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Sonya Stokes, MD, MPH @sonyastoked.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Elon Musk says the destruction of USAID by DOGE didn’t cause children to die. With almost 200 children dead from Ebola during the current outbreak, me and my colleagues in Eastern Congo disagree. Here’s how to fight back: www.gofundme.com/f/support-rh... @celinegounder.com @faineg.bsky.social
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Donate to Support Rebuild Hope Africa's Fight Against Ebola in Congo, organized by Sonya Stokes
I'm Dr. Sonya Stokes, an emergency physician based in Californ… Sonya Stokes needs your support for Support Rebuild Hope Africa's Fight Against Ebola in Congo
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/07/2026
The Trump administration claims no one died as a result of its slashing of USAID. Our reporters traveled to refugee camps in Africa to find out if that was true. Listen to this conversation from @revealnews.org on “Paper Trail”:
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What Happened When Trump Officials Destroyed USAID (From Reveal)
Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · July 23 · 34m
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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Cockroach Democracy: Unarmed and Dangerous
Can all the people be fooled all the time? Can a country with a population of a billion-and-a-half be dragged around like a corpse forever? It cannot. The Cockroaches are out and about.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Researchers at UCLA and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health projected that the continuing absence of USAID funding will cause 4.5 million child deaths under the age of five by the year 2030 Via The Lancet
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Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
LUMUMBA IS BACK 🔥 The DR Congo superfan who stands still all game in homage to the country’s revered first prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, is back in the stands for DR Congo’s match vs. Colombia after missing their 2026 World Cup opener due to health and visa issues 🐆🇨🇩
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Vinay Prasad made collages of doctors wearing masks to shame them on social media and blame them for the lack of trust. He did stuff like this constantly all the time.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Future historian department: -Front page of today's NYT reports creation of world's first trillionaire. -Lead op-ed of same NYT is about worst-ever Ebola outbreak, which *this VERY SAME trillionaire* enabled, with his "chainsaw" destruction of US public health in the world. The book writes itself
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
These people were in Lenin’s term: “useful idiots.” They hold tremendous responsibility for amplifying and giving credibility to those who are now destroying American science, public health and medicine. And they’ll never express remorse.
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Emily (I'm not leaving) Feiner @emilyjaynef.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
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You Know What? Fuck You, John.
You know what?
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
In honor of Stephen Colbert’s final show, my cartoon when first hearing his show had been cancelled: open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
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Killing satire
CBS cancels The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, claiming it was "purely a financial decision"
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Katalin Karikó is one of the most extraordinary scientific stories of this era. A girl from a modest Hungarian household helped develop technology that saved millions of lives worldwide. In 2023, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries that enabled effective mRNA vaccines.
SHE WAS DEMOTED, UNDERPAID, AND IGNORED FOR 40 YEARS. HER
UNIVERSITY TOLD HER MRNA RESEARCH WAS WORTHLESS. HER COLLEAGUES STOPPED TAKING HER SERIOUSLY. SHE EARNED $50,000 A YEAR FOR FOUR DECADES. THEN COVID ARRIVED - AND, SHE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE.
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Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
New set out now Friends
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Hulk Hogan is America
YouTube video by Josh Johnson
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I used to feel a little bad that The Onion is about to surpass WaPo in print subs and stopped promoting the membership as a direct foil until today they came out with “Do POOR BABIES deserve DIAPERS???” so therefore
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Join The Onion
Don’t just read the news. Feel it. Be among the first to feel the news.
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Nicola Davidson @nicoladauthor.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Capitalists want young marriage and many children solely for a controlled labour force. People who are educated, live comfortably and are free to make choices are unpredictable and less likely to enslave themselves to employers.
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
You can’t do that to an American
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The @nationalacademies.org have lost the plot. As @joshuasweitz.bsky.social explains science is under siege and we are sliding towards a profound degradation of research and discovery capabilities in the US. What is wrong with these people. #VichyScientists, each and every one of them. 1/
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 05/05/2026
Maybe it’s a bad time to eliminate epidemiology in the United States.
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The cruise ship hantavirus outbreak is a warning sign to the U.S.
Leaving the WHO means the U.S. lacks access to necessary information about infectious disease.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
"a massive standoff occurred for the next several hours between police and the impromptu protesters until the early hours of the morning..." www.amny.com/news/ice-age...
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ICE at hospital: Masked agents drag man from medical center in Brooklyn, New Yorkers and cops injured in pepper spray chaos
An investigation is underway Sunday after chaos erupted outside a Brooklyn hospital where masked ICE agents brought a man after arresting him.
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Doctors & researchers close to UCSF are circulating a petition to block Vinay Prasad's return to the university. They cite: -suppression of scientific findings -allegations of abuse -harmful rhetoric attacking public health -conflicts of interest form.jotform.com/260836126659...
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OPEN PETITION TO UCSF LEADERSHIP
Please click the link to complete this form.
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Turn It Up To 11 @turnitupto11.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
At the time of its release, in April '88, Tracy Chapman's debut sounded like nothing else on rock radio. You'd hear Led Zeppelin, Tom Petty, Eagles. And then, Fast Cars. It was a breath a fresh air and reminded me of Joan Armatrading's work. The whole LP has aged well and remains relevant, powerful.
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Mike Feher @saxmike71.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Same energy:
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WIRED @wired.com · 22/04/2026
Political appointees wanted a quiet drawdown, the whistleblower says. DOGE wanted an execution.
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USAID Whistleblower Says It Was Even Worse Than People Knew
Political appointees wanted a quiet drawdown, the whistleblower says. DOGE wanted an execution.
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Purge Palantir @purgepalantir.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
"Palantir is not just a problem of profiteering from our national healthcare system— it's a fundamental threat to the democratic control of our public infrastructure + the privacy of every citizen. By giving our taxes to this company, we are aiding their operations everywhere." tinyurl.com/3ejuyv89
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We can’t trust Palantir with our NHS data
Is this really the company we should be entrusting with our health service’s digital architecture?
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Thank you for your courage to publicly address abusive language.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
A worker died at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon last week. For more than an hour, workers were instructed to continue working as the man lay dead. One worker wanted to help, but a manager told them to “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work," according to @thewesternedge.bsky.social.
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‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon Facility
A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 12/04/2026
What else am I doing to help Gaza? Well, I’m currently doing research and advocacy work around protecting civilians from being murdered by small drones (which is horrifyingly common today). Here’s a map I’ve made of verified drone attacks in Gaza: map.faineg.com/public/index...
Map of attacks on civilians in Gaza
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 08/04/2026
"The Alabama Solution" director Andrew Jarecki explains how inmates used contraband cellphones to bear witness to corruption and abuse in Alabama prisons
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 26/03/2026
"As a woman, to speak first, or even early, in the effort to push against injustice or to expose an ugly truth, is to risk scorn and, almost certainly, to undergo scathing attacks."
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Sinead O’Connor Was Right: It’s Time to Revisit Some of Pop Culture’s Most Maligned Women
Sinead O’Connor was right: An excerpt from Allison T. Butler's The Judgment of Gender: How Women Are Centered and Silenced in Pop Culture
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HIGNFY US @hignfyus.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
The Sharper Image really DOES sell everything! A brand NEW episode with Journalist @ari-shapiro.bsky.social and Comedian-Writer @harikondabolu.bsky.social is exclusively available to stream on the CNN app RIGHT NOW.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 21/03/2026
20 years ago today, Jack Dorsey posted the first tweet. A lot has happened since then, and Twitter isn't really Twitter anymore, literally and figuratively. That's why we created an archive to preserve the funniest, weirdest, and most memorable tweets in the site's tumultuous history.
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The greatest tweets of all time
Twitter’s best hits, preserved before it all goes down in flames.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
When you build a machine to target people based on gender, race, or any other identity, it ends up targeting Jews too. New deposition testimony shows a DOGE staffer flagged a Holocaust documentary—about Jewish women forced into slave labor by the Nazis—for termination. His reason is shocking. 🧵
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
ICYMI — one of Elon’s DOGE guys Justin Fox saying a documentary is “DEI” if it’s about how historical events impact led Black civil rights because it’s “not for the betterment of humankind”
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 04/03/2026
"The most effective consumer boycotts in history share two qualities: they are narrow and they are easy," writes @rutgerbregman.com
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Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman
As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
what a crazy night for sam altman to be like "yeah we got that dept of war deal, and there's no moral concerns here"
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media. Off the top of my head: www.thehandbasket.co 404media.co www.garbageday.email Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.
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The Handbasket
100% independent journalism by Marisa Kabas
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF
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BC Reality @bcreality.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Are you an US healthcare professional that has had enough of the regime? Are you looking for a safe landing for you, your family and career? British Columbia Canada is actively recruiting doctors and nurses and fast tracking credential recognition. See more here. news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
news.gov.bc.ca
British Columbia is taking action to attract doctors, nurses from U.S.
The Province is taking new steps to attract more doctors and nurses from the U.S. by fast-tracking credential recognition and launching a co-ordinated, targeted recruitment campaign.
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
senators only do this when they're in extreme distress
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WIRED @wired.com · 30/01/2026
Since last year, we’ve been reporting on ICE extensively. But every week brings new information, and it’s getting harder to keep track of what’s happening, let alone remember what’s already happened. So here’s a quick thread to help.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 27/01/2026
Two women have been charged with biting the fingers of U.S. Border Patrol officers moments after federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis over the weekend near the scene of an immigration enforcement action.
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Women accused of biting agents’ fingers moments after Alex Pretti was killed; one had tip bitten off
The biting occurred while the women struggled with the agents, according to the charges.
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Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
European lawyers are highlighting the USA for this year’s Day of the Endangered Lawyer—just a quick refresher about why
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John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
DreamHaven Books owner Greg Ketter emerging from a cloud of tear gas that ICE agents fired into the streets of Minneapolis.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 25/01/2026
It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 22/01/2026
A 5-year-old preschool student was taken with his father by federal immigration agents shortly after arriving home from school, Columbia Heights school leaders said Jan. 21.
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Preschooler and three other students detained by ICE, school district leader says
The detentions of Columbia Heights students come after weeks of heightened concern and enforcement presence near and on Twin Cities school property.
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Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
spending the long weekend on my magnum opus essay about ICE murders and protest and many white people’s determination to center their own fears right now—if you’d like it straight to your inbox in 24-72 hours pls sign up now xx cohen489.substack.com
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Planting Trees | Rachel Cohen | Substack
An action-oriented Substack focused on community and progressive movement-building, electoral and beyond. Click to read Planting Trees, by Rachel Cohen, a Substack publication with thousands of subscr...
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Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
21-year-old activist injured by ICE: I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Consensus reality has been under assault by Trumpism and by tech for years now. But it's important to underline that people are still putting their lives on the line because they believe it matters. www.theverge.com/policy/85905...
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People are fighting for the truth in Minneapolis
Ordinary civilians aren’t playing along with Trump
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