rkt2600
@rkt2600.bsky.social
Possibly a gentlethem pirate 🍊
Possibly just a queermo looking for a new place to chill
Possibly just a queermo looking for a new place to chill
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Press release version of what I think is the best natural experiment we'll ever have. Hospital used surgical masks; covid-ward HCWs got infected a lot. Covid-ward switched to respirators, infection dropped to the community level.
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Upgrading PPE for staff working on COVID-19 wards cut hospital-acquired infections dramatically
When Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge upgraded its face masks for staff working on COVID-19 wards to filtering face piece 3 (FFP3) respirators, it saw a
www.cam.ac.uk
December 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Press release version of what I think is the best natural experiment we'll ever have. Hospital used surgical masks; covid-ward HCWs got infected a lot. Covid-ward switched to respirators, infection dropped to the community level.
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
LOL at Cory Booker putting the 60 Minutes story up on his YouTube channel. Paramount won't dare take it down
youtu.be/jiehEMlNiCI?...
youtu.be/jiehEMlNiCI?...
The 60 Minutes Story The Trump Administration Doesn't Want You To See
YouTube video by Cory Booker
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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19 States Sue to Block White House Plan to End Gender-Related Care for Minors
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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the thing with hiring wholly unqualified people who know it is they let you do whatever because staying in the post they know they don't deserve is the only goal, it's not an accident
Literally any other attorney general before Bondi would have fought tooth and nail and then resigned over this alone. Letting White House staff take over making public statements in the name of DOJ is in and of itself completely insane.
Sounds legit
December 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
the thing with hiring wholly unqualified people who know it is they let you do whatever because staying in the post they know they don't deserve is the only goal, it's not an accident
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DoJ: “President Trump is the most innocent person in the history of crime.”
December 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
DoJ: “President Trump is the most innocent person in the history of crime.”
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DoJ: “Jeffrey Epstein came to us with tears in his eyes and said President Trump was a great President, probably the greatest ever, he tried to get me to stop but I just wouldn’t, and also President Trump didn’t know anything was happening, he would never do anything around such a strong man.”
December 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
DoJ: “Jeffrey Epstein came to us with tears in his eyes and said President Trump was a great President, probably the greatest ever, he tried to get me to stop but I just wouldn’t, and also President Trump didn’t know anything was happening, he would never do anything around such a strong man.”
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i’m not saying anyone should punch bari weiss but i was just thinking about her and remembered the cop who, when i asked if i could deck my harasser & they could pretend not to see it, responded “if he doesn’t bleed, it’s just harassment. sometimes, the charges are worth it.”
December 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
i’m not saying anyone should punch bari weiss but i was just thinking about her and remembered the cop who, when i asked if i could deck my harasser & they could pretend not to see it, responded “if he doesn’t bleed, it’s just harassment. sometimes, the charges are worth it.”
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Todd Blanche’s appearance on Meet the Press was disgraceful but clarifying. The “Department of Justice” is Donald Trump’s defense team. There can be no presumption they’re acting in good faith. One has to approach them as one approached a Soviet “Department of Justice”—as propaganda, not justice.
December 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Todd Blanche’s appearance on Meet the Press was disgraceful but clarifying. The “Department of Justice” is Donald Trump’s defense team. There can be no presumption they’re acting in good faith. One has to approach them as one approached a Soviet “Department of Justice”—as propaganda, not justice.
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Fun fact: It’s easy to keep premiums low when you only have to insure healthy people.
LANKFORD: In 2010, before Obamacare kicked in, the normal healthcare premium was $215.
HUNT: Right. But insurance companies could refuse to cover you for a preexisting condition
LANKFORD: That's true.
HUNT: Right. But insurance companies could refuse to cover you for a preexisting condition
LANKFORD: That's true.
December 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Fun fact: It’s easy to keep premiums low when you only have to insure healthy people.
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This is why covid amnesia pisses me off because that whole period was traumatic as shit between the gaslighting and government dropping the ball.
You know in January 2020 when the US was still pretending Covid wasn't going to hit us my parents flew to Port-au-Prince where they were subject to temperature checks upon landing.
I think about that a lot.
I think about that a lot.
December 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This is why covid amnesia pisses me off because that whole period was traumatic as shit between the gaslighting and government dropping the ball.
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so much winning
Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026
The move comes as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is dealing with a glut of supply and slipping sales.
www.kentucky.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
so much winning
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This may be the first president whose name will be removed from things after he passes instead of added to them.
December 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
This may be the first president whose name will be removed from things after he passes instead of added to them.
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All the Black Americans who are *also* descendants of the Founders, but for very different reasons, should come out and rickroll these idiots
If immigrating from England makes you a "heritage American" then I guess I'm one too.
December 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
All the Black Americans who are *also* descendants of the Founders, but for very different reasons, should come out and rickroll these idiots
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When the gap between Walmart and others is too low, Pepsi...raises wholesale prices for those companies. “Rather than simply working with Walmart to reduce prices, Pepsi’s actions have had the effect of raising prices for customers of competing retailers,” www.alternet.org/high-food-pr...
Unsealed court doc reveals a key factor in high food prices
With high grocery prices continuing to squeeze Minnesotans, a newly unsealed antitrust complaint provides a path towards relief.The complaint is a revealing look at the way big retailers can wield the...
www.alternet.org
December 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
When the gap between Walmart and others is too low, Pepsi...raises wholesale prices for those companies. “Rather than simply working with Walmart to reduce prices, Pepsi’s actions have had the effect of raising prices for customers of competing retailers,” www.alternet.org/high-food-pr...
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Wedding Experts Say Engagement Ring Should Cost At Least Three Diamond Miners’ Lives https://theonion.com/wedding-experts-say-engagement-ring-should-cost-at-leas-1834915832/
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Wedding Experts Say Engagement Ring Should Cost At Least Three Diamond Miners’ Lives https://theonion.com/wedding-experts-say-engagement-ring-should-cost-at-leas-1834915832/
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Typical story in poor Black America: hardworking single mom asks for help, is denied, goes to work, leaves kids home alone, CPS takes kids away & gives them to a family & GOVT GIVES FOSTER FAM $ IT WOULDN’T GIVE THE MOM bsky.app/profile/nota...
Our society to adoptive parents:
Love is what makes a family.
Our society to birth parents:
Love just isn’t enough.
Love is what makes a family.
Our society to birth parents:
Love just isn’t enough.
truly a cursed country 🥚
December 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Typical story in poor Black America: hardworking single mom asks for help, is denied, goes to work, leaves kids home alone, CPS takes kids away & gives them to a family & GOVT GIVES FOSTER FAM $ IT WOULDN’T GIVE THE MOM bsky.app/profile/nota...
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Very cool thanks Smithsonian magazine
November 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Very cool thanks Smithsonian magazine
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Damn, this took my breath away.
Perfect description, you *are* right.
I own a small biz, in a high-end touristy beach town. Business fell off a cliff in early August. I just returned from a trade show w/minimal new merch for '26. The vibes at the show were bad, super bad.
Perfect description, you *are* right.
I own a small biz, in a high-end touristy beach town. Business fell off a cliff in early August. I just returned from a trade show w/minimal new merch for '26. The vibes at the show were bad, super bad.
The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
December 19, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Damn, this took my breath away.
Perfect description, you *are* right.
I own a small biz, in a high-end touristy beach town. Business fell off a cliff in early August. I just returned from a trade show w/minimal new merch for '26. The vibes at the show were bad, super bad.
Perfect description, you *are* right.
I own a small biz, in a high-end touristy beach town. Business fell off a cliff in early August. I just returned from a trade show w/minimal new merch for '26. The vibes at the show were bad, super bad.
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A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
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Taxing The Rich includes taxing Andrew Cuomo
“The only reason that he’s able to continue to harass me is because New Yorkers are paying for it,” Lindsay Boylan said in an interview with THE CITY. “It never ends.”
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/15/t...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/15/t...
Taxpayers Forked Out Another $1.3 Million for Cuomo’s Sexual Harassment Defense
As his failed mayoral campaign played out, the former governor’s lawyers ran up the bill contesting the claims of a former state trooper on his security detail.
www.thecity.nyc
December 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Taxing The Rich includes taxing Andrew Cuomo
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Trump posted this without knowing Nick Reiner had been arrested. He posted it apparently assuming that one of his fans had murdered Rob Reiner. So if you want to know how Trump will react once his fans start murdering his enemies, now you know. He'll celebrate and blame his enemies.
Trump offers incendiary political message about Rob Reiner’s death
Two people have been found dead at the home of Hollywood director Rob Reiner, officials said.
www.cnn.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Trump posted this without knowing Nick Reiner had been arrested. He posted it apparently assuming that one of his fans had murdered Rob Reiner. So if you want to know how Trump will react once his fans start murdering his enemies, now you know. He'll celebrate and blame his enemies.
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At SNL I worked with artists who made the funniest, stupidest graphics in no time flat. Some of my biggest jokes would have been impossible without these geniuses building an insane image or finding the perfect real-life photo of a politician. Sucks that their work is being pushed aside for slop.
December 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
At SNL I worked with artists who made the funniest, stupidest graphics in no time flat. Some of my biggest jokes would have been impossible without these geniuses building an insane image or finding the perfect real-life photo of a politician. Sucks that their work is being pushed aside for slop.
still waiting for the resistance from the gun crowd against the jackboot thugs
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
still waiting for the resistance from the gun crowd against the jackboot thugs
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Noticing that Democrats are passing “right to die” laws before passing “right to housing” or “right to healthcare” laws www.nprillinois.org/government-p...
Gov. JB Pritzker signs 'right-to-die' legislation for terminally ill people to end their lives in Illinois
The new law, which takes effect next September, opens the door for people 18 or older with a terminal diagnosis to be prescribed a fatal drug.
www.nprillinois.org
December 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Noticing that Democrats are passing “right to die” laws before passing “right to housing” or “right to healthcare” laws www.nprillinois.org/government-p...
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.