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*TW: DV*
Please help if you can. She tragically lost her young son & is disabled by severe Long COVID. 💔 She is in legit need. Any amount, no matter how small would be appreciated. 🙏🏻 #IPV #StopIPV #DV
#Covid #LongCovid
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#Filicide
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Please help if you can. She tragically lost her young son & is disabled by severe Long COVID. 💔 She is in legit need. Any amount, no matter how small would be appreciated. 🙏🏻 #IPV #StopIPV #DV
#Covid #LongCovid
#CovidIsntOver #WomenInCrisis
#Filicide
www.gofundme.com/f/pk5y2t-sup...
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I would find this more convincing if I had literally one other example ever from history of a man who had visible hand injuries from shaking too many other hands.
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I would find this more convincing if I had literally one other example ever from history of a man who had visible hand injuries from shaking too many other hands.
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
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TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
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I am guessing many/most of us know USA movies are lies right?
December 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I am guessing many/most of us know USA movies are lies right?
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There’s a mass murderer in the White House.
The Trump-Vance admin has been committing illegal strike after illegal strike. They're trying to normalize it.
They're counting on you to lose track, to be too overwhelmed to remember the gravity of what they're doing.
But we're keeping track of every single strike.
So far: 22 strikes. 87 killed.
They're counting on you to lose track, to be too overwhelmed to remember the gravity of what they're doing.
But we're keeping track of every single strike.
So far: 22 strikes. 87 killed.
Tracking Every US Strike on Boats in the Caribbean and Pacific
The Trump administration is committing illegal strike after illegal strike. Don’t look away, and don’t lose track.
zeteo.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
There’s a mass murderer in the White House.
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ICE has taken Chinese dissident Guan Heng into custody and is threatening to return him to China.
Guan Heng risked his life to film the Uyghur concentration camps—the same camps Secretary of State Rubio opposed when he sponsored the “Uyghur Force Labor Prevention Act” as a US senator.
Guan Heng risked his life to film the Uyghur concentration camps—the same camps Secretary of State Rubio opposed when he sponsored the “Uyghur Force Labor Prevention Act” as a US senator.
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
ICE has taken Chinese dissident Guan Heng into custody and is threatening to return him to China.
Guan Heng risked his life to film the Uyghur concentration camps—the same camps Secretary of State Rubio opposed when he sponsored the “Uyghur Force Labor Prevention Act” as a US senator.
Guan Heng risked his life to film the Uyghur concentration camps—the same camps Secretary of State Rubio opposed when he sponsored the “Uyghur Force Labor Prevention Act” as a US senator.
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The media is entirely responsible for Donald Trump in our lives and Elon Musk as well. Real engineers and scientists knew he was a moron long ago. I was told repeatedly by my brother and his nerds at JPL that Elon was a dolt. But tech press don't know shit either and access is the name of the game.
December 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The media is entirely responsible for Donald Trump in our lives and Elon Musk as well. Real engineers and scientists knew he was a moron long ago. I was told repeatedly by my brother and his nerds at JPL that Elon was a dolt. But tech press don't know shit either and access is the name of the game.
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19. Put it this way, countries in SE Asia have embraced this philosophy for good reasons, as
@globalhlthtwit.bsky.social
rightly points out, relentlessly.
They coped with SARS1, SARS2, avian flu, Nipah, etc...they know their onions! Just compare the death rates, folks.
20. Immunity debt, no.
@globalhlthtwit.bsky.social
rightly points out, relentlessly.
They coped with SARS1, SARS2, avian flu, Nipah, etc...they know their onions! Just compare the death rates, folks.
20. Immunity debt, no.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
19. Put it this way, countries in SE Asia have embraced this philosophy for good reasons, as
@globalhlthtwit.bsky.social
rightly points out, relentlessly.
They coped with SARS1, SARS2, avian flu, Nipah, etc...they know their onions! Just compare the death rates, folks.
20. Immunity debt, no.
@globalhlthtwit.bsky.social
rightly points out, relentlessly.
They coped with SARS1, SARS2, avian flu, Nipah, etc...they know their onions! Just compare the death rates, folks.
20. Immunity debt, no.
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note to everyone else they're trying to intimidate: telling the administration to fuck off remains the single most effective response
Lol the US just abandoned their effort to get mad at the guy that threw Bolsonaro in prison. Big "my toddler tantrum didn't get me nothing so we're done here" energy.
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
note to everyone else they're trying to intimidate: telling the administration to fuck off remains the single most effective response
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It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
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And you thought wearing a mask was an imposition on your freedom.
Ouch.
Ouch.
December 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
And you thought wearing a mask was an imposition on your freedom.
Ouch.
Ouch.
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Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
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When I see "Christians" with these abominations of jeweled crucifixes, I remind myself of the original meaning. It was an execution device used by imperial Rome.
I wonder, sometimes, if that's the actual message here: the empire has the power to kill you. What a thing to accessorize.
I wonder, sometimes, if that's the actual message here: the empire has the power to kill you. What a thing to accessorize.
December 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
When I see "Christians" with these abominations of jeweled crucifixes, I remind myself of the original meaning. It was an execution device used by imperial Rome.
I wonder, sometimes, if that's the actual message here: the empire has the power to kill you. What a thing to accessorize.
I wonder, sometimes, if that's the actual message here: the empire has the power to kill you. What a thing to accessorize.
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Less than 7% of federal health research funding goes towards women's health in Canada.
And waittimes for gynaecological surgery are not tracked while other surgeries are. Should OB/ GYN be separated into 2 different groups? Why does the term
OB/GYN “encodes a bias”?
And waittimes for gynaecological surgery are not tracked while other surgeries are. Should OB/ GYN be separated into 2 different groups? Why does the term
OB/GYN “encodes a bias”?
Endometriosis researcher and PhD student Shay Freger argues gynecology needs its own space, funding, and advocacy, and that the term OBGYN itself encodes a bias. He spoke with @namshine.bsky.social on (MIS)Treated earlier this year.
Read his Hill Times article: www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
Read his Hill Times article: www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
December 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Less than 7% of federal health research funding goes towards women's health in Canada.
And waittimes for gynaecological surgery are not tracked while other surgeries are. Should OB/ GYN be separated into 2 different groups? Why does the term
OB/GYN “encodes a bias”?
And waittimes for gynaecological surgery are not tracked while other surgeries are. Should OB/ GYN be separated into 2 different groups? Why does the term
OB/GYN “encodes a bias”?
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Ah but chickens have a capitalistic value to capitalists.
Children don’t.
Children don’t.
So chicken farms have started spending millions of dollars putting in state of the art air filtration and circulation systems - because culling whole flocks to mitigate avian flu is expensive - but we have done zero to improve air quality in schools - because kids are expendable I guess.
December 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Ah but chickens have a capitalistic value to capitalists.
Children don’t.
Children don’t.
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Bari Weiss transitions CBS News into almost pure political propaganda.
December 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Bari Weiss transitions CBS News into almost pure political propaganda.
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Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $40m to women who said talc to blame for cancer
Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $40m to women who said talc to blame for cancer
California jury finds company knew its talc-based products were dangerous but failed to warn consumers
A California jury on Friday awarded $40m to two women who said Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder was to blame for their ovarian cancer.
The jury in Los Angeles superior court awarded $18m to Monica Kent and $22m to Deborah Schultz and her husband after finding that Johnson & Johnson knew for years its talc-based products were dangerous but failed to warn consumers. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $40m to women who said talc to blame for cancer
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The script, visuals, and voiceover narration are generated by AI, and so are the fake studies brought up as evidence.
A slew of AI-generated videos target seniors with unreliable health advice, using made-up papers.
My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
A slew of AI-generated videos target seniors with unreliable health advice, using made-up papers.
My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
Deceitful AI Videos Mislead Seniors on Important Health Issues
I had never received an email in Vietnamese before. My request for an interview had been written in English, and the channel I had reached out to made English-language videos, but the reply I received...
www.mcgill.ca
December 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The script, visuals, and voiceover narration are generated by AI, and so are the fake studies brought up as evidence.
A slew of AI-generated videos target seniors with unreliable health advice, using made-up papers.
My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
A slew of AI-generated videos target seniors with unreliable health advice, using made-up papers.
My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
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Not good
"Canadians no longer own Canada’s largest newspaper chain. Postmedia Network, which controls over 130 newspapers across the country...is now 66% owned by Chatham Asset Management, an American hedge fund based in New Jersey."
The Quiet Takeover: How Canadian Media Shifted Right
Something has fundamentally changed in Canadian media. Walk into any Tim Hortons or coffee shop, scroll through your Facebook feed, or pick…
raybwilliams.medium.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Not good
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Been banging the drum on this one since he showed up trying to get his DOGE kids access to all those separate silos of data on American citizens and feeding it into AI! No one paid attention. This is it right here. It's always been about "making lists" for ICE and now they got the cash too.
July 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Been banging the drum on this one since he showed up trying to get his DOGE kids access to all those separate silos of data on American citizens and feeding it into AI! No one paid attention. This is it right here. It's always been about "making lists" for ICE and now they got the cash too.
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To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
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This weekend is the 13th anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting.
Is CBS dedicating any time to that?
Of course not. They’re promoting Erika Kirk’s town hall.
They’re platforming a woman who’s husband said that some children being shot to death was an “acceptable price” for the second amendment
Is CBS dedicating any time to that?
Of course not. They’re promoting Erika Kirk’s town hall.
They’re platforming a woman who’s husband said that some children being shot to death was an “acceptable price” for the second amendment
What's the biggest story in the country today? It's not Erika Kirk's town hall but the CBS website already has at least 14 stories on it and an entire special section on the home page. www.cbsnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This weekend is the 13th anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting.
Is CBS dedicating any time to that?
Of course not. They’re promoting Erika Kirk’s town hall.
They’re platforming a woman who’s husband said that some children being shot to death was an “acceptable price” for the second amendment
Is CBS dedicating any time to that?
Of course not. They’re promoting Erika Kirk’s town hall.
They’re platforming a woman who’s husband said that some children being shot to death was an “acceptable price” for the second amendment
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It’s not about tariffs.
It’s not about tariffs.
Every time Canadians are told that we are missed, we should just play videos of ICE ripping children away from their parents, or the govt blowing up boats in the sea.
I really don’t care about your economy.
And I weep that you lost your humanity.
It’s not about tariffs.
Every time Canadians are told that we are missed, we should just play videos of ICE ripping children away from their parents, or the govt blowing up boats in the sea.
I really don’t care about your economy.
And I weep that you lost your humanity.
Canadian boycott of U.S. hitting border states hard: Congressional report | CBC News
The drop in Canadian tourism to the United States in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s actions is hurting American businesses in several border states, a new report by a congressional committe...
www.cbc.ca
December 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
It’s not about tariffs.
It’s not about tariffs.
Every time Canadians are told that we are missed, we should just play videos of ICE ripping children away from their parents, or the govt blowing up boats in the sea.
I really don’t care about your economy.
And I weep that you lost your humanity.
It’s not about tariffs.
Every time Canadians are told that we are missed, we should just play videos of ICE ripping children away from their parents, or the govt blowing up boats in the sea.
I really don’t care about your economy.
And I weep that you lost your humanity.