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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 20h

These freaks keep getting on TV talking about opposing antifa and how they believe antifa wants to destroy them, and not a single person in mainstream media has asked or commented on what is the opposite of antifascism and who is threatened by antifascists

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 10h

New Orwellianism just dropped

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 11h

Attempting to “live with” (aka ignore) airborne viruses circulating at high levels *is a choice*.

We could do much better.

#MedSky

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Sean Willis @stwillis.bsky.social · 15h

The bell is tolling very loudly for all of us.

Lincoln Square isn’t TdA, or Antifa, or even (unfortunately) that diverse. Leafy, fully-gentrified neighborhood where people go to have kids when they still want to live in the city.

They’re trying to tear us apart. Don’t let them.

Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 16h

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 16h

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Otrosdías @otrosdias.bsky.social · 1d

"A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination" www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

We’re going to start this operation in a place with a giant sign that says, “Keep Portland Weird” what could go wrong?

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

lmao real.

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 1d

This also indicates the essential dishonesty of saying “it’s just a tool.” A hammer is a tool. Nobody writes about the “inevitability” of hammers. Nobody has ever studied the harmful effects of hammers on learning and concluded that teachers must all hit their students with hammers “responsibly.”

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1d

Turns out, the MAGA Supreme Court is the one interested in converting your kids through the use of quack doctors with medically unsound practices based on no scientific evidence. "Every accusation is a confession" with them.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Supreme Court Wants to Convert Your Kids

During a hearing this week, the court’s theocrats made it clear that they’ll vote to end a ban on conversion therapy for minors.

www.thenation.com

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 2d

A pollen beetle, for #InsectThursday 🌱🪲📷

#Bloomscrolling #BugSky #Flowers #DahliaLove #MacroPhotography #UKWildlife

A tiny, shiny, black beetle collecting pollen from the golden heart of a purple single-bloomed dahlia flower

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 1d

Bumblebee making the most of everything that's still flowering, including the welsh poppies 🌱🐝

#InsectThursday #BugSky #Flowers #Bloomscrolling

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Paul Willson @pauljwillson.bsky.social · 4d

Autumn window

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 2d

just met a woman at a party & asked her what she did for work. could barely understand her because she was so soft spoken & had an accent so i just nodded a bunch.

“she’s in culture,” her friend said.

i finally realised that i was talking to
ANNA DELVEY

I ASKED ANNA DELVEY WHAT SHE DID FOR WORK

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 2d

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 2d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

have said this before but i am very skeptical about weiss’s vaunted charisma

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 3d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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🦇🧛‍♂️Bram Stoker’s GuitarMoogula🧛‍♂️🦇 @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 4d

He should be getting a class-action restraining order from the sick and disabled rather than jobs and honours.

An appalling person who caused incalculable harm without the slightest remorse or acknowledgement. A disgrace to his profession.

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🦇🧛‍♂️Bram Stoker’s GuitarMoogula🧛‍♂️🦇 @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 4d

For the actual fucking love of god.

The person responsible for the gaslighting of thousands of people with ME/CFS with CBT and torturing them with graded exercise therapy, both of which were then tried again on Long Covid patients.

An absolute menace to the sick or vulnerable.

Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 4d

Simon Wessely — the controversial psychiatrist once dubbed “Britain’s most hated doctor” has been appointed vice chair of Labour’s review into overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence.

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...

Controversial professor to investigate overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence for Labour

Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk

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Katie Klocksin, by the wayside @katieklocksin.bsky.social · 2d

Great thread from the British journalist who coined the phrase #GreatestMEdicalScandal referring to myalgic encephelomyelitis or ME/CFS. #JohnVsJonVsME

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

On the one hand, medical science is beginning to get a handle on the very complex physiological basis of this disease. On the other hand, we can expect the greatest medical scandal (so far) of the 21st Century – the mass mistreatment and neglect of ME/CFS sufferers – to continue.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

This commission points to where the government is heading. If the problem is “overdiagnosis” – which appears to be its foregone conclusion – then large numbers of people with horrendous conditions will be put through an even more punishing regime of tests and obstacles to qualify for benefits.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

To rub salt into their wounds, these patients have watched as the man many see as their tormentor-in-chief has been garlanded with honours, including a knighthood. His latest appointment is yet another blow.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

Many patients have been forced into useless and sometimes dangerous “buck up” treatments such as Graded Exercise Therapy and CBT, in some cases long after these “treatments” have been debunked. The most eminent advocate of these treatments? Professor Sir Simon Wesseley.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

They desperately want to be able to work, to socialise, to experience all the other joys of life. But because the condition is so poorly understood, they have been repeatedly treated as if they were “malingerers” or “hysterics”. Which suits the government just fine.

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