@kfunk937.bsky.social
My thing, cradle to grave, is mostly healthcare. Later, disaster litigation tourism. Housing 1st; medical attendance; and fed. (<--Lower-case.)
Raised by pirates. Bad pacifist.
Raised by pirates. Bad pacifist.
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I have lots of concerns. One of them is the very real probability that an extremely destructive hurricane, wildfire, or something not even on our radar will occur and a large swath of Americans will need immediate and long-term assistance from this inept incapable amateurish administration.
December 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I have lots of concerns. One of them is the very real probability that an extremely destructive hurricane, wildfire, or something not even on our radar will occur and a large swath of Americans will need immediate and long-term assistance from this inept incapable amateurish administration.
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My kids and grandkids have returned to their homes.
Back to the real world.
I just emailed NIH Director Bhattacharya.
My last email of the year (I hope).
1/13
Back to the real world.
I just emailed NIH Director Bhattacharya.
My last email of the year (I hope).
1/13
December 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
My kids and grandkids have returned to their homes.
Back to the real world.
I just emailed NIH Director Bhattacharya.
My last email of the year (I hope).
1/13
Back to the real world.
I just emailed NIH Director Bhattacharya.
My last email of the year (I hope).
1/13
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When you call the family tragedies of autocratic policies ‘sob stories’ you label yourself for the world.
The problem is that Trump, Miller et al have LONG been exposed as what they are for anyone who looks. Until those who look include GOP in Congress and SCOTUS they will continue.
The problem is that Trump, Miller et al have LONG been exposed as what they are for anyone who looks. Until those who look include GOP in Congress and SCOTUS they will continue.
In a profile of Stephen Miller with @swin24.bsky.social, we reported he’s privately laughed off immigrant families’ “sob stories.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Speaking last night on Fox about the spiked CECOT story, Miller laughed about how ‘60 Minutes’ is “trying to tell sob stories."
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Speaking last night on Fox about the spiked CECOT story, Miller laughed about how ‘60 Minutes’ is “trying to tell sob stories."
December 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
When you call the family tragedies of autocratic policies ‘sob stories’ you label yourself for the world.
The problem is that Trump, Miller et al have LONG been exposed as what they are for anyone who looks. Until those who look include GOP in Congress and SCOTUS they will continue.
The problem is that Trump, Miller et al have LONG been exposed as what they are for anyone who looks. Until those who look include GOP in Congress and SCOTUS they will continue.
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Read @adamserwer.bsky.social on the Roberts' court's attempts to "to turn the guarantees of the Civil War amendments back into what James Madison called "parchment barriers.'"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Read @adamserwer.bsky.social on the Roberts' court's attempts to "to turn the guarantees of the Civil War amendments back into what James Madison called "parchment barriers.'"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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(GIFTED) So... DOGE was basically bullshit, a fake program designed to gut government while claiming big savings that were lies. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
(GIFTED) So... DOGE was basically bullshit, a fake program designed to gut government while claiming big savings that were lies. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
Dude, yesterday: why can't we go to Guatemala?
Me: Do you speak Spanish, for starers?
Dude: I saw it on YouTube.
Me: Do you know how it is to emmigrate, or
how hard it is to go anywhere?
Why there?
Dude: cheap.
I am considering shuting off the electridity altogether
Me: Do you speak Spanish, for starers?
Dude: I saw it on YouTube.
Me: Do you know how it is to emmigrate, or
how hard it is to go anywhere?
Why there?
Dude: cheap.
I am considering shuting off the electridity altogether
December 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Dude, yesterday: why can't we go to Guatemala?
Me: Do you speak Spanish, for starers?
Dude: I saw it on YouTube.
Me: Do you know how it is to emmigrate, or
how hard it is to go anywhere?
Why there?
Dude: cheap.
I am considering shuting off the electridity altogether
Me: Do you speak Spanish, for starers?
Dude: I saw it on YouTube.
Me: Do you know how it is to emmigrate, or
how hard it is to go anywhere?
Why there?
Dude: cheap.
I am considering shuting off the electridity altogether
Dude who is extremely mad at me, partialy because he is able to watch youtube.
Your credit card is in jeopardy. It's a very short leash.
Your credit card is in jeopardy. It's a very short leash.
December 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Dude who is extremely mad at me, partialy because he is able to watch youtube.
Your credit card is in jeopardy. It's a very short leash.
Your credit card is in jeopardy. It's a very short leash.
52 years ago, today, we sang my mother to rest at age 33, because she fell to the ideas implicit in MAHA.
Those people's ideas kill.
Those people's ideas kill.
December 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
52 years ago, today, we sang my mother to rest at age 33, because she fell to the ideas implicit in MAHA.
Those people's ideas kill.
Those people's ideas kill.
apologies for totally borked spelling after, let me look at the clock, again: oh, 36 hours
again, how does one know
My person survived natural gas asphixia as a child, and bi-polar, sleep disorder, substance & recovery
it was so hard to recognise that, how does one tell now if it's different
again, how does one know
My person survived natural gas asphixia as a child, and bi-polar, sleep disorder, substance & recovery
it was so hard to recognise that, how does one tell now if it's different
No one can go through a dry drunk committed ex-alcholic quitting smoking every few months especially regectinting smoking aids and keep up the rah-rah sis-soom-bah under fire
not allowed to be such a sanctimonious asshole while throwing crockery and crashing cars
I have given up on post-its
not allowed to be such a sanctimonious asshole while throwing crockery and crashing cars
I have given up on post-its
December 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
apologies for totally borked spelling after, let me look at the clock, again: oh, 36 hours
again, how does one know
My person survived natural gas asphixia as a child, and bi-polar, sleep disorder, substance & recovery
it was so hard to recognise that, how does one tell now if it's different
again, how does one know
My person survived natural gas asphixia as a child, and bi-polar, sleep disorder, substance & recovery
it was so hard to recognise that, how does one tell now if it's different
No one can go through a dry drunk committed ex-alcholic quitting smoking every few months especially regectinting smoking aids and keep up the rah-rah sis-soom-bah under fire
not allowed to be such a sanctimonious asshole while throwing crockery and crashing cars
I have given up on post-its
not allowed to be such a sanctimonious asshole while throwing crockery and crashing cars
I have given up on post-its
December 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
No one can go through a dry drunk committed ex-alcholic quitting smoking every few months especially regectinting smoking aids and keep up the rah-rah sis-soom-bah under fire
not allowed to be such a sanctimonious asshole while throwing crockery and crashing cars
I have given up on post-its
not allowed to be such a sanctimonious asshole while throwing crockery and crashing cars
I have given up on post-its
My loved one is repeatedly homeless and does not understand this at all.
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020. n.pr/3MKbmJH
Rick Steves steps in to save Seattle-area hygiene center serving homeless residents
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
My loved one is repeatedly homeless and does not understand this at all.
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I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Awesome awesome awesome piece about recent research using brain waves to study how animals sleep! ⚛️🧪
apnews.com/projects/ext...
apnews.com/projects/ext...
The secret world of animal sleep
Thanks to miniaturized sleep labs, scientists are able to track the extreme ways animals snooze in risky environments.
apnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Awesome awesome awesome piece about recent research using brain waves to study how animals sleep! ⚛️🧪
apnews.com/projects/ext...
apnews.com/projects/ext...
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This is not the first time RFK Jr or his fellow anti-vax travelers conducted a study they knew would harm or kill children in low-income countries. It is a dehumanizing, colonialist model of manufacturing evidence: sacrificing foreign kids for political pseudoscience.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
www.notus.org/health-scien...
CDC to Fund Controversial Study in West Africa on Infant Hepatitis B Vaccines
The study prompted swift outcry from scientists in the U.S. who say it’s “unethical.”
www.notus.org
December 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is not the first time RFK Jr or his fellow anti-vax travelers conducted a study they knew would harm or kill children in low-income countries. It is a dehumanizing, colonialist model of manufacturing evidence: sacrificing foreign kids for political pseudoscience.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
www.notus.org/health-scien...
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“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
reason to live
(not inclined otherwise, but recognise the powerofberb)
(not inclined otherwise, but recognise the powerofberb)
A Tufted Titmouse waits on a nearby branch for sunflower seeds and peanuts to be offered.
December 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
reason to live
(not inclined otherwise, but recognise the powerofberb)
(not inclined otherwise, but recognise the powerofberb)
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Some of last night’s hosting T shirts - don’t forget that we do a collection for Euston food bank at every Nine lessons show - if you can bring something that is great. Main requirements listed at cosmicshambles.com but all non perishables gratefully received
December 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Some of last night’s hosting T shirts - don’t forget that we do a collection for Euston food bank at every Nine lessons show - if you can bring something that is great. Main requirements listed at cosmicshambles.com but all non perishables gratefully received
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To my colleagues in the disability space:
If your disability org has ever submitted a comment in response to a NPRM on the definition of disability but you choose not to do so in response to the HHS OCR NPRM redefining disability to exclude gender dysphoria? Just know you have an enemy for life.
If your disability org has ever submitted a comment in response to a NPRM on the definition of disability but you choose not to do so in response to the HHS OCR NPRM redefining disability to exclude gender dysphoria? Just know you have an enemy for life.
Trump Regime Moves To Ban Gender Affirming Care for < 18's
1) If you are responsible for the welfare of a trans or gender non-conforming child under the age of 18 and you have the resources to get that child out of the United States of America, my advice is run.
www.patreon.com/posts/146156...
1) If you are responsible for the welfare of a trans or gender non-conforming child under the age of 18 and you have the resources to get that child out of the United States of America, my advice is run.
www.patreon.com/posts/146156...
Trump Regime Moves To Ban Gender Affirming Care for < 18's | Matthew Cortland
Get more from Matthew Cortland on Patreon
www.patreon.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
To my colleagues in the disability space:
If your disability org has ever submitted a comment in response to a NPRM on the definition of disability but you choose not to do so in response to the HHS OCR NPRM redefining disability to exclude gender dysphoria? Just know you have an enemy for life.
If your disability org has ever submitted a comment in response to a NPRM on the definition of disability but you choose not to do so in response to the HHS OCR NPRM redefining disability to exclude gender dysphoria? Just know you have an enemy for life.
Things in my house
Having a memory disorder may not make you responsible for things done
Not remembering something doesn't mean it didn't happen
Just because something is in your past does not mean it didn't happen
... How does one tell whether the somnambulist amnisiac is getting worse
Having a memory disorder may not make you responsible for things done
Not remembering something doesn't mean it didn't happen
Just because something is in your past does not mean it didn't happen
... How does one tell whether the somnambulist amnisiac is getting worse
December 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Things in my house
Having a memory disorder may not make you responsible for things done
Not remembering something doesn't mean it didn't happen
Just because something is in your past does not mean it didn't happen
... How does one tell whether the somnambulist amnisiac is getting worse
Having a memory disorder may not make you responsible for things done
Not remembering something doesn't mean it didn't happen
Just because something is in your past does not mean it didn't happen
... How does one tell whether the somnambulist amnisiac is getting worse
Rare quote "Patients present with more severe illness than before COVID, even as hospital mortality rates return to prepandemic levels."
Maybe patients present with more severe non-COVID and more cardiovascular, COPD, gunshot wounds, etc.
Percentage of presenting complaint.
No, I didn't read it.
Maybe patients present with more severe non-COVID and more cardiovascular, COPD, gunshot wounds, etc.
Percentage of presenting complaint.
No, I didn't read it.
US #hospital #mortality trends rebound after #COVID shock, but experts warn against complacency
Patients present with more severe illness than before COVID, even as hospital mortality rates return to prepandemic levels.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Patients present with more severe illness than before COVID, even as hospital mortality rates return to prepandemic levels.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
December 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Rare quote "Patients present with more severe illness than before COVID, even as hospital mortality rates return to prepandemic levels."
Maybe patients present with more severe non-COVID and more cardiovascular, COPD, gunshot wounds, etc.
Percentage of presenting complaint.
No, I didn't read it.
Maybe patients present with more severe non-COVID and more cardiovascular, COPD, gunshot wounds, etc.
Percentage of presenting complaint.
No, I didn't read it.
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Yesterday CDC adopted the hep B birth dose rollback.
Today a grant hit the Federal Register: $1.6M to U of Southern Denmark for an RCT in Guinea-Bissau on birth dose "timing."
They're funding research to generate evidence after making the policy change - the opposite of evidence-based medicine. 🧵
Today a grant hit the Federal Register: $1.6M to U of Southern Denmark for an RCT in Guinea-Bissau on birth dose "timing."
They're funding research to generate evidence after making the policy change - the opposite of evidence-based medicine. 🧵
December 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Yesterday CDC adopted the hep B birth dose rollback.
Today a grant hit the Federal Register: $1.6M to U of Southern Denmark for an RCT in Guinea-Bissau on birth dose "timing."
They're funding research to generate evidence after making the policy change - the opposite of evidence-based medicine. 🧵
Today a grant hit the Federal Register: $1.6M to U of Southern Denmark for an RCT in Guinea-Bissau on birth dose "timing."
They're funding research to generate evidence after making the policy change - the opposite of evidence-based medicine. 🧵
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Meg Ryan’s first Instagram post since Rob and Michelle Reiner were murdered.
December 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Meg Ryan’s first Instagram post since Rob and Michelle Reiner were murdered.
