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JoAnne HG

@themidsis5.bsky.social
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Retired Science educator, environmentalist, birder, hiker

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 01/10/2026
Driving storms across the center of the country broke daily rainfall records, and flash floods prompted water rescues and evacuations. What was Hurricane Polo has combined with a massive storm system trudging east, stretching from Colorado to Iowa.
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yeah, people died young, if they lived past childhood. The republicans, led by RFK Jr. are trying to move back to that?
Column chart of US life expectancy at birth from 1800 to 2020 by decade. Life expectancy in 1800 was less than 40 years; by 1850 around 40; by 1900 47; with increases each decade up to 2010 when it was just under 80 years. 2020 showed a slight drop due to the Covid pandemic. Data from CDC, NBER, and Our World in Data. Graphed by Peter Gleick.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 31/08/2026
📈 The summer COVID surge has started and cases are on the rise. ✅ If you have risk factors for progression to severe COVID illness and have symptoms, get tested 🧪 so you can get treated 💊 COVID treatment decreases risk of severe illness and hospitalization
Table titled "Example of high-risk factors for progression" with two columns: "Example health condition" and "Example therapeutics." Health conditions listed include age 75 years or older; fewer than 1% peripheral B cells after at least 6 months of treatment; congenital agammaglobulinemia; hematopoietic stem cell transplant within 2 years or with active graft-versus-host disease; hematologic malignancy on therapy; HIV infection with CD4 count below 200; other severe primary immunodeficiency; solid organ transplant; and solid tumor on treatment. Example therapeutics include B-cell–depleting agents within the past 12 months (such as rituximab, ofatumumab, ocrelizumab), CAR-T therapy within the past 12 months, abatacept, tyrosine kinase inhibitors (such as imatinib and ibrutinib), high-dose corticosteroids (equivalent to at least 20 mg prednisone daily for at least 4 weeks), and anthracycline derivatives. A note states that the listed therapeutics are examples that predispose to substantial immunosuppression.
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Tasha @toshyou.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
NO media 1000s are marching in DC to defend voting rights; 90 orgs signed on, Reuters sent photographers, but local media Bernie Sanders, AOC and Martin Luther King III attended Wa Post buried it A Black-led march is visible in DC only after somebody else reports it Repost the march they buried
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NPR @npr.org · 14/08/2026
Officials in Alaska are warning that ice melt from a glacier high above the capital of Juneau could pose a threat to homes and businesses in the inundation zone.
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Juneau anxiously holds its breath as glacial floodwaters rise
Officials in Alaska are warning that ice melt from a glacier high above the capital of Juneau could pose a threat to homes and businesses in the inundation zone.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
A person could now be released while gravely ill because of mistreatment, neglect, or inadequate medical care while in the facility and die shortly afterward. That death even though it was caused by ICE would no longer appear in ICE’s public post-release reporting.
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Detainee Death Reporting
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Deb Houry @drdebhoury.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
And I'm proud to stand with you @altcdc.altgov.info @firedbutfighting.bsky.social with integrity, courage, and service as we do what we can to protect and support the health of our communities and those serving on the frontlines
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
They don't want you to know the REAL reason Social Security is in trouble But I'm going to tell you anyway. 👇 robertreich.substack.com/p/they-don…
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
BREAKING: Judge Sullivan just granted my Motion for Preliminary Injunction, ordering Todd Blanche to produce TO THE PUBLIC, on or before July 2nd, specific UNREDACTED Epstein Files documents or show cause as to why they should not be produced. Details to come! www.courtlistener.com/docket/73246...
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#15 in PHANG v. BLANCHE (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-01417) – CourtListener.com
ORDER granting 9 Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Signed by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on 6/25/2026. (lcegs1) (Entered: 06/25/2026)
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Whoa! Well done, Katie!
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 25/06/2026
Destroy the research ecosystem. Undermine scientists. Cut funding for the institutions that run clinical trials. Then somehow be first in line for access to the next breakthrough drug. Amazing how quickly "government waste" and “fake science” becomes indispensable. Clots and prayers,Yam Tits. 🤡
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Eli Lilly gave extraordinary obesity drug access to a 79-year-old patient. Who was it?
Exclusive: STAT has learned that Eli Lilly and the FDA allowed a 79-year-old to gain extraordinary access to an experimental obesity drug through the agency’s “compassionate use” program.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Friends, they’re not even trying to hide their voter suppression. ⬇️
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
"Martin" is a proud dad of 3. "I've worked in CAs strawberry fields for 26 yrs. While the cost of everything else has gone up, our wages have not. The season's starting to wind down. Soon I'll have to search for any type of work I can find, to provide for my family." #WeFeedYou M
A worker in a strawberry field holding a box that will be filled with strawberries
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Alert. You just have five more days to submit comments to the Park Services about Trump's massive "Triumphal Arch" nightmare. parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm...
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ParkPlanning - Triumphal Arch - Section 106 Assessment of Effect and Draft Programmatic Agreement
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10/06/2026
When the Artemis program was first announced, the claim, all over the website, was that the landing mission (which has since been shifted from III to IV) would include "the first woman and the first person of color" to walk on the Moon. Last year, that language was deleted from the NASA site.
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NASA scrubs promise to land first woman, first person of colour on the moon from web pages | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign to eliminate diversity efforts and language from government organizations has officially reached the moon, with NASA erasing references to its promise to land th...
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
If this bozo was Secretary of Defense before D-Day, he'd have warned the Nazis when and where the invasion of Europe would be so they'd be ready.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Let’s follow the money and see where it goes. A company tied to Donald Trump Jr. secured a $620 million Pentagon-backed loan commitment after the White House pushed the deal forward.
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The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.
About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company.
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Alt-NIHscience4ALL @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info · 30/05/2026
#AltCitizen Task alert!!!!!!! A guide for responding to the recent OMB RFI.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Around 40% of ocean shipping is fossil fuels. So many things will get better when the fossil-fuel era ends. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Only 0.5% of 90,000 oil slicks reported over five-year period, analysis finds
Pollution incidents reported between 2014 and 2019 were compared against scientific study that used satellite imagery to count slicks
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
RFK Jr. has fired the two leaders (Dr. John Wong and Dr. Esa Davis) of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force the expert panel that determines which medical screenings and preventive services insurance companies must cover at no cost to patients under the Affordable Care Act.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Two stories this week. Sunday's Christian nationalist day of prayer was meant to celebrate America's 250th anniversary. Our nation's founders would be rolling in their graves. And Trump insiders are profiting off war planning through prediction markets. Both deserve your attention.
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This Week In The Big Picture
On Sunday, the Trump administration held a Christian nationalist day of prayer on the National Mall as part of its 250th anniversary celebrations.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
President Donald Trump demanded the replacement of the Senate parliamentarian in a lengthy social media tirade Wednesday, under the belief that she’s obstructing passage of the voter suppression-filled SAVE America Act, and other legislation he supports. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump calls on Senate to fire parliamentarian to pass the SAVE America Act
Replacing the parliamentarian would pave the way for Trump’s SAVE America Act voter suppression bill to pass more easily through Congress.
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Melissa Sanchez @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Delighted and shocked to learn last night that we won a National Magazine Award for some of our immigration reporting - including our story on how the Venezuelan men Trump sent to a Salvadoran prison were tortured, and on the dramatic midnight raid in Chicago. 😃 www.propublica.org/atpropublica...
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ProPublica Wins National Magazine Award for Public Interest
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 20/05/2026
A test sampling of Lake Michigan, the Chicago River and other waterways across Illinois found tiny plastics present, posing potential threats to human health and damage to the environment, according to an advocacy group.
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Microplastics found in Lake Michigan, Chicago River, other Illinois waterways
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 17/05/2026
Native American tribes say their sacred sites are being damaged by federal contractors building more walls along the U.S.-Mexico border. The construction has accelerated after the Trump administration waived cultural and environmental laws.
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US-Mexico border wall construction is desecrating sacred sites, Indigenous leaders say
Indigenous leaders say that federal contractors are desecrating sacred Native American places and cultural sites at an unprecedented pace in the rush to build more walls on the U.S.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Everyone said Trump was manipulating the stock market for personal gain. Turns out you were right. New financial disclosure forms released today by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics show Trump made at least $220 million (and potentially up to $750 million)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
So not only did TN Republicans strip Memphis of representation, Speaker Sexton is also stripping Dems of committees for protesting it. Watch fascism work. www.wsmv.com/2026/05/12/m...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
How dare he, after all the damage he’s already done.
Screenshot of a tweet from @CBoThe (C-Bo the Eggman) sarcastically telling MAGA followers they found an immigrant stealing their benefits, quote-tweeting @Mbakaza's post about Elon Musk calling Social Security and Medicare "entitlements" and saying they're "the big one to eliminate." Musk is shown on Fox Business with the chyron "Musk: Don't Want America to Go Bankrupt."
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Science Magazine @science.org · 09/05/2026
Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. scim.ag/4tsDqRr
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After USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school
Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Just a reminder that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was called, "An act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Shame on the Supreme Court for what it did today. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-supr…
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The Supreme Court Republicans Make America Safe for White Republicans
Their decision today is dishonest and shameful
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Neil Steinberg @neilsteinberg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Got that right. Read “Boss Lincoln.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/04/2026
Whitehouse filets Zeldin: "You even set up a special polluter email address that give polluters a drive-up window for exemptions from the Clean Air Act"
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The John Roberts Court has done more to reduce the political power of poor people and Black people while enlarging the voting rights of rich people and corporations than has any court since Roger Taney was Chief Justice in the 1800s. I opposed his nomination in 2005, and I stand by that.
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Rockland County, NY, gave a $77 million data center tax break to JP Morgan Chase to create exactly one job. On a dollars-per-job basis it appears to be the costliest subsidy in U.S. history, possibly even a world record nysfocus.com/2026/04/20/d...
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This Data Center is Getting a $77 Million Tax Break to Create One Job
No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com · 20/04/2026
This week’s main story is about prediction markets – platforms where you can bet on basically anything, from the weather to the war in Iran – the legal and moral questions posed by their existence, and why someone needs to take Shayne Coplan sweater shopping. The purple isn’t working, Shayne!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/04/2026
Rep. Clay Fuller suggests Eric Swalwell should be executed
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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Quite literally Nazi propaganda.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for. Details here: newrepublic.com/article/2092...
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Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go?
Four huge media conglomerates forked over $63 million in “settlements” earmarked for Trump’s presidential library. Democrats are trying to track that money—and the latest developments don’t inspire co...
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 17/04/2026
"Mann and Hotez seek to explain how we arrived at a moment in which anti-science disinformation has become, in their words, 'orchestrated,' and credible scientists are recast as public enemies." Wendy Wagner reviews "Science Under Siege" by Michael E. Mann & Peter J. Hotez.
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From Endless Frontier to Enemy of the People: The Assault on Public Science
A review of Michael E. Mann & Peter J. Hotez, “Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces That Threaten Our World” (Public Affairs, 2025)
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/04/2026
Ossoff: "Trump apparently promised pardons for entire WH staff, which is what you do when you run it like a casino. Maybe the West Wing is too busy placing bets on the war to care, but American are getting hurt...in Trump’s America the well-connected get stock tips & everybody else makes sacrifices"
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Contrary to public perception a huge % of pregnant teenagers in the 1990s were impregnated by adult men. The younger they were, the larger the average age gap between mother and father was. Fixing teen pregnancy was in part a clampdown on statutory rape. That's what conservatives want to reverse.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
If you go to Facebook you can comment on the U.S. Forest Service’s recent post. They’re calling out our movement because major businesses are now speaking up and that’s got them rattled. They’re spreading lies to sell you on their demolition of the Forest Service. Don’t buy it.
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Katherine Clark @whipkclark.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Today, House Democrats tried to bring another War Powers Resolution to the floor. Republicans blocked us. As gas prices soar and troops are put in harm’s way, the GOP continues to be complicit in this reckless war.
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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
A handful of traders are getting rich quick on insider information. It’s gross that while working Americans are being weighed down by the cost of Trump’s war, others are embracing open corruption.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/04/2026
New piece from @elienyc.bsky.social on why impeachment in the House now is a good idea, Senate be damned. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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We Have 2 Weeks to Stop Trump From Committing New Atrocities
It is up to the American people, and our elected representatives, to use every legal means available—from impeachment to protest.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
House Republicans blocked Democrats’ attempt to pass an Iran War Powers Resolution, refusing even to allow a vote.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 07/04/2026
In case you forgot, the corruption of the trump family and his presidency is staggering and will be studied for decades. The next president needs to seize the Qatar jet back…and hold govts to account. My latest video: youtu.be/vPpe6uFaJO4?...
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