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Brian Deer 布莱恩-迪尔 @briandeer.com · 6h

A very high-ranked journal, I think.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1d

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

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Brian Deer 布莱恩-迪尔 @briandeer.com · 1d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfOZ...

The lasting damage of vaccine misinformation and the disgraced doctor fueling it

YouTube video by Environmental Working Group (EWG)

www.youtube.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

From the front lines of the Portland War Zone.

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BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 2d

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Stephen Miller Is Going for Broke

The White House aide equates opposition to Trump’s agenda with terrorism—and pushes for the use of state power to suppress it.

www.theatlantic.com

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

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Brian Deer 布莱恩-迪尔 @briandeer.com · 2d

In other words, licensing the right to protest.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3d

🚨Kristi Noem brings peace to war-torn Portland, Oregon. 1/2

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Brian Deer 布莱恩-迪尔 @briandeer.com · 3d

Ask AI: "Did Brexit make it easier or harder to remove undocumented immigrants from the UK?"

Brian Deer 布莱恩-迪尔 @briandeer.com · 3d

Q: What's the sound of 800 generals and admirals laughing? A: Silence.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 4d

A recent victim of political assassination in the United States who is continually overlooked, deliberately ignored even, by some.

Let's not forget her name anywhere in the world:

Melissa Hortman

This story always reminds me of our own Jo Cox over here in the UK.

Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 4d

Rep. Melissa Hortman was assassinated on June 14.

Say her name.

www.cnn.com/2025/06/14/u...

Melissa Hortman: Who was the Minnesota state representative assassinated in her home? | CNN

A dedicated volunteer who taught Sunday school and loved dogs. A lawyer who served as a Girl Scout Leader and worked at her dad’s auto parts store. A mother and wife whose husband was killed alongside...

www.cnn.com

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Brian Deer 布莱恩-迪尔 @briandeer.com · 7d

Sounds like a flagrant case of working whilst Latino.

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Brian Deer 布莱恩-迪尔 @briandeer.com · 7d

And there's no such thing as an "autism rate".

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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 7d

Letter in Times today

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Sir, Melanie Phillips confuses patriotism with nationalism in her comment article. Brexit was driven by nationalistic fervour, not patriotism, as many true patriots rightly believed that Britain’s best interests lay in remaining in the European Union. That Brexit has made the control of immigration more difficult, damaged our economy and weakened the opportunities of future generations should make people think twice before putting Brexit’s chief proponent in charge of running the country.
John Greenway
Former Tory MP; London W4

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 7d

“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”

- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025

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Brian Deer 布莱恩-迪尔 @briandeer.com · 8d

But the UK has recently built two aircraft carriers.

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Stefano Dalla Casa @radioprozac.bsky.social · 8d

Common hair-loss drug consistently associated with higher rates of psychiatric harm

For over two decades, finasteride—a popular prescription drug taken by millions of men to treat hair loss—has quietly carried a shadow. Behind its cosmetic promise lay disturbing signs of deeper harm:...

medicalxpress.com

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Brian Deer 布莱恩-迪尔 @briandeer.com · 9d

Scary.

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Brian Deer 布莱恩-迪尔 @briandeer.com · 12d

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/n...

ICE Officer ‘Relieved of His Duties’ After Pushing Woman to Floor

www.nytimes.com

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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 12d

How the charlatan Wakefield lies behind Kennedy's bloody idiocy.
(£) www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
Quotes extensively @briandeer.com who exposed the fraud.

How Andrew Wakefield became the architect of RFK Jr’s autism agenda

The discredited British gastroenterologist has celebrated the Trump administration’s embrace of his antivax ideas

www.thetimes.com

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Brian Deer 布莱恩-迪尔 @briandeer.com · 14d

Sadly, parents of kids with developmental challenges often claim dramatic improvements from all kinds of purported remedies punted by quacks. If a doctor said massage a fried egg into his/her hair, some will do it and swear they see cognitive improvement. Big, rigorous controlled trials are vital.

Brian Deer 布莱恩-迪尔 @briandeer.com · 14d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tjh_ZO_tY

Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

www.youtube.com

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Brian Deer 布莱恩-迪尔 @briandeer.com · 15d

Tricky one that. The use of the word "autism" has massively expanded in the last 25 years. Back then, "autism" was a devastating diagnosis, and for good reason. Most parents of kids with autism would have given everything for their child to be cured. Today, "autistic" people write books.

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Brian Deer 布莱恩-迪尔 @briandeer.com · 15d

Kennedy said it was 92 (might have been 94) a while back.