Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2hIt’s really remarkable to me that 10 years into this people feel compelled to “clarify” Trump’s homicidal and often genocidal fantasies. It is deranged for the president to daydream about American cities in states he hates getting blown up. Full stop. 1474118937
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Published today, there's a lot in Michael Lewis's new book we didn't know about. Including the NIH, unbridled assertion of power, cruelty, and many civil servant heroes (the "blockers") erictopol.substack.com/p/michael-le...erictopol.substack.comMichael Lewis: The NIH “Murder Mystery,” DOGE, and Our Government Immune SystemOur conversation on his new book BORDERS 512928
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 14h@erictopol.bsky.social Podcast with Michael Lewis about Blockers including an extensive discussion of the Francis Collins chapter. erictopol.substack.com/p/michael-le...erictopol.substack.comMichael Lewis: The NIH “Murder Mystery,” DOGE, and Our Government Immune SystemOur conversation on his new book BLOCKERS 13913
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out" 242104472418
Reposted by Slow A. Unsteadyjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/10/2026who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible 104103921744
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The collapse of our institutions in the face of fascism is really something to behold. Here, the American College of Surgeons, the largest professional organization for surgeons in the country, platformed Trump’s ousted FDA chief Marty Makary, letting him riff about the challenges facing healthcarefacs.orgFormer FDA Commissioner Martin Makary Examines Four Challenges Facing HealthcareFormer FDA Commissioner Martin Makary, MD, MPH, FACS, examines four challenges facing healthcare and opportunities to address them. 14344128
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyRick Claypool @rickclaypool.bsky.social · 18hSince Trump took office, @publiccitizen.bsky.social has tracked the admin's retreat from enforcement against corporate lawbreaking. Today, our new report documents the admin's cancellation of investigations, lawsuits, & penalties against more than *200* corporations. www.citizen.org/article/trum...citizen.orgTrump’s Cascade of Canceled Corporate Enforcement Against Over 200 Corporations - Public Citizen 8382218
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyRyan Stauffer @ryanswx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Haha, this fucking sucks. 281318428
Slow A. Unsteady @readskihikebike.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The atrocities are going to grow and grow. He is exactly the mold of every horror show dictator in history. 000
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Cavan Sullivan you magnificent bastard #USMNT 19679148
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyLea Leander @lealeander.bsky.social · 03/10/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...nytimes.com3 Billionaires Have Largely Funded Republican Nominee for Wisconsin Governor (Gift Article)Under its current rules, Wisconsin has not had a race in which a small number of donors have made up such a large share of a campaign’s funding. 5273118
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Not the worst outrage of this admin, not by a long shot, but diverting 1/5th of the NSF's research budget is awfulnytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by CongressThe move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 47544
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026MAGA stealing funds meant for scientific research… 0118
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyErin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The fiscal year is over. The dying Social, Behavioral, and Economic division of NSF ended up awarding 90 total grants this year, as opposed to ~700-800 in recent past years. Source: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses... 9489306
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyNicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 03/10/202689% of SBE NSF grants were never awarded!! My field (Cognitive Neuroscience) is included in this gutting, as are so many others. Plenty of horror stories in the same space are also coming from NIH. It’s not just delaying research; it’s labs shutting down and a next gen that won’t be trained. 15036
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It appears that the National Guard shot and killed an unarmed man (in the back). www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comAutopsy shows National Guard fatally shot Memphis man in the backThe report conflicts with the authorities’ initial account, which said Tyrin Johnson had been shot in the chest. 7723621271
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyKaty Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I❤️NY abc7ny.com/post/nyc-may...abc7ny.comMayor Mamdani holds hands with onetime rival Curtis Sliwa to get flu shot in Fort GreeneAn apparent bromance has continued to blossom for the one-time political rivals. 042
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally. 2921531961
Reposted by Slow A. Unsteady@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...cornellsun.comEDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We WillThe Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies. 372524784
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Measles can be eliminated. There should be zero deaths. 610439
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026There’s NO WAY anyone on earth thought that suddenly slashing resources for critical child/maternal health services, medicines, & control of TB, HIV, & malaria would cause zero sickness or death in low-income nations No sentient being could genuinely believe that Mass death/eugenics was the point👇 49331
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026When Musk AND Rubio said “not a single person” died as a result of shutting down USAID, I wanted to vomit An estimated 700,000 people died (500,000 were kids) within a year of USAID being “put in the wood-chipper” Studies by Brooke Nichols at BU and by CGD researchers estimated a similar number 510347
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyBrant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pathetic….. 1530222605795
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's one thing to be so incredibly incompetent as Eric Schmitt that your dramatic "GOTCHA" moment falls apart in real time. It is quite another thing to be so incredibly dishonest as Eric Schmitt that you then go on a right-wing show and pretend it didn't happen. "My job is to ask the questions."😜 39236891042
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadySahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED 62169731570
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 694279319545
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Things that Senator Eric Schmitt always confuses: Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Atlanta Hawks. A John Deer Tractor vs. A Dear John Letter. Washington State vs. Washington DC. Gorrillas vs. Guerrillas. Duke University’s Blue Devils vs. Arizona State University’s Sun Devils. 42450131013
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence: 2638210045726
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇 900264879106
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers” 299214125948
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports. 273128232110
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026As the midterms approach, I want to remind folks that pandemics have historically given rise to fascism The fear associated with death and disability on a massive scale makes it easier for authoritarians to seize power Vote accordingly Protect disabled & marginalized people. Get them to the pollspolitico.comFed study ties 1918 flu pandemic to Nazi Party gainsThe paper examined municipal spending levels and voter extremism in Germany from the time of the initial influenza outbreak until 1933. 3405201
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyDavid Daniel @daviddaniel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026First I fell in love with baseball, spending countless hours at Dodger Stadium, then going to as many other stadiums as I could. Then I fell in love with our national parks, visiting Yosemite first, then every park I could: Grand Teton this summer. If @mlb.com does this, I say goodbye, baseball.espn.comMLB, White House discuss playing game at national parkThe White House said in a statement that MLB asked the administration about hosting a game at a national park, adding that the National Park Service has not granted a permit to do so. 63586147
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Putin’s reward for bombing hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, public parks and museums and killing children is to get invited to the G20 Summit by Marco Rubio. 55792273513
Reposted by Slow A. Unsteadyevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...appleinsider.com 10220331029
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyDomestique @domestiquecycling.com · 27/09/2026🇺🇸 Brandon McNulty becomes 🌈 World Champion with epic solo raid The top five in the Elite Men’s RR in Montreal! Full results 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/cycling-r... 📸 Cor Vos 25410
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyHart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 26/09/2026💪Pope Leo XIV asked if he had anything to do with the White Sox going from 41-121 to the playoffs. His response: “No comment.”🇺🇸 542216189
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyJeremy Peterman𓅪 @jeremypeterman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Bruce Arena was hired in 2025 with the reason why he left New England kept under wraps. One year later, the Earthquakes chose to hire someone whose "mistakes" and "errors" have been widely publicized. It's 2026. Why is Gavin Wilkinson still getting jobs within MLS? #RCTID 1268
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyFreethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026 25465611805
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026"Don't play games with me" -- Sen. Kaine isn't buying it when Overton repeatedly refuses to directly answer questions about whether she's aware of discussions within the administration about rolling back tobacco safety regulations (she clearly is but doesn't want to admit it) 19045111288
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“What are the names of the ICE agents who killed our dad? Why do they get to be protected?” #AbolishICE 10159612395
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadySean @stholeary.bsky.social · 24/09/2026You can trace the decline of American society through DraftKings/FanDuel ads. In 2015 when they first infected sports, fans were so mad they stopped. In 2026 every league & network gets a cut, so fans are still mad but we're forced to suffer. The customer is always wrong, now. 701524280
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyDorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Trump Officials May Undo Nursing Home Mandates for Reporting Respiratory Diseases - proposed rule would remove notification requirements. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/b... via @nytimes.comnytimes.comTrump Officials May Undo Nursing Home Mandates for Reporting CovidThe agency led by Dr. Mehmet Oz is proposing an end to weekly tracking of respiratory infections at the facilities where thousands of elderly residents died in the pandemic. 11515
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Chinese media allowed at WH. American media banned in defiance of a court order. 45792503266
Reposted by Slow A. UnsteadyEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In all seriousness, really sucks that the “r-word” is back. I thought we moved on. But I am basically resigned to the fact it is back for good. People stopped caring after Elon bought Twitter and now fairly progressive people use it to be subversive or counterculture. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...ms.nowOpinion | Trump used an ugly slur against Tim Walz. Many on the right didn't mind.Eric Garcia: Note how few Republicans have criticized the president's rhetoric. 3029528