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Adding a few words about myself is my New Year's Resolution. I've avoided it too long.

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ginnynw.bsky.social @ginnynw.bsky.social · 3h
Officially it starts Oct 15. But as of Sep 30 if you have a current plan they should have mailed out changes to that. It's timed for 2 wks before Open Enrollment. I googled where can I find 2027 Summary of Benefits for Kaiser Medicare tiers and it provided links for several regions updated 10/1.
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ginnynw.bsky.social @ginnynw.bsky.social · 4h
Kaiser has 3 Medicare Advantage tiers, cheapest at $0 premium. They waive "ordinary" Medicare's hosp and Rx deductibles. Most generic Rxs and extras like x-rays and labwork have been $0. This year, it may not be so simple. I think Advantage Plus dental/vision/hearing is add-on only w/ Advantage.
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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
O.K. You have to admit, this is a pretty good argument that he deserves a peace prize.
Multiple photos of Trump sleeping on the job.
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ginnynw.bsky.social @ginnynw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
They were all vaccinated.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
nytimes.com
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
New just now in The Atlantic: David Robinson resigned this week. He was among the longest-tenured employees at OpenAI—and oversaw safety reports on 12 frontier launches. He is very worried: “The time for trial and error is over.” You can read his essay here: www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
theatlantic.com
I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken
The industry’s approach to safety guarantees more failures.
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
UPDATE: Despite being ordered by Judge Sullivan to produce a certified list of the contents of the Administrative Record by Oct. 1st, Todd Blanche once again has decided he doesn't want to comply. I explain why Blanche would want to avoid producing this court-ordered info: youtu.be/junhrisxRlg?...
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🚨AG Blanche IGNORES JUDGE'S ORDERS And TRIES To DELAY MY Epstein LAWSUIT!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
GOP bill hides brutal cuts until after midterms to shield them from voters. Dec 31: Medicaid work requirements trigger mass disenrollment. Jan 1: Trapped in a double-bind—denied Medicaid? You lose tax credits too. Immigrants lose credits. Jul 1: Student loan relief ends. Millions cascade into
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YGV @yougottavote.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump and Republicans Big Beautiful Bill cut Medicaid to states effective January 1, 2027. How well has media informed citizen voters of this and explained the impact? www.newsfromthestates.com/article/stat...
newsfromthestates.com
State governors, including Oregon’s, call for more time to implement new Medicaid rules
With just three months left to prepare before complex new Medicaid reporting and eligibility rules take effect, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is again leading a group of governors seeking an extended timelin...
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owlet about to pounce on a dirt mound.
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ginnynw.bsky.social @ginnynw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rather than mandate fixed prices, if the intent is to make it more affordable, they should leave open the opportunity for stores to adjust prices downward. I wouldn't object to discovering lower prices at checkout.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Funniest part to me is Jack Smith using 110% of his lawyer brain. He avoids making the connection himself; he doesn't even say "Hawkeyes," he just says "Iowa." He knows it's better to let everyone figure it out on their own. He also knows from Klobuchar's grin that she'll dunk it for him.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's one thing to be so incredibly incompetent as Eric Schmitt that your dramatic "GOTCHA" moment falls apart in real time. It is quite another thing to be so incredibly dishonest as Eric Schmitt that you then go on a right-wing show and pretend it didn't happen. "My job is to ask the questions."😜
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day.
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026
A thing I learned about Meta when I was trying to understand how their statements relate to their actions a few years ago is that *they just tell absolutely indefensible lies* and journalists almost always let them. They believed no one would ever punish them for it in any way that matters.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Eric Schmitt is on The Charlie Kirk Show (yes it's still called that) -- and believe it or not, hosts are pretending he owned Smith with his embarrassingly botched gotcha "You caught him in this NBA game too in Atlanta" "Yeah," Schmitt says There's no mention that Schmitt had all his facts wrong
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Top...men
Eric Schmitt and staffers looking disappointed, one holding a poster that turned to shit in their hands
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Patel's deputy, Andrew Bailey, resigned today, reportedly over frustration with an entirely different FBI scandal. www.ms.now/news/fbis-co...
ms.now
FBI’s co-deputy director resigns after agents assigned to case on Stephen Miller’s wife demoted
Andrew Bailey was frustrated with the recent demotion of veteran FBI counterterrorism agents, according to sources.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 27/09/2026
Calling something “illegal” only matters if the law is actually enforced. Mike Johnson and the Supreme Court need to enforce it. No president should be free to ignore the law to punish enemies, reward allies, and enrich himself.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/09/2026
Beyond the fact that it’s incredibly illegal and corrupt to use taxpayer dollars to run political ads on television, there’s another problem with re-running old ads like this: the messaging only reminds everyone what a fraud you are.
Black-and-white image of Donald Trump standing in a hallway from a recent ad he ran on TV with taxpayer funds. White subtitle text on a black bar at the bottom displays what Trump’s voiceover says in the ad: “we will expel the warmongers from our government.”
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/09/2026
They're also working with the Trump administration to remove AI regulation and obtain military contracts.
motherjones.com
Rest assured: AI companies say they're investigating tens of thousands of rogue bot incidents
They're also working with the Trump administration to remove AI regulation and obtain military contracts.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
To see measles spread so wildly—so much so that congenital measles has now returned—has long been a dream of RFK Jr, arguably the world’s most extreme & dangerous anti-vaxx activist & eugenicist Now that he runs the US federal health system, RFK is able to make his longstanding dreams come true 😢
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ginnynw.bsky.social @ginnynw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
OR covid positivity has had recent lags. Sept 12 data was updated from 8% to 12.2%. Sept 5th, from 5.9% to 10.1%. CDC's Covid hosp data also spotty this week. When most of it is complete, I use it to estimate OR rural covid activity by backing out RESP-Net, which in OR is tri-county only.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 25/09/2026
The DHS falsely claimed there were nearly 16,000 noncitizen residents registered to vote in Nevada, a number that dropped to 185, and eventually to zero, just weeks after Trump cited the claim during a campaign rally in a push to purge several states’ voter rolls.
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DHS Claim of 16,000 Noncitizen Voters in Nevada Falls to Zero After State Inquiry
“DHS has still not provided evidence” to back their claims, one state official noted.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026
Elon Musk is at the White House for the state dinner with Xi (Kevin Dietsch/Getty)
pic of Musk milling around with Marco Rubio in foreground and the Google CEO as well
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
"A brand new CNN poll shows President Trump at an all time low in his approval rating... look at his net approval rating now with pure independents - it's negative 71 points! I mean, these are the deep depths of the ocean. You never see numbers like these. An 86 point shift away from the president!"
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17/09/2026
The new wild cat species is about the size of a domestic kitten and lives in Bolivia.
nbcnews.to
New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say
A type of tiger cat, the animal is smaller than a house cat, slender and spotted. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
People laugh and groan, but he is in fact describing his policy. FEMA relief is available only to states that voted for him and other MAGA candidates. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The US has deployed its first publicly acknowledged space-based weapon, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said. Meink said the weapon is already “on orbit” and is intended for “space control” and to defend US forces against “hostile adversary action.”
bbc.co.uk
US confirms for first time it has deployed space weapons
The US Air Force Secretary says the weapons are necessary to defend the country against enemy action.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: Remember Don Jr’s wedding ceremony? In the Bahamas… Fireworks, dancers… “Just really close friends,” Don Jr. said. Well, guess who paid for hundreds of thousands of dollars of it? A Russian oligarch who is close to Putin. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A stroll round the garden -whenever, whatever the season - 🌱is always so relaxing and calming. You forget yourself!
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Sam @samssslearning.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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APearlBird @apearlbird.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🌱 Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) hanging in there.
Buff-tailed bumblebee covered in pollen having a rest on a C. sativa (CBD from the local garden centre) I have the privilege of having in the plot
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A. Sleemi, MD, MPH @globalgyno.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"a stark and baffling increase: Almost 200 women with the condition died from 2020 to 2025, compared with about 100 in the previous six years" some may be attributed to Covid chaos, but notably most deaths are in abortion-restricted states. Again, completely PREVENTABLE MATERNAL DEATHS
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Anthony Howe is a kinetic sculptor who creates wind-driven sculptures resembling pulsing, alien creatures and vortices. This one is in downtown Montreal. Original post
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Arm Chair OSINT @armchairosint.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Diesel prices in California are by far the most important. California is a major shipping hub and the higher the prices of goods leaving California the higher the prices for everyday items. Just look at how much it's skyrocketed in a month.
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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Not only have they refused to do their job, providing oversight to the government, they are now too lazy to even stay in Washington and get the mail we're sending them. No worries on their checks or healthcare. Vote every Republican shirker out in November.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Brazilian beef billionaire, Joesley Batista, meets Felon Trump in the WH & the very next day, Trump announces 300,000 metric tons of foreign “beef product” will be imported into the US. The illegal and shady history behind Batista including bribery & corruption charges: youtu.be/Daa5ivZn2nI?...
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Trump QUIETLY Holds SHOCKING Meeting Before SHADY DEAL Gets EXPOSED!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: The latest filing in my Epstein Files lawsuit against Todd Blanche scathingly calls him out for his continued violation of the law as well as court orders. Why Blanche is so desperate to keep the truth from getting revealed to the public: youtu.be/8jja7i_8cR8?...
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🚨AG Blanche SCRAMBLES as SCATHING NEW Filing In MY Epstein Lawsuit BLOWS UP His Defense!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
DOJ appears to have missed its filing deadline in @katiephang.bsky.social’s lawsuit against Todd Blanche.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 02/09/2026
Former MS NOW host Katie Phang accused Attorney General Todd Blanche of lying to the court to avoid releasing Epstein FBI interview notes — files a judge ordered disclosed in June that still haven't been produced. bit.ly/4xCAbK7
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ginnynw.bsky.social @ginnynw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Oregon Health Authority Tableau site updates weekly on Wednesday, often early afternoon but it's up now. For week ending Sat Aug 29, Oregon added 4 cases, taking 2026 measles total to 54 for rash onset thru that date.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/09/2026
DHS finalized its $16.7 million purchase of 6,650 pairs of electric shock gloves from Compliant Technologies. That comes out to about $2,400 per pair, plus some accessories like glove fresheners in case the ICE agents wearing these direct-contact electroshock weapons get sweaty.
motherjones.com
Lawmakers Push DHS to Cancel Its Shock Gloves Contract
"This administration continues to outfit ICE and CBP with the tools of an occupying paramilitary force."
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ginnynw.bsky.social @ginnynw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
* oops, apparently another 2 measles deaths reported in 2003.
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ginnynw.bsky.social @ginnynw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
From 2000-2024, the US had 1 death (in 2015) from measles. Since 2025, US had 5 measles-related deaths, plus at least 2 deaths from SSPE. Per CDC, US has ~3,000 foodborne deaths per year, not 1.2 million. Better for Kennedy to carry notes than rely on his bad memory. He does this far too often.
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ginnynw.bsky.social @ginnynw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Hope CDC isn't holding up measles case counts because creepy Kennedy is mouthing off about fabricated deaths. Last week CDC had 2,777 cases. Today Johns Hopkins shows 2,928 and Brown Univ Pandemic Center yesterday added 173 new cases this week, for 3,134 cases (by report date) in 2026.
cori.centerforhealthsecurity.org
Measles Outbreak Dashboard | Center for Outbreak Response Innovation
View the CORI measles dashboard with outbreak data, trends, and surveillance insights to support public health decision-making.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Sen @wyden.senate.gov is "pressing Republican colleagues, who currently control the Senate, to issue a criminal referral of Kennedy to the Department of Justice for a criminal investigation" Now this is good.
theguardian.com
Senator calls for criminal investigation of RFK Jr after Guardian report
Newly obtained records indicate health secretary lied about Samoa trip during Senate confirmation hearings last year
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Article here. This will be updated as I learn more, especially about any access difficulties. If a question is unanswered in this article, I don't know the answer yet, but I'm working hard to get more info as quickly as possible.
nytimes.com
What to Know About New Covid Vaccines for Fall 2026 (Gift Article)
The shots have been approved for people 65 and older, and for younger people with underlying conditions. Others may be able to get them off label.
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