Mike Reader
@mreader-mal.bsky.social
I'm here to have fun and to learn. Aspiring polyglot (español, Nederlands, italiano). Science. Vaxed. Main sports interests: NFL, college football, college hoops, NBA, WNBA. #GoMocs #KeepPounding
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Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick.
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
October 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick.
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
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Instant classic - Jags 31, Chiefs 28.
Glad I'm working the afternoon shift tomorrow.
Glad I'm working the afternoon shift tomorrow.
October 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Instant classic - Jags 31, Chiefs 28.
Glad I'm working the afternoon shift tomorrow.
Glad I'm working the afternoon shift tomorrow.
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A group of 6 LCC K9 comfort dogs arrived in Minneapolis yesterday in the wake of the latest mass shooting. The organization deploys comfort dogs following tragic events. The dogs wore their "please pet me vests," offering love and comfort to those processing this heartbreaking tragedy. 15/10 for all
August 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A group of 6 LCC K9 comfort dogs arrived in Minneapolis yesterday in the wake of the latest mass shooting. The organization deploys comfort dogs following tragic events. The dogs wore their "please pet me vests," offering love and comfort to those processing this heartbreaking tragedy. 15/10 for all
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Partir un ibuprofeno a la mitad para tomar 600 mg en vez de 400 es mala idea: destruye una pieza clave de su ingeniería https://www.xataka.com/p/323671
August 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Partir un ibuprofeno a la mitad para tomar 600 mg en vez de 400 es mala idea: destruye una pieza clave de su ingeniería https://www.xataka.com/p/323671
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This is Jetty. He never wants to hear you complain about his barking again. 13/10 (IG: ullalynn3)
August 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This is Jetty. He never wants to hear you complain about his barking again. 13/10 (IG: ullalynn3)
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New customs regulations take effect August 29, and many European postal agencies and companies say until new systems are set up they can't ship some goods. Gifts worth less than $100 are not affected.
Boxed in by shifting tariff rules, European shippers pause some U.S.-bound parcels
New customs regulations take effect August 29, and many European postal agencies and companies say until new systems are set up they can't ship some goods. Gifts worth less than $100 are not affected.
n.pr
August 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
New customs regulations take effect August 29, and many European postal agencies and companies say until new systems are set up they can't ship some goods. Gifts worth less than $100 are not affected.
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Para el PP, una novillera taurina es un ‘referente social’.
Pero una científica de Alcalá que publica en Science un avance contra la aterosclerosis, ni una mención.
Sus valores hablan solos.
🎥 Nuevo vídeo 👇
Pero una científica de Alcalá que publica en Science un avance contra la aterosclerosis, ni una mención.
Sus valores hablan solos.
🎥 Nuevo vídeo 👇
August 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Para el PP, una novillera taurina es un ‘referente social’.
Pero una científica de Alcalá que publica en Science un avance contra la aterosclerosis, ni una mención.
Sus valores hablan solos.
🎥 Nuevo vídeo 👇
Pero una científica de Alcalá que publica en Science un avance contra la aterosclerosis, ni una mención.
Sus valores hablan solos.
🎥 Nuevo vídeo 👇
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El incendio de Jarilla ha arrasado 17.300 hectáreas en Extremadura. A pocos kilómetros, está Béjar (Salamanca). La gente de allí se pregunta por qué sus bomberos no pudieron actuar. “¿Tiene sentido que estando a 15 minutos no ayudemos?” social.elpais.com/g7qkf5
Los bomberos de Béjar, cerca del fuego y sin poder actuar: “¿Tiene sentido que estando a 15 minutos no ayudemos?”
Muchos de ellos acudieron como voluntarios en su tiempo libre para echar una mano en el incendio que comenzó en Jarilla
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August 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
El incendio de Jarilla ha arrasado 17.300 hectáreas en Extremadura. A pocos kilómetros, está Béjar (Salamanca). La gente de allí se pregunta por qué sus bomberos no pudieron actuar. “¿Tiene sentido que estando a 15 minutos no ayudemos?” social.elpais.com/g7qkf5
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This is Dingo. He gets very anxious if he doesn't have a lap to sit on. In order to meet his lap needs, his family made him an emotional support dummy using pre-worn clothes donated from his grandpa. Dingo couldn't be happier, and we're happy for him. 13/10 #SeniorPupSaturday
(FB: Janelle Grace)
(FB: Janelle Grace)
August 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is Dingo. He gets very anxious if he doesn't have a lap to sit on. In order to meet his lap needs, his family made him an emotional support dummy using pre-worn clothes donated from his grandpa. Dingo couldn't be happier, and we're happy for him. 13/10 #SeniorPupSaturday
(FB: Janelle Grace)
(FB: Janelle Grace)
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With legal challenges to this law pending, we cannot justify building the expensive required infrastructure.
For now, we have made the difficult decision to block access in Mississippi.
To learn more, read our blog post:
For now, we have made the difficult decision to block access in Mississippi.
To learn more, read our blog post:
Our Response to Mississippi’s Age Assurance Law - Bluesky
A new Mississippi law requires us to block full access to Bluesky unless all users complete age checks. We have concerns about this law’s implementation.
bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
With legal challenges to this law pending, we cannot justify building the expensive required infrastructure.
For now, we have made the difficult decision to block access in Mississippi.
To learn more, read our blog post:
For now, we have made the difficult decision to block access in Mississippi.
To learn more, read our blog post:
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Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
August 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
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This video from Fairmount Bagels in Montreal from their Instagram is the most impressive thing I've ever seen
August 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This video from Fairmount Bagels in Montreal from their Instagram is the most impressive thing I've ever seen
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I once had a client a local prosecutor called a "career criminal."
Tbh, client had multiple arrests.
For stealing food.
Because otherwise they wouldn't eat at all.
Because they couldn't get a job because of previously being arrested for stealing food.
A society has the criminals it creates.
Tbh, client had multiple arrests.
For stealing food.
Because otherwise they wouldn't eat at all.
Because they couldn't get a job because of previously being arrested for stealing food.
A society has the criminals it creates.
August 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I once had a client a local prosecutor called a "career criminal."
Tbh, client had multiple arrests.
For stealing food.
Because otherwise they wouldn't eat at all.
Because they couldn't get a job because of previously being arrested for stealing food.
A society has the criminals it creates.
Tbh, client had multiple arrests.
For stealing food.
Because otherwise they wouldn't eat at all.
Because they couldn't get a job because of previously being arrested for stealing food.
A society has the criminals it creates.
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“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
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August 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
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“It’s a complicated time to be a white Southerner.”
4-years of interviews shows many are grappling with what their racial status means today — shaped by Jim Crow’s legacy, recent protests and political upheaval.
4-years of interviews shows many are grappling with what their racial status means today — shaped by Jim Crow’s legacy, recent protests and political upheaval.
‘It’s a complicated time to be a white Southerner’ − and their views on race reflect that
How do white Southerners think about their racial status in a world that is scrutinizing white advantages? Researchers found people across the political spectrum grappling with what being white means.
buff.ly
August 15, 2025 at 6:48 AM
“It’s a complicated time to be a white Southerner.”
4-years of interviews shows many are grappling with what their racial status means today — shaped by Jim Crow’s legacy, recent protests and political upheaval.
4-years of interviews shows many are grappling with what their racial status means today — shaped by Jim Crow’s legacy, recent protests and political upheaval.
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En 2017, un delegado de Papúa Occidental asistió a la ONU en Nueva York luciendo un koteka, una tradicional funda peneal de las tierras altas de Nueva Guinea, reafirmando su identidad cultural en uno de los escenarios diplomáticos más formales del mundo.
August 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
En 2017, un delegado de Papúa Occidental asistió a la ONU en Nueva York luciendo un koteka, una tradicional funda peneal de las tierras altas de Nueva Guinea, reafirmando su identidad cultural en uno de los escenarios diplomáticos más formales del mundo.
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CHATTANOOGA… utility worker TROY PLEMONS 🦸🏻♂️ swims through floodwaters to save a woman trapped in a car, using a rock to break the window and pull her out…
August 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
CHATTANOOGA… utility worker TROY PLEMONS 🦸🏻♂️ swims through floodwaters to save a woman trapped in a car, using a rock to break the window and pull her out…
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August 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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AOL debuted the service in 1991. Dial-up has largely been replaced by broadband internet.
Say bye-bye to the beeps and boops of AOL's dial-up internet service
AOL debuted the service in 1991. Dial-up has largely been replaced by broadband internet.
n.pr
August 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
AOL debuted the service in 1991. Dial-up has largely been replaced by broadband internet.
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1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.scrippsnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
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Dredging waterways for navigation is a centuries-old practice, but this project is controversial because the mud being dug out of the channel is put into other parts of Mobile Bay.
In Alabama, a dredging project in Mobile Bay brings together unlikely allies
Dredging waterways for navigation is a centuries-old practice, but this project is controversial because the mud being dug out of the channel is put into other parts of Mobile Bay.
n.pr
August 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Dredging waterways for navigation is a centuries-old practice, but this project is controversial because the mud being dug out of the channel is put into other parts of Mobile Bay.
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NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
www.propublica.org
August 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.