Most said they’re living in fear and weighing a move

Respondents said anti-trans policies have complicated their sense of home in Texas and pushed them to consider leaving the state.

www.dallasnews.com

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 3d

My mom was like “why is it the frog? Isn’t the frog a bad thing?” (Re: Pepe)

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 3d

(I also don’t think it’s particularly funny that his name is Miranda, but that’s just me embracing my woke killjoyism streak til the end)

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3d

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 3d

my bf said the same thing about AI!