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Dr PattiJones @drpattijones.bsky.social · 2h

Has she heard "wood"?

Dr PattiJones @drpattijones.bsky.social · 2h

@jasonkirk.fyi and I have a thing in common! Middle school substitute teacher at a public school. I am not doing it this year and I kind of miss the stories I got to tell after each day.

Dr PattiJones @drpattijones.bsky.social · 3h

One of my favorite human body oddities www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Unravelling the mystery of autobrewery syndrome

Scientists are close to understanding this strange condition, which can leading sufferers to become intoxicated without consuming alcohol

www.bbc.com

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Dr PattiJones @drpattijones.bsky.social · 3h

@hollyanderson.bsky.social @celebrityhottub.bsky.social are you aware of auto-fermenters?

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WUNC News @wunc.org · 5h

Dr. Mandy Cohen, who was CDC director under former President Joe Biden and before that the head of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, is part of a bipartisan group of advisers to the alliance.

www.wunc.org/2025-10-15/d...

Democratic governors form a public health alliance in a rebuke of Trump

They're framing it as a way to share data and messages about threats, emergency preparedness and public health policy at a time when the federal government isn't doing its job in public health.

www.wunc.org

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Center for NC Politics & Public Service @ncpolitics.bsky.social · 4h

10/16: The NC Politics Center & other groups at @catawbacollege.bsky.social will host Patrick Brown for a public conversation on the regenerative & reclamation efforts he has pursued.

More info on Brown: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rwp...

Watch Thursday at 7 PM: youtube.com/live/45ycE3L...

#ncpol

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Dr PattiJones @drpattijones.bsky.social · 3h

oh, yeah.

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Dr PattiJones @drpattijones.bsky.social · 3h

We are to believe that Rep Taylor never saw this in the office or on a zoom call? Please

Politico @politico.com · 5h

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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

He still had this up *after* the story about the Young Republicans group chat with the Hitler praise was released.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 5h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4h

Politico received an initial tip that a Taylor staffer had a swastika neatly pinned to his cubicle during a zoom call. When confronted, the congressman’s press office pretty implausibly sought to present the situation as a police matter, and Politico went along with that in its headline and lede.

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 4h

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/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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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 11h

via @marydudziak.bsky.social The Germans are basically funding 3 year asylum professorships for US academics seeking to flee the country for the remainder of the Trump Administration.

VolkswagenStiftung @volkswagenstiftung.de · 27d

New opportunity for professors in the humanities & social sciences in the US: Our Transatlantic Bridge Professorships support research & exchange in Germany & the US (€300,000 for up to 3 years). Apply from Jan 15, 2026. 🌉🇩🇪🇺🇸 More: 👉 www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/funding/f...

Transatlantic Bridge Professorships

The programme is aimed at professors at US universities who are conducting research on the future of democracy, fundamental rights and academic freedom, or the future of transatlantic relations and wh...

www.volkswagenstiftung.de

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Him Lincecum @rainblurredsky.bsky.social · 8h

Finally a Pope that represents the Catholic I am: an incredibly petty hater

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 8h

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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I'mNotAHRHitter @imnotahrhitter.bsky.social · 8h

It will never not be funny that the Pope is a White Sox fan

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 8h

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 8h

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 8h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 9h

This is a jaw-dropping, terrifying number. The CDC's workforce has decreased by 3,000 people since January.

A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.

www.wired.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 10h

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 10h

broooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 12h

If a Gannett paper like the Columbus Dispatch is running articles like this a ton of papers will be running stories like this. www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...

News headline: "How Trump's tariffs are hurting a Grove City manufacturing company"

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12h

Coffee in the US is now 40% more expensive than before Trump.

The Drink That Americans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight — The Atlantic

Coffee has almost no nutritional value and lots of substitutes. It’s also, apparently, too important to lose.

apple.news

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 13h

“On any given week, the administrator of CMS could speak for a few minutes before a shirtless Russell Brand calls in from what appears to be a bathtub, or a former member of The Pussycat Dolls argues that the COVID-19 vaccine destroyed her ability to dance.”

www.notus.org/health-scien...