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Mockingbird, MPH, CHES @amockingbird.bsky.social · 32m

I also had a strange, over enunciated mid Atlantic one after a Downton Abbey binge. My mom is also a mimic and she was exasperated with it. The hardest for me was Sarah Palin. My brain found her accent fascinating and wanted to try it, and I had to work to stop it. Made me speak beautifully clearly.

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Mockingbird, MPH, CHES @amockingbird.bsky.social · 33m

Yay! And god do I know how hard that is. I’m less likely to pick up British accents for some reason I don’t understand. My dad has an Oxbridge one, and I probably had one until I left the UK when I was 2. But I didn’t auto mimic them until I was in my late 20s. I sounded like Madonna when she did it

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 1h

Winter babbys. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Black and white photo of a white man in winter clothing, sitting outside in a snowy park or boardwalk or something. Under each arm he’s holding a beautiful white medium haired cat.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 1h

The darkness descends...

US vaccine misinformation is having “frightening” ripple effect in Europe, leaders warn www.bmj.com/content/391/...

US vaccine misinformation is having “frightening” ripple effect in Europe, leaders warn

Vaccine misinformation and disinformation being spread in the US—including by senior politicians—is affecting patients and researchers in Europe, experts have warned. Speaking at the World Vaccine Co...

www.bmj.com

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 2h

we're going to have to prosecute this stuff

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 2h

The mechanism through which Trump is paying the troops is the most blatant large Antideficiency Act (ADA) violation in US history. It's also clearly willful. No one has been charged under the ADA before, but violations carry a two-year jail term. The statute of limitations is five years.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 1h

Hail Hydra

Politico @politico.com · 2h

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Mockingbird, MPH, CHES @amockingbird.bsky.social · 36m

My parents are directTV subscribers. They don’t want crap like this. What they want is for directTV to stop fighting with Nexstar and to be able to watch our local NBC station, that they’re still charged for, again. It’s been years now.

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 6h

With legacy pay TV providers already dealing with dwindling subscriptions, the introduction of new types of ads risks making DirecTV less appealing as well—and it’s likely that things won’t end there.

DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026

Like other companies with streaming businesses, DirecTV is leaning into ads more.

arstechnica.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h

hey this is fun

Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 2h

And congratulations to @jamellebouie.net for winning the American Historical Association's Tikkun Olam Prize for promoting public historical literacy www.historians.org/award-grant/...

Tikkun Olam Prize for Promoting Public Historical Literacy – AHA

The Tikkun Olam Prize for Promoting Public Historical Literacy honors individuals whose work has promoted literacy in public culture.

www.historians.org

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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 2h

We're now back to the bad old days when big media companies could care less about crafting quality content to reach an ever-diversifying audience. When you're wondering why most people don't read your product a few years from now, remember this: https://loom.ly/rHNvJQc

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Guts Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of talent from NBC News, the Washington Post, Politico and others.

www.thewrap.com

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Jill Weinberger @jillybobww.bsky.social · 1h

In Mar 2020 I wrote ep 3 of Leverage: Redemption, in which Brianna mentions growing up w/ "the return of actual Nazis". It aired in July 2021, AFTER a Capitol rioter wore a "Camp Auschwitz" shirt, & reviewers on IMDb quoted the Nazi line & complained Leverage had gone woke.

And here we fucking are.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 22h

deeply sick of all the goddamn nazis

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1h

this is the dumbest shit i have ever read

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 5h

Sorry I’m gonna go back on my bullshit here: National Consersvatism’s entire ethos boils down to “this problem, that we created, exacerbated, and oppose any effort to combat, is very bad. We will solve it by making it worse”

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 6h

I suspect populist parties bootstrapped their own political support by weaponizing the residual, ambient distrust present in all societies & MAKING MORE OF IT, spreading & intensifying it, by propagating narratives of distrust & corruption. By repetition & uptake by other political actors, it rose.

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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 1h

Public health experts in Georgia are speaking out against furloughs at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention they say have impacted hundreds of employees.

via @georgiarecorder.com

About 600 CDC workers are expected to be permanently fired after latest round of cuts

Public health experts in Georgia are speaking out against furloughs at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention they say have left hundreds of employees at the agency unemployed…

www.newsfromthestates.com

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Mockingbird, MPH, CHES @amockingbird.bsky.social · 44m

My parents watch BBC World News and PBS and local and national ABC and CBS news. They read the New York Times and the local newspaper. Mom likes Colbert’s monologue so she gets some coverage from that, but he pitches the jokes to people who are online some, so many go over her head.

Mockingbird, MPH, CHES @amockingbird.bsky.social · 59m

I really wish these reports were getting into the mainstream media our parents read and watch, because it’s really hard trying to explain to my mom why I don’t give a fuck about what a retired Supreme Court justice says about the lack of civility in discourse.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 1h

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

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Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 1h

This Friday, at Parthenon Bookstore in Syracuse, I'm going to be talking with Kevin Bailey of Come Out Central New York. Come and see me! parthenonbookstore.com/events/37788...

Jude Ellison S. Doyle in conversation with Kevin Bailey | Parthenon Books

An independently owned bookstore/cafe located in Downtown Syracuse, NY

parthenonbookstore.com

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smitten kitchen @smittenkitchen.bsky.social · 1h

New! Soft, pillowy cheese dumplings fried in browned butter and sage -- basically ravioli without the pasta wrapper -- are the perfect fall food, a little decadent yet somehow just as cozy as a scarf on a blustery day.

smittenkitchen.com/2025/10/spin...

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 1h

Our premiums are likely to double or even triple because of Republican cuts to the ACA.

My husband is 62 years old and I am 59 years old. We cannot afford a sudden increase for health insurance, and we'll have to go without coverage...taking a gamble with our lives. - Jackie Bush Holcomb

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 1h

Increasingly we need candidates who'd be comfortable cutting a wrestling promo

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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Nate Powell @natepowell.bsky.social · 1h

Also of note, to get past the headline’s passive voice:

The swastika-flag was pinned onto a workspace just like every other piece on the wall/cubicle there. Noticed in the background of a zoom call. Not called in by the office.

C’mon, it’s the staffer’s *decoration*, not a prank or sabotage.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1h

I can't stress enough how young staffers working for Republicans are basically all groyper Nazis now. The leaked texts yesterday saying "I love Hitler" and now swastikas on congressional offices.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 7h

Award-winning pain researcher here. This is not something that can be done. Hope this helps.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8h

“In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure.”

AI is changing how we quantify pain

Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.

www.technologyreview.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2h

briefly interrupting my shame posting to tap one of the other signs: a society that would like to keep functioning must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 2h

SCOOP: Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.

Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.

theintercept.com/2025/10/15/t...

Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.

Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.

theintercept.com

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Matt Mitovich @mattmitovich.bsky.social · 1h

Imagine tittering over the actual commander-in-chief's "truest," sinister/fascist "feelings."

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1h

Trump: I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1h

Trump and Vought are now breaking both sides of spending law. They’re illegally not spending where the law requires them to spend, and they’re illegally spending where they don’t have the money to spend.

What we have is an appropriations king.

Spending “deals” are meaningless under that setup.

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