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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 6h

For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.

Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 8d

Right wing think tank (AEI) employee Roger Pielke Jr. has formed a cozy relationship with the Murdoch media as he spreads climate disinformation in Australia.

It's right out of #ScienceUnderSiege (and yes, Roger is prominently mentioned in the book): www.theguardian.com/environment/...

News Corp embraces fantasy genre by turning climate crisis into ‘laughable’ science fiction | Temperature Check

The National Climate Risk Assessment is attacked in the Daily Telegraph, while wind turbines became a frightening obstacle for firefighting planes and solar panels a source of mountains of landfill wa...

www.theguardian.com

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 8h

Many of those compositions were penned overseas and dumped in our country without sufficient tariffs collected. A city that isn't a Democratic hellscape would have played more Copeland and John Phillip Sousa. #MAGA

Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 10h

Unbearably violent images from Downtown Chicago where a classical music concert was played on the Chicago River. This is too elegant and magical to be seen.

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Jason Hanson @rokkpaw.bsky.social · 7h

Right wing economics (austerity for the poor, tax breaks for the rich, small government, deregulation, etc) don't work. They never have.

Anyone who still falls for this shit hasn't been paying attention.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_...

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 8h

Again, and forever, if Trump -- with the leverage he has now -- can't compel the release of Marwan Barghouti, then he is content with only another pause in the century of bloodshed in The Levant. Barghouti marginalizes and affronts extremists on both sides and means real negotiations and two states.

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Jason Hanson @rokkpaw.bsky.social · 8h

Sad to see the US go from the people's "cancel culture" where public outcry and personal spending habits could impact a target, to regime initiated "woke is dead" policy where mass, indiscriminate firings or threats are made to protect one old man and his swamp of corruption.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 12h

Antarctica may have passed a climate tipping point of no return, scientists are warning, with mounting evidence that a sudden slump in sea ice formation since 2016 is linked to human-induced ocean warming.

Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas

Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences

www.newscientist.com

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 13h

“We have now seen three of the five worst harvests on record this decade after extreme weather, telling a story of escalating #climate impacts that farmers are unable to cope with”.

Tick. Tock.

www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

England sees second worst harvest on record, analysis shows

Provisional Government data suggests a much worse harvest than experts had so far predicted.

www.independent.co.uk

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 10h

Independent media here and happy to report 🫡

Though I think the more relevant, immediate news story is the psychopaths around him enabling him and speed-running 1930s Germany.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

Is it just me, or does it seem the press is actually and completely terrified to report about Donald Trump's physical and mental health the way it would have if anyone else were president?

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Raffi_RC @raffic.bsky.social · 9h

🇨🇦 Thanksgiving weekend. blessings abound. 🍁 🙏🏻 #ThanksALot

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 9h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Olga Vyshnyvetska @mrspacelobster.bsky.social · 9h

Family photo 🎃👻🍂🍁

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 8h

Thanks to Republicans in Congress, some Americans will have to pay more than $22,000 every year to keep their health insurance coverage.

$22,000.

That could be a matter of keeping health care coverage or just giving up—and for some people, life and death.

Thanks to Republicans, some Americans will pay $22,000/year to keep their health insurance.

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

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Data Bear 🏳️‍🌈 @dataandpolitics.net · 19h

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Goldborough Studio @goldboroughstudio.bsky.social · 15h

Laputa...
#sketch

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 19h

Daily bunny no.3104 does not have a map

An intrepid bunny creeps through a labyrinth or dungeon, arranged in a grid like an old videogame. There is a snake and a skull in the bunny's path, as well as a spike pit. The bunny has a small sword.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 19h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Graham Annable @grickle.bsky.social · 15d

Boo! (Buy my new book at gricklemart.com) #grickledoodle #ghosts #horror #cartoon #art #log #drawing #funny

A cartoon illustration of kids lifting up a rotted log revealing a little ghost underneath. Caption reads "Instead of salamanders, the kids had uncovered a log ghost."

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Graham Annable @grickle.bsky.social · 16d

Grumbling on the moors. #grickledoodle #pugs #sherlockholmes #dogs #horror #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

A cartoon illustration of Shelock Holmes and Watson being surprised by a giant pug in the fog. Caption reads "The Pug of the Baskervilles."

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Graham Annable @grickle.bsky.social · 17d

Flabbergasted! Buy my new book at gricklemart.com #grickledoodle #walrus #vampire #tusks #fangs #vampire #horror #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

A cartoon illustration of an evil looking seal with bloodied fangs turning to look at two scientists in the Arctic. Caption reads "The scientists were shocked to discover a Vampire seal hiding among the huddle of walruses."

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Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com · 1d

Original available for this agile little squirrel!
Size A6, price 150 euros, shipping included*. Email [email protected] to claim.

*This one's not shipping to the US at this time, sorry friends!

Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com · Sep 11

Day 11 of #septempera - acorn thief.

I managed to keep things pretty loose so I'm happy 😊

Painting of a squirrel running on an oak branch with an acorn in its mouth.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is using our tax dollars to buy Argentine pesos to bail out the country's failing libertarian economy.

My friend Rohit Chopra explains how this will hurt struggling Americans here at home.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1d

So much for states' rights. interc.pt/4mY1h88

A photo of Donald Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott discussing flash flooding at the Hill Country Youth Event Center in Kerrville, Texas, on July 11, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities," and the DEK, "An Intercept analysis finds nearly every Republican governor has deployed National Guard members to aid Trump’s domestic military agenda."

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