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JUST IN: USDA confirms first H5N1 bird flu detections in rats.

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In 2019, RFK Jr visited Samoa to spread anti-vax lies, spurring a measles outbreak that led to the deaths of 83 people - mostly children. We can’t let that tragedy repeat in Texas. The MMR vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles. Let’s stop the spread. www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-m...

submitted 8 days ago • 916 comments

So, genocide. That’s what he is suggesting for our kids??? 🤬🤬🤬

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JUST IN: All age groups in the United States are experiencing a "high severity" of influenza cases -CDC

submitted 10 days ago • 12 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 10 days ago • 2238 comments

BREAKING On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of 2 federal court orders On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo, acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.

submitted 14 days ago • 373 comments

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

submitted 16 days ago • 3902 comments

PLEASE SHARE.

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H5N1 Bird Flu is a About to Go Global. The D1.1 strain in Nevada, with the PB2 D701N mutation, is spreading faster in dairy herds than the B3.13 strain. Migrating birds will carry it worldwide, raising the risk of mammalian outbreaks. This is no longer just a U.S. issue it’s a global threat.

submitted 18 days ago • 21 comments

Canada's flu season is rapidly escalating, with over 1 in 5 tests returning positive. In the past week alone, 8,586 cases have been detected. Notably, 94.2% of these cases are attributed to Influenza A, a strain with pandemic potential. Is anyone paying attention?

submitted 17 days ago • 20 comments

We have come up with a new name for a woman who works with the patriarchy to hurt other women, and that name is scab. Just like scabs that cross a picket line and hurt their fellow laborers, scabs work with the patriarchy to take away women's rights. Pam Bondi is a scab. #BadassFeminists

submitted 19 days ago • 186 comments

I love our friends in Scotland.

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Measles outbreak expands in West Texas county with low vaccination rate 1/5 of kindergartners are not vaccinated. Full Story: https://bit.ly/3EGRXVG

submitted 19 days ago • 60 comments

BREAKING: Levels of influenza nationwide are now at the highest they have been since the peak of the 2009 swine flu pandemic. -CDC

submitted 19 days ago • 17 comments

Elon Musk inherited a lot of money from his rich daddy, and he is currently driving his businesses into the ground with his ineptitude. Donald Trump inherited a lot of money from his rich daddy and drove his businesses into the ground with is ineptitude. America, stop thinking rich men are smart.

submitted 19 days ago • 265 comments

Sell your Teslas and don't buy Cybertrucks unless you want everyone to laugh at you. That's what we all do, btw. Everytime we see that stupid car, we just laugh.

submitted 21 days ago • 1258 comments

twitter (and tiktok) has this issue in where non journalists are posting as journalists and copying journalist’s headlines and breaking news articles for clicks ($.5 an interaction lol) and i am starting to see that issue on here. this is a reminder to ALWAYS check your source of information.

submitted 20 days ago • 30 comments

FYI:

submitted 21 days ago • 680 comments

I remember watching Star Wars as a kid and asking myself, who would voluntarily join the dark side? I understood Darth Vader's motivation, but not the stormtrooper's.

submitted 21 days ago • 1314 comments

man this sure would be a good time to have competent people in charge but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

submitted 21 days ago • 138 comments

WOOO HOOOOO! 🙏💪

submitted 21 days ago • 1496 comments

Donald Trump: Comply with my demands or I will hurt my own people! Canada: Ok, we will keep doing a thing we’ve been doing. Mexico: Ok, we will do a thing we did under the last guy. Trump: I WIN!!!! Fucking idiot.

submitted 23 days ago • 588 comments

A Note: We are unaffected by any U.S. government funding pauses, budget cuts, or layoffs, as we’ve never received government funding. Our operations continue as usual, and we will keep providing updates on bird flu, COVID-19, tuberculosis, and more. Take care of yourselves.

submitted 23 days ago • 19 comments

This!!!!

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Now we’re cooking! Thank you for doing something, @schatz.bsky.social. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

submitted 23 days ago • 335 comments

(h/t: @the.language.nerds)

submitted 24 days ago • 1114 comments

Last week, the World Organization for Animal Health reported that it had been notified by the USDA that a November outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza on a California duck farm was caused by a strain not before seen in the United States: H5N9.

submitted 23 days ago • 119 comments

Disease surveillance has major gaps. Bird flu is evading detection while officials delay public reports. I'm doing my best to fill in the blanks. Help us spread the word and follow us many urgently need reliable updates on public health, particularly regarding bird flu COVID-19 and tuberculosis.

submitted 23 days ago • 8 comments

Thank you, Canada!

submitted 25 days ago • 800 comments

“I think sometimes genre is a code word to keep us in our place as artists, and I just want to encourage people to do what they’re passionate about” - Beyoncé after winning Best Country Album for “Cowboy Carter”

submitted 24 days ago • 221 comments

Alicia Keys at the Grammys: “DEI is not a threat, it’s a gift.”

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Black History: on today, February 2, 2025, Kendrick Lamar became the first ever rapper to win a Grammy for diss track of the year

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This is Rupert Murdoch's Wallstreet Journal… Headline: “The Dumbest Trade War in History”

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Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

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JUST IN: A bird flu outbreak at a laying farm in Idsegahuizum, Netherlands, has triggered the culling of 25,000 birds. A 10-kilometer lockdown bans all movement of poultry, eggs, and animal products.

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Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.

submitted 26 days ago • 1063 comments

NEWS President Trump has officially imposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China. The tariffs will go into effect on Tuesday. Canada: 25% on most imports; 10% on energy products. China: 10% (previous tariffs remain in effect). Mexico: 25% Now, let’s see how long they last…

submitted 25 days ago • 46 comments

Happy Saturdee! Happy Black History Month! ✊🏾

submitted 26 days ago • 38 comments

Word!

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WELCOME TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH

submitted 26 days ago • 815 comments

Oh myyy, they are the very letter of it!

submitted 26 days ago • 1086 comments

Oh look. A President, a Governor, a Mayor - all at the crash site at the Chesapeake Bay with first responders. Not swimming. Showing empathy and leadership.

submitted 26 days ago • 949 comments

Pritzker: "He promised he was gonna lower costs & make us safer. He's done none of it. I realize he's only been in office 2 weeks, but it's gotten worse, not better. You think grocery prices have gone down? No, they've gone up bc of what he's threatening or what he's already put in place"

submitted 25 days ago • 1006 comments