Rob from Maryland
@peromyscus.bsky.social
Birder, music lover. Inside the Beltway. He/him
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Shockingly, this bill would have failed were it not for the 3 Democrat defections.
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
December 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Shockingly, this bill would have failed were it not for the 3 Democrat defections.
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The more I hear about how people interact with genAI and the responses it generates, the more I see it as a soul-sucking detriment to society.
People are willingly social engineering themselves, giving up parts of what makes them human, to a computer trained on the dregs of humanity.
People are willingly social engineering themselves, giving up parts of what makes them human, to a computer trained on the dregs of humanity.
December 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The more I hear about how people interact with genAI and the responses it generates, the more I see it as a soul-sucking detriment to society.
People are willingly social engineering themselves, giving up parts of what makes them human, to a computer trained on the dregs of humanity.
People are willingly social engineering themselves, giving up parts of what makes them human, to a computer trained on the dregs of humanity.
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If you want to know what it was like for Jews to be kidnapped in broad daylight by their governments and that then to become just normal life, now you know.
An immigrant driver from India is arrested by border patrol at the O’Hare rideshare lot. He said he has never committed a crime in 11 years in the United States: “oh my God no”
December 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
If you want to know what it was like for Jews to be kidnapped in broad daylight by their governments and that then to become just normal life, now you know.
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Hanukkah is halfway over and I’m still trying to find a dreidel: a Jewish top I can play with 🕎
Bottoms and switches are also acceptable
Bottoms and switches are also acceptable
December 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Hanukkah is halfway over and I’m still trying to find a dreidel: a Jewish top I can play with 🕎
Bottoms and switches are also acceptable
Bottoms and switches are also acceptable
A lovely holiday song, La Rodallita singing "El Burrito de Belen"/El Burrito Sabanero"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6UU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6UU...
La Rondallita - El Burrito de Belen (El Burrio Sabanero) [Lyrics]
YouTube video by VillancicosVEVO
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
A lovely holiday song, La Rodallita singing "El Burrito de Belen"/El Burrito Sabanero"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6UU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6UU...
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Happy 85th birthday, WPRB!
December 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Happy 85th birthday, WPRB!
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Hi, I'm the CEO of Glorbo, the company who enjoys near unprecedented goodwill in our field, I'm here today to talk to you about our pivot to using the Magic 8-Ball powered by children's bones that everybody hates, I've given myself psychosis listening to the 8-ball aaaaeeeeeiiiiooouuuu
December 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Hi, I'm the CEO of Glorbo, the company who enjoys near unprecedented goodwill in our field, I'm here today to talk to you about our pivot to using the Magic 8-Ball powered by children's bones that everybody hates, I've given myself psychosis listening to the 8-ball aaaaeeeeeiiiiooouuuu
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Appalling abuse of power
SCOOP: The Trump administration plans to ramp up efforts to strip some naturalized Americans of their citizenship, according to internal guidance obtained by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Appalling abuse of power
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Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
December 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
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Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition."
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
Tennessee whistleblower says library board chair sought private data as part of state's book purge
A First Amendment expert told The Advocate that there are "huge" legal implications stemming from the situation.
www.advocate.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition."
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
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Sounds just like Chapter 15 of Mein Kampf.
December 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Sounds just like Chapter 15 of Mein Kampf.
FCC Chair Says His Agency Is Not Independent politicalwire.com/2025/12/17/f...
FCC Chair Says His Agency Is Not Independent
FCC chairman Brendan Carr suggested his agency is not an “independent” agency, as the word was scrubbed from its online mission statement, The Guardian reports. Shortly before Carr spoke, the FCC reco...
politicalwire.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
FCC Chair Says His Agency Is Not Independent politicalwire.com/2025/12/17/f...
He worked "works [...] at a company that sells ivermectin alongside reviews that claim it has efficacy as a cancer treatment" www.wired.com/story/risch-...
Trump Taps Doctor Who Pushed Unproven Covid Treatment politicalwire.com/2025/12/17/t...
Trump Taps Doctor Who Pushed Unproven Covid Treatment politicalwire.com/2025/12/17/t...
Trump Taps Doctor Who Pushed Unproven Covid Treatment
"Harvey Risch, a Yale epidemiologist long respected for his work in cancer research but who has faced controversy for promoting an unproven covid-19 treatment, has been selected by President Donald Tr...
politicalwire.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
He worked "works [...] at a company that sells ivermectin alongside reviews that claim it has efficacy as a cancer treatment" www.wired.com/story/risch-...
Trump Taps Doctor Who Pushed Unproven Covid Treatment politicalwire.com/2025/12/17/t...
Trump Taps Doctor Who Pushed Unproven Covid Treatment politicalwire.com/2025/12/17/t...
Oh fcking hell
If dietary supplement labels include health claims, they are required to add the following:
“This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.”
RFK Jr.’s regime wants the statement removed.
“This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.”
RFK Jr.’s regime wants the statement removed.
Letter to the Dietary Supplement Industry on the DSHEA Disclaimer
Letter to the Dietary Supplement Industry on the DSHEA Disclaimer
www.fda.gov
December 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Oh fcking hell
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Take a moment to meet FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. He is the guy who is leading the agency that is working overtime to enrich his MAHA patrons by taking away your kids’ access to vaccines & essential medicines. He’s replacing evidence-based regulation with corruption.
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary built his platform not on science but on spectacle. Makary turned a medical career into a megaphone for misinformation. Once a surgeon and professor, he built his brand on public skepticism, rising to power by attacking the very scientific standards he now oversees.
December 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Take a moment to meet FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. He is the guy who is leading the agency that is working overtime to enrich his MAHA patrons by taking away your kids’ access to vaccines & essential medicines. He’s replacing evidence-based regulation with corruption.
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Our nation’s federal health system is *literally* being run by conspiracy theorists, with dreadful consequences
RFK, Jr.–Backed Lyme Disease Conspiracy Theory May Be Probed under New Bill
www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...
President Donald Trump is expected to sign a defense bill this week that orders an investigation into whether the U.S. military bioengineered Lyme disease
www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...
President Donald Trump is expected to sign a defense bill this week that orders an investigation into whether the U.S. military bioengineered Lyme disease
RFK, Jr.–Backed Lyme Disease Conspiracy Theory May Be Probed under New Bill
President Donald Trump is expected to sign a defense bill this week that orders an investigation into whether the U.S. military bioengineered Lyme disease
www.scientificamerican.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Our nation’s federal health system is *literally* being run by conspiracy theorists, with dreadful consequences
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SCOOP
Harvey Risch is a Yale epidemiologist who has speculated about links between "turbo cancer" and COVID vaccines, while working for a company whose customers use ivermectin as a cancer treatment
Trump just appointed him to oversee the US national cancer program
www.wired.com/story/risch-...
Harvey Risch is a Yale epidemiologist who has speculated about links between "turbo cancer" and COVID vaccines, while working for a company whose customers use ivermectin as a cancer treatment
Trump just appointed him to oversee the US national cancer program
www.wired.com/story/risch-...
New Head of Trump's Cancer Panel Questioned Links Between Vaccines and Cancer
Yale epidemiologist Harvey Risch, who has speculated about a connection between Covid vaccines and “turbo cancer” and promoted ivermectin, says he'll chair the President's Cancer Panel.
www.wired.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
SCOOP
Harvey Risch is a Yale epidemiologist who has speculated about links between "turbo cancer" and COVID vaccines, while working for a company whose customers use ivermectin as a cancer treatment
Trump just appointed him to oversee the US national cancer program
www.wired.com/story/risch-...
Harvey Risch is a Yale epidemiologist who has speculated about links between "turbo cancer" and COVID vaccines, while working for a company whose customers use ivermectin as a cancer treatment
Trump just appointed him to oversee the US national cancer program
www.wired.com/story/risch-...
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Tracy Beth Høeg assumes the role of acting director of the #FDA's drugs division Monday. #CDER staff are worried about what Høeg will do. Among her targets: #RSV monoclonals that have been game changers, but which Høeg questions. @lizzylawrence.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2025/12/11/t...
FDA staff fear Tracy Beth Høeg will bring bias and instability to embattled drug center
Høeg is set to become the fifth head of the FDA's drug center in a year.
www.statnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Tracy Beth Høeg assumes the role of acting director of the #FDA's drugs division Monday. #CDER staff are worried about what Høeg will do. Among her targets: #RSV monoclonals that have been game changers, but which Høeg questions. @lizzylawrence.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2025/12/11/t...
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WHO expert panel reaffirms no link between #vaccines and #autism
The analysis also found no tie between aluminum adjuvants and autism.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
The analysis also found no tie between aluminum adjuvants and autism.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
December 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
WHO expert panel reaffirms no link between #vaccines and #autism
The analysis also found no tie between aluminum adjuvants and autism.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
The analysis also found no tie between aluminum adjuvants and autism.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
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I agree with all this — sick leave is essential to a healthy society. While we’re working on that, though, we need to make it a general norm that if you MUST be around others while sick, you wear a mask (preferably a good one).
3/ Isolation is important but only works if people can afford it. Many people simply can’t stay home when sick. Without meaningful sick pay, asking people to isolate is unrealistic. Better financial support is essential to reduce transmission.
December 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I agree with all this — sick leave is essential to a healthy society. While we’re working on that, though, we need to make it a general norm that if you MUST be around others while sick, you wear a mask (preferably a good one).
Coming up N O W !
Last but very much not least, my ALL-HANUKKAH SHOW is tonight from 5-8 pm ET on 103.3 fm WPRB.
listen.wprb.com
listen.wprb.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Coming up N O W !
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Lambeosaurus in #watercolor from a few years ago. #paleoart
December 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Lambeosaurus in #watercolor from a few years ago. #paleoart
Oh god no
December 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Oh god no
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