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nofan.bsky.social @nofan.bsky.social · Aug 29
Decided I wasn’t adding enough to Bluesky conversation with my posts so I am deleting a bunch of old posts and sticking to reposting.
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chadbourn.bsky.social
Another health breakthrough.

(h/t Gav)
New study shows Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed to achieve full neurological recovery—not just prevented or slowed—in animal models | CWRU Newsroom | Case Western Reserve University
For more than a century, people have considered Alzheimer's disease (AD) an irreversible illness. Consequently, research has focused on preventing or ...
case.edu
December 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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normornstein.bsky.social
Of all the examples of people dying because somebody inexperienced was in charge, the biggest, most horrifying was Elon Musk and DOGE. No idea what AID did, didn’t care, blew it up and at least 600,000 people died unnecessarily as a consequence. Mass murder out of ignorance and bias. Thanks, Elon.
goldengateblond.bsky.social shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 1d
the very last person who should be prattling on about the dangers of inexperience is the grifting troglodyte who killed millions when he was put in charge of “efficiency”
robertscotthorton.bsky.social Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d
Best Twitter riposte of the day
December 28, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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brandibuchman.bsky.social
NEW: This is a story that took months to pull together and broke my heart a million times writing it.
But this isnt a sad story.
This is about courage, compassion and survival. And the herculean efforts of a group of people who refuse to lay down and die.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Cut Their Lifeline. Months Later, They're Still Fighting Like Hell To Survive.
A small organization powered by the people who need it most has found a way to save lives abandoned by the Trump administration.
www.huffpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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dkluft.bsky.social
Happy #Caturday from Derry Girl, who is guarding the Christmas tree water. #Cats #Tortie #CatsofBlueSky
Tortoise shell cat sits on porch next to plastic jug of water.
December 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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bushbark.bsky.social
After the rain. Storm lilly.

#BloomScrolling #flower 🌿
Delicate Lilly with six white petals blushing pink at the edges. Bright gold pollen in the centre.
December 27, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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normandiecj.bsky.social
Cheerful, sunny #BloomScrolling for the weekend. From last summer...
Deep yellow bearded iris showing the lower petal (the 'fall', I think) with its darker yellow-to-orange beard. Closeup of the furry yellow / orange beard...
December 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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ebwood.bsky.social
Mary Delany, Ilex Aquifolium - Holly with berries, 1775, British Museum #merrymerry
A collage of papers colored with watercolor and bodycolor depicting a sprig of holly against an ink black ground.
December 24, 2023 at 12:06 AM
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asls.org.uk
“In the Cuchuillins, too, though exactly where must not be said, is a cave of gold. Unlike all other treasure caves, there are no barriers here between men and untold wealth…”

—from SKYE: the Island and Its Legends, by Otta F. Swire (OUP, 1952)
#WyrdWednesday #folklore #Skye #Hebrides
In the Cuchuillins, too, though exactly where must not be said, is a cave of gold. Unlike all other treasure caves, there are no barriers here between men and untold wealth. No magic word is required. No fearful monster guards the entrance. He who finds the cave may take as much gold as he needs and return as often as he desires more, but each time he enters the cave, and each time he uses the gold, he will become a little more evil and a little more evil, until he loses his soul. That is the price.
December 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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ebwood.bsky.social
I just…

Can’t say I’m surprised, but once again, JFC.

[gift link]
U.S. anniversary coins won’t feature any Black Americans or notable women
The Trump administration has scraped plans for coins honoring Frederick Douglass and Ruby Bridges opting for all Whites to celebrate the country’s 250th birthday.
wapo.st
December 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
THREAD.

My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.

I've collected his work here...
Bridget the cat infiltrates the 'Abbey Road' cover shoot and becomes THE definitive fifth Beatle.
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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moiradonegan.bsky.social
There’s room for somebody on the left to wrap themselves in the flag a little & make a point that the right’s rejection of America as a creedal nation—and their ad hoc, ahistorical effort to make it an ethnonationalist project instead—is distinctly *unamerican,* a rejection of the national project.
lawrencehurley.bsky.social Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 10d
If immigrating from England makes you a "heritage American" then I guess I'm one too.
December 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
TPUSA CEO Erika Kirk has formally endorsed Vice President JD Vance for the 2028 presidency, pledging the organisation’s full institutional support.

👀 If you’re following along.
December 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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erininthemorning.com
1. The federal government has just attempted to enact a national trans youth care ban.

A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.

It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.

Our latest story here:
Nationwide Trans Youth Care Ban Imminent As Trump Admin Announces "Nuclear Option" Federal Rule
The new federal rule formalizes previous threats to hospitals to pull Medicaid funding, and represents a significant legal stretch by this administration.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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newyorkstateag.bsky.social
To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:

I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care. 

Your health care is still legal and protected. 

I'll always fight for you.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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mikeblack114.bsky.social
So there was a $2.9B appropriation in the reconciliation bill that was supposed to be sent to the BAH account as a supplement to (I assume) allow for BAH increases in line with higher costs of living etc etc

I think they're just gonna disburse most of that in one (taxable) lump sum lmfao
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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propublica.org
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.

Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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maxkennerly.bsky.social
Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean.

I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
billcorbett.bsky.social Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 13d
We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
fascistdemtracker.bsky.social Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 17d
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
December 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
NEW: Florida's year of executions mask broader discontent with the death penalty.

Beneath an alarming number of executions in 2025, there are signs of continued growing opposition.

Tonight, at Law Dork:
Florida's year of executions mask broader discontent with the death penalty
Beneath an alarming number of executions in 2025, there are signs of continued growing opposition. Also: USA Today's ICE propaganda. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
www.lawdork.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
There was a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) under NEPA for the new White House ballroom in August 2025??

parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm...
December 16, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Apart from the fact the leader of the right mocked Reiner, one small difference is that Reiner's day job was making movies that people loved, while Kirk's starting point was creating enemies list of professors to be fired or harassed. These are not the same things.
December 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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tamslick.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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sylviad.bsky.social
This is such sad news, seems like you can’t be a kind, empathetic person, who believes in the truth and justice for all and work at the BBC. Utterly appalling news.
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 16d
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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montrose.bsky.social
Interesting Scottish history fact
December 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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mjsdc.bsky.social
While ICE continues to torment Kilmar Abrego Garcia in Maryland, federal prosecutors in Tennessee are trying to rig his forthcoming trial by suppressing any discussion of his unlawful deportation or the suspicious favors witnesses will get in exchange for their testimony. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Meanwhile, lawyers are fighting over jury selection and preparing for trial. Incredibly, the government has moved to exclude from trial any mention of its unlawful deportation of Abrego Garcia or his eventual return. And as Abrego Garcia’s lawyers explained in opposing this motion, that would be an egregious violation of his rights under the Fifth and Sixth amendments. All of the witnesses against him came forward only after top Trump officials defamed him as a violent criminal and made it abundantly clear that they wanted to lock him up by any means necessary. These witnesses clearly understood that they could extract unusually generous benefits in exchange for testimony against him. And indeed, they all obtained rare perks, including early release from prison and relief from deportation.
December 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Correcting myself on this thread: DHS did in fact submit a filing to the judge claiming that there was a "scrivener's error," so there was a filing at the immigration court.

That still does not make the issuance of a removal order six years after the fact "correcting a scrivener's error."
ORDER OF THE IMMIGRATION JUDGE Immigration Court's Sua Sponte Order Correcting Scrivener's Error Order: On December 11, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) filed a District Court Order with the Immigration Court. That District Court Order ordered the Respondent released from DHS custody based on a belief the Respondent had not been previously ordered removed by the Immigration Court. The DHS filing with the Immigration Court noted a scrivener's error in the Immigration Judge's original final written decision in this case. That scrivener's error was that while the Respondent was granted the benefit of withholding of removal to El Salvador, the Immigration Judge had not expressly stated in the written order that the Respondent was ordered removed to El Salvador. Although the parties have not raised this issue with the Immigration Court throughout the past five years of litigation in this matter, the Immigration Court will take this opportunity now to correct that scrivener's error. Procedurally, the Respondent admitted the factual allegations contained in the Notice to Appear and conceded removability as charged at a master calendar hearing on May 29, 2019. Based on the Respondent’s admissions and concessions, the Court found his removability was established by clear and convincing evidence. The Court further designated El Salvador as the country of removal. The Respondent agreed with that country designation. On July 25, 2019, the Respondent filed a form I-589 application for asylum, withholding of removal, and for protection under the Convention Against Torture. A full evidentiary individual merits hearing was held on September 27, 2019, and the Immigration Court issued a written decision on October 10, 2019. That decision is incorporated by reference herein (See Immigration Judge's written decision of October 10, 2019). In the written decision, the Immigration Judge found that the Respondent's removability was established by clear and convincing evidence (Immigration Judge's October 10, 2019, decision, p. 2.) Following the full evidentiary trial, the Immigration Judge denied the Respondent's request for asylum and for protection under the Convention Against Torture. (This order does not amend or change those determinations.) The Immigration Judge, however, granted the Respondent the benefit of withholding of removal to El Salvador. While the Respondent was previously found to be removable and El Salvador was designated as the country of removal, the Immigration Judge's final written order stated that "the Respondent’s application for withholding of removal pursuant to INA § 241(b)(3) is GRANTED," but the order of removal to El Salvador, which should have preceded the order granting him withholding of removal to El Salvador, was erroneously omitted. Matter of I-S- & C-S-, 24 I&N Dec. 432, 434 (BIA 2008) clarified that “when an Immigration Judge decides to grant withholding of removal, an explicit order of removal must be included in the decision.” The Immigration Court now corrects that scrivener's error and amends the written decision in this case by adding the following: The Respondent is ordered removed to El Salvador based on the charge contained in the Notice to Appear, but the Respondent’s application for withholding of removal to El Salvador pursuant to INA § 241(b)(3) is granted. The Court also corrects the reference to Guatemala to read El Salvador at page 13 of the written decision. These corrections are hereby issued nunc pro tunc to the Immigration Court's written decision and order of October 10, 2019. (The Judge issuing this correction states that he has familiarized himself with the record in this matter as required pursuant to 8 CFR 1240.1(b)).
December 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM