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Boston Tom Levenson

@tomlevenson.bsky.social
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Science writer. New book: A Pox on Fools arrives in May 2026. Preorders www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/80… Professing science writing at MIT. Spouse & dad. Servant to 2 feline overlords...All opinions mine.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 09/10/2026
Navi Pillay receives the news while at the Courtroom 600, Nuremberg Palace of Justice The speech is worth listening to. Video by Sec Gen, Amnesty International, Agnes Callamard
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 22h
This. I wouldn't mind a bit if Pope Leo added some thoughts.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
begging with all my heart for more Democrats running in this election cycle to pick up what Jon Ossoff is putting down CALL 👏 THEM 👏 NAZIS 👏 TO 👏 THEIR 👏 FACE
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 22h
If Coyote had been Lynx I'm not sure Road Runner would have stood a chance.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 22h
2/ IOW...this is a back door path to the ultimate goal: banning vaccination in the use. Kids are already dying who could so easily have lived. It's going to get worse. RFK Jr., Trump, and the Republicans: Making Microbes Great Again.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 22h
This is true, & at the same time worse than simply advanced RFK Jr.'s agenda. This sets the stage for exposing vaccine makers to civil suits w. no liability limits. That's what the current vax injury program replaced...becoz unlimited liability had forced all but 1 vax maker out of the market.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.
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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If you're interested: www.scribd.com/doc/27237114...
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Client Challenge
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I do not believe that this senator takes prisoners. And I am so here for that.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yes.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Rubio is such a pathetic little worm.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Exactly. And now that you mention it, I wouldn't be surprised at all if it came out that Hegseth as a kid tortured small animals.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This one never gets old.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There is are reasons why the Brits did away with the Tyburn Tree as public spectacle/entertainment. Hegseth is about to remind us of why they did so. My gifts for language escape me. I cannot come find the words to express my disgust, loathing, contempt for those involved and shame for us all.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Thread. I did not have on my by 2026 bingo card that the Department of Defense would go into the snuff film business. My mistake. For all my assumption of the deep moral bankruptcy shooting through the Trump/GOP nexus, I did not fully grasp the depth of their embrace of evil.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I am and while I do not love my repre, I agree with him on this. A
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hegseth is indeed a despicable human.
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Machu Pikacchu @judet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So I guess everything old is new again, huh?
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
See, e.g., the triangle player at 54:49:
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Beethoven's Ode to Joy - Symphony No. 9 "Choral"
YouTube video by Singapore Symphony
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I may be completely off base here, but I regard the orchestral triangle player with the same envy I feel for the now-lost role of the LOOGY. You show up, you wait, you do your job then sit down. Yes, the pay scales are different, but they seem analogous niches in incredibly competitive fields.
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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So exactly like the original Confederacy.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's not something I've focused on, but it makes sense.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The US has performed racist faux “experiments“ before. I’ve long believed that the Tuskeegee Experiment marked the end of such horrors. That deliberately withholding care was understood as a crime against humanity. Even given all we know about RFK Jr. & Trump, I’m shocked And ashamed.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This goes on the list w. using polio vaccination to track bin Laden—& the Tuskegee Experiment—to create lasting distrust of the US and likely public health more generally. It’s a ridiculous study to begin with, and will likely cause more suffering from the reputational effects than it does directly
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I’ve been watching Neaghly, and yesterday I got to the episode where one of the bad guys says of one Neaghly’s team, “there goes the limey.” First wrong note to really strike me in the script. Who uses “limey” these days? Especially, who among the Chicago hoodlum world does?
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Nunsense & Shenunigans @annaleehq.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is heartbreaking
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is criminal. Also insane.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
One more for my reading list.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ice is a criminal gang.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Makes good sense
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thread.
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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This explains the Trump administration’s change to the human subjects review/institutional review policy last month.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Now that the Yankees are gone, my rooting interest shifts to whoever’s playing the Dodgers.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Unfortunately, I am one of those who possess negative ball skills, so this approach to Zen is not available to me.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is indeed horrible.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Undeniably true!
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🤣
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Oh, Robert... 70s 'staches were such a thing.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Now you're left handed Golden Bear?
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
So this.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If GOPsters cared for the unborn as much as they say, they'd ride Kennedy out of town on a rail. That RFK Jr. remains HHS Secretary tells you all you need to know about what "pro-life" really means to those who beat their breasts to advertise their "love" of the little ones.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Raw Dog Reality is my next band name.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I need this. I spend way too much time rebooting the past. It does not change.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Venn diagram of television guests who drive ratings and those who know what they are talking about is depressingly close to two non-overlapping circles.
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🦋🐕‍🦺🌺LadyWillow💚🐾🦋 @ladywillow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.threads.com/share/BANePk...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Although I treated patients for more than 40 years, I never saw a patient with mumps, a testament to our successful immunization programs”. The amazing @drjudystone.bsky.social writes about the SDSU mumps outbreak in this informative article. Men, your attention please. Mumps can cause orchitis.
forbes.com
Surging Measles Outbreaks May Fuel Mumps And Other Infections
Mumps outbreaks may be fueled by two things—waning immunity and immune amnesia following measles. We are likely to see more of both as fewer people vaccinate.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is a murder-suicide.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
That suit! (Not the S costume).
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Baby turtle, I believe.
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