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Kirk @yosemiteham.bsky.social · 15h

Burning down healthcare to own the libs.

Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 17h

Medicare has stopped paying physicians due to the shut down. Standing right on the third rail www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...

Medicare payments to doctors paused as government shutdown drags on

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is pausing Medicare payments to doctors, as negotiations tied to the government shutdown drag on.

www.statnews.com

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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 13h

Fun!! Just when we were going through Mineral Cup withdrawal!

Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 14d

Hark! What’s that we see on the horizon?

Is it something new? Something mostly metallic, quite heavy, and essential to society? It’s an all-new collaboration with IMA!

Ore Cup: www.mineralcup.org/about-ore-cup

Voting starts Monday November 3. Winner crowned IMA Ore Mineral of the Year

wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 1d

YES. In more than one case, telling the algorithm "I'm not interested in this" or blocking a post (when I can...it's harder to do this in Meta land when they forcefully insert the content into your feed these days) has resulted in MORE of similar content. It's so gross.

Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 1d

Second, there is limited interruption in the barrage of misinformation and misogyny that is algorithmically delivered to them. My feeds, once rife with critical analysis and interesting perspective, are now flooded with garbage. This, despite curating my feeds for the last decade.

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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 1d

Hard work and great decisions matter a lot. But they can't fully overcome bad luck or toxic environments.

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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 1d

History will not be kind to him.

wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 1d

For sure good air filtration makes it safer, but it’s all about layers of protection!

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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 1d

They’re doubling down so hard on the “crazy left, dangerous Dems” messaging. Really scary propaganda.

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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 1d

Also I don’t remember if they called it corporate espionage. It’s what I always called it! I just had to worry about the “don’t show your confidential research to competitors inadvertently, esp on flights that everyone uses” part.

wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 1d

The lawyers that did my corporate espionage training - how to avoid it, how to do it ethically when a competitor is openly sharing info, like while working on a plane - would be horrified. This is pretty basic stuff.

But maybe they really don’t care who sees their disdain for the 1st amendment.

Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 1d

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 1d

Just started Katabasis by RF Kuang, a story about a PhD candidate that travels to literal hell to find her advisor for a letter of recommendation. And everyone that’s been through a dissertation nods their head and says relatable.

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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 4d

this is worse than the "TACO" meme

It's real people, real lives, real careers.
And it's our health at stake, through all these actions.

Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 4d

Whoops! Trump’s team “mistakenly” fired hundreds of CDC scientists — including the very experts fighting measles and deadly outbreaks — and is now scrambling to rehire them.

America’s public health is being dismantled by sheer incompetence. #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky
#SciSky 🧪 #NurseSky #IDSky

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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KP @kat-p.bsky.social · 4d

The days are getting shorter, and there is less sunlight. This is a signal for the deciduous trees’ leaves to prepare for winter and to stop making the chlorophyll they use to absorb energy from sunlight during photosynthesis. The leaves convert the energy into sugars to feed the tree. Trees begin

wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 5d

Yellow trees that seem to glow are my favorite things about this time of year.

#BlueskyArtShow #glow

An autumn tree on a leaf strewn street glows yellow

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 5d

Not enough news outlets are making it absolutely clear that last night’s RIFs are unlawful

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Tommi Ylamurto @ylamurto.bsky.social · 5d

#BlueskyArtshow
The #glow of the last blacksmith in #SanFrancisco. Tiny building sandwiched between the skyscrapers just two blocks from the Salesforce Tower.

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Nathan Cassell @pyxorium.com · 6d

Good job everyone

Phish concertgoers milling about on field at Dick's Sporting Goods (DSG) Park in Commerce City, Colorado. Man holding sign with text: Good Job. September 2016.

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 5d

I just saw the first episode of Silo after being a Fallout fan since Fallout 3. So its grounded, serious take on the same setup made me think of if you showed someone the Clone Wars/prequels and then had them watch Andor.

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 5d

Trump just got his Covid and flu shots, so should you!

PHYSICIAN TO THE PRESIDENT
THE WHITE HOUSE
MEMORANDUM
October 10, 2025
TO: KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
PROSIC TO ME PREE, D.O. J
PHYSICIAN TO THE PRESIDENT
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CAPTAIN, U.S. NAVY
SUBJECT: President Donald J. Trump Completes Comprehensive Follow-Up Evaluation at
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
President Donald J. Trump successfully completed a scheduled follow-up evaluation today at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The visit was part of his ongoing health maintenance plan and included advanced imaging, laboratory testing, and preventive health assessments conducted by a multidisciplinary team of specialists. These evaluations were performed in coordination with leading academic and medical consultants to ensure optimal cardiovascular health and continued wellness.
Comprehensive laboratory studies performed in conjunction with the visit were exceptional, including stable metabolic, hematologic, and cardiac parameters.
In preparation for upcoming international travel, President Trump also received preventive health screenings and immunizations, including annual influenza and updated COVID-19 booster vaccinations.
President Trump continues to demonstrate excellent overall health. His cardiac age-a validated measure of cardiovascular vitality via ECG-was found to be approximately 14 years younger than his chronological age. He continues to maintain a demanding daily schedule without restriction.
SUMMARY: President Donald J. Trump remains in exceptional health, exhibiting strong cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and physical performance.

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 5d

The entire Washington staff and MMWR editors

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 5d

the plan has been this from the start, but it’s still no less shocking how deranged and reckless they are

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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 5d

I've been deliberately avoiding the news for my stupid mental health but took a peak this morning. The absolute cruelty and misguided revenge of this administration is dumbfounding. We will all suffer from this, but I feel so much for the employees caught in this stupid web.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 5d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 5d

Yellow trees that seem to glow are my favorite things about this time of year.

#BlueskyArtShow #glow

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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 5d

These wildflowers were positively glowing on a walk in a nearby National Forest this past summer.

#BlueskyArtShow #Glow

Glowing yellow wildflowers backlit by the sun.

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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 5d

My favorite the professionally made lanterns. An axolotl!

A large lighted, wire frame lantern in the shape of an axolotl.

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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 5d

We went to a lantern festival last night, and part of the display was rows and rows of lanterns painted by local school kids.

#BlueskyArtShow #glow

A zigzag row of lighted, painted windsocks swaying in the breeze.

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