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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

OK, regardless of source, credit where due: That's a great headline.

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Gladstone (retired) & Genie 😺 @treasurymog.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy #Halloween people. The day that black cats are the best companions.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 31/10/2025

15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 24/07/2025

South Park is getting canceled after this lmao.

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

It’s Friday. This pleases me.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11/07/2025

Exclusive: Kerr County, where nearly 100 people were killed and more than 160 remain missing, had the technology to turn every cellphone in the area into a blaring alarm, but officials did not do so before or during the river level rising to record heights.

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Kerr County did not use its most far-reaching alert system in deadly Texas floods

Local officials used the system more than two days after the recorded height of the floods.

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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

The first ACIP meeting with RFK Jr.'s handpicked members wrapped up today, and my head is still spinning. There’s a lot to unpack, but here’s what I need to highlight now: more than 50 falsehoods—ranging from basic immunology errors to conspiracy theories—were stated during this meeting.

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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

This is what Jupiter looks like in infrared. -Credits: NASA/JWST

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

The United States never has enough money to keep people alive at home but always has enough money to kill people overseas.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Ted Cruz "hates communists" because Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, who was *not* a communist, imprisoned and tortured Cruz's father for helping Fidel Castro, who *was* a communist and who freed Cruz's father from the non-communist prison. Proving, once again, that Cruz speaks absolute rubbish.

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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

We as the left need to get very clear very fast on what antisemitism is and what antisemitic violence looks like. I fear that a lot of folks do not understand the stakes when it comes to that endeavor.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

People so often overlook the importance of good penmanship.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 28/05/2025

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he could bar government scientists from publishing in the world’s leading medical journals, instead proposing the creation of “in-house” publications by his agency.

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RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at reputed journals such as the Lancet and said the agency will create “in-house” publications instead.

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Sudan is convulsed by violence. Two warring generals accused of war crimes, incl targeting civilians, bombing villages, obstructing food Tens of thousands killed, 13 M fleeing- 5.6 million in Darfur alone. UN labels it world’s worst humanitarian crisis. www.arabnews.com/node/2600854...

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UNICEF says artillery fire leaves Sudan hospital patients without water

KHARTOUM: Around 1,000 critically ill patients in Sudan’s Darfur region are nearly without drinking water after artillery fire destroyed a water tanker at a hospital, UNICEF said on Wednesday. The tan...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

When shooting your dog in the face isn’t the worst thing you ever did.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Why are ICE agents masked to begin with? Our law enforcement officers shouldn’t be anonymous. Ever.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Average Onion subscriber.

Walton Goggins holding The Onion newspaper with Tim Gazebo.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 04/04/2025

This asshole raised prices and ruined your retirement savings, and now he's out golfing for the rest of the weekend.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers. Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Everything Joe Rogan says is wrong. He’s a fount of misinformation and tomfoolery. Why do so many men listen to him? I’m at a loss.

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David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Imagine believing your child was “killed” just because they don’t identify with the sex they were born with. A real father would love their child unconditionally.

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Be-Reyt @be-reyt.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Several weeks ago, with the help of Cat 1 and Cat 2, I made the ultimate calming GIF to use this Sunday morning. Please share with anyone in mental distress. It is not to be used by Blades, for they must suffer for their crimes!! #SWFC #WAWAW

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

NYT: “The White House did not comment on why the group had altered the contracts data or why it’s now harder for the public to scrutinize it.” The *savings* have been changed and altered — and are nowhere near what @MarshaBlackburn claims they are. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/03/2025

The damage Fox has done to the truth, is incalculable…

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H 🤠 @harmoonay.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Kestrel at Lunt Meadows today #birds #photography

A kestrel flies overhead, eyes fixed on something further away. The bird has wings outstretched against a pale blue sky, and the mottle of the feathers is crisp and clear.

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Mark D Alexander @mad7500.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Not long now, and these beautiful #Raptors start flying again, for 2025 🦉😎 #SuffolkOwls U.K. 🎶Journey 🎶🎸 📷🌱🌳☀️ 💃🏻🎶’Don’t Stop Believin’🎶🕺🏻 #Owls #Birds #Nature

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robinloznak.bsky.social @robinloznak.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

An acorn woodpecker takes flight from a fencepost on a hillside in SW #Oregon. The playful bird seemed to be using posts as staging platforms while hunting insects in flight over the nearby field #birds #photography #wildlifephotography

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

If I typed into AI "create a pic of Andrew Tate that makes him look like a tacky wanker," I would have no notes on this shirt.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

As Orwell predicted.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Guess who’s Very Mad at me because I gave him a bath and cleaned his house.

Photo of a small Russian tortoise looking grumpy I his wooden enclosure.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/03/2025

Thousands of people rallied on Saturday to protest President Trump, including his handling of the war in Ukraine, his stance on reproductive rights and the firing of federal workers. About 300 protests, organized to commemorate International Women’s Day, were scheduled around the U.S.

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On International Women’s Day, Thousands Gather to Protest Trump

About 300 demonstrations were scheduled across the United States. Organizers said that Americans eager to protest considered the occasion an appropriate time to rally.

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Becky Lomax @beckyjlomax.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

A good turnout in Glacier National Park today for the Protect Our Parks protest. What an uplifting time to be in the crowd cheering for NPS personnel, our parks, and nature. #nationalparks #protectourparks #resistancerangers #publiclands

A snowy mountain is the backdrop for protesters holding signs in support of national parks and NPS workers who have been fired.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Collins "retiring" late on Friday night is very reminiscent of how Larry Tabak was forced out a few weeks ago. Tabak was given one hour late at night to decide between a far-away reassignment or retirement. Seems likely Collins was forced out this way too. #NIH 🧪

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Congressional Rep Steve Cohen (D-TN) confirming that Collins is out w NYT story from @sherylnyt.bsky.social

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Steve Cohen @repcohen.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03.... FRANCIS COLLINS RETIRES AND WARNS TRUMP AND NATION OF LOSS TO ALL AS NIH IS GUTTED.MANY OF US WILL SUFFER EARLIER DEATH AND ILLNESSES.

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Update from Sheryl Gay Stolberg

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Francis Collins, longtime NIH director with bipartisan bona fides*, retires as of yesterday. He returned to NIH in 2023 to focus on research in his own lab, in the NIH in-house intramural research campus. His letter seems to imply he wasn’t ready to leave. NIH is being torn down. 1/🧪 #academicsky

Statement by Francis Collins, MD. PhD
March 1, 2025 Yesterday I notified NIH Acting Director Matt Memoli, MD of my retirement from the federal government.
effective February 28, 2025. The National Institutes of Health is the world's foremost medical research institution. It has been rightfully called the "crown jewel" of the federal government for decades. It has been the greatest honor of my life to be part of this institution in various roles
over the last four decades. In the 1980s, NIH supported my work at the University of Michigan through a peer-reviewed grant. That led
to the identification of the gene for cystic fibrosis. Thirty years later that has led to an almost miraculous treatment that allows most kids with cystic fibrosis to
look forward to an almost normal life span. I was recruited to NIH in 1993 to lead the Human Genome Project - an extraordinarily bold initiative to read out the three billion letters of the human DNA instruction book. Funded by the U.S. Congress, the project completed its work -- two years ahead of schedule, and $400 million under budget. The success of the project, and the commitment to share all of the data rapidly and freely, has revolutionized every aspect
of human biomedical research and medical practice. Subsequently I was honored to be asked to serve as the Director of the National Institutes of Health. I had the chance to serve three Presidents - Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joseph Biden. I also had the opportunity to work regularly
with members of Congress in both parties. I loved those interactions and
relationships.
Throughout that time, investment

relieving
human suffering, and
contributing
substantially to the U.S. economy.
That consistent
support
made
possible
bold
new projects
in regenerative medicine, brain science, precision health, cancer, and solutions for opioid addiction, to name just
a few. When the worst pandemic in more than a century arose in 2020, it was my job as Director of NIH to pull together partnerships with the FDA, academia, and the private sector to produce what only America's unparalleled biomedical sector could have: COVID vaccines in just 11 months, a staggering medical
achievement that saved over three million lives in the
U.S.alone. After a stint in the White House as the President's Acting Science Advisor, where I had the chance to organize a major initiative to eliminate hepatitis C in the United States, i returned to the intramural research program of the National Human Genome Research Institute in 2023. There I have been overseeing a research laboratory of a dozen highly talented and visionary scientists who are providing new insights into the causes and possible means of prevention of type 2 diabetes, as well as seeking a gene therapy cure for one of the world's rarest diseases - progeria, a
premature aging disorder. NIH is the largest supporter of biomedical research in the world. It is the main piston of a biomedical discovery engine that is the envy of the globe. Yet it is not a household name. It should be. NIH supports everything from basic science to clinical trials,
providing the foundation of many breakthroughs. When you hear about patients surviving stage 4 cancer because of immunotherapy, that was based on NIH research over many decades. When you hear about
sickle cell disease being cured because of CRISPR

$gene editing, that was built on many years of research supported by NIH. It has also been the largest supporter of global health research in the world, winning us many friends and colleagues from across the globe. I have loved being employed by this extraordinary, life-giving institution for 32 years. I will continue to devote my life in other ways to seeking knowledge and enhancing health, to healing disease and reducing suffering, and to doing what I can to bring together our fractured communities around the shared values of love, truth, goodness, and faith. As I depart NIH, I want to express my gratitude and love for the men and women with whom I have worked side-by-side for so many years. They are individuals of extraordinary intellect and integrity, selfless and hard-working, generous and compassionate. They personify excellence in every way, and they deserve the utmost respect and support of all Americans.$

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

No federal employee should spend more than 30 seconds thinking about Musk's latest strutting "I'm in charge of you" email. Delete it, don't reply, don't think about it, don't waste time talking about it. Musk is not our boss, in no world. 🖕🧪 #NIH Americans support science, not oligarchs.

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a black and white photo of a man wearing a hat and a necklace with the words shoo go away above him .

Alt: a black and white photo of a man wearing a hat and a necklace with the words shoo go away above him .

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Burton L. Warner Wildlife Photography @burtwarner.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Red-Shouldered Hawks courtship lasts about 18 days, and during this time “circling flight” and “sky-dancing” displays are performed. Image taken by me with my Nikon Z9. 🪶 #bird #birder #photography #photooftheday #wildlifephotography #nature #god #art #bluesky #photographer #nikon #digitalart

Males are 38 to 58 cm (15 to 23 in) long and weigh on average 550 g (1.21 lb). Females are slightly larger at 47 to 61 cm (19 to 24 in) in length and a mean weight of 700 g (1.5 lb). The wingspan can range from 90 to 127 cm (35 to 50 in). Adult birds can vary in mass from 460 to 930 g (1.01 to 2.05 lb). Among standard measurements, the wing bone is 28–35 cm (11–14 in) long, the tail is 16–24 cm (6.3–9.4 in) long and the tarsus is 7.5–9 cm (3.0–3.5 in). Adults have brownish heads, reddish chests, and pale bellies with reddish bars. Their tails, which are quite long by Buteo standards, are marked with narrow white bars. Red "shoulders" are visible when the birds are perched. These hawks' upper parts are dark with pale spots and they have long yellow legs. Western birds may appear more red, while Florida birds are generally paler. The wings of adults are more heavily barred on the upper side. Juvenile red-shouldered hawks are most likely to be confused with juvenile broad-winged hawks, but can be distinguished by their long tails, crescent-like wing markings, and a more flapping, Accipiter-like flight style. In direct comparison, it is typically larger and longer proportioned than the broad-wing, though is slightly smaller and more slender than most other common North American Buteo species. This bird is sometimes also confused with the widespread red-tailed hawk. That species is larger and bulkier, with more even-sized, broad wings, and is paler underneath, with a reddish tail often apparent. The red-tail is also more likely to soar steadily, with wings in a slight dihedral.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/02/2025

another Nazi salute at CPAC

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

🔥🔥🔥 Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested for civil disobedience after speaking against a MAGA display that the city council of Huntington Beach agreed to put up at the public library…..that’s what’s up….every word👇

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