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@kdorg.bsky.social
💙 Awake & aware. Former public school educator, still a teacher. Pro-science, pro-facts, pro-humor-that-uplifts, pro-just-let-them-exist, pro-people-over-money. C(A-Z)O of too many things…
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KDOrgGetPOd
@kdorg.bsky.social
· May 3
“Every accusation is a confession of previous acts or intent”
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Also, people entering and trying to influence politics and policymaking to make money is, in fact, a threat to democracy and civil society.
This piece, brought to you by the new Trump-friendly opinion section of the Post, exhibits an extraordinary sleight of hand by implying that people think that Trump's profiting off office is the primary or sole argument behind arguing he is autocratic.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
November 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Also, people entering and trying to influence politics and policymaking to make money is, in fact, a threat to democracy and civil society.
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one of the funnier bits about moving from a blue state to a red state is that red states still need money to run things and will often just collect it via fees instead
so you pay less in taxes but everything else is more expensive and you don’t actually come out much better
so you pay less in taxes but everything else is more expensive and you don’t actually come out much better
Decent number of the California conservative transplants to Texas have been surprised to find 1: it's not actually that much cheaper, 2: our services suck, 3: they will still be treated like blue haired hippies just for being from California
November 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
one of the funnier bits about moving from a blue state to a red state is that red states still need money to run things and will often just collect it via fees instead
so you pay less in taxes but everything else is more expensive and you don’t actually come out much better
so you pay less in taxes but everything else is more expensive and you don’t actually come out much better
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tax the rich, they will whine and bitch and moan and they will pay their damn taxes because where else are they going to go, fucking Florida? it’s not Massachusetts and it’s certainly not New York City
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
tax the rich, they will whine and bitch and moan and they will pay their damn taxes because where else are they going to go, fucking Florida? it’s not Massachusetts and it’s certainly not New York City
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I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
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An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
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this is why god made adverse inferences
An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
November 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
this is why god made adverse inferences
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Bikeshedding is when people who don't know what they're doing focus their efforts on trivial details, like what color a bike shed should be painted.
sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is
October 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Bikeshedding is when people who don't know what they're doing focus their efforts on trivial details, like what color a bike shed should be painted.
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Standing up in a beret and black rollneck at the next local poetry event, reading this and bringing the house down.
November 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Standing up in a beret and black rollneck at the next local poetry event, reading this and bringing the house down.
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incredibly funny side note that in the midst of all this one guy was actually exonerated via the horse’s mouth and it was this guy
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
incredibly funny side note that in the midst of all this one guy was actually exonerated via the horse’s mouth and it was this guy
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Finally, keep an eye on local respiratory virus dashboards. Even though surveillance has been weakened, many health departments still report wastewater trends, lab positivity, hospitalization rates. When you see a sharp rise mask up, limit crowded indoor events, & lean on your layers of protection.
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Finally, keep an eye on local respiratory virus dashboards. Even though surveillance has been weakened, many health departments still report wastewater trends, lab positivity, hospitalization rates. When you see a sharp rise mask up, limit crowded indoor events, & lean on your layers of protection.
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– Stay home if you’re sick
– Wash hands + clean high-touch surfaces, flu spreads efficiently via contaminated hands.
– Keep rapid tests around. COVID will be part of the mix too.
– Wash hands + clean high-touch surfaces, flu spreads efficiently via contaminated hands.
– Keep rapid tests around. COVID will be part of the mix too.
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
– Stay home if you’re sick
– Wash hands + clean high-touch surfaces, flu spreads efficiently via contaminated hands.
– Keep rapid tests around. COVID will be part of the mix too.
– Wash hands + clean high-touch surfaces, flu spreads efficiently via contaminated hands.
– Keep rapid tests around. COVID will be part of the mix too.
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So what can you do, given all this?
– Get vaccinated early. Cross-protection still matters, even if the strain drifts.
– Upgrade your indoor air. HEPA filters, open windows, or even a Corsi-Rosenthal box can dramatically reduce viral particles.
– Mask when cases rise. N95s work
– Get vaccinated early. Cross-protection still matters, even if the strain drifts.
– Upgrade your indoor air. HEPA filters, open windows, or even a Corsi-Rosenthal box can dramatically reduce viral particles.
– Mask when cases rise. N95s work
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
So what can you do, given all this?
– Get vaccinated early. Cross-protection still matters, even if the strain drifts.
– Upgrade your indoor air. HEPA filters, open windows, or even a Corsi-Rosenthal box can dramatically reduce viral particles.
– Mask when cases rise. N95s work
– Get vaccinated early. Cross-protection still matters, even if the strain drifts.
– Upgrade your indoor air. HEPA filters, open windows, or even a Corsi-Rosenthal box can dramatically reduce viral particles.
– Mask when cases rise. N95s work
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Let’s talk about why I am increasingly uneasy about the upcoming flu season. A new H3N2 influenza variant has been emerging globally, and it carries mutations linked to immune escape i.e the virus’s ability to bypass some of our pre-existing immunity. 🧵
utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...
utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...
Emergence of seasonal influenza A(H3N2) variants with immune escape potential warrants enhanced molecular and epidemiological surveillance for the 2025–2026 season | Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada
Background: All of the major antigenic changes in influenza A(H3N2) viruses since 1968 have involved mutations at just nine amino acid positions, called cluster transition sites, surrounding the receptor binding region of the hemagglutinin surface protein. During the northern hemisphere (NH) 2024–2025 influenza season, A(H3N2) variants emerged with multiple parallel substitutions affecting cluster transition sites 135, 145, 158 and/or 189, with implications for the 2025–2026 season. Methods: Using >24,000 global A(H3) sequences between September 2024 and August 2025, we assess the nature and frequency of amino acid mutations among emerging NH and southern hemisphere (SH) A(H3N2) variants relative to the 2024–2025 subclade J and updated 2025–2026 subclade J.2 vaccine reference strains. We contextualize based upon historic amino acid variation among >210,000 global A(H3) sequences since 1968 and publicly available antigenic characterization data relative to 2024–2025 and 2025–2026 vaccine reference strains Results: Virtually all circulating A(H3N2) viruses in 2024–2025 were subclade J.2. In Europe, about one-third had cluster transition site mutations, mostly T135A with S145N. In North America, more than two-thirds had cluster transition site mutations, including T135K or S145N, with late-season increase in doubly mutated J.2.3 (N158K + K189R) and J.2.5 (S145N + N158K) subclades. The SH 2025 season showed increase in J.2.3 and emergence of J.2.4 (T135K + K189R) including a further drifted J.2.4.1 variant with additional N158D and other mutations, recently renamed subclade K. A substantial proportion of J.2.3 and J.2.4 viruses are antigenically distinct from the 2025–2026 influenza vaccine. Conclusion: Influenza A(H3N2) variants with a combination of cluster transition site mutations emerged during the NH 2024–2025 season. A further drifted and vaccine-mismatched variant now called subclade K arose during the SH 2025 season and is projected to predominate among A(H3N2) viruses for the NH 2025–2026 season. While mismatched vaccines may still provide protection, enhanced genetic, antigenic and epidemiological (eg, vaccine effectiveness) monitoring are warranted to inform risk assessment and response.
utppublishing.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Let’s talk about why I am increasingly uneasy about the upcoming flu season. A new H3N2 influenza variant has been emerging globally, and it carries mutations linked to immune escape i.e the virus’s ability to bypass some of our pre-existing immunity. 🧵
utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...
utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...
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I spoke to Mr. Kingsbury for this week’s column:
“Every day there’s a new horror. And I don’t know how to process it unless I write.”
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
“Every day there’s a new horror. And I don’t know how to process it unless I write.”
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I spoke to Mr. Kingsbury for this week’s column:
“Every day there’s a new horror. And I don’t know how to process it unless I write.”
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
“Every day there’s a new horror. And I don’t know how to process it unless I write.”
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
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This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
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IMO it's about authoritarian consolidation & dismantling its source of social authority.
Public health expertise has always been subservient to state and market & weakly independent as its own thing. Now it will be gone.
Unless people invested in public health figure out how to organize.
Public health expertise has always been subservient to state and market & weakly independent as its own thing. Now it will be gone.
Unless people invested in public health figure out how to organize.
This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
IMO it's about authoritarian consolidation & dismantling its source of social authority.
Public health expertise has always been subservient to state and market & weakly independent as its own thing. Now it will be gone.
Unless people invested in public health figure out how to organize.
Public health expertise has always been subservient to state and market & weakly independent as its own thing. Now it will be gone.
Unless people invested in public health figure out how to organize.
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I wrote about the supposed conservative "civil war" over antisemitism as more of a lovers' spat for @liberalcurrents.
The Heritage Foundation, Groypers, and the Narcissism of Small Differences
Fuentes is the fly born of Heritage’s maggot.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I wrote about the supposed conservative "civil war" over antisemitism as more of a lovers' spat for @liberalcurrents.
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@repdangoldman.bsky.social is the best. We need more members of Congress like him.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
@repdangoldman.bsky.social is the best. We need more members of Congress like him.
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Looks like we’re going to war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Looks like we’re going to war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.
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and that can be true! but then you open the actual newspaper and it's soft-focus profiles of Chris Rufo, a frenzied transphobic crusade, an all-out effort to get the first Black woman president of Harvard canned over bullshit, Get Zohran, etc etc
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
and that can be true! but then you open the actual newspaper and it's soft-focus profiles of Chris Rufo, a frenzied transphobic crusade, an all-out effort to get the first Black woman president of Harvard canned over bullshit, Get Zohran, etc etc
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I always get a kick out of the NYT Defense Squad trotting out harrumphing takes about how serious journalists don't report on mere speculation, blow things out of proportion, dig into their colleagues' email, etc etc
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I always get a kick out of the NYT Defense Squad trotting out harrumphing takes about how serious journalists don't report on mere speculation, blow things out of proportion, dig into their colleagues' email, etc etc
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a woman helped Buffalo Bill load his van, setting off a chain of events that ended in him getting shot by agent Clarice Starling
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
a woman helped Buffalo Bill load his van, setting off a chain of events that ended in him getting shot by agent Clarice Starling