Tom Flamson
@tflamson.bsky.social
Public Health Research Scientist. Erstwhile Anthropologist, Brazilianist, and World Humor Expert™
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man if only we could get back to the Good FBI as it existed before Trump.
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
man if only we could get back to the Good FBI as it existed before Trump.
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Highly recommended read about the politicisation of science in the US and how this will help the resurgence of eugenic ideology and scientific racism.
“For the first time, there is a political appointee in the NIH communications operations”
www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/t...
“For the first time, there is a political appointee in the NIH communications operations”
www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/t...
As dangerous eugenic ideas spread, NIH falls silent
Federal research agencies are pulling back from fostering public discussions about science after the hollowing out of government communications offices.
www.statnews.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Highly recommended read about the politicisation of science in the US and how this will help the resurgence of eugenic ideology and scientific racism.
“For the first time, there is a political appointee in the NIH communications operations”
www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/t...
“For the first time, there is a political appointee in the NIH communications operations”
www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/t...
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A "debate" where the two sides are a conservative operative and an Epstein files guy. Remember what I said about how "stacked panel" propaganda works.
December 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
A "debate" where the two sides are a conservative operative and an Epstein files guy. Remember what I said about how "stacked panel" propaganda works.
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Zohran Mamdani scares the ADL more than these guys and I think it's fair to ask why
December 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Zohran Mamdani scares the ADL more than these guys and I think it's fair to ask why
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
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A photo I took in 2018 when people living in Trump-branded buildings voted to take his name off. Feel like there’s more of this to come.
December 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A photo I took in 2018 when people living in Trump-branded buildings voted to take his name off. Feel like there’s more of this to come.
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after what biden did with space force, yeah my hopes aren't high.
There's a series of things (like the ballroom, Gulf of America) that we're going to have to *undo* the moment this guy is out of office.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
The president's name was added to the sign outside the performing arts center.
December 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
after what biden did with space force, yeah my hopes aren't high.
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Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
It appears he did, yes
December 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
It appears he did, yes
"Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?"
‘Buddo’ - a rare representation of a human figure from the British Neolithic, dating to around 2900-2400 BC. Discovered at Skara Brae in the mid-C19th, it was re-discovered amongst the archaeological collections at Stromness Museum in 2016. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Archaeology
December 19, 2025 at 8:55 AM
"Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?"
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Put the Christ back in Christmas except for stuff that Christ would say we are canonically/biblically evil for doing
December 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Put the Christ back in Christmas except for stuff that Christ would say we are canonically/biblically evil for doing
Got back to my car at the train station parking lot after wasting all day downtown on California's pointless RTO grift, only to discover... @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov owes me a new catalytic converter!
December 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Got back to my car at the train station parking lot after wasting all day downtown on California's pointless RTO grift, only to discover... @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov owes me a new catalytic converter!
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That old stick about the Roman Empire, and how the actual sign of the collapse was a bridge falling down and nobody coming to fix it.
Replacing collapsed bridge 'nigh on impossible' cost for council
The Spey Viaduct was completed in 1886 but partially collapsed into the Moray river at the weekend.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
That old stick about the Roman Empire, and how the actual sign of the collapse was a bridge falling down and nobody coming to fix it.
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I did not enjoy listening to this clip. Esp as a parent parts of it feel almost unbearable to hear. That’s why I’m encouraging you to watch and listen to this
“The Israeli soldiers had rigged [a] can of food with an explosive.”
American surgeon Irfan Galaria tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about the Israeli military’s brutalization of children, and what he witnessed while working at Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital.
Watch: zeteo.com/p/i-did-not-...
American surgeon Irfan Galaria tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about the Israeli military’s brutalization of children, and what he witnessed while working at Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital.
Watch: zeteo.com/p/i-did-not-...
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I did not enjoy listening to this clip. Esp as a parent parts of it feel almost unbearable to hear. That’s why I’m encouraging you to watch and listen to this
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The suit accuses the companies of receiving personal information through California’s state health insurance exchange.
After Markup investigation, LinkedIn and Google face lawsuit alleging improper access to health data – The Markup
The suit accuses the companies of receiving personal information through California’s state health insurance exchange.
bit.ly
December 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The suit accuses the companies of receiving personal information through California’s state health insurance exchange.
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The Evolution of Cetacean Societies
Edited by @darrencroft.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social and.bsky.social @stephanielking.bsky.social and myself
Preorder available now
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Will share more details closer to release date
#whale #dolphin #animalbehaviour
Edited by @darrencroft.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social and.bsky.social @stephanielking.bsky.social and myself
Preorder available now
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Will share more details closer to release date
#whale #dolphin #animalbehaviour
March 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The Evolution of Cetacean Societies
Edited by @darrencroft.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social and.bsky.social @stephanielking.bsky.social and myself
Preorder available now
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Will share more details closer to release date
#whale #dolphin #animalbehaviour
Edited by @darrencroft.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social and.bsky.social @stephanielking.bsky.social and myself
Preorder available now
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Will share more details closer to release date
#whale #dolphin #animalbehaviour
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This is metal
ICE voodoo doll discovered in New Orleans as immigration crackdown continues
A handmade “voodoo doll” portraying an ICE agent was found in Uptown New Orleans as federal immigration enforcement continues across south Louisiana.
www.fox8live.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This is metal
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all the articles you read about this will say it "would charge doctors" but there is nothing in the bill limiting the felony crime to medical providers. you could write "would charge parents" and be just as correct. news outlets downplay it because news outlets are transphobic.
December 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
all the articles you read about this will say it "would charge doctors" but there is nothing in the bill limiting the felony crime to medical providers. you could write "would charge parents" and be just as correct. news outlets downplay it because news outlets are transphobic.
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Three Democrats (Cuellar, Gonzalez, and Davis) joined the Republicans to pass Marjorie Taylor Greene's federal ban on gender affirming care through the House of Representatives.
It is repugnant that the federal government won't give people health care, but it will TAKE IT AWAY from trans people.
It is repugnant that the federal government won't give people health care, but it will TAKE IT AWAY from trans people.
December 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Three Democrats (Cuellar, Gonzalez, and Davis) joined the Republicans to pass Marjorie Taylor Greene's federal ban on gender affirming care through the House of Representatives.
It is repugnant that the federal government won't give people health care, but it will TAKE IT AWAY from trans people.
It is repugnant that the federal government won't give people health care, but it will TAKE IT AWAY from trans people.
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Sem mais.
💢 Arte Jerge Minero
💢 Arte Jerge Minero
December 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Sem mais.
💢 Arte Jerge Minero
💢 Arte Jerge Minero
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“War for oil“ is not the argument here. If you want an analogy, this is a lot closer to Grenada or the Falklands than to Iraq, just beating the piss out of a militarily inferior country to entertain psychopaths.
December 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“War for oil“ is not the argument here. If you want an analogy, this is a lot closer to Grenada or the Falklands than to Iraq, just beating the piss out of a militarily inferior country to entertain psychopaths.
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ICE tried to raid my wife’s predominantly Hispanic elementary school in Chicago yesterday. Right before their fucking ANNUAL SCHOOL CHRISTMAS ASSEMBLY!
They converged on the school just as the parents were arriving. Luckily, school faculty was able to get everyone in and lock down the building.
They converged on the school just as the parents were arriving. Luckily, school faculty was able to get everyone in and lock down the building.
Found out from my wife that ICE converged on the school she teaches at today right before their school Christmas assembly while the students‘ parents were arriving. Luckily, the faculty got all the parents in safely. But they had to lock down the school to stop ICE entering.
FUCKING BASTARDS!
FUCKING BASTARDS!
December 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
ICE tried to raid my wife’s predominantly Hispanic elementary school in Chicago yesterday. Right before their fucking ANNUAL SCHOOL CHRISTMAS ASSEMBLY!
They converged on the school just as the parents were arriving. Luckily, school faculty was able to get everyone in and lock down the building.
They converged on the school just as the parents were arriving. Luckily, school faculty was able to get everyone in and lock down the building.
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to all of those sweet sweet babies out there who are experiencing their first american backed regime change pls know it will not go well
December 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
to all of those sweet sweet babies out there who are experiencing their first american backed regime change pls know it will not go well
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Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Police officer who shot Tamir Rice hired by West Virginia departments, report says
Rice family attorney calls the hiring "imbecilic and heartless," as Loehmann has previously resigned from three other departments after public protests.
www.cleveland.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.
Tamir Rice was 12 years old.