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“This isn’t Twitter, where the worst that happens is people losing access to their accounts,” the former senior executive said. “People die when FAA workers are distracted and processes are broken.”

submitted 14 hours ago • 14 comments

I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here

submitted 1 day ago • 1173 comments

Don’t tell me democracy is at risk and a constitutional crisis is unfolding and the best you got is a modified ping pong paddle.

submitted 5 days ago • 284 comments

If you don’t need a vaccine cause you have an immune system and measles isn’t actually bad (RFK’s org claimed it has “health benefits”) then why do you need two pharmaceuticals, a steroid and an antibiotic (with no activity against viruses), and a gross potion from the days of yore? Performance art

submitted 5 days ago • 8 comments

It wouldn’t have been hard to say that people should get vaccinated. RFK Jr didn’t say that because we obviously know he doesn’t believe that. mazer.substack.com/p/fox-news-d...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

This is an important read. Most vaccine skeptic parents think they are protecting their children by choosing not to vaccinate. This is thanks to pervasive mis/disinformation. Understanding why the change their minds is informative to improve vaccine uptake. www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

submitted 10 days ago • 439 comments

Bold prediction - The preprint that's generating these types of headlines will eventually be exploited by politicians to push covid mRNA vaccines off market. While a post vaxx syndrome may exist it's likely very rare & the study is too small to be conclusive. www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...

submitted 13 days ago • 27 comments

Destroying the CDC team researching Lyme disease. Disbanding the HHS Long COVID council. Cutting Medicaid. How is any of this cost-saving? This is not about efficiency. It’s about funding tax breaks for billionaires while costing Americans their health. www.9news.com/article/news...

submitted 15 days ago • 27 comments

Among those Trump and Musk fired at the FAA: - Lawyers who help keep drunk or reckless pilots out of the skies - Air traffic control support staff - Employees who track potential new flying hazards like cranes - Staffers who medically clear pilots to fly www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 16 days ago • 107 comments

NEW UPDATE to Some Actions That Are Not Protesting or Voting. - a few people have written to me to ask if I could include HEADINGS and I have done so. Also added a few more ideas. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

submitted 18 days ago • 55 comments

@juliusgoat.bsky.social

submitted 20 days ago • 723 comments

Just wonderful writing on the 60 Minutes piece on President aMusk dismantling of USAID "The world's richest man cut off aid for the world's poorest people." Well done.

submitted 21 days ago • 310 comments

1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”

submitted 21 days ago • 2241 comments

I think I shall just pin this post because ....👀

submitted 25 days ago • 5 comments

For reference, America’s most farming-dependent counties backed Trump by an average of 78%, up from both 2016 and 2020, despite instigating a trade war in his first term that caused higher prices for farm supplies and decreased agricultural experts.

submitted 29 days ago • 28 comments

Yes, Maryland!

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

I know there are a lot of Super Bowl fans, but being that Fotus is scheduled to attend…I really think teams should #boycott and refuse to play.

submitted 33 days ago • 130 comments

Here is a gift link to this excellent article that paints a realistic picture of what a less vaccinated America will look like. There are ongoing measles outbreaks in Houston and Atlanta to large cities. CDC can't update on these. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

submitted 36 days ago • 9 comments

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired ➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen ➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded ➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees ➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again!

submitted 38 days ago • 1412 comments

Are you supportive of these onesies?

submitted 39 days ago • 13 comments

if we staff ICE with Uvalde police officers, they'll never enter schools

submitted 40 days ago • 936 comments

💔

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

If Ashish Jha wants a job with the new administration desperately enough to misrepresent or invent things to criticize about @who.int, it does make you wonder about his reliability as a source of accurate public health information in general. www.statnews.com/2025/01/21/l...

submitted 46 days ago • 16 comments

Hell is empty, And all the devils are here.

submitted 48 days ago • 127 comments

Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.

submitted 51 days ago • 777 comments

Xavier Becerra, who has led the Department of Health and Human Services, says federal agencies are outmatched in a world of “instantaneous information and disinformation.”

submitted 55 days ago • 6 comments

May not be a great time to be a vaccine researcher and enthusiast, but still glad to be fully boosted and alive in 2025.

submitted 65 days ago • 8 comments

Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!

submitted 70 days ago • 58 comments

"Will There Be a Bird Flu Epidemic Under Trump? H5N1 currently poses a real threat for human transmission. Meanwhile, Trump’s picks for public health roles don’t bode well for vaccination." From @gregggonsalves.bsky.social in The Nation:

submitted 93 days ago • 122 comments

One of my favorite things about vaccines is that they make me harder to kill

submitted 105 days ago • 45 comments