Reposted by Louise BrodieJonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 13/10/2026And still. Love love love this 802121331931
Reposted by Louise BrodieKim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 12/10/2026MacKenzie Scott donated $7 billion in 2025 bringing her five-year total to $26.2 billion, even as she stays out of the spotlight. fortune.com/article/mack...fortune.comMacKenzie Scott alone accounted for one-third of America's $19.2 billion in megagifts last year | FortuneMacKenzie Scott donated $7 billion in 2025—a third of all U.S. megagifts—bringing her five-year total to $26.2 billion, even as she stays out of the spotlight. 1794727991
Reposted by Louise BrodiePhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 12/10/2026www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...cidrap.umn.eduMothers vaccinated against HPV before pregnancy less likely to give birth prematurely, study finds 12779199
Reposted by Louise BrodieJill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 11/10/2026On this day in 1884, Eleanor Roosevelt was born. As 1st Lady, she lobbied FDR to appoint more women & championed racial justice. In 1960, she chaired the President’s Commission on the Status of Women, which released a trailblazing study documenting the pervasiveness of sex discrimination. #WeTheMen 521555
Reposted by Louise BrodieHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Zelenskyy: “Don’t attack us. Don’t kill our children. We will stop attacking your diesel. I think it’s a fair deal.” 347167734332
Reposted by Louise BrodieAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026Chris Murphy: "Donald Trump was so fundamentally unprepared for this war that within days of the war starting, our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians. Every single American should be furious about that." 474154705253
Reposted by Louise Brodie DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is clearly not acceptable 862100073364
Reposted by Louise BrodieMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This guy has been and still is my ‘human university’. By that I mean he’s taught, inspired and echoed my inner thoughts & theories more than any other human I’ve ever come across. Here he is talking about humanity’s “circling the drain”. His name — GEORGE CARLIN. 22343511073
Reposted by Louise BrodieHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10/10/2026You’d have to be a special kind of stupid to bomb a school full of children and still expect to win the Nobel Peace Prize. 735124563238
Reposted by Louise BrodieElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A Democratic candidate for Congress, Bernadette Greene-Placentia, went out to fix one of her damaged campaign signs in Arizona. She was attacked and raped. Please note that this article may be triggering and do take care if you read it.phoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive. 2623592
Reposted by Louise BrodieMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Gary 422101831875
Reposted by Louise BrodieThe Buffalo News @buffalonews.com · 03/10/2026ICYMI: Ontario tourism officials will light up the Horseshoe Falls in red, white and blue tonight to say “thank you” to the Bills, fans and Visit Buffalo for singing the Canadian national anthem. A fireworks display in the same colors is also planned. buffalonews.com/news/local/a...buffalonews.comNiagara Falls to light up as a thank you to Bills fans for Canadian anthem singingOn Saturday, Ontario tourism officials will light up the Horseshoe Falls in red, white and blue to say “thank you” to the Bills, Buffalo fans and Visit Buffalo for singing the Canadian national anthem... 612589460
Reposted by Louise BrodieAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026USPS in Utah dumped 300 mail-in ballots into a parking lot garbage bin. USPS’s current defense? “Laziness.”deseret.comUtah postal worker accused of throwing away 300 mail-in ballots in church parking lotOver 95% of Utah voters rely on mail-in ballots, making destroyed ballots critical loss. 70277953960
Reposted by Louise BrodieSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It is horrifying to watch the daily psychiatric emergency that is Donald Trump and the relative silence that follows. The media must confront this ongoing reality and we the people must demand his removal. www.americaamerica.news/p/america-we...americaamerica.newsWe Are Facing a Psychiatric EmergencyThe media needs to step up. Donald Trump needs to be removed from office. 1342700998
Reposted by Louise BrodieProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026🌊 For 100 consecutive days, from June 2 to September 10, the global ocean outside the polar regions maintained record-high average sea-surface temperatures, reaching a peak between August 22–27 at 21.18°C. And here comes El Niño. news.mongabay.com/2026/09/glob... 19819418
Reposted by Louise BrodieRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Troops leaked photos of their wrecked bases to CBS, saying they're "standing there with our eyes closed getting punched in the face" One soldier's words: "We're not defending these bases. We're just watching them get destroyed." 1181300830
Reposted by Louise BrodieAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026When the public finally learns the full accounting of the damage done in this war, it’ll probably be too late to hold anyone in the Trump administration accountable. But this is insane. And they’re lying to the American people. 30352592074
Reposted by Louise BrodieMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/09/2026NEWS: The Trump administration is preparing a $2.8 billion sale of 40,000 2,000-pound bombs and 20,000 penetrator warheads to Israel, with the weapons to be purchased using U.S. taxpayer dollars through the Foreign Military Financing program 52620781248
Reposted by Louise BrodieDr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"We now know that there never can be a free humanity until woman is freed from ignorance, & we know, too, that woman can never call herself free until she is mistress of her own body." ~Margaret Sanger, 1918. Birth control advocate/nurse/author Sanger was born OTD in 1879. Image: LA Times/UCLA. 8961531441
Reposted by Louise BrodieDenis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The U.S. has entered its 13th COVID wave, with an estimated 1 in 86 Americans currently infectious. Around 567,000 new infections are occurring daily, totalling 3.69 million in a week. PMC estimates a single week at this level could result in 900–1,600 excess deaths. www.wsws.org/en/articles/... 4439280
Reposted by Louise BrodieIan Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A drug recently approved for the treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer, is also showing promise in the treatment of lung cancer. www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/pan...medicalnewstoday.comLung cancer: Drug approved by FDA for pancreatic cancer may helpDaraxonrasib (Rasonque), recently approved for the treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer, is also showing promise in the treatment of lung cancer in early trials. 201059290
Reposted by Louise BrodieSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 11/09/2026🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 25-year-old Argentinian biologist Pilar Ferrer has developed an injectable gel that helps repair damaged heart tissue after a heart attack 20893562431
Reposted by Louise Brodieleftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Power to the people! ✊ 220193125060
Reposted by Louise BrodieRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 2025: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already. 1557282029442
Reposted by Louise Brodie4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026If you owe a woman $5 million dollars for sexual assault, you also owe the country your resignation. It's that simple. 207118452348
Reposted by Louise BrodieMFCarter @mfcarter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Here’s a truth that lands harder every year. 17579362442
Reposted by Louise BrodieSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 30/08/2026🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: American Molecular Biologist Bonnie Bassler Wins Prestigious Copley Medal for Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Bacterial Communication Her work could pave the way for a new generation of antibacterial treatments by disrupting how bacteria communicate. 15361271447
Reposted by Louise BrodieRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 30/08/2026As if I couldn’t hate the orange felon more than I already do, over 60 trees which include historic Cherry Blossom trees were quietly cut down recently in Washington DC without court approval. I’ll never forgive anyone who supports this monstrous hateful destructive criminal. 588117943448
Reposted by Louise BrodieMonsters Are Gutting America @paularevere.bsky.social · 30/08/2026 8634181149
Reposted by Louise BrodieChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/08/2026Whoa! Pentagon officials are warning of Navy payroll shortfalls after funds meant for service member pay were raided to help cover war costs. 📌 An official says they had to use “imaginative” workarounds to avoid the shortfall. 67956322939
Reposted by Louise BrodieGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/08/2026“Trump’s life … illustrates the typical trajectory of a malignant narcissist. Instrumental lying for personal benefit … ultimately gives way to massive self-deception. … ‘Pathological narcissists … can become dangerously psychotic.’ “And that’s where he is, and we are, today.”gtconway.substack.comA note on the president’s psychosisTrump lives in his own world—not a good place for someone with nuclear weapons to be 1202376710
Reposted by Louise BrodieAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Katharine McCormick: a most consequential yet historically overlooked woman of the 20th century. She funded the development of the world’s first oral contraceptive pill & drove progress across 3 fronts: her scientific education (MIT), militant suffragist action & backing mental health studies. 1/2🧵 151567455
Reposted by Louise BrodieSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 28/08/2026🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions. 325149874072
Reposted by Louise BrodieMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Donald Trump is so stupid he thinks signing an Executive Order is like signing a law that affects all Americans. It is not. An Executive Order is basically a press release to the public. Executive Orders affect only federal agencies (until voided by Congress or the courts), but not the public. 1242171597
Reposted by Louise BrodieProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Letter from 130 bioethicists condemns the “unwarranted, ill-advised, & frankly bizarre vendetta against a scientist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, rather than making a sincere effort to learn from the painful experiences of the pandemic to improve national preparedness” bioethicstoday.org/blog/an-open...bioethicstoday.orgBlog - An Open Letter of Support for Anthony Fauci from the Bioethics Community - Bioethics TodayAs individuals concerned with ethics in science, medicine, and public health, we wish to express our dismay at the approach taken by Senate leaders to 13480122411
Reposted by Louise BrodieSen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 26/08/2026Ask yourself: did generations defend our democracy… for this? 84386922153
Reposted by Louise BrodieSiriusXM Urban View @urbanviewradio.bsky.social · 26/08/202610 years ago today, former NFL QB Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem, explaining that he was protesting against police violence in America. #UrbanViewMornings 365110992450
Reposted by Louise BrodieNellMinow @nellminow.bsky.social · 26/08/2026RIP Tim Curry, best narrator of A Christmas Carol ever, in our hearts always as Frank n Furter and here as The Pirate King - 'The Pirates of Penzance -1982 - Royal Va... youtu.be/jWzqcele1tY?... via @YouTubeyoutu.beTim Curry as The Pirate King - 'The Pirates of Penzance -1982 - Royal Variety PerformanceYouTube video by Tim Curry 0101
Reposted by Louise BrodieRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Disappointing to wake up and find our economy and foreign policy is still in shambles despite the DC car race. 446120152014
Reposted by Louise BrodieRightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 23/08/2026More Politico cartoons 10962862000
Reposted by Louise BrodieSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 23/08/2026🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Two Canadian Scientists Develop an Inhaled Vaccine Mist That Delivers Immunity Directly to the Lungs, Right Where Viruses Enter Two scientists, Fiona Smaill and Zhou Xing, developed AeroVax, an inhaled vaccine mist designed to reach the lungs in just 2 minutes. 511185204977
Reposted by Louise BrodieRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/08/2026A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare. 593153255152
