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Jesse Berman
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Environmental epidemiologist interested in air pollution, extreme weather, GIS, human health. Transplant from Brooklyn. Go Bills! Go Yankees! Opinions are my own.

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 23h
In my opinion, older adults will be most impacted and should be outraged

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 23h
My grandma lived in Brooklyn for 60 yrs. She had no drivers license (never drove), an expired passport (didn’t travel), and no birth certificate (wasn’t born here). She also voted every election. She was a US citizen voter and would be 100% disenfranchised, as those items would be prohibitive to get

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 1d
Congrats Dr Osterholm! @cidrap.bsky.social
lizszabo.bsky.social Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 1d
@mtosterholm.bsky.social, the folksy but fearless director of @cidrap.bsky.social, has been named to the 2026 TIME100 Health List of the World’s Most Influential Leaders in Health.

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TIME100 Health: Michael Osterholm
Find out why Michael Osterholm is on the TIME100 Health 2026 list.
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 1d
@mtosterholm.bsky.social, the folksy but fearless director of @cidrap.bsky.social, has been named to the 2026 TIME100 Health List of the World’s Most Influential Leaders in Health.

time.com/collections/...
TIME100 Health: Michael Osterholm
Find out why Michael Osterholm is on the TIME100 Health 2026 list.
time.com

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 2d
Can we estimate the proportion of that aluminum derived from carelessly unwrapped Hershey Kisses?

Reposted by David Rothschild, Catherine Baker, Alan Richardson , and 17 more

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 2d
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:

"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 2d
And who are we keeping safe, Witt? The citizens you work for or ICE officers?

‘Sheriff Witt said, speaking publicly for the first time about the political dilemma she is experiencing. “But at least I could look at myself and say that I did what I thought was right to keep people safe.”’

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 3d
With the #Yankees signing of Goldschmidt, I don’t understand how running virtually the same team back that’s now a year older (plus three pitchers coming off major injuries) is a path to success. I feel like overall the floor has been lowered and no ceiling elevated

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 4d
I don’t consider myself a hater, but watching the Patriots lose badly has really brightened my outlook for this week!

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 4d
I truly applaud #BadBunny. So many entertainers have enormous platforms and do nothing with it, except elevate their own bottom line (eg every cameo Super Bowl ad for nonsense products). He chose to make a huge visible stand for people who can’t do it themselves on the biggest stage possible. Wow!

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 4d
So if the Bills made the Super Bowl, but had to punt every possession, would you take it?

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 5d
Once again why I’ve always been a devoted Mozilla fan and Firefox user
siliconrepublic.bsky.social Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 10d
Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser after user feedback revealed many who wanted an AI-free browser experience.
New Mozilla Firefox version to allow AI features to be blocked
Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser.
www.siliconrepublic.com

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 5d
Wife: The cat is really disturbing my sleep. He woke me at 7am cause he was hungry
Me: Really? That’s surprising cause he already got me up at 4:30am to be fed.
Needless to say, someone’s pleased with his early #caturday shenanigans
Sleeping cat in his tent

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 6d
A cool biological anachronism that evolved to feed on megafauna, but as mastodons and giant sloths became extinct managed to eke out survival on beached whales and seals along the CA coast. Kinda like the pronghorn antelope, who evolved speed and eyesight to evade predators now extinct for 10K years
clofsnitville.bsky.social Snitty @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 6d
Not exaggerating when I say I tear up a little bit every time I'm reminded that we still have these magnificent birds. They were nearly extinct in my lifetime.
oregonzoo.bsky.social Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 6d
Egg-cellent news! The first California condor eggs of the season have been laid at our wildlife conservation center, and more could be on the way.

Reposted by Jesse D. Berman

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Snitty @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 6d
Not exaggerating when I say I tear up a little bit every time I'm reminded that we still have these magnificent birds. They were nearly extinct in my lifetime.
oregonzoo.bsky.social Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 6d
Egg-cellent news! The first California condor eggs of the season have been laid at our wildlife conservation center, and more could be on the way.

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 6d
So if he takes it down, I’m assuming all will be then forgiven by the Republican establishment?

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 6d
And the National media yet again gladly accepts the lies from this administration about toning things down. Glad for our local MN resources/papers who are keeping things honest
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
ICE is still doing checkpoints in Minneapolis like we are an occupied territory. Life remains really hard here thanks to Trump's thugs.
46th St & I-35w, 175 E 46th St, Minneapolis, MN 55419, USA Description: As I was leaving my home, I hear cars honking near the top the of bridge. People screaming and whistling, I got in my uber and drove out. My uber driver mentioned that they were standing on top of the bridge and doing a check point and stopping people. 46th St & I-35w, 180 E 46th St, Minneapolis, MN 55419, USA Description: 4 vehicles pulled over a man in a red van on 46th over 35. Agents in Police US border patrol vests surrounding vehicle checking papers

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
ICE is still doing checkpoints in Minneapolis like we are an occupied territory. Life remains really hard here thanks to Trump's thugs.
46th St & I-35w, 175 E 46th St, Minneapolis, MN 55419, USA Description: As I was leaving my home, I hear cars honking near the top the of bridge. People screaming and whistling, I got in my uber and drove out. My uber driver mentioned that they were standing on top of the bridge and doing a check point and stopping people. 46th St & I-35w, 180 E 46th St, Minneapolis, MN 55419, USA Description: 4 vehicles pulled over a man in a red van on 46th over 35. Agents in Police US border patrol vests surrounding vehicle checking papers

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 7d
Am I the only one who initially read this as a reference to Scott Boras getting Skubal awarded record arbitration money?

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 8d
And despite Republicans lies, there is no existing voter fraud. What’s ICE gonna do, threaten a bunch of US citizen registered voters standing in line? As Minnesota has shown, this stops no one and will only embolden people to get out and make their voice heard even more

Reposted by Jesse D. Berman

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 8d
The iconic, slush-filled tubes of orange juice concentrate, which have been around for 80 years, are being discontinued, the Coca-Cola Company says.
Minute Maid discontinues frozen juice concentrate after 80 years
The process to make juice concentrate was invented by the research team C.D. Atkins, Edwin Moore and Louis MacDowell in the 1940s.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 10d
Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser after user feedback revealed many who wanted an AI-free browser experience.
New Mozilla Firefox version to allow AI features to be blocked
Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser.
www.siliconrepublic.com

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 11d
I hope these writers just sit in a room and crack each other up as they imagine these headlines

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The Onion @theonion.com · 11d
RFK Jr. Demonstrates How To Remove Tapeworm By Scooting Ass Across Carpet
RFK Jr. Demonstrates How To Remove Tapeworm By Scooting Ass Across Carpet
WASHINGTON—In an address touting the practice as a completely drug-free method to relieve the common affliction, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demonstrated Thursday how ...
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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 12d
The problem with this is that 99.99% of people don’t have a relationship with their local police chief and could not get this specialty treatment. Instead they’d be illegally detained at Whipple while friends/family are forced to figure stuff out. A nice story, but an anomaly

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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 13d
Catherine O’Hara has died at the age of 71, TMZ reports.

(www.tmz.com/2026/01/30/c...)

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Dorothy Bishop, John De Vos , and 9 more

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 13d
I'm at the Willard Hotel where I've been denied entry and kicked out of the Reclaiming Science event with NIH director Bhattacharya & other top agency leaders.

@jocelynkaiser.bsky.social and I registered for the event months ago yet were told capacity was full, even as they let in dozens of others.

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 16d
For real die hards of McCarthy, they should have also listed Judge Holden

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 16d
In Minnesota, they were going directly after municipal workers. It wasn’t even the contractors alone. But hey, who needs skilled plow drivers in Minnesota in January…
St. Paul official says city plow driver taken by ICE despite authorization to work
Department leaders are raising support for the man and his wife.
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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 17d
First day in the office with the broken elevators. I’m on the 12th floor and walked up a total of 22 flights. I’m keeping track on my whiteboard of total flights walked during this outage. My guess will be a lot.