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Eric Bakkum

@bakkum.bsky.social
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Dad. Disabled veteran. Runner. Sober. Mental health advocate. Cinnamon enthusiast. One of these days I'm gonna get my shit together.

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Eric Bakkum @bakkum.bsky.social · 19h
I'll say it again: this is leadership.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.
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Julia Sky enters the chat. @juliasky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We've lost the plot as a society when we started demonizing words like "processed" and "chemical". H2O is a chemical. You are made up of chemicals. A diced tomato is processed, by definition. Nearly everything we eat is processed one way or another. Words have meaning!
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 26/09/2026
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Eric Bakkum @bakkum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is what responsible, compassionate leadership looks like.
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Eric Bakkum @bakkum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Just the dumbest fucking people.
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Eric Bakkum @bakkum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
They're all crooks and grifters. And they can't help but lie with every breath they take.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Eric Bakkum @bakkum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
How did our society become so fucked up that incarcerated men are paying down lunch debt for school children?
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Parents refusing the vitamin K shot for their newborns has increased by 57% in 2026 alone. This puts their babies at risk for brain and GI bleeds. Rate of refusal is higher for girls than boys, as some hospitals won’t circumcise male infants unless they’ve had the shot. RFK Jr. caused this.
Screenshot of a figure showing refusals of vitamin K shots and a drastic increase beginning in 2026. Refusals are higher for girls than boys.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Again, this is newsworthy, but only because it shows (1) the deeply unpopular President of the United States is badly out of touch with the actual concerns of voters and (2) he is also quite fucking insane.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Dolly Parton was they type of Christian that Christian Nationalists only *pretend* to be. Unlike Christian Nationalists, she didn't browbeat us with how CHRISTIAN she was. She just lived her life doing things that Jesus asked her to do, like heal the sick, help the children, and care for the poor.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
IF WATER WORKED YOU WOULDN’T NEED TO KEEP DRINKING IT
David Wolfe & @DavidWolfe
X.com
IF MEDICINE WORKED YOU WOULDN'T NEED TO REFILL YOUR PRESCRIPTION
7:00 PM • 8/13/26
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Eric Bakkum @bakkum.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Every op-ed and think piece from the NYT and the Post would beat to death the word "hysteria"
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If you have enough money that you can blow $100,000,000 on avoiding taxes, you have enough money to pay $100,000,000 *on* taxes that will help your fellow citizens, you self-centered prick.
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Eric Bakkum @bakkum.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE SAID, AGAIN AND AGAIN
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
He’s a roadkill enthusiast not a scientist
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Veerender Singh Jubbal @veerenderjubbal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Sam Altman
@sama •7h
cool use case of chatgpt work i heard last night:
connect your family calendars and explain your kids' interests.
every morning for the drive to school, have it make a podcast that talks about one kid's soccer game that afternoon, one kid's upcoming birthday, some news, etc.
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What if you just talked to your children
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Eric Bakkum @bakkum.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 24/07/2026
The claim “RFK Jr. does not fuck chickens” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr. fucks chickens.
KEY POINTS
• The claim 'vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based
claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/07/2026
this is a real, unaltered photo of Trump during his rally in Georgia today (Kevin Dietsch/Getty)
Trump looking very damp with his eyes closed and vaguely crossed, huge bags under them and lots of stuff happening under his chin too
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Heads up: Taylor Farms lettuce is sold under these brand names: Marketside (sold at Walmart) Earthbound Farm (owned by Taylor Farms) Cross Valley Farms (owned by US Foods) Private labels for Target, Whole Foods (365), and Amazon Fresh. AVOID ALL OF THEM
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
In 2001, Walter Cronkite appeared on the David Letterman show and shared his thoughts.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This piece by @drjudystone.bsky.social is an *exceptional* look at the root causes of Cyclospora outbreaks, including a discussion of how migrant workers are treated and the consequences of that behavior.
forbes.com
It’s The Water, Not Produce, Likely Driving Cyclospora Outbreaks
Contaminated irrigation or processing water is more likely the source of the Cyclospora outbreak. There are many systemic failures, outlined here.
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Eric Bakkum @bakkum.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
same
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Morgan @larubia22.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
28 years of cyclosporiasis testing Screwworms eradicated in the US in 1966. Measles eradicated in the US in 2000. All are back because of this science denying administration.
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Eric Bakkum @bakkum.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🎯💯🎯💯
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Nancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The ban is heinous for what it does to transgender athletes. But if you think cisgender girls and young women won’t be caught up in the fallout, too, you are woefully ignorant
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Eric Bakkum @bakkum.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
And why does it have 11 stars?! ELEVEN?!
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Weedle @weedle.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
No I don't want fiber in my soda. I don't want protein in my waffles. Stop adding random shit to perfectly good food.
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Eric Bakkum @bakkum.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
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Eric Bakkum @bakkum.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
This is disgusting and shameful. apnews.com/article/musk...
apnews.com
SpaceX soars 25% in Wall Street debut and makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire
Shares of SpaceX soared 25% in their Wall Street debut on Friday, making the rocket maker’s CEO Elon Musk the first-ever trillionaire.
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Eric Bakkum @bakkum.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
👇🏼😂👇🏼😂
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RussJazz @russjazz.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
13 years ago today I finished my last round of chemo and radiation for stage 4 throat cancer. My only advice from the experience is for parents: make sure your kids get the HPV vaccine - save them or their partner from having to go through the gauntlet of cancer treatment.
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Morgan @larubia22.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Screwworms eradicated in the US in 1966. Measles eradicated in the US in 2000. Both are back because of this science denying administration.
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Eric Bakkum @bakkum.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
You're not a pioneer. You're an asshole.
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Eric Bakkum @bakkum.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Credit to @pixelatedboat.bsky.social
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Maybe it's not *ideal* to have someone with so much anger and so little self-control responsible for deciding if the US should start a nuclear war.
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TJ resists! Bluestormcoming! @tjjohnson.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I laughed way too hard at this one
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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Cartoon by @bishtoons.bsky.social
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Jay @drjayunbound.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I recently watched an interview where actor /comedian Martin Short, talking about his daughter who passed away, said: “She did the best she could until she couldn’t,” and described mental illness as often being a “terminal disease.” We need more compassionate honesty and conversations like this
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bluevoter24.bsky.social @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Fuck this. #fuck
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Eric Bakkum @bakkum.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
This is why I stopped recommending my favorite books to people. 😂
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Eric Bakkum @bakkum.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
In 2017, Criselda Vasquez painted this portrait of her parents and titled it "The New American Gothic." Last month, her father, the man in this portrait, was abducted by ICE after being in the US for 30+ years. The family is now struggling with bills. A GoFundMe has been started: gofund.me/456d8a193
A painting of a man and a woman standing in front of a red Chevrolet truck. The man is holding a hoe; the woman is holding a bucket with house cleaning supplies. The artist's two parents stand proudly in front of the painting.
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