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Deb Houry @drdebhoury.bsky.social · 6h

Congress needs to demand transparency re these CDC firings and what happened. I don't think "miscoding" is the reason nearly 50% of those fired were rescinded. Maybe it was the public awareness that programs like global health, suicide prevention, and measles response were being eliminated...

Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 1d

No one knows what is happening. Now, we are hearing some of the CDC RIF notices might have been in error.
Error = Miscoding

Where are we hearing this? Through media of course! No one is being transparent with CDC staff.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

We continue to track the cuts. Stay tuned.

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Alt: a picture of a giraffe dancing with the words welcome to the circus

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Slam @slamastack.bsky.social · 4h

Yesssss

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 3h

Timeline cleanse: Cardinal pic from the Birdbuddy

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Sarah @rodeokitten.bsky.social · 3h

😔

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

Per WSJ, the Trump regime and Bannon are bragging they’re “ruling Congress with an iron fist” and that it is “largely ceremonial” like the Russian Duma.

Shameful. Not what the founders intended. 🇺🇸 @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett @AndyOgles

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Sarah @rodeokitten.bsky.social · 4h

Too blessed to be stressed

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Sarah @rodeokitten.bsky.social · 16h

Yessss

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 1d

Thankfully, some of yesterday's CDC firings have been rescinded.

But this should be a major scandal, not business as usual in this shitshow of an administration. It's either spectacular incompetence or an effort to make even politically untouchable positions feel precarious to those in them.

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 1d

100s of #CDC employees were notified Friday they were being fired — RIF'd. The firings cross multiple parts of the agency, endangering its core mission of keeping Americans safe.
Saturday, some were informed they were RIF'd in error.
Hard to imagine how this happens www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

CDC battered by government shutdown firings, while some are rescinded

The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...

www.statnews.com

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Sarah @rodeokitten.bsky.social · 17h

Stained Glass Pub? Gentleman Jim's? Ledo? The truth will probably never be told, but the bottom line is, it's delicious.

The Montgonion @montgonion.bsky.social · 18h

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The Origins of the Maryland-Style Pizza Origin Story — The Montgonion

MoCo loves a good origin story, especially one involving a square slice

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Sarah @rodeokitten.bsky.social · 17h

Have a wonderful time! The ART. I know you will be at the Uffizzi (sp) asap!

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 23h

'Cool blues' by Vicky Oldfield, contemporary UK printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Print featuring three bottles of different shapes in a row all filled with blue flowers and resting on a surface with a busy pattern in blue

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Sarah @rodeokitten.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty girl!

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Sarah @rodeokitten.bsky.social · 1d

I feel the exact same way

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

get in losers we're repenting

Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 1d

Liberation theology in the USA. More please.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d

Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.

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Sarah @rodeokitten.bsky.social · 1d

Law professor: you're currently failing your ethics class

Me: *slides a $20 across the desk*
how about now

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

It seems they also got rid of the organization that monitors how many Americans die, when, and of what. Convenient.

Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 1d

RFK fired the CDC official (w/decades of experience) leading the measles outbreak response. It's been decades since we've had such a large outbreak. And just to ensure they they can spread the measles outbreak even farther, they also fired the leadership for the center focused on immunization.

Figure showing the largest measles outbreak in the US in decades. There are over 1500 cases as of October 7 2025

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Sarah @rodeokitten.bsky.social · 1d

I love you too 😘

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 2d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Sarah @rodeokitten.bsky.social · 1d

That's beautiful. 💜

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Sarah @rodeokitten.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, me too!

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Sarah @rodeokitten.bsky.social · 1d

This is so cool! I had absolutely no idea these existed.

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Sarah @rodeokitten.bsky.social · 1d

@fromphdtolife.com !!!

Not Owen Meany @notowenmeany.bsky.social · 1d

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Sarah @rodeokitten.bsky.social · 1d

You know that I understand. It's so stressful and devastating. Whatever you decide, I will support you and be your number two cheerleader (I know I can't beat Ed) 💜💜💜

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Sarah @rodeokitten.bsky.social · 1d

I'm doing okay, considering [gestures wildly] all this

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