Baldur Heimdall
@baldurheimdall.bsky.social
No one is safe until everyone is safe.
Don't let the facts stand in the way of a good theory.
If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?
Don't worry, it's going to get worse.
Don't let the facts stand in the way of a good theory.
If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?
Don't worry, it's going to get worse.
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Vivek Ramaswamy has proven himself to be someone who looks the other way when victims need leaders to stand up.
As a mother and a survivor of abuse, I’m once again urging the release of the files — and urging my opponent to join me.
As a mother and a survivor of abuse, I’m once again urging the release of the files — and urging my opponent to join me.
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: Newly released emails show Jeffrey Epstein told Ghislaine Maxwell that Donald Trump “spent hours at my house,” “knew about the girls,” and “that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.”
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Vivek Ramaswamy has proven himself to be someone who looks the other way when victims need leaders to stand up.
As a mother and a survivor of abuse, I’m once again urging the release of the files — and urging my opponent to join me.
As a mother and a survivor of abuse, I’m once again urging the release of the files — and urging my opponent to join me.
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Yet another deliberate effort from our Statehouse to undermine the will of Ohioans — who overwhelmingly voted in defense of reproductive freedom.
When I'm governor, the attacks on a woman's right to choose end.
www.cleveland.com/open/2025/11...
When I'm governor, the attacks on a woman's right to choose end.
www.cleveland.com/open/2025/11...
Bill to regulate mail-order medications blasted as effort to limit abortion access
House Bill 324 would ban mail-order sales of certain medications and require in-person doctor visits. Abortion rights advocates say the bill could potentially limit drugs used for medication abortions...
www.cleveland.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Yet another deliberate effort from our Statehouse to undermine the will of Ohioans — who overwhelmingly voted in defense of reproductive freedom.
When I'm governor, the attacks on a woman's right to choose end.
www.cleveland.com/open/2025/11...
When I'm governor, the attacks on a woman's right to choose end.
www.cleveland.com/open/2025/11...
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The Republican health care plan is about as real as the tooth fairy, so I won't hold my breath.
FOX NEWS: So what would Trumpcare look like?
DR OZ: Well, these are all ideas that we're still working on
DR OZ: Well, these are all ideas that we're still working on
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The Republican health care plan is about as real as the tooth fairy, so I won't hold my breath.
So, Lab Leak Theorists, here's your chance, what do you do?
“I’m not remotely worried today,” Esvelt said... noting that there could be a “concerning trajectory” — where new tools would eventually allow bad actors to create new immune-evading versions of viruses capable of sparking pandemics.
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“I’m not remotely worried today,” Esvelt said... noting that there could be a “concerning trajectory” — where new tools would eventually allow bad actors to create new immune-evading versions of viruses capable of sparking pandemics.
Gift
Inside the debate over a tech breakthrough raising questions about life itself
A research team at Stanford University has harnessed the power of AI to design phages, raising questions about the future of biotechnology and its applications.
wapo.st
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
So, Lab Leak Theorists, here's your chance, what do you do?
“I’m not remotely worried today,” Esvelt said... noting that there could be a “concerning trajectory” — where new tools would eventually allow bad actors to create new immune-evading versions of viruses capable of sparking pandemics.
Gift
“I’m not remotely worried today,” Esvelt said... noting that there could be a “concerning trajectory” — where new tools would eventually allow bad actors to create new immune-evading versions of viruses capable of sparking pandemics.
Gift
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Oh, so he totally stole the money
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Oh, so he totally stole the money
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I will not let people forget that the same Republicans who did everything in their power to make tax breaks for billionaires PERMANENT refused to even negotiate ONE YEAR of health care tax credits for working families.
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I will not let people forget that the same Republicans who did everything in their power to make tax breaks for billionaires PERMANENT refused to even negotiate ONE YEAR of health care tax credits for working families.
Same old bullshit.
"A White House spokesperson refused to answer questions about whether the president was aware the report he shared was fictional, or was concerned about misleading his followers, replying instead with a broadside against Obama that did not address the questions."
"A White House spokesperson refused to answer questions about whether the president was aware the report he shared was fictional, or was concerned about misleading his followers, replying instead with a broadside against Obama that did not address the questions."
Trump shares false claim Obama earned $40m in ‘royalties’ from Obamacare
US president promoted fictional claim from satirical website that has been debunked repeatedly since 2017
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Same old bullshit.
"A White House spokesperson refused to answer questions about whether the president was aware the report he shared was fictional, or was concerned about misleading his followers, replying instead with a broadside against Obama that did not address the questions."
"A White House spokesperson refused to answer questions about whether the president was aware the report he shared was fictional, or was concerned about misleading his followers, replying instead with a broadside against Obama that did not address the questions."
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Our friends at @senecalakeguardian.bsky.social don't post much here, so we are sharing this on their behalf - on Friday, at Governor Hochul's direction, NYS DEC approved a Title V air permit for bitcoin mining at the Greenidge Generation gas power plant.
Please read and share their statement below.
Please read and share their statement below.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Our friends at @senecalakeguardian.bsky.social don't post much here, so we are sharing this on their behalf - on Friday, at Governor Hochul's direction, NYS DEC approved a Title V air permit for bitcoin mining at the Greenidge Generation gas power plant.
Please read and share their statement below.
Please read and share their statement below.
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It's time for leaders who put problem-solving ahead of politics, and service ahead of self-interest.
We’re focused on lowering costs, cleaning up corruption, and fighting for our shared humanity. Not more division, distractions, or catering to special interests.
www.wlwt.com/article/new-...
We’re focused on lowering costs, cleaning up corruption, and fighting for our shared humanity. Not more division, distractions, or catering to special interests.
www.wlwt.com/article/new-...
New polls appear to show Ohio governor's race tightening
Two new polls indicate that the race for Ohio governor could be tightening.
www.wlwt.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
It's time for leaders who put problem-solving ahead of politics, and service ahead of self-interest.
We’re focused on lowering costs, cleaning up corruption, and fighting for our shared humanity. Not more division, distractions, or catering to special interests.
www.wlwt.com/article/new-...
We’re focused on lowering costs, cleaning up corruption, and fighting for our shared humanity. Not more division, distractions, or catering to special interests.
www.wlwt.com/article/new-...
Science repeatedly shows Covid and HPV vaccines work. Paxlovid works very well at keeping people out of the hospital, but it's still too expensive, and Dr's don't keep up on the results of studies.
TWiV 1268: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
YouTube video by MicrobeTV
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Science repeatedly shows Covid and HPV vaccines work. Paxlovid works very well at keeping people out of the hospital, but it's still too expensive, and Dr's don't keep up on the results of studies.
If money is tight, don't feel obligated to host a dinner. And for you perpetual "guests" out there, go make or buy your own dinner for a change.
Gift article
Gift article
Column | If money is tight, is it okay to charge guests for Thanksgiving dinner?
The trend of transferring financial responsibility from the host to the guest is turning fellowship into a monetary affair.
wapo.st
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If money is tight, don't feel obligated to host a dinner. And for you perpetual "guests" out there, go make or buy your own dinner for a change.
Gift article
Gift article
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There have been more pictures of actors wearing masks in public lately such as Tom Hanks, Christina Applegate, and now Hugh Jackman. Hopefully this helps to increase mask use following the opposition to masking by both the Biden and Trump administrations.
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
There have been more pictures of actors wearing masks in public lately such as Tom Hanks, Christina Applegate, and now Hugh Jackman. Hopefully this helps to increase mask use following the opposition to masking by both the Biden and Trump administrations.
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We all need to keep up the pressure and demand that Trump follows the law and gets SNAP benefits to the millions of families and kids that are counting on them to put food on the table.
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
We all need to keep up the pressure and demand that Trump follows the law and gets SNAP benefits to the millions of families and kids that are counting on them to put food on the table.
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Considering the vast amount of evidence that Covid can cause serious long-term health problems, mitigating risk of infection is absolutely logical. This should be utterly uncontroversial. But alas, politics, tribalism, and a desire to conform trump logic for most people. Not me.
November 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Considering the vast amount of evidence that Covid can cause serious long-term health problems, mitigating risk of infection is absolutely logical. This should be utterly uncontroversial. But alas, politics, tribalism, and a desire to conform trump logic for most people. Not me.
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No one should have to choose between paying for healthcare and paying rent. These costs are crushing families in our state and our current leaders aren't doing anything to fix it. Everyone deserves affordable healthcare. Period.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/h...
www.dispatch.com/story/news/h...
Ohioans' health insurance was expensive this year. It will cost even more in 2026
It's the fourth year in a row health insurance costs will rise in the U.S.
www.dispatch.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
No one should have to choose between paying for healthcare and paying rent. These costs are crushing families in our state and our current leaders aren't doing anything to fix it. Everyone deserves affordable healthcare. Period.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/h...
www.dispatch.com/story/news/h...
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Covid poses an "existential threat to human health".
Every infection increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, dementia, dysregulation of the immune system and reactivation of viral infections.
Children are having Long COVID.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Every infection increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, dementia, dysregulation of the immune system and reactivation of viral infections.
Children are having Long COVID.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough | The Tyee
We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.
thetyee.ca
November 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Covid poses an "existential threat to human health".
Every infection increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, dementia, dysregulation of the immune system and reactivation of viral infections.
Children are having Long COVID.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Every infection increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, dementia, dysregulation of the immune system and reactivation of viral infections.
Children are having Long COVID.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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A word that has become a euphemism for promoting and selling things without data or evidence
November 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A word that has become a euphemism for promoting and selling things without data or evidence
Happy Halloween to all the pups out there being dressed up.
Happy Halloween! Thank you Lara & Ryan! 🎃🐾🦴 #happyhalloween #dogcostumes #dogcostume #halloween
YouTube video by K9 Konvoy
youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Happy Halloween to all the pups out there being dressed up.
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
Not surprising considering it pretty much messes up every organ system and blood vessel.
Gift article.
Gift article.
Covid in pregnancy tied to autism, developmental issues, study says
A study published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology analyzed more than 18,100 births in Massachusetts of children born to women who contracted the virus starting in the early months of the pand...
wapo.st
October 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Not surprising considering it pretty much messes up every organ system and blood vessel.
Gift article.
Gift article.
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Asbestos is required to be filed with local authorities and EPA. Subpoena Lee Zeldin to produce those records.
@schumer.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @heinrich.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov
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@schumer.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @heinrich.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov
Gift article
October 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Asbestos is required to be filed with local authorities and EPA. Subpoena Lee Zeldin to produce those records.
@schumer.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @heinrich.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov
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@schumer.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @heinrich.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov
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Maybe that $600M state funding for the new Browns stadium could be put to better use feeding Ohioans in need.
Update: Governor DeWine Signs Executive Order to Support Ohio Families During Federal Shutdown
content.govdelivery.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Maybe that $600M state funding for the new Browns stadium could be put to better use feeding Ohioans in need.
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If we want to avoid starving people, we are going to need state governments to seize money which would has been withheld for federal taxes and using it to fulfill national obligations.
www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
S.F. will cover SNAP recipients’ missed payments. But the rest of the Bay Area is panicking
More than 5 million Californians will stop getting federal SNAP benefits on Saturday — at the same time health care premiums will be spiking — creating a perfect storm for low-income residents.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
If we want to avoid starving people, we are going to need state governments to seize money which would has been withheld for federal taxes and using it to fulfill national obligations.
www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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An increase of $13 a month? I'm sure millions of Americans wish they lived in whatever alternative timeline Dr. Oz is because the truth is that premiums are going to double, or worse!
Oz has clearly not even looked at the ACA marketplace—which is crazy, BECAUSE THAT IS HIS JOB.
Oz has clearly not even looked at the ACA marketplace—which is crazy, BECAUSE THAT IS HIS JOB.
Q: Unless ACA subsidies are extended, the average plan will increase by somewhere around 115%
DR OZ: Where'd you get that number?
Q: Kaiser Family Foundation
OZ: They retracted that. Here's the truth. The average American who's on ACA is gonna pay $13 more than this year. That's not a big issue
DR OZ: Where'd you get that number?
Q: Kaiser Family Foundation
OZ: They retracted that. Here's the truth. The average American who's on ACA is gonna pay $13 more than this year. That's not a big issue
October 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
An increase of $13 a month? I'm sure millions of Americans wish they lived in whatever alternative timeline Dr. Oz is because the truth is that premiums are going to double, or worse!
Oz has clearly not even looked at the ACA marketplace—which is crazy, BECAUSE THAT IS HIS JOB.
Oz has clearly not even looked at the ACA marketplace—which is crazy, BECAUSE THAT IS HIS JOB.