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I would love to see this change made official. Let’s only remember Columbus for the horrors he perpetrated.

I would LIVE to see the end of Columbus Day and the institutionalization of Indigenous People’s Day. It’s about time.

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I love bluegrass but totally agree with you on sloppy country.

Calliope @calliope5431.bsky.social · 19h

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It's also...in the US already. Someone died of pneumonic plague just last year in Arizona. It regularly hits Surat. The actual issue here is conspiracy theorists and Annie Jacobsen dancing around a bonfire like it's the Second Coming. Which she is doing, because for her wallet, it is.

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Exactly. In Russia, one case, one death. In America, who knows where measles will stop not in the foreseeable future, until RGK Jr is thrown out of office.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It’s a perfectly reasonable article. But it should be noted that the CDC’s statement that no one has caught pneumonic plague from another person inky applies to the US. There have been many cases of person to person transmission, in Madagascar, Mongolia, Siberia, the open out mines in the DRC, etc.

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This is a disaster. The ethics committee in Denmark that approved the Guinea-Bissau study which will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine “had never considered medical studies before but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one”. Four members of the committee have resigned in protest.

theguardian.com

Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“RFK, Jr.’s time at HHS gives us an unfortunate opportunity to see what happens when such expansive denialism acquires power to make policy” “Denialists in positions of power notoriously assemble advisory panels to support decisions they have already made”. RFK Jr. must be impeached and removed.

skeptic.org.uk

Denialism as health policy: case study of US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr - The Skeptic

RFK Jr, the most senior figure in US health, has spent decades undermining vaccines, denying the reality of AIDS, and endangering Americans.

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I can! when my son and family come into town, we always try to get some Saperavi. It’s delicious. Svaneti orange wine, though, not so much!

The season of the Mkhedari/Homo draculae edition. @mkhedari.bsky.social · 19h

I could use a nice glass of Saperavi right about now.

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Cool! Let's turn this into a BUY-cott and buy Black-owned, Georgian and Ukrainian products wherever possible. jam-news.net/russia-bans-...

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Russia bans imports of several drinks from Georgia

They include wine, brandy and beer from certain brands, Coca-Cola and Nabeghlavi mineral water.

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 20h

Leave Joe Biden the fuck alone. Y'all shitted on him and them pretend like he was the problem when he was actually trying to fix what the fuck voters voted for previously AND then got blamed for Bibi and BIBI WANTED TRUMP AS PRESIDENT.

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 12/10/2026

And probably the Georgian Christians are the least anti-Semitic Christians on the planet, historically.

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“I don’t see why you couldn’t do it in Denmark,” one statistics expert said. In fact, Denmark is a better location. The hepatitis B vaccine is only given to newborns there when the birthing parent is hep B+, and all pregnant people are already tested in Denmark. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

theguardian.com

Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Important Context has a new story published in partnership with @theguardian.com. Anti-vaxxers, including Robert Kennedy Jr.’s former group, Children’s Health Defense, have been going after doctors professionally to cast doubt on measles deaths. www.importantcontext.news/anti-vaxxers...

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Anti-Vaxxers Target Doctors to Deny Measles Deaths in Widening Outbreak

Children’s Health Defense boasts that it sparked malpractice inquiries into two doctors who treated deceased unvaccinated measles patients.

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The season of the Mkhedari/Homo draculae edition. @mkhedari.bsky.social · 20h

The capital punishment does not belong in the 21th century whatsoever. "Reza Zanganeh, a 27-year-old prisoner sentenced to death on charges of “moharebeh” (enmity against God) and “cooperation with Mossad,”..." iranwire.com/en/news/1587...

iranwire.com

Iranian Death-Row Prisoner Moved to Solitary Confinement

Reza Zanganeh, a 27-year-old prisoner sentenced to death on charges of “moharebeh” (enmity against God) and “cooperation with Mossad,” w ...

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Hen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 20h

“This is a perilous moment in Chicago.” 80% of religion-based hate crimes in Chicago 🇺🇸 targeted Jews in 2026. Jews reportedly make up only 2.67% of Illinois residents. When Jews say they are being targeted or feel unsafe, it is not to "play victim". We are humans, not a statistic.

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 20h

Ok this post says a lot about you, none of it good.

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

We need REMOVAL of Trump. I swear impeaching him is not enough. Then behind him is Vance who has the rich racist assholes. So, let's do some critical thinking here. What is the goal by impeaching him with or w/o removal?

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Yes, because not giving the vaccine prevents the terrible outcome of—uh uh uh, something or other.

Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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So that really does say it all He feels that, despite the proven evidence showing the benefits of the hep B vaccine birth dose, actually it is not needed No wonder he is totally cool withholding it from babies “over there,” babies “far away” in the Global South. He feels the vax isn’t needed 🧐

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That was obvious actually. Mr. Bass, for all time.

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Christine Stabell Ben and her partner Peter Ashby are deliberately risking the lives of Black African children, and consigning many of them to a future death from Hep B-induced LIVER CANCER. It’s all preventable with a shot given at birth. This must not be swept under the carpet. It’s racism.

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That Preppy Black Girl @tmwillia828.blacksky.app · 22h

I love it. I wish we didn’t have to be strong and angry. But we do. You, always and now us too.

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It only makes us stronger. It has the opposite affect than what they’re hoping for. We not cowering in fear anymore, we’re fighting back in our own ways. I got y’all.

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I do call it racism, quite upfront and firmly, in @joho.bsky.social and my podcast, in our next episode. Because that’s exactly what it is. Why experiment on Black children’s bodies instead of The researchers’ home turf white Danish ones? Because they can and because it is— Racism.

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She was. For about five minutes.

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Andrew Fox @mrandrewfox.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

You have to see this to believe it. In Gaza too many parents have raised their children to be murderous and hateful. And Gaza hasn’t been occupied since 2005, so don’t @me with that lie.

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This young Gazan is not a Hamas member; he’s just a worshipper at a mosque in Khan Younis. Yet he celebrates the slaughter of 7 October and pledges that his generation will kill even more Jews. For the sake of peace and security, we must de-radicalise the population.

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And they’re quite willing for thousands of children to die of liver cancer to prove it.

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

And monstrous in every way. Look what she did to her face. Enough to give you nightmares.

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Today marks the Anniversary of Matthew Shepard's death. Not everyone knows the story of what happened after, that it would be 25 long years before his body would have a permanent resting spot. Because of hate. Hate for a beautiful young gentle soul that was taken too soon. #MatthewShepard #LGTBT

WE WILL NOT FORGET

On the night of October 6, 1998 Matthew Shepard was targeted, kidnapped, pistol whipped, and left tied to a fence in a remote field in Laramie, Wyoming.

He died six days later from severe head injuries in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Both perpetrators were arrested, convicted of first-degree
murder and sentenced to consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole.

Did you know that for 25 years Matthew Shepard had no permanent resting place due to concerns his grave would be vandalized, and when Reverend Budde learned of this, she invited the Shepards to
inter him inside the Washington National Cathedral. She co-officiated the service that welcomed Matthew to a forever home in the church and told the gathering, "20 years of mourning was not enough for
someone who is loved. Nor can 20 years heal the grief of such a loss."

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