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Dan Vergano @danvergano.bsky.social · 37m

AFGE late-night update to CDC layoff number

In total, 4,300 dedicated public servants are no longer serving at CDC. The effective reduction in workforce is approximately 33%.

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Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 3h

And you're thinking "How much more could Ticketmaster suck?" and well there ya go.

Ticketmaster Appoints New Global President to Help Lead “AI Transformation”

The company tapped Saumil Mehta as global president, as Ticketmaster and Live Nation face lawsuits from both the DOJ and FTC.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 2h

Holy shit they can’t even condemn someone explicitly praising Hitler

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 3h

There is no conceivable argument that these ships, even if we assume they were carrying narcotics, could not be dealt with in some other way. I think we can just drop the caveats and say: This is mass murder.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 7h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 8h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 2h

It's wild that when Trump talks about how they're getting rid of Democrat Programs and keeping Republican Programs he means "public health" and "Sicario Fantasy Camp: Chicagoland." Full polarization, to the point where anything aimed at keeping people alive or alleviating suffering is woke bullshit.

Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 2h

Ugh... This study has existed for decades, providing valuable health data for all sorts of topics and publications. This is just more awful news. 🛟😷 Sociology medsky

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 7h

Wait, WHAT? The IRB gone. The IRB!

What an extraordinarily dangerous, harmful, unethical bunch of MAGA and MAHA lackeys we now have running US public health, healthcare, and health research; they have totally lost their moral compass (assuming they once had one?).

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 12h

The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’

www.theguardian.com

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Neşe Devenot, PhD @neselsd.bsky.social · 4d

Announcing: "The Psychedelic Syndicate: How Silicon Valley Used Veterans to Hijack the Psychedelic Industry"

Now on @Psymposia's website in four parts.

www.psymposia.com/psychedelic-...

The Psychedelic Syndicate: Executive Summary

A year-long investigation reveals how a small group of Silicon Valley elites sought to capture the psychedelic therapy industry — using a network of affiliated organizations to scapegoat critics whi

www.psymposia.com

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rogue @roguechocolate.bsky.social · 3h

Just learned that the common bracken fern is carcinogenic, including the spores! Wild! The toxin can even leach into groundwater

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 3h

THE DUMBEST ASSHOLE YOU EVER HEARD IN YOUR LIFE: Artificial general intelligence is just around the corner. I’m going to develop it. I’m afraid of it.

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 3h

The previous Sunday, a 7-11 manager flagged down soldiers to report that a man who tried to pay $2 for $4.50 worth of pizza. He also threw pizza at the manager, then his friend stole two slices of pizza.

Soldiers pursued and detained both accused pizza thieves.

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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 5h

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 4h

time once again to ponder the missing second part of the “bad apples” adage

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Glenn White @justicar.xyz · 4h

Now is an excellent time to be investing in anti-surveillance tech.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26d

of all the things I am not going to buy, this is the thing I am not going to buy the most

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 5h

Meanwhile

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

Madagascar military says it seizes power, suspends institutions

Colonel Michael Randrianirina says military taking charge of African island nation after president flees, is impeached.

www.aljazeera.com

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5h

“Flock is the $7.5 billion company whose cameras capture license plate data for Denver Police and other agencies across the nation. It has drawn criticism because immigration enforcement agents have tapped into its national network.”

Denver Police has a contract with Flock for drone first responders

The company’s surveillance cameras have drawn civil rights concerns.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 6h

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 6h

There's actually a reason for that!

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9h

when you tie a tie, try to put in a dimple, like so

a black and white photo of a man in a pinstripe worsted suit, white shirt, and textured necktie. the tie has a nice dimple under the knot.

a photo of donald trump upside down. there is also a nice dimple on his red tie

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 6h

at this point it would be interesting journalism if someone could locate a Young Republican groupchat that was not full of overt Nazis

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 5h

This is not a niche view: anyone who has ever been brigaded or even just read a guide on how to respond to an active harrassment campaign knows that using a “private account” feature is a simple, critical, first line way to interrupt the torrents of abuse that swamp targets:
bsky.app/profile/hist...

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 27d

This number one tip on this advisory is to set public online profiles to private when facing harassment, which bsky does not allow, and which really should’ve been a feature implemented on day 1.

Top Five Tips for Engaging with Social Media
1. Set your personal social media accounts to private mode. setting to make all previous posts private. (From AAUP)

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rogue @roguechocolate.bsky.social · 5h

Coiners gonna coin

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 18h

It is engineering malpractice that this site has not yet implemented an option to allow people to private their accounts, given that they’re a US based company, and the US is going through what it’s going through.

But hey, waffles, amirite.

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tante @tante.cc · 18h

It 100% is. But it is a flaw/mistake that the team made because they are basically blockchain people in a trenchcoat whose sole method to address power imbalances is "make everything public so everyone has the same information, that's fair".

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 18h

It is engineering malpractice that this site has not yet implemented an option to allow people to private their accounts, given that they’re a US based company, and the US is going through what it’s going through.

But hey, waffles, amirite.

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 5h

Oh god just saw this OpenAI generated video someone posted to Reddit of ‘A girl knocks on your door at 3am’ and this may be the least mentally healthy product on the planet it not most terrifying

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 6h

He really put a "but I'm different" in his eulogy. What a mind.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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