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Kevin Hutson

@mrjabba.bsky.social
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Software engineer; Life long soccer supporter and player; disc golf is life. PDGA member #102006; Balcony gardener github.com/mrjabba mastodon.cloud/@mrjabba

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
@helenbranswell.bsky.social was probably the only person on here who each year closely tracked/posted US pediatric flu deaths—always covering every change for past seasons, too. these threads never got much notice or attention, but she kept writing them because she believed they should be reported.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Symbols matter. White House isn't a palace. Kennedy Center is for the general public to enjoy. We don't have a triumphal arch in DC because that's imperial. We don't put the president's face on money because it's monarchical. It's about tearing down everything that says we're a democratic republic.
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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton rose from poverty to stardom. She gave $500 to every student in her hometown who finished high school; she built hospitals & bald eagle preserves; her Imagination Library has gifted 300 million books to children. Roger Ebert met her and came away thinking she was a literal angel. RIP.
“In Dallas for the premier of '9 to 5', I had an uncanny experience, and on the plane home to Chicago I confessed it to Siskel: I had been granted a private half hour with Dolly Parton, and as we spoke I was filled with a strange ethereal grace. This was not spiritual, nor was it sexual. It was healing and comforting. Gene listened and said, "Roger, I felt the exact same thing during my interview with her." We looked at each other. What did this mean? Neither one of us ever felt that feeling again. From time to time we would refer to it in wonder.”
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Literally nobody, including MAGA, had any ideological commitment or pre-existing policy goal of picking a fight with Canada. This is all happening solely because the crazy old man randomly blurted it out. And that makes it worse. There's nothing to negotiate, no aim to satisfy. He's just insane.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/07/2026
I 100% have not changed a single goddamn thing about how I write here in the age of "AI." I write how I write. If the "AI" writes anything like how I write, it's because it stole from me. I'm gonna use any punctuation I like, and if it looks "AI"ish to you, you can go fuck yourself.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Again, what right wing Republicans and Democrats call "socialism" is the sort of regulated capitalism that was consensus for much of the 20th century. They pretend it's anti-market when really it's only anti-oligarchy
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Kevin Hutson @mrjabba.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Earlier this month I had my first successful sugarbaby watermelon harvested from the balcony pot. It was fantastic. Though I admit being spoiled to seedless.
A sugar baby watermelon cut in half.
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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
If TV and movies have taught me anything, I think someone's gone back into the past and fucked up the timeline, and now we're going to have to send someone else to fix it.
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Kevin Hutson @mrjabba.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
*Verify your age* Fires up PS5 only to play Ms Pacman.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Who could have guessed that putting a conspiracy theorist with no experience and his fringe allies in charge of public health would be a calamity?
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Dr. Céline Gounder @celinegounder.com · 09/07/2026
Washing produce lowers Cyclospora risk but doesn't remove it. Michigan: ~1,000 cases in 2 weeks. The FDA lab check for it got switched off in 2025 to save $. CBS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGQb3Naz-gg Read: www.celinegounder.com/p/cyclospora-…
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U.S. Soccer Men's National Team @usmnt.ussoccer.com · 04/07/2026
The Best of U.S.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Damn. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: a snail climbs up onto a frisbee laying in the grass. The snail says, “what a strange flower…” Panel 2: the frisbee is lifted off the ground by a person standing outside of the frame. The snail, still perched on the edge of the frisbee, remarks, “eh?” Panel 3: the snails eye stalks are blown backwards as it is suddenly thrusted forward. From the snail’s perspective, it looks like stars stretching radially from the center, as if traveling at warp speed.
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
There is an endless cycle in Western society where we don't understand the mechanism for a disease, so we blame it on personal choice or "bad thoughts" or poor parenting or lack of willpower or whatever. Diabetes, cancer, depression, anxiety, ME/CFS, etc.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 06/05/2026
I have said this before and I will say it again, but it is my firm belief that given the blatant and naked corruption exhibited by some members of the Roberts Court, decisions of the Roberts Court should not be treated as precedentially binding on later courts.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Alright nerds listen up. In the last ~24 hours this little stand has sold about 40 plants. FORTY. There was a huge spike in traffic after I posted to our neighborhood's cantankerous facebook group. Want people to plant native plants? Make it easy for 'em. Hot damn.
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Kevin Hutson @mrjabba.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Grateful for friends with too many seedlings. Welcome! A cultivar of basil that supposedly doesn't bolt. We shall see. Invincible mint plant lurking to the right. #gardening
Basil plant in a grow bag covered in mulch. On an upstairs patio. A wine bottle being used for watering.
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CEO of Beckett Mariner @kariizumi.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Pope Leo is the first Pope to have ever experienced the US healthcare system, so there's that
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Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I also have to point out that the most expensive space telescope (JWST) cost about $500 million/year. We spent 1000x that much on AI development in 2025. Data collection is essential for discovery...and it's remarkably cheap compared to many other things we do routinely. 🧪
"Three years of wonder" graphic summarizes the first 3 years of discoveries from JWST.
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Kevin Hutson @mrjabba.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I stumbled across another GoodReads alternative today. Hardcover. Attractive UI. hardcover.app/home I was easily able to export GoodReads data there.
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We're a social network for book lovers to find life changing books, track what you read & want to read, and connect with passionate readers.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis. Say bad things are bad.
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Kevin Hutson @mrjabba.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
How I'm getting out of 2025
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a man in a space suit is smiling and waving
Alt: a man in a space suit is smiling and waving
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
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NPR @npr.org · 17/11/2025
Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over.
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Ken Burns' 'American Revolution' will make you think differently about U.S. history
Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over.
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lookcaitlin @lookcaitlin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
#1986 rb.gy/gqp7l4
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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 31/10/2025
It’s a sad day when a judge has to order the President of the United States to feed vulnerable families and hungry children with funds already designated for that very purpose.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/09/2025
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 22/08/2025
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 05/08/2025
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying “comedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is “the President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/07/2025
I would be ashamed not to stand up for trans folks, not just because there are trans folks I like and love, but because everyone should get to live with the same personal freedom and dignity I get simply for existing. Who are we if we do not wish for others every right and privilege we have.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
“Superman is too woke!” Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:
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Reuters @reuters.com · 25/06/2025
Schoolteacher Christian Grey scores dream goal as amateur Auckland City hold Boca Juniors to a draw reut.rs/44fFyBd
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Schoolteacher Christian Grey scores dream goal as amateur Auckland City hold Boca Juniors to a draw
Christian Grey, a 28-year-old physical education teacher from New Zealand, scored against Argentine powerhouse Boca Juniors at the Club World Cup on Tuesday, offering the amateur side a fleeting moment of jubilation to make their participation in the elite tournament worthwhile.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 31/05/2025
** Evidence You Might Be In A Cult ** You follow one charismatic Leader. In your Leader’s mind, your Leader can do no wrong. In your mind, your Leader can do no wrong. Your Leader demonizes dissidents & outsiders. Loyalty's the ultimate measure of your devotion. You don't know you're in a Cult
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
BREAKING: In a serious blow to US pandemic flu preparedness, HHS has cancelled a contract with Moderna to test and license prototype vaccines for #H5N1 #birdflu and other potential pandemic viruses. In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
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HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics
HHS has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract for vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics.
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Kevin Hutson @mrjabba.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Love the flowers on my walks. Courtesy of the neighbor's sidewalk patch.
Purple flowers zoomed in
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
If you think COVID vaccines should continue to be available to all: take 5 min and add your comments at the link below. (Advice for what to say in the linked thread.)
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Nikki T in NYC @nikkitnyc.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
You do NOT have to accept this! Post on the public comments to pressure them to NOT do this! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/04/2025
Don't get excited. But maybe you can get a little excited about the possibility of getting excited. (Also, this is exactly the sort of stuff the current administration is planning to defund. Fuck those dudes.) Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...
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Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet (Gift Article)
Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.
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Kevin Hutson @mrjabba.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Spent some time with this dude today. Good boi. Eating insects for me. Changed colors on the bars to show off as well #gardening
Lizard guarding strawberry plants Lizard guarding strawberry plants
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Kevin Hutson @mrjabba.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Despite recent neglect, spring is giving me new fruit soon. Home grown strawberries taste is delish.
Strawberry plant with green unripe fruit. In a five gallon grow bag
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