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Kyle

@kjhoops23.bsky.social
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“I’ve failed over and over in my life and that is why I succeed.”

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Holy shit
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I'm still processing how I feel about all this. But for now, this will be my home base for writing as I figure out the next thing. Follow and subscribe. The plan for now is to keep posts un-paywalled until Election Night. Then time to pay. thepoliticalspectrum.substack.com/p/eric-garci...
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Eric Garcia, Independent
On being laid off, what comes next and what you can do.
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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Anyone seen who is included in Kennedy's "dissident scientist hall of fame?"
RFK Jr. announces that HHS has created a new “Hall of Heroes” honoring dissident scientists who stood up against outside forces and ultimately were proven right.

Including scientists who challenged the narrative during COVID.

“We just launched in this building a Hall of Heroes.”

“It has all of these dissident scientists who were right and stood up for science, including some from COVID.”

“We have portraits of all of them.”

“And it’s to inspire the people in this building that if you’re told to do something that you know is wrong, don’t do it.”
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/10/2026
It's artificial intelligence.
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Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
BREAKING: The filing is in. Little detail but the Trump admin says it it will issue a report on the safety of the abortion medication "not later than March 2027."
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm still beating this drum. bktitanji.substack.com/p/plague-is-...
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Plague is Scary but That Doesn’t Make It the Next Pandemic.
Why a mysterious death in Siberia has captured our attention while far more consequential outbreaks struggle to do the same
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
JUST IN: A judge has blocked ICE's policy "to stop collecting biometric information" from detainees that they need to pursue lawful status, like visas for human trafficking survivors and other crime victims. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We need to be careful calling the situation in Siberia a "plague outbreak". "the woman was diagnosed with 'pneumonia of unknown etiology,' or origin, and...'extensive' testing found 'no microorganisms associated with the patient’s professional activities.'" apnews.com/article/russ...
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Russia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died
Russian authorities say a staffer at a plague research institute in Siberia contracted pneumonia of an unknown cause, and local state TV reported the woman died last week.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is a bad ruling for all of the reasons Justice Jackson’s dissent make clear. But as both the majority and dissent point out, it’s not likely to have major effects *this* cycle because we’re inside the 90-day NVRA purge window.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
BREAKING: Judge Kelly just concluded there's no "national security" argument in this case (CNN/MSNOW/Politico)
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
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Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
BREAKING: U.S. diesel fuel prices just hit another record this morning — soaring past $6 a gallon.
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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Vaccine recommendations for our kids should be based on evidence and data, not political posturing. An Executive Order issued by a US politician does not magically change the mountain of evidence that underpins the US childhood vaccine schedule.
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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 10/08/2026
This will literally kill people here's how... During cold and flu season, pediatric offices are at max capacity. That means an individual provider might see 30-40 patients per day. If you add in extra visits for shots, that just squeezes out slots for sick babies.
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Vaccines are probably the most life-saving invention in history. For the past 75+ years, every effort has been toward making them *more* widely available. These rollbacks are senseless.
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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I feel like this entitles vaccine experts to decide on foreign policy and tariffs. I mean, it's all interchangeable, isn't it?
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
They’re not even trying to pretend any more This is what MAHA/MAGA wants The piece was written by Scott Atlas, Trump’s Covid czar—the dude who persuaded Trump to adopt the Great Barrington Declaration’s recommendation to end federal testing for COVID (if you don’t test, it just goes away 😳)
Scott Atlas:
Abolish the NIH
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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Has the flu outbreak on US air force bases been subtyped? Kind of atypical timing…
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NPR @npr.org · 26/06/2026
Former NOAA staffers have launched a new website that provides climate information. It replaces a government site that was shut down when the Trump administration took office. n.pr/4aWVKvt
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Ex-NOAA employees re-create a valuable climate data site shut down by Trump
Former NOAA staffers have launched a new website that provides climate information. It replaces a government site that was shut down when the Trump administration took office.
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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
👏👏👏👏 This shouldn’t be necessary but here we are… “Following an outbreak, lawmakers push to require flu vaccine for all service members in budget bill provision” www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
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Following an outbreak, lawmakers push to require flu vaccine for all service members in budget bill provision
After a recent flu outbreak sickened 284 trainees and killed one, lawmakers move to revert the flu vaccination policy to be required again for all.
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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I thought about this a lot while spending 3 weeks in Asia and marveling at the gleaming (air conditioned) malls, brimming with indoor play spaces for kids, sophisticated movie theaters, innovative food halls, and so many other ways to have fun and gather.
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026
I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Justice Kavanaugh dissented from the majority's constitutional holding, so it's 5-4 on that. But he agreed that the executive order violates the existing federal *statutes,* so the underlying judgment is 6-3.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I'll just say that I am *more* surprised by Justice Gorsuch's vote in the birthright citizenship case than I am by Justice Kavanaugh's. I had thought the 6-3 tariffs lineup was a real possibility after the oral argument, but not 5-4 on the constitutional question.
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 24/06/2026
The risk of screwworm in people is pretty low. But farm workers are among most likely to encounter it -- and they're also pretty disconnected from healthcare. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Farm workers at high risk amid screwworm outbreak in US south-west
Those who work with animals are at greater risk for infection, but face challenges in accessing healthcare
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
An underrated winner tonight: Kathy Hochul. Two years ago, she got literally zero applause at the DNC. Pelosi blamed her for Democrats losing the House. Her own lieutenant governor knifed her in the back. Then... she went to war with Trump, endorsed Mamdani and now she won her primary unopposed.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Someone who should be terrified of these results? Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. If AOC runs against him instead of going for the White House, she has an army of young people who could vote for her in the city.
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 16/06/2026
Medical societies endorse ACOG’s vaccine schedule, saying maternal vaccines are ‘key element’ of protection. My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Leading OB-GYN group breaks from CDC on maternal vaccination schedule
Medical societies endorse ACOG’s schedule, saying maternal vaccines are ‘key element’ of protection
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Science Magazine @science.org · 14/06/2026
A new Science study shows that bumble bees can position a ball underneath a fake “flower” to reach a reward, suggesting they can exhibit spontaneous problem-solving and challenging the notion that such advanced cognitive abilities are exclusive to large-brained vertebrates. scim.ag/4vs08dC
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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
New Ebola situation report is out (there was none yesterday) and numbers are still rising shockingly fast: 782 confirmed cases now (+72 in the last 24 hours) That includes 181 confirmed deaths. Follow-up of contacts is back down to 56,5%. Not good. insp.cd/sitrep-n30-m...
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Not kidding, hand on my heart, when I saw the headline I thought “I bet it’s the brilliant health & science reporter @melodyschreiber.com who wrote it,” & I was not wrong Very grateful for her fantastic work on public & global health, including vaccination www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US insurers’ move to back vaccines sends ‘powerful’ message about safety of shots, experts say
As Trump officials take aim at vaccine schedule, scientists encouraged by companies’ desire to continue coverage
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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This is not a sentence that should ever be used to describe a real thing
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
When your agents shot my coworker Alex, that was pretty fucking unlawful.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The incomparable @aetiology.bsky.social tells it like it is here. Well done!
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Opinion | Ebola outbreaks are always challenging. The Trump administration made the job harder.
Tara C. Smith: The administration is failing to provide the necessary leadership to contain the current epidemic.
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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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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
NOTUS is kicking ass with its scoops lately
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 27/05/2026
NEW: I confirmed with the White House that the US is creating a facility in Kenya to send Americans for Ebola quarantine and treatment. Experts are appalled. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US building Ebola quarantine center in Kenya for Americans amid outbreak
Some experts criticize White House approach and say not allowing Americans to return to US hurts treatment efforts
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
that’s right!!
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 25/05/2026
Washington’s policy toward Africa under Trump’s leadership has been more destructive to public health on the continent than anything seen in modern times, writes columnist @hofrench.bsky.social.
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What the U.S. Should Have Learned From Past Ebola Outbreaks
The West’s shortsightedness in Africa is more apparent than ever.
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 23/05/2026
At least one woman is now in limbo after US officials moved her to Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC, and now say they won’t bring her back because of the Ebola travel ban – despite a judge’s order for her return. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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White House pauses removal of detainees to the DRC as Ebola outbreak widens
But Trump administration will not return detainees deported to third countries in disease-struck region
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 24/05/2026
PEPFAR is enormously popular -- and now voters are seeing what happens when we abandon health systems around the world. My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US voters support HIV/Aids relief – will Trump’s cuts backfire in the midterms?
Global Pepfar program has long had Republican leadership and bipartisan support, but initiative is under fire
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I don’t think so, no. He’s desperately trying to end it. The new idea is a round of intense strikes (possibly this weekend) and then just declaring victory and walking away. He’s tired of the fighting (and getting hammered in the polls) and thought it would be easy to end the war whenever. Moron.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The right wing grifter train on social media is desperate to continue to sanewash this administration. They know there’s not an heir apparent and their sweet government money dries up when Trump is out of office. His support is being HEAVILY manipulated on social media, particularly twitter.
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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I saw Ebola as both doctor and patient. I wish people cared more about the Africans I worked alongside www.statnews.com/2026/05/20/e... via @statnews.com
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I saw Ebola as both doctor and patient. I wish people cared more about the Africans I worked alongside
“As another Ebola outbreak unfolds, we cannot repeat the mistakes of the past,” writes Krutika Kuppalli.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
SWIFT OPPOSITION: There are now House *and* Senate bills to impose 100% tax on payouts from Trump’s $1.8 billion fund for convicted crooks Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) & Ron Wyden (D-OR) have just introduced their version Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) already has bill in House
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/05/2026
"An email from NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to research-center grantees, seen by Science, requires their institutions to promise that U.S. authors of papers NIH has flagged because of foreign co-authors will not collaborate with them in the future."
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Just published in @nejm.org a detailed account of the Hondius hantavirus outbreak. Outstanding speed. Kudos to response team for putting this together just 18 days after the outbreak was identified www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Andes Hantavirus Outbreak on a Cruise Ship, 2026 | NEJM
On May 2, hantavirus infection was diagnosed in a patient who had been on a cruise ship. Subsequent evaluation revealed multiple cases of Andes hantavirus infection on the ship. To date, three asso...
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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
As some are fond of saying: follow the money.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
BREAKING: Mitch McConnell just slammed the Trump slush fund: "So the nation's top law enforcement official is asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops? Utterly stupid, morally wrong – Take your pick."
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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This is fine, pretty soon fuel will be too expensive for airlines to operate anyway
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