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ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 28m

May I not hear it?

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ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 45m

that’s the fucking news baybee

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 1h

i'm gonna be so mad if people start pretending to be libertarian again once trump is gone

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ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 3h

I sort of think the movie doesn't work if Tyler is not that, and maybe the movie doesn't do enough to undermine him and his project by the end, but for the critique of masculinity to work I think the audience does need to substantially buy into "wow what a cool guy"

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ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 4h

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 4h

Both Hamas and Israel are claiming the other is violating the ceasefire.

Great job, Mr. Trump! They’ll definitely give you the Peace Prize for this!

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 4h

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem: "Israel violated the agreement by attacking civilians. We are committed to all the details of the agreement. We have updated the mediators about the difficulty in handing over the bodies of the captives, we are making a great effort to resolve the

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ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 4h

forgot to eat for 2 days

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ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 4h

DoD R&D, supposedly, which is really on point for this administration

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ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 4h

fuck, there should be

the wicker mang @mangmangmang.bsky.social · Aug 14

People are always rightly pointing out that Warhammer contributes more to the British economy than the fishing industry, but the problem is that there just aren't very many folk songs about Warhammer

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ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 18h

lab is so dialed in right now

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ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 18h

it sucks so bad to watch everyone do their best work in the worst political climate for science that I’ve ever seen

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ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 23h

watching the diplomatic finesse on display here its easy to see why only president trump could have brokered a lasting ceasefire in gaza

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump on Orban: "We love Viktor. You are fantastic, alright? I know a lot of people don't agree with me, but I'm the only one that matters. He's a great leader. I endorsed him the last election he had and he won by 28 points. You're gonna do even better this time when you have another election."

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ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 23h

Straightforward from here:
1. Medicare cuts lead to rural hospital closures
2. HHS kills mRNA vaccine development under BARDA
3. RIF eviscerates CDC
4. H5N1 acquires mutations that increase human infectivity
5. The Stand Is Real

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 3d

They continue to eviscerate the public health machinery that has quietly kept Americans, and others around the world, safe and healthy for decades.

The staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the journal that reports on health trends and emerging infectious threats, was also laid off. The publication’s storied history includes a June 1981 report that five previously healthy gay men were treated for an unusual pneumonia — the first hint of the AIDS epidemic.

Roughly 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — the so-called “disease detectives” who respond to outbreaks around the globe — received layoff notices, according to a person familiar with them. The service was spared during an earlier round of layoffs in February.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 1d

Millions of people will take to the streets again this Saturday to protest the autocratic regime of President Donald Trump. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social talked to organizers of the Oct. 18 No Kings protests, which are expected to be bigger than the first set in June.
prospect.org/politics/202...

Still No Kings: Millions to Protest Trump On Saturday

A coalition of civil rights groups expects the turnout on Oct. 18 will be even bigger than the first nationwide protest held in June, which by some counts was the largest in U.S. history.

prospect.org

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 5d

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 1d

there was free vegan food at one I went to a few months ago

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ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 1d

lmao

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 1d

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 1d

no quarter given lmao

Matt Stoller & @matthewstoller • 2h
UPS had seven months of warning about the de minimis change, but is still taking packages w/o getting required customs info & is making tariff charge errors.
Nice use of passive voice though!

derek guy
@dieworkwear • 2h
i apologize using a passive voice. i was not born in london to a wealthy bank executive, sent to an exclusive private prep school in new hampshire, and then studied at harvard before larping as a champion of the people. you have to work with my low upbringing.

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ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 1d

MY MAN

Iron Chef Bot @ironchefbot.bsky.social · 1d

Frame #2400 from S04 -E04 - Battle Lamb-628198

ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 1d

it's so you can make friends with people around you on the train while you all play a fun game trying to find them

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ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 1d

I'm very glad the hostages are free and I hope the ceasefire is durable but the coverage of this is going to drive me up a fucking wall

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ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 1d

the secret to peace in the middle east? well first you gotta get laughably corrupt and entangled with all the gulf monarchies. then you gotta get real senile and act completely erratically. then you let israel conduct a genocide for a full year. then you gotta develop an infatuation with the nobel p

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ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 1d

seeing a lot of otherwise good posters interacting favorably with what looks like a pretty straightforwardly antisemitic meme

Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 1d

Man it really sucks that people heard “Jews and Israelis aren’t synonymous” and interpreted that to mean “you can be as antisemitic as you want if you just say Israeli instead of Jewish”

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 1d

Every JD Vance interview:

REPORTER: The president literally declared war on Democrats to military leaders. Do you agree?

JD VANCE: Umm haha what I DISAGREE with is Chuck Schumer telling the American people they have to give their cars over to immigrants. But you wont report it!

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 2d

people in Portland are taking down ICE with what looks like a party from Chrono Trigger

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 2d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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