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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 9h

Some of these people have now been fired and rehired TWICE since January. The current state of dysfunction is mind boggling.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 11h

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

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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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 13h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 10h

One never knows when a roofing emergency might occur. Best to be prepared.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 17h

At least we no longer have to hear about freedom being in Americans' DNA or whatever. Turns out we love to eat shit and bow to some bloated halfwit like any other people throughout history

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 13h

1000% Gonzo is actually one of those wearing an inflatable animal suit

Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 1d

I like to think the Muppets would be 100% behind the Portland protests

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 16h

every big AI pitch is like “what if we took away your means of survival and devalued all your skills to make stonks go up temporarily? You’d like that wouldn’t you?”

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 14h

Is this why we didn't have the rapture?

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angrygrrrl1111.bsky.social @angrygrrrl1111.bsky.social · 19h

The Kavanagh Stop:

Crash into the car, drag a woman kicking and screaming out of it, then throw her on the ground to ziptie her hands before leaving her car wide open in the street. Presumably her purse, *with her ID*, is still in the fucking car.

Guess we know where the Proud Boys are now.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14h

Hegseth restored the name of a confederate general to the base.
Taking care of your troops matters. You can't eat the culture war.

Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 17h

If this was happening in any other country you'd have journalists and analysts discussing risks of state failure

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 14h

Sounds like a boil or a tumor

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Tube Amps for Justice @curiousaudio.us · 14h

IT HAS EMERGED

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1d

Tony Blair met with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in London during his time as prime minister, it has emerged

Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister

www.thenational.scot

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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 14h

I think that what we can infer is that insider trading is rampant, there is an expectation that if you are onside with the administration you will not be prosecuted for it, and there is a belief this admin will not be leaving, so YOLO.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

Imagine that

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 15h

There. Are. No. Exceptions. To. Human. Rights. If one of us isn't free, none of us are free. I want to live in a country where a politician who stands on this principle isn't the exception. But until then, Mamdani is an example of what's possible, and what we should demand from our leaders.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 19h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Kate of Kate Hall @plainkate.bsky.social · 16h

This is a great read and a spectacular ad!

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 19h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 16h

There are few more chilling phrases than “Children’s Detention Center.”

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 19h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 16h

AI 🤝 fascism

Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · 16h

Imagine using Meta’s AI in educational contexts or having it integrated into edtech products. When it’s overseen by MAGA representatives like this, imagine asking it what Antifa means, if there is a relationship is between race and IQ or what is causing climate change.

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 22h

AI 🤝 fascism

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 22h

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

www.theverge.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 17h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 19h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 16h

Caltrops. Just sayin'

Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 16h

Just today, here's a story from the @chicago.suntimes.com -- not only are ICE/feds masking themselves constantly (and some local cops too, I've seen it), now they're driving around without license plates. More "laws for thee, whatever I wanna do for me" in action chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 16h

Joffrey gets a job

Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 16h

This season of Succession is the worst.
nypost.com/2025/10/09/u...

Barron Trump tipped for leading role at TikTok

Barron, who has just moved back into the White House while he attends classes at New York University’s DC campus in the nation’s capital, has yet to comment on the proposition.

nypost.com

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 16h

Guillotines

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 19h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 18h

It’s this multiple times a day

They don't even bother to lie badly anymore.
I suppose that's the final humiliation.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 17h

As an example: AI doesn't understand "no." Because the statements "no ketchup on my burger" and "ketchup on my burger" are almost identical to a machine that does not and cannot actually reason. It's only a 2 letter difference.

AI doesn't know 'no' – and that's a huge problem for medical bots

Many AI models fail to recognise negation words such as “no” and “not”, which means they can’t easily distinguish between medical images labelled as showing a disease and images labelled as not showin...

www.newscientist.com

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 19h

It's clearer by the day that Columbia making a deal with Trump in July was a catastrophe for higher education as a whole. It gave terrible people a bottomless appetite for extortion. The other eight universities must follow MIT's lead.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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