@murzee.bsky.social
Forever Odessit. Intensivist/Epi/HSR. Writer. Western MA.
Reposted
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 8, 2023 at 1:50 AM
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
Reposted
December 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Reposted
Just do it the right way, they said.
We only want to make it harder for "criminals,* they said.
This has nothing to do with racism, they said.
Dear reader, those were all lies.
We only want to make it harder for "criminals,* they said.
This has nothing to do with racism, they said.
Dear reader, those were all lies.
December 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Just do it the right way, they said.
We only want to make it harder for "criminals,* they said.
This has nothing to do with racism, they said.
Dear reader, those were all lies.
We only want to make it harder for "criminals,* they said.
This has nothing to do with racism, they said.
Dear reader, those were all lies.
Reposted
Federal immigration agents are making all of our communities less safe, and that's why MA needs to pass clear laws separating state and local law enforcement from ICE.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘I’m losing everything:’ Babson College freshman speaks out about her deportation to Honduras ahead of Thanksgiving - The Boston Globe
In an interview, Any Lucia Lopez Belloza said she is now trying to pick up the pieces of a life she and her family have built in the United States for more than a decade.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Federal immigration agents are making all of our communities less safe, and that's why MA needs to pass clear laws separating state and local law enforcement from ICE.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
Reposted
Antifungal 'Nystatin' is named for the NY State Department of Health.
'Statins', on the other hand, are from Latin 'stare' meaning to "stay or hold still" for their ability to slow or stop cholesterol production via inhibition of liver enzyme HMG-CoA reductase.
'Statins', on the other hand, are from Latin 'stare' meaning to "stay or hold still" for their ability to slow or stop cholesterol production via inhibition of liver enzyme HMG-CoA reductase.
Chemist Rachel Fuller Brown was born #OTD in 1898. She co-discovered the antifungal nystatin while doing research for the New York State Department of Health, hence the name. (1/2) 🧪 👩🔬
Image: Smithsonian Institution
Image: Smithsonian Institution
November 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Antifungal 'Nystatin' is named for the NY State Department of Health.
'Statins', on the other hand, are from Latin 'stare' meaning to "stay or hold still" for their ability to slow or stop cholesterol production via inhibition of liver enzyme HMG-CoA reductase.
'Statins', on the other hand, are from Latin 'stare' meaning to "stay or hold still" for their ability to slow or stop cholesterol production via inhibition of liver enzyme HMG-CoA reductase.
Reposted
By the time I get back to my hotel room there had better be some emergency podcasts. Looking at you @timmiller.bsky.social @thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
By the time I get back to my hotel room there had better be some emergency podcasts. Looking at you @timmiller.bsky.social @thebulwark.com
Reposted
"He said he is not saying vaccines cause autism; he is simply saying there is no proof that they don’t." And there's no proof that autism isn't caused by ketchup, or pet dander, or too many viewings of the classic mob film GoodFellas, either. FFS.
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"He said he is not saying vaccines cause autism; he is simply saying there is no proof that they don’t." And there's no proof that autism isn't caused by ketchup, or pet dander, or too many viewings of the classic mob film GoodFellas, either. FFS.
Would love to understand if/how this fits in with the calculations Rationalists and Effective Altruists make to justify current pain for some future gain @adriandaub.bsky.social @timnitgebru.bsky.social
NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Would love to understand if/how this fits in with the calculations Rationalists and Effective Altruists make to justify current pain for some future gain @adriandaub.bsky.social @timnitgebru.bsky.social
Reposted
For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
Reposted
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
Reposted
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
👇🏼Our world as it is
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
👇🏼Our world as it is
Reposted
There's a law on the books to make corporations pay taxes on the huge profits they report to shareholders.
The Trump admin has quietly decided not to enforce it.
This de facto corporate tax break will add hundreds of billions to the deficit.
Why is no one talking about this?
The Trump admin has quietly decided not to enforce it.
This de facto corporate tax break will add hundreds of billions to the deficit.
Why is no one talking about this?
November 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
There's a law on the books to make corporations pay taxes on the huge profits they report to shareholders.
The Trump admin has quietly decided not to enforce it.
This de facto corporate tax break will add hundreds of billions to the deficit.
Why is no one talking about this?
The Trump admin has quietly decided not to enforce it.
This de facto corporate tax break will add hundreds of billions to the deficit.
Why is no one talking about this?
Reposted
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
We cld have had this. But instead we opted for kidnappings, extrajudicial murders, and famine 🤦🏻
Toronto Harbourfront Centre is a space where people come together to share stories, create art, and build community.
Budget 2025 is building strong communities, and investing to build more places like this that bring us together and strengthen the bonds we share as Canadians.
Budget 2025 is building strong communities, and investing to build more places like this that bring us together and strengthen the bonds we share as Canadians.
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We cld have had this. But instead we opted for kidnappings, extrajudicial murders, and famine 🤦🏻
Reposted
Dear Democrats, please flip the script on this crap. Trump is 100% Stalinist, please fucking label trump a fucking communist. He’s seizing the means of production, picking winners and losers, restricting free trade, and criminalizing political opposition. His buddy Putin was in the KGB.
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Dear Democrats, please flip the script on this crap. Trump is 100% Stalinist, please fucking label trump a fucking communist. He’s seizing the means of production, picking winners and losers, restricting free trade, and criminalizing political opposition. His buddy Putin was in the KGB.
Reposted
If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money.
November 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money.
Reposted
I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
Reposted
Please note that HIP customers can access their monthly HIP allotment in a single transaction, as long as they have at least $0.01 on their EBT account. Single swipe has been in place since 8/17/2025, thanks to the hard work of DTA's HIP team.
Please share with your communities!
Please share with your communities!
November 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Please note that HIP customers can access their monthly HIP allotment in a single transaction, as long as they have at least $0.01 on their EBT account. Single swipe has been in place since 8/17/2025, thanks to the hard work of DTA's HIP team.
Please share with your communities!
Please share with your communities!
Reposted
You can find HIP locations here, please select November in the 'month of operation' option: dtafinder.dtadash.ehs.mass.gov
November 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
You can find HIP locations here, please select November in the 'month of operation' option: dtafinder.dtadash.ehs.mass.gov
Reposted
Quick reminders about HIP this morning!
As long as a #SNAP recipient keeps at least $0.01 on their EBT account, they can access $40+ of HIP for local fruits and vegetables in November in Massachusetts. HIP is a state funded program and is not affected by the shutdown.
As long as a #SNAP recipient keeps at least $0.01 on their EBT account, they can access $40+ of HIP for local fruits and vegetables in November in Massachusetts. HIP is a state funded program and is not affected by the shutdown.
November 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Quick reminders about HIP this morning!
As long as a #SNAP recipient keeps at least $0.01 on their EBT account, they can access $40+ of HIP for local fruits and vegetables in November in Massachusetts. HIP is a state funded program and is not affected by the shutdown.
As long as a #SNAP recipient keeps at least $0.01 on their EBT account, they can access $40+ of HIP for local fruits and vegetables in November in Massachusetts. HIP is a state funded program and is not affected by the shutdown.
Reposted
If you're worried about delayed SNAP benefits or don’t know where to turn for food assistance — call Project Bread's FoodSource Hotline. 📞 Call or text: 1-800-645-8333 or learn more 🌐 projectbread.org/get-help/government-shutdown-food-resources
October 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If you're worried about delayed SNAP benefits or don’t know where to turn for food assistance — call Project Bread's FoodSource Hotline. 📞 Call or text: 1-800-645-8333 or learn more 🌐 projectbread.org/get-help/government-shutdown-food-resources
MA peeps, contact your state senators and reps! This is a truly appalling decision that throws vulnerable MA residents under the bus. #MApoli @sabadosama.bsky.social
From @wbur.org www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
From @wbur.org www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
State House leaders say they won't use rainy day fund to keep SNAP benefits flowing
Top Massachusetts House Democrats made clear Wednesday that they do not plan to turn to Massachusetts’ massive rainy day fund to bail out federal food assistance benefits that are set to run out of ca...
www.wbur.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
MA peeps, contact your state senators and reps! This is a truly appalling decision that throws vulnerable MA residents under the bus. #MApoli @sabadosama.bsky.social
From @wbur.org www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
From @wbur.org www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
Reposted
LinkedIn's default permission for using your data for AI kicks in on November 3. Here's where to switch it off on your account:
> Settings & Privacy → Data privacy → Data for Generative AI Improvement
tuta.com/blog/linkedi...
> Settings & Privacy → Data privacy → Data for Generative AI Improvement
tuta.com/blog/linkedi...
Act until Nov 3rd to stop LinkedIn from abusing your data to train AI! | Tuta
Soon your data like your resumes and profile information will be used to train LinkedIn, Microsoft, and Co.'s artificial intelligence. And no, you didn’t opt-in. Take action and stop this now.
tuta.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
LinkedIn's default permission for using your data for AI kicks in on November 3. Here's where to switch it off on your account:
> Settings & Privacy → Data privacy → Data for Generative AI Improvement
tuta.com/blog/linkedi...
> Settings & Privacy → Data privacy → Data for Generative AI Improvement
tuta.com/blog/linkedi...