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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 6m

#LegalRemedyForPortland? #CourtHearing

NO TROOPS SHOULD BE SENT TO PEACEFUL PORTLAND!

Let's hope the courts defend sanity and peaceful protesters!

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 4h

Appeals Court to Weigh Legality of Deploying Troops to Portland

Judge Karin Immergut blocked President Trump from sending National Guardsmen to defend against a “rebellion.” Now three judges will hear the government’s appeal.

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 14m

#ValleyFeverProtection #OutdoorWorkersNeedProtection

Our outdoor workers like firefighters need better protection against Valley Fever and most of us need to learn more about this illness

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UC Berkeley School of Public Health @berkeleypublichlth.bsky.social · 15d

In a new study, researchers from #UCBerkeley #PublicHealth and U. of Michigan found that outdoor workers face high risks from #ValleyFever— and need stronger protections on the job. bit.ly/4gAh5wk
#Coccidioides #Fungus #OutdoorWorkers #WildlandFirefighters #Epidemiology #BerkeleyPublicHealth

Outdoor workers need more protections from Valley fever

Valley fever is recognized as a work-related disease in California, but not in Arizona or other states where it is also now widespread.

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 18m

#SARS-CovidIncreasesCancerRisk #AvoidCancerRisk

Get your vaccines against COVID. Another study shows SARS_COVID 2 increases risk of HPV carcinoma WHICH IS RISING

Wear your masks when possible--everywhere it's crowded indoors

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40813533/

SARS-CoV-2 infection heightens the risk of developing HPV-related carcinoma in situ and cancer - PubMed

SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with elevated risks of HPV-related carcinoma in situ and cancer, irrespective of age or race. The findings underscore the importance of understanding the interplay b...

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 23m

#CancerVaccine #CancerVaccine #ScienceRocks #CancerPrevention

This remarkable vaccine is only in MICE so far but it's a major step forward for cancer prevention

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404 Media @404media.co · 1h

Scientists have developed a unique nanoparticle vaccine that prevented the development of multiple forms of cancer in mice.

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A New 'Nanoparticle Vaccine' Prevented Cancer In Mice, Study Says

The vast majority of mice that received the vaccine warded off repeated exposure to cancer cells, but the applications for humans are still not known.

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 24m

Science rocks! The US must restore funding.

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 25m

#DiscordDataBreach #Discord

Disastrous data breach. Be aware.

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404 Media @404media.co · 40m

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

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The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 26m

#EpsteinFiles_DataBase #DataOnEpsteinFiles #Truth

Go 404 Media. Truth and Justice matters

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 33m

New from 404 Media: a data hoarder created a searchable data of Epstein files. "This is a public service project. All documents are from public releases. This archive makes them more accessible and searchable."

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Data Hoarder Uses AI to Create Searchable Database of Epstein Files

The open source project has been mirrored as a torrent file and represents one of the easiest ways to navigate a messy data dump.

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 30m

#ElectionRigging #ChrisMurphy #Prop50_MustPassInResponse

Chris Murphy details how Trump is preparing to steal US elections.

Worth doing a deep dive as we stand up to this nationally

California voters: We MUST pass Prop 50- a TEMPORARY but critical response

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 19h

Step 5 of the plan:

Rig the rules and the information. Tilt the election playing field your way and destroy the idea of truth.

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 34m

#AuthoritarianTakeover #ChrisMurphySpeech #AllHandsOnDeck

Please listen to Chris Murphy's speech explaining that an authoritarian takeover has already happened.

We all need to have clarity about what we are up against.

No Kings Day is October 18. 🙏 Bring Friends 🙏

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 19h

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 39m

#TrumpRx_WebsiteMoreGrift #Grifter-In-Chief

Don't use this corrupt website--more misinformation and corruption by the Mad and Corrupt King

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 19h

it’s all just a grift

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 42m

#SchiffGrillingOfBondi #Bondi_Evasions

It's very worthwhile to hear Adam Schiff confront Bondi on her refusal to answer NUMEROUS important questions from the oversight committee of the Justice Department.

Bondi is unable to shut down Schiff who highlights her evasions.

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 1d

Pam Bondi is simply no match - intellectually or ethically - for Adam Schiff.

Watch this must-see clip as he dissects and exposes her pathetic performance today.

When she realizes how badly he is rolling her, she tries to interrupt. But it’s to no avail. She knows that he has her dead to rights.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 49m

Thanks for the clarity of your grilling of the evasive and autocratic Bondi

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 51m

#Missouri_RedistrictingRoadblock #ElectionRigging #Redistricting #ElectionRigging

Missouri activists may be able to get enough signatures to put redistricting on the ballot in Missouri rather than current status of redistricting by decree

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Republicans hit roadblock in Missouri redistricting

Missouri GOP Gov. Mike Kehoe signed his state’s new congressional map into law last month, but it is far from a done deal.

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 10h

#FuelishWays #Cartoon

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Assaad Razzouk @assaadrazzouk.bsky.social · Aug 17

Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 5+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news!

(Cartoon by Dan Wasserman)

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 10h

#HumorRevives #GoPortland

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ACW1234 @acw1234.bsky.social · 13h

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 10h

#CountrySingersSpeakOut #Music #Kristofferson #JohnnieCash

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13h

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 10h

#AftynBehnVictory #TennesseVotes

Progressive democrat Aftyn Behn wins her House primary in Tennessee - indications of stirring in the American South.

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Aftyn Behn wins Democratic Primary for US House special election

YouTube video by NewsChannel 5

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 10h

Huge Congratulations on your victory. We need your voice from Tennessee. Thanks for your efforts!

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 10h

#HegsethAttacksWomen'sSuffrage

Hegseth knows no bounds. Please read this article.

Our so-called-leaders are utterly out of control.

But it's up to us to stand up to them. If we cower in our homes they may just subjugate us.

No Kings Day is October 18. Be There!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 11

(AP) — The man who oversees the nation’s military reposted a video about a Christian nationalist church that included various pastors saying women should no longer be allowed to vote.

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Hegseth reposts video on social media featuring pastors saying women shouldn't be allowed to vote

The man who oversees the nation’s military has reposted a video on X, formerly Twitter, about a Christian nationalist church that included various pastors saying women should no longer be allowed to v...

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 10h

#ImmunologistWinsNobelPrize #ScienceMatters

Major discoveries in immunology which relate to cancer and more win two American scientists the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

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Nobel Prize for medicine awarded for discoveries about the immune system

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi shared the Nobel Prize for fundamental discoveries about how the immune system keeps itself in check.

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 10h

#ClimateScience #NobelPrize:Chemistry

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Nobel in chemistry goes to molecular breakthroughs with climate applications

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi’s work has led to structures that can extract pollutants from water, capture carbon dioxide and store hydrogen.

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 10h

Hilarious though an awful reality. Thank you.

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 10h

Hegseth's incompetence knows no bounds and this is corrupt.

Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 10h

#SocialSecurity&MedicareAtRisk

See this report by Rachel Maddow and contact your elected officials to protect thse crucial services

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

Reported Trump plan to cut more than 750,000 older Americans off disability:

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Despite campaign promises, White House eyes new changes to Social Security and Medicare

“I will never do anything that will jeopardize or hurt Social Security or Medicare,” Trump vowed in 2024. I have bad news for voters who believed him.

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 10h

#BrigadierGeneralAlanGronewoldUnderstandsHisDuty

Gen. Gronewold is the kind of leader we are fortunate to have. We need to support him as our Mad King will be incensed at anyone who opposes his move to dictatorship.

Other military leaders need to speak out.

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 21h

The Oregon National Guard general says if they were to be deployed, they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters and not ICE

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