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Diane Brenner

@dbrenner998.bsky.social
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Progressive, book indexer, public health professional; curious — wanna know and grow. Pissed off "old-ish" person.

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Diane Brenner @dbrenner998.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Who are those people standing behind him, especially that weirdly robotic woman?
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
A Pulitzer for Julie K. Brown. Richly deserved, and overdue!
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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of hormuz
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 05/10/2025
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Today in 1963, 4 young girls are killed by white racists as a bomb explodes during Sunday morning services in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL: Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson & Carol Denise McNair. Hateful thoughts lead to hateful words lead to hateful actions.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/06/2025
i am not being pollyannish when i insist that the people who sign up do not sign up to advance a president’s domestic political agenda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’
Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was not necessary
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Trump orders U.S. government to stop tracking "super gonorrhea" that is resistant to most antibiotics: www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Diane Brenner @dbrenner998.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Dr. Mina has been studying this for more than a decade. Well worth paying some attention to. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
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Opinion | I Study Measles. I’m Terrified We’re Headed for an Epidemic. (Gift Article)
The outbreak in Texas could become much, much worse.
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Diane Brenner @dbrenner998.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
borderline?
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Nicole Tersigni @nicsigni.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY. David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
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Diane Brenner @dbrenner998.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Gender Fluidity and Sexual Identity in the Medieval and Renaissance Eras brewminate.com/gender-fluid...
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Gender Fluidity and Sexual Identity in the Medieval and Renaissance Eras
Human sexuality and gender identity are complex topics, and our understanding of each is continually expanding and deepening.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 23/02/2025
Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I owe the television part of my career to @joyannreid.bsky.social, as do so many other Black voices y'all never would have heard of if not for her. And *that's* why she's gone. They can treat black folks as interchangeable, but everybody Black knows that Joy was indispensable.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Thinking you should decide who to promote based on an answer to an email explains a lot about the problems with his business model & products
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
“A video shared by Tarrio on social media on Saturday showed him following the officers, Michael Fanone, Harry Dunn and Aquilino Gonell, through … a Washington hotel that was hosting the Principles First summit, a conference where one of the officers received a ‘profile in courage’ award.”
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Enrique Tarrio follows and insults officers who defended US Capitol on January 6
Ex-leader of far-right Proud Boys trails group through lobby of Washington hotel, engaging officer Michael Fanone
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Please share this fact sheet about Ukraine with anyone who needs it.
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Yesterday domestic terrorists attempted to intimidate me and Michael Fanone (imagine that 🙄) Longer video coming soon. Heading back out to go inspire and get in good trouble. 🫶🏽✌🏽
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/02/2025
2/19: MSNBC celebrates its NAACP Image Award and Joy Reid’s book Medgar & Myrlie. 2/22: Trump calls MSNBC a “threat to democracy” after NBCUniversal’s lawsuit settlement. 2/23: Joy Reid ( @joyannreid.bsky.social ) canceled. When Trump sent the heat, @MSNBC.com bent the knee—AGAIN!
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
He nails it.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Keep at it
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
So RFK Jr. went to TX, did not address the measles outbreak, and indicated he might go back on his promise to Sen. Cassidy to leave the childhood vaccine schedule alone. Because he believes vaccines might cause chronic illness. He's not a doctor or scientist , FFS! apnews.com/article/chil...
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Kennedy says panel will examine childhood vaccine schedule after promising not to change it
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told agency employees that a commission formed by President Donald Trump will investigate the childhood vaccine schedule.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Could someone place an order for 100 more Jasmine Crocketts for overnight delivery to the Democratic Party thx in advance
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Ok that made me laugh
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Diane Brenner @dbrenner998.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Yes! One of the best learning experiences I ever had was using the Amherst Problem Pamphlets as an approach to learning history and civics. An approach that allowed for both complexity and nuance.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
KNOW YOUR
RIGHTS
IN CASE OF ICE:
CONOCE TUS DERECHOS
EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR.
ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge.
Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door.
NO ABRAS TU PUERTA.
ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.ASK THEM
TO LEAVE.
If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission.
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PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN.
Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.REMAIN SILENT.
You have the right to remain silent.
If the agents ask you questions, tell them,
"I wish to remain silent."
PERMANECE EN SILENCIO.
Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio.
Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles:
"Deseo permanecer en silencio".
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 04/02/2025
RFK Jr. is a danger to public health. Every Republican senator who votes yes will own the consequences. When RFK Jr. follows anti-vax conspiracies instead of science, when he greenlights Trump's anti-abortion agenda, when he cuts healthcare for seniors — remember who voted yes.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The Proud Boys organization no longer controls the trademark, “Proud Boys”, and is now “barred from selling any merchandise with either its name or its symbols without the consent of a Black church in Washington that its members vandalized.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
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Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
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Diane Brenner @dbrenner998.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
So, how don't you sound like a crank given how easy it is to become cranky these days?
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
The universe speaks in mysterious ways.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/01/2025
ALSOBROOKS: You said 'we should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that is given to whites.' Can you please explain what you meant? RFK Jr: There's a series of studies ... ALSOBROOKS: What different schedule would you say I should've recevied?
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Diane Brenner @dbrenner998.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
thanks, following them, the WHO, and the European equivalent of the CDC.
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Diane Brenner @dbrenner998.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
My mole in the Department of Labor sent me this open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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My mole in the Department of Labor sent me this
Friends,
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/01/2025
Can we get a recount? Pick your battles Can we object to electors under 14.3? Pick your battles Can we vote against Rubio for SoS? Pick your battles Demand volume II of the report? Pick your battles Call for SCOTUS expansion? Pick your battles Okay but could you pick like ONE battle? ANY battle?
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
This is how you say “go fuck yourself sideways with a porcupine” in inspector general speak. Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
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Diane Brenner @dbrenner998.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Donald Trump Wants You to Die open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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Donald Trump Wants You to Die
The attack on public health begins
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Diane Brenner @dbrenner998.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Oh, I think the cocks are there.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Proud to be an American.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 23/01/2025
Every year is an election year. Here are the state races you should be watching in 2025.
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Consequential State Elections to Watch In 2025
Off-year state races are often a bellwether for the next federal election cycle.
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