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DarlingFreya

@danadarling.bsky.social
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Single mom, behavioral neuroscientist, NIH, gardener, animal lover, art lover, and always up for a good laugh. All views are my own and do not reflect/represent the US government.

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DarlingFreya @danadarling.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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Arabella @arabellaspireship.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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From the facepalm community on Reddit: Sigh
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Every part of what Musk says is wrong. The reality is that undocumented workers pour about $26 billion in payments into Social Security with no expectation of a return. Non-citizens subsidize citizens, and that does not magically allow them to vote. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
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How Unauthorized Immigrants Help Finance Social Security Benefits
Undocumented workers often pay taxes that help fund programs like Social Security — even if they can’t collect from them in the future.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This is really remarkable. A pardon attorney was told that Gibson was a personal friend of the President and she should recommend he be given his access to guns back. She didn't and was immediately fired. They will fire lawyers who won't bless their cronyism. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...
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Justice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights
Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former pardon attorney, said that she was not told why she was dismissed, but that as events unfolded she feared they might lead to her firing.
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Allan @allan1.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
"Only fools or kremlin tools" is a nice little rhyme that benefits from being the truth.
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Tris @trisresists.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Dicks Sporting Goods is one of the good guys! 🏆
Dicks sporting goods sign outside store says WE DO NOT ACCEPT RACISM OR DISCRIMINATION OF ANY KIND.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 11/03/2025
Moron Mondays: Bobby Jr Opens His Mouth The Princeling has once again doned his Fisher-Price stethoscope and gifted us with some stools of wisdom. Since we are repeating ourselves we will keep this short.
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Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories
In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025. This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I’ve been suggesting on TV and podcasts—without actual evidence(!)—that it may turn out that DOJ will wind up not having enough lawyers to defend all the lawsuits challenging this administration’s illegal conduct. Turns out it seems already to be true. 👉
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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The TL is bleak but Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, donated her Tesla to @npr
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Judith A. Miller @1789jam.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Waitsfield, VT folks (near Mad River Glen, a great #ski resort in #VT), weren't happy to see JD Vance in town. More of this, please. #VTPol #skiing #Vance #resist #MadRiverGlen www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX-u...
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Community Members Protest US Vice President JD Vance's visit to the MRV in Waitsfield, VT 3-1-2025
YouTube video by Mad River Valley TV
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Jace D. Flatt, PhD, MPH (They/He) @jaceflatt.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Just received notice that our grant was terminated. 5R24AG066599-03 TheRiseRegistry.org
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Dr. Rabbithole @drrabbithole.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Oof.
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Inside the Collapse at NIH
Administration officials pressured NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
The New Mexico congressional delegation is pleading with RFK Jr. to promote vaccination and provide other resources in the wake of the measles outbreak. Instead, Kennedy says that the death of a school-aged child as “not unusual”. He can’t get out of his anti-vax corner. His ego is paramount.
Screenshot of letter that reads: The Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Ave. SW
Washington, D.C. 20201
Dear Secretary Kennedy,
We are concerned about the recent outbreak of measles in New Mexico. As of Wednesday, there are nine people with
confirmed cases of measles in isolation in Lea County, New Mexico. This news comes as the nearby counties of Gaines,
Terry, Lubbock, and Yoakum in Texas have recently reported 90 cases with 16 people hospitalized. Given the Department
of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) important responsibility to stop the spread of infectious diseases, we request that
you utilize HHS’ authorities for testing and monitoring and vaccine education and promotion, as well as rehire critical
federal employees, to stop the spread of this dangerous infection.
Measles is one of the most highly infectious diseases because the virus can survive in the air for up to 2 hours. Ninety
percent of people who are susceptible will become infected if exposed. While many recover, some experience serious
complications like pneumonia, blindness, brain swelling, and death.
Preventing and mitigating outbreaks is only possible through effective disease tracking and communication, an adequate
workforce, and vaccination. States report confirmed measles cases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) through the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System. Previously, measles tracking on the CDC website
was consistently updated weekly. These updates are critical for public health officials to effectively track the rapid spread
of this life-threatening disease. We urge you to maintain posting updated measles tracking data weekly.
The public health workforce protects community health by tracking disease and communicating with the public about
health threats. But on January 29, 2025, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that there are still health
care workforce shortages that…
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 24/02/2025
Trump and DOGE are firing America's veterans, who make up 30% of our federal workers. Our veterans have fought so hard for our country. They don’t deserve this. Their families don’t deserve this. I’m fighting for our veterans and military families. www.axios.com/2025/02/24/t...
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How the government's firing spree is hurting veterans
Veterans get a preference in federal hiring — but aren't getting much protection from the firing.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/02/2025
PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.
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DarlingFreya @danadarling.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
CDC Shutters PRAMS Program on Maternal and Infant Health talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cdc-s...
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CDC Shutters PRAMS Program on Maternal and Infant Health
The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a federal data collection...
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
I have a public library card for the first time in my life (embarrassing! I know) and I’m absolutely drunk on power.
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💙 Tearbear💙 @tjkmathis26.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Yes
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
He nails it.
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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
#Fake. #RocketScientist. #AutoMogul. #SocialMediaVisionary . . .
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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💙Jezebel Spirit🌊 @jezebelspirit.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
share.newsbreak.com/bme4kx29 How sad. Indiana wants to stop free books for kids. #FUINDIANA
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Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library - NewsBreak
Dolly Parton has called on Indiana’s governor to reverse course on plans to do away with her popular “Imagination Library” program. The country singer, wh
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Oh nothing just RFK Jr.’s organization telling people that measles does a body good. I need not drone on and on about the myriad reasons this is wrong, I assume. It’s been a long day, and I think you all already know this.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The US State Department has ordered embassies around the world to cancel subscriptions to news outlets that they don't like. Free speech for me, but not for thee?
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Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @disavowtrump20.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
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DarlingFreya @danadarling.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
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Dr. Rabbithole @drrabbithole.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
A clear example of how arbitrary and ill thought out these firings are - they sacked people who guard our nukes.
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Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN
Some of the fired probationary employees included on-the-ground staff at facilities where nuclear weapons are built.
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Clarence Okoh @clarenceokoh.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
An American flag built on the backs of Black people... Black music protesting white political terror in registers they never hear; reminiscent of ancestral spirituals embedded with instructions for runaways All this in New Orleans... What a moment
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here's how we would've spent that $$: Shipped the 29K metric tons of American food on American ships instead of letting it rot in a Texas warehouse. Tell Congress to #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/02/2025
Needed this so much right now. I just called out the fact that Kendrick Lamar carried that red, white, and blue theme through. He owned it! My fam knew what that meant. THEY don’t want us here, but they do not own the flag. “Not Like Us”
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Arabella @arabellaspireship.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Trump has to reinforce his delusion that migrants are dangerous criminals.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Eagles coach
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Inhumanity wrapped in ignorance inside truly spectacular stupidity.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 08/02/2025
Probationary (competitive and excepted service) Title 5 employees cannot be terminated without cause. Terminations must be based on limited, clearly defined conditions that do not include discriminatory or political reasons. See Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) for appeals. www.mspb.gov
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U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board
MSPB Mission: To protect the Merit System Principles and promote an effective Federal workforce free of Prohibited Personnel Practices.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Adolf Hitler had several half baked ideas to relocate the Jews including moving them all to Madagascar. In the end he decided to kill them all. We are on the half baked ideas for Palestinians right now.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
In a few of the comments under my post on Boycotting the Super Bowl, people have asked, "Would this really hurt them?" "Would it help us?" Yes! The Super Bowl is famously known for its high-profile commercials, with companies often spending millions on a 30-second slot because of the enormous 1/4
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
lmao
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
ICYMI
Elise
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WIRED @wired.com · 06/02/2025
SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.
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The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.
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🏹🐦‍⬛Katniss Everdeen🐦‍⬛🏹 ❌👑 @p-r333.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
THIS SHOULD ALARM YOU‼️ 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨All the departments that Musk and his little boys have infiltrated, have information that PUTIN WANTS‼️‼️‼️ 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
the first good post i think i've ever seen from a democratic committee account
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💙 Tearbear💙 @tjkmathis26.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
What the actual fuck!!
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
BREAKING - Kash Patel has stake in Chinese slave labor company, via Caymans holding company He REFUSES to divest - and he may have LIED on disclosure forms about it Marco Rubio + other Trumpers RIPPED this same Chinese co, Shein, for using Uyghurs as slaves - and dodging taxes
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🏹🐦‍⬛Katniss Everdeen🐦‍⬛🏹 ❌👑 @p-r333.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
We need to SOUND THE ALARM 🚨 ON THIS!!! #NorthCarolina
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