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Said it before, I’ll say it again. We shouldn’t privatize NASA. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/s...

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Bluesky isn’t about popularity, it’s about gathering all 17 William Morris lovers together in a single online location!

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The effects of Covid in pregnancy are devastating and preventable by vaccination; now we have strong data from Penn Medicine that vaccines protect children and adolescents from long Covid

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When Americans raised concerns about RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine views, he said he was "not gonna take away vaccines from anybody." But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies. Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.

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Voters overwhelmingly think ALL Americans should have access to vaccines — not just those who are immunocompromised.

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This is contrary to consistent guidance in CDC guidelines for years. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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Eugenics was repackaged as cultural deficit/difference by social scientists with hegemonic whiteness always the direction racialized communities were expected to move. Mainstream Social science research is, therefore, often ill equipped to counter eugenics because, in many ways reifies it.

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Hundreds of thousands of people also claim they’re being harmed by chemtrails, but we absolutely do not need to listen to them.

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So his pitch is, hand over your entire country to me and it’ll save you $61 billion?

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Inspired by Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism Works… You know you’re living under fascism when you start editing yourself even when you believe that you’re safe. Not because someone’s watching, but because truth feels powerless and justice feels optional. We feel the chill before the storm.

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We should have a memorial day for COVID. It is horrific that we as a society have done virtually nothing to remember the millions who have died. Rushing to forget what happened also makes it much more likely that we will continue to repeat our deadly mistakes.

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Targeting a private educational institute because it won’t conform its governance and curriculum to what the state wants is…communist.

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When they show you who they are, believe them. speakermjohnson 🇺🇸 www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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Joan Trumpauer Mulholland is an American civil rights activist. Her civil rights activism was not understood, being a white, southern woman. She was branded as mentally ill. She disowned by her family, and hunted by the Klan. Today, she is retired and well and the mother of five.👇

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F--k the New York Times. I just canceled my subscription.

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The new 'razor blade throat' Covid variant is causing an increase in hospitalizations across Asia France reported a 19% positivity rate on tests The US has detected it in a number of major cities What's being done? They're taking away boosters. No free tests or paid time off Wear a respirator.

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Finnish painter Elin Kleopatra Danielson Gambogi (1861-1919) #womensart

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The Consequences of One of Project 2025’s Most Surprising Attacks Are Becoming Clear flip.it/ustsQv

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Work requirements hurt poor people AND are a waste of money. Arkansas spent $26 million on administrative costs for work requirements — and saw no increase in employment. Georgia’s program cost $40 million in one year — 80% of that went to administrative and consulting costs.

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New York Times: Chinese women have small fingers Just mentioned this to Kid3 and she demonstrated that one of her fingers at least is not small Seriously, though? This is like 19th century shit

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$79 TRILLION 🇺🇸 : “Analysis from the nonpartisan RAND Corporation: since 1975, $79 trillion in wealth has been transferred from the bottom 90% of earners to the top 1%… most extreme levels of income inequality in U.S. history…” www.nationofchange.org/2025/03/05/s... #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer

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41% of babies’ births are covered by Medicaid. 49% of children are covered by Medicaid or CHIP. 62% of long-term care residents in nursing homes are covered by Medicaid. 35% of people with disabilities are covered by Medicaid. HANDS OFF MEDICAID.

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Remember that Herbert Hoover presided over the Great Depression and still got 38% of the vote when he ran for a second term. People can be beat up by something and still say, "Thank you, sir. May I have another?" #econsky

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@zalaly.bsky.social @captmarkkelly.bsky.social #LongCovid #Disability #VetsFamily #EconSky "A new Covid variant, NB.1.8.1 has been detected in multiple international travelers arriving at..." economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/interna... economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/interna...

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100 years ago today a Tennessee grand jury indicted science teacher John Scopes for violating the state’s law making it a crime “to teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals.”

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Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties

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