Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/10/2026So we are clear, "Russia Russia Russia" was *never* a hoax. 32879242851 1
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 15/10/2026It is so heartbreaking that we are at this place. “The doctors at Golisano Children’s in Hershey reached out to a retired pediatric infectious disease physician who had previous experience with measles before it was eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. “The learning curve has been steep,” Gavigan said”nbcnews.comPennsylvania doctors are seeing what measles can do to previously healthy, unvaccinated kidsThe virus is proving it can attack multiple organs, including the gut, liver, lungs and brain, even in children who were previously healthy. 36740 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Paxton is bought and paid for 16140071649 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/10/2026FWIW, I refer to this as "closing the hardball gap." It's the idea that asymmetric adherence to norms is itself destablizing, and that norm-breaking can/should be done in democracy's defense. This is a bit dated but it gets at the basic point: 44995179 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialBen Harrap @bharrap.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Between conference sessions and social events, you're basically doing 12hr days All the while your inbox piles up, so when the conference ends you're stuck playing catch up I like conferences but I do not like this part >:( 4123 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 15/10/2026sciencebasedmedicine.orgDr. Jay Bhattacharya on Measles: “I Think I’ve Done My Best.”As football coach Bill Parcells famously said, “you are what your record says you are”. 361892744 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026Tapper: "How worried are Republicans about Paxton losing? Well, we've apparently reached a brand new campaign stage where the VP is insinuating that the Texas Democratic Senate nominee, James Talarico, is gay ... not exactly the sign of a party convinced they can win on their record or ideas" 68980661780 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I realize it often feels like nothing matters anymore, but a comedian going on SNL and calling women whores— calling the ordinary women he sees at the gym *whores* — because of their clothes matters to me. It’s really gross, and I’m glad Levy said something. 835431973 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/10/2026RFK JR. continues to deceive his MAHA followers as he lets the FDA give big food a major win, adding toxic chemicals directly to food without a safety review. 66531 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I do not think an exec branch led by a man who thinks he is entitled to treat federal agents as an arm of his firm, refers to Somali Americans as “garbage” and has said racist things specifically about Omar is capable of neutrally applying the law to her, to put it mildly apnews.com/article/ilha...apnews.comFederal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources sayFederal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter. 14974311770 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026There will be a lot of equivocating about all the times search warrants have been executed on members of Congress for corruption investigations and the like, and it can't be stressed enough in how many ways HSI raiding Ilhan Omar is extremely not like that. 3547341549 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialKevin Gaughen 🇺🇸 @gaughen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The Kremlin intelligence psyop that has been poisoning American politics for decades is literally burning. Ukraine removed all the Russian bots on social media just in time for the US midterm election. Ukraine really is defending the entire free world! Thank you, Ukraine! 💛💙 x.com/youranoncent...x.comAnonymous (@YourAnonCentral) on XDrone strikes hit three Yandex data centres in four days as Ukraine responds to Russia's attacks 20560159 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic. 476201667088 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is a disaster. The ethics committee in Denmark that approved the Guinea-Bissau study which will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine “had never considered medical studies before but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one”. Four members of the committee have resigned in protest.theguardian.comControversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-BissauRecommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers 721819862 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialBen Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Whoever wins the governorships in the battleground states will certify the 2028 presidential election. There are election deniers running, in Wisconsin and elsewhere. We've got to beat them. My new NYT op-ed:nytimes.comOpinion | Want to Avoid Another Jan. 6? Defeat These Republicans. (Gift Article)The 2028 election is on the ballot right now. 221135491 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 10/10/2026In one stupid phone call to Putin on his birthday, Trump gave him EVERYTHING. He normalized Russian fuel exports, showed contempt for the Lindsey Graham Russian sanctions act he just signed into law, shifted blame to Ukraine, and gave Putin a lifeline by allowing spare parts for his refineries.🙄🤬 9204105 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialBlake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 10/10/2026It’s striking that the GOP has a massive cash advantage even when Trump is currently causing lasting harm to the US and global economy. What does that say about the interests of capital? 1945887 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialCongresswoman Yassamin Ansari @repyassansari.bsky.social · 09/10/2026These agents are wearing disguises and masks, randomly shooting innocent people. They even posed as electricians in Phoenix last month to arrest a man in his own home. There's no end to ICE's cruelty and cowardice. We need to abolish and prosecute this rogue agency. 15626 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026 6953688210228 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialOrangey Snicket @wooble.geoffreyspear.com · 09/10/2026Billionaires who want to do nothing instead of wanting to destroy everything would have been a refreshing change, though. 0464 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 08/10/2026BREAKING NEWS: RFK Jr. to give 1.6M in CDC funds to allow his Danish friends to harm African babies in unethical trial. We will be launching ways to fight back in just a couple hours. GET IN, DORKS. We have an unethical study to stop! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...rollingstone.comCDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study 417484 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialAida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Yup! #USDemocracy #Pinks 16459232 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialDuncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Every day, hundreds, and now sometimes thousands of Russian soldiers die at the contact line, for a pointless war driven by Putin’s ego & desperation to be remembered as a “strongman.” Frustrated that he can’t win, he bombs Ukrainian citizens. This is a war crime. But Ukraine will outlive him. 1435391 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialCongressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Trump and his sons quietly moved 20 billion crypto tokens into an account that lets them cash out. Corruption, plain and simple.washingtonsun.comIs the Trump Family Preparing to Cash Out on Its Own Crypto?President Donald Trump and his three sons have taken a step that would permit them to sell World Liberty Financial’s digital tokens. 581258544 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 06/10/2026In much of America, a year of childcare costs more than a year of in-state college tuition. Parents are basically paying a second rent just to go to work. That's not a personal failing. It's a policy choice. It’s time to guarantee childcare for every family. 312425 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialPeter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 06/10/2026So the sea is boiling, the earth is scorched, the fish are dying, and the actual plague is back. All sounds rather biblical. Still, at least we’re continuing to maximise shareholder value.static.klipy.comMoses: The Ten CommandmentsALT: Moses: The Ten Commandments 0101 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If you want to see Trump unchained, unfettered, and unrestricted, keep Republicans in charge of the House and Senate. But if you think Congress should have a role in stopping a war, addressing chaotic tariffs, or protecting health care, then vote for Democrats. 1212333 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialCarole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Voyager 1 is running on less memory than a single photo in your camera roll—69 KB. Its data is saved to an 8-track tape & software was developed when "the cloud" was in the sky. NASA sends commands and the old thing answers. And yet your brand new laptop freezes because you opened too many tabs. 892023607 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026There's a takeover of the American news industry going on, pushed by Elon Musk, the Ellisons, the Saudis and others. Democracy is impossible if the truth is buried under right-wing propaganda, so we've got to push back against this "media capture." My Stop the Presses newsletter.stopthepresses.newsAmerican oligarchs and foreign fatcats are attempting ‘media capture’Your access to real news is threatened by Elon Musk, the Ellisons, the Saudis, and others 28910367 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I said this in a NY Times story last week about the WA millionaire tax, but let’s bring back shame. Even if billionaires don’t know it’s wrong to do shit like this, they should know it’s embarrassing.fortune.comGoogle co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | FortuneThe state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax. 491678234 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse. 20463272909 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026 4853321255 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026From a discussion of updating a department website... 934670 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just a reminder that the Secretary of Defense is a dangerous idiot 1716050915 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialKevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 30/09/2026As someone who has taught both causation and logic: if "understands causation and logic" is what distinguishes humans from machines, we're cooked. 1396 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 30/09/2026On top of this not only are they hoarding the gold, they are STEALING from programs & funding that is meant to save lives & support those who need it the most. What's the definition of evil again?... 27616 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 30/09/2026We need a War on White Collar Crime 57425 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialPrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/20265 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables 843765966 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialScreamliner Ontario @mostlyharmless.northsky.social · 29/09/2026What Abdul said. Every word. 037786 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it. 538160004459 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialTheresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 28/09/2026I show the receipts. #NIHpsychologicalscience.orgNIH Employees Lived in A Culture of Fear, So They Started Keeping ReceiptsSylvia Chou, former NIH program director, says “nobody’s OK” after massive disruptions to funding policies and infrastructure. 02010 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialSenator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 28/09/2026I joined several Senate Democrats in demanding the Trump Administration abandon any plan to exert political control over NIH’s grantmaking process. I urge my Republican colleagues to follow suit and work with us to protect science-based medical research. 63112 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Not making it up: Just boarded a Southwest flight and as I passed the cockpit, pilot and copilot were telling a flight attendant about being furries. Regrettably for the intellectual powerhouse that is the U.S. senator from Alabama, in the next breath they started laughing and called him an idiot. 271114137 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialspleenly @spleenly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It was the what the fuck are we even doingest of times... 245086 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialAndrea Joy Campbell @ajcampbellma.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Communities shouldn't have to live in fear that ICE is going to show up in their streets and rip their families apart. It's cruel, it's dangerous, and it's being funded by our tax dollars. Enough is enough. 211131 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialDavid Mack @davidmack.pro · 26/09/2026The laws that make this possible need to be struck from the code and replaced with new laws that make clear the Constitution applies without exceptions at the U.S. border, as well. 111040 0
Reposted by @mikelvy.bsky.socialCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure. 5843511194 0
