Tranquil Tiger
@tranquiltigernc.bsky.social
Mindfulness , meditation, and yoga nidra teacher and science tutor learning to enjoy early semi-retirement from a long corporate career.
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At one factory pigeons infested a storage room and defecated on boxes of sterilized equipment. At another, pathogens contaminated purified water used to make drugs. At a third, stagnant urine pooled on a bathroom floor not far from where injectable meds were made.
www.propublica.org/article/fda-...
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Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You.
The agency’s decision to conceal drug names on inspection reports has prevented doctors, pharmacists and patients from knowing whether medications made overseas are tainted by manufacturing failures t...
www.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
At one factory pigeons infested a storage room and defecated on boxes of sterilized equipment. At another, pathogens contaminated purified water used to make drugs. At a third, stagnant urine pooled on a bathroom floor not far from where injectable meds were made.
www.propublica.org/article/fda-...
www.propublica.org/article/fda-...
WARNING: Watching Tubi funds Fox News
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WARNING: Watching Tubi funds Fox News
Tubi is Rupert Murdoch's latest scheme to use entertainment — and especially the Super Bowl — to fund his right-wing agenda and assault on American minds.
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September 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
WARNING: Watching Tubi funds Fox News
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The Damage Report
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Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies
More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform...
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August 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Damage Report
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The only people I know that have “30 or 50” dolls are serial killers on network TV shows…
May 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The only people I know that have “30 or 50” dolls are serial killers on network TV shows…
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This is pretty fucked up because I can’t do geometry. The bird is smarter than I am.
April 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
This is pretty fucked up because I can’t do geometry. The bird is smarter than I am.
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NEW: The move to funnel $15 million for sexual assault survivors through a GOP-controlled commission is part of a pattern by the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature and judiciary to deprive elected Democrats of resources and powers.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
A Political Power Grab Redirected Funds for North Carolina’s Sexual Abuse Survivors. Women in Crisis Paid the Price.
The move, which led to disruptions in services for sexual assault and domestic violence survivors, provides a glimpse of the consequences when a branch of government assumes unprecedented control.
propub.li
March 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
NEW: The move to funnel $15 million for sexual assault survivors through a GOP-controlled commission is part of a pattern by the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature and judiciary to deprive elected Democrats of resources and powers.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Me in the national security group chat.
March 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Me in the national security group chat.
In case y’all aren’t paying attention to the current government DEI means women too.
Iconic Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur, who served in the Marine Corps, has had her contribution scrubbed from Department of Defence website
Web page about iconic Golden Girls actress becomes latest victim of DEI purge
Bea Arthur, who served in the Marine Corps, has had her wartime contribution scrubbed from the Department of Defence (DOD) website. The URL now reads "DEIBefore".
www.thepinknews.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In case y’all aren’t paying attention to the current government DEI means women too.
Disgusting. I have suffered from the same sort of denials (tests needed for diagnosis) by a different provider. Yet without the simple remedy here (vitamins) the patient would cost tens of thousands more later. They don’t care.
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)
How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
propub.li
March 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Disgusting. I have suffered from the same sort of denials (tests needed for diagnosis) by a different provider. Yet without the simple remedy here (vitamins) the patient would cost tens of thousands more later. They don’t care.
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TRUMP: We're also have the head of Pfizer here. One of the great businessmen.
CROWD: *Booooooooo*
CROWD: *Booooooooo*
February 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
TRUMP: We're also have the head of Pfizer here. One of the great businessmen.
CROWD: *Booooooooo*
CROWD: *Booooooooo*
@americanair.bsky.social seriously talking about putting all our 2025 travel plans on hold as it no longer feels safe to fly. What are airlines doing in all of this FAA mess?
February 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
@americanair.bsky.social seriously talking about putting all our 2025 travel plans on hold as it no longer feels safe to fly. What are airlines doing in all of this FAA mess?
Who has a good alternative name for today’s “holiday” since I refuse to call it what the calendar says?
February 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Who has a good alternative name for today’s “holiday” since I refuse to call it what the calendar says?
Washington Post backs out of 'Fire Elon Musk' ad order - The Hill
February 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Washington Post backs out of 'Fire Elon Musk' ad order - The Hill
What will the Kennedy Center have for the next 4 years now? A Lee Greenwood residency?
February 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
What will the Kennedy Center have for the next 4 years now? A Lee Greenwood residency?
Changes Duolingo module from Spanish to Russian …….
February 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Changes Duolingo module from Spanish to Russian …….
NC GOP putting up a bill to allow investment of state pension funds in Bitcoin. Hope those folks aren’t counting on that money.
February 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
NC GOP putting up a bill to allow investment of state pension funds in Bitcoin. Hope those folks aren’t counting on that money.
The US is being systematically destroyed but yeah let’s talk about whose dress was the prettiest at the Grammys.
February 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The US is being systematically destroyed but yeah let’s talk about whose dress was the prettiest at the Grammys.
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay bills - STAT
January 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay bills - STAT
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REPORTER: Is there an acting FAA director?
DUFFY: *walks away*
(The FAA director resigned on the day of Trump's inauguration under pressure from Elon Musk)
DUFFY: *walks away*
(The FAA director resigned on the day of Trump's inauguration under pressure from Elon Musk)
January 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
REPORTER: Is there an acting FAA director?
DUFFY: *walks away*
(The FAA director resigned on the day of Trump's inauguration under pressure from Elon Musk)
DUFFY: *walks away*
(The FAA director resigned on the day of Trump's inauguration under pressure from Elon Musk)
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I missed this entirely:
The FAA Administrator criticized Space X’s safety record and threatened fines.
Musk demanded he resign.
He did.
On January 20th.
www.thedailybeast.com/faa-chief-mi...
The FAA Administrator criticized Space X’s safety record and threatened fines.
Musk demanded he resign.
He did.
On January 20th.
www.thedailybeast.com/faa-chief-mi...
FAA Chief Quit on Jan. 20 After Elon Musk Told Him to Resign
Michael Whitaker had only been in the role for a year but the SpaceX chief accused him of “harassment.”
www.thedailybeast.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I missed this entirely:
The FAA Administrator criticized Space X’s safety record and threatened fines.
Musk demanded he resign.
He did.
On January 20th.
www.thedailybeast.com/faa-chief-mi...
The FAA Administrator criticized Space X’s safety record and threatened fines.
Musk demanded he resign.
He did.
On January 20th.
www.thedailybeast.com/faa-chief-mi...