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Alt: Lesley Knope standing in a hallway with a fire extinguisher hanging on the wall behind her, and winking
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Not sure how my followers↗️this week but please unfollow if u need to! Sometimes I👍human rights & social determinants of health posts but mainly I research death, burial & bereavement. I post about social history, social change & kind things that make me smile, like decent humans, recipes & sunrises.
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So Capitol Police officers were assaulted and injured on Jan 6th, the White House today is blaming them for the violence, and the people who attacked them have been pardoned and are back to mock and abuse them on the 5th anniversary.
And the GOP is the party of the police? Really? REALLY??
And the GOP is the party of the police? Really? REALLY??
White House's newly-posted "timeline" of Jan 6 blames Capitol Police for Jan 6, which included an attack on ..... Capitol Police
January 6, 2026 at 10:05 PM
So Capitol Police officers were assaulted and injured on Jan 6th, the White House today is blaming them for the violence, and the people who attacked them have been pardoned and are back to mock and abuse them on the 5th anniversary.
And the GOP is the party of the police? Really? REALLY??
And the GOP is the party of the police? Really? REALLY??
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I wonder if people are really ready to live life without vaccines?
Small coffins, small graves…
The need to have more children to take into account the death and disability rate…
What a terrible and sad step backwards…
Small coffins, small graves…
The need to have more children to take into account the death and disability rate…
What a terrible and sad step backwards…
January 7, 2026 at 12:47 AM
I wonder if people are really ready to live life without vaccines?
Small coffins, small graves…
The need to have more children to take into account the death and disability rate…
What a terrible and sad step backwards…
Small coffins, small graves…
The need to have more children to take into account the death and disability rate…
What a terrible and sad step backwards…
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Walz: "What Trump tweeted the other night put the Hortman children at risk. They have to look at security. Put my family at risk again. What he's doing the Somali community is unconscionable ... for God's sake, the kids of a murdered Speaker. And [Rs] can't speak up and say 'this is wrong. stop it'"
January 6, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Walz: "What Trump tweeted the other night put the Hortman children at risk. They have to look at security. Put my family at risk again. What he's doing the Somali community is unconscionable ... for God's sake, the kids of a murdered Speaker. And [Rs] can't speak up and say 'this is wrong. stop it'"
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A headline about a new study
summarized its findings
by stating: “COVID-19
Is Still Killing
a Disturbing Number of Americans,”
but if you are wondering
how this could be,
just remember:
that most people view
still taking any precautions
as being too much
of a disturbance.
summarized its findings
by stating: “COVID-19
Is Still Killing
a Disturbing Number of Americans,”
but if you are wondering
how this could be,
just remember:
that most people view
still taking any precautions
as being too much
of a disturbance.
January 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM
A headline about a new study
summarized its findings
by stating: “COVID-19
Is Still Killing
a Disturbing Number of Americans,”
but if you are wondering
how this could be,
just remember:
that most people view
still taking any precautions
as being too much
of a disturbance.
summarized its findings
by stating: “COVID-19
Is Still Killing
a Disturbing Number of Americans,”
but if you are wondering
how this could be,
just remember:
that most people view
still taking any precautions
as being too much
of a disturbance.
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Listen to the panic of this moment as #ICE shoots into her car with kids inside.
How can anyone think that this is acceptable?
It's absolutely repugnant.
#ICELawlessness is happening again & again.
Just about every attack is being done without warrants on innocent people by anonymous thugs.
How can anyone think that this is acceptable?
It's absolutely repugnant.
#ICELawlessness is happening again & again.
Just about every attack is being done without warrants on innocent people by anonymous thugs.
January 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Listen to the panic of this moment as #ICE shoots into her car with kids inside.
How can anyone think that this is acceptable?
It's absolutely repugnant.
#ICELawlessness is happening again & again.
Just about every attack is being done without warrants on innocent people by anonymous thugs.
How can anyone think that this is acceptable?
It's absolutely repugnant.
#ICELawlessness is happening again & again.
Just about every attack is being done without warrants on innocent people by anonymous thugs.
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But remember, no state can regulate AI for 10 years, bc that would stifle corporate creativity or something.
These individual deaths will continue to accumulate, but it won’t be long before there’s some mass casualty event, like an AI designed building collapsing.
These individual deaths will continue to accumulate, but it won’t be long before there’s some mass casualty event, like an AI designed building collapsing.
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.
"Who on earth gives that advice?"
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:07 AM
But remember, no state can regulate AI for 10 years, bc that would stifle corporate creativity or something.
These individual deaths will continue to accumulate, but it won’t be long before there’s some mass casualty event, like an AI designed building collapsing.
These individual deaths will continue to accumulate, but it won’t be long before there’s some mass casualty event, like an AI designed building collapsing.
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My last four kids almost died from RSV. Resulted in many hospitalizations and left them with years of complications. RSV is insanely dangerous to little ones.
Not recommending vaccines when people can't afford healthcare is quite the recipe to make America "healthy".
Not recommending vaccines when people can't afford healthcare is quite the recipe to make America "healthy".
The CDC changed the universal vaccine schedule & no longer recommends
Rotavirus
Hepatitis A & B
Meningitis
Influenza
RSV
I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis.
We all are going to be caring for a lot more now.
In our already overflowing hospitals
Rotavirus
Hepatitis A & B
Meningitis
Influenza
RSV
I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis.
We all are going to be caring for a lot more now.
In our already overflowing hospitals
January 6, 2026 at 1:27 PM
My last four kids almost died from RSV. Resulted in many hospitalizations and left them with years of complications. RSV is insanely dangerous to little ones.
Not recommending vaccines when people can't afford healthcare is quite the recipe to make America "healthy".
Not recommending vaccines when people can't afford healthcare is quite the recipe to make America "healthy".
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Are you a Post-Graduate Researchers, Early Career Researchers or someone starting out in a field involving the past? Join us on 16 Jan for a free event to consider how the Society could contribute to early career support! www.sal.org.uk/event/early-...
Early Career Antiquaries - Society of Antiquaries of London
We welcome Post-Graduate Researchers, Early Career Researchers and those starting out in fields involving the past to join us in considering how the Society of Antiquaries could contribute to early ca...
www.sal.org.uk
January 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Are you a Post-Graduate Researchers, Early Career Researchers or someone starting out in a field involving the past? Join us on 16 Jan for a free event to consider how the Society could contribute to early career support! www.sal.org.uk/event/early-...
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Couple things I want to remember about this day five years ago and how the political system responded to it:
January 6, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Couple things I want to remember about this day five years ago and how the political system responded to it:
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DOJ now tells a federal judge that it has reviewed and released 0.83% of the Epstein files—that's right, less than 1%—and even those have been improperly redacted so heavily as to make most of them senseless.
JUST IN: DOJ says it has finished reviewing *less than 1%* of the Epstein Files for potential release.
Only 12,285 documents have been released while more than 2 million remain under review.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Only 12,285 documents have been released while more than 2 million remain under review.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 6, 2026 at 3:17 AM
DOJ now tells a federal judge that it has reviewed and released 0.83% of the Epstein files—that's right, less than 1%—and even those have been improperly redacted so heavily as to make most of them senseless.
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This looks like an amazing 2-year postdoc opportunity. While in Germany, note the commitment to a family friendly work environment (Female scholars are encouraged to apply, as are scholars with children - a "potential family allowance" is part of the compensation) www.hsozkult.de/index.php/op...
1 Post-Doc Research Fellowship "African History" (Univ. of Bayreuth)
The Chair of African History at the University of Bayreuth invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation. The fellowship is embedded in the...
www.hsozkult.de
January 6, 2026 at 1:56 PM
This looks like an amazing 2-year postdoc opportunity. While in Germany, note the commitment to a family friendly work environment (Female scholars are encouraged to apply, as are scholars with children - a "potential family allowance" is part of the compensation) www.hsozkult.de/index.php/op...
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And I'm talking about previously healthy individuals. I cannot fathom seeing this within the pediatric population. I'd lose my mind.
The number of long covid trach-dependent patients that I've taken care of and still do is pretty high and that's not including those who are on dialysis for the rest of their lives from some preventable illness
January 6, 2026 at 2:29 AM
And I'm talking about previously healthy individuals. I cannot fathom seeing this within the pediatric population. I'd lose my mind.
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USA: Flu surges in 45 states as doctor visits reach highest level in nearly 30 years.
"About 5,000 people have died of the flu so far this season, including 9 children, as the Trump administration pulls back on advice to get kids vaccinated."
"About 5,000 people have died of the flu so far this season, including 9 children, as the Trump administration pulls back on advice to get kids vaccinated."
Flu surges in 45 states as doctor visits reach highest level in nearly 30 years
About 5,000 people have died of the flu so far this season, including 9 children, as the Trump administration pulls back on advice to get kids vaccinated.
www.nbcnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:54 AM
USA: Flu surges in 45 states as doctor visits reach highest level in nearly 30 years.
"About 5,000 people have died of the flu so far this season, including 9 children, as the Trump administration pulls back on advice to get kids vaccinated."
"About 5,000 people have died of the flu so far this season, including 9 children, as the Trump administration pulls back on advice to get kids vaccinated."
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The pardon for Hernandez makes an obvious & absolute mockery of each & every attempt to rationalise, or even justify, Trump's treatment of Maduro. I'm not sure this single, simple point can be stressed enough. Once again, he proves his critics right & reduces his supporters to epic moral corruption.
January 5, 2026 at 9:04 AM
The pardon for Hernandez makes an obvious & absolute mockery of each & every attempt to rationalise, or even justify, Trump's treatment of Maduro. I'm not sure this single, simple point can be stressed enough. Once again, he proves his critics right & reduces his supporters to epic moral corruption.
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Should European universities also consider using European tech, and not Microsoft, Google etc?
If you are thinking of following suit, here's a list of EU tech alternatives:
european-alternatives.eu
european-alternatives.eu
January 5, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Should European universities also consider using European tech, and not Microsoft, Google etc?
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I'll never understand why Biden's all-white long-term inner circle didn't understand that their primary job, above all else, was preventing Trump's re-election & that that meant elevating their historic VP from day 1 instead of refusing to support her.
January 5, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I'll never understand why Biden's all-white long-term inner circle didn't understand that their primary job, above all else, was preventing Trump's re-election & that that meant elevating their historic VP from day 1 instead of refusing to support her.
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can I just point out again that refusing an illegal order is what you're supposed to do? that's why the military defines some orders as illegal
NEW: Pentagon initiates proceedings to demote U.S. Senator Mark Kelly, a retired captain, over video telling soldiers to refuse illegal orders
January 5, 2026 at 3:29 PM
can I just point out again that refusing an illegal order is what you're supposed to do? that's why the military defines some orders as illegal
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“What do we call it when a stronger person decides to rob a weaker person because he can? It is just gangsterism. We are the most dangerous gangsters in the world today. Not in the sense of being charming rogues or alluring antiheroes. We are the bad guys.”
We Are the Bad Guys
The swaggering threat to global stability is us.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
“What do we call it when a stronger person decides to rob a weaker person because he can? It is just gangsterism. We are the most dangerous gangsters in the world today. Not in the sense of being charming rogues or alluring antiheroes. We are the bad guys.”
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This is why, after years of saying I’d go down with the ship, I changed my mind. This was beyond imagination for how I thought Twitter might go and there is no pride left in staying on deck. It’s safer in with the jokeless icebergs
Not even the prompts. If you are a Twitter user in the UK and Twitter sticks a Grok CSAM image in your feed for WHATEVER reason, well congrats your device just downloaded child porn. And you are legally responsible for that.
Even if nobody wants to take action against Musk for building a CSAM generator, there are people using it who are based in the UK and those prompts are absolutely something that would get you on the sex offender's register. Absolutely no justification not to try to identify and prosecute users.
January 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
This is why, after years of saying I’d go down with the ship, I changed my mind. This was beyond imagination for how I thought Twitter might go and there is no pride left in staying on deck. It’s safer in with the jokeless icebergs
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Walz: "We've got conspiracy theorists, right-wing YouTubers, breaking into our daycares, demanding access to our children. We've got the president demonizing our Somali neighbors and wrongfully confiscating funds that Minnesotans rely on. It's disgusting and it's dangerous."
January 5, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Walz: "We've got conspiracy theorists, right-wing YouTubers, breaking into our daycares, demanding access to our children. We've got the president demonizing our Somali neighbors and wrongfully confiscating funds that Minnesotans rely on. It's disgusting and it's dangerous."
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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Agree completely with this thread. This is and should be treated as criminal. bsky.app/profile/expl...
Failing to anticipate people would use your image generation bot to make consentless-pornography should be criminal incompetence.
Failing to include safeguards against it should be criminal negligence.
Failing to shut it down once (a) and (b) became obvious should be criminal distribution.
Failing to include safeguards against it should be criminal negligence.
Failing to shut it down once (a) and (b) became obvious should be criminal distribution.
January 5, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Agree completely with this thread. This is and should be treated as criminal. bsky.app/profile/expl...
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Once again, I implore media outlets to stop saying these are CDC decisions.
These are changes being made unilaterally by RFK Jr. against the expert advice of CDC scientists.
I note that RFK Jr. no longer recommends flu vaccine for kids in the midst of a horrible influenza year.
These are changes being made unilaterally by RFK Jr. against the expert advice of CDC scientists.
I note that RFK Jr. no longer recommends flu vaccine for kids in the midst of a horrible influenza year.
CDC overhauls childhood vaccine schedule to resemble Denmark in unprecedented move
The new U.S. guidelines recommend all children get vaccines for 11 diseases, compared with the 18 previously on the schedule.
www.nbcnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Once again, I implore media outlets to stop saying these are CDC decisions.
These are changes being made unilaterally by RFK Jr. against the expert advice of CDC scientists.
I note that RFK Jr. no longer recommends flu vaccine for kids in the midst of a horrible influenza year.
These are changes being made unilaterally by RFK Jr. against the expert advice of CDC scientists.
I note that RFK Jr. no longer recommends flu vaccine for kids in the midst of a horrible influenza year.
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MacCALLUM: You have about 100,000 dying from drug overdoses, most of those drugs from from Venezuela and other places
CROW: That's actually not true. The majority of the deaths by drugs in America are the result of meth and fentanyl. Almost none of that comes from Venezuela
CROW: That's actually not true. The majority of the deaths by drugs in America are the result of meth and fentanyl. Almost none of that comes from Venezuela
January 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
MacCALLUM: You have about 100,000 dying from drug overdoses, most of those drugs from from Venezuela and other places
CROW: That's actually not true. The majority of the deaths by drugs in America are the result of meth and fentanyl. Almost none of that comes from Venezuela
CROW: That's actually not true. The majority of the deaths by drugs in America are the result of meth and fentanyl. Almost none of that comes from Venezuela