Bryan
@bryanuf.bsky.social
UF alum in Connecticut via Chicago, Orlando, and Los Angeles. Metro-North and MBTA Napper. Big brother to Puddles the Shih Tzu. Sometimes I write at http://www.bryanhg.wordpress.com.
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Two weeks until measels is endemic disease in the US. Meaning the virus will have circulated for 12 consecutive months.
We are in Medieval times.
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
The outbreaks are threatening to cost the country its measles elimination status, which was earned in 2000 after vaccination efforts stopped the virus from spreading continuously. 🧪
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
The outbreaks are threatening to cost the country its measles elimination status, which was earned in 2000 after vaccination efforts stopped the virus from spreading continuously. 🧪
Over 250 people quarantined in South Carolina as measles outbreak rages
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
arstechnica.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Two weeks until measels is endemic disease in the US. Meaning the virus will have circulated for 12 consecutive months.
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Oh so NOW Michigan has a problem with the football coach cheating.
December 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Oh so NOW Michigan has a problem with the football coach cheating.
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As I noted a few weeks ago, my colleagues and I identified the area of Arizona where the measles outbreak has exploded as a region of low vaccination coverage a decade ago.
There is no question that undervaccinated areas are dangerous, and we can predict where outbreaks will grow.
There is no question that undervaccinated areas are dangerous, and we can predict where outbreaks will grow.
US exceeds 1,900 measles cases as outbreaks expand
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
As I noted a few weeks ago, my colleagues and I identified the area of Arizona where the measles outbreak has exploded as a region of low vaccination coverage a decade ago.
There is no question that undervaccinated areas are dangerous, and we can predict where outbreaks will grow.
There is no question that undervaccinated areas are dangerous, and we can predict where outbreaks will grow.
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"Get with the times!" the drunkard shouts, while still putting two spaces after periods.
December 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"Get with the times!" the drunkard shouts, while still putting two spaces after periods.
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Getting their tech into government is always the holy grail of tech executives. It's highly lucrative, and it's hard for gov to stop using something once it's widespread.
Gov is usually pretty hard to break into. But what if you just captured the government and gave the contacts to yourself?
Gov is usually pretty hard to break into. But what if you just captured the government and gave the contacts to yourself?
December 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Getting their tech into government is always the holy grail of tech executives. It's highly lucrative, and it's hard for gov to stop using something once it's widespread.
Gov is usually pretty hard to break into. But what if you just captured the government and gave the contacts to yourself?
Gov is usually pretty hard to break into. But what if you just captured the government and gave the contacts to yourself?
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“Al should be in your battle rhythm every single day.”
December 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“Al should be in your battle rhythm every single day.”
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Peak fusion cuisine in Paris: Irish-Mexican!
December 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Peak fusion cuisine in Paris: Irish-Mexican!
Wow. It'll take some time for me to get used to seeing Alonso wearing orange and black.
🚨 Pete Alonso has signed with the Orioles for 5 years, $155 million, per Jeff Passan
December 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Wow. It'll take some time for me to get used to seeing Alonso wearing orange and black.
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This is why hating and mocking AI relentlessly and publicly is vital work.
McDonald's has taken down a Christmas ad made with AI following online backlash
The company said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI"
The company said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI"
McDonald's pulls AI-generated Christmas advert following backlash
McDonald's said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI".
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is why hating and mocking AI relentlessly and publicly is vital work.
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Workers at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry just ratified their first contract, while employees at Adler Planetarium are poised to vote on next steps.
A union wave is rolling through more Chicago cultural venues, even at precarious moment for museums
chicago.suntimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Workers at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry just ratified their first contract, while employees at Adler Planetarium are poised to vote on next steps.
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Truth. Justice. Whatever. #Supergirl lands in theaters and IMAX June 26.
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Truth. Justice. Whatever. #Supergirl lands in theaters and IMAX June 26.
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It took waaaaaay to long for someone to do this but thank fuck someone finally did.
🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
December 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It took waaaaaay to long for someone to do this but thank fuck someone finally did.
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Get why people are concerned about what selling to Netflix might do to theaters, but need everyone to understand why Paramount gobbling up the entirety of WBD would also be very, very terrible.
No matter which company wins this fight, everyone except the execs loses
No matter which company wins this fight, everyone except the execs loses
There are no good outcomes for the Warner Bros. sale
There are no good outcomes for the Warner Bros. sale
The bidding war for Warner Bros. isn’t over just yet.
buff.ly
December 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Get why people are concerned about what selling to Netflix might do to theaters, but need everyone to understand why Paramount gobbling up the entirety of WBD would also be very, very terrible.
No matter which company wins this fight, everyone except the execs loses
No matter which company wins this fight, everyone except the execs loses
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Seven straight Warner Bros. pictures earned over $40 million on their opening weekends. Warner Bros. led the Golden Globes noms. It's having one of the best years critically and financially in its history.
Why is it auctioning itself off?
The answer explains a lot about the modern economy.
Why is it auctioning itself off?
The answer explains a lot about the modern economy.
Why Is Warner Bros. for Sale at All? - The American Prospect
Its product has never been more critically or financially successful. Why is it auctioning itself off?
prospect.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Seven straight Warner Bros. pictures earned over $40 million on their opening weekends. Warner Bros. led the Golden Globes noms. It's having one of the best years critically and financially in its history.
Why is it auctioning itself off?
The answer explains a lot about the modern economy.
Why is it auctioning itself off?
The answer explains a lot about the modern economy.
I feel the same way about how local news covers certain crimes over others.
December 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I feel the same way about how local news covers certain crimes over others.
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i should have been there
On a final note, the 70's was really the decade where the folks at Chef Boyardee was feeling themselves, offering a SPRAWLING array of products, from canned pasta to frozen options to pizza and pasta kits, as legitimate Italian dinners for adults.
December 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
i should have been there
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“It may not be the biggest story right now, but when Americans’ blood is on their hands, these are the types of decisions you can point to.”
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co
December 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“It may not be the biggest story right now, but when Americans’ blood is on their hands, these are the types of decisions you can point to.”
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The incredible grassroots anti-ICE organizing in LA, Chicago, NC, and now New Orleans is probably the most hopeful political thing I’ve seen all year.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-orlean...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-orlean...
New Orleans Is Watching You, Fuckers.
As the feds chase immigrants, a city chases the feds.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The incredible grassroots anti-ICE organizing in LA, Chicago, NC, and now New Orleans is probably the most hopeful political thing I’ve seen all year.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-orlean...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-orlean...
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The White House has been hammering this message as they flail on affordability; nothing at all is our fault, while literally everything is the fault of undocumented immigrants, a group whose numbers we keep claiming are higher and higher every time we need a bigger scapegoat.
Secretary Scott Turner: "We need to continue to deport illegals that are taking houses from the American people"
December 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The White House has been hammering this message as they flail on affordability; nothing at all is our fault, while literally everything is the fault of undocumented immigrants, a group whose numbers we keep claiming are higher and higher every time we need a bigger scapegoat.
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Yep, they're also proposing to make it so that you cannot get ESTA without a smartphone. They'll get rid of the functionality on the current website and require you to use ESTA Mobile.
Don't have a smartphone? Well, the answer will apparently be "tough luck, you can't come to the US through ESTA."
Don't have a smartphone? Well, the answer will apparently be "tough luck, you can't come to the US through ESTA."
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Yep, they're also proposing to make it so that you cannot get ESTA without a smartphone. They'll get rid of the functionality on the current website and require you to use ESTA Mobile.
Don't have a smartphone? Well, the answer will apparently be "tough luck, you can't come to the US through ESTA."
Don't have a smartphone? Well, the answer will apparently be "tough luck, you can't come to the US through ESTA."
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It's like they are actively trying to kill the tourist industry.
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
It's like they are actively trying to kill the tourist industry.
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A total rout in the Miami mayoral, in a race that had been highly nationalized (Trump endorsed the loser).
The Dem (Higgins) over-performed 2024 presidential in predominantly Cuban (+8), non-Cuban Hispanic (+9), Black (+9), and White (+11) precincts-- over-performance across the board.
The Dem (Higgins) over-performed 2024 presidential in predominantly Cuban (+8), non-Cuban Hispanic (+9), Black (+9), and White (+11) precincts-- over-performance across the board.
December 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
A total rout in the Miami mayoral, in a race that had been highly nationalized (Trump endorsed the loser).
The Dem (Higgins) over-performed 2024 presidential in predominantly Cuban (+8), non-Cuban Hispanic (+9), Black (+9), and White (+11) precincts-- over-performance across the board.
The Dem (Higgins) over-performed 2024 presidential in predominantly Cuban (+8), non-Cuban Hispanic (+9), Black (+9), and White (+11) precincts-- over-performance across the board.
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Trump’s foreign policy isn’t “noninterventionism,” it is a kind of neo neo conservatism devoted to imposing authoritarian ethnonationalism abroad instead of democracy (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Trump’s foreign policy isn’t “noninterventionism,” it is a kind of neo neo conservatism devoted to imposing authoritarian ethnonationalism abroad instead of democracy (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...