Stanley Beck
@bluebeck.bsky.social
Botanist, worried about all the good things worth protecting. There’s a fight ahead; we need to be gentle with ourselves and each other so we can have the energy we’ll need. We also need more of us to be COVID safe. They’re coming for our health.
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All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
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Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
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Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
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John Stewart is trash🚮
Mask up folks😷 Covid will adapt to survive. Will you?
Mask up folks😷 Covid will adapt to survive. Will you?
Dear Jon Stewart c/o @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social
I recently watched, with great surprise and disappointment, a weeklyshowpodcast segment in which you and other "personalities," gleefully mocked and derided the relatively small subset of individuals who continue to wear a face mask in public.
I recently watched, with great surprise and disappointment, a weeklyshowpodcast segment in which you and other "personalities," gleefully mocked and derided the relatively small subset of individuals who continue to wear a face mask in public.
December 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
John Stewart is trash🚮
Mask up folks😷 Covid will adapt to survive. Will you?
Mask up folks😷 Covid will adapt to survive. Will you?
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49% of covid cases are asymptomatic. Every infection causes cumulative damage.
Flu-A Subclade K is incredibly transmissible
Vaccines alone can’t keep us from transmitting / catching covid and Flu or getting long covid.
Consider wearing an N95 / FFP3 respirator.
Flu-A Subclade K is incredibly transmissible
Vaccines alone can’t keep us from transmitting / catching covid and Flu or getting long covid.
Consider wearing an N95 / FFP3 respirator.
December 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
49% of covid cases are asymptomatic. Every infection causes cumulative damage.
Flu-A Subclade K is incredibly transmissible
Vaccines alone can’t keep us from transmitting / catching covid and Flu or getting long covid.
Consider wearing an N95 / FFP3 respirator.
Flu-A Subclade K is incredibly transmissible
Vaccines alone can’t keep us from transmitting / catching covid and Flu or getting long covid.
Consider wearing an N95 / FFP3 respirator.
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The thesis of the book is that early COVID lockdowns weren't worth it and mid-COVID mitigation measures like masks, contact tracing and business closures don't work.
This is laughably false and the authors have endorsed the people now running Trump's HHS.
This is laughably false and the authors have endorsed the people now running Trump's HHS.
December 24, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The thesis of the book is that early COVID lockdowns weren't worth it and mid-COVID mitigation measures like masks, contact tracing and business closures don't work.
This is laughably false and the authors have endorsed the people now running Trump's HHS.
This is laughably false and the authors have endorsed the people now running Trump's HHS.
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Which sea level will we choose? (If we agree to @governorferguson.bsky.social’s raid on Climate Commitment Act funding, we may be choosing the higher level)
December 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Which sea level will we choose? (If we agree to @governorferguson.bsky.social’s raid on Climate Commitment Act funding, we may be choosing the higher level)
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Next year's artists signed contracts to perform at "The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts." Since a venue with that name no longer exists, and one with a very division name many artists would not wish to be associated with does, they should be able to get out of their contracts.
December 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Next year's artists signed contracts to perform at "The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts." Since a venue with that name no longer exists, and one with a very division name many artists would not wish to be associated with does, they should be able to get out of their contracts.
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This anodyne BS is how the NYT summarizes the most corrupt presidency in US history.
Trump said he didn't know what Project 2025 was; he lied.
He said he would get prices down; he lied.
He said he'd only deport criminals; he lied.
He started wars and attacked his own people.
Trump said he didn't know what Project 2025 was; he lied.
He said he would get prices down; he lied.
He said he'd only deport criminals; he lied.
He started wars and attacked his own people.
December 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This anodyne BS is how the NYT summarizes the most corrupt presidency in US history.
Trump said he didn't know what Project 2025 was; he lied.
He said he would get prices down; he lied.
He said he'd only deport criminals; he lied.
He started wars and attacked his own people.
Trump said he didn't know what Project 2025 was; he lied.
He said he would get prices down; he lied.
He said he'd only deport criminals; he lied.
He started wars and attacked his own people.
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There has been a startling & disturbing increase in violent threats against judges who rule against Felon Trump.
I break down the latest data from the US Marshals Service & detail the hypocrisy from the Far-Right who accuse Democrats of promoting political violence.
youtu.be/Elmprpo0miE?...
I break down the latest data from the US Marshals Service & detail the hypocrisy from the Far-Right who accuse Democrats of promoting political violence.
youtu.be/Elmprpo0miE?...
Trump’s WAR on Judges ERUPTS as Violent Threats Surge
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
There has been a startling & disturbing increase in violent threats against judges who rule against Felon Trump.
I break down the latest data from the US Marshals Service & detail the hypocrisy from the Far-Right who accuse Democrats of promoting political violence.
youtu.be/Elmprpo0miE?...
I break down the latest data from the US Marshals Service & detail the hypocrisy from the Far-Right who accuse Democrats of promoting political violence.
youtu.be/Elmprpo0miE?...
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One big Holocaust education issue in the US is that people don't know the difference between a concentration camp and an extermination camp (though the two were often linked), so they assume that people referring to a "concentration camp" are being unfairly hyperbolic in a case like this.
It remains wild to me that during the first trump administration there was a long debate over terminology after AOC (correctly) called border internment "concentration camps" and now having concentration camps is a core domestic policy.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
Camps where tens of thousands of politically disfavored people will be concentrated.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
One big Holocaust education issue in the US is that people don't know the difference between a concentration camp and an extermination camp (though the two were often linked), so they assume that people referring to a "concentration camp" are being unfairly hyperbolic in a case like this.
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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Ivanka Trump’s husband is trying to get Middle Eastern leaders to invest in his vision of a high-tech paradise on the ruins of Gaza with a PowerPoint presentation.
Trump’s Son-in-Law Pitches $112B Tech Utopia on Gaza Rubble
Jared Kushner has been showing a 32-page PowerPoint presentation to nearby countries.
trib.al
December 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Ivanka Trump’s husband is trying to get Middle Eastern leaders to invest in his vision of a high-tech paradise on the ruins of Gaza with a PowerPoint presentation.
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another reminder that 49% of covid infections are asymptomatic.
meaning you can be sick and infectious without knowing it.
testing is the only way to catch these infections, so you can get paxlovid (if possible), rest, and isolate.
meaning you can be sick and infectious without knowing it.
testing is the only way to catch these infections, so you can get paxlovid (if possible), rest, and isolate.
Holiday gathering reminder 🎁
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
Study Examines Performance of Serial COVID Testing - News Center
Testing performance of rapid antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2 improved for both asymptomatic and symptomatic patients after testing multiple times in 48-hour intervals, according to findings published in ...
news.feinberg.northwestern.edu
December 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
another reminder that 49% of covid infections are asymptomatic.
meaning you can be sick and infectious without knowing it.
testing is the only way to catch these infections, so you can get paxlovid (if possible), rest, and isolate.
meaning you can be sick and infectious without knowing it.
testing is the only way to catch these infections, so you can get paxlovid (if possible), rest, and isolate.
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Trump likes to say that INFLATION came from Biden,
but the fact is that the inflation under Biden
was caused by the Covid Pandemic under Trump.
Trump blames Inflation under Biden
on money Biden sent to Americans to help them thru Covid.
Trump sent stimulus money too
WITH HIS NAME ON IT, of course.
but the fact is that the inflation under Biden
was caused by the Covid Pandemic under Trump.
Trump blames Inflation under Biden
on money Biden sent to Americans to help them thru Covid.
Trump sent stimulus money too
WITH HIS NAME ON IT, of course.
December 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Trump likes to say that INFLATION came from Biden,
but the fact is that the inflation under Biden
was caused by the Covid Pandemic under Trump.
Trump blames Inflation under Biden
on money Biden sent to Americans to help them thru Covid.
Trump sent stimulus money too
WITH HIS NAME ON IT, of course.
but the fact is that the inflation under Biden
was caused by the Covid Pandemic under Trump.
Trump blames Inflation under Biden
on money Biden sent to Americans to help them thru Covid.
Trump sent stimulus money too
WITH HIS NAME ON IT, of course.
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"Why is the flu so much worse than before and why are people getting Norovirus?" they ask, and the answer is that we are now experiencing the cascading system failure in public health experts predicted Covid would cause, per its weakening of human immune system functions.
Like we're increasing making each other sicker and sicker being like COVID IS O- *COUGH COUGH* -WHEEZE- VER. idk maybe the elites wants us dead who really knows.
December 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"Why is the flu so much worse than before and why are people getting Norovirus?" they ask, and the answer is that we are now experiencing the cascading system failure in public health experts predicted Covid would cause, per its weakening of human immune system functions.
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The most corrupt president in modern U.S. history should be behind bars.
🚨 Newly obtained recording from late 2020: Trump is heard pressuring the Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to convene a special legislative session to overturn his election loss.
🚨 Newly obtained recording from late 2020: Trump is heard pressuring the Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to convene a special legislative session to overturn his election loss.
December 19, 2025 at 5:55 AM
The most corrupt president in modern U.S. history should be behind bars.
🚨 Newly obtained recording from late 2020: Trump is heard pressuring the Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to convene a special legislative session to overturn his election loss.
🚨 Newly obtained recording from late 2020: Trump is heard pressuring the Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to convene a special legislative session to overturn his election loss.
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As of tonight, the Ellisons also own TikTok. So now our media is almost fully controlled by fascists.
www.npr.org/2025/12/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/18/n...
TikTok signs deal to give U.S. operations to Oracle-led investor group
The agreement aims to resolve a yearslong standoff between the popular social media platform and the U.S. government over national security concerns tied to China's parent company, ByteDance.
www.npr.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:56 AM
As of tonight, the Ellisons also own TikTok. So now our media is almost fully controlled by fascists.
www.npr.org/2025/12/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/18/n...
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COVID-19 Causes Myelin Loss in the Brain, Resulting in Depression, Insomnia and Cognitive Issues Seen in Long COVID
www.thailandmedical.news/news/covid-1...
www.thailandmedical.news/news/covid-1...
COVID-19 Causes Myelin Loss in the Brain, Resulting in Depression, Insomnia and Cognitive Issues Seen in Long COVID - Thailand Medical News
www.thailandmedical.news
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
COVID-19 Causes Myelin Loss in the Brain, Resulting in Depression, Insomnia and Cognitive Issues Seen in Long COVID
www.thailandmedical.news/news/covid-1...
www.thailandmedical.news/news/covid-1...
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"These findings offer vital insights into how COVID 19 affects the central nervous system and may help explain the cognitive problems, such as memory and concentration, reported both shortly after infection and months or even years later."
The world has changed since the emergence of Covid-19.
So have our brains:
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
So have our brains:
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
COVID-19 leaves a lasting mark on the human brain - Griffith News
COVID-19 does not just affect the respiratory system, but also significantly alters the brain in people who have fully recovered from the infectious
news.griffith.edu.au
December 18, 2025 at 5:55 AM
"These findings offer vital insights into how COVID 19 affects the central nervous system and may help explain the cognitive problems, such as memory and concentration, reported both shortly after infection and months or even years later."
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Breaking hiatus briefly to say wash your fucking hands and wear a mask whenever possible and cover your cough. I literally can't breathe right now and there's a very real chance I'll end up in the ICU for oxygen. (It's not covid nor flu or strep btw. This is worse than the Delta covid strain tho)
December 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Breaking hiatus briefly to say wash your fucking hands and wear a mask whenever possible and cover your cough. I literally can't breathe right now and there's a very real chance I'll end up in the ICU for oxygen. (It's not covid nor flu or strep btw. This is worse than the Delta covid strain tho)
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Hundreds of underage girls married off and hundreds more children kidnapped as U.S. foreign aid cuts contribute to surge in violations against persecuted Rohingya children.
Trafficked, exploited, married off: Rohingya children’s lives crushed by foreign aid cuts
Severe foreign aid cuts imposed this year by U.S. President Donald Trump, along with funding reductions from other countries, shuttered thousands of schools and youth training centers in camps for Rohingya in Bangladesh and crippled child protection programs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Hundreds of underage girls married off and hundreds more children kidnapped as U.S. foreign aid cuts contribute to surge in violations against persecuted Rohingya children.
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Hands down the best video I’ve seen like this.
Idc if you care about Covid - this is flu, this is measles, this is TB, this is norovirus. The world would look so different today if exhalations came in color.
Idc if you care about Covid - this is flu, this is measles, this is TB, this is norovirus. The world would look so different today if exhalations came in color.
December 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Hands down the best video I’ve seen like this.
Idc if you care about Covid - this is flu, this is measles, this is TB, this is norovirus. The world would look so different today if exhalations came in color.
Idc if you care about Covid - this is flu, this is measles, this is TB, this is norovirus. The world would look so different today if exhalations came in color.
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Remember the year we all wore masks and no babies died of the flu?
3/The first pediatric flu death was reported for the 2025-2026 season. I expect more, as flu vaccination rates are historically low. Since 2004, we’ve seen an increase in the number of deaths year over year. Last year was a record year for pediatric deaths. Most children who died were not vaccinated
December 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Remember the year we all wore masks and no babies died of the flu?
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I mean every word of this with every shred of my humanity.
No, there isn’t a way. There just isn’t. GenAI is poisoning the water supply of Oregon. It’s boiling inland seas.This tech, at scale, is an anti life equation, and all to spit out stolen collages of other people’s work to plug into a pipeline that has to be fixed by an underpaid real human later.
December 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I mean every word of this with every shred of my humanity.
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If you think Trump is vile wait until you see what the young Republicans just did at their gala. This event demands far more coverage. The young Republicans invited and celebrated white nationalists, far-right German politicians and more. My new article deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/if-you-thi...
If you think Trump is vile wait until you see what the young Republicans just did at their gala
This is the future of the GOP!
deanobeidallah.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
If you think Trump is vile wait until you see what the young Republicans just did at their gala. This event demands far more coverage. The young Republicans invited and celebrated white nationalists, far-right German politicians and more. My new article deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/if-you-thi...