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mikemercury.bsky.social
Retired immunologist and medical school faculty. Brain worm to RFK Jr, into baseball, fly fishing, public lands, and people who think.
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No wonder allies shouldn't trust the US or allow it to lead anything.

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

submitted 88 days ago • 3282 comments

A SLAM-DUNK analysis as you'll ever see (by David Luban, top legal ethics scholar). On left: House Republican subcommittee report and ethics complaint against Liz Cheney "quoting" DC Bar Rule. On right: The actual Rule. Including the crucial text subcommittee report and ethics complaint OMIT.

submitted 146 days ago • 24 comments

The most important decision you’ll make.

submitted 149 days ago • 14 comments

Well would you look at that.

submitted 154 days ago • 1619 comments

These two photographs are separated by only 66 years.

submitted 157 days ago • 8 comments

Over in the other place, the billionaire owner is threatening to fund ‘moderate’ (rightwing) candidates in heavily Democratic districts too. This is what oligarchy looks like. It’s the biggest threat to democracy today. Not ‘cancel culture.’ Not trans kids. Not college protesters. Oligarchy.

submitted 157 days ago • 331 comments

Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.

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86.1% of farms in the US make up a mere 17.1% of production. That means the top 13.8% of farms is making up 82.9% of production. www.ers.usda.gov/data-product...

submitted 166 days ago • 0 comments

Last year, when I was at MSNBC, I did a 10-minute deep-dive into RFK Jr's anti-vaxxer role in the measles outbreak that killed dozens and dozens of kids in Samoa. I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:

submitted 189 days ago • 1038 comments

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submitted 191 days ago • 899 comments