SlugTales
@slugtales.bsky.social
Mostly satire since 1979, but these days not everything is funny. 🏏🎺
It's that time of year, wishing you the best, from the Pacific NW.
December 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
It's that time of year, wishing you the best, from the Pacific NW.
More Trump Legacy....
The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991.
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
More Trump Legacy....
The Trump / Musk / DOGE legacy as history will see it.
For the first time in 25 years, child mortality rates for preventable diseases are projected to increase.
Bill Gates to TIME: “It’s a tragedy that the world is richer, and yet because we have made disproportionate cuts to the money that helps the world’s poorest children, more of them are dying"
Bill Gates to TIME: “It’s a tragedy that the world is richer, and yet because we have made disproportionate cuts to the money that helps the world’s poorest children, more of them are dying"
For the First Time This Century, Child Mortality Is Likely to Rise
The latest report from the Gates Foundation predicts an alarming trend for the health of children around the world.
time.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Trump / Musk / DOGE legacy as history will see it.
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Everyone should respond as clearly and forcefully as Senator @wyden.senate.gov to #ACIP ruling to take away newborn vaccination for hepatitis B. A day of shame:
www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Everyone should respond as clearly and forcefully as Senator @wyden.senate.gov to #ACIP ruling to take away newborn vaccination for hepatitis B. A day of shame:
www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
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An inconvenient truth for Dan Bongino
December 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
An inconvenient truth for Dan Bongino
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Rep. Jim Himes after being briefed by Adm. Bradley:
"What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service. You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, who are killed by the United States."
"What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service. You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, who are killed by the United States."
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Rep. Jim Himes after being briefed by Adm. Bradley:
"What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service. You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, who are killed by the United States."
"What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service. You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, who are killed by the United States."
Rational science-based arguments don't hold much sway with this Administration, particularly this Dept. of Health and Human Services. Sad days, with much more sad days to come as a consequence....
“Delaying the shot from birth to 2 months, one of the potential votes for the committee, would lead to at least 1,400 infections, 300 cases of liver cancer, and 480 deaths every year – all preventable by vaccination…It would also result in more than $222m in additional healthcare costs every year.”
Once again, sheer incompetence is saving us from the worst possible outcomes
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
December 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Rational science-based arguments don't hold much sway with this Administration, particularly this Dept. of Health and Human Services. Sad days, with much more sad days to come as a consequence....
Between AI videos and AI images, it's hard to know what to trust now. (I've been seeing a LOT of youtube videos purporting to be hot-button political stories -- look closely and they're AI-generated videos) Not even the tech press is excited about this "progress": www.cnet.com/tech/service...
Nano Banana Pro Is the Best AI Image Tool I've Tested. It's Also Deeply Troubling
Nano banana pro has obliterated the line between reality and AI. It's impressive and worrisome.
www.cnet.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Between AI videos and AI images, it's hard to know what to trust now. (I've been seeing a LOT of youtube videos purporting to be hot-button political stories -- look closely and they're AI-generated videos) Not even the tech press is excited about this "progress": www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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Seemed?! Dude was in REM sleep while the Cabinet talked about national security. Drowsy Don didn’t just nod off he was one Werther’s Original away from full grandpa-at-Thanksgiving energy.
December 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Seemed?! Dude was in REM sleep while the Cabinet talked about national security. Drowsy Don didn’t just nod off he was one Werther’s Original away from full grandpa-at-Thanksgiving energy.
We're sooo screwed..
Meet the head of a federal panel expected to upend the childhood vaccine schedule later this week. Dr. Kirk Milhoan believes that Covid was made in North Carolina and deployed to China as a bioweapon ... among other conspiracy theories. www.ms.now/news/rfk-jr-...
December 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We're sooo screwed..
Some questions you actually don't want to know the answer to...
Hey, quick question about this photo from Epstein's island: What the fuck
December 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Some questions you actually don't want to know the answer to...
Seems like there's a metaphor locked up in this story about American under Trump, but I can't quite work it out. So, just enjoy. abcnews.go.com/US/drunk-rac...?
abcnews.go.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Seems like there's a metaphor locked up in this story about American under Trump, but I can't quite work it out. So, just enjoy. abcnews.go.com/US/drunk-rac...?
I'm sure Marco tells himself he's making a difference (per the "adults in the room" talk from the first Trump Administration.) But this clearly isn't the first Trump Administration...
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I'm sure Marco tells himself he's making a difference (per the "adults in the room" talk from the first Trump Administration.) But this clearly isn't the first Trump Administration...
I guess some things change when you're The Big Boss.
NEW: Pete Hegseth told an audience in a 2016 video that the military “won’t follow unlawful orders from their commander in chief,” and described the refusal of illegal commands as a part of the military’s ethos — a message he now condemns Democrats for spreading.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
2016 video shows Hegseth saying the military cannot carry out unlawful orders | CNN
Hegseth described the refusal of illegal commands as part of the military’s ethos — a message he now condemns Democrats for spreading.
www.cnn.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I guess some things change when you're The Big Boss.
Kallas: Fact of anti-corruption investigations in Ukraine shows anti-corruption bodies work #Ukraine
Kallas: Fact of anti-corruption investigations in Ukraine shows anti-corruption bodies work
The conduct of anti-corruption investigations in Ukraine shows that anti-corruption bodies are working in the country, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas has said.
en.interfax.com.ua
December 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
History will show that MAGA are basically a bunch of thugs.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
At least 11 Indiana Republicans were targeted with threats or swatting attacks amid redistricting pressure from Trump
The threats came after Trump publicly called on state lawmakers to pass new congressional maps that would benefit Republicans.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
History will show that MAGA are basically a bunch of thugs.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, messaged me today about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth using the likeness and image from the books to make light of killings in the Caribbean in his post yesterday on X.
December 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, messaged me today about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth using the likeness and image from the books to make light of killings in the Caribbean in his post yesterday on X.
I'm so old I can remember when firing people because of their race or religion was considered un-American...
DOJ says immigration judges, as "inferior officers," may be fired on the basis of sex, religion, race, or national origin. Leaving aside the law, it's *politically* remarkable they're taking this position.
washingtonlitigationgroup.org/news/former-...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I'm so old I can remember when firing people because of their race or religion was considered un-American...
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As you plan your travel for the holiday season, just a reminder that the Trump DOT is making it harder for you to receive compensation when airlines mess up your flight.
"There’s not a regulation that they don’t either want to weaken or eliminate," @wjm-air.bsky.social told @nytimes.com
"There’s not a regulation that they don’t either want to weaken or eliminate," @wjm-air.bsky.social told @nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
As you plan your travel for the holiday season, just a reminder that the Trump DOT is making it harder for you to receive compensation when airlines mess up your flight.
"There’s not a regulation that they don’t either want to weaken or eliminate," @wjm-air.bsky.social told @nytimes.com
"There’s not a regulation that they don’t either want to weaken or eliminate," @wjm-air.bsky.social told @nytimes.com
I think we need to get another bus; it's getting mighty crowded under this one....
President Trump says he would not have wanted the second strike.
POTUS's only defense of Hegseth is claim that Hegseth supposedly said he didn't order it.
POTUS's only defense of Hegseth is claim that Hegseth supposedly said he didn't order it.
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I think we need to get another bus; it's getting mighty crowded under this one....
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"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."
December 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."
Look at the bright side: at least nuclear weapons won't wipe out all life on earth!
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability
The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only move...
www.sciencealert.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Look at the bright side: at least nuclear weapons won't wipe out all life on earth!
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
Go ahead, tell me I'm wrong. But marking up a cancer drug from 25 cents to almost $1,000 per pill isn't just predatory pricing, it's immoral.
Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion.
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Go ahead, tell me I'm wrong. But marking up a cancer drug from 25 cents to almost $1,000 per pill isn't just predatory pricing, it's immoral.
All that "Thanksgiving" is over... back to the real world: sleep well!
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
All that "Thanksgiving" is over... back to the real world: sleep well!
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
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Witkoff is of Russian decent.
Been turning real estate for decades with their monsters, arms dealers, and all the other scum from Russia.
How come 60 minutes hasn’t done an expose on this miniature creep.
Been turning real estate for decades with their monsters, arms dealers, and all the other scum from Russia.
How come 60 minutes hasn’t done an expose on this miniature creep.
November 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Witkoff is of Russian decent.
Been turning real estate for decades with their monsters, arms dealers, and all the other scum from Russia.
How come 60 minutes hasn’t done an expose on this miniature creep.
Been turning real estate for decades with their monsters, arms dealers, and all the other scum from Russia.
How come 60 minutes hasn’t done an expose on this miniature creep.