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Steve Mirsky

@stevemirsky.bsky.social
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Retired layabout. ❤️🇨🇦 Former staffer, current contributor at Scientific American. www.scientificamerican.com/article/…

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Steve Mirsky @stevemirsky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Republicans think it's "normal" to back a Senate candidate who was indicted for securities fraud, was impeached by members of his own party, was accused of bribery by his own aides and was sued by his wife for divorce "on biblical grounds" after a long-running affair.
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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Beautifully written essay
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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"The closer autocrats come to their end, the more frenziedly do they build. Nero embarked on a golden palace before he was driven to suicide. Marie Antoinette built a model hamlet before she was beheaded. Hitler pored over architectural plans in his bunker during his final days."
theguardian.com
The desecration of DC: from a giant arch to a nuke-proof bunker, Trump’s legacy-building blingfest is an architectural atrocity
A bloated ballroom, a six-storey military HQ, a helipad-cum-cocktail patio, a gilded angel on a giant arch honouring himself … our architecture critic deplores the decorator-in-chief’s mutilation of W...
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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So what if Trump “bans” CNN, MSNOW & POLITICO from the WH? Hearing him lie in person is the least important part of their jobs although they treat it as the most important. No journalism ever happens there. Reporting Watergate, I don’t think Woodward & Bernstein ever stepped foot in the White House.
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Steve Mirsky @stevemirsky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Play-by-play person in the women’s pro baseball game just said the ball landed in no man’s land. #WPBL
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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Nut. Job.
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
JFC The VERY first thing Dems should do if they win the midterms is impeach this impossibly dangerous crackpot.
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Steve Mirsky @stevemirsky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Springtime for Hitler and Germany Goosestep's the new step today bombs falling from the skies again Deutschland is on the rise again
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Elon Musk supported the rising neo-Nazi party in Germany. He’s the number one funder of Republicans in the midterms. He’s supporting fascist agitators in England. It’s long past time for anyone who supports democracy to leave his propaganda website. It’s time to boycott X.
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Sabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
inspired by @davelevitan.bsky.social and @astrokatie.com, I looked back at how the mid-aughts headlines promising Mars colonization by 2020-something have aged over the years, and what lessons we might take from this defector.com/lets-remembe...
defector.com
Let's Remember Some Publications That Said We Would Get To Mars By 2026 | Defector
Good science journalism is by its nature suspicious of grand or outlandish claims. Good science journalism does not take press releases at face value, but rather investigates the evidence behind those...
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Tommy Tomlinson @tommytomlinson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So here's a quote from @pablo.show that applies to not only his Clippers investigation but the best of what journalism can be: www.nytimes.com/athletic/756...
"I think that we have the ability to do something that the rest of our culture is yearning for, which is make people who are too rich to care about anything resembling the public interest worry that maybe they need to tell us the truth."
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Steve Mirsky @stevemirsky.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
theonion.com/google-maps-...
theonion.com
Google Maps Introduces Crawling Directions For Cyclists Hit By Truck
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—Touting the new feature as yet another innovation to help every traveler get where they’re going, Google Maps on Thursday began offering crawling directions for cyclists who have bee...
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Chris Edelson @chrisedelson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
jd vance and rubio have also lent their support to the AfD. vance met with its leader. truly disgusting stuff at the highest levels of trumpism.
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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
JFC. Absolutely amazing to see how invisible the effects of car culture have been on so many of those who should be leading the way out of its grip. Imagine discovering the problems of walkability for the first time because of E bikes and scooters. Resisting the urge to bang my head on the wall.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Steve Mirsky @stevemirsky.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The legendary Astor Place hair joint in NYC.
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Steve Mirsky @stevemirsky.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Found in a drawer.
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Steve Mirsky @stevemirsky.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings In the rooms of her ice-water mansion, Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams, The islands and bays are for sportsmen. And farther below Lake *Ontario*, Takes in what Lake Erie can send her.—G. Lightfoot
static.klipy.com
Edmund Fitzgerald Lake Freighter
ALT: Edmund Fitzgerald Lake Freighter
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton is credited in at least 37 research papers on the COVID vaccine, including the first phase I trial results published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2020.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Canadians were our friends until Trump came along. He and the people who support him are loathsome creatures.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Just the authoritarian leader of a government that's engaged in wars at home and abroad, praising the "good genetics" of the young blonde man in uniform at his political event. But it's nothing like fascism because Trump doesn't have the mustache, see.
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yolanda7712.bsky.social @yolanda7712.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This is a man who I guarantee has never been present for any of his children's doctor visits when they got their vaccinations. #USpoli
Trump lying about childhood vaccinations.
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Dick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Climate change helped set the stage for the Covid pandemic. How is this possible? A major Nature study found warming is actively reorganizing which viruses meet which hosts.👇
nature.com
Climate change increases cross-species viral transmission risk - Nature
Changes in climate and land use will lead to species aggregating in new combinations at high elevations, in biodiversity hotspots and in areas of high human population density in Asia and Africa, driv...
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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 15/08/2026
More mad-emperor bullshit.
washingtonpost.com
Navy weighs major warship redesign to match Trump’s preferences
The president wants the new fleet of aircraft carriers to more resemble those from World War II. Such a change could cost billions.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
And now up at Balloon Juice: balloon-juice.com/2026/08/10/r...
balloon-juice.com
Balloon Juice - Reality's Well Known Liberal Bias, mRNA Vaccine Edition
This is a good news update. Which means I’m ignoring the pathetic, dangerous farrago seen in the Oval Office today—the one in which noted microbiologist Donal Trump announced his decision to expose Am...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 10/08/2026
Important: Trump’s executive order is NOT legislation. Though the executive order promotes more misinformation about vaccines, nothing has changed about the availability of childhood vaccines. For evidence-based guidance, please follow and share American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations.
AAP Recommended Immunization Schedule
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
There is no reason to do this — it purports to “solve” something that isn’t a problem by pretending one exists it’s a bad-faith effort to undermine provably safe, effective, and trusted vaccines
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Steve Mirsky @stevemirsky.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Just found these in a drawer where they’ve been sitting for maybe 40 years. Clipped from milk containers. If I’d gotten 16 more I think I could’ve traded them for an upper deck ticket at Yankee Stadium.
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Steve Mirsky @stevemirsky.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
“I predict that [RFK Jr] will cling to power like a tick after this year. There will be no consequences for him…just for the scientists he torments, and for the children who will die.”
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Dan Why-Ner @danweiner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Brittany Apgar who was born small right forearm, half of a palm and no fingers on her right hand and had 12 surgeries by the age of 4 got a new prosthetic this week and went 2-4 with an RBI in her Women's Pro Baseball League debut tonight (as a batter, pinch ran in the opener).
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Steve Mirsky @stevemirsky.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social Mentioned in passing deep in the article: “The driver, 40, was interviewed by police and not immediately charged. The record on the car includes three speed-camera tickets since 2024.” nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/30/a...
nyc.streetsblog.org
Attorney General James To Act On Illegal E-Motos After Latest Fatal Crash
The Attorney General will issue a consumer alert to combat illegal e-motos, after a 17-year-old died in Lower Manhattan.
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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Well, *someone* in this clip is certainly a total disgrace
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I’ve treated thousands of COVID patients who needed to be hospitalized but I’ve never seen a single person who needed to be hospitalized for a complication from a COVID vaccine. Cause these people are always lying.
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National Center for Science Education @ncse.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Benjamin Santer, 2026 Friend of the Planet Award recipient, writes about Trump's attacks on the National Academies of Sciences. thebulletin.org/2026/07/amer... #climatesky
thebulletin.org
American Nero: Why Trump is trying to burn down the National Academy of Sciences
Carnage in pursuit of power, revenge, personal financial gain, and ego.
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This editorial is indeed blunt, in your face, sweary, and absolutely 100% correct. I'm happy Science published it. It needs to be spread far and wide, because it strips away all the usual mealy-mouthed crap when it comes to discussing Trump and makes it clear who he is and what he's doing.
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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 23/07/2026
The letter also attempts to restrict federal funding for bike lane projects and refocus congestion relief programs to highways only. We're governed by morons who hate cities.
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Steve Mirsky @stevemirsky.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Today at the #TourdeFrance
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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Does anyone trust the FDA anymore? A post from food safety attorney Bill Marler on the ways the Trump administration handicapped the FDA and CDC and bungled the cyclospora outbreak. (And I will still not eat bagged salad from Taylor Farms).
marlerblog.com
FDA's Cyclospora Positive Yesterday Is a False Positive Today. The Victims Ate the Evidence in May.
Yesterday the FDA told the press, and then its own advisory, that a sample of shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms de Mexico had tested
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Steve Mirsky @stevemirsky.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🐄 🔔
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Trump is an adjudicated rapist. He is a known long-term, close associate of the boss of a global trafficking and child rape business. He is personally corrupt to height that rivals Putin. And he is the absolute leader of the GOP. Anyone with aspirations to living a moral life cannot vote R.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
RFK Jr. et al. are accessories to child murder. That sounds crazed, I know. But (but—self promotion alert—as I write in my new book A Pox on Fools) what he's doing is a crime already known in the mid-19th c., when England's top doc. termed vax. rejection "omissional infanticide."
penguinrandomhouse.com
A Pox on Fools by Thomas Levenson: 9798217155002 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An urgent and profound history of vaccine skepticism, seeking to understand how our three most common fears about vaccines hardened into a lethal ideology—from a leading science writer “Brimming...
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Sammy Sussman @sammysussman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
If you know something about the Sat night incident involving the NYPD commissioner's unmarked car and a cyclist, please reach out! Streetsblog was one of the first to cover this — we still want to hear from New Yorkers about what they saw. Email: sammy@streetsblog.org Signal: @sammysussman.01
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026
I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.
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Steve Mirsky @stevemirsky.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Oooh, I’m a woke commie!
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/07/2026
This is the most purely anti-American thing I've ever heard a politician say, but the media is too obsessed with 3 DSA candidates winning local elections in NY to pay any attention I guess.
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Wonkette @wonkettemedia.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Studies: Tylenol Doesn't Cause Autism, MRNA Vaccines Are Perfectly Safe, And RFK Jr. Is A Ridiculous Person www.wonkette.com/p/studies-ty... By Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social
wonkette.com
Studies: Tylenol Doesn't Cause Autism, MRNA Vaccines Are Perfectly Safe, And RFK Jr. Is A Ridiculous Person
... who believes ridiculous things.
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
There has been nothing like this level of interconnection, conflict of interest and outright corruption in the entire history of the presidency. I worry about younger people who might not understand how stunningly aberrant the Trump administration is. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...
nytimes.com
The Key Ways Trump’s Financial Interests Intersect With Government Policy
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