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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Our new paper on investigating the impact of sex and gender on tuberculosis transmission. TL;DR Turns out both within-host and between-host parameters are important.
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An Agent-Based Modelling Approach to Investigate the Impact of Sex and Gender on Tuberculosis Transmission: A Case Study of Kampala, Uganda
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology - Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne disease caused by the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In 2023, it returned to being the leading cause of death from an...
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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk · 05/09/2026
I'm still seeing people citing the bad data in that Oxford Internet Institute study on 'cyber troops' to represent size of the influence industry and 'disinformation for hire'. Sharing my article again 'The Grim Consequences of a Misleading Study on Disinformation' www.wired.com/story/opinio...
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The Grim Consequences of a Misleading Study on Disinformation
An influential study relies too heavily on news media reporting—which has only recently acknowledged the social media manipulation problem at all.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Good thing to ask yourself is why the military seems to consider long covid a big problem, and yet people are encouraged to accept endless infections with the thing that causes it (and makes it more likely that you’ll get it, every time.)
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Excellent story about Bhattacharya www.insidehighered.com/news/governm... with strong quotes from @scott-delaney.bsky.social @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social and others. 1/4
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NIH Director Says a Lot. Critics Call Much of It Misleading
Jay Bhattacharya insists he wants to restore trust in the National Institutes of Health. Current and former agency employees say he’s doing the opposite.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 31/08/2026
NHS to offer free high-street cholesterol tests in England
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NHS to offer free high-street cholesterol tests in England
Checks at pharmacies for people aged 40 to 84 are aimed at identifying those at risk of heart attack or stroke The NHS in England is to offer free finger-prick blood tests for cholesterol on the high street for the first time under plans to reduce heart disease and stroke deaths by a quarter within the next decade. The seven-minute tests will be available at participating pharmacies as part of a national rollout to spot “ticking timebombs” earlier. Continue reading...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/08/2026
Far-right media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos deported by ICE from US to UK
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Far-right media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos deported by ICE from US to UK
Ex-Breitbart editor has vocally supported immediate deportations for anyone who can’t prove US residency Far-right British media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported from the US after being detained on Thursday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in New Orleans in connection with what the agency said was expired authorization to be in the country and a deportation order. Yiannopoulos’s deportation occurred on Friday, said a statement on Saturday from a spokesperson for the US Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE. Continue reading...
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Invalid Handle News @news.invalid-handle.com · 29/08/2026
Norway mourns King Harald V at age 89. Dutch officials warn of dangerous ecstasy pills featuring Donald Trump. Ohio residents protest unregulated data centers. Conservationists report a critical decline in Saltmarsh Sparrow populations.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Trump Administration intends to hire Guantanamo contractor to build ICE jail in Batavia, New York: www.projectsaltbox.com/p/ice-to-sol...
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ICE to sole-source 100-bed Batavia detention structure to Guantánamo contractor
A notice of intent names Akima Infrastructure Protection as the only company that can build a 100-bed "temporary detention structure" at the Buffalo Service Processing Center.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Shocked, Shocked! To Find that Corruption Is Going on in a Trump Casino! emptywheel.net/2026/08/29/s...
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Shocked, Shocked! To Find that Corruption Is Going on in a Trump Casino! - emptywheel
Donald Trump just announced he is sucking Americans deeper and deeper into the corrupt Venezuelan swamp.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Correct, as I discussed in this novel 5 years ago regarding misinformation doctor John Ioannidis
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“What Exactly Did the Virus do to All These People?” Reflections on Ted Nugent, Mel Q, Kelly Brogan, and John Ioannidis
The notion that many people are dying with SARS-CoV-2 not from SARS-CoV-2 has hindered our ability to contain to the virus. Whether the source is QAnon influencers or a highly credentialed scientists
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
In October 2020, just two months before vaccines and three months before the worst wave, Monica Gandhi belittled and shamed people who tried to avoid COVID.
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How To Stop Living In Fear of COVID (w/Dr. Monica Gandhi)
YouTube video by Zubin
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner @skirchy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Exclusive: RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate. Stellar reporting by @bymichellersmith.com based on documents obtained by @theguardian.com and @apnews.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate
Letters obtained by Guardian and AP contradict testimony that 2019 visit to Samoa had ‘nothing to do with vaccines’
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 26/08/2026
Over a decade ago, Dolly Parton recorded “My Place in History” and had it placed in a time capsule at Dollywood in Tennessee. The song remains sealed until Jan. 19, 2046, which would have been Parton’s 100th birthday.
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Dolly Parton sealed a secret song in a time capsule
Dolly Parton's “My Place in History” won’t get released until 2046, on what would have been her 100th birthday.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/08/2026
Shingles vaccine linked to lower risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds
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Shingles vaccine linked to lower risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds
Researchers say benefits of two-dose Shingrix vaccine could be comparable to taking daily blood pressure medication The current shingles vaccine appears to significantly lower the risk of heart attack and stroke, according to scientists who say it could help prevent thousands of deaths each year. The research, based on records of 70,000 people in the US, found that those who had received Shingrix had a 12% lower risk of a cardiovascular diagnosis in the following three and a half years. If confirmed, this benefit would be comparable to taking a daily blood pressure-lowering medication, the scientists said. Continue reading...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
They're techno-serfs exploited by platforms that offer them the illusion of freedom while harvesting their very self for profit?
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Adrian Egli @adrian7745.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Don't get suckered by the Brownshit Institute's attempt to sanewash the reputation of the known conspiracy crackpot Forrest Maready that dates back over 20 years. If you thought idiots like Naomi Wolf or Steve Kirsch were bad, Forrest Maready is 🦇💩 crazy. Wayback: web.archive.org/web/20260727...
Wayback captures from March 2004 to most recent July 27, 2026.

Title: The Forrest Maready Show (TM) The World's #1, Most Reliable Source for Misinformation!
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Robert Kennedy Jr.-allied Brownstone Institute is now calling into question the benefits/necessity of the polio vaccine. This article suggests that the virus itself isn’t dangerous, but rather that toxic pesticides made kids more susceptible to it. brownstone.org/articles/ret...
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Rethinking Polio
Prevailing understanding of poliovirus pathogenesis posits that virus, following infection, gains access to central nervous system.
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NPR @npr.org · 25/08/2026
Just in: The social media giant is being sued by four states who allege it designed Facebook and Instagram to hook kids — and lied to the public about the risks.
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Instagram head Adam Mosseri testifies in defense of Meta in child safety trial
The social media giant is being sued by four states who allege it designed Facebook and Instagram to hook kids — and lied to the public about the risks.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
"TikTok on Friday reached a $400 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department that accused the company of illegally gathering children’s information." [Gift link]
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TikTok Settles With U.S. Over Child Privacy Concerns for $400 Million (Gift Article)
The Justice Department resolved a lawsuit that accused the social media company of illegally gathering children’s information.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Reporter on Bond Market: The yields have come back up since then. Have you talked to Bessent about another type of intervention.? Trump: The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 16/08/2026
There's even research into it, hilariously from pro AI people... It's like how even the petrochemical industry discovered they would ruin the planet Tully, S. M., Longoni, C., & Appel, G. (2025). Lower Artificial Intelligence Literacy Predicts Greater AI Receptivity. Journal of Marketing.
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Lower Artificial Intelligence Literacy Predicts Greater AI Receptivity - Stephanie M. Tully, Chiara Longoni, Gil Appel, 2025
As artificial intelligence (AI) transforms society, understanding factors that influence AI receptivity is increasingly important. The current research investig...
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Maia @angeliquedeberg.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
www.google.com/amp/s/www.al... Skrajna prawica vs mieszkańcy Ceuty - mieszkancy zablokowali nazioli.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Palantir paid no U.S. federal income tax last year despite recording substantial profits. truthout.org/articles/pal...
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Palantir Paid No Federal Income Tax. Its Global Tax Rate Is Just 1.4 Percent.
The infamous surveillance company paid $22.7 million in global corporate taxes while raking in $1.6 billion in profits.
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 14/08/2026
This is just awful. It shows that someone can do everything the right wing demands—resign, admit to wrongdoing—and it still won’t be enough for them. Nor will Arday’s death, as I’m sure they’ll continue to harass his family and all associated with him. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Jason Arday: Former Cambridge university professor found dead
His family said it was "in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son" after the academic was found dead in London on Friday.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Beyond its famous preamble, the Declaration of Independence listed out a set of grievances against King George III of England. Some of them sound quite familiar…
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 27/07/2026
Paedophile financierJeffrey Epstein shown sporting Zuckerberg's Meta glasses as part of a guerrilla campaign at bus stops across London by the activist group Everyone Hates Elon. www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
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Spoof Epstein ads go up around London in protest against Meta AI glasses
The activist group Everyone Hates Elon targets smart glasses in a guerrilla campaign over privacy risks and non-consensual recording
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NPR @npr.org · 11/07/2026
Many older adults navigate aging on their own — without children or a spouse. An expert says this is "a reality to be supported" rather than a crisis to be solved.
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'Solo agers' are a growing group. Changes that would help them could help everyone
Many older adults navigate aging on their own — without children or a spouse. An expert says this is "a reality to be supported" rather than a crisis to be solved.
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
New study finds that brief media literacy interventions can improve people's ability to evaluate online information without causing backfire effects. Research like this is why I keep making free media literacy tools! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Boosting Media Literacy Using Lateral Reading and Online Search Interventions - Lisa Oswald, Anastasia Kozyreva, Stefan M. Herzog, Pietro Leonardo Nickl, Ralph Hertwig, 2026
Empowering people to navigate online information competently is essential to complement systemic content moderation and platform regulation. A nationally repres...
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Maia @angeliquedeberg.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Czy ban mediów społecznościowych dla dzieciurni ma sens? open.substack.com/pub/einfodem...
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Zakaz to nie rozwiązanie - Media społecznościowe i dzieci.
Australia była pierwsza.
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Maia @angeliquedeberg.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Jak jesteś denny to jedyna opcja żeby dostać lub/i utrzymać władzę jest spowpdowanie żeby opozycja była bardziej denna.
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Maia @angeliquedeberg.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Jedna z moich ulubionych piosenek. Historia to opowieść pisana przez wygranych. Reszta jest milczeniem.
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Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Professor Chad Briggs, Asian Institute of Management, discussed Cognitive Warfare at a pre-session for the Cambridge Disinformation Summit. "It's largely emotional. It's based on identity. Identity is constructed and can be constructed by others." www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSI3...
Professor Chad Briggs, Asian Institute of Management, discussed Cognitive Warfare at a pre-session for the Cambridge Disinformation Summit.

"It's largely emotional. It's based on identity. Identity is constructed and can be constructed by others. 

...You can predetermine people's positions, in large part, by just nudging them in certain directions. Saying 'you're part of this group and this group needs to feel this particular way.' 

...Our belief that everyone sort of follows this Nash Equilibrium...is not true. 

...The idea that the more information we have the better decisions we make, that's also not true. ...It should be true. ...But, more information will often just paralyze people. It will confuse them."

Hosted with Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, Cambridge Judge Business School, The Psychometrics Centre - University of Cambridge, the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab, and the Cambridge Centre for Financial Reporting & Accountability.
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Maia @angeliquedeberg.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Rzyg. Samce mają serio nierówno pod kopułą Sam pomysł jest chory. 62 miliony widzów miesięcznie to coś niewyobrażalnie rzyg.
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Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I'm reading a bunch of papers on content moderation nitty gritty, and this, about Meta's Trusted Partner program, is devastating: “Outside of Ukraine, Trusted Partners who reported the best experiences in relation to responsiveness, clear communication, and action on reports, were those who... 1/2
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Tagesschau Bot @tagesschau.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Gaddafi-Sohn in Libyen getötet #Gaddafi #Libyen
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Gaddafi-Sohn in Libyen getötet
Der Sohn des libyschen Langzeitherrschers Muammar al-Gaddafi, Saif-al-Islam, ist erschossen worden.
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Maia @angeliquedeberg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
www.cancer.org/research/acs...
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People Are Now Living Longer After a Cancer Diagnosis
Milestone in cancer survival: 7 in 10 people reach the 5-year mark
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research. We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
International Fellowships 2026
The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.
Funding status
Open for applications
Career stage
Early-career
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Confidently Paranoid @niblick-iii.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Guys guys guys, I found the archive of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (it's not an achievement, they've not hidden them) - you can watch every single one since they started televising them in the 60s: www.rigb.org/christmas-le... I love watching them every year, now I can see them all!
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Watch the Royal Institution CHRISTMAS LECTURES archive
Watch all the Royal Institution CHRISTMAS LECTURES back to 1966, when the lectures were first televised.
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Maia @angeliquedeberg.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... A new mRNA-based approach turns the liver into an immune booster, helping aging bodies fight disease like they’re younger again.
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MIT scientists find a way to rejuvenate the immune system as we age
As the immune system weakens with age, scientists have found a way to restore some of its lost strength. By delivering mRNA to the liver, they created a temporary source of immune-boosting signals tha...
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Maia @angeliquedeberg.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
www.axios.com/2025/12/29/g...
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Exclusive: Groq investor sounds alarm on data centers
"We foresee a significant financing crisis."
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Maia @angeliquedeberg.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
ethz.ch/en/news-and-... Science in action
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Electrolysis can solve one of our biggest contamination problems
ETH Zurich researchers have developed a process that can be used on site to render environmental toxins such as DDT and lindane harmless and convert them into valuable chemicals – a breakthrough for t...
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Maia @angeliquedeberg.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr... Cybersecurity ...?
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U.S. cybersecurity experts plead guilty for ransomware attacks, face 20 years in prison each
Two former cybersecurity experts pled guilty to conspiracy to obstruct commerce by extortion. The perpetrators are facing 20 years in prison each.
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Maia @angeliquedeberg.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n... Trumpism in full bloom
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Trump administration wants to set quota for denaturalizing American citizens
The Trump administration says it wants to establish a quota for next year to denaturalize up to 200 American citizens per month.
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Maia @angeliquedeberg.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
www.dailynews.com/2025/12/30/r...
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Repairs continue on ruptured gas line on 5 Freeway in Castaic
Raw egg smell of natural gas was reported to the LAFD from residents in Granada Hills, Porter Ranch and Sylmar
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Maia @angeliquedeberg.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
www.fox26houston.com/news/channel...
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Roughly 1M gallons of spent sulfuric acid leak at Channelview facility: officials
Roughly 1 million gallons of spent sulfuric acid leaked from a storage tank at a Channelview facility on Saturday morning, some of the chemical spilling into the ship channel, officials say.
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Former FDA Dr. @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social on childhood vaccine schedule overhaul: Dr. Gottlieb reminds us that a move to the Danish schedule means more children hospitalized and dead, and counters other anti-vaccine claims. youtu.be/e8CJr1IgGPw?... via @cnbc.com
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Former FDA Dr. Scott Gottlieb on childhood vaccine schedule overhaul
YouTube video by CNBC Television
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
I wrote about how X as an online rumor mill that feeds the hard right propaganda machine, destroying lives in the process. Ben Shapiro and others in the movement have started to realize that it’s dangerous and bad — because it’s negatively impacting them too, now…
The Rumor Mill and the Propaganda Machine
The witch hunt after the Brown mass shooting, and why shamelessness pays
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Justin Glawe @justinglawe.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Today at @atrupar.com’s PN: Trump is ending the year on a dismal note… the White House provides me with a statement (lie) on his hands… Epstein, the economy, extrajudicial killings… MAGA fracturing underfoot… Erraticism rules heading into an election year. www.publicnotice.co/p/2025-polit...
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2025 was a political disaster for MAGA
And 2026 could be even worse.
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Tagesschau Bot @tagesschau.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Apotheken sollen mehr Kompetenzen bekommen #Apotheken
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Apotheken sollen mehr Kompetenzen bekommen
In Apotheken sollen künftig mehr Leistungen zu bekommen sein, das Gesetz wurde im Kabinett verabschiedet.
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Call me a woke libtard, but I want strong gun laws, regulation of tech giants, action on climate change, tough consumer, health and safety standards. I support vaccines, woman’s right to choose, privacy laws, science based solutions, public healthcare. Everything MAGA hates about Europe, I admire. 🤷‍♀️
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