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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET

@patti3333.bsky.social

Slow motion clip
Looks like she didn't roll over on the ICE AGENT
Open fired point blank into her face
Outrage
As Trump says she is a terrorist
Omg ..she was trying to drive away and not at extreme speed

January 7, 2026 at 9:33 PM

limbodog.bsky.social

@limbodog.bsky.social

This is why they wear masks. So they can get away with crimes.

Ms.Believer I-/ BrynDun22 @m1ssbeliever.bsky.social · 17h

www.threads.com/@amay.a100/p...

Chidinma Anyanwu (@amay.a100) on Threads

First video of minnesota incident. Threads may block this post.

www.threads.com

January 7, 2026 at 8:07 PM

limbodog.bsky.social

@limbodog.bsky.social

Kyle wasn't wrong. www.youtube.com/shorts/PgkdX...

Kyle Kinane (@KyleKinaneOfficial) on presidential kidnapping movies.

YouTube video by 800 Pound Gorilla Media

www.youtube.com

January 6, 2026 at 3:19 PM

limbodog.bsky.social

@limbodog.bsky.social

Can we agree to digitally erase him from the movie and replace him with Tig Notaro?

Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 11d

This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

December 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM

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Roxane Gay

@roxanegay.bsky.social

But that one white guy couldn’t get a job in Hollywood because woke!!!!

Lucas Brown Eyes @lucasbrowneyes.bsky.social · 11d

The Inequality in Hollywood is SHAMEFUL.

December 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM

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Memento (new) Morty 🌙

@mementomorty.bsky.social

what's a matter babe you hardly touched your clud sandwich

sandwiches packaged some say "club"and some say "clud"

December 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM

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Ron Filipkowski

@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

The Trump admin sanctions several European officials today after Elon Musk was fined for several violations of their Digital Services Act.

December 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM

limbodog.bsky.social

@limbodog.bsky.social

And now for something completely different. Are butterflies crustaceans? And if you were going to lose your tongue, would you want an isopod replacement? youtu.be/yu-OIMJL1Hw?...

Butterflies Are Crustaceans, But it Gets Worse…

YouTube video by Clint's Reptiles

youtu.be

December 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM

limbodog.bsky.social

@limbodog.bsky.social

So, uh... Anyone talking about this? Is $38,360,000,000,000 actually physically possible to repay? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq3a...

3 Positions Survived Every Crisis Since 1929 (Depression, Inflation, 2008, COVID)

YouTube video by Economy Rewind

www.youtube.com

November 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM

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Acyn

@acyn.bsky.social

AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear

November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM

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The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

A clarification

November 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM

limbodog.bsky.social

@limbodog.bsky.social

Doesn't look all that different. They're even doing the Elon Musk salute. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC1M...

A Night at the Garden | An American Nazi Rally in 1939 | POV

YouTube video by PBS

www.youtube.com

October 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM

limbodog.bsky.social

@limbodog.bsky.social

Long form, and worth the read. theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

October 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM

limbodog.bsky.social

@limbodog.bsky.social

Ok, I'm new to this "having glasses" thing. Do you just not wear glasses while eating ramen? Or do you just accept that you are completely blind until done?

October 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM

limbodog.bsky.social

@limbodog.bsky.social

Well that's quite the headline: www.rawstory.com/trump-retrib...

'Dear leader will be dead sooner than you imagine': Conservative puts MAGA on notice

The day before Donald Trump is scheduled to have a “routine yearly check-up” at Walter Reed Hospital, just five months after his last one, former GOP campaign strategist Rick Wilson reminded the presi...

www.rawstory.com

October 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM

limbodog.bsky.social

@limbodog.bsky.social

And the ones who benefit most are the companies that just don't fill those positions and make the rest of the team take on the workload for no additional pay. Or hire a replacement for 3/4 the salary

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Sep 16

Things have gotten out of hand and it’s now going both ways. People are being doxxed and fired from their jobs, and in response, some are retaliating by taking screenshots of those who doxxed them to return the favor.

September 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM

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Jlou

@wehearvoices.bsky.social

This guy👇

MAGA! Carefully taught to HATE!
Not a Dem voter, not trans, not POC, but a good ole white boy indoctrinated by fearful white people who vote Republican!
Listen to the radical right walk back their attack on Dems!

Prove Me Wrong!

#Voices4Victory
#DemVoice1
#Pinks.

September 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM

limbodog.bsky.social

@limbodog.bsky.social

Immediate appeasement. Always such a good policy regarding fascists. David Ellison starts off as a failure. I wonder if he knows he runs a news agency among other things. www.npr.org/2025/09/12/n...

CBS shifts to appease the right under new owner

CBS' new owner, David Ellison, has taken concrete steps to address the concerns of the news division's sharpest critics — particularly President Trump and his allies.

www.npr.org

September 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM

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Alyssa Harad

@alyssaharad.bsky.social

This is a hell of a letter. “The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines…will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer….Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated…”

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Aug 28

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 11:28 AM

limbodog.bsky.social

@limbodog.bsky.social

I was recently in Regensberg, Germany where I saw the many small metal plaques denoting someone who had been disappeared by the secret police under the Nazi regime.