Reposted by Sharon CalhoonChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality. 5240871280
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/09/2026The man who won't let you have paid sick leave or health care returns to Congress after getting free health care and 90 days paid sick leave 863166585268
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The overriding motivation of this administration is fear. Fear of questions, fear of transparency, fear of the American people. 591453351
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026The first item on a typical Amazon search results page is 29% more expensive than the best match for your search. The top row is 25% more expensive. The best result is usually on the second screen, somewhere around the 17th position: pluralistic.net/2023/11/03/s... 34/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Big Tech’s “attention rents” (03 Nov 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 2268115
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 31/08/2026He doesn’t understand you and he doesn’t want to. His billionaire friends need data centers, and the GOP thinks your backyard belongs to them. 1231252425
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonMichael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 31/08/2026If you can't get along with Canada, you are really not very good at diplomacy. 1343298
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonAdam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 30/08/2026Biden managed to enact laws that Republicans voted against but then would go on to claim credit for in their home districts. Trump pushes policies so unpopular that Republicans do whatever they can to avoid talking about them in their home districts. 310728
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/08/2026Costco runs it's own rigorous food inspection program. And they didn't bend the knee on DEI. Plus, they dropped Callaway Golf after their horrific ad depicting violence against women. And they are refusing to carry trump meat. So that's where I'll be shopping. 573153333722
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonJeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 12/08/2026‼️ Another 1000-YR Rain Event In fact, in some cases it exceeded the criteria by almost 2X. Catastrophic #Flood underway, Flood Emergency for #Indiana in Cambridge City, near New Castle, South of Muncie, east of #Indianapolis. Stay safe folks, turn around don’t drown! 0348
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonAdam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 10/08/2026Anti-vaxxers (and anti-vax-curious types) are out in force today spouting lies. Lies about vaccines. Lies about the companies that make them. Lies about the doctors who recommend them. Despicable lies about Anthony Fauci. It's a day for scientists and doctors to be brave and speak clearly. 0494
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonCrackTheYank 🏴💙 @cracktheyank.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Summer Reading 😂 1697112249
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonAnnalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026FYI there is no "real" reason why Rome "fell." Its power waned for the usual, mundane reasons: widening gap between rich and poor, inability to maintain infrastructure, incompetent leadership, pointless wars, endless persecution of marginalized groups who performed vital labor, etc. 13063771412
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/07/2026Oh look. Texas also made voter registration errors. They were caught and fixed, all without needing the SAVE act or a national voter roll database. CRAZY. www.kxxv.com/news/local-n...kxxv.comElection errors found in Texas voter database ahead of November electionA campaign worker found errors in Texas's voter database. Here's what it means for McLennan County voters ahead of the November election. 195116463907
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026We’re all focused on gasoline prices but don’t sleep on what’s happened to mortgage rates since the Iran war began 47728
Reposted by Sharon Calhoonpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 22/07/2026it does actually sound like taylor farms and the white house teamed up to try and blame taco bell for the outbreak. unprecedented corruption 246109934411
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonAmy Colleen @amycolleen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026well I heard there was a cyclospore that found its way to the grocery store but you never eat lettuce before it goes bad, do ya well we needed a scapegoat for it all and Taco Bell, it took the fall but Taylor Farms was the one who sold it to ya hallelujah 512331
Reposted by Sharon Calhoonbioreconstruct @bioreconstruct.bsky.social · 17/07/2026A nearly-straight down aerial photo of Tree of Life in Disney's Animal Kingdom. 0204
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonMichael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 14/07/2026The Strait of Hormuz was opened every single day of the eight years of the Obama administration. And we didn't have to bomb anyone to achieve that goal. Iran also never acquired a nuclear weapon in those 8 Obama years. And we didn't have to bomb anyone to achieve that goal. 13508178
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/07/2026THE TRUMP EFFECT: The USA just lost to Belgium in the World Cup Round of 16 by a score of 4-1, right after Trump personally called FIFA to clear star striker Balogun to play. Sports fans are calling it the Trump curse. 1/ 62571281543
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/07/2026If we want to clean up Trump’s mess and prevent future Trumps from taking power, we must make major changes to our broken political system. Here are the 10 reforms necessary to get anything done. 972149657
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Taking a hit for the team: Watching Caligula at Mt. Rushmore. The "idea" part of the speech, read from script, is extended, Joe McCarthy-toned denunciation of Communism as the era's greatest threat. Recall that his three closest chums internationally are: -Putin -Xi Jinping -Kim Jong Un 501227284
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/07/2026CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @dccartoonist.bsky.social ) #BribeForceOne 220145613925
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Stock trades by President. The blatant corruption is just staggering 503153606864
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonDr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 28/06/2026What *actually* works — right here, right now — to address climate change? Here you go. This is the result of thousands of hours of painstaking research and analysis from the Project Drawdown team. 46999502
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonAtticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 24/06/2026think about what you can do in your own sphere to extend respect and dignity to others. 4546
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonJeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Today was the hottest day ever on record in France (nation avg). Parts of Paris hit 108°F, other cities hit 112! All-time France records total 214 this week! And the UK had its hottest June day ever at 97°. Few have Air Conditioning! #europe #heatwave (image via infoclimat) 616368
Reposted by Sharon Calhoon💉Josh Rubin, MD @drsandman11.medsky.social · 19/06/2026Have they tried giving the algae $300 billion and control of the reflecting pool 3387
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/06/2026As the screwworm spreads... Remember that Elon Musk’s DOGE cut $15M from a screwworm monitoring program. And we're now learning that Trump’s USDA delayed a project to develop new ways to contain the parasite and held up construction of a monitoring facility. The incompetence is dangerous. 19349121752
Sharon Calhoon @scalhoon.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I cannot imagine the current president saying anything like this. Ever. 010
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Elon Musk’s DOGE cut the federal government’s screwworm monitoring program, which cost $15 million. Now, the Trump administration is preparing to spend $1 billion to combat the screwworm outbreak. Never forget how destructive and downright stupid DOGE was. 25871992800
Reposted by Sharon Calhoondavidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 03/06/2026The Biden Admin prosecuted the leaker 441487334
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 03/06/2026The worst heat pump is more efficient than the best gas boiler. A gas boiler turns one unit of energy into less than one unit of heat. A heat pump delivers 3 to 4 units of heat for every unit of input. More in future Substack long read. Sign up here: janrosenow.substack.com 511032268
Reposted by Sharon Calhoonbioreconstruct @bioreconstruct.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Aerial photo of Test Track's outdoor run in EPCOT. 0212
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonBonhoeffer's Child @bonhoefferchild.bsky.social · 30/05/2026The two things that unite MAGA, Christian Nationalism, and “Conservative” Christianity … is the shared belief that being absolute jerks to people is a virtue, and a shared lust for the right to hate others. 4299
Reposted by Sharon Calhoon💉Josh Rubin, MD @drsandman11.medsky.social · 23/05/2026Abraham Lincoln Enjoys Most of “Our American Cousin,” Misses Act 3 2415
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonAkshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 22/05/2026"Consumer sentiment measures how confident people feel about their financial situation and the broader economy, making it a gauge of economic health. Introduced in the mid-20th century, it reflects opinions on both short- and long-term economic prospects." This is US data. 02311
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonAdam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 19/05/2026My 4-year-old does not see the object on the left as a toy phone; it's utterly foreign to him. The piece of cardstock on the right is what he pretends to be a toy phone. 7647
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16/05/2026You're entitled to your own opinion. You're NOT entitled to your own facts. #BelieveTheScience What he said 💯 👇 👇 👇 593249356703
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 13/05/2026On NSF’s postdoc page, the biology and earth science fields have been completely eliminated; the only remaining fellowships are in math, astronomy, engineering, and “entrepreneurship.” Weird choice not to support research on the life support system for 8 billion people. www.nsf.gov/funding/post... 16627324
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonUnbreaking @unbreaking.org · 13/05/2026If you follow the news, it’s obvious that the Trump administration’s approach to immigration “enforcement” is a violent, chaotic mess—constitutional violations, street killings, abuse of detainees. But what they’re doing in the background is also extremely bad. And it affects SO many people: 1/6 13622
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 12/05/2026That is what Bluesky is...yet many who I've encouraged to move here complain "the content isn't interesting" + "they don't see what they want" ... not realising that anywhere else it is spoon-fed to them by an algo with an agenda, whereas here you do a TINY bit of legwork to find the feeds you like! 8575
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Hey legacy media, how many times does Trump have to fall asleep in the Oval Office on-camera before y'all start questioning it? 591550383
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonAtticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 04/05/2026I know we talk a lot about Trump but when it comes down to it the man can pick a squirrel out of a lineup of a lion, a bear, an alligator and a squirrel. That's damned impressive. 11797
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/05/20261. Flip the Senate this year 2. Block all GOP SCOTUS nominations 3. Hold the Senate and elect a Dem POTUS in 2028 4. Kill the filibuster 5. Pass HR1 6. Pass 18 year term limits on SCOTUS 7. Fill the 5 new vacancies with liberal justices 8. Have nice things 873117133209
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonNE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 02/05/2026thousands of colleges and universities in the US and not one of them have asked us for a commencement speech. we give you one anyway. 1636388
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 01/05/2026Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry declared a state of emergency, not for a natural disaster, but to redraw district lines and erase a historically Black seat. This is what election manipulation looks like, and they're doing it in plain sight. 18242561692
Reposted by Sharon CalhoonGregory Laub @greglaub.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Thinking you can ace a dementia screening kind of explains why you were asked to take it in the first place 459037
