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Alan Jackson

@akjackson.bsky.social

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Retired geophysicist, pro bono data science, writer of letters to the editor, troublemaker. https://www.ajackson.org/Blog/

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Alan Jackson @akjackson.bsky.social · Dec 3

This thread is for my fellow migraineurs.
After contending with chronic migraines for over 50 years, and trying almost every treatment, I am finally almost migraine free. I typically get about 5-15 migraine days per month, so this is significant.

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JD Long @jdlong.cerebralmastication.com · 1h

Hep. Math is broke.

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Alan Jackson @akjackson.bsky.social · 24m

Ugh.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 52m

A bipartisan measure to block the Trump administration’s lethal strikes against alleged Venezuelan drug smugglers fell short in the Senate, in what Democratic lawmakers framed as a failure of Congress to assert its constitutional role to decide whether the country enters war.

Senate bipartisan move to restrict Trump’s Venezuela war powers fails

A bipartisan Senate resolution to restrain Trump’s ability to wage war against alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers failed in a TK-TK vote.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 3h

Oh look, vaccines work.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 4h

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Alan Jackson @akjackson.bsky.social · 8h

Rotate the tires, change the air filter for the A/C. That's pretty much it. Oh, windshield wipers and wiper fluid.

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 11h

This is true. Once you drive one for a while you start thinking, wait why *do* regular cars have all these tubes and gaskets and whatnot?

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

i’d say the real killer feature of EVs is basically the lack of real maintenance costs.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 18h

doomscroll break

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 10h

I generally think “politics” desks are a net harm: they instinctively flatten everything into a both-sides political game.

The one thing they should be able to do well is discuss actual political moves! Literally their beat.

And they can’t even do THAT right.

T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 10h

This is the part that kills me. Rs literally did this *mere weeks ago* and it was barely a one-day story, already forgotten to the mists of time

Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 10h

Every time a GOP Senator blames the shutdown on Democrats, a reporter should ask why they don’t just eliminate the filibuster for budget bills, like they just did for block confirmations.

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 10h

Here we see Stephen Miller (left) explaining to a woman that she'll never get his Lucky Charms

Image of a very short Miller talking to a blond woman as they walk on grass

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 11h

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10h

NEW: Comey is going to file selective and vindictive prosecution motion to dismiss AND he will challenge the legality of Halligan’s appointment! There’s more, too… so glad @annabower.bsky.social is there to bring us the whole story! Thread below with details:

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11h

The judge also set an initial schedule for pre-trial motions.

The first set is expected by Oct. 12. Per Comey’s defense counsel, that batch will include motions to dismiss for selective and vindictive prosecution, as well as a motion challenging the legality of Halligan’s appointment as US attorney

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Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher @repfletcher.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for leading our Texas Delegation in this important response to this unprecedented action.

Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 1d

My Texas colleagues and I demand that Governor Abbott stand up to Trump and bring back the Texas National Guard where it belongs—to Texas.

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Alan Jackson @akjackson.bsky.social · 8h

As a child of the 60's, I have missed there being a large repertoire of protest songs. The songs were a key ingredient feeding opposition to the Vietnam war.

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Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 10h

😍 Jon Batiste has released a climate change song. 😍https://www.jonbatiste.com/petrichor/#/

Petrichor - Jon Batiste

Official Website

www.jonbatiste.com

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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 9h

His speeches "leave the impression of an army of pompous phrases moving over the landscape in search of an idea..."

amazing turn of phrase describing...

former president warren harding

(from @hcrichardson.bsky.social newsletter)

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 12h

It’s flu season! Get your shot today 💉

🔗 getmyflushot.org

💉💚💉

(Remember when “get your flu shot” came with great PSAs instead of conspiracy threads?)

This was SUCH a great campaign from the CDC. It’s the Wild to mild vaccine. This poster shows a tiger and a cute little cat. The wording says “A flu vaccine can take flu from Wild to mild”
More info here about this fabulous campaign: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/whats-new/2023-2024-new-campaign-wild-to-mild.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fflu-resources%2Fphp%2Fshareable-resources%2Findex.html

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Alan Jackson @akjackson.bsky.social · 8h

Trump's tiny Johnson

Alan Jackson @akjackson.bsky.social · 8h

It would be useful to know what the trend for "bodies found in bayous" has been over, say, the past 10 years. I have no context for all of this.

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Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 9h

Octopus in Icelandic is kolkrabbi, which means coal crab. Squid is smokkfiskur, which means condom fish.

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 9h

Shades of the Aurora, CO Tren de Aragua origin story.

Similar scapegoating there by another neglectful landlord.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 12h

This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

Sickening.

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No true bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 10h

I think there are still shared norms we can appeal to when we talk to the marginal MAGA voter. But there really are no shared norms left with the core of the movement.

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Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv @drmlb.bsky.social · 9h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

The original version of the book said that Epstein was involved in introducing Melania to her beloved husband.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21h

📌 Historic fascists with plenary authority:
• Hitler
• Mussolini
• Stalin

Plenary authority or plenary powers: Absolute and without limitations.

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