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Ryan Stauffer @ryanswx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Haha, this fucking sucks.
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Kenya reports its first Ebola case, in man who died after arriving from DRC Officials are seeking fellow passengers on the flight from Kampala, Uganda, to Nairobi, Kenya. Read more: bit.ly/4yzlbgh 📷: UNMEER/Flickr cc
Photo showing a safe burial of someone who died from Ebola.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And by "violating banking laws" CBS News means former Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert molested boys he coached for wrestling in high school, boys as young as 14. To-may-to/to-mah-to!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/10/2026
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a statewide disaster emergency due to the measles outbreak. This was avoidable.
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 06/10/2026
just did a quick google "San Diego is the heart of U.S. naval and Marine Corps power, home to more than 115000 active duty service members and a $52.6 billion military economy."
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump says Iran should attack American cities: “Let ‘em take out Los Angeles and San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
An American president is encouraging an enemy to destroy American cities. This is treason, though he will claim we are not at war.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
sciencebasedmedicine.org
Why Did the “Urgency of Normal” Stop Caring About the Mental, Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health of our Children?
Genuine concern is consistent concern, and the silence from the Urgency of Normal about literally everything happening today is clarifying.
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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I don't normally post political things but this is awful. Young children forced to make a decision on something they don't understand, and without legal representation.
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Michael Busch @michael-w-busch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It would be nice if we could get the new vaccine against dengue here in the US.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 22/04/2026
The Shadow Contract is a 4-part deep dive into how a US spy-tech firm landed a £330m deal for our NHS data. It’s a story about power, privacy, and you. 🔍 Listen now 👇 goodlaw.social/1e69ba
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Nice Fella... Reform UK MSP Jamie Langan has twice pressed the Scottish Government to safeguard the Guga hunt as a cultural tradition - defending a practice that involves young Gannet chicks being ripped from their nests and bludgeoned to death. #ReformCruelty
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David @dchandler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Every time someone makes an unforced error like this, I'm going to reflect on Coates' wisdom:
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Rees Cat Ophuls @reescatophuls.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Global Temperature Anomalies over the previous 365 days: * 93% over 1.3°C * 50% over 1.5°C * 8% over 1.7°C Back above 50% > 1.5°C, and climbing. Lots of 1.5°C markers will fall in the next few months: 4-year average, 1,000 days over 1.5°C, loess-30-year-trend #ClimateChange #GlobalBoiling
Graph showing percent of days (in the last 365 days) over various global warming milestones.
> X-Axis is the date 1st Jan 2000 until 1st October 2026.
> Y-Axis is the percentage of the preceding 365 days, which are above different global mean surface temperature (GMST) anomaly milestones.

Example
On 1st October 2026, the previous 365 days had:
* 100.0% days over 1.1°C
*  99.5% days over 1.2°C
*  92.9% days over 1.3°C
*  72.9% days over 1.4°C
*  50.1% days over 1.5°C
*  24.4% days over 1.6°C
*   7.7% days over 1.7°C
*   1.4% days over 1.8°C
*   0.0% days over 1.9°C

> The plot looks like a set of coloured waves, where each wave is a different GMST anomaly (0.2°C, 0.3°C, etc), and shows the temperatures increasing and decreasing over roughly 5 year periods, but overall they keep getting hotter over time.
> The Global Mean Surface Temperature Anomaly values, come from  Copernicus ERA5, and use the 1850-1900 "Pre-Industrial" baseline.
> This graphic is an update, to the ones I posted in September 2024, February 2025, March 2025, June 2025, November 2025, March 2026, July 2026
> How the graph was created:
https://parisagreementtemperatureindex.com/warming-tapestry-percent-days-over-milestone/
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 03/10/2026
🚨NASA CERES satellite data shows another 4-year average record for global Absorbed Solar Radiation. Earth's Energy Imbalance has more than doubled over the past 20 years. We've been trying to warn about this and the impacts for years, but few seem to care.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This was first reported by Russian state media, so make of that what you will.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A woman has just died of plague in Russia, allegedly after breaking a test tube in a lab. This article doesn’t specify, but others have said that it is pneumonic plague, which can spread between humans via droplet transmission. 200 people with whom she had contact are now under medical observation.
themoscowtimes.com
Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Public health and infection control have just spent most of a decade demonstrating their complete incompetence dealing with aerosol (airborne) transmission of disease. Given a new opportunity to grab for power, they are not going to suddenly end the turf wars and disinformation now.
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 02/10/2026
New York governor vows to close legal loophole after Cornell gang rape allegations
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New York governor vows to close legal loophole after Cornell gang rape allegations
Following public outcry over an alleged gang rape at Cornell University in 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul called for closing a loophole in state law that allows offenders to avoid rape charges if their victims were willingly intoxicated.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pretty clear, I think.
Chart: Monthly job creation in the U.S.
January 2022-September 2026
September's 29,000 net jobs created missed expectations, and estimates for July and August were revised down by 60,000 combined.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/10/2026
NEW: Emma Joyce died at 3 years old. The next year, her sister Ava Joan died. Then their brother died from the same complication of untreated diabetes that killed Ava Joan. Later, a fourth sibling died. Their parents believed in prayer, not medicine.
propublica.org
Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ex-WV police chief violently attacked a woman over an expired registration. Though innocent, she spent five days in jail before the charge was dismissed. He resigned and was decertified.
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CNN @cnn.com · 01/10/2026
A celebrated space telescope is rapidly dipping from its once-stable orbit and falling to Earth just shy of the 22nd anniversary of its launch. cnn.it/3TBFWsx
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are ruining our own institutions, which is sad for us and great for our enemies.
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Anne Cronin @annecronin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
FREE LINK > Pennsylvania has now reported a FIFTH measles death. Avril Silva has more here > www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Pennsylvania Reports Fifth Death From Measles in Widening Crisis
Pennsylvania has reported its fifth measles-associated death this year, as the US continues to suffer through its worst outbreak in decades.
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Measles cases top 900 in Pennsylvania as CDC confirms 2nd death Pennsylvania officials say people have died from measles in that state. Read more: bit.ly/4ADRexh 📷: Erskine Palmer / CDC
measles virus
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Stephen Trumbull @smtrumbull.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just sayin’!
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
France: The 2026 COVID vaccine rollout begins in mid-October as infections rise. "In the week of September 14-20, emergency-department visits for suspected Covid rose by 16% among children and 67% among adults" Source: www.connexionfrance.com/practical/he... Source: archive.li/SMq1h
 An article screenshot from The Connexion titled "Healthcare changes in France you may have missed in September 2026." Subheaded "Includes Covid-19 vaccinations and drug expiry dates," it features a photo of a doctor in blue gloves administering a vaccine to an elderly woman wearing a face mask.
The text below states that the 2026 Covid vaccine rollout will begin in mid-October in tandem with the seasonal flu drive. It notes that Covid infections have been increasing in September, with emergency-department visits for suspected Covid rising by 16% among children and 67% among adults during the week of September 14–20, though levels remain lower than in previous years.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 27/09/2026
Evil, just pure evil
Commissioner for Human Rights & X.com
@CommissionerHR
I am alarmed by the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Oleshky, a town in the temporarily occupied parts of the Kherson region of Ukraine.
Civilians, including children, are trapped without sufficient food, medicines, medical care, running water or electricity. Reports indicate that they face a high risk of death.
Under international humanitarian law, Russia, as the occupying power, has the duty to provide food and medical supplies and to facilitate humanitarian relief.
I call for an immediate local ceasefire, unhindered humanitarian access, and the safe evacuation of civilians.
The hardship and suffering of people caught along the frontlines of the war and in occupied territories demand international attention and action. #humanrights #Ukraine #Oleshky #Kherson
#HumanitarianLaw
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. (Published April 2023)
propublica.org
Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor
Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me tha...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. From the archives:
propublica.org
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
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Dr Elisa Perego @elisaperego78.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A few scientific facts. Covid is a multi-system disease with sequelae in all organs. SARS-CoV-2 didn't not disappear; actually a new variant is on the rise in multiple countries (PJ.2.1). It's not endemic. SARS-CoV-2 is airborne, namely it can spread and linger in the air a bit like cigarette smoke.
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Six babies born w/measles in PA, a potentially deadly condition. www.nbcnews.com/video/doctor... I spoke with a pediatrician in Utah who pleaded w/parents to give their newborn antibodies - mom had measles. He pushed & pushed & may have spared that baby's life. kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...
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Anguished Parents. Doctors in Tears. Utah’s Long Measles Outbreak Takes a Toll. - KFF Health News
Measles has been spreading in Utah for nearly a year, straining hospitals, schools, and parents. The state’s outbreak provides a glimpse into a new era in America’s health, in which vaccine-preventabl...
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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One of the most contagious diseases on the planet—measles—is having its worst U.S. epidemic since 1991. Prior to RFKjr, the US had one of the world's best vaccination records & lowest rates of measles www.statnews.com/2026/09/24/h...
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One of the most contagious diseases on the planet is having its worst U.S. outbreak since 1991
The CDC has added a single measles death to its online counter. In the last few weeks, four unvaccinated people have died from measles in Pennsylvania, according to state officials. But RFK Jr. has pu...
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Dr Ben King 🌍 @benking01.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Science Magazine @science.org · 25/09/2026
A devastating and mysterious algal bloom that hit the coast of South Australia last year, killing more than 600 different kinds of marine life, inflicted such severe damage that a famed population of the giant Australian cuttlefish might not recover. Learn more: scim.ag/4rrVhbz
One of nature’s greatest marine wonders may be about to vanish
An algal bloom has almost wiped out a unique population of giant cuttlefish—and their stunning mating swarms
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 25/09/2026
⚡️ A devastating report reveals Russia has killed 744 Ukrainian children and left over 2,300 missing. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
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Russia Has Killed 744 Ukrainian Children and Left Over 2,300 Missing in Full-Scale War
The UN session heard of forced Russification of children, militarization in occupied territories, and ongoing international efforts for their safe return.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/09/2026
NEW: Republican congressional candidate Brandon Herrera called single motherhood “irresponsibility,” laughed as a podcast host mocked single moms seeking assistance, and then argued against government safety nets.
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“It’s Irresponsibility”— Brandon Herrera Attacked Single Moms
Herrera made the remark before arguing against government safety nets.
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
RFK Jr's HHS is essentially withholding Covid vaccines from children from poorer backgrounds, amid a Covid wave. Important story from @melodyschreiber.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Delays in Covid shots for kids is latest bid by Trump officials to restrict vaccines
Administration is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11 states and one US territory
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CNN @cnn.com · 21/09/2026
The son of Cindy Crawford, Presley Gerber, has died at the age of 27, her representative confirmed to CNN. cnn.it/3TaSnvq
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Amanda Scott @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Of the more than 200,000 children that have been ordered removed under 2nd Trump admin, 70% were under the age of 13. There is no certainty that deported young people end up reunited with family and safe in their home countries. And Miller's family background? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children
Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 20/09/2026
The head of the Polish Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Security Bureau fell from a third-floor window of a building at the Polish embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and remains in critical condition
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
HMRC is an unsecured creditor for corporation and capital gains tax. It recovers little from bankrupt businesses. Phoenixing also robs the public purse. HMRC wrote-off £12.8bn in 2025-26. Changes to law and HMRC creditor status can raise billions for the public purse.
leftfootforward.org
Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/09/2026
This is Eugenics. Couple amping up the libido of their chosen specimens with their bid to lower the standards on human research subjects’ informed consent and mass deportation, and what other conclusion can be reached?
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Quick takes: -DRC Ebola emergency -Malaria deaths in Germany -7 new polio cases Read more: bit.ly/4hCRC6D.
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Quick takes: DR Congo Ebola emergency, malaria deaths in Germany, 7 new polio cases
African officials say the data don’t confirm that the Ebola outbreak has peaked, as cases near 7,500 and deaths top 3,600.
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Absolutely horrific: Thanks to a false intelligence "generated with the help of artificial intelligence," the US military nearly carried out an operation aboard a Chinese ship because the incorrect intelligence said it was carrying nukes, according to @cnn.com. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
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Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).
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