Liz Bastian
@lizbastian.bsky.social
Minneapolis, science, kindness, poodles, cheese, bikes, design, joy.
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A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials rescinded recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.
Top CDC covid vaccine adviser quits after RFK Jr. ended recommendations
Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos said she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials removed recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.
wapo.st
June 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials rescinded recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.
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Breaking News: The head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command was abruptly removed from his job, catching top intelligence officials off guard.
Head of National Security Agency and Cyber Command Is Ousted
No reason was given for the removal of Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, but the far-right activist Laura Loomer had called for his ouster in a meeting with President Trump, an official said.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Breaking News: The head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command was abruptly removed from his job, catching top intelligence officials off guard.
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NEW: Noah Weiland spoke to Dr. Marks & we updated the article:
“I did everything I possibly could for this administration to work with them in an effort to restore confidence in vaccines,” Dr. Marks said in the interview.
“It became clear that’s not what they wanted.”
“I did everything I possibly could for this administration to work with them in an effort to restore confidence in vaccines,” Dr. Marks said in the interview.
“It became clear that’s not what they wanted.”
Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’ (Gift Article)
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
NEW: Noah Weiland spoke to Dr. Marks & we updated the article:
“I did everything I possibly could for this administration to work with them in an effort to restore confidence in vaccines,” Dr. Marks said in the interview.
“It became clear that’s not what they wanted.”
“I did everything I possibly could for this administration to work with them in an effort to restore confidence in vaccines,” Dr. Marks said in the interview.
“It became clear that’s not what they wanted.”
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YouTube’s play button doing the lord’s work
March 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
YouTube’s play button doing the lord’s work
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The Minnesota House returned to a 67-67 split on Monday. It reset the power dynamic at the Capitol, where Republicans and Democrats share control in the House and Democrats hold a one-vote lead in the Senate. That means there’s a new formula this year to get bills across the finish line.
Cooking up a bill? Find bipartisan backers, keep dollars tight to succeed this Minnesota session
The Minnesota Legislature is about as evenly split as it can get — with 101 Democrats and 100 Republicans. That means there’s a new formula this year to get bills across the finish line.
www.mprnews.org
March 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Minnesota House returned to a 67-67 split on Monday. It reset the power dynamic at the Capitol, where Republicans and Democrats share control in the House and Democrats hold a one-vote lead in the Senate. That means there’s a new formula this year to get bills across the finish line.
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The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
Killing children is by design, I'm afraid. "Pro-natalists" like Musk claim they aren't racist, but their pressure to have children is solely focused on white women, while they back policies that literally kill of non-white children.
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
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As President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress tonight, reporters from across NPR's newsroom will fact-check and offer context as the speech unfolds.
Follow NPR's annotated fact check of President Trump's address to Congress
As President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress tonight, reporters from across NPR's newsroom will fact check and offer context as the speech unfolds.
www.npr.org
March 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
As President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress tonight, reporters from across NPR's newsroom will fact-check and offer context as the speech unfolds.
Just the gum chewing at this address is gonna kill me.
March 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Just the gum chewing at this address is gonna kill me.
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This is your periodic reminder that if you live in Minnesota you have access (no login required) to the full text of the NYT, WaPo, WSJ, AJC, ChiTrib, LA Times, Star Tribune, and much more all the way back to the 80s. All thanks to eLibrary Minnesota. Libraries rule!
eLibrary Minnesota: News & Magazine resources: Home
Resources for news and magazines in ELM.
elibrarymn.org
February 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is your periodic reminder that if you live in Minnesota you have access (no login required) to the full text of the NYT, WaPo, WSJ, AJC, ChiTrib, LA Times, Star Tribune, and much more all the way back to the 80s. All thanks to eLibrary Minnesota. Libraries rule!
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Listen, we had to get rid of the "MAKE PLANE NOT CRASH" guy because we had no idea what he did and we figured that his $51,000 salary was much more needed for the cause of paying for Tuesday afternoon part of Jeff Bezos' tax cut.
And right after Elon ordered the firing of a bunch of FAA technicians.
February 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Listen, we had to get rid of the "MAKE PLANE NOT CRASH" guy because we had no idea what he did and we figured that his $51,000 salary was much more needed for the cause of paying for Tuesday afternoon part of Jeff Bezos' tax cut.
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This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.
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Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...
www.nps.gov
February 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.
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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
February 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
Yaymerica.
February 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Yaymerica.
Audible laughter #dailycyber*uck
Tesla, whose chief executive, Elon Musk, has been advising President Trump on how to cut government spending, is likely to receive a lucrative contract to supply armored versions of its Cybertruck pickup to the State Department, according to public documents.
State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Audible laughter #dailycyber*uck
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I just voted NO on RFK Jr. to lead HHS. None of his empty promises could undo the harm his past statements have already had on people’s health. He’s a flip-flopper, a conspiracy peddler, and a danger to our country.
He’s driven by self-interest, not by protecting Americans.
He’s driven by self-interest, not by protecting Americans.
February 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I just voted NO on RFK Jr. to lead HHS. None of his empty promises could undo the harm his past statements have already had on people’s health. He’s a flip-flopper, a conspiracy peddler, and a danger to our country.
He’s driven by self-interest, not by protecting Americans.
He’s driven by self-interest, not by protecting Americans.
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Twin Cities friends, my annual sex pun show is this Friday! Come on out and defy the boundaries of polite society by actively enjoying sex and puns
February 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Twin Cities friends, my annual sex pun show is this Friday! Come on out and defy the boundaries of polite society by actively enjoying sex and puns
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Let's Gooo!
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Exclusive: Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
More good news for those looking to exit Meta's social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a
techcrunch.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Let's Gooo!
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