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Steph

@observingangel.bsky.social

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Proud Mom of 2 adult LGTBQ humans & 1 were-cat COVID is never going to be over. Climate change may be the death of all. Biology/Botany/Geology and weirdly enough, Accounting? My youngest thinks I'm a reptilian overlord & we're both artists.

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Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · Sep 2

This was eugenics.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 14h

The Mamdani effect. A baby step in the right direction to be sure.

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 18h

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 6h

T. Joseph Mattingly estimates that the 2025 measles outbreak in Texas will cost $90M. Measles is expensive. It's also preventable. Vaccination increases productivity & reduces costs.

Vaccination is healthy for people & the economy.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Penny wise, pound foolish: The cost of reduced support for measles prevention

Measles, a vaccine-preventable disease previously declared eliminated in the United States, is reemerging with over 1400 cases reported in 2025. This …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 4h

Really looking forward to Jay Bhattacharya announcing Gold Standard MedBed Centers of Excellence on Steve Bannon’s War Room

open.substack.com/pub/pandemic...

The "MedBed" Conspiracy, Explained

A Deep Dive into Presidential Absurdity

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Michael Olesen @molesen.bsky.social · 1h

RFK Jr is a menace to health and six Surgeons General agree with me.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 49m

If you think all that is occurring just started this year, guess again. It started in 2021 when the Heritage Foundation & other far right Neo-Libertarian groups utilized the pandemic & attacked mitigation measures to the world's undoing. Neurotropism was already suspected in 2021.

Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 58m

The ongoing pandemic of Covid-19 is the result of governments worldwide deliberately allowing SARS-CoV-2, an airborne virus, to spread without any control.

#COVID19

#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 3h

Never underestimate the corrupt things a government will do—such as letting a dangerous virus run rampant while convincing everyone it’s harmless or just a cold. #COVID

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 23h

A study of 500,000 medical records linked viruses with Alzheimer's again and again

"Those who were hospitalized with pneumonia after catching the flu seemed to be more susceptible to Alzheimer's disease, dementia, Parkinson's disease, and ALS"

www.sciencealert.com/a-study-of-5...

A Study of 500,000 Medical Records Linked Viruses With Alzheimer's Again And Again

A study of around 500,000 medical records published in 2023 suggested that severe viral infections like encephalitis and pneumonia increase the risk of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and ...

www.sciencealert.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

Today marks the two-year anniversary of the horrific October 7 attack.

As we mourn the 1,218 lives lost that day, let us also keep alive the dream of a lasting peace and a better future for all.

Ceasefire now. Every hostage must come home. And a safer world for everyone.

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Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah. Thinking that he probably sent that message out as a drunk message & either someone else stepped in or he passed out before doing anything. It had all the hallmarks of a suicide note.

Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 1d

He's alive. JFC. Immense relief but also pretty upset about the message he sent last night.

Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 1d

Cousin was able to reach him this morning. He's alive.

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Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 1d

What the hell is wrong with you? Do you want to see you fellow citizens get killed?

Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 1d

This is just ghoulish. FB is glitching so it looks like I received a response. I have not. It's all still unread & no matter how many times I open the message, it's just not clearing that notification.

Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone's asleep. Going to call my cousin tomorrow as he was a friend of my entire family. He & my cousin were both part of my dad's pit crew when my dad raced in NASCAR. If my cousin doesn't know, it's heading to the collective he's been living in.

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Sheep in Fog @brebis.bsky.social · 1d

“SARS-CoV-2 starts unlocking cellular immunity before it even enters the cell.”

Important new study shows the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein, which allows the virus to enter cells, also acts to potently suppress immune defences.

SARS-CoV-2 infection: resistance is futile

www.sydney.edu.au

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Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 1d

I do. Just not at 2:30 am. Been steeling myself for when things start sweeping closer to home for 5 years & in all of its potential varieties. I know him well enough to know that he wouldn't have wanted to endure the inevitable decline. Just would've been nice to hang out at that bonfire.

Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 1d

I'm torn between waiting for a response to him or even that he read my responses and waiting for confirmation because I know him well enough to know that what he sent was actually a goodbye.

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Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 1d

I think one of my friends may have killed himself tonight after receiving a cancer diagnosis. He sent his farewell to me while I was taking a nap.

I'm just...

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Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 1d

Yep, always a concern. My mom actually called me when she woke up with impairments so I was able to get her in within 24 hours. Speed really makes a difference with outcome but if a stroke is big enough, they may not even have a chance of calling out. I'm so sorry about your grandpa.

Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 1d

Literally have had to do this repeatedly w my own parents. Bait & switch works with dementia. Gotta appease as confronting just entrenches them.

Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 1d

Crazy idea here but since we're dealing w a dementia patient on the cusp of using the Insurrection Act, perhaps Kotek should call the ONG to "clean up the streets of PDX" so Trump gets a few pics & feels like he won to drop it.

ONG can do city maintenance for a week. Sucks but better than military

Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 1d

I think we all need to step back & consider that Trump has dementia. We do absolutely need to go after the sources of disinformation with defamation suits--Fox, Miller, & Noem--as they are using this to influence him into possibly using the Insurrection Act.

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Steph @observingangel.bsky.social · 1d

Crazy idea here but, if Trump is so hell-bent on having the National Guard in Portland, why not have the governor call them "to clean up the streets" whilst maintaining control of those troops? We're dealing w dementia, so deal w it in a way that dupes the dementia patient.

Also, defamation suits

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Quixotica @quix0tica.bsky.social · 1d

Influencers should put their money where their mouth is. Prove you’re appalled & regret your vote by attending protests. Organize your base. Call everything out with a megaphone. “Oopsie” doesn’t cut it. Lives are being destroyed home & abroad. They can & should do more if they’re sincere.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 1d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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