Jamie R Bedford
@jamierbedford.social
...when you know better, do better! –Maya Angelou (paraphrased)
Optimist struggling with realist-ism. Barbershop harmony geek.
#COVIDisAirborne (and so are colds and flu). Masking is community care.
he/they
Optimist struggling with realist-ism. Barbershop harmony geek.
#COVIDisAirborne (and so are colds and flu). Masking is community care.
he/they
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Stop appealing to Republicans. Stop begging them to abandon Trump. It's not happening. Ever. Threaten them with consequences instead.
Mark Kelly: "I would like to see a lot of my Republican colleagues in the House and Senate speak out about this, because this is right after Charlie Kirk's assassination."
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Stop appealing to Republicans. Stop begging them to abandon Trump. It's not happening. Ever. Threaten them with consequences instead.
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A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
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Scientists tell Americans not to trust the CDC.
Instead of a global leader in science, the CDC has devolved into “a propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories,” said @pauloffit.bsky.social.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
Instead of a global leader in science, the CDC has devolved into “a propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories,” said @pauloffit.bsky.social.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Scientists tell Americans not to trust the CDC.
Instead of a global leader in science, the CDC has devolved into “a propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories,” said @pauloffit.bsky.social.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
Instead of a global leader in science, the CDC has devolved into “a propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories,” said @pauloffit.bsky.social.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
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Data restoration is a thing.
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Data restoration is a thing.
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If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
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There’s nothing wrong with healthy living.
It just won’t prevent disability. It won’t make you bulletproof.
Telling people to “get healthier” if they want to afford healthcare is effectively telling sick people to accept being left to die.
Healthcare for all.
It just won’t prevent disability. It won’t make you bulletproof.
Telling people to “get healthier” if they want to afford healthcare is effectively telling sick people to accept being left to die.
Healthcare for all.
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
There’s nothing wrong with healthy living.
It just won’t prevent disability. It won’t make you bulletproof.
Telling people to “get healthier” if they want to afford healthcare is effectively telling sick people to accept being left to die.
Healthcare for all.
It just won’t prevent disability. It won’t make you bulletproof.
Telling people to “get healthier” if they want to afford healthcare is effectively telling sick people to accept being left to die.
Healthcare for all.
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This is really important. The tech firms' apparent capitulation to administration demands over what should be protected activity appears to be a grave violation of First Amendment rights. We need to see these records.
📢 BREAKING 📢
We're suing the departments of Justice and Homeland Security to get answers about ICE-spotting app takedowns. Read more about our FOIA lawsuit: www.eff.org/press/relea...
We're suing the departments of Justice and Homeland Security to get answers about ICE-spotting app takedowns. Read more about our FOIA lawsuit: www.eff.org/press/relea...
EFF Demands Answers About ICE-Spotting App Takedowns
SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) today to uncover information about the federal government demanding that
www.eff.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This is really important. The tech firms' apparent capitulation to administration demands over what should be protected activity appears to be a grave violation of First Amendment rights. We need to see these records.
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Comey's reply on his motion to get grand jury transcripts is by far the most interesting of the filings in that case today (including govt cherry pick of transcript).
A lot of this explains why the 2nd indictment would have problems even if it was legal.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A lot of this explains why the 2nd indictment would have problems even if it was legal.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Comey's reply on his motion to get grand jury transcripts is by far the most interesting of the filings in that case today (including govt cherry pick of transcript).
A lot of this explains why the 2nd indictment would have problems even if it was legal.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A lot of this explains why the 2nd indictment would have problems even if it was legal.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Dear U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, I would like to report a public death threat made on social media against numerous members of Congress by a DC resident. Given your zero tolerance policy for such conduct, I trust that you will promptly investigate and prosecute this perpetrator.
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Dear U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, I would like to report a public death threat made on social media against numerous members of Congress by a DC resident. Given your zero tolerance policy for such conduct, I trust that you will promptly investigate and prosecute this perpetrator.
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I think these numbers remind us that we need to grapple with whether Twitter gets the amount of attention it does because people use it or because journalists still use it as their assignment editor and as the laziest, most inaccurate “Here’s the word on the street” source on earth.
NEW: YouTube remains king of the social media platforms in @pewresearch.org polling, with 84% of US adults saying they use it. TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp and Reddit are notable gainers in recent years. Five times more adults use X than Bluesky (21% vs. 4%). www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I think these numbers remind us that we need to grapple with whether Twitter gets the amount of attention it does because people use it or because journalists still use it as their assignment editor and as the laziest, most inaccurate “Here’s the word on the street” source on earth.
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Correct Answer
CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Correct Answer
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When Marimar Martinez was shot five times by ICE, they claimed she was the threat.
She was “ramming their vehicle” and brandishing a weapon.
She ended up with 7 holes in her body.
All charges against her were just dropped.
Now they need to charge the agent who shot her!
She was “ramming their vehicle” and brandishing a weapon.
She ended up with 7 holes in her body.
All charges against her were just dropped.
Now they need to charge the agent who shot her!
Federal prosecutors move to dismiss charges against Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol
Prosecutors had accused Marimar Martinez and another defendant of ramming their cars into a federal vehicle in October. Her legal team argued it was federal agents who rammed her.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
When Marimar Martinez was shot five times by ICE, they claimed she was the threat.
She was “ramming their vehicle” and brandishing a weapon.
She ended up with 7 holes in her body.
All charges against her were just dropped.
Now they need to charge the agent who shot her!
She was “ramming their vehicle” and brandishing a weapon.
She ended up with 7 holes in her body.
All charges against her were just dropped.
Now they need to charge the agent who shot her!
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Things are going great.
The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol. The policy similarly downgrades the classification of nooses and the Confederate flag.
Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi-era insignia as “potentially divisive”
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol. The policy similarly downgrades the classification of nooses and the Confederate flag.
Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi-era insignia as “potentially divisive”
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Things are going great.
The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol. The policy similarly downgrades the classification of nooses and the Confederate flag.
Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi-era insignia as “potentially divisive”
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol. The policy similarly downgrades the classification of nooses and the Confederate flag.
Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi-era insignia as “potentially divisive”
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
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This is on Senator Bill Cassidy. He could have blocked this nomination, and he could still call hearings, but no, he's all-in with protecting his career, not the American people.
RFK Jr's 'gold-standard science': in which data is ignored and/or removed to fit the preferred narrative even if doing so risks the spread of vaccine preventable diseases. I am sure Sen. Cassidy (Chair of the HELP committee) is very proud the header as not been removed.
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This is on Senator Bill Cassidy. He could have blocked this nomination, and he could still call hearings, but no, he's all-in with protecting his career, not the American people.
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CDC Updates Vaccine Safety Page to Promote Vaccine Misinformation, Cites Kennedy’s Anti-Vax Allies
www.importantcontext.news/p/cdc-change...
www.importantcontext.news/p/cdc-change...
CDC Updates Vaccine Safety Page to Promote Vaccine Misinformation, Cites Kennedy’s Anti-Vax Allies
It is the latest move by Robert Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services to undermine vaccines.
www.importantcontext.news
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
CDC Updates Vaccine Safety Page to Promote Vaccine Misinformation, Cites Kennedy’s Anti-Vax Allies
www.importantcontext.news/p/cdc-change...
www.importantcontext.news/p/cdc-change...
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Along with our new Polaris all-aluminum air purifier we are also offering the new Guardian, a low-cost portable device that uses a pair of inexpensive Ikea Starkvind filters and four Arctic P14 fans.
Kits start at $139 and a fully build device is $239 CAN.
Kits start at $139 and a fully build device is $239 CAN.
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Along with our new Polaris all-aluminum air purifier we are also offering the new Guardian, a low-cost portable device that uses a pair of inexpensive Ikea Starkvind filters and four Arctic P14 fans.
Kits start at $139 and a fully build device is $239 CAN.
Kits start at $139 and a fully build device is $239 CAN.
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The grand jurors had to help Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer run Elmo.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The grand jurors had to help Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer run Elmo.
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storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The anti-vaccination movement is largely to blame for the continuing measles outbreak and the fact that the U.S. is going to lose our measles elimination status.
Until RFK Jr. is removed from office, things are only going to get worse.
@jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote about here:
Until RFK Jr. is removed from office, things are only going to get worse.
@jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote about here:
The US is on track to lose its measles elimination status in months. RFK needs to go.
Canada has lost its measles elimination status and the U.S. is likely to be next. These failures are the result of the anti-vaccination movement, bolstered by the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ...
www.livescience.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The anti-vaccination movement is largely to blame for the continuing measles outbreak and the fact that the U.S. is going to lose our measles elimination status.
Until RFK Jr. is removed from office, things are only going to get worse.
@jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote about here:
Until RFK Jr. is removed from office, things are only going to get worse.
@jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote about here:
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Steven Crowder is a millionaire
That didn’t stop him from taking out 70k in PPP Loans at the beginning of the pandemic
He didn’t pay it back
Apparently those kinds of government handouts are “ok”… but feeding hungry kids? Disabled people? Folks living in poverty?
That’s where he draws the line
That didn’t stop him from taking out 70k in PPP Loans at the beginning of the pandemic
He didn’t pay it back
Apparently those kinds of government handouts are “ok”… but feeding hungry kids? Disabled people? Folks living in poverty?
That’s where he draws the line
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Steven Crowder is a millionaire
That didn’t stop him from taking out 70k in PPP Loans at the beginning of the pandemic
He didn’t pay it back
Apparently those kinds of government handouts are “ok”… but feeding hungry kids? Disabled people? Folks living in poverty?
That’s where he draws the line
That didn’t stop him from taking out 70k in PPP Loans at the beginning of the pandemic
He didn’t pay it back
Apparently those kinds of government handouts are “ok”… but feeding hungry kids? Disabled people? Folks living in poverty?
That’s where he draws the line
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give me the quadrivalent mRNA flu vaccine right now. put it in me
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
give me the quadrivalent mRNA flu vaccine right now. put it in me
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But worry not, he has a footnote explaining why his fixation on Soros "is not political."
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
But worry not, he has a footnote explaining why his fixation on Soros "is not political."
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My “my 17 references to George Soros aren’t political” footnote is raising a lot of questions answered by my footnote.
But worry not, he has a footnote explaining why his fixation on Soros "is not political."
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
My “my 17 references to George Soros aren’t political” footnote is raising a lot of questions answered by my footnote.
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The Department of Education wants to limit what degrees count as “professional”, impacting people’s ability to access loans.
Unsurprisingly, it’s women dominated professions being targeted.
It’s also a disability rights issue as they’re targeting paramedical programs. NPs, PTs, SLPs & social work
Unsurprisingly, it’s women dominated professions being targeted.
It’s also a disability rights issue as they’re targeting paramedical programs. NPs, PTs, SLPs & social work
November 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The Department of Education wants to limit what degrees count as “professional”, impacting people’s ability to access loans.
Unsurprisingly, it’s women dominated professions being targeted.
It’s also a disability rights issue as they’re targeting paramedical programs. NPs, PTs, SLPs & social work
Unsurprisingly, it’s women dominated professions being targeted.
It’s also a disability rights issue as they’re targeting paramedical programs. NPs, PTs, SLPs & social work
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This is exactly why the Supreme Court’s “Purcell principle” case law is so pernicious: It creates unprecedented incentives on the part of lower-court judges either to hustle out rulings that alter voting-related rules or to slow them down—and *everyone* assumes the other side’s motives are impure.
Judge Jerry Smith (Reagan appointee) is out with his dissent in the Texas redistricting case, and it is WILD
www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...
www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is exactly why the Supreme Court’s “Purcell principle” case law is so pernicious: It creates unprecedented incentives on the part of lower-court judges either to hustle out rulings that alter voting-related rules or to slow them down—and *everyone* assumes the other side’s motives are impure.