Profile avatar
bertsy.bsky.social
Area man watching in bemused horror as a runaway freight train of stupidity smashes through a dozen "Bridge Out" signs and plummets into a ravine full of illegally-dumped toxic waste and killer bees.
266 posts 203 followers 208 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter
Posts 24 Comments 26

So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

submitted 1 day ago • 1809 comments

No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

submitted 2 days ago • 5073 comments

So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

submitted 2 days ago • 3416 comments

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

submitted 2 days ago • 556 comments

Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.

submitted 2 days ago • 566 comments

I've noted some of the procedural things Democrats could be doing in Congress, but this point from @edgeofsports.bsky.social's great piece in the Nation deserves emphasis. This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

submitted 3 days ago • 322 comments

This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

submitted 4 days ago • 8251 comments

Go ahead. Let the people see you for what you are.

submitted 4 days ago • 5973 comments

Fascinating profile of a park ranger in San Francisco who works with unhoused residents and has adopted the novel tactic of treating them like human beings, building relationships, and helping them access resources on their own timeline.

submitted 6 days ago • 147 comments

On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down. For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now Meanwhile...

submitted 6 days ago • 481 comments

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

submitted 7 days ago • 5670 comments

Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it. Strong power move for Team Cancer.

submitted 8 days ago • 1090 comments

CDC source: “We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff. They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”

submitted 8 days ago • 600 comments

My wife and I both enjoyed seeing Heart Eyes on opening night! For a movie full of gruesome murders, it's surprisingly sweet, and with @joshruben.bsky.social at the helm, the comedy is top notch. Go see it, ASAP, and then tell all of your friends, family, teachers, clergy, etc. to go see it too!

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.

submitted 12 days ago • 18407 comments

This might be the most nakedly corrupt document I’ve seen on DOJ letterhead — and I wrote a history of Watergate!

submitted 11 days ago • 252 comments

I can’t believe the Supreme Court said the president was above the law and now the president is acting like he’s above the law.

submitted 11 days ago • 1060 comments

Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

submitted 12 days ago • 3222 comments

Many of you are new here, so this is my apologies in advance post: I normally try to keep the self promotion to a minimum, but I have a new movie out this week, so sorry if I post about it a little much. We started shooting this week 2 years ago and I'm really excited for you guys to finally see it

submitted 12 days ago • 155 comments

For folks who are surprised about, or shocked by, Vance calling on Trump to ignore judges, he’s been saying it for a while but much of our political press wasn’t paying attention:

submitted 13 days ago • 293 comments

Visit me in the camps

submitted 13 days ago • 1684 comments

SCOOP: We've learned at least three individuals closely associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year. Step inside the recruitment effort that helped build Elon's DOGE army:

submitted 13 days ago • 463 comments

NEW — I spoke to a staffer at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about DOJ's threat to pull funding if the org didn't comply with Trump's DEI executive order, and how org leadership rolled over. "Rather than fight back, we chose to sacrifice trans children," they said.

submitted 13 days ago • 236 comments

I just lost my job, along with most of my coworkers, due to the illegal grant freeze. I worked at an organization that -helped veterans who have lost a limb -Assisted elderly and disabled people -Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs

submitted 15 days ago • 941 comments