Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialDanielle Ryan (Lestat Era) @danirat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I think another lesson to take from the loss of both Dolly and Tim Curry is that neither of them took themselves seriously but they took the work dead serious that's the most important thing pour all of yourself into the craft but have fun and don't get an ego. 37108232302
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialChantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026New from @science.org - a study of ~73,000 adults age 60+ found the shingles vaccine Shingrix was linked to a 9% lower cardiovascular disease burden over 7 yrs, adding to growing evidence it may help protect against heart disease and dementia as well as shingles 58227
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialPeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 02/07/2026You misspelled "grifted" www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...pbs.orgNews Wrap: Trump takes first trip on Air Force One gifted by QatarIn our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump took his maiden voyage on the Air Force One donated by Qatar, negotiators from both the U.S. and Iran held more indirect talks in Qatar, a pair of masked cl... 16114
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 20/05/2026I’m not sure why this isn’t being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public they’re not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves. 3599503903
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialAltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 19/05/2026We need a landslide victory and those victorious need to have the courage to prosecute the current crop of criminals. We need to fight for it And the worlds needs to see us fight 168 days. 525120
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11/04/2026Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote a lone dissent, and she took the extraordinary step of reading her dissent from the bench, a gesture reserved for rare, vehement disagreement with the majority. trib.al/doo2LOptrib.alHooray for Brown Jackson’s Brave Dissent in the Colorado Trans CaseThe associate justice was alone in seeing that the case was about regulation of medical practice, not free speech. 1237890
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialThe UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net · 10/04/2026Kennedy canceled $500 million in mRNA research and announced no new mRNA projects will ever be initiated—killing the technology that produced the fastest vaccine rollout in human history.theunpopulist.netRFK Jr. Lied His Way Into Office and American Health Is the VictimHe is pushing quackery as science as health secretary 42243241961
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/04/2026Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work. 1824323810794
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 05/04/2026Jeff Bezos has $222 billion. If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over. And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare. 761195005683
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 29/03/2026People who experience addiction aren’t failing morally, broken, bad, weak, criminals, or inferior. 58916
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialyolanda7712.bsky.social @yolanda7712.bsky.social · 29/03/2026 331175361
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/02/2026kind of amazing that everything trump does can be understood through the lens of narcissism and it's related needs (e.g., self aggrandizement, revenge, domination, grievance validation). i don't think any character has been so one-dimensional, not even wile e coyote or scrooge mcduck 257138682450
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.social🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · 23/03/2026News I definitely know I missed from the last week. Check it out👇🏽👇🏽 #SheShed 9171152
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialSecrets and Laws @secretsandlaws.bsky.social · 22/03/2026It feels like we are entering the “inject bleach into your veins” phase of Trump’s handling of the Iran war. 1230455
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Where can I get these? 2834970889
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 16/03/2026I wrote about Kat.benhiiv.beehiiv.comKat. 42494971301
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 16/03/2026@jakescottmd.bsky.social #medsky 118620
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/03/2026The American people have sacrificed enough. Stop the war. Tax the billionaires. 2102676591
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialWTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 23/02/2026A push to name one of Chicago’s snowplows “Abolish ICE,” clearly linking the humorous pun to efforts to oppose President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort, won the city’s annual snowplow naming contest, officials announced. to.wttw.com/4rZGMLgto.wttw.com‘Abolish ICE’, ‘Caleb Chilliams’ Among Winners of Annual Snowplow Naming ContestThe other winners of the fourth annual contest were Stephen Coldbert, Pope Frío XIV, The Blizzard of Oz, Svencoolie and Caleb Chilliams, Chicago officials announced. 237082
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialDemocratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 11/02/2026 1318687
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialAdam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 11/02/2026Jeanine Pirro tried to jail six Democratic Congress members for accurately stating the Uniform Code of Military Justice. She will forever be a person who has done that and must always be viewed through that prism. 462029476
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 07/02/2026By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet 265161615922
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/02/2026The Trump era exposed how badly Congress erred over decades by granting the president emergency powers in certain situations while also making the president the one who decides when we’re in those situations. ICE can’t mask except when ICE’s boss says it’s necessary? Repeating that same mistake. 411066228
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/02/2026> @johncusack.bsky.social 6950191424
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.social🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 02/02/2026Anne Frank died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen 4957191996
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 30/01/2026There is no reason any of these men need any of this gear. This entire situation is not only dangerous and illegal. It is absurd and stupid. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...nytimes.comVideo: How Battlefield Tech Was Used in MinneapolisOur reporter Thomas Gibbons-Neff, who deployed twice to Afghanistan as a Marine and later was our Kabul bureau chief, looks at the battlefield technology used for an immigration arrest at a home in Mi... 14139051415
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 29/01/2026When he says "in theater," does he mean "acting like they're something more than a bunch of masked goons terrorizing innocent people"? Because they're not nailing that at all. 147317
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialJon Wiener @jonwiener.bsky.social · 29/01/2026The Nation nominates Minneapolis for the Nobel Peace Prize www.thenation.com/article/acti...thenation.com“The Nation” Nominates Minneapolis for the Nobel Peace PrizeWith their resistance to violent authoritarianism, the people of Minneapolis have renewed the spirit of Dr. King’s call for “the positive affirmation of peace.” 39624
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialGreg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026One of the best things I’ve read in a while: 412869310664
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Point blank. 10-shots. Execution. A US citizen, a VA ICU Nurse. Then lying. Blocking a real investigation. 18722157
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch. 1094384099483
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026Walz: "I call on all Americans to see the decency this state is exhibiting, and the horrific cruelty, unprofessional, absolute abomination that is passing for what these f--- ICE agents are doing on our streets." 21080422504
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 24/01/2026Fred Trump had dementia and his family set up a fake office so he could think he was in charge while other people made the decisions. Mentioning this for no particular reason at all. Not even sure what made me think of it. 11041821006
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/01/2026CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme…. 1112129524104
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Americans: gosh, a living wage, healthcare, affordable groceries, 1A rights, and childcare that doesn’t cost $2k a month would be so nice. Trump and the GOP: best we can do is start world war 3 because Donny didn’t get a trophy! HOPE THAT HELPS! 16814
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/01/2026We must continue the work to abolish ICE. But right now, Congress can stop ICE’s violent reign of terror. Tell them to do it today: (202) 224-3121 14851501962
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/01/2026The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred. It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become 1377400029892
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/01/2026It’s official: RFK Jr has officially reduced recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11, removing universal vaccine recommendations for RSV, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, dengue and two types of bacterial meningitis. This reckless contravention of science is going to kill people. 681920806
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialChris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Five years ago tomorrow, thousands of the president's supporters stormed the Capitol. Trump has since dubbed Jan. 6 a "day of love." Scroll through @propublica.org's massive trove of parler videos -- organized by time and location -- from that day and judge for yourself:projects.propublica.orgWhat Parler Saw During the Attack on the CapitolProPublica sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users to create an immersive, first-person view of the Capitol riot as experienced by those who were there. 15319140
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialJoshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Cassidy could impose Congressional oversight, if he could only convince the Chair of the Senate HELP committee... 15220
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 04/01/2026The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), run by Oz and his boss, RFK Jr., will no longer require physicians to report vaccination rates. Instead, they plan to start having doctors report if they’ve discussed “alternative” vaccine schedules.cidrap.umn.eduCMS to stop requiring states to report childhood vaccination levels 62518303
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate. 360197474396
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialSkye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Reminder: Only a few weeks away until California’s mask ban for law enforcement officers goes into effect— Beginning January 1st, #ICE & other agencies operating in the state will no longer be allowed to use face coverings that hide an officer’s identity 23248501094
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 12/12/2025ICYMI: Last night @jeremyfaust.bsky.social revealed that Drs. Makary and Prasad of the FDA have lied to all of us with their claims that COVID19 vaccines “killed 10 children”. The scientists that did the work found that there were ZERO deaths that they could be certain were caused by the vaccines.insidemedicine.substack.comScoop: FDA vaccine chief’s memo cited 10 pediatric Covid-19 vaccine deaths—but the agency’s own analysis found 0–7.Dr. Vinay Prasad circulated a memo before FDA scientists finished their work. His conclusions overshot what the agency’s own analysts ultimately found. 9293152
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏ms.nowMinneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your jobChief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force. 605197025346
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 02/12/2025sciencebasedmedicine.org/rfk-jr-is-de...sciencebasedmedicine.orgRobert F. Kennedy, Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines, part 5: VAERS and a useful idiot at the FDAIn the sadly continuing story of how Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. is working to eliminate vaccines, we look at a useful idiot, Dr. Vinay Prasad, and how he is weaponizing dead children 26622
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Trump continually overturns the decisions of American citizen juries. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...nytimes.comThe Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine 32732271
Reposted by @jkirkwood.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/11/2025When he’s gone, I know there will be a lot to do, but can we make sure the living rose garden gets restored? Started. Going. 670132032370