SimplyMarti
@martifan.bsky.social
Freelance reporter, sports enthusiast, aunt, godmother, over-achiever and proud MSU alum
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and public health.
Former CDC staff warn of "a five alarm fire"
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and public health.
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and public health.
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US federal officials are quietly terminating the legal residency of some international college students apnews.com/article/coll...
Federal officials are quietly terminating the legal residency of some international college students
A crackdown on foreign students is alarming college leaders, who say the Trump administration is using new tactics and vague justifications to push some students out of the country.
apnews.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
US federal officials are quietly terminating the legal residency of some international college students apnews.com/article/coll...
@tigers.bsky.social Why do you have an account if you're never going to post anything?
April 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
@tigers.bsky.social Why do you have an account if you're never going to post anything?
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Top American scientists just lost their jobs. Canada is rolling out the welcome mat.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Unfortunately, until the federal government gets involved, it will be a very short, threadbare mat.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Unfortunately, until the federal government gets involved, it will be a very short, threadbare mat.
Top American scientists just lost their jobs. Canada is rolling out the welcome mat | CBC News
What would it take to bring American scientists north? Increasing research funding — as well as costs for things that make research possible — would be a good start, say experts.
www.cbc.ca
April 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Top American scientists just lost their jobs. Canada is rolling out the welcome mat.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Unfortunately, until the federal government gets involved, it will be a very short, threadbare mat.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Unfortunately, until the federal government gets involved, it will be a very short, threadbare mat.
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Republicans are the anti-voting anti-democracy party.
Liar Greg Abbott says he has refused to set a special election to fill the seat of recently diseased Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner because he says Harris County doesn’t do their elections properly.
April 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Republicans are the anti-voting anti-democracy party.
Det News at it again, this time it is Kim Kozlowski writing about MSU. Still waiting on the stories and investigative reporting on UM, Weiss and all the others.
April 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Det News at it again, this time it is Kim Kozlowski writing about MSU. Still waiting on the stories and investigative reporting on UM, Weiss and all the others.
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I'm a broken record on this but yet another thing dems need to be upfront about is every single American who in any way had something to do with this can expect to face charges
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I'm a broken record on this but yet another thing dems need to be upfront about is every single American who in any way had something to do with this can expect to face charges
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2019 MSU:
#2 seed in region with #1 overall seed
Played Richard Pitino coached team in second round
Final Four
2025 MSU:
#2 seed in region with #1 overall seed
Playing Richard Pitino coached team in second round
??????
#2 seed in region with #1 overall seed
Played Richard Pitino coached team in second round
Final Four
2025 MSU:
#2 seed in region with #1 overall seed
Playing Richard Pitino coached team in second round
??????
March 22, 2025 at 4:16 AM
2019 MSU:
#2 seed in region with #1 overall seed
Played Richard Pitino coached team in second round
Final Four
2025 MSU:
#2 seed in region with #1 overall seed
Playing Richard Pitino coached team in second round
??????
#2 seed in region with #1 overall seed
Played Richard Pitino coached team in second round
Final Four
2025 MSU:
#2 seed in region with #1 overall seed
Playing Richard Pitino coached team in second round
??????
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This is just the third time in the last 21 years that no teams seeded 13 or lower won a game.
First time since 2017.
There were two of them last year (Yale, Oakland), plus two mid-major 12s (Grand Canyon, JMU).
Chalky first round.
First time since 2017.
There were two of them last year (Yale, Oakland), plus two mid-major 12s (Grand Canyon, JMU).
Chalky first round.
March 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
This is just the third time in the last 21 years that no teams seeded 13 or lower won a game.
First time since 2017.
There were two of them last year (Yale, Oakland), plus two mid-major 12s (Grand Canyon, JMU).
Chalky first round.
First time since 2017.
There were two of them last year (Yale, Oakland), plus two mid-major 12s (Grand Canyon, JMU).
Chalky first round.
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Xavier wasn’t even the second to last team in
March 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Xavier wasn’t even the second to last team in
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PSA: Take a break from doomscrolling and watch Janelle Monáe’s whole performance
February 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
PSA: Take a break from doomscrolling and watch Janelle Monáe’s whole performance
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Support Canadian alternatives!
February 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Support Canadian alternatives!
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Is any senator, member of Congress, or really anyone in a position of any actual power or authority, going to step up and express outrage with an actual plan to DO SOMETHING?
These dipshit social media posts being like “Things are bad and illegal! 🥴” are about to make my head explode
These dipshit social media posts being like “Things are bad and illegal! 🥴” are about to make my head explode
February 1, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Is any senator, member of Congress, or really anyone in a position of any actual power or authority, going to step up and express outrage with an actual plan to DO SOMETHING?
These dipshit social media posts being like “Things are bad and illegal! 🥴” are about to make my head explode
These dipshit social media posts being like “Things are bad and illegal! 🥴” are about to make my head explode
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While Fox News has railed against DEI on air, each of the company’s job listings said they were “deeply committed” to DEI.
“We are deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.”
Fox only removed the language yesterday @oliverdarcy.bsky.social asked about it
www.status.news/p/paramount-...
“We are deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.”
Fox only removed the language yesterday @oliverdarcy.bsky.social asked about it
www.status.news/p/paramount-...
The Art of the Kneel
If a settlement deal is inked with Donald Trump, Shari Redstone will be remembered as the mogul who sold out "60 Minutes.”
www.status.news
January 31, 2025 at 12:58 PM
While Fox News has railed against DEI on air, each of the company’s job listings said they were “deeply committed” to DEI.
“We are deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.”
Fox only removed the language yesterday @oliverdarcy.bsky.social asked about it
www.status.news/p/paramount-...
“We are deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.”
Fox only removed the language yesterday @oliverdarcy.bsky.social asked about it
www.status.news/p/paramount-...
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Don't let anyone tell you they aren't concentration camps.
January 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Don't let anyone tell you they aren't concentration camps.
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When asked if he was going to visit the crash site he said, ‘what site? The water? You want me to go swimming?’ This is one of the last pics of the young skaters who died. He’s a sociopath. Anyone who voted for this monster should be ashamed at best.
January 31, 2025 at 1:55 AM
When asked if he was going to visit the crash site he said, ‘what site? The water? You want me to go swimming?’ This is one of the last pics of the young skaters who died. He’s a sociopath. Anyone who voted for this monster should be ashamed at best.
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THIS. Just this alone. But also all the oThEr things. But this is personal.
January 31, 2025 at 4:17 AM
THIS. Just this alone. But also all the oThEr things. But this is personal.
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It’s worth noting that the president of the United States today made more racist comments than we’ve seen any president make publicly in, what, a century? More publicly racist comments than many presidents who were, with history’s eye, virulently racist humans, but ones who at least knew their role.
January 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It’s worth noting that the president of the United States today made more racist comments than we’ve seen any president make publicly in, what, a century? More publicly racist comments than many presidents who were, with history’s eye, virulently racist humans, but ones who at least knew their role.
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This is it. This is the one. I think this is my most important report on Elon Musk as a Musk biographer.
Read this and you will understand the man.
Warning: dark stuff inside.
Read this and you will understand the man.
Warning: dark stuff inside.
Two Viral Essays From Longtime Elon Musk Friends Have Just—Yes, Really—Revealed Musk’s Origin Story As a Global Supervillain
The ten most stunning revelations from the Low and Harris Letters—documents unlike any other this Musk biographer has ever seen—lay bare what really happened to make Musk a threat to the world.
sethabramson.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This is it. This is the one. I think this is my most important report on Elon Musk as a Musk biographer.
Read this and you will understand the man.
Warning: dark stuff inside.
Read this and you will understand the man.
Warning: dark stuff inside.
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Oligarchy
1. Billionaire Nicole Shanahan, Robert Kennedy Jr.’s former running mate, is threatening U.S. senators who don’t vote to confirm him with political ruin.
Shanahan says she will spend her own money to ensure that they do not win their re-elections.
Shanahan says she will spend her own money to ensure that they do not win their re-elections.
January 29, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Oligarchy
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I have read the email from OPM. It is not what has been reported. IT IS NOT A BUY OUT.
It is an exemption from the partially unenforceable return to the office EO until end of the Fiscal Year. You may have to work every single workday until the end of the FY. No guarantees. All discretionary.
It is an exemption from the partially unenforceable return to the office EO until end of the Fiscal Year. You may have to work every single workday until the end of the FY. No guarantees. All discretionary.
January 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I have read the email from OPM. It is not what has been reported. IT IS NOT A BUY OUT.
It is an exemption from the partially unenforceable return to the office EO until end of the Fiscal Year. You may have to work every single workday until the end of the FY. No guarantees. All discretionary.
It is an exemption from the partially unenforceable return to the office EO until end of the Fiscal Year. You may have to work every single workday until the end of the FY. No guarantees. All discretionary.
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The net worth of Trump’s economic team.
January 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The net worth of Trump’s economic team.
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There's no excuse. What do you accomplish by making this easy for the Republicans?
These 8 Democrats just voted last night to advance the nomination of Kristi Noem for DHS Secretary:
John Fetterman (D-PA)
Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Andy Kim (D-NJ)
Gary Peters (D-MI)
Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
Raphael Warnock (D-GA)
John Fetterman (D-PA)
Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Andy Kim (D-NJ)
Gary Peters (D-MI)
Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
Raphael Warnock (D-GA)
January 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
There's no excuse. What do you accomplish by making this easy for the Republicans?