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warinthefuture.bsky.social
“For local residents, Russia’s human safari has made sudden death from above an everyday fact of life. During the first nine months of 2025, more than a hundred people were killed and over one thousand were wounded in drone attacks.”

www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...
Russia’s ‘human safari’ in southern Ukraine is a warning to the world
Russia's escalating campaign of drone attacks on the civilian population of Ukraine's Kherson region highlights the destructive power of modern drone technologies, writes Oleksandr Tolokonnikov.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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noelreports.com
Plain terrorism, nothing else. Footage has emerged of the Russian drone strike hitting a private kindergarten in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Children were inside when the strike landed.
October 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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susscrofa.bsky.social
Violet Affleck said she was "terrified for the children … will not know the potential of their own minds, unfettered by the cognitive damage of a COVID-19 infection."
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Wearing an N95 mask, Violet Affleck said, "I represent a generation that in many ways already knows how we've been failed. We are told by leaders across the board that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes." Violet Affleck said she was "terrified for the children who do not or soon will not know a world without debilitating pain and exhaustion, who cannot trust their bodies to play, explore, and imagine, and who will not know the potential of their own minds, unfettered by the cognitive damage of a COVID-19 infection." https://abcnews-go-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/GMA/Culture/ben-affleck-jennifer-garners-daughter-violet-spoke-united/story?id=125899256
September 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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berlinbridge.bsky.social
What Russia does everyday to Ukraine. What Russia will do across Europe if we don’t stop them in Ukraine.
September 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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nytimes.com
A barrage of Russian missiles and drones killed at least 15 people in Ukraine’s capital, including four children, on Thursday, officials said. The attack was the largest on Kyiv since President Trump’s summit in Alaska with President Vladimir Putin of Russia nearly two weeks ago. nyti.ms/4g0SJf9
August 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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nytimes.com
A barrage of Russian missiles and drones has killed at least eight people in Ukraine’s capital, including a child.
Russian Missile and Drone Attack Kills at Least 4 in Kyiv
The strikes on Ukraine’s capital early Thursday injured at least 22 people and left others trapped under rubble, officials said.
nyti.ms
August 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back.
"The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."
My resignation letter from CDC. Dear Dr. Houry, I am writing to formally resign from my position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), effective August 28, 2025, close of business. I am happy to stay on for two weeks to provide transition, if requested. This decision has not come easily, as I deeply value the work that the CDC does in safeguarding public health and am proud of my contributions to that critical mission. However, after much contemplation and reflection on recent developments and perspectives brought to light by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., I find that the views he and his staff have shared challenge my ability to continue in my current role at the agency and in the service of the health of the American people. Enough is enough. While I hold immense respect for the institution and my colleagues, I believe that it is imperative to align my professional responsibilities to my system of ethics and my understanding of the science of infectious disease, immunology, and my promise to serve the American people. This step is necessary to ensure that I can contribute effectively in a capacity that allows me to remain true to my principles. The recent change in the adult and children’s immunization schedule threaten the lives of the youngest Americans and pregnant people. The data analyses that supported this decision have never been shared with CDC despite my respectful requests to HHS and other leadership. This lack of meaningful engagement was further compounded by a “frequently asked questions” document written to support the Secretary’s directive that was circulated by HHS without input from CDC subject matter experts and that cited studies that did not support the conclusions that were attributed to these authors. Having worked in local and national public health for years, I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people. It is untenable to serve in an organization that is not afforded the opportunity to discuss decisions of scientific and public health importance released under the moniker of CDC. The lack of communication by HHS and other CDC political leadership that culminates in social media posts announcing major policy changes without prior notice demonstrate a disregard of normal communication channels and common sense. Having to retrofit analyses and policy actions to match inadequately thought-out announcements in poorly scripted videos or page long X posts should not be how organizations responsible for the health of people should function. Some examples include the announcement of the change in the COVID-19 recommendations for children and pregnant people, the firing of scientists from ACIP by X post and an op-ed rather than direct communication with these valuable experts, the announcement of new ACIP members by X before onboarding and vetting have completed, and the release of term of reference for an ACIP workgroup that ignored all feedback from career staff at CDC. Their desire to please a political base will result in death and disability of vulnerable children and adults. Their base should be the people they serve not a political voting bloc. I have always been first to challenge scientific and public health dogma in my career and was excited by the opportunity to do so again. I was optimistic that there would be an opportunity to brief the Secretary about key topics such as measles, avian influenza, and the highly coordinated approach to the respiratory virus season. Such briefings would allow exchange of ideas and a shared path to support the vision of “Making America Healthy Again.” We are seven months into the new administration, and no CDC subject matter expert from my Center has ever briefed the Secretary. I am not sure who the Secretary is listening to, but it is quite certainly not to us. Unvetted and conflicted outside organizations seem to be the sources HHS use over the gold standard science of CDC and other reputable sources. At a hearing, Secretary Kennedy said that Americans should not take medical advice from him. To the contrary, an appropriately briefed and inquisitive Secretary should be a source of health information for the people he serves. As it stands now, I must agree with him, that he should not be considered a source of accurate information. The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines favoring natural infection and unproven remedies will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer. I believe in nutrition and exercise. I believe in making our food supply healthier, and I also believe in using vaccines to prevent death and disability. Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated and is derivative of a legacy that good medicine and science should continue to shun. The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud. I am resigning because of the cowardice of a leader that cannot admit that HIS and his minions’ words over decades created an environment where violence like this can occur. I reject his and his colleagues’ thoughts and prayers, and advise they direct those to people that they have not actively harmed. For decades, I have been a trusted voice for the LGBTQ community when it comes to critical health topics. I must also cite the recklessness of the administration in their efforts to erase transgender populations, cease critical domestic and international HIV programming, and terminate key research to support equity as part of my decision. Public health is not merely about the health of the individual, but it is about the health of the community, the nation, the world. The nation’s health security is at risk and is in the hands of people focusing on ideological self-interest. I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for the opportunities for growth, learning, and collaboration that I have been afforded during my time at the CDC. It has been a privilege to work alongside such dedicated professionals who are committed to improving the health and well-being of communities across the nation even when under attack from within both physically and psychologically. Thank you once again for the support and guidance I have received from you and previous CDC leadership throughout my tenure. I wish the CDC continued success in its vital mission and that HHS reverse its dangerous course to dismantle public health as a practice and as an institution. If they continue the current path, they risk our personal well-being and the security of the United States.
August 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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susscrofa.bsky.social
This COVID-19 disease paradigm from 2023 remains true:

COVID-19 has an acute and a chronic phase, and each can be either symptomatic or asymptomatic.

And no, asymptomatic damage is not irrelevant, as it can have severe consequences in the future. 🤔

johnsnowproject.org/insights/a-n...
COVID-19: A NEW DISEASE PARADIGM
What if SARS-CoV-2 continues to infect us even after the initial symptoms fade?
johnsnowproject.org
July 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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nytimes.com
Two days after catastrophic floods roared through Central Texas, FEMA did not answer calls from thousands of survivors, documents show. https://trib.al/c6y1tNU
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is pictured in a baseball cap and black shirt at a news conference in Kernville, Texas. Headline reads: "FEMA Didn't Answer Calls From Thousands of Flood Survivors, Documents Show." Photo credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The New York Times.
July 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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ralfwittenbrink.bsky.social
angemessene Unterstützung für Arbeitnehmer und für die Eltern von Kindern, die positiv getestet werden, damit sie zu Hause bleiben können, ohne ihr Einkommen zu verlieren.“

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#Teilhabe #Schattenfamilien #Corona
Covid deaths are on the rise again, so what happens? Mask-wearing in hospitals is scrapped | George ...
The only masking that’s going on is that of the government’s continued failure to get to grips with the virus, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2023 at 12:28 PM
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dominiksteiger.bsky.social
The massacres perpetrated by Hamas terrorists are being documented on Wikipedia.

Re'im music festival massacre (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re%27im... ): 260+ killed, attendance 3'500.

Be'eri massacre (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%27er... ): 100+ killed, population 1'000.
October 11, 2023 at 1:08 PM
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guido-kuehn.bsky.social
Twitter war eine im großen und ganzen ziemlich zuverlässige Quelle für Nachrichten von den großen Medienhäusern bis zu individuellen Beiträgen von Einzelpersonen. X hingegen ist Dank Elon Musk mehrheitlich ein zur Freude von Despoten wild brennender Desinformations-Müllcontainer.
Illustration Ein brennender Rollmüllcontainer mit einem X-Logo an der Vorderseite. Textzeile: Alles, was von Twitter als Nachrichtenquelle blieb.
October 10, 2023 at 10:34 PM