M. Osborn
@ctll033.bsky.social
Twitter refugee. Retired UPRR. Also on Spoutible. Generally discuss Nebraska, Wyoming, Omaha. No DM’s unless I know you.
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· Jun 5
I got on here to look up something and now I can’t remember…
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D.A. Fani Willis had the courage, the grit, the experience, the facts, and the law to bring Trump to account.
It is so disappointing that an error in her judgment gave Trump’s team the opening they needed to have her removed from the case.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
It is so disappointing that an error in her judgment gave Trump’s team the opening they needed to have her removed from the case.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Georgia prosecutor who took over 2020 election interference case drops charges against Trump and others
Pete Skandalakis, who took over the case after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified, said the case was "without precedent."
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
D.A. Fani Willis had the courage, the grit, the experience, the facts, and the law to bring Trump to account.
It is so disappointing that an error in her judgment gave Trump’s team the opening they needed to have her removed from the case.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
It is so disappointing that an error in her judgment gave Trump’s team the opening they needed to have her removed from the case.
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"The Department of Health and Human Services did not announce the appointment, and many C.D.C. employees seemed unaware of it. But the C.D.C.’s internal database lists Dr. Abraham as the agency’s principal deputy director, with a start date of Nov. 23."
The latest phase of the MADA movement
Make Americans Dead Again
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Make Americans Dead Again
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Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.DC.’s Second in Command
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"The Department of Health and Human Services did not announce the appointment, and many C.D.C. employees seemed unaware of it. But the C.D.C.’s internal database lists Dr. Abraham as the agency’s principal deputy director, with a start date of Nov. 23."
Will the Trump administration remove Trump because of all the recent unflattering headlines? /s
(This is NOT a dig at Mr. Griffin, who does excellent work.)
(This is NOT a dig at Mr. Griffin, who does excellent work.)
BREAKING MS NOW:
Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.
Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.
President Trump may have had enough of Kash Patel, according to sources
The president is weighing whether to oust the FBI director after scrutiny of Patel's stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail and use of a government jet.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Will the Trump administration remove Trump because of all the recent unflattering headlines? /s
(This is NOT a dig at Mr. Griffin, who does excellent work.)
(This is NOT a dig at Mr. Griffin, who does excellent work.)
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I mean at this point — knowing how long and how deep this effort was, leveraging massive networks of fake accounts — the real question is:
How much of MAGA was ever a native idea versus a coercive influence op preying on bias and weakness?
How much of MAGA was ever a native idea versus a coercive influence op preying on bias and weakness?
A reminder that this pattern of activity including the stupid handles and bio lines and emojis was catalogued in the Senate reports on Russia’s election interference in 2016 — a thing which actually happened!
Pretend Americans 🦅🇺🇸⭐️2A has been the game all along
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Pretend Americans 🦅🇺🇸⭐️2A has been the game all along
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I mean at this point — knowing how long and how deep this effort was, leveraging massive networks of fake accounts — the real question is:
How much of MAGA was ever a native idea versus a coercive influence op preying on bias and weakness?
How much of MAGA was ever a native idea versus a coercive influence op preying on bias and weakness?
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Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
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3 infant #pertussis deaths this year in Kentucky. "Of the three infant deaths reported over the past 12 months, all three were not vaccinated, nor were their mothers."
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
3 infant #pertussis deaths this year in Kentucky. "Of the three infant deaths reported over the past 12 months, all three were not vaccinated, nor were their mothers."
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
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Damn.
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Damn.
It hits really different when the message becomes “it’s all you can afford.”
I will be the first to admit I couldn’t understand why anyone would oppose Assisted Dying… and then I became disabled and had it “offered” to me.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 AM
It hits really different when the message becomes “it’s all you can afford.”
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Rep. Don Bacon was so appalled by the Trump administration's proposed Russia-Ukraine peace plan that he considered resigning in protest, the Nebraska Republican told Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/d...
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Scoop: GOP Rep. Don Bacon weighed resignation over Trump's Russia-Ukraine peace plan
Rep. Don Bacon said he was "so angry" at Trump's proposed Ukraine plan that he "thought about" resigning in protest.
www.axios.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Rep. Don Bacon was so appalled by the Trump administration's proposed Russia-Ukraine peace plan that he considered resigning in protest, the Nebraska Republican told Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/d...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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We had a war to stop fascism. Then we had post-war trials to make it clear that "just following orders" was no excuse. Trump and Hegseth are taking the side of the death camp guards.
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
We had a war to stop fascism. Then we had post-war trials to make it clear that "just following orders" was no excuse. Trump and Hegseth are taking the side of the death camp guards.
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Gah, what? In what universe even before all of the last week did anyone at VF or Condé think this was ok?
And, is it too late to stop the presses at Quad? Actual mag industry Q nypost.com/2025/11/24/m...
And, is it too late to stop the presses at Quad? Actual mag industry Q nypost.com/2025/11/24/m...
Vanity Fair to publish ‘abstract nude portrait’ of Olivia Nuzzi — as scandal-plagued journalist accused of shirking job duties: report
Vanity Fair staffers privately gripe that Olivia Nuzzi has failed to carry out core duties since joining the magazine, according to a report.
nypost.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Gah, what? In what universe even before all of the last week did anyone at VF or Condé think this was ok?
And, is it too late to stop the presses at Quad? Actual mag industry Q nypost.com/2025/11/24/m...
And, is it too late to stop the presses at Quad? Actual mag industry Q nypost.com/2025/11/24/m...
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With typical lack of self-awareness, the narcissistic and stupid Donald Trump reposts an image of himself wearing a crown while sitting on a throne with a Nazi eagle. Hardly a denial of the accusation that he's a Nazi who thinks he's a king.
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
With typical lack of self-awareness, the narcissistic and stupid Donald Trump reposts an image of himself wearing a crown while sitting on a throne with a Nazi eagle. Hardly a denial of the accusation that he's a Nazi who thinks he's a king.
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In an extraordinary journey, a Palestinian man used a jet ski to cross the Mediterranean Sea and reach Europe after he fled the war in Gaza. n.pr/47ZsxPC
He left Gaza and fled to Europe on a jet ski. Now he hopes to bring his family
In an extraordinary journey, a Palestinian man used a jet ski to cross the Mediterranean Sea and reach Europe after he fled the war in Gaza.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
In an extraordinary journey, a Palestinian man used a jet ski to cross the Mediterranean Sea and reach Europe after he fled the war in Gaza. n.pr/47ZsxPC
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Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
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For the journalism schools:
Making a conspiratorial dimwit sound like a maverick hero in a just battle of wills against the negatively valenced "scientific" orthodoxy.
That is not even performative neutrality any more, that is taking sides
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Making a conspiratorial dimwit sound like a maverick hero in a just battle of wills against the negatively valenced "scientific" orthodoxy.
That is not even performative neutrality any more, that is taking sides
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Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
For the journalism schools:
Making a conspiratorial dimwit sound like a maverick hero in a just battle of wills against the negatively valenced "scientific" orthodoxy.
That is not even performative neutrality any more, that is taking sides
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
@michaelemann.bsky.social
Making a conspiratorial dimwit sound like a maverick hero in a just battle of wills against the negatively valenced "scientific" orthodoxy.
That is not even performative neutrality any more, that is taking sides
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
@michaelemann.bsky.social
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Every change to buggy code is painful (and time-consuming), particularly when you have no tests because you have “no time to write them.” You have no time not to write them. The best way to move fast is to increase quality and be serious about testing.
4/12
4/12
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Every change to buggy code is painful (and time-consuming), particularly when you have no tests because you have “no time to write them.” You have no time not to write them. The best way to move fast is to increase quality and be serious about testing.
4/12
4/12
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This is utter insanity. We know that PFAS resist degradation and contaminate soil, groundwater, and surfacewater. We know that exposures, even at very low levels, are highly harmful.
And we're intentionally spraying it on food crops grown on some of America's most valuable agricultural land.
And we're intentionally spraying it on food crops grown on some of America's most valuable agricultural land.
The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, dismissing concerns about health and environmental impacts raised by some scientists and activists.
Here’s what to look out for:
Here’s what to look out for:
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is utter insanity. We know that PFAS resist degradation and contaminate soil, groundwater, and surfacewater. We know that exposures, even at very low levels, are highly harmful.
And we're intentionally spraying it on food crops grown on some of America's most valuable agricultural land.
And we're intentionally spraying it on food crops grown on some of America's most valuable agricultural land.
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This kid is brilliant. Voice of a generation.
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This kid is brilliant. Voice of a generation.
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A couple of months ago, a Republican state representative called for me to be hanged. And now, Donald Trump is calling for the same against other Members of Congress.
This violent rhetoric is horrifying and must be stopped.
This violent rhetoric is horrifying and must be stopped.
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
A couple of months ago, a Republican state representative called for me to be hanged. And now, Donald Trump is calling for the same against other Members of Congress.
This violent rhetoric is horrifying and must be stopped.
This violent rhetoric is horrifying and must be stopped.
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detailed WashPost account of how Trump and Stephen Miller sidelined serious lawyers so they could fabricate a justification for committing murder
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White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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