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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Gélineau advanced the term "narcolepsy" in 1880 while de la Tourette described his eponymous syndrome in 1885. "Autism" was coined by Bleuler in 1911, with full diagnoses soon after. But what do I know? I'm not the Cabinet secretary in charge of the goddamn Department of Health and Human Services.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
So, if I understand correctly, the President of the United States is saying that the Supreme Court of the United States consists of nine “sick people,” including three whom he appointed. apple.news/AMHDqIFcpRxi...
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 14/04/2025
It’s time for people to stop saying “he can’t do that” or “he’ll never get away with it” because he can and likely will.
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Grant Stern @grantstern.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
2nd unvaccinated child dies in Texas from measles as outbreak reaches 500
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Second child died from measles-related causes in West Texas, where cases are nearing 500
A second school-aged child in West Texas has died from a measles-related illness. That was confirmed Sunday by a spokesman for UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas.
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Gladstone's Library @gladlib.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
There's something very calming about a beautiful sunset. Many thanks to Sam for taking this lovely photo earlier this week.
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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
First Painted Lady of the season in the yard! I was coming back from a neighborhood walk and lamenting that I've seen so few butterflies this year. And then I came across this beauty right by the back door! #invertebrates 🌿
An orange butterfly with a black and white pattern perches on a white flower, probing it with its proboscis
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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 06/04/2025
Trump’s DHS arrested the head coach of the Aussie MMA team and jailed him with gangmembers due to an alleged issue with his visa. Never charged, he was and deported without explanation. Thinking the World Cup in 2026 and the Olympics in 2028 would be safer elsewhere. www.news.com.au/sport/boxing...
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#1 Hurts Fan @number1hurtsfan.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Apple pays employees just $0.27 per hour to assemble iphones. Good luck finding Americans will to do it for that. www.greenamerica.org/end-smartpho...
greenamerica.org
Apple Profits Soars, Workers Suffer
Next time you consider purchasing an Apple product, think about the poor conditions of the workers who made it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/04/2025
Markwayne Mullin: "President Trump has been talking about this since literally the '80s, way before he was even considering running for president, so he understands what's going on." (Talking about a bad idea for decades doesn't transform it into a good idea ... )
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Donald's babysitters must have been *extra-busy* today keeping that thin-skinned toddler from seeing pics of all the thousands of people throughout America taking to streets to say they are OVER Trump and Musk and the chaos/destruction they bring.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
If the U.S. military is given direct orders to seize Greenland—pull down another nation’s flag, and then claim the ground in the name of the United States—every senior commander has a moral obligation to refuse to accept or support such a command. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
theatlantic.com
Trump’s Greenland Ambitions Are No Joke
The Danes seem to believe him, and so should Americans.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Must’ve cost big bucks to pay millions of people in 1,100 cities.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
People often ask what a coalition of 200,000 can do. The answer’s simple — with all our free time (since a lot of us got fired), we’re out here causing a lot of good trouble.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
There are basically no cops here, just tens of thousands of people orderly protesting our fascist government from the New York Public Library to Madison Square Park. Volunteers are moving people in the right direction. It’s beautiful.
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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Lane near Sampford Spiney this week, #Dartmoor, #Devon #lane #countryside #photography
A tree lined narrow lane in spring sun.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials. Imagine if I had said to law firms that you will not be allowed into government buildings. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Fifth worst day for the Dow -- EVER And guess who rang the bell at the NY Stock Exchange this morning? Rudy Giuliani, that's who 😂😂😂
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Trump says the crash is “to be expected” because he “inherited a terrible economy” Reality: The Economist called 🇺🇸’s economy “the envy of the world” as Biden’s term ended 👇🏽 His trade war is to blame
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Newsom: He took water that was set aside for this summer from one part of Central Valley and dumped it into another part—without telling them.. They had to turn off the pump because it was starting to impact the levees. None of it went to Southern California.
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Banana @defnotabanana.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Banning the tush push because you suck at stopping it would be like banning play action because you keep falling for it. It can actually be beat, you’re just mad that the eagles are better at running it than your team is at both running AND defending against it.
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Dale Robert (Former PS 0.63 User) @dalerphotos.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
These red-tailed hawks think they're a cute couple and they would be right. #birds
Two red-tailed hawks are perched side by side on a moss-covered tree branch. The hawks display their striking brown and white plumage with intricate streaks and spots, while their sharp yellow talons grip the branch securely. Behind them, a backdrop of bare tree branches and a blurred forest adds depth to the image.
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
You guys remember when President Biden revoked Secret Service protection from Don, Eric, and Ivanka? NO? It's because he didn't. Because he's not a petty ass. trump, on the other hand, has removed it from Hunter Biden and Ashley Biden, because being President was never about helping Americans.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Once you say the president can break the law, it's a bit idiotic to expect he will respect the law.
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Al Cappuccino…☕️🇮🇹 @alcappuccinoit.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
A 5-year-old unvaccinated kid on Long Island has reportedly been diagnosed with measles. There’s a special place in hell for idiot parents who refuse to protect their children from disease when the means to do so is readily available. How did we ever get to this stupid place in our history?
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
It's nearly impossible to describe their completely unhinged plans for the country without sounding completely unhinged.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The DOJ is arguing, on behalf of the President, that the President can scoop up anyone, put them on an airplane, and then no laws apply because no court has jurisdiction. Whether the person is a citizen wouldn't change that because there's no point they could even tell a court they're a citizen.
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David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
The Navajo Code Talkers were true American heroes whose unbreakable code helped the United States and Allies win WWII and saved countless lives. The Trump administration erased their story from all military websites. How is that making America great? 🤔
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/03/2025
THREAD: There’s a dire situation in Vietnam, at the largest Agent Orange spill in the country. When Trump and Marco Rubio cancelled foreign aid, froze funding and began dismantling USAID, those who were cleaning up the Bien Hoa air base had to halt work. 1/
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
So it appears DOGE has decreed that Social Security administration will no longer provide phone support. At all. This is in addition to shutting down a ton of local SSA offices. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...
axios.com
Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support
Changes could break the system, former officials say.
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
here's today's post: "Donny doesn’t want to hear about your devastating storms, he’s too busy golfing" — the Commander-in-Cheat had a Very Special weekend thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
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Donny doesn’t want to hear about your devastating storms, he’s too busy golfing
the Commander-in-Cheat had a Very Special weekend
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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
@jenpsaki.msnbc.com: “Chuck Schumer was a hell of a majority leader in his prime… But he is not in his prime. So where does that leave Democrats? Well, instead of just making tweaks to the margins of the message... Maybe it's time to throw out the old playbook and think about new messengers.”
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
It's kind of impressive how perfectly Chuck Schumer is not meeting this moment. Like he brought in punch-up writers to heighten and refine how badly he's botching it.
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I hope I'm still alive when it's a 100% confirmed fact, and the whole world knows he was a Russian agent the whole time. The whole time... the whole time?! The WHOLE TIME! Yes, I used it cuz it's mine and it applies.
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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ サイミ @saimihanma.northsky.social · 17/03/2025
More green #invertebrates for St Patrick's Day!
a shiny green sweat bee on a bright yellow floweran all green female western pondhawk dragonfly on a dead stumpa shiny green scarab beetle with a fuzzy brown head on a blade of grassa green sapsucker sea slug with a ruffled back and green spots like a galaxy all over its body
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18/03/2025
Reminder: DOGE isnt real. Its a fake department. Fugazi
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onion person @junlper.beer · 18/03/2025
they’re arresting people for performing abortions, they’re deporting people for liking pro-palestine posts on social media, they’re sending immigrants to forced labor camps in south america, we are living under fascism right now
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Theo Baker @tab-delete.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
So I was on a flight into DCA tonight when we had to abruptly abort our landing because, the captain said, another smaller, slower craft had been routed directly in our path. Flight logs show we were just 200 feet above the ground.
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
“The Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said, at a time when top officials have emphasized their determination to curb the incidence of such chronic conditions.”
statnews.com
NIH cancels funding for landmark diabetes study at a time of focus on chronic disease
The Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said.
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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
@cdmenefee.bsky.social: “I thought what Congressman Al Green did was incredibly Texas, because Texas Democrats know how to fight… What Congressman Green did was stand up and call out what is not right. And that's exactly what we need in DC.”
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
The reason that we have due process is that the authoritarians who don't care about that type of stuff are also not especially picky about targeting the "right" people.
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Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
A US-born citizen was walking near Chicago in January. ICE snatched him off the street, handcuffed him, threw into a van. His wallet, which contained his ID, was confiscated. He was detained for 10 hours before being released without a record of what occurred. immigrantjustice.org/sites/defaul...
A screenshot from a court filing reads, in part: 

"Julio Noriega is 54 years old, was born in Chicago, and is a U.S. citizen. 

On January 31, 2025, he was walking near the corner of Cermak Road and Harlem Avenue in Berwyn, Illinois, handing out his resume to local businesses. 

As he walked out of a Jiffy Lube, he was approached by ICE officers who grabbed and handcuffed him and put him into a van, without an opportunity to explain his citizenship. 

The officers drove Julio and others around for more than an hour before bringing him to an ICE processing center, where he remained, still handcuffed, for several more hours. 

All the while, Julio had a wallet containing identification that ICE had confiscated.

The officers never showed Julio a warrant, and they did not ask him any questions to ascertain whether he was a noncitizen or a flight risk. 

After about 10 hours, ICE officers reviewed the contents of Julio’s
wallet, realized he was a U.S. citizen, and released him with no money and no paperwork."
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Remember this and never let them forget: Donald Trump hired an immigrant to fire Americans!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
This is a coup! U.S. Institute for Peace called the DC police on the Musk team members in an effort to stop them from trespassing because the institute has control of its own building and the land it sits on. But instead, the DC police allowed them to enter and kicked out the institute’s officials.
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kate conger @kateconger.com · 18/03/2025
A Musk lieutenant ventured onto a roof to install Starlink. The Secret Service didn’t know he was there. The incident triggered a confrontation over conflicts of interest & cyber and physical security www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
nytimes.com
Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex (Gift Article)
Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
ICYMI: “Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
washingtonpost.com
Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans
Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.
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