Len Courland
@infectiousjk.bsky.social
Working to keep illness in check.
Soon, political appointees to NASA will declare that the Sun revolves around the earth.
BREAKING: The EPA revokes scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger the public health, removing a key basis for the climate change fight.
Live updates: Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change
The Trump administration revoked a scientific finding at the center of U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, a significant rollback of regulations.
bit.ly
February 12, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Soon, political appointees to NASA will declare that the Sun revolves around the earth.
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🎁 "Though measles is known for its fever and rash, its most insidious damage is deferred. By erasing much of the immune system’s memory, the virus can leave survivors vulnerable... to infections they had already learned to defeat. It turns a brief illness into a long-term assault.." #medsky #idsky
Opinion | A viral infection can have devastating effects. I experienced this firsthand.
The consequences of the anti-vaccine movement reach beyond today’s controversies.
wapo.st
February 10, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Good kitchen knives are SHARP.
Damnit.
Damnit.
February 9, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Good kitchen knives are SHARP.
Damnit.
Damnit.
Reducing by 700 still leaves 2,300 more ICE agents in the Minneapolis area than are needed.
February 4, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Reducing by 700 still leaves 2,300 more ICE agents in the Minneapolis area than are needed.
Nearly 600 cases of measles
In the US and we’re not even into February.
In the US and we’re not even into February.
January 31, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Nearly 600 cases of measles
In the US and we’re not even into February.
In the US and we’re not even into February.
Tom Homan described DHS staff working in Minneapolis as operating “In theater.”
Is that an appropriate mindest for federal agents performing immigration enforcement in Minneapolis or any US city?
Is that an appropriate mindest for federal agents performing immigration enforcement in Minneapolis or any US city?
January 30, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Tom Homan described DHS staff working in Minneapolis as operating “In theater.”
Is that an appropriate mindest for federal agents performing immigration enforcement in Minneapolis or any US city?
Is that an appropriate mindest for federal agents performing immigration enforcement in Minneapolis or any US city?
The bar has been buried below ground level
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:56 AM
The bar has been buried below ground level
Minnesota state legislators should be ashamed by the performance of their colleagues tonight.
January 29, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Minnesota state legislators should be ashamed by the performance of their colleagues tonight.
RFKJr can consume a satchel of Richards.
January 29, 2026 at 1:48 AM
RFKJr can consume a satchel of Richards.
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Spare us your lies.
You have made our jobs a thousand times harder by sowing distrust, causing epidemics and spreading disinformation.
You have made our jobs a thousand times harder by sowing distrust, causing epidemics and spreading disinformation.
January 29, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Spare us your lies.
You have made our jobs a thousand times harder by sowing distrust, causing epidemics and spreading disinformation.
You have made our jobs a thousand times harder by sowing distrust, causing epidemics and spreading disinformation.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Susan Collins and Congress as a whole are feckless neutered tools of the administration.
Prove me wrong.
Prove me wrong.
🚨 🚨 🚨 BREAKING: Susan Collins is concerned but isn’t prepared to do anything about those concerns. This has never happened before.
January 27, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Susan Collins and Congress as a whole are feckless neutered tools of the administration.
Prove me wrong.
Prove me wrong.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is a new type of game of Thrones story. The first two episodes are remarkably heartwarming. Excellent characters weaving a thread of how those lesser among us are remembered and those that cared for them seek to build legacy.
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 AM
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is a new type of game of Thrones story. The first two episodes are remarkably heartwarming. Excellent characters weaving a thread of how those lesser among us are remembered and those that cared for them seek to build legacy.
Bovino and Noem are symptoms of a systemic rot from the top. Who is the primary instigator? The president? My guess is S. Miller is the greatest threat to American democracy.
January 27, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Bovino and Noem are symptoms of a systemic rot from the top. Who is the primary instigator? The president? My guess is S. Miller is the greatest threat to American democracy.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 AM
I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
We need more men of honor like this to stand up.
#Congress take note.
#Congress take note.
Chris Madel Republican candidate for Minnesota Governor: “I can’t look my daughters in the eye & say I’m running as a Republican, when they’re pulling over Hispanics & Asians because of the color of the skin — I did not sign up for that”
January 26, 2026 at 8:15 PM
We need more men of honor like this to stand up.
#Congress take note.
#Congress take note.
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“LET US OUT!”
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
January 26, 2026 at 4:45 PM
“LET US OUT!”
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
Thank you to @governorwalz.mn.gov for the clear and direct communication, moral stance, and undeniable support for constitutional rights being observed and respected.
January 26, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Thank you to @governorwalz.mn.gov for the clear and direct communication, moral stance, and undeniable support for constitutional rights being observed and respected.
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The nurses are pissed
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
The nurses are pissed
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Something is happening here, what it is isn’t exactly clear. The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus told local media they want the state BCA granted full and equal access to all evidence so an independent investigation can happen.
January 25, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Something is happening here, what it is isn’t exactly clear. The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus told local media they want the state BCA granted full and equal access to all evidence so an independent investigation can happen.