Sebastião
@sebastiao21.bsky.social
Recovering Twitteraholic. Ex-owner of Twitter handle @deralteGaukler. Interests: Science, Food, History, Culture, Travel, Photography, Classic Rock and much more.
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Sebastião
@sebastiao21.bsky.social
· Dec 15
When you just want to capture the Milky Way but your camera decides to capture the aurora as well.
Location: Açores.
Date: 11 Oct 2024
P.S. The aurora was not visible to the naked eye. This 15 sec exposure 'saw' it.
#Astrophotography
#NightSky
#AuroraBorealis
Location: Açores.
Date: 11 Oct 2024
P.S. The aurora was not visible to the naked eye. This 15 sec exposure 'saw' it.
#Astrophotography
#NightSky
#AuroraBorealis
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BREAKING: Israeli forces have stormed the town of Sebastia, northwest of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, report our colleagues on the ground.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/oapeu6
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/oapeu6
November 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
BREAKING: Israeli forces have stormed the town of Sebastia, northwest of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, report our colleagues on the ground.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/oapeu6
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/oapeu6
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Israeli terrorists back to demolishing homes of displaced Palestinians, not in Gaza but in the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp.
November 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Israeli terrorists back to demolishing homes of displaced Palestinians, not in Gaza but in the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp.
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Finally got around to reading Prasad's actual memo about the purported deaths in children from COVID-19 vaccines, and it's kind of amazing in the worst ways possible.
At one point, he says (regarding rare adverse events):
"Causality is easy to assess in a randomized trial..."
At one point, he says (regarding rare adverse events):
"Causality is easy to assess in a randomized trial..."
November 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Finally got around to reading Prasad's actual memo about the purported deaths in children from COVID-19 vaccines, and it's kind of amazing in the worst ways possible.
At one point, he says (regarding rare adverse events):
"Causality is easy to assess in a randomized trial..."
At one point, he says (regarding rare adverse events):
"Causality is easy to assess in a randomized trial..."
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Vaccines don't cause autism, by @enirenberg.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/deplatfo...
The CDC: A Requiem
Vaccines, autism, and a very simplified look at causal inference.
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Vaccines don't cause autism, by @enirenberg.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/deplatfo...
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Israeli occupation forces storm several homes in the village of Mas-ha, west of Salfit, occupied West Bank.
November 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Israeli occupation forces storm several homes in the village of Mas-ha, west of Salfit, occupied West Bank.
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FDA's big change to how vaccines will get approved is, essentially, a way to delay and refuse approval with little justification, by @ddiamond.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/dandiamo...
FDA's big change to how vaccines will get approved
We obtained an internal email laying out the planned shift in strategy.
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
FDA's big change to how vaccines will get approved is, essentially, a way to delay and refuse approval with little justification, by @ddiamond.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/dandiamo...
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Patient-blaming rhetoric is baked into alternative medicine.
The idea is that if you could just...
“Change your mindset”
“Live naturally”
“Eliminate toxins” (with supplements)
“Resolve trauma”
...then you can avoid serious health conditions such as cancer.
The idea is that if you could just...
“Change your mindset”
“Live naturally”
“Eliminate toxins” (with supplements)
“Resolve trauma”
...then you can avoid serious health conditions such as cancer.
November 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Patient-blaming rhetoric is baked into alternative medicine.
The idea is that if you could just...
“Change your mindset”
“Live naturally”
“Eliminate toxins” (with supplements)
“Resolve trauma”
...then you can avoid serious health conditions such as cancer.
The idea is that if you could just...
“Change your mindset”
“Live naturally”
“Eliminate toxins” (with supplements)
“Resolve trauma”
...then you can avoid serious health conditions such as cancer.
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And I’ll never, ever understand why some people fell so in love with Jeffrey Tucker—the architect of the Great Barrington Declaration (some even signed Tucker’s declaration). Anti-vaxxer, pro-tobacco, climate change denialist, pro-child labor, manufacturer of doubt.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
November 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
And I’ll never, ever understand why some people fell so in love with Jeffrey Tucker—the architect of the Great Barrington Declaration (some even signed Tucker’s declaration). Anti-vaxxer, pro-tobacco, climate change denialist, pro-child labor, manufacturer of doubt.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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"We know vaccines are one of the most effective public health interventions... Vaccines are also positively related to future school enrollment and cognitive development, contributing to a more skilled and productive workforce..."
www.concordmonitor.com/2025/11/29/m...
www.concordmonitor.com/2025/11/29/m...
Opinion: Vaccines do more than improve our health - Concord Monitor
Discover the health and economic benefits of vaccines. Learn how vaccinations prevent diseases, reduce health care costs, and contribute to economic growth.
www.concordmonitor.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"We know vaccines are one of the most effective public health interventions... Vaccines are also positively related to future school enrollment and cognitive development, contributing to a more skilled and productive workforce..."
www.concordmonitor.com/2025/11/29/m...
www.concordmonitor.com/2025/11/29/m...
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Breaking | Israeli occupation tanks open fire toward the northern areas of Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip.
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Breaking | Israeli occupation tanks open fire toward the northern areas of Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip.
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"Religious liberty" doesn’t protect your child from measles.
Vaccines do.
But a West Virginia judge just threw out the vaccine policy that kept public schools safe.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/because-of...
Vaccines do.
But a West Virginia judge just threw out the vaccine policy that kept public schools safe.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/because-of...
Because of religion, a West Virginia judge just torched the state's best public health policy
A wave of religious exemptions have turned a once model vaccine mandate system for public schools into a ticking time bomb
www.friendlyatheist.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"Religious liberty" doesn’t protect your child from measles.
Vaccines do.
But a West Virginia judge just threw out the vaccine policy that kept public schools safe.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/because-of...
Vaccines do.
But a West Virginia judge just threw out the vaccine policy that kept public schools safe.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/because-of...
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Here’s a video of Makary in 2023 saying Kennedy’s “stories” of kids who died after the Covid vaccine were “100% true.”
Remember, these guys had their minds made up.
It was never about data and evidence.
More...
youtu.be/CDBM8UvN-xk
Remember, these guys had their minds made up.
It was never about data and evidence.
More...
youtu.be/CDBM8UvN-xk
Marty Makary praises and lies about RFK Jr. Truth is in the comments
YouTube video by Jonathan Howard
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Here’s a video of Makary in 2023 saying Kennedy’s “stories” of kids who died after the Covid vaccine were “100% true.”
Remember, these guys had their minds made up.
It was never about data and evidence.
More...
youtu.be/CDBM8UvN-xk
Remember, these guys had their minds made up.
It was never about data and evidence.
More...
youtu.be/CDBM8UvN-xk
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Aid keeps disappearing. Many trucks that go through never reach the families that need the supplies the most.
What happens in Gaza’s ‘Bermuda Triangle’
Aid keeps disappearing.
www.aljazeera.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Aid keeps disappearing. Many trucks that go through never reach the families that need the supplies the most.
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“On International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the horrors and suffering in Gaza continue, onslaught on the Palestinians of the West Bank, more land theft and expansions of illegal settlements and a demand from the Israeli government
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“On International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the horrors and suffering in Gaza continue, onslaught on the Palestinians of the West Bank, more land theft and expansions of illegal settlements and a demand from the Israeli government
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Early this morning, Israeli drones dropped three stun bombs near fishermen off the village of Ras al-Naqoura in southern Lebanon, according to local sources.
November 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Early this morning, Israeli drones dropped three stun bombs near fishermen off the village of Ras al-Naqoura in southern Lebanon, according to local sources.
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❝ Too often, Sudan is discussed as a case study, not a community. The suffering of our people becomes material for academic discourse, political theorising and strategic analysis, while those enduring the crisis are reduced to passive subjects. We are spoken about, but not spoken to. ❞
Why we need to change the conversation on Sudan
Much of the political discourse feels increasingly disconnected from the hunger and fear that define daily life for millions of people
www.middleeasteye.net
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
❝ Too often, Sudan is discussed as a case study, not a community. The suffering of our people becomes material for academic discourse, political theorising and strategic analysis, while those enduring the crisis are reduced to passive subjects. We are spoken about, but not spoken to. ❞
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The Israeli occupation court has renewed the administrative detention of Palestinian journalist Assem Al-Shannar from Nablus for an additional four months, without charge or trial, continuing its systematic targeting of Palestinian journalists and suppression of press freedom.
November 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The Israeli occupation court has renewed the administrative detention of Palestinian journalist Assem Al-Shannar from Nablus for an additional four months, without charge or trial, continuing its systematic targeting of Palestinian journalists and suppression of press freedom.
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The overlap between Prasad, Hoeg, and the worst antivaxx cranks was obvious years ago, if you paid attention.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/provaccine/
sciencebasedmedicine.org/provaccine/
“We’re Pro-Vaccine But”
Can you tell the difference between statements made by contrarian doctors and those made by anti-vaccine cranks like Dr. Joe Mercola and RFK Jr.? Find out for yourself.
sciencebasedmedicine.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The overlap between Prasad, Hoeg, and the worst antivaxx cranks was obvious years ago, if you paid attention.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/provaccine/
sciencebasedmedicine.org/provaccine/
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To be clear, Prasad, Hoeg, and Makary are as credible and ethical as Pete Hesgeth and Steve Witkoff.
Trump chose these people for the same reasons.
Trump chose these people for the same reasons.
November 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
To be clear, Prasad, Hoeg, and Makary are as credible and ethical as Pete Hesgeth and Steve Witkoff.
Trump chose these people for the same reasons.
Trump chose these people for the same reasons.
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Israeli settlers forcibly expelled Palestinian shepherds and prevented them from accessing their lands in the Hathroura Bedouin community, east of occupied Jerusalem.
November 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Israeli settlers forcibly expelled Palestinian shepherds and prevented them from accessing their lands in the Hathroura Bedouin community, east of occupied Jerusalem.
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A Palestinian youth in Gaza turns an armored vehicle abandoned by Israeli occupation forces in the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood into a mobile phone charging station.
📷 AFP
📷 AFP
November 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A Palestinian youth in Gaza turns an armored vehicle abandoned by Israeli occupation forces in the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood into a mobile phone charging station.
📷 AFP
📷 AFP
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Israel has “a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture”, according to a UN report covering the past two years, which also raised concerns about the impunity of Israeli security forces for war crimes.
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Israel has “a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture”, according to a UN report covering the past two years, which also raised concerns about the impunity of Israeli security forces for war crimes.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM