drbixby
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drbixby
@drbixby.bsky.social
· Dec 12
I was on Twitter, tried Mastadon but didn’t post. Consumed TikTok but didn’t create. Now I guess we’ll see what happens here. Will start some threads and see where I go…
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Didn’t expect to see this in Lancaster, PA. The billboard says, “Without due process, it’s just kidnapping.” Some truths should not be political.
October 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Didn’t expect to see this in Lancaster, PA. The billboard says, “Without due process, it’s just kidnapping.” Some truths should not be political.
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I'm so in.
This is just the beginning of the strike.
This is just the beginning of the strike.
October 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I'm so in.
This is just the beginning of the strike.
This is just the beginning of the strike.
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I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
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Read this on the plane. Really strong work, drawing connections for people too overwhelmed to keep track of the many important narratives.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
To understand that horrific Chicago apartment raid, go back in time—to Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott's political stunts kicked off a crisis that left immigrant families in a lurch.
www.motherjones.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Read this on the plane. Really strong work, drawing connections for people too overwhelmed to keep track of the many important narratives.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Mississippi recently declared a public health emergency because its infant mortality rate has surged. And with Medicaid cuts coming, experts fear the crisis may worsen in other states.
What Mississippi's infant mortality crisis says about the risks of Medicaid cuts
Mississippi recently declared a public health emergency because its infant mortality rate has surged. And with Medicaid cuts coming, experts fear the crisis may worsen in other states.
n.pr
October 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Mississippi recently declared a public health emergency because its infant mortality rate has surged. And with Medicaid cuts coming, experts fear the crisis may worsen in other states.
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Vaccination during pregnancy was associated with lowered maternal risks of COVID infection, stillbirth, preterm birth (including a 34% lower risk of severe preterm birth before 28 weeks), neonatal intensive care admission, & congenital anomalies
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COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy conferred benefits for mother and baby without increased risk, according to an umbrella review of meta-analyses comprising more than 1.2 million women.
www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...
www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...
Mom's COVID Shot Aided Baby, Too, Large Review Confirmed
Vaccination during pregnancy was safe for both mom and baby
www.medpagetoday.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Vaccination during pregnancy was associated with lowered maternal risks of COVID infection, stillbirth, preterm birth (including a 34% lower risk of severe preterm birth before 28 weeks), neonatal intensive care admission, & congenital anomalies
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Gift Link: Read article without a subscription. A National Guard report accidentally emailed to the Washington Post says veterans and active-duty troops view the D.C. deployment with "shame." wapo.st/45Yk0vl
National Guard documents show public ‘fear,’ troops’ ‘shame’ over D.C. presence
Internal documents reviewed by The Post reveal, with rare candor, how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americans’ trust in the military.
wapo.st
September 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Gift Link: Read article without a subscription. A National Guard report accidentally emailed to the Washington Post says veterans and active-duty troops view the D.C. deployment with "shame." wapo.st/45Yk0vl
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Vaccines save lives, pass it on.
Vaccines save lives, pass it on.
Vaccines save lives, pass it on.
August 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Vaccines save lives, pass it on.
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And that explains why the U.N. is moving out of the U.S.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month’s annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, a step the Palestinian Authority decried as against international law.
https://to.pbs.org/4naCsqj
https://to.pbs.org/4naCsqj
U.S. revokes visas of Palestinian president, other officials ahead of UN General Assembly
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month’s annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, a step ...
www.pbs.org
August 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
And that explains why the U.N. is moving out of the U.S.
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Broken record territory rapidly approaching, but once again: Homelessness is not a societal inevitability. It's a policy failure.
This is a solvable issue with a known solution, even under capitalism, because that solution is less expensive than the current responses.
We just don't want to do it.
This is a solvable issue with a known solution, even under capitalism, because that solution is less expensive than the current responses.
We just don't want to do it.
August 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Broken record territory rapidly approaching, but once again: Homelessness is not a societal inevitability. It's a policy failure.
This is a solvable issue with a known solution, even under capitalism, because that solution is less expensive than the current responses.
We just don't want to do it.
This is a solvable issue with a known solution, even under capitalism, because that solution is less expensive than the current responses.
We just don't want to do it.
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Exclusive: An internal planning road map obtained by The Post shows the strategy behind ICE’s breakneck expansion, a chaotic effort that has already triggered lawsuits and accusations of cruelty. wapo.st/41FWkck
August 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Exclusive: An internal planning road map obtained by The Post shows the strategy behind ICE’s breakneck expansion, a chaotic effort that has already triggered lawsuits and accusations of cruelty. wapo.st/41FWkck
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In Gaza... www.bbc.com/news/article...
More than 100 humanitarian groups warn of mass starvation in Gaza
A joint statement warns that their colleagues and the people they serve in Gaza are "wasting away" and urges governments to take action.
www.bbc.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
In Gaza... www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Justice Department told Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files
www.wsj.com/politics/jus...
www.wsj.com/politics/jus...
Exclusive | Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files
Bondi told president at the meeting that Justice also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victims.
www.wsj.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Justice Department told Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files
www.wsj.com/politics/jus...
www.wsj.com/politics/jus...
I am SHOCKED at how long I have been able to focus today.
SHOCKED. 🙃
SHOCKED. 🙃
July 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I am SHOCKED at how long I have been able to focus today.
SHOCKED. 🙃
SHOCKED. 🙃
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Last summer, Elon Musk quietly transformed a portion of a South Memphis, Tennessee, community established by a group of formerly enslaved people in 1863 into what the world’s wealthiest man called “Colossus” — the planet’s most powerful supercomputer.
A Historic Black Community Takes On the World's Richest Man Over Environmental Racism
In a neighborhood founded by freed slaves, residents are fighting back against unpermitted pollution from the world’s most powerful supercomputer.
capitalbnews.org
July 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Last summer, Elon Musk quietly transformed a portion of a South Memphis, Tennessee, community established by a group of formerly enslaved people in 1863 into what the world’s wealthiest man called “Colossus” — the planet’s most powerful supercomputer.
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The genocide in Gaza hasn't stopped, y'all. It's a good day to remind your reps in Congress that we haven't stopped being complicit. www.bbc.com/news/article...
At least 81 people killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza, Hamas-run health ministry says
Hospital staff and witnesses said at least 11 people were killed after a strike near tents housing displaced people on Friday.
www.bbc.com
June 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The genocide in Gaza hasn't stopped, y'all. It's a good day to remind your reps in Congress that we haven't stopped being complicit. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Something to Note: Every major category of violent crime is down in Chicago, but there is no push to declare the progressive mayor Brandon Johnson a successful crime fighter because he didn’t invest in militarization. Even when progressives are successful, they won’t get credit.
June 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Something to Note: Every major category of violent crime is down in Chicago, but there is no push to declare the progressive mayor Brandon Johnson a successful crime fighter because he didn’t invest in militarization. Even when progressives are successful, they won’t get credit.
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More damning confirmation of how harmful Trump and Republicans' Big, Ugly Bill would be.
They want to make millions of people sicker and poorer just to make billionaires more well-off.
The cruelty is the point. And the Senate must reject this shameful bill.
They want to make millions of people sicker and poorer just to make billionaires more well-off.
The cruelty is the point. And the Senate must reject this shameful bill.
June 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
More damning confirmation of how harmful Trump and Republicans' Big, Ugly Bill would be.
They want to make millions of people sicker and poorer just to make billionaires more well-off.
The cruelty is the point. And the Senate must reject this shameful bill.
They want to make millions of people sicker and poorer just to make billionaires more well-off.
The cruelty is the point. And the Senate must reject this shameful bill.
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While regenerative A.I. sounds futuristic, the energy required to power them comes from burning good, old fashioned dinosaur bones
If you’re wonder where bazillionares like Elon Musk are building these new toxic, environmentally unfriendly data centers…
You must be new here.
If you’re wonder where bazillionares like Elon Musk are building these new toxic, environmentally unfriendly data centers…
You must be new here.
How the Growth of AI is Endangering the Health of Black People
Data centers, like the one built by Elon Musk in Memphis, are creating a toxic environment that is disproportionately affecting Black communities.
www.contrabandcamp.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
While regenerative A.I. sounds futuristic, the energy required to power them comes from burning good, old fashioned dinosaur bones
If you’re wonder where bazillionares like Elon Musk are building these new toxic, environmentally unfriendly data centers…
You must be new here.
If you’re wonder where bazillionares like Elon Musk are building these new toxic, environmentally unfriendly data centers…
You must be new here.
Rome alleyway: bicycles
June 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Rome alleyway: bicycles
Rome at night: restaurant in a piazza
June 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Rome at night: restaurant in a piazza
These red poppies were everywhere among the ruins of Pompeii. Just gorgeous.
June 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
These red poppies were everywhere among the ruins of Pompeii. Just gorgeous.