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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · Apr 2

It’s worse than that. 19th c. medicine in the 21st c. won’t produce 19th c. outcomes. Not when airplanes mix ppl globally on a daily basis, when pop. density has risen to dizzying heights, when human communities have encroached on animal habitats to unprecedented levels…

It’ll be so much worse.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Apr 1

Just trying to get my head around the absolute gutting of cdc and nih today. A bleak day for the US and …. well staying alive longer than people did in the 19th century.

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Amanda Rykoff @amandarykoff.bsky.social · 8h

Googling longest postseason games and Google AI says that the Tigers have won this game!

This was the longest winner-take-all game in postseason history by innings, with the Tigers ultimately winning.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 1d

#ResistanceEarth

Looking for a bit of good news? In this interview, British data scientist Hannah Ritchie explains why she sees the world making real progress in the climate change fight, even as the U.S. loses momentum due to the current anti-science regime.

e360.yale.edu/features/han...

This Data Scientist Sees Progress in the Climate Change Fight

Countries are falling short on reducing emissions, but British data scientist Hannah Ritchie looks at the numbers and sees the world making real gains on climate change. In an interview, she talks abo...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah, nothing says rock n' roll like middle aged men criticizing young people's appearance.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11h

You would think maybe one media outlet could not only assert that this isn't true, but also make a big, multi-day story out of the fact the U.S. president believes a perfectly fine, major American city is a burning, dystopian hellscape

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 11h

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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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 11h

Just in case: MMWR is a key frontline indicator for outbreaks. The first subtle hint of AIDS was in that publication. This is the pale horse that Death rides.

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Benj @splatterthought.bsky.social · 11h

They're just free-basing capitalist cronyism at this point.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11h

The “rushed” deal was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival’s lawsuit alleges.

How a new firm with DHS ties won a $915 million contract to help immigrants "self-deport"

The “rushed” deal was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival's lawsuit alleges.

www.motherjones.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11h

This really captures the nexus of cruelty and corruption at the core of MAGA:

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Benj @splatterthought.bsky.social · 11h

The closing graph in this is perfect....

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Benj @splatterthought.bsky.social · 12h

Sweet summer child...

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 12h

"If we were even to suppose the national rulers actuated by the most ungovernable ambition, it is impossible to believe that they would employ such preposterous means to accomplish their designs."

Oh Alexander, honey.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14h

Quoted by Judge Perry today in her opinion in Illinois v Trump

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Benj @splatterthought.bsky.social · 12h

Waste, fraud, abuse.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h

Sidebar: It’s wild that the guy making the arrest has an accent, and the guy being arrested doesn’t.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

"Turn around or you're going to get the dog."

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

Incredible Congressional hearing opportunity here which is to ask Oz if he knows how numbers work.
Like, Katie Porter whiteboard stuff: "Ok, if the drug was $100 per month, and it was reduced by 650%, what would the price be?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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Benj @splatterthought.bsky.social · 12h

We wouldn't need congressional hearings on how numbers work if the media challenged their numbers narrative as a matter of journalistic due diligence.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 14h

Only to be mocked by the Supreme Court.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14h

As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 14h

Hitler wanted to do the same in Berlin and then rename all of Europe Germania.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

National Design Studio has one client, and it's not the American public

Let the Right Hon In @danhon.com · 12h

National Design Studio looks like it's shipped its first website:

trumprx.gov

TrumpRx

The lowest prescription prices in America. Coming January 2026.

trumprx.gov

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Benj @splatterthought.bsky.social · 12h

Who are you to wave your finger?
You must have been outta your head
Eye hole deep in muddy waters
u practically raised the dead
Rob the grave to snow the cradle
Then burn the evidence down
Soapbox house of cards & glass so
Don't go tossin' your stones around
Foot in mouth & head up asshole...
—tool

Kid Rock in his heas-to-toe red and silver flaming chicken outfit he wore to the oval office like a month before the president & vice-president berated Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 14h

Yes, it's weird that Peter Thiel can't stop talking up the Antichrist.

But look on the bright side—he's also the guy who:

-Gave @jd-vance-1.bsky.social his first VC job
-Funded Vance's firm
-Bought his Senate seat
-Got him the VP slot

Have a nice day!

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 13h

Senator, I am once again asking all of you to coordinate with your governors for a National Guard escort in order to assist you in upholding FEDERAL LAW

Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 15h

We were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE facility in Illinois.

WHAT is the Trump Administration hiding?

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