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@chiefdork

PhD scientist. Opinions my own but usually informed by data and facts. Part of the #resistance.

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Oppose Nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General The Senate HELP Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on the nomination of Casey Means to serve as U.S. Surgeon General on Wednesday, February 25th. While we were hoping this nomination was dead, i...

An easy way to write a letter to oppose Casey Means for Surgeon General. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

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Morning.

25.02.2026 05:57 πŸ‘ 13338 πŸ” 2134 πŸ’¬ 254 πŸ“Œ 100
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Society for Unusual Books | Online Bookstore | New and Preloved Books The Society is a bookstore specializing in fantasy, horror, romance, sci-fi, nonfiction, and other genres. We place particular emphasis on small press and independently published titles. We also curat...

My mom sent me a link to this bookshop website that curates interesting and unusual books. Great looking selection, here.

societyforunusualbooks.com

15.02.2026 00:48 πŸ‘ 1839 πŸ” 512 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 22
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Every American needs to watch this:

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I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.

But did you look at the judge's order?

It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."

Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Find moments to laugh, for joy. We got this. Take care of yourself and stay in this fight. Never give up πŸ’™πŸ’™ #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue

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MINNESOTA β€” Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”

So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it

(H/T longtimehistory)

30.01.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 24672 πŸ” 13525 πŸ’¬ 1811 πŸ“Œ 1127
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Bird Snuggles into Photographer’s Chest And Stayed With Her for Warmth on a Snowy Day (LOOK) A photographer Fay was visiting a park when a friendly robin came over and nestled right atop her camera near the warmth of her jacket.

Bird Snuggles into Photographer’s Chest And Stayed With Her for Warmth on a Snowy Day (LOOK) www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bird-snuggle...

26.01.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 10473 πŸ” 1362 πŸ’¬ 157 πŸ“Œ 95
A drawing of Alex Pretti carrying an old person wrapped in an American flag. He is saying -  β€˜Don’t worry. I’ve got you.’

A drawing of Alex Pretti carrying an old person wrapped in an American flag. He is saying - β€˜Don’t worry. I’ve got you.’

If this doesn’t tug at your heart, make you well up with sadness, you are not human.

27.01.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 21526 πŸ” 6378 πŸ’¬ 547 πŸ“Œ 297
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Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning

26.01.2026 20:12 πŸ‘ 12177 πŸ” 3401 πŸ’¬ 180 πŸ“Œ 210
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

25.01.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 28790 πŸ” 10724 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 980
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There are entire new cohorts of Americans, discovering in horror what the Black Americans always knew, from their firsthand experiences…

This interview with James Baldwin was aired in the 1960s… and is so painfully valid today - on the day of ICE murdering another American.

24.01.2026 22:56 πŸ‘ 140 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

For it is bitter cold, and I am sick at heart.

From 3,000 miles away, I stand with my friends in Minnesota.

If you approve of, or try and rationalize, in any way, shape, or form, this cold-blooded execution, here's the door out.

25.01.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Martin Luther King Jr. understood better than almost anyone that racial justice and economic justice are inextricably intertwined. Watch his powerful call to end poverty from his final Sunday Sermon.

18.01.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 8107 πŸ” 2995 πŸ’¬ 158 πŸ“Œ 138
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Today I was Kidnapped By ICE - Dawokefarmer

18.01.2026 03:36 πŸ‘ 9367 πŸ” 5099 πŸ’¬ 358 πŸ“Œ 460
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WATCH: β€œHow many people with domestic violence convictions are running around, with guns, in our cities, terrorizing people?”

Journalist @laurajedeed.bsky.social was hired as an ICE officer after a 6 minute interview, despite not having completed a background check.

17.01.2026 00:10 πŸ‘ 3050 πŸ” 1483 πŸ’¬ 111 πŸ“Œ 104
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Make it viral.

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Ah yes. Those diseases are in such high demand. I’m so glad we rescued measles from being eliminated. It was so unjust. Clearly it deserved to go on murdering and disabling children.

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Seems like every new Epstein files event results in the US bombing or invading someone.

06.01.2026 03:08 πŸ‘ 9065 πŸ” 2285 πŸ’¬ 277 πŸ“Œ 85

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

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14th century painting of St. Margaret of Antioch attacking a devil woman in a virid dress hitting a demon with a hammer

14th century painting of St. Margaret of Antioch attacking a devil woman in a virid dress hitting a demon with a hammer

Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over

01.01.2026 04:43 πŸ‘ 17201 πŸ” 3896 πŸ’¬ 149 πŸ“Œ 141
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a man wearing a mask with the words " life is pain " below him Alt: The Dread Pirate Roberts, dressed all in black with a black face mask, saying "Life is Pain" to Buttercup who is not in the shot. From the film The Princess Bride. Rest in peace, Rob Reiner.

Not the news you want to wake up to. Rest in peace, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer.

15.12.2025 10:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Vaccine Safety
MENU V
For Everyone
NOV. 19, 2025
KEY POINTS
β€’ The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.
β€’ Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.
β€’ HHS has launched a comprehensive assessment of the causes of autism,
including investigations on plausible biologic mechanisms and potential causal links.

Vaccine Safety MENU V For Everyone NOV. 19, 2025 KEY POINTS β€’ The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism. β€’ Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities. β€’ HHS has launched a comprehensive assessment of the causes of autism, including investigations on plausible biologic mechanisms and potential causal links.

The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially.

Period.

This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.

20.11.2025 03:29 πŸ‘ 2937 πŸ” 1117 πŸ’¬ 108 πŸ“Œ 87

BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.

Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.

10.11.2025 14:46 πŸ‘ 11766 πŸ” 2727 πŸ’¬ 240 πŸ“Œ 404

So the president took a dementia test, and then they administered an MRI. Where’s the media on this?

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This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.

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β€œWe are home now. We marched from the park to ICE, very peaceful crowd. We were standing around ICE pushed us down, sprayed us with chemical and I was hit in the head with a projectile. This was so unprovoked. People have to know that the Feds are attacking people with NO provocation whatsoever.”

06.10.2025 23:18 πŸ‘ 7884 πŸ” 3846 πŸ’¬ 307 πŸ“Œ 183

As an immunologist by training, I love this. I had a professor once who described keyhole limpet hemocyanin as the thing that made the immune system go "GOD I HATE THAT"

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Alum make APC [antigen-presenting cell]go boom. Injection site big mad. Antibody production go brrr

Alum make APC [antigen-presenting cell]go boom. Injection site big mad. Antibody production go brrr

Me explaining how adjuvants work to non-immunologists cc @druvbhagavan.bsky.social

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