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JUST IN: “A federal judge in Maryland on Friday blocked the Trump administration from terminating federal grants and contracts related to DEI as called for in executive orders signed by President Donald Trump.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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Floofy Steller's is a whole mood! #birds #becurious

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Baloth Prime Got to paint a frozen Lao Shan Lung in the space! Couldnt ask for more. AD Zack Stella For MTG Edge of Eternities, coming out in July 2025! #noai #illustration #mtgart

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Tip for coloring - If you struggle with muddy colors, try saturating the transition from light to shadow!

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This plus very not probationary firings of several friends at the cdc today is infuriating. They want people to die. They are endangering everyone regardless of your political party. Vaccines save lives, they are going after the systems and people that review these things and keep us safe.

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I have been told that "several" members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices are being fired

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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.

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I'm known for either my "pet" (not pet) bobcat or my sweet hummingbirds 🪶. I feel like sometimes my hummingbirds are more vivid/attention grabbing. Both are in my pinned post :D. Wish I could post high res versions instead of low res, feather details are so much sharper. #birds

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It's me. This happened exactly to me. It destroyed everything from my career to a lot of my friendships because people all of a sudden didn't see me the same way.

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After Texas' abortion ban, the rate of sepsis shot up more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the second trimester. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

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It’s always those least willing to listen to us about prevention who are the first to ask for help when they become chronically ill. I swear I’m going to print out cards that read “get a Delorean and go back in time and listen to me.”

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In a new Editorial, JAMA editors, JAMA Network Editors in Chief, and JAMA editorial leadership address the recent executive orders that have impacted the scientific process and reaffirm their commitment to scientific and editorial integrity. ja.ma/4b5LsIt

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Our editorial "Fiber, Fatty Acids, and Blood Pressure: A Gut-Level Solution is now published in #CircRes @ahajournals.bsky.social 👇 www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/... Highlighting a fantastic paper by @fzmarques.bsky.social 👇 www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

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This is a direct attack on disabled people & rural families. Rural families, being one of the larger groups that voted to do this to themselves again. Realize your rich oligarchs love when you learn to hate the poor and disenfranchised instead of them. "It's not like they're going to eat my face!"

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I regret* to inform you that @propublica.org has updated our DOGE tracker again with a bunch more names: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do... *delight

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Despite promoting debunked far-right conspiracy theories — including the claim that the FBI incited Jan. 6 — and a very public record of calling for so-called “deep state” operatives who oppose Trump to be punished, Kash Patel has been confirmed to lead the FBI: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

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I'm known for either my "pet" (not pet) bobcat or my sweet hummingbirds 🪶. I feel like sometimes my hummingbirds are more vivid/attention grabbing. Both are in my pinned post :D. Wish I could post high res versions instead of low res, feather details are so much sharper. #birds

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Doing a round right now, waiting a few hours and calling again.

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My father was a cop, let me tell you how easy it is for them to hide in plain site literally everywhere and especially in positions of both power and supposed responsibility to protect. They fail to protect anyone and always hurt people with their added power.

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You can prevent infectious diseases AND chronic diseases. Vaccinating for an infectious disease takes a few minutes. Warding off chronic disease takes a lifetime. The former is not in the way of the latter.

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How does having trained staff at places like DHS, DOEd, DHHS, & DOC protect Americans? Without them, we couldn't fight child abuse, prosecute CSAM traffickers, & prevent early deaths. Your federal government is a cooperative of highly skilled, dedicated citizens who work to protect kids everyday.

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Do not comply in advance. Stand in the way of those who would subvert what the flag represents. We do not kneel to a would-be king. Be the friction that slows their progress.

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Morning! Finland © Jukka Risikko

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Great article by @eliowa.bsky.social saying thank you & discussing importance of the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA researchers & our nations veterans for 100 years of service on the battlefield & their commitment towards improving medical care through research www.thegazette.com/guest-column...

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The waste is coming from the White House. 👇

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LOL almost all health is focused on men first, white men specifically in a lot of cases. It's not that mens health isn't important, but come the fuck on.

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Five major airlines are suing to overturn a rule from then-Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg that actually holds airlines accountable for damaging disabled people's wheelchairs. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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NEW: The director of data science and engineering for what is now known as the US DOGE Service has resigned. "If DOGE truly was concerned with efficiency, they wouldn’t have fired experts in procurement," she writes, "who prevent waste up front." This is by @makenakelly.bsky.social

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Mood

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Give yourself permission to be joyful, especially when times are dark. Play games, sing songs, frolic in the grass. No one can fight 24/7. Remind yourself why you're fighting and why good deserves to win. Fortify yourself with hope and joy, then bring your indomitable spirit to the battlefield.

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currently

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The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

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If I had a nickle for every time I got called a pharma shill during the pandemic defending vaccine science, I'd have enough to not live in this country (circus) of morons. Only they are surprised pikachu that he would do this.

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I talked to developers about Microsoft's newly announced generative AI model, Muse, and its role in video games: "When we rely on this stuff we are implicitly empowering a class of people who own these tools and don’t give a fuck about how they reshape our lives." www.wired.com/story/xbox-m...

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Unlike the chatgpt models you shouldn't be recommending still and are Eric, which I will continue to call you out on due to the absolutely horrible and large scale copyright data issues, this model is safe and trained responsibly. I'm excited to see llms used for something besides shit genai & theft

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