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@JohnVsJonVsME

@johnvsjonvsme.bsky.social

Ready for #JohnVsJonVsME #ValentinesDay LoveFest? Here's a TOOLKIT w/ details, sample posts/MEmes & ways to create your own Valentines💝--telling your Jo(h)n why you think he should be the first to cover #GreatestMEdicalScandal!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

February 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM

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Susan Brown

@susanhypoluxo.bsky.social

February 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM

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General Strike US

@generalstrikeus.bsky.social

Twist of fate… our own government being the first to strike against… our own government? You know what, h*ll yeah. ✊

Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · Feb 4

“I don’t think the United States Senate should vote for a single nominee until this is over!” - @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

February 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Rep. LaMonica McIver: "We are at war!"

February 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM

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Alt CDC (they/them)

@altcdc.altgov.info

All MMWRs since 1993* have been archived.

Thank you to our data archivists!!

You can find them here: archive.org/details/cdc-...

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 1993-1996, 1999-2025 : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

All PDF issues of the CDC's MMWR from 1993-1996, and from 1999-2025. PDFs of 1997 and 1998 were not available at time of archival. The included MD5SUMS file...

archive.org

February 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM

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Alt CDC (they/them)

@altcdc.altgov.info

All terms being used to flagged in NSF research. Notably “women” but not “men”, “disability”, and “trauma”.

Stalin would approve.
Mao would approve.
Our founding fathers would not.

Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · Feb 4

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

February 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM

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David Hackney

@davidnhackney.bsky.social

The American College of OB/GYN’s website is now hosting the critical documents purged by the CDC

This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now

#MedSky

www.acog.org/clinical/cli...

ACOG Endorsed

The following documents have ACOG’s endorsement and are listed in order of endorsed date.

www.acog.org

February 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM

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Alt CDC (they/them)

@altcdc.altgov.info

Tell your senators to do their jobs:

Vote no on all nominees
Refuse a quorum
Call for quorum checks
Object to unanimous consent requests

Be LOUD about why they are doing this and demand a stop to the coup.

Thank you @indivisible.org

indivisible.org/resource/how...

How Senate Democrats Can Shut Down Trump's Agenda with Procedural Hardball

indivisible.org

February 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM

ericamhayes.bsky.social

@ericamhayes.bsky.social

W00t!!!!!

Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · Feb 3

SCOOP: Many of the pages that went missing on Friday from the CDC website on Friday have reappeared — in response to intense media coverage, backlash from the scientific community and concern for the public’s health.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...