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Retired artist wannabe. Trying hard to keep from having to retire my pony, too.
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altnps.bsky.social
including complaints of medical-neglect, forced-drugging, abuse, due-process violations, and other civil-rights complaints in immigration detention in limbo or effectively abandoned.
Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn
Former oversight officials alarmed by dismantling of DHS system that oversees complaints about civil rights harms
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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erictopol.bsky.social
Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing
To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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ryanmarino.bsky.social
I was told for many years that criticizing the antivaccine movement was a waste of time and “a liability” for science communication in general
kendrawrites.com Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 3h
my hot take based on nothing is: GOOP is part of why we landed here.
donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h
One of the things about trust is that it is efficient. It saves you having to invest a lot of time and effort in verification, and if placed in the right places, saves you a lot of pain.

"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
December 1, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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One of the things about trust is that it is efficient. It saves you having to invest a lot of time and effort in verification, and if placed in the right places, saves you a lot of pain.

"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
lukesteuber.com Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 4h
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Offit told me that Kennedy is a "liar" and a "terrible human being." I asked him to explain. "It doesn't matter what I say," Offit said. "He thinks the medical journals are in the pocket of the industry, he thinks that the government is in the pocket of the industry, he thinks I'm in the pocket of industry, and he's wrong." Offit continued: "If he has data showing he's right, then fucking publish it. He can't, because he doesn't have those data." I asked Offit if he saw a way to reverse the public's rising distrust in science. "I don't think there is any way to regain that trust other than have the viruses do the education, and the bacteria do the education, and then people will realize they paid way too high a cost," he said.
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Now that Pete Hegseth is making cartoon jokes about the accusations that he gave illegal "no quarter" orders, good time to reup this:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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It’s worrying how many people — even doctors — are now ‘always sick’ during this ongoing pandemic.

#COVIDisNotOVER #COVIDisAIRBONE #Maskup 😷

Source: x.com/1goodtern/st...
A screenshot of a Twitter/X post by the user “tern” (@1goodtern). The first tweet reads: “I had a catch up with one of my doctor friends today. He’s just recovering from ‘a bug’. He said it’s strange, he never used to be ill before covid came along, and now he’s ill all the time. I asked him if he knows that Covid infections make you more vulnerable to infection.” The post is timestamped 6:30 AM, Nov 30, 2025, and shows engagement numbers: 20 replies, 151 retweets, 1K likes, and 37 bookmarks, with 18.6K views. Below it is a “Post your reply” box. Three follow-up replies from the same account are shown: “He said that he had never heard that.” (11 replies, 11 retweets, 293 likes, 2.9K views) “I told him a year ago, in a long very detailed conversation.” (6 replies, 15 retweets, 428 likes, 3.4K views) A single disappointed emoji: “😕” (5 replies, 3 retweets, 247 likes, 3.3K views)
December 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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dandrezner.bsky.social
Thank goodness Mr. Trump is finally tackling the affordability crisis.
December 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?

KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs.

His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims.

(Published Feb. 2023)
UnitedHealthcare Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurer’s Inner Workings.
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for r...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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kairyssdal.bsky.social
You guys. Stop.

A credulous press is hurting the republic
axios.com Axios @axios.com · 4h
President Trump said today he'll release the results of his October MRI scan, after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called for him to do so and claimed that the president is "fading physically."
Trump says he'll release MRI results after Walz claims president is "fading physically"
Trump said he had "no idea" what part of the body was scanned because it was "just an MRI," but the results were "perfect."
www.axios.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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angrystaffer.bsky.social
First journalist to find out if it’s cancer or a stroke will win a Pulitzer.
natsechobbyist.bsky.social Rachel Vindman @natsechobbyist.bsky.social · 4h
Tonight he says his MRI was perfect just like the phone call that got him impeached 👀👀👀
December 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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angrystaffer.bsky.social
“What part of your body was the MRI on?”

Trump: no idea, but it wasn’t the brain!

90% probability MRI was on his brain.

Trump also says it’s ok to release it. Journalists, do your thing.
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7h
Reporter: Governor Walz called for the release of your MRI results

Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.

Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?

Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
December 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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peark.es
He's going to kill so many people and we're powerless to stop it. One of the most vile humans currently wandering around this watery rock.
lukesteuber.com Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 4h
presented without comment
Offit told me that Kennedy is a "liar" and a "terrible human being." I asked him to explain. "It doesn't matter what I say," Offit said. "He thinks the medical journals are in the pocket of the industry, he thinks that the government is in the pocket of the industry, he thinks I'm in the pocket of industry, and he's wrong." Offit continued: "If he has data showing he's right, then fucking publish it. He can't, because he doesn't have those data." I asked Offit if he saw a way to reverse the public's rising distrust in science. "I don't think there is any way to regain that trust other than have the viruses do the education, and the bacteria do the education, and then people will realize they paid way too high a cost," he said.
December 1, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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propublica.org
What were the CIA-backed "Zero Units" in Afghanistan?

For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
The Night Raids
CIA-backed operations killed countless Afghan civilians, and the U.S. hasn't been held accountable. A reporter returns to investigate her past and unravel the legacy of the secretive Zero Units.
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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If democracy dies in darkness, we have seen that the legacy media is willing to turn off the lights. I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to shine a spotlight on the most important fights for democracy— those taking place in court.

Sign-up now to stay informed and support its work. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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I needed something to brighten my mood and I found out @markhamillofficial.bsky.social is the Defense ambassador for @u24.gov.ua 😍 i love it. I assume because a Jedi uses the force for knowledge and defense. Never attack. (Something Kegseth should have learned)

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Mark Hamill
The American actor Mark Hamill has played and voiced over 250 roles, gaining world fame with his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars movie saga. To this day, his role as a jedi remains one of...
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November 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Who could have seen this coming except literally everyone

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South Korea's Experiment in AI Textbooks Ends in Disaster
The South Korean government's billion-dollar AI textbook initiative has been a complete failure from start to finish.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Even a decade ago I'd have far sooner predicted that the US would succumb to authoritarian rule than that it would become a state where vaccines were unavailable.

But if we don't throw RFK Jr. out on his ass, we're headed there fast.
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
A Kennedy adviser said he wants to preserve the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The health secretary's anti-vaccine allies prefer it collapse.
www.politico.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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"The appalling spectacle of Republican Senators refusing to uphold their oath of office is not a difference of opinion on foreign affairs. It is the coerced behavior of the influence of the Russian Federation. Because Trump is compromised, and they follow Trump, they are compromised."
lincolnsquare.media Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 1d
The Republican Party is compromised and is now a functional asset of the Russian Federation.

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November 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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There are flyers circulating and even mailers showing up in people’s mailboxes in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District that list the wrong date for the upcoming special election. Voters are being told to vote on the incorrect day.
November 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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“Should we follow the Geneva Conventions?” Pete Hegseth asked in 2024.

It’s almost as if there were signs!

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We never got an answer. Only more war. More casualties. And no victory. Should we follow the Geneva Conventions? What if we treated the enemy the way they treated us? Would that not be an incentive for the other side to reconsider their barbarism? Hey, Al Qaeda: If you surrender, we might spare your life. If you do not, we will rip your arms off and feed them to hogs. Makes me wonder, in 2024—if you want to win—how can anyone write universal rules about killing other people in open conflict? Especially against enemies who fight like savages, disregarding human life in every single instance. Maybe, instead, we are just fighting with one hand behind our back—and the enemy knows it. This is a big reason there hasn't been a war
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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It’s almost as if there were signs!!
want to fight us toe to toe; civilians are central to their strategy. Making such a presumption endangers American troops and gives an advantage to savage enemies-who don't play by the rules. Citing no new evidence, the Biden administration simply reversed course in July 2023. Now persons and objects in combat zones—in places where US troops are fighting —must be presumed to be civilian. They must be assumed to be innocent. In short, this means our troops are going to have to hesitate every time they fire. This change reminds me of the stupid legal brief we received at FOB Falcon in Baghdad in 2005. Bad ideas have been around for a long time, but now they're fully institutionalized. When you send Americans to war, their mandate should be to lethally dominate the battlefield. If that makes you uneasy, keep us at home. I could write five thousand more words on the ins and outs of the philosophy of warfare, the folly of international law, and the crazy maze of rules of engagement. I've heard it
November 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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It’s almost as if there were signs!
gutting their militaries and yelling at America for help. History regards the Greatest Generation not for their poetry, artistic endeavors, or their culinary brilliance. That title was bestowed because they were two-time world war champions. They were great because they understood they were at war and that the consequence for losing the war was annihilation. They killed the enemy. Sometimes in ways that would offend modern sensibilities. Two nuclear bombs ended a war that could have dragged on for years, costing millions more American lives. They won. Who cares. We have watered down the last twenty years of armed conflict into morality plays over what
November 29, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Hegseth included the below in a chapter titled “The Laws of War, For Winners”

It’s almost as if there were signs!
10:12 Japanese anu vennan sumers anu uncers lu death in the aftermath of the conflict that it had so egregiously failed to prevent. Article 51 of the United Nations made war legal only if you were attacked. The escalation of that war was left TBD-to be determined. Illegal wars continued, and violence still escalated. If our warriors are forced to follow rules arbitrarily and asked to sacrifice more lives so that international tribunals feel better about themselves, aren't we just better off winning our wars according to our own rules?! Who cares what other countries think. The question we have to ask ourselves is, if we are forced to fight, are we going to fight to win? Or will we fight to make leftists feel good-which means not wining and fighting forever. In this context, the Europeans are the worst. Outdated, outgunned, invaded, and impotent. Why should America, the European "emergency contact number" for the past century, listen to self-righteous and impotent nations asking us to honor outdated and one-sided defense arrangements they no longer live up to? Maybe if NATO countries actually ponied up for their own defense-but they don't. They just yell about the rules while gutting their militaries and yelling at America
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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This thread…
annabower.bsky.social Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”

It’s almost as if there were signs!
Pete Hegseth Chapter 10 More Lethality, Less Lawyers
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM