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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 9h

An emotional minute as the word Democracy melts away in front of the US Capitol Building.

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coccinelle.bsky.social @coccinelle.bsky.social · 4h

Ewwwwwww.

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coccinelle.bsky.social @coccinelle.bsky.social · 6h

“…HIV-1 depletesCD4 cells2fatal levels if untreated over yrs, onset of immune dysfunction caused by[Covid] can b w/in days2weeks,…including after mild2moderate initial disease...In both cases,immune system exhaustion increases vulnerability2infections&impairs body's ability2control other pathogens.”

coccinelle.bsky.social @coccinelle.bsky.social · 7h

“Regardless of the severity of acute disease, the long term symptoms, organ damage and health risks increase with each SARS-CoV-2 reinfection (50, 52). SARS-CoV-2 reinfections are increasingly common post-Omicron (92).”

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coccinelle.bsky.social @coccinelle.bsky.social · 7h

“In 2023, HIV infections dropped to 1.3 million, the lowest since the 1980s (9), while global SARS-CoV-2 infections number in hundreds of millions to billions annually due to waning immunity, viral evolution, and limited surveillance.”

COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?

COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is often compared to other pandemics for its societal and global health impact, with some commentators drawing parallels to HIV/AIDS due to the immune dysfunction caused ...

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coccinelle.bsky.social @coccinelle.bsky.social · 8h

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Brandon Pope TV @bpopetv.bsky.social · 8d

Living in a society without guardrails, no independence from federal justice, and the rule of law on its last leg is disorienting. Abuses of power are escalating at a rapid pace. It’s important as neighbors that you help local newsrooms out by recording what you see.

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Brandon Pope TV @bpopetv.bsky.social · 7d

I signed onto this letter with NABJ-Chicago and a coalition of other journalism organizations because it’s imperative that our rights as reporters are not violated. Arresting and committing violence against journalists is an attack on truth and transparency.

Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 7d

Law enforcement needs to rein in ICE's anti-press abuses and investigate ICE attacks on independent journalists in Chicagoland.

A coalition of Chicago and national press freedom orgs explained why in a letter to the Broadview Police Department and Illinois State Police today.

Independent journalists must be protected from ICE attacks

Letter calls on local authorities to investigate all attacks on journalists

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coccinelle.bsky.social @coccinelle.bsky.social · 8h

Wow. 😔

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ErinWillBeStardust @moonshoterin.bsky.social · 11h

Stuff like this should require unanimous agreement from the supreme court to execute someone.

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coccinelle.bsky.social @coccinelle.bsky.social · 8h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h

Qatar gave Trump a $400M jet. Trump gave them a military facility on US soil.

The UAE bought $2B of Trump's stablecoin. Trump gave them access to rare AI chips.

Saudi Arabia invested $2B in Kushner's firm. Trump sold them $142B in arms.

If this isn't corruption, what is?

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coccinelle.bsky.social @coccinelle.bsky.social · 20h

? Huh?

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Amy S✌️💙 @saintsophia.bsky.social · 20h

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coccinelle.bsky.social @coccinelle.bsky.social · 20h

“What we have been through is only a small, small part of what Palestinians have experienced. On the walls of our prison cells, we saw bullet holes with bloodstains and messages carved into the walls by Palestinian prisoners who had been there before us.” ~ Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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Shannon 🦇💩🤪 GOOD TROUBLE 💙💙💙 @shannonmaebreen.bsky.social · 22h

Michael Fanone is one of the officers who was violently attacked during the January 6th insurrection…

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garrysshay.bsky.social @garrysshay.bsky.social · 1d

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 5d

Waning immunity. A significant Covid wave in England. No new variant.
Thanks Prof Pagel for highlighting and contextualizing

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coccinelle.bsky.social @coccinelle.bsky.social · 22h

“Ms. Brockman was taken to the ground, battered, handcuffed and her pants were pulled down exposing her bare buttocks,” Brad Thomson, one of Brockman’s attorneys, said in a statement. “No one should be treated like that in this city, in this country, or anywhere else in the world.”

WGN Employee Hires Lawyer After Being 'Violently Assaulted' By Immigration Officers

An attorney for Debbie Brockman said she was walking to the bus Friday morning when federal agents threw her to the ground, handcuffed her and detained her for seven hours without charges.

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coccinelle.bsky.social @coccinelle.bsky.social · 22h

“Ellis also ruled that agents are now barred from using riot-control weapons like pepper-spray bullets and tear gas against peaceful journalists and protesters.”

ICE Agents In Chicago Area Who Aren't Undercover Must Wear Badges Or IDs, Federal Judge Rules

Agents have been concealing their identities by wearing masks and hats without badges or name tags. Advocates say the ruling is a step toward accountability.

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Vox 🇺🇸 @voxrox.bsky.social · 1d

#AnimalArtTuesday
Meet Jake, a Harlequin Great Dane, drawn by Vanessa Pollen of Whakante, New Zealand, who specializes in animal portraits, Internationally.
#Art #PetPortraits
#Dogs #Animals
#Drawings 😍 #GreatDanes 🐾
#ArtYear

A pet portrait drawn of a Harlequin Great Dane (dog) by International Artist, Vanessa Pollen in New Zealand.

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lovesdaryl 🌹🇺🇦🇪🇺🐸 @lovesdaryl.bsky.social · 1d

„Biden didn‘t succeed because Netanyahu wanted Trump to become president again.“ 🤷🏼‍♀️

„Infuriating“ is what I‘d go with. Everyone just ignores these autocrats cooperating internationally against democracy.

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lovesdaryl 🌹🇺🇦🇪🇺🐸 @lovesdaryl.bsky.social · 3d

Es gelang Biden nicht, weil Netanyahu wollte, daß Trump wieder Präsident wird.

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Unfunky In 5/4 @inunfunky5.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s the article which caused the kerfuffle.

From The Times (London), last Friday…for those who haven’t seen it.

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Joe Biden and Netanyahu were offered Gaza deal a year ago, says negotiator

Gershon Baskin says he got the plan on to the president’s desk but then learnt the Israelis were waiting for a change of administration in Washington

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 2d

Imagine going back in time to tell 2015-you that in 2025 armed masked secret police are driving around Chicago, asking to see papers, kidnapping dozens of people a day, and arresting citizens who record them, while launching tear gas into neighborhood streets.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 2d

You officially live in a “show me your papers” nation, if you were wondering how far along things are now.

And ICE took his unhoused friend.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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