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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 1d

Waning immunity. A significant Covid wave in England. No new variant.
Thanks Prof Pagel for highlighting and contextualizing

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Dr. Kim Burns ❌👑 @drkimburns.bsky.social · 15h

@bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/10/m...

It’s no surprise MIT’s Sally Kornbluth is the first to flatly reject Trump’s deal - The Boston Globe

Kornbluth deserves all the credit for standing up for her institution’s core values, even at considerable risk.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 21h

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 16h

Good. You all asked for this. Now you’re getting it. I have no sympathy.

Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 19h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on Trump's tariffs: "It's bumpy. I'm talking to major manufacturing companies that are saying...'We're having problems with these tariffs. And now we're having problems, we can't get supplies'...There's problems."

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 14h

“No Speaker Johnson, The No Kings rally October 18 is not a hate America rally. It’s a love America rally.” - Sen. Bernie Sanders

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18h

"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 12h

The RIFs that began Friday will reportedly cut 65% of CISA’s 2,540 employees, one of the dumbest and most dangerous moves imaginable. CISA defends the nation’s cyber and critical infrastructure. Destroying it now only makes sense if you’re afraid of election integrity.

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Tormented🕷Abroad @jjgass.bsky.social · 17h

I wonder if anyone who attacked Joe Biden for pardoning his son before Trump & Bondi came in is having second thoughts

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 20h

Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.

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Tormented🕷Abroad @jjgass.bsky.social · 14h

American friends! Come visit England! You won’t believe how expensive it is for you!

Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 14h

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 13h

You can't take yet unused funds from a prior FY multi-year appropriation (which is what this would be) and shoehorn that in to a purpose for which Congress appropriates money annually, but has not yet appropriated

The FY25 MILPERS appropriation is expired, and there is no FY26 MILPERS appropriation

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19h

A member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee praises Putin.

The Trump Cult has driven Republicans mad.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna
@RepLuna
X.com
The @NobelPrize commission has LOST all credibility.
@realDonaldTrump has ended 8 wars in 9 months and he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize.
Thank you @KremlinRussia_E for backing
@POTUS!

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 16h

First soybeans, now wine.

California’s Wine Industry Is in Crisis — The Wall Street Journal

Changing drinking habits, falling prices, tariffs and the weather are forcing winemakers to do the unthinkable: rip up the vines

apple.news

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 1d

The world can see this

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 13h

I keep seeing this get posted. The AZ electors were charged a year and a half ago. The AZ Superior Court ENDED the case five months ago. The AZ AG will have to appeal to the AZ Supreme Court or go back and start again with a grand jury. Please stop sharing this.

Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 16h

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 13h

After Trump's tariff post, trillions vanished in hours. The S&P collapsed. Nasdaq crashed. Tech giants bled red. But a different kind of storm was already brewing — not on Wall Street, but deep inside the blockchain.

While everyone else was watching Trump’s post, someone was already cashing in.

Before that announcement even hit the airwaves, an anonymous crypto wallet suddenly transferred over $1 billion into stablecoins — digital dollars that hold value even when everything else collapses. Then, within seconds of Trump’s post, that same wallet started placing $100 million buy orders across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and multiple altcoins just as the market imploded.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 14h

Only one thing could top the honor of speaking at the No Kings rally, and that's the honor of speaking at No Kings 2. See you October 18th!

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 23h

To summarize. If Trump wanted to send Ukraine Tomahawks, he could right now. If Trump wanted to sanction Russia, he could right now. If Trump
wanted to seriously bolster Ukrainian air defense against Russia drones/missiles, he could right now. But he’s not, so he doesn’t want to.

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Beingsass @beingsass.bsky.social · 1d

"Trump was not pivoting to Ukraine, as many were saying, he was actually feeling heartbroken at the one person from whom he covets love and respect—Vladimir Putin."

Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 1d

Well, guess what? Yesterday Putin batted his eyelashes at Trump (and Melania) and the first couple were grateful for the love and attention. People need to accept the reality that Trump will always crave Putin's affections and cares not a whit for Ukraine. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Putin Flutters His Eyelashes and Trump Swoons (Melania Too)

A Catechism To Understand The Reality Of Trump, Russia and Ukraine

open.substack.com

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Burger @burg3rtime.bsky.social · 20h

A fantastic breakdown of why this case has been doomed from the start

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

By the time of James' arraignment on October 24, DOJ will EITHER have dismissed Jim Comey's case, OR the evidence that Halligan was unlawfully appointed AND the evidence that EDVA knew they had no probable cause against Comey will be public.

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/11/p...

Prosecutors Sucking Lemons in Their Vindictive Prosecution of Jim Comey - emptywheel

Unless prosecutors find a way to make the Jim Comey prosecution go away, in nine days, we'll get details (in the Vindictive and Selective Prosecution motion) of the efforts Trump has already made to p...

www.emptywheel.net

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 19h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14h

The government has submitted a wailing motion on discovery in the Jim Comey case--partly wailing that bc he won't agree to a protective order--they don't have agreement.

But they basically ignore Judge Nachmanoff's order that ALL discovery is due Monday.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

storage.courtlistener.com

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