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World Central Kitchen’s Response Team is mobilizing in Mexico, where Hurricane Erick is rapidly intensifying and expected to make landfall on Thursday. Erick has sustained winds of nearly 110 mph and higher gusts. Read more: bit.ly/3ZCVNqR

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It should be illegal for law enforcement to wear masks and not show ID. This makes it too easy to impersonate law enforcement and murder people in their homes.

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OH, HELL NO. Please call legislators and join with one of many environmental action groups. www.wilderness.org/articles/blo...?

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Read the whole post! GOP wants to sell even more public land and are in a big fat hurry. Call your senators! Battlestations! That’s an acre for every citizen in the US, that you will NEVER be able to see! #environment #climatechange #toxicwaste #publiclands @altnps.bsky.social @nature.org

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#Sudan: #Measles is surging in #Darfur. In Forbrenga, 30 per cent of the cases we receive are over five years old. Only 5 per cent are vaccinated. Insecurity and shortages fuel the spread. In the coming weeks, 170,000 children will get vaccinated, but much more must be done.

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My gov is good at this! ☺️

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My friend who works at a safety-net clinic in LA says that no-shows have increased more than two-fold. It breaks my heart that this administration is out to harm the most vulnerable.

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If you’re not reading Jeremy Faust MD these days (his Substack Inside Medicine), you are missing deep understanding of what the hell is happening to health care right now. insidemedicine.substack.com @jeremyfaust.bsky.social

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“Since only a CDC Director or the HHS Secretary can make vaccine policy official, he now runs the entire vaccine establishment of the United States. This is a crowning moment of the anti-vaccine movement. Kennedy seizes the opportunity.”

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“Over 250 million acres of public lands are eligible for sale in the bill, including local recreation areas, wilderness study areas and inventoried roadless areas.” www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

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Desperate for money to get through the next two wildfire seasons and with few proposals on the table that could meet costs and get passed by the Oregon Legislature, Gov. Tina Kotek is proposing to skim some money off of the state’s “rainy day fund.” buff.ly/JaexoDo by @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social

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Let the river run! Native American young tribal members will be the first to paddle the full Klamath river, newly running after dams removed. Great gift story from NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u... #nativeamericans

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Happening this morning: A key hearing in the cases challenging the NIH grant terminations. Plaintiffs, including multiple state AGs + researchers, are requesting an injunction to reverse the terminations. Our reporting has tracked what's at stake: projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...

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Sen. Jeff Golden proposed a longshot plan to pay for fire needs by withholding 60% of the state's kicker rebate. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/06/16/i...

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There has to BE a plan, and it can’t wait til there is a huge fire! Everyone will be choking on smoke, homes will burn, tourism will be a mess, roads will close when a big fire breaks out. Find the damn money! @tinakotek.bsky.social @oregonjournalism.bsky.social @oregonian.com

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I’ve been in academic medicine for 45 years. This is the first time I’m seeing a perfect storm, as proposed federal funding cuts threaten our ability to provide patient care, train the next generation of doctors, and conduct life-saving research. More from my conversation with @cnn.com last week.

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THIS IS IT! THIS IS HUGE!! PLAINTIFF'S WIN!! Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!

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Thread. Some good news and a much-needed examples of what it looks like to undertake principled resistance to authorianism. I hope these preliminary rulings lead to the restoration of all terminated grants.

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Public lands are just that: public, and owned by the taxpayer. Republicans want to auction them off to the highest bidder to pay for their billionaire tax cuts. Hell no.

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#Medsky #Pharmsky Batter up!

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🚨 BREAKING: Nearly 4 months the NIH cut its first grants, a judge has ruled that the directives and process that led to cuts are arbitrary and capricious. "The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]." Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.

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this woman single-handedly has more courage than the entirety of the gop

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And it’s free, folks! FYI, norovirus survives for 2-3 weeks on hard surfaces—just one of the nasties you can pick up while shopping, opening doors, etc.

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Wonderful story from Richard Corsi (yup, THAT Corsi), about his Dad. No wonder Dr.Corsi developed the simple, cost effective air filtration device you can DYI, with such a persevering and practical dad! @corsiaq.bsky.social

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Just a quick re-intro for those joining this program in progress here on Bluesky. ER doctor. Public health believer. Science and research supporter/practitioner. Democracy stan. Writer. Hobbies include choral music, classical music, Survivor, possums. Follow along 🙌

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See which of YOUR public lands congress wants to sell off to the rich www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

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This land is my land, this land is your land: Virtually every beautiful place in the west would be up for sale, in the big bloated bill! Call your Senators now! www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

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Sign of the day…

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Swallowtail butterflies puddling in Brewer, Maine. #butterflies #maine #insects

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Now THIS is a good idea. Insurers, health systems, and states that don’t want to return to the sickness, death and disability rates of 1850, will be able to follow these experts’ advice. #medsky #pharmsky

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