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Connie Deline

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/06/2026
Maybe Elon Musk couldn't talk to the children receiving help from USAID, but he could talk to parents who've lost children and children who've lost parents due to his cuts.
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Yes, the Cuts to USAID Have Killed
Elon Musk dismisses the human toll of the Trump administration’s gutting U.S. foreign aid—but it’s real and it’s measurable.
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Maya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Worse than I thought. I saw Kushner’s Albania resort up close — it is an environmental disaster. The damage at Vjosa-Narta is not fake news. Bulldozers are tearing into one of Europe’s most precious wetlands www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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I saw Kushner’s Albania resort up close — it is an environmental disaster
The damage at Vjosa-Narta is not fake news. Bulldozers are tearing into one of Europe’s most precious wetlands.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
How many more studies does your city need proving that people on bikes and on foot spend more on shopping streets than people in cars? Bike-lanes mean business. #UrbanTruth
“Bike-Lanes Mean Business.”

Picture of a wide protected bike-lane filled with people on bikes in central Paris. Rue de Rivoli.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. What about painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
"Dr. Bogole was never trained for this and was angry at everyone — at the Congolese government for failing to detect the outbreak until perhaps six weeks after it began, and at the world, which has barely mobilized help here..." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/w...
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Inside the Ebola Epicenter, the Virus Rages With Little to Stop It
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 29/05/2026
Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
📣 Just out: our new study on the 'cold blob' in the Northern Atlantic. Is that due to ocean currents bringing less heat there, or due to more heat being lost through the sea surface? Our data analysis strongly suggests it's due to #AMOC slowing. 🌊 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 28/05/2026
Meanwhile, more on the shitweaselry within the NSF. For unexplained reasons they've put all grants to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Duke on hold.
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Exclusive: NSF puts new research grants to top universities on hold
US science funder once again restricts awards to Harvard University and other research institutions.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Why are we repeating the same mistakes with hantavirus that we made with COVID-19? Luckily, our inadequate response this time hasn’t caused mass casualties, by @furnesscolin.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
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Why are we repeating the same mistakes with hantavirus that we made with COVID-19?
Physicians in public health often repeat mistakes that, ironically, might’ve seemed obvious to non-experts.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/05/2026
A bipartisan group of 35 former federal judges on Wednesday asked the judge who oversaw President Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS to reopen the case and conduct an inquiry into whether the hasty deal to resolve it could be challenged as an act of fraud.
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Former Judges Urge Inquiry Into Deal Trump Struck With I.R.S.
The motion was particularly significant because it asked the judge overseeing the initial suit against the I.R.S. to examine the terms of the deal.
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CNN @cnn.com · 28/05/2026
Scientists have identified a previously unknown octopus species in the Galápagos Islands — a palm-sized creature with blue flesh and oversized eyes. cnn.it/43y5qsd
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Here is Elon Mush bragging about how he "accidentally" canceled all Ebola prevention efforts.
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Alexandra Phelan 余雪莲 @alexandraphelan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The WHO Director-General has just declared Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. This is the first time a PHEIC has been declared without an Emergency Committee first. Very surprising procedurally but makes sense for public health given size, spread & WHA
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
“Snorkeling around [the] Arizona is as disrespectful as playing kickball on top of the graves at Arlington.” x.com/nytliz/statu...
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Elizabeth Williamson on X: "EXCLUSIVE: Last year Kash Patel and his gf flew on an FBI G5 to Philly to see George Strait & Chris Stapleton from a private stadium suite that costs up to $50,000. He won’t say who paid. https://t.co/ex82frRDy4 via @NYTimes" / X
EXCLUSIVE: Last year Kash Patel and his gf flew on an FBI G5 to Philly to see George Strait & Chris Stapleton from a private stadium suite that costs up to $50,000. He won’t say who paid. https://t.co/ex82frRDy4 via @NYTimes
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft are all planning huge layoffs. Amazon got $17.5B in federal tax breaks last year. Jeff Bezos is worth $270B. Meta saved $13.7B in taxes. Mark Zuckerberg is worth $210B. Microsoft saved $12.5B last year. Its CEO is worth $1.3B. This is what a rigged economy looks like.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc…Via @theconversation.bsky.social
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Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.
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Sean Mullen, Ph.D. @drseanmullen.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I used to wonder what it felt like to be a scientist sounding the alarm on: tobacco AIDS Now we’re living it. Turns out the barrier isn’t evidence. It’s denial.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
✅ Wide ✅ Separated ✅ Well-Lit This is how you design to enable the use of active infrastructure by all people after dark.
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Recent analysis by several Variant Hunters has confirmed that BA.3.2.* is preferentially infecting children. For example, here’s a comparison of recent samples from New York. For children, BA.3.2.* is 11% of samples, vs just 1.4% of adults, so around 8X more common. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Global 🧵
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 30/03/2026
Stephen Miller allegedly urged Department of Homeland Security agents to “force confrontations” with protesters in Minneapolis in order to win a “PR battle." trib.al/NcbpdiX
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Sadly, the Global North, especially the United States, is increasingly unsafe for global health meetings www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The Global North is increasingly unsafe for global health meetings
American civil rights activist Maya Angelou once wrote, “prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible”.1 At a time of unprecedented national...
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 27/03/2026
“Here we are, six years after every province and territory in Canada declared states of emergency because of #COVID19, and yet we have not learned basic lessons from the pandemic.” 🦠
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The Human Cost of Failing to Name COVID ‘Airborne’ | The Tyee
Safety laws are being sidestepped. One doctor’s nightmare shows how health-care workers pay the price.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
look at this baby beaver and feel better briefly (@ wildheartrescue on TT)
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
COVID probably killed 150,000 more people in its first two years than official U.S. tolls show We have severely undercounted the number of COVID deaths, scientists say www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...
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COVID probably killed 150,000 more people in its first two years than official U.S. tolls show
We have severely undercounted the number of COVID deaths, scientists say
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 13/03/2026
A devastating indictment of current NIH leadership.
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
This is a great example of how Fox manipulates it's viewers. Because they trust only Fox, the Fox audience is completely vulnerable to manipulation by Fox. How could they know that what they're seeing with their own eyes isn't real? They couldn't. They're seeing it happen, it's right there!
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 08/03/2026
The more you know ... The Earth has gained the equivalent of about 5.7 *billion* Hiroshima bombs worth of planetary heating since January, 2000. About 89% of that heat went into heating the oceans. The rest to melt ice and snow, heat land and heat the atmosphere.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Geneva Convention 1977 Protocols: “It is prohibited to attack, destroy, remove or render useless objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, such as... drinking #water installations & supplies and irrigation works... for any other motive.”
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Blatant and desperate crime: Irans FM condemns US attack on Qeshms freshwater desalination plant, warns of grave consequences - The Tribune
In a post on X, Araghchi emphasised that the US has set a dangerous precedent by targeting Irans infrastructure.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Horrifying. Jesus Lord in heaven.
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Our troops are being instructed that Trump is appointed by Jesus to attack Iran and hasten Armageddon. More on Substack: substack.com/@thefrankfig...
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Durham County Department of Public Health (DCoDPH) @durhamhealthnc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Did you know? Certain illnesses, like measles & COVID-19, can harm your immune system & make you more vulnerable to sickness later. Protect your immune system by getting vaccinated & avoiding getting sick! Learn more about measles & immune amnesia: www.healthychildren.org/English/tips...
Text says "Have you heard of  Immune Amnesia?If you haven’t (and even if you have), we’ll tell you about it.” In the corner is an image of a man scratching his head. Important to understand first: When your body is exposed to certain germs that can cause diseases, your immune system builds a “memory” of them, so if you’re exposed to these germs again, your immune system recognizes them and knows how to fight them off. Your immune system also builds this memory when you get vaccinated, so you don’t have to get sick in order to protect yourself from future infections.

Graphics show a shield with arms holding a sword and fighting off germs. Another graphic shows a vaccine vialtext says "Important to understand first: Immune amnesia means something has caused your body to lose, or “forget,” its memory of germs you’ve been exposed to before, meaning you’re more likely to get sick  and to experience severe illness if you’re exposed to it again.  Measles can cause your immune system to forget up to 73% of its memory. In other words, after having measles, you will be immune to measles, but may be at increased 
risk of other serious illnesses. Did you know? Measles is not the only virus that can harm your immune system. COVID-19 has also been found to cause long-term harm to your body’s ability to fight off illnesses, making you more likely to get sick and experience severe illness.”
 Graphics show a stick figure shivering with fear because the shield in front of him is broken, and now germs are reaching him. Two pie charts: one says “100% memory before” and the other shows “73% memory lost after"Unfortunately, there’s no way to predict whose immune system will be most harmed by being sick. It can happen to anyone! The best way to avoid immune amnesia is to get vaccinated & take other steps to avoid getting sick  So please remember, it is not a good idea to expose 
yourself to these viruses on purpose in order to build 
        immunity! That is what vaccines are for. Getting sick makes you much more likely to hurt your immune system! Graphics of a vaccine, a mask, and an air purifier and open window symbolizing clean air
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”
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Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 01/03/2026
Introduced in 2018 and expanded to all roads by 2020, Bilbao was the first European city of more than 300,000 inhabitants to adopt a universal 30 km/h speed limit. Several years on, the results suggest it has delivered broad benefits on safety, public health, travel efficiency, and quality of life.🧵
People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, drive, and ride public transportation along the low-traffic streets of Bilbao, which are lined with buildings, trees, bike infrastructure, and prominent 30 km/h speed limit signage and road markings.People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, drive, and ride public transportation along the low-traffic streets of Bilbao, which are lined with buildings, trees, bike infrastructure, and prominent 30 km/h speed limit signage and road markings.People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, drive, and ride public transportation along the low-traffic streets of Bilbao, which are lined with buildings, trees, bike infrastructure, and prominent 30 km/h speed limit signage and road markings.People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, drive, and ride public transportation along the low-traffic streets of Bilbao, which are lined with buildings, trees, bike infrastructure, and prominent 30 km/h speed limit signage and road markings.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
If you think empathy is a bad thing, you’re almost certainly a bad person.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Every single step that the anti-science, anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist RFK Jr takes to dismantle the US medical, public health, & health research systems is incredibly painful & distressing This one would hit so hard Without the USPSTF, evidence-based screening & prevention would crumble 😢
RFK Jr. May Eliminate the USPSTF, Original Task Force Members Warn
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Teenage girls are being separated out in ice detention, and no one can visit them or assess/oversee their status. Can you blame anyone for suspecting this administration, when the President is listed in the Epstein files a million times & many of his cabinet, members and advisors are in it as well?
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Chris Nagano @charliesaito22.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Former ICE official warns Gestapo recruits (=ICE) are receiving “defective” training ICE is a clear and present danger to the American People www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-whi...
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ICE whistleblower warns new recruits are receiving "defective" training
Documents given to Congress appear to show courses involving use-of-force were eliminated from ICE officer training.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Superb reporting from @katherineeban.bsky.social for @rollingstone.com on the scandal around the RFK-fueled, unethical HBV vaccine study in Guinea Bissau that horrified CDC staff, scientists and ethicists around the world. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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New Documents Reveal a Controversial Vaccine Study's Unusual Path to CDC Approval
A new investigation has found irregularities in the ethics review of a grant to study effects of a birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Study: SARS-CoV-2 RNA found in 39% of hospital air samples during outbreaks, despite good ventilation. Kirby Institute researchers sampled air and surfaces in a Sydney hospital ED and ICU during two COVID-19 waves (Nov 2023–Jul 2024), detecting SARS-CoV-2 RNA in 39% of aerosol samples collected.
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Study: SARS-CoV-2 RNA found in 39% of hospital air samples during outbreaks, despite good ventilation
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
US job creation.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
New important and useful paper Breaking Down Silos: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Mitigate Indoor Airborne Pathogen Transmission
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 15/02/2026
“That silence around pregnancy, and its risks, that's being normalized by these [abortion] bans is deeply, deeply concerning,” said Pro Publica reporter Lizzie Presser. @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social adds, “It's really horrific what we see coming out of Dobbs.” #velshi
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‘A real tragedy’: Woman dies after being denied health care because she was pregnant
A pregnant woman who was not seeking an abortion, was denied health care for her heart condition because she was pregnant and doctors did not want to risk harming the pregnancy. She died as a result. Her name was Ciji Graham and Pro Publica journalist Lizzie Presser reported on her story. “I think one of the things that's really disturbing in her medical records is that neither of the cardiologists that Graham saw spoke to her about her pregnancy and the risks of continuing it without getting the heart care that she needed,” she said. “And that silence around pregnancy, and its risks, that's being normalized by these bans is deeply, deeply concerning.” Georgetown law professor Michele Goodwin emphasizes that this is one of many tragedies that have taken place as a result of abortion bans. “We have these reproductive health care deserts throughout the United States, and we see the kind of suffering that's being reported, and then so much more that doesn't end up getting reported, that just simply gets lost in the mix of things,” she said. “And that's the real tragedy.”
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Here's the latest variant picture for the United States, to late January. The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued it’s dominance, flat at 71% frequency. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" was also flat at 15%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #USA #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus 🧵
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Here's the latest variant picture for Canada, to late January. XFG.* "Stratus" continued falling to 47% frequency, and is now being challenged by NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus", which grew to 40%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Canada #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus 🧵
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/02/2026
The number of children in federal custody has climbed sharply since President Trump revived the practice of detaining immigrant families last year. Hundreds of children have since been held at a detention center in Dilley, Texas, where families describe poor conditions. trib.al/c0Wufj7
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 13/02/2026
In his opening speech to the Munich Security Conference, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says that Europe must have its own security strategy as he calls to "repair transatlantic trust" with the U.S.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 13/02/2026
This post is really taking off. I know the Thanksgiving detail is grabbing, but I would encourage everyone to also read the full article about this family’s struggle at Dilley. They’ve been locked up for 130+ days. I spent hours with them on Zoom this week, and their story deserves to be heard.
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'Even in Russia, they don't treat children like this': A family's nightmare in ICE detention
A Russian couple and their children sought asylum in the U.S. In a Texas detention center, they say they endured worms in the food and hourslong waits for medicine.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 13/02/2026
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.”

A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees.

The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.
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Glen Dunlap @glendunlap.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.
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EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions
The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
New reporting shows how NIH will go from "vision" pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... to reality: weakening national capacity for pandemic preparedness and next-generation discoveries to confront infectious disease... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
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