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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 2d

Guess who just got both the updated COVID vaccine and flu shots today? Your dear Leader Trump. Maybe you should get them too.

Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.

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Ben MacLeod 馬志斌 @benmacleod.bsky.social · 20h

Canadians – If you have some time this long weekend, fill out this godawful government survey on AI, which itself seems to have been written by AI trained exclusively on buzzword-laden LinkedIn posts.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 4d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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NPR @npr.org · 21h

The Smithsonian's museums and zoo are now closed due to the government shut down. Tours of historic Washington, D.C. sites have been suspended and the National Gallery of Art is also closed.

Smithsonian closes as government shut down continues

The Smithsonian's museums and zoo are now closed due to the government shut down. Tours of historic Washington, D.C. sites have been suspended and the National Gallery of Art is also closed.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

Been strolling around central Madrid this evening, two observations:

1. The outdoor-cafe game here is so on point. They are everywhere! Tucked in every nook & cranny. Everyone is outside, *with one another*.
2. People live here, there are schools here, & so there are families with kids everywhere.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1d

So now the Administration are saying that the mass firing of CDC scientists, including many responsible for preventing outbreaks, was an “error” and many will be brought back.

Whether by intention or incompetence, dismantling public health will kill people.

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Sourcecontrol.bsky.social 🤜❤️‍🔥🤛 Challenger @sourcecontrol.bsky.social · 1d

What could go wrong? 🤡

John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 1d

www.rawstory.com/layoffs/

Horror as 'Friday night massacre' lays off entire DC office of disease experts

The Trump administration has carried out mass layoffs of federal public health officials that experts warn will leave the US dangerously unprepared to handle disease outbreaks.As reported by The New Y...

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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 3d

Read the latest from the Covid-Is-Not-Over newsletter:

Immunosupremacy, Everyone’s got a little brain damage these days, Long Covid is here to stay, and more

johndupuis.substack.com/p/immunosupr...

Immunosupremacy, Everyone’s got a little brain damage these days, Long Covid is here to stay, and more

Bonus One mutation away from the next global pandemic

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STAT @statnews.com · 1d

Almost the entire staff of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, known as the “voice of the CDC,” has been laid off, former publication editor-in-chief Charlotte Kent told STAT Saturday.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

Deep cuts made to CDC's flagship MMWR publication, a cornerstone of public health

CDC staff behind the agency’s flagship publication have been fired amid drastic cuts to the HHS promised by the White House due to the government shutdown, according to five people familiar with the s...

www.statnews.com

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 2d

This is beyond bad. All of our disease defenses are down now. We are sitting ducks. This is #RussellVought #DonaldTrump. They are endangering American lives with their insane crusade. These men are hazardous to your health and dangerous to the republic.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

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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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 1d

“In addition to the officials, staff and editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report also received notices of their terminations“

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1d

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1d

There’s a March for Health and Science being organized in DC for Wednesday, November 5.

MARCH FOR HEALTH & SCIENCE
Washington DC, November 5@4PM

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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 1d

“In addition to the officials, staff and editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report also received notices of their terminations“

thehill.com/policy/healt...

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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 1d

www.rawstory.com/layoffs/

Horror as 'Friday night massacre' lays off entire DC office of disease experts

The Trump administration has carried out mass layoffs of federal public health officials that experts warn will leave the US dangerously unprepared to handle disease outbreaks.As reported by The New Y...

www.rawstory.com

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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 1d

www.thedailybeast.com/trump-budget...

Trump Budget Goon’s Firings ‘Eviscerate’ Vital CDC Departments

Russ Vought’s extreme RIFs hit the CDC.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 1d

So...if a Russian asset wanted to sabotage the American government's outbreak surveillance system in preparation for biological warfare against the US population, how would their absolute dream celebrate-victory-with-vodka-and-caviar outcome look different from what just happened at the CDC?

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

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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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

They know they won't be in power forever. So, they're breaking as much as they can right now, in the hope that whoever follows them won't be able to put it all back together.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

The mass firings at the CDC tonight drive home the fact that no one is coming to save us

But we can save each other

Wear a mask. Ideally a respirator like an N95

Even if you’re vaccinated. Even if you’re “not worried”

It protects you but it also protects everyone else

Bonus? Less colds & flus!

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

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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Mellow Lugosi’s Dead 🧛🏻‍♂️ @flyingtrilobite.com · 2d

Both DC and Marvel have expressed that gen AI has no place in their comic books.

That’s significant.

I hope they go further and enshroud that in contracts if they haven’t already. #CreateDontScrape

DC:
gizmodo.com/dc-comics-ji...

Marvel:
bleedingcool.com/comics/nycc-...

Jim Lee Says DC Comics Will Never Support Generative AI

So long as Lee is president of DC Studios, the company will not have its heroes drawn or written by AI.

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Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 2d

apparently billionaire-built digital slop machine output is being posted to billionaire-built digital platforms in an effort to create and spread misinformation as widely and harmfully as possible ikr.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

AI-generated misinformation about 4yo Gus prompts tech and legal concerns

The thought of a missing boy lost in the outback is indescribably harrowing — but what's almost as disturbing is the realisation that some on social media have seized on the disappearance of four-year...

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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 2d

It’s arrived! Enshittification by @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy!

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 2d

I've seen this movie. It doesn't end well.

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 3d

“In September, scientists at Stanford reported they had used A.I. to design a virus for the first time.”

Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3d

Just bone chilling. And when the imprisonment of critics is combined with his offer to enrich and immunize his loyalists, this is how democracies die fast.

But it's still our choice. Don't let him silence you.

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