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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 6h

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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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 14h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 10h

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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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 7h

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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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 17h

Very much enjoying the inflatable frog segment of the civil war.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 17h

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

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The RIFs have begun.
12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 17h

Imagine being mad you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize while you’re busy stirring up Civil War in your own country.

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Tifa | Sacred Ho🧘🏾‍♀️ @chicmojo.blacksky.app · 1d

Sperm from men older than 35 is linked to increased birth defects.

I know men like to think they’re exempt from that 🙂

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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 20h

Honestly it’s my favorite of the John Wick sequels

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Zoë McLaren, PhD @zoemclaren.bsky.social · 19h

This tweet is ART.

Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 20h

My wife and I are going to see Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in Waiting for Godot this weekend.

I’ve never seen the show before. Which one of them plays Godot?

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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 20h

Meanwhile in #Portland

Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

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Zoë McLaren, PhD @zoemclaren.bsky.social · 19h

All it takes is 3.5% of the population wearing a frog costume to successfully defeat fascism.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Zoë McLaren, PhD @zoemclaren.bsky.social · 21h

Just a reminder that Tr*mp’s policies are very unpopular.

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 21h

A majority of adults oppose Trump’s use of the National Guard in America cities www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-majority...

A majority of Americans oppose Trump sending the National Guard to Democratic-run cities

The president is defying the will of the people, federal judges, and the Constitution

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 23h

Black people have been asking this question for a very long time.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

Do you really have any rights if they are openly saying they will just make up reasons to detain you?

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Zoë McLaren, PhD @zoemclaren.bsky.social · 21h

The sound of the global epicenter of economics shifting…

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Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 1d

I am proud of all the new colleagues we have been able to attract to our UZH Department of Economics over the last few years, and I am thrilled that Esther and Abhijit have now chosen us as their new academic home--it marks a true quantum leap for @econ.uzh.ch and beyond!

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Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 1d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22h

Immigrant Nobel Prize winners exiting the United States

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 1d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Yes, forcing users to upload documents for age verification is going to end very badly.

Collecting sensitive documents, like ID is an especially bad idea.

Do not collect shit that you do not need to collect, ever.

If it's not collected it can't be leaked.

That is all.

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Zoë McLaren, PhD @zoemclaren.bsky.social · 1d

Not a competition! Social media is for everyone. 🙌

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Zoë McLaren, PhD @zoemclaren.bsky.social · 1d

Omg I spelled Ketanji wrong in that post I am sooooo embarrassed. 😭

Zoë McLaren, PhD @zoemclaren.bsky.social · 1d

Kentanji Brown Jackson wrote about her personal experience with this in her memoir and it sounded so so hard, even with all the resources she had.

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Zoë McLaren, PhD @zoemclaren.bsky.social · 1d

Also, one side has all the guns.