Auntie Smithbrainz @smithbrainz.bsky.social · 2mAnd yet Important People (tm) continue to take his every bad-faith utterance as though it’s an Important Thought (tm) worth consideration instead of garbage that should get him shunned by decent folks everywhere. 000
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzThomas (he/him) @thomas--72.bsky.social · 8hHe won't. He saw he needed to say it. But like every check he will dodge writing it. 011
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 10hmore than a million people in los angeles county voted for trump in 2024 2246451
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzMs . Penny Oaken @skywitchy.bsky.social · 12hPSA for News Junkies When the President of the United States uses a transphobic slur and in your reporting you don't [REDACT] it, You help him incite harassment, assault, and terroristic violence targeting transgender people 14016
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzMoxie Meow @moxiemeow.bsky.social · 12hDid you know that Covid can literally REDUCE YOUR INTELLIGENCE by damaging your brain? If you don't like that prospect, note that you CAN avoid catching Covid through consistent and correctly fitted masking in public. It's not inevitable. tinyurl.com/covidiq/tinyurl.comCOVID-19 Leaves Its Mark on the Brain. Significant Drops in IQ Scores Are Noted.Research shows that even mild COVID-19 can lead to the equivalent of seven years of brain aging 164
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzElon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 13hSusan Collins's antisemitism did not get enough attention. "I don't think it's a coincidence that ProPublica has as some of its funders George Soros, Donald Sussman, and other [pause] left-wing billionaires." 1398131
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 13hA very strange political tactic trying to make villains of pediatricians— a group generally respected by most everyone and depended upon and still very trusted by most parents. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...nytimes.comTexas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation. 14339146
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15hJust a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 22785712697
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 15hThere is a tendency after high profile sexual violence to turn every conversation to prevention. Resist that temptation. It allows perpetrators and those who enable them to escape accountability. And every prevention program is undermined by a context where violence happens without consequence. 219950
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16hThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Roy Moore’s push to restore an $8.2 million defamation verdict over a 2017 Senate race ad funded by a Democratic-aligned super PAC. apnews.com/article/roy-...apnews.comSupreme Court rejects Roy Moore's push to restore $8.2M defamation verdictThe U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Roy Moore’s push to restore an $8.2 million defamation verdict awarded to him over a 2017 Senate ad. 391377389
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzFunranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 04/10/2026We normally mention her work as part of why the fluoroscopes vanished from shoe stores. Yes, it's fun and all to let kids see their toes wriggle inside their shoes but not the best idea. In my field, she is far more important for her work at Hanford. 620457
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzUniversal Hub @universalhub.com · 17hMan sought for South Huntington sucker punching www.universalhub.com/crime/2026/m... #Boston #JamaicaPlain #crime 043
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It's shocking this is not shocking: "The UK’s largest private-sector employer is offering up to three days of paid leave which can be taken flexibly for activities such as attending court hearings, arranging emergency accommodation, changing locks, securing childcare or separating finances."theguardian.comTesco is first supermarket to offer paid ‘safe leave’ for victims of domestic abuseExclusive: Britain’s largest private-sector employer has also trained managers to spot signs of domestic abuse 11814203
Reposted by Auntie Smithbrainzacabylon 👻👻 BOO 👻👻 @acabylonbee.bsky.social · 19hif you were wondering how he only served 13 months in prison after raping multiple minors, it's because he served zero jail time for raping multiple minors. the only jail time he served was for financial crimes covering up sexually abusing children. he kept his congressional pension up to now 8519193
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzBellingcat @bellingcat.com · 18hWe are aware of an individual using a UK number on Telegram and WhatsApp under the name “Antony Kevin” to seek assistance recruiting journalists and analysts working on Syria. They claim to work for Bellingcat, but do not. Please disregard requests from them and contact [contact@bellingcat.com]. 0320152
Auntie Smithbrainz @smithbrainz.bsky.social · 18hI remember asking around in early 2025 about insurance coverage for vaccines (& other things) if the feds changed recommendations. I got shrugs. Somebody get me my Cassandra tee shirt already. 010
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzTim Pierce @unchi.org · 18hNow this is how you write a god damn headlinereuters.comDennis Hastert, former US House speaker and admitted child molester, dies at 84Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican US House of Representatives speaker who later admitted to sexually abusing boys as a high school wrestling coach and pleaded guilty to charges arising fr... 1469
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 20hEpstein victim's family speaks out against Colorado Republican Jeff Crank: "My sister Virginia was one of Jeffrey Epstein's victims... After she died, we promised to carry on her fight, but our own Congressman Jeff Crank refused to meet with us... He repeatedly voted to cover them up." 4231130
Reposted by Auntie Smithbrainztomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 19hPalm Beach County Republicans say they have a duty to campaign for Mike Caruso, who is charged with molesting a young relative and has a second accuser. The state party already dropped him. The locals found their loyalty and misplaced their shame.rawstory.comLocal GOP insists it has 'duty' to campaign for Republican charged with child molestationThe Palm Beach County Republican Party isn't distancing itself from suspended Clerk of Courts Mike Caruso, even though the state GOP has said it won't support him after he was charged in August with m... 2109
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzChronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 19hI haven't tried it, but I'll just leave this here 2011830
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzDelthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 23hThe Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded for discoveries in neuroscience. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann & Georg Nagel were recognized for work on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, a technique using tiny lights to activate neurons in the brain www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...nytimes.comNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Discoveries in Neuroscience (Gift Article)Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were recognized for their work on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, a technique that uses tiny lights to activate neurons in the brain. 04314
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzThe Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 21hKaroline Leavitt has landed a job at Fox News, barely 24 hours after her old boss spent the morning ranting about the network. thedailybeast.comKaroline Leavitt Gets New Job on Network Trump Just FlamedThe former press secretary left the White House just a month ago. 6266
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzInnsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 21hThe thing I think about a lot was that he wasn't even a powerful pedophile like we picture the concept, an Epstein situation in a secluded redoubt with unlimited wealth, he was just a coach who molested athletes and the levers still turned to protect him 215021
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzThomas (he/him) @thomas--72.bsky.social · 21hWarnock for Senate Majority Leader. 011
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzMike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 23ha look at the dramatic contraction in information jobs since the release of ChatGPT @soberlook Tech employment down, edu & health up... female job gains over male in recent years thedailyshot.com/sub... 815244
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 23hTo me, this indicates Alito has some understanding of the political nature of his job and conditions on the ground right now. (He clearly wants to overturn Obergefell and would do so at the drop of a hat if at all possible.) 3165
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A goal of this administration being achieved: “American pre-tax corporate earnings have grown by $1.2trn, or 30%. … And yet taxes on corporate profits have collapsed.” www.economist.com/finance-and-... h/t @talsmith.bsky.social 8468220
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzRaw Story @rawstory.com · 04/10/2026Outrage erupted Sunday after Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) openly admitted to his plan to block the seating of a Democratic congressional candidate should they win in November.bit.lyOutrage as MAGA lawmaker openly admits plot to block seating of Dem candidate: 'Shameful'Outrage erupted Sunday after Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) openly admitted to his plan to block the seating of a Democratic congressional candidate should they win in November.As reported by the New York Post on Saturday, Burchett was planning to block the seating of Democratic congressional nominee Dari... 167948
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzNatacha @natacha.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is what Burnham’s pensions cut is going to do. This pensioner is living on just one meal a day.inews.co.ukI'm a pensioner living on one meal a day – ending the triple lock will destroy meTracy Birrell, 68, is just £7 over the threshold for pension credit so has to survive on the basic state pension. She fears plans to axe triple lock will make life even worse 0229
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzUniversal Hub @universalhub.com · 04/10/2026#Roslindale holds its 50th annual parade www.universalhub.com/2026/roslind... #Boston 0197
Reposted by Auntie Smithbrainztomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 04/10/2026Eric Schmitt was warned the Jack Smith texts were unverified. He used them anyway, accused Smith of perjury over a Hawks game, and the text said "Is 109 Row 1 reserved for Jack?" Row 1 exists in College Park, where Caitlin Clark scored 38 that night. His verdict: "Not a mistake." It never is.politimix.substack.comEric Schmitt Is Never WrongHe accused Jack Smith of perjury over a game in the wrong state, after his own party's staff warned him, and called it not a mistake. That is the pattern, and two men did 71 years inside it. 2127
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Simon Andriesz, British banker and whistleblower who exposed Howard Lutnick's many ties to Jeffrey Epstein, was found dead last week of an apparent suicide, raising many suspicions, especially due to his last social media post. www.rawstory.com/howard-lutni...rawstory.comHorror as final post of banker who outed Howard Lutnick’s ties to Epstein resurfacesThe final online post of a British banker who reportedly died by suicide shortly after outing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s business ties to Jeffrey Epstein left several critics speechless on Su... 20318161
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzAndrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026No matter how bleak things may seem, just remember that in the 1960s the US Coast Guard received reems of earnest letters begging them to save those poor castaways on Gilligan's Island. 17646108
Reposted by Auntie Smithbrainzctcnews.bsky.social @ctcnews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026📰 The U.S. Coast Guard has found a debris field linked to a Canadian-registered air ambulance that disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston. Six people remain unaccounted for as search crews continue operations off Nantucket.... 📡 Read full story here 👇ctcnews.caCoast Guard finds debris from missing air ambulanceThe U.S. Coast Guard has found a debris field linked to a Canadian-registered air ambulance that disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston. Six people remain unaccounted for as search crews continue operations off Nantucket. 022
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The WH is probably spinning up a million right wing trolls to post about Aaron’s age in response to this 3175979
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzThiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 04/10/2026'When these dimensions are blurred, high-impact or hyped findings can overshadow weak evidence, while rigorous but incremental work is undervalued. Moreover, perceived Impact is often inferred from journal prestige rather than the intrinsic merit of the research itself'journals.plos.orgDiscovery Stack Pilot demonstrates the feasibility and outcomes of a scientist-designed peer-review model that separates quality and impactThe modern form of scientific publishing often incentivizes overstating results to maximize perceived impact at the expense of ensuring rigor. This study tests the Discovery Stack model, which seeks t... 042
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzTerre-Strial @terre-strial.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Scientists confirmed a new species … a tiny octopus, first spotted during a deep-sea expedition near the Galápagos Islands in 2015, nearly 1,800 metres below the surface … a new species, Microeledone galapagensis … its unusual blue coloring may help it stay hidden in the darkness of the deep ocean. 4987186
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“It’s this kind of scenario… that several physicians told me ranks among their most troubling cases. Each told me a version of the same haunting story: A patient with a treatable cancer delays standard care for an unproven alternative, only to return once the disease has metastasized.”nytimes.comDying Patients Are Inundated by Misinformation. My Dad Was One of Them.Cancer patients are being persuaded to spend tens of thousands on unproven treatments by alternative-medicine clinics. 415367
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzRuth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026Between menopause and a lengthy Covid-related illness, the brain fog I experience can be very debilitating, affecting my memory and my ability to draw concepts together when I write. Although the other impacts I still occasionally experience can be painful, the brain fog is what upsets me the most. 1153
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzComics in the Spooky Age 🧛♂️🧟♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Young people today could never possibly understand how much this scene of a vampire kid floating outside a window absolutely scared the crap out of me in 1979. 9728
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzWhite Plains Rich @whiteplainsrich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026She can't tolerate living with this lying philanderer, but wants you to spend the next six years with him.  If that isn't the essential essence of the GOP, I don't know what is. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comAs She Divorces Ken Paxton, His Wife Urges Texans to Vote for HimIn a new ad, Angela Paxton tells voters to focus on the “whole team,” not “individual players.” 72725195
Reposted by Auntie SmithbrainzAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president… 277168695849
Reposted by Auntie Smithbrainzjkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“You shall mark many a duteous and knee-crooking knave that (doting on his own obsequious bondage) wears out his time much like his master’s ass for naught but provender, and when he’s old, cashiered,” said Iago.” Or, in Cotton’s case, not yet old. 042