Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialClay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Republicans want to talk about “men in women’s sports?” Dems should talk about Kentucky and how all they did was hurt a 13-year old kid while her young teammates showed that they aren’t constrained by the same bigotry that has led to so much hatred. Change the conversation. bsky.app/profile/gbbr... 1243
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialthe moon report 🌗 @seachanger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026i'm voting loud and proud for tina kotek and i am talking about it we are past the time for a better candidate to enter that race. we have got to focus and cut Drazan's momentum. anytime that name comes up it should come up with trump and his gas prices, shock troops, and wars. that's who she is 14115
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Spotted new posters around DC today 525481
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Please join me in thanking the named plaintiffs in this lawsuit, including @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social @michaeldgreen.phd & @jddaw.bsky.social These brave scientists are taking on risk to protect science, scientists & beneficiaries of science (all of us). www.aclu.org/press-releas...aclu.orgResearchers Challenge NIH Screening of Grants for Disfavored Viewpoints | American Civil Liberties UnionClass action lawsuit seeks to stop censorship and termination of federally funded scientific research 6355123
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026$9.5 Billion. That’s how much Trump paid Feds not to work. My >5 months on paid admin leave is barely a blip in the grand total. But I did see the waste first hand. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...nytimes.comFederal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort (Gift Article)As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent. 25722
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS. 566280938613
lessergoldfinch.bsky.social @lessergoldfinch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Applying to nursing school 🙃 020
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Anthropic Is building a surveillance system to monitor activists using a “pre-crime” approach that tries to predict incidents before they happen. The extensive monitoring system that the AI company is building is aimed primarily at keeping tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of AI.prospect.orgAnthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American ProspectNew hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters. 1301548919
lessergoldfinch.bsky.social @lessergoldfinch.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Hm I don't think that's the "root" we were talking about... 010
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialBIKETOWNpdx @biketownpdx.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I-5 is closing, but the bike lanes are always open. Change your commute with a BIKETOWN annual membership. Now $25 off for the next 6 weeks. Use code “bikei52026” at checkout in the BIKETOWN app or online at biketownpdx.com. Add promo code under payment info. 1104
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialMelody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 01/09/2026The CDC still isn't counting two deaths from measles in PA, reportedly by order of the new director, Erica Schwartz. I reached out to her spox for comment last week, but haven't heard anything, and afaik she's made no public comments about measles. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comUS health officials exclude measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania from countsRFK Jr, the health secretary, has suggested the deaths were ‘fabricated’ while the CDC claimed it was reviewing them 35929
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026It's time to reject MAHA's deadly kookery "Everyone, from scientists to senators are now calling RFK Jr. 'dangerous to the American public,' and urging him to resign" 0194
lessergoldfinch.bsky.social @lessergoldfinch.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I'm so sorry. This should not have happened. When you're ready you may want to find a way to make the hospital aware of this experience. I know for me being in the ED to receive miscarriage care felt completely wrong. Miscarriages should be handled by ob/gyns, not ED docs. 080
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialanil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 25/08/2026OMB's proposal to remake federal grantmaking was flooded with comments Now, they are withdrawing some from the public record — including some that point out Russell Vought's connection to the federally funded research that led to Trikafta www.statnews.com/2026/08/25/r...statnews.comComments on OMB research rule mysteriously removed from federal websiteSome comments on a proposed OMB research rule have been mysteriously removed from a public-facing government webpage. 18575
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialDrug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Btw, championing special funding opportunities for URM has the functional effect of putting the superlative URM candidates in competition with the midURM and taking them out of the way of mid-majoritarian candidates. If anyone wonders why various programs over decades haven’t really moved the needle 182
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/08/2026The civil rights movement in Mississippi 1355350
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I am once again saying on the internet the only reason to do shit like this is because The Trump Administration *wants* vulnerable people to die. They are eugenicists. They BELIEVE that people who can't ~naturally~ fight off illness are inferior and do not deserve to live. Period. SEND SKEET. 510142
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialKevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Multnomah County Chair Vega Pederson hired Chris Oxley to lead their negotiations on the Moda Center renovation. Oxley formerly worked for the Blazers and currently serves as Board President at Sport Oregon, a nonprofit that has been lobbying for public funding of the Moda Center renovation. 54727
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026This is how the CDC honored Officer David Rose, killed a year ago in the domestic terror attack by a shooter who believed he'd been injured by a vaccine. Truly one of the most appalling things I have ever seen. 14434147
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialRip City Not Rip Off @ripcitynotripoff.bsky.social · 03/08/2026It seems only sensible and fair, then, if we want to create an environment where a fair deal gets made in good faith from both sides, for these two pieces of leverage to be disposed of or dropped in tandem. That is, the City agrees to ditch the first-class claim and the Blazers agree not to leave. 2101
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialCongresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 28/07/2026No child should be in prison. Shut down Dilley. Ensure dignity and due process for all children. End family detention. 35813
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Oh, I’m sure that the MAGA/MAHA Administration will use this identifiable information about us wisely & never for nefarious purposes They’re demanding “detailed, personally identifiable medical records of all patients who seek help at their emergency rooms” 😨 kffhealthnews.org/health-indus...kffhealthnews.orgTrump Administration Demands Hospitals Share Emergency Room Records - KFF Health NewsThe tiny federal agency that tracks consumer product safety is pressuring hospitals to turn over patient records from emergency room visits, including about injuries that have nothing to do with consu... 21716
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialSometimesPDX @sometimespdx.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Oregon GOP governor candidate, Christine Drazan, promises to purge the Oregon State Board of Education and fill it with anti-woke MAGAs. "Curriculum in the classroom that is not age appropriate" is a dog whistle for anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-sex ed. This is anti-equality, neo-segregationist rhetoric. 33218
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialEmily Bregel @emilybregel.bsky.social · 19/07/2026At nearly seven months pregnant, Lesli Vaca Díaz was helicoptered to a Tucson hospital after she says a Border Patrol agent struck her in the back so hard during her July 2 arrest that she had the wind knocked out of her and fell to her knees. CBP is investigating. @tucson.com tinyurl.com/bp6nny24tinyurl.comTwo pregnant detainees hospitalized in Arizona; one claims border agent struck herTwo pregnant women in immigration custody in Arizona were hospitalized this month in separate incidents. In one, a woman was helicoptered to a Tucson hospital after what she called an 26543
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialOmegaMom (she/her) @omegamom.bsky.social · 16/07/2026With alt-text: 01212
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 17/07/2026NEW: Aurora Police say an ICE detention center employee shot a protester last night. She is expected to survive. 42-year-old Brandon Booth, who works for the ICE contractor GEO Group, is being held on suspicion of attempted second degree murder and other charges. 504179137112
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026Oyer: "2 days after Blanche was confirmed as deputy AG, he fired me from my position as DOJ's career pardon attorney. I declined to rubber stamp a favor for a friend of the president, and it cost me my job. Mr Blanche's office had asked me to restore the gun rights of a convicted domestic abuser..." 360133025454
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialAbraham Gutman @abgutman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Park rangers fined Sandra Shachar for vandalism this morning at the President’s House, hours after the Trump admin installed its version of history. The 72 year old has been posting news articles on the site’s walls since the slavery exhibit was removed. If she does it again, she’ll be arrested. 40994398
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialJason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 15/07/2026A 28-year-old Mexican man was killed by a semi truck this morning after ICE and HSI agents caused him to flee for his life in St. Augustine, Florida. ICE is tearing parents from children, workers from job sites, neighbors from their homes, people from their cars, and neighbors from our streets. 1/ 327592
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/07/2026This is I believe the third incident where ICE has gone to arrest people, they flee, and someone is hit by a car or other vehicle and dies. In this case, ICE officers went to question some people at a gas station, they panicked, and one of them ran into the road and was hit by a truck. 311151469
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialEliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 14/07/2026If you get explosive diarrhea this summer, thank RFK Jr. and Donald Trump. In July 2025, they slashed the CDC program monitoring this exact parasite from 8 pathogens down to 2. Cyclospora was one they stopped tracking. It's now in 30+ states, with 7,000+ cases, and they can't find the source. 1113567
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 14/07/2026This is Joan Sebastian Guerrero, the 26-year-old Colombian father and husband murdered by ICE fascists in broad daylight in front of his 3-year-old daughter. He was NOT the target of the ICE warrant. He was documented. He did everything right. ICE murdered him anyway. And yet… 1/2 5322991093
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialSusan Perri @perri4health @perri4health.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Russell Vought has a daughter who suffers from cystic fibrosis like me son. She is for a fact benefiting from a miracle breakthrough drug called Trikafta. My son and I have been advocating for 38 years for this breakthrough. It is no way a cure, but Vought is halting further research. EVIL 18437
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 14/07/2026Doctors and human rights experts documented hundreds of incidents from June 2025 through May 2026 and estimate true number is ‘far greater’theguardian.com‘Misuse’ of crowd control weapons on ICE protesters led to blindings and traumatic brain injuries, report finds 38964
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11/07/2026You can reduce your risk of Cyclospora infection by: Avoiding pre-washed bagged salads Thoroughly washing produce Cutting away damaged areas Heating food to 158°F, which kills the parasite Washing hands and surfaces 216480
lessergoldfinch.bsky.social @lessergoldfinch.bsky.social · 10/07/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/w...nytimes.comA Proposed Rule Would Politicize Medical Research. Scientists Are Not Happy. 000
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti 156161605495
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialHeyzell @heyzell.myatproto.social · 09/07/2026PIRC had its highest number of reports of ICE abductions in Oregon for 2026 last month 0106
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialAFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 09/07/2026Mexican man shot dead by US immigration officer: The last day of Lorenzo Salgado's life began like most of his mornings for the past 35 years: he woke early, washed up, kissed his wife, pet his dog and left for work. An hour later, he was shot dead by an immigration agent u.afp.com/SKuN 21714
lessergoldfinch.bsky.social @lessergoldfinch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Still working on my public comment but this @standupforscience.net tool made it really easy for me to contact my members of Congress about the Voght rule to destroy the scientific enterprise: fight2win.standupforscience.net?utm_source=o... 02815
lessergoldfinch.bsky.social @lessergoldfinch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Have you tried being friends with women? 100
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialCongresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Every child deserves equal access to participating in organized sports. The joy, confidence-building, and resilience our kids gain is something I will relentlessly fight for in the halls of Congress. 0345
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026While it's obvious the next Democratic president should pardon these individuals on day one, the judge who handed down the sentences should also be subjected to a federal investigation to determine if he abused his power and whether it warrants prosecution and potential imprisonment. 452497720
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialsanjukta paul @sanjukta.bsky.social · 26/06/2026This is completely insane and it needs to be a priority to free these people! 1154
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 24/06/2026the DOJ's counterterrorism messaging named "Antifa", "Anarchists" and "pro-trans extremists" as major threats. nearly a third of the 22 Prairieland defendants are trans. Autumn Hill and Meagan Morris, sentenced to 50 yrs each, have been held in men's prisons, even denied hormones in the last year.theguardian.com‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prisonAdvocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility 6739382
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialDr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 25/06/2026One thing I don’t understand about this Moda Center thing: everyone says it needs renovation, but as a season ticket holder and Fire fan 🔥, I can’t see anything wrong. Maybe it’s only the luxury parts need updating? Regular fans probably won’t benefit at all? But they’re asking us to pay! 1101
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialSTAT @statnews.com · 22/06/2026Scientists who study health disparities say a proposed grantmaking policy may affect future NIH funding decisions. www.statnews.com/2026/06/22/h...statnews.comHealth equity researchers fear unseen level of scrutiny under White House proposalHealth disparities researchers say a new White House proposal could disqualify much of their work from federal funding — perhaps the most serious threat yet to the future of their field. 311656
Reposted by @lessergoldfinch.bsky.socialPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Public health decisions will be a matter of politics, not saving lives. Clinical trials are heavily regulated. They test new treatments for safety & efficacy in humans. Currently, 5000 clinical trials (including 1000 NEW cancer treatments) face termination. Why? 🧵 🧪 archive.today/pSUAascientificamerican.comProposed White House regulations could kill 5,000 clinical trials, analysis findsThe Trump administration is mulling new rules that would give political appointees final say on research grants 31289225