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Uncertainty Principle @luckypetie.medsky.social · Dec 6
Putting a price on healthcare, puts a price on health and things like expected years of life and other quantifiable life factors until each life has a value. This is fundamentally immoral.
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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.

Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.

Expect more.

This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Maryland health officials warn providers about an upsurge in mumps cases
Maryland health officials are warning about an uptick in cases of mumps.
www.thebanner.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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✅ The killing
✅ Of another
✅ With malice
✅ Aforethought

- More people will die
- It’s certain, not speculative
- He’s doing this on purpose
- Well ahead of time

Those are the elements of murder.

You don’t have to know which people you’re killing in order for it to qualify as murder.
robertscotthorton.bsky.social Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h
Jonathan Cohn: "This was not a decision to reject the Moderna vaccine. It was a refusal even to think about approving it." That's right. Consideration would lead directly to approval. And RFKJr isn't having that.
This Is What Destroying the Vaccine Market Looks Like
A shocking move by RFK Jr.’s team has the industry spooked—for good reason.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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marjhalperin.bsky.social
The announcement that public libraries can no longer process passport applications has to be part of a plan to choke off passport access in advance of passing the SAVE Act, amirite?
February 14, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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antongerashchenko.bsky.social
For the past 5 weeks Tetyana, her partner & their 9-year-old daughter Yeva have been living without heating &with intermittent electricity. Even when the power goes out, Yeva joins her online classes.

📹Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management/X
February 15, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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stealthgirl21.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M2Q...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett explains why Joe Biden didn't release Epstein files
YouTube video by WAAY 31 News
www.youtube.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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joecocker.bsky.social
On this day in 1944, a 17 year old Dutch Jewish girl was murdered at Auschwitz. Her parents were murdered in Sobibor on the 11 Jun 1943 with her brother perishing in Monowitz on the 28 Feb 1943. Her name was Clara Frank

Please support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
February 15, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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mathmos33.bsky.social
"No, Ms. Albanese, you're not a victim of “The Inquisition.” You love to invert Jewish suffering. Your book “J'accuse” inverted defense of a Jew to vilify the Jewish state. Canada condemned you for your non-stop Holocaust inversion.

The petition to #ExpelAlbanese 👇
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ex...
"No, Ms. Albanese, you're not a victim of “The Inquisition.” You love to invert Jewish suffering. They burned conversos at the stake. Your book “J'accuse” inverted defense of a Jew to vilify the Jewish state. Canada condemned you for your non-stop Holocaust inversion. We see you." — Hillel Neuer, #UNWatch "No, Ms. Albanese, you're not a victim of “The Inquisition.” You love to invert Jewish suffering. Your book “J'accuse” inverted defense of a Jew to vilify the Jewish state. Canada condemned you for your non-stop Holocaust inversion. The petition to #ExpelAlbanese 👇 https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/expel-francesca-albanese?source=bluesky&
February 15, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
"How long diseases like measles and the flu linger in the air — after an infected person has left the room"

RSV: up to 45 mins
Influenza: at least 1 hr
Rhinovirus: 1-2 hrs
Measles: up to 2 hrs
Norovirus: up to 2 hrs
COVID-19: up to 3 hrs
Chickenpox: several hrs
Mumps: several hrs
TB: 6-12 hrs
A screenshot of a New York Post health article. The headline reads: “How long diseases like measles and the flu linger in the air — after an infected person has left the room.” It is written by McKenzie Beard and published February 14, 2026, at 2:09 p.m. ET, with a note showing 17 comments. Below the headline is a photo of a man in profile sitting on a couch, wearing a red shirt with a face mask pulled down under his chin. He is exhaling forcefully, and a visible cloud of fine droplets or aerosol particles is shown spreading through the air in front of him, illustrating airborne transmission. A caption beneath the image states that tiny droplets and aerosols can hang in the air and build up indoors even after an infected person leaves.
February 15, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
US Weekly COVID update: Feb 16, 2026

🔸1 in 71 Actively Infectious
🔸692,000 Daily Infections
🔸5,020,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸40,000,000 Infections in 2026
🔸251,000 to 1,000,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸1,400 to 2,400 Weekly Excess Deaths

pmc19.com/data/
A U.S. map titled “COVID-19 Heat Map, Based on CDC Wastewater Data and Levels (U.S.)” dated February 16, 2026 (Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative model). States are color-coded by COVID-19 transmission: Very High (dark maroon), High (red), Moderate (orange), Low (yellow), Very Low (pale yellow), and Limited Data (hatched). Very high levels are concentrated in parts of the Midwest and Plains, including Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and West Virginia. High to moderate levels appear across much of the Central and Eastern U.S., including Michigan, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, New York, and Pennsylvania. Most of the West Coast, Southwest, Florida, and Texas show low to very low levels. Limited data is indicated for Mississippi and Louisiana (hatched areas). A caption notes the 12th U.S. COVID wave peaked January 3, with ongoing high transmission, especially in the Midwest, and a recent surge in Minnesota. Data last updated February 7. A table titled “National COVID-19 Estimates (U.S.)” dated February 16, 2026 (pmc19.com/data). Infections: Proportion actively infectious: 1 in 71 (1.4%) New daily infections: 692,000 Infections in the past week: 5,020,000 Infections in 2026: 40,000,000 Cumulative infections per person: 5.07 Long COVID: Long COVID cases from new daily infections: 35,000 to 138,000 Long COVID cases from new weekly infections: 251,000 to 1,000,000 Excess deaths: Excess deaths from new daily infections: 200 to 330 Excess deaths from new weekly infections: 1,400 to 2,400 A note states the U.S. is seeing about 700,000 new daily infections, with slow declines in transmission, and weekly excess deaths near 2,000. A table titled “COVID-19 State Prevalence Estimates” dated February 16, 2026 (Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative, pmc19.com/data). It lists U.S. states with CDC level, PMC estimate of percent actively infectious, and the chance at least one person is infectious in a room of 10, 25, 50, or 100 people. States with very high prevalence are highlighted in red, including Minnesota (1 in 12; 8.6%), Maine (1 in 22; 4.5%), Illinois (1 in 27; 3.7%), and Iowa (1 in 27; 3.7%), where the risk exceeds 90–99% in rooms of 50–100 people. High prevalence states include Alabama, Indiana, and Michigan, with room-of-100 risks around 93–97%. Most West Coast and Southwest states (California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, Alaska) are shown as low or very low, with lower room-based risks. Moderate levels appear across parts of the Northeast and Midwest, including Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Kansas, and Kentucky. A note indicates limited data reporting for some states. Data were last updated February 7. A table titled “COVID-19 State Prevalence Estimates” dated February 16, 2026 (Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative, pmc19.com/data). It lists U.S. states with CDC level, PMC estimate of percent actively infectious, and the chance at least one person is infectious in a room of 10, 25, 50, or 100 people. States with very high prevalence (highlighted) include North Dakota (1 in 20; 5.0%), South Dakota (1 in 21; 4.8%), West Virginia (1 in 13; 7.5%), Wyoming (1 in 19; 5.4%), and Ohio (1 in 27; 3.7%), where risks exceed 90–99% in rooms of 50–100 people. High prevalence states include Nebraska and Oklahoma, both showing ~75% risk in rooms of 50 and ~94% in rooms of 100. Many states across the West Coast, Southwest, and Northeast (including Oregon, Washington, Virginia, Utah, Nevada, Texas, and New Mexico) are shown as low or very low, with substantially lower room-based risks. Moderate levels appear across states such as Missouri, Montana, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, and Wisconsin. A footnote notes limited reporting for some states, with North Dakota estimates derived from regional averages. Data were last updated February 7.
February 15, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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February 15, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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ALERT: The republicans - who threw a FIT over Jack Smith LEGALLY subpoenaing their toll records - ILLEGALLY spied on Democratic lawmakers' Epstein file searches. I'll discuss this with @katiephang.bsky.social in 45 minutes over on Meidas: www.youtube.com/live/sM8TZSP...
LIVE: Trump Caught BREAKING LAW in EPSTEIN SPY SCANDAL
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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February 15, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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pisepampel.bsky.social
#Afdverbotjetzt
#Afdrausausdenparlamenten
#Niewiederistjetzt
‼️Er kandidiert für den Gemeinderat Stegaurach und den Kreistag Bamberg: Kurz vor der Wahl muss sich Patrick Eck wegen Körperverletzung am Amtsgericht Bamberg verantworten. Jetzt wurde er festgenommen.
➡️ www.wir-sind-mehr.com
Festnahme: AfD-Kandidat sitzt in Untersuchungshaft
Er kandidiert für den Gemeinderat Stegaurach und den Kreistag Bamberg: Kurz vor der Wahl muss sich Patrick Eck wegen Körperverletzung am Amtsgericht Bamberg verantworten. Jetzt wurde er festgenommen.
www.fraenkischertag.de
February 15, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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ethicalpsycholo.bsky.social
The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid. Thus, these agents are complicit in murder. Under Minnesota's felony murder law they could well be guilty of murder.

theintercept.com/2026/02/13/a...
The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.
One of the women Alex Pretti was killed trying to defend is an EMT. Federal agents stopped her from giving him first aid.
theintercept.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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olddogua.bsky.social
This one clip is now dark satire for Russians, and a reminder of how far Putin’s promises have fallen, and why he wants censorship: to shrink the audience for his failure.
February 15, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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wonkysq.bsky.social
"When Musk & Hegseth argue that a racially diverse nation is inherently weak, they're not returning us to some long-established American tradition from which we've recently strayed. They are, instead, parroting the exact same propaganda that Nazi Germany promoted against America during WW II."
February 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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maks23.bsky.social
🇺🇦💡 For the first time in a long time, Kyiv is almost completely powered — 95% of the capital without outages this evening
February 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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hillaryclinton.bsky.social
A key topic at @munsecconf.bsky.social: Ukraine. I joined Yulia Navalnaya, Thordis Kolbrun Gylfadottir, and Benjamin Haddad for a conversation with Ali Aslan about where the conflict stands.

I believe the attempt to force Ukraine to agree to a capitulation agreement with Putin is a disgrace.
February 15, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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That's why I keep encouraging people to volunteer/donate:

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February 15, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
None of this is normal
February 15, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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lorak.bsky.social
Kevin M. Kruse: “There's a lot here that's laughably dumb… ‘Scotts’ is a nice screwup, but the idea that the Irish were somehow a welcome part of the American origin story is hysterical… I want to dig into the suggestion that a diverse nation is somehow inherently a weak nation…”
February 15, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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unlawfulentries.bsky.social
Kavanaugh Stop
amandacarpenter.bsky.social Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 12h
PBS News Hour: U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents describe how they were treated.

Watch the segment here www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMgC...

I'm clipping transcripts of the citizens speaking in this thread 1/3
GEORGE RETES: “My name is George Retes. I was born and raised here in Ventura, California. I’m 26 years old and I am an Iraq combat veteran. I was going to work like normal. I show up. ICE is there. There’s kind of like a roadblock. I get out. I identify myself — that I’m a U.S. citizen, that I’m just trying to get to work. I’m trying to leave. I’m getting ready to leave and they surround my car, start banging on it, start shouting these contradictory orders. Even though I was giving them no reason, they still felt the need to — one agent knelt on my back and another agent knelt on my neck. And during that time, I’m just pleading with them that I couldn’t breathe. I was in isolation. I was in basically this concrete cell. I was stripped naked in like a hospital gown. And they leave the lights on 24/7. They just came out and they said that I was violent and that I assaulted agents. Why lie when it’s on video of everything that happened? Why lie?”
February 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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parismarx.com
OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.”

You can’t trust chatbots.
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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Can't Go Wrong Following @admirablewomen.bsky.social
admirablewomen.bsky.social Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 2d
Jeanne Socrates began sailing at 48.

In 2019, she became the oldest person to sail solo, nonstop, unassisted eastabout around the world & staying south of all 5 Great Capes. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝟳𝟳! 😮 #inspiration

#OTD in 2019, she was passing the Cape of Good Hope on her 339-day, 27,000+ nautical mile trek.
A vibrant, inspiring color photograph of legendary solo sailor Jeanne Socrates, captured aboard her yacht Nereida in a sunlit marina setting. Jeanne, a British-born adventurer with a warm, weathered smile stands confidently at the helm. She wears a thick cream-colored cable-knit sweater, a large pendant necklace, and dark sunglasses, her shoulder-length gray hair gently tousled by the breeze. Her hands grip the polished wooden ship's wheel with quiet authority, solar panels and rigging visible behind her against a brilliant blue sky. In the background, calm blue water, other boats, and a distant shoreline complete the serene yet powerful scene. An inset close-up portrait in the upper right shows Jeanne smiling directly at the camera from inside the cabin, wearing the same sweater and necklace, surrounded by nautical instruments and plaques—highlighting her enduring spirit and the remarkable woman who, at age 77, became the oldest person to complete a solo, nonstop, unassisted circumnavigation of the globe eastabout, staying south of all five Great Capes, and who continues to sail. The image radiates resilience, independence, and joy in lifelong adventure.
February 15, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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lisaguerrero.bsky.social
At this point, which law-enforcement agencies AREN’T corrupt?
cwebbonline.com Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h
This is wild.

41 DUI arrests by a Tennessee trooper. All dismissed. 22 drivers were completely sober.

He “resigned”. No explanation. No accountability. No apology. His personnel file doesn’t even mention the cases.

Police departments shouldn’t be in the business of shielding corrupt officers.
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February 15, 2026 at 9:38 PM