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Lessons From William H. Foege, A Global Health Legend, by @madhupai.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
Dr. William H. Foege: The Babe Ruth of public health, by @drtomfrieden.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/dr-bil...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u... via @forbes.com @nytimes.com
Dr. William H. Foege: The Babe Ruth of public health, by @drtomfrieden.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/dr-bil...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u... via @forbes.com @nytimes.com
Lessons From William H. Foege, A Global Health Legend
Dr William H. Foege, a legend in global public health, passed away on 24 January 2026. His life and legacy offer several lessons for global public health
www.forbes.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Lessons From William H. Foege, A Global Health Legend, by @madhupai.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
Dr. William H. Foege: The Babe Ruth of public health, by @drtomfrieden.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/dr-bil...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u... via @forbes.com @nytimes.com
Dr. William H. Foege: The Babe Ruth of public health, by @drtomfrieden.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/dr-bil...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u... via @forbes.com @nytimes.com
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Thanks for everything, Dr. Foege. May we all work to be more diligent stewards of the legacy you left us: to work every day to care for all of our neighbors, present and future, a bit better than we did yesterday.
A public health giant has passed. “Among public health professionals, Dr. Foege was almost without peer… In 2012, President Barack Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest honor given to a civilian.”
William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Thanks for everything, Dr. Foege. May we all work to be more diligent stewards of the legacy you left us: to work every day to care for all of our neighbors, present and future, a bit better than we did yesterday.
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Coming back from out of town and realizing that you have the best neighbors ❤️
January 26, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Coming back from out of town and realizing that you have the best neighbors ❤️
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hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
And what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
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My friend wrote this about Alex. She was his last nursing student. He taught her lessons we all need right now.
Jessica Hauser
I was Alex Pretti’s final nursing student. He was my friend and my nursing mentor. For the past four months, I stood shoulder to shoulder with him during my capstone preceptorship at the Minneapolis.....
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January 25, 2026 at 7:13 PM
My friend wrote this about Alex. She was his last nursing student. He taught her lessons we all need right now.
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ICE has kidnapped another Indigenous person in Minneapolis. This is the fifth member of the Očhéthi Šakówinnto be taken this month.
Statement from Standing Rock:
Statement from Standing Rock:
January 25, 2026 at 9:03 PM
ICE has kidnapped another Indigenous person in Minneapolis. This is the fifth member of the Očhéthi Šakówinnto be taken this month.
Statement from Standing Rock:
Statement from Standing Rock:
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“The truth is that we are all in this together. In public health, there is no ‘them’, there is only “us”. — Dr. William H. Foege
January 25, 2026 at 9:05 PM
“The truth is that we are all in this together. In public health, there is no ‘them’, there is only “us”. — Dr. William H. Foege
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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Thank you to all of the city workers who have been working around the clock this weekend to keep us safe. No job is too small, no storm is too big.
January 25, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Thank you to all of the city workers who have been working around the clock this weekend to keep us safe. No job is too small, no storm is too big.
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People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM
People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
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Hailey West is a new MAGA influencer from PDX & is an escalation agent for the authoritarian state.
Learn more abt Hailey in the linked thread.
bsky.app/profile/uzza...
Learn more abt Hailey in the linked thread.
bsky.app/profile/uzza...
January 25, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Hailey West is a new MAGA influencer from PDX & is an escalation agent for the authoritarian state.
Learn more abt Hailey in the linked thread.
bsky.app/profile/uzza...
Learn more abt Hailey in the linked thread.
bsky.app/profile/uzza...
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You say: "So the United States, once the world’s exemplary liberal democracy, is now a hybrid state combining a fascist leader and a liberal Constitution; but no, it has not fallen to fascism. And it will not.”
I hope you're right but am no longer confident that the US won't become fully fascist.
I hope you're right but am no longer confident that the US won't become fully fascist.
Yes, It’s Fascism — The Atlantic
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
apple.news
January 25, 2026 at 11:46 PM
You say: "So the United States, once the world’s exemplary liberal democracy, is now a hybrid state combining a fascist leader and a liberal Constitution; but no, it has not fallen to fascism. And it will not.”
I hope you're right but am no longer confident that the US won't become fully fascist.
I hope you're right but am no longer confident that the US won't become fully fascist.
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After Venezuela operation, Space Force activates SOUTHCOM element trib.al/vmIA4qu
After Venezuela operation, Space Force activates SOUTHCOM element
The formal ceremony this month follows Guardians’ involvement in the attack on Caracas that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
trib.al
January 25, 2026 at 11:47 PM
After Venezuela operation, Space Force activates SOUTHCOM element trib.al/vmIA4qu
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If you’re press or protesting be careful out there in Minneapolis. There are many bad actors… these are just a few.
Heads Up Minneapolis!
MAGA propagandists Cam Higby, Kevin Posobiec & Hailey West have been spotted undercover otg & filming people today.
They mean to twist your anger & sorrow into demonization. Avoid or nonviolently, but firmly, demand they leave. The less content you give them, the better.
MAGA propagandists Cam Higby, Kevin Posobiec & Hailey West have been spotted undercover otg & filming people today.
They mean to twist your anger & sorrow into demonization. Avoid or nonviolently, but firmly, demand they leave. The less content you give them, the better.
January 25, 2026 at 11:47 PM
If you’re press or protesting be careful out there in Minneapolis. There are many bad actors… these are just a few.
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Veterans Affairs Sect. Collins finally put out a statement regarding VA nurse Alex Pretti's death. Link and screenshot (with alt text) x.com/SecVetAffair...
January 25, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Veterans Affairs Sect. Collins finally put out a statement regarding VA nurse Alex Pretti's death. Link and screenshot (with alt text) x.com/SecVetAffair...
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Whistles are now WMDs, according to the "high IQ" crowd.
January 25, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Whistles are now WMDs, according to the "high IQ" crowd.
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Not only has Minneapolis police not had to shoot anyone in a year. But there has been just ONE homicide in Minneapolis this year, but TWO unofficial DHS homicides: 67% of city homicides are DHS homicides! And 43% of all gunshot victims!
Per filing by asst Minneapolis city atty yesterday:
In first 12 months of 2025, Minneapolis PD had no officer-involved shootings.
Since Dec 1, 2025, federal agents in Minneapolis have had three. ...
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In first 12 months of 2025, Minneapolis PD had no officer-involved shootings.
Since Dec 1, 2025, federal agents in Minneapolis have had three. ...
1/ 2
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Not only has Minneapolis police not had to shoot anyone in a year. But there has been just ONE homicide in Minneapolis this year, but TWO unofficial DHS homicides: 67% of city homicides are DHS homicides! And 43% of all gunshot victims!
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At the Alex Pretti memorial this afternoon, people are unfurling four very large banners.
They read, "How many more will ICE murder? How many more funerals? How many more...how many more?"
They read, "How many more will ICE murder? How many more funerals? How many more...how many more?"
January 25, 2026 at 10:13 PM
At the Alex Pretti memorial this afternoon, people are unfurling four very large banners.
They read, "How many more will ICE murder? How many more funerals? How many more...how many more?"
They read, "How many more will ICE murder? How many more funerals? How many more...how many more?"
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Excellent thread, but this post is why I think Miller, Bovino and others around Trump might pursue violent confrontation, perhaps against a Dem-controlled Congress, even if I also reckon it would end in fiasco for MAGA.
The Trump administration is dangerously blinded by ideological delusions
The Trump administration is dangerously blinded by ideological delusions
MAGA ideology is fundamentally, unavoidably invested in the notion that if the shackles of 'woke' and the 'leftist cultural apparatus' ('the cathedral') are thrown off, the 'authentic,' many and powerful MAGA majority will emerge - and so they seek the clarifying spasm of violence to produce that.
January 25, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Excellent thread, but this post is why I think Miller, Bovino and others around Trump might pursue violent confrontation, perhaps against a Dem-controlled Congress, even if I also reckon it would end in fiasco for MAGA.
The Trump administration is dangerously blinded by ideological delusions
The Trump administration is dangerously blinded by ideological delusions
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Even if it might be obvious to everyone else that an unpopular Trump won't win a violent fight with blue states or a Dem Congress, the Miller or Bovino types seem so blinded by delusional belief that a silent majority of Americans want MAGA ideological "cleansing" that they could trigger a disaster
January 25, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Even if it might be obvious to everyone else that an unpopular Trump won't win a violent fight with blue states or a Dem Congress, the Miller or Bovino types seem so blinded by delusional belief that a silent majority of Americans want MAGA ideological "cleansing" that they could trigger a disaster
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Other folks have already noted much of this, but I think the MAGA 'theory of victory' here is:
1) DHS provocations trigger a riot or attack on agents which
2) Leads to widespread civil unrest in many 'blue' cities so that
3) Trump can invoke the insurrection act and send in the troops...
1) DHS provocations trigger a riot or attack on agents which
2) Leads to widespread civil unrest in many 'blue' cities so that
3) Trump can invoke the insurrection act and send in the troops...
Curious if anyone has a plausible theory of victory for the administration if it were to invoke the Insurrection Act.
How does the administration "win" in such a scenario?
Best I can tell, it is magical thinking by a certain somebody at the White House, but maybe I'm missing something.
How does the administration "win" in such a scenario?
Best I can tell, it is magical thinking by a certain somebody at the White House, but maybe I'm missing something.
January 25, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Other folks have already noted much of this, but I think the MAGA 'theory of victory' here is:
1) DHS provocations trigger a riot or attack on agents which
2) Leads to widespread civil unrest in many 'blue' cities so that
3) Trump can invoke the insurrection act and send in the troops...
1) DHS provocations trigger a riot or attack on agents which
2) Leads to widespread civil unrest in many 'blue' cities so that
3) Trump can invoke the insurrection act and send in the troops...
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leading to:
4) A spasm of violence in which MAGA aligned forces are assumed to win because
5) The MAGA types firmly believe that they are a) in the majority, b) have all of the guns and c) all liberals are weaklings.
There are, of course, a lot of very obvious problems there. These guys are fools.
4) A spasm of violence in which MAGA aligned forces are assumed to win because
5) The MAGA types firmly believe that they are a) in the majority, b) have all of the guns and c) all liberals are weaklings.
There are, of course, a lot of very obvious problems there. These guys are fools.
January 25, 2026 at 10:51 PM
leading to:
4) A spasm of violence in which MAGA aligned forces are assumed to win because
5) The MAGA types firmly believe that they are a) in the majority, b) have all of the guns and c) all liberals are weaklings.
There are, of course, a lot of very obvious problems there. These guys are fools.
4) A spasm of violence in which MAGA aligned forces are assumed to win because
5) The MAGA types firmly believe that they are a) in the majority, b) have all of the guns and c) all liberals are weaklings.
There are, of course, a lot of very obvious problems there. These guys are fools.
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First, they've been stuck on Stage 1 for a year because protestors have been largely too disciplined to give them the riot.
While that happened, public opinion decisively curdled, meaning assumption 5a, always false is now very false: they do not have majority support and won't have it in a crisis.
While that happened, public opinion decisively curdled, meaning assumption 5a, always false is now very false: they do not have majority support and won't have it in a crisis.
January 25, 2026 at 10:51 PM
First, they've been stuck on Stage 1 for a year because protestors have been largely too disciplined to give them the riot.
While that happened, public opinion decisively curdled, meaning assumption 5a, always false is now very false: they do not have majority support and won't have it in a crisis.
While that happened, public opinion decisively curdled, meaning assumption 5a, always false is now very false: they do not have majority support and won't have it in a crisis.
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Our government is supposed to protect people exercising their constitutional rights, not kill them. This is a good sign.
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Our government is supposed to protect people exercising their constitutional rights, not kill them. This is a good sign.
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ICE took the flower man in Echo Park 40 minutes ago. He’s at this corner every day. I’ve bought flowers from the man and woman here for anniversaries and birthdays. Lemmy loves to smell them whenever we walk by in the mornings. I was just at the street corner 15 minutes before it happened. Fuck.
January 25, 2026 at 5:50 PM
ICE took the flower man in Echo Park 40 minutes ago. He’s at this corner every day. I’ve bought flowers from the man and woman here for anniversaries and birthdays. Lemmy loves to smell them whenever we walk by in the mornings. I was just at the street corner 15 minutes before it happened. Fuck.