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Your occasional reminder to never give one fucking dime to any of Elon Musk's companies. https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/elon-musk-calls-for-death-sentence
#ElonMusk #Trans
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Bruce Mirken
@BruceMirken@mas.to
mastodon 4.7.2Writer and media relations consultant for several organizations, but all ravings here are strictly mine. Known troublemaker, transplanted from California to Hilo, Hawaii. I often post pics of the cute #reptiles who hang out around my house. Escapee from #Xitter. Do NOT patronize Elon Musk's businesses.
#RacialJustice
#LGBTQ
#TransLivesMatter
#EnvironmentalJustice
#BlackLivesMatter
#ImpeachRFKJr
#ProtectTransKids
#ElectricVehicles
#DefendPublicHealth
#CovidIsNotOver
#OctaviaButler
#MarkTwain
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Joined November 15, 2022
Friendly reminder of why to never use #Facebook or #Instagram. https://www.them.us/news/gay-bar-meta-censorship-ai
RE: https://mas.to/@carnage4life/117340115482165303
Yes, but also do something about the officials and influencers who filled their heads with lies.
Maddow asked #JamesTalarico about attacks on #trans people and those who think that to win, Dems must "moderate" on trans rights. Talarico answered, "I don't believe we win by selling people out." #Texas
"The #NIH has made possible cure after cure for generations, and without it, I might not be alive today.
That's why recent news of a potential deal to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars from the NIH to the Department of Defense -- an agency that already has a budget 20 times that of the NIH -- is so chilling. This comes on top of nearly 2 years of NIH funding cuts and workforce reductions, along with repeated attempts to politicize grant determinations. From 2025 to 2026, the NIH reduced the number of new #research grants it funded by almost 25%."
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/123130
#science #cancer
RE: https://masto.ai/@transworld/117317881077765090
Whether you agree with this or not, #Democrats need to realize that it’s not just #trans people who are nauseated by what some of their candidates are doing.
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"Stop telling trans people they have to vote for anti-trans Democrats. Stop telling them they’ll be responsible for the fall of democracy unless they do."
https://outinjersey.net/creep-of-the-week-marcy-kaptur/
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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When #vaccination rates drop, it puts medically fragile children in danger. Right now, parents of these kids in #Pennsylvania are terrified. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vaccines/it-s-huge-concern-families-kids-complex-medical-needs-worry-about-frequent
RE: https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/top-stories-hc55lmo2z/-/a-dnLrYbo0SX2R5f4n2VdyVg%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0
Pro tip: You greatly reduce the need for damage control by not doing damage in the first place.
#EdSheeran
Your occasional reminder that #RFKJr continues to make piles of money peddling disinformation.
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/24/nx-s1-5979867/rfk-ethics-book-deals
#ImpeachRFKJr
Thinking of kicking your #gasoline addiction? Events happening all over the U.S. can help. https://electrek.co/2026/09/18/learn-how-to-save-money-on-gas-at-us-drive-electric-month-events-all-month/
#California voters will decide soon on whether to tax the wealth of #billionaires. #GavinNewsom is siding with the billionaires. https://www.commondreams.org/news/nobel-laureates-california-wealth-tax
Boosted by @mattsheffield@mastodon.social
#ElizabethWarren is not happy with the administration’s #Cyclospora response: “Indeed, Taco Bell provided earlier and seemingly clearer guidance to consumers than the Food and Drug Administration (#FDA), #CDC, and other federal food safety agencies,” Warren wrote. https://www.salon.com/2026/09/13/taco-bell-exposed-rfk-jr-s-food-safety-failure/
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Try not to be shocked, but #RFKJr lied again. https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/10/politics/fact-check-republican-midterm-convention-night-2
#ImpeachRFKJr
"In the midst of increasing misinformation about acetaminophen (#Tylenol) and its relationship to #autism, many expecting women feel confused about what they should take if they experience a fever. A paper published today found that there’s no causal link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism or attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder (#ADHD)."
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/anti-science/tylenol-during-pregnancy-not-linked-autism-adhd-major-review-finds
Sue them! And get them all disbarred! Ex-Olympian weighing ‘all options’ after reflecting pool charges dropped https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/04/ex-olympian-david-hearn-reflecting-pool-case?CMP=share_btn_url
#ReflectingPool #DavidHearn
U.S. #gasoline prices are rising again, causing misery for all -- except those of us who drive #ElectricVehicles. The rest of the world, from China to Norway, has figured this out, but not Americans so far.
"If the child has a fever or trouble breathing, and they’re unvaccinated, I have to be way more aggressive from a medical standpoint, because they are at higher risk of having life-threatening illnesses. I have to do more blood work, or lumbar punctures to rule out meningitis. I have to do things which are painful, and it’s traumatic for the families.
"I tell them, 'Because your child doesn’t have vaccines, I have to be more worried about conditions like sepsis or meningitis, so therefore I need to do more workup.' The last thing I want to do is miss something. These are parents who love their children. They always tell me, 'Do what you need to do to make sure my child is safe.'”
https://kffhealthnews.org/public-health/utah-measles-outbreak-vaccines-doctors-pediatricians-speak-out/
#measles #vaccines #MMR
RE: https://beige.party/@TresFluke/117062703962492989
Folks, #DeleteFacebook. Now. And any other #Meta apps, like #Instagram. Don't help Nazis.
An emergency medicine doc has a few words for #RFKJr:
"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told CNN’s Dana Bash that 'There were ICUs that were empty all across the country, including in New York, at the height.'
"What a patently false, disgusting statement. It’s actually offensive, given the hell on Earth that my New York colleagues in particular endured in late March and April of 2020." https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/one-graph-to-shut-rfk-jr-up
#ImpeachRFKJr
RE: https://halo.nu/@theguardian_us_news/117277815956390325
Uh, let's not.
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Trump administration plans to resume deliveries of 2,000-lb bombs to Israel https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/trump-administration-bomb-supply-israel-gaza #TrumpAdministration #Israel #UsNews #Gaza #WeaponsTechnology #UsPolitics #WorldNews #Palestine
Open quoted post"A new study suggests that Black patients with acute #COVID19 infection are less likely to be diagnosed as having #LongCOVID than White patients, despite no significant difference in long-COVID symptom burden between the two groups."
Folks, this is why things like race, gender, etc., MUST be studied in #healthcare. What Trump and RFKJr. attack as #DEI is essential #science.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/many-black-us-patients-long-covid-being-missed-analysis-reveals
Hey, can we acknowledge that failing to address #ClimateChange will cost us more than dealing with it?
https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-western-us-spokane-eastern-washington-3f70ca42599d306cf0c540df34ee50d0
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@pheonix/117043863983694428
Amazingly, I never willingly let #AI in my life and ignore it whenever it tries to intrude -- and I'm doing just fine. These #tech bros have no clue.
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Every time one of these people open their mouths, I swear to God, it's a confession of how deep they are. Was human race not functioning before 2023?
#noai #enshittification
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@flexghost@mastodon.social Can it be that no one has posted #TheBeatles? https://youtu.be/KQetemT1sWc?si=Ot0Z5-5XHLPFzLpP
The Beatles - The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun (Official Music Video) [2019 Mix]
#ElectricVehicles "are now expected to make up 29% of all cars sold worldwide this year." The U.S. will lag well behind. https://electrek.co/2026/07/29/477795/
#SpaceX stock just hit a new low. Also, #Tesla dropped another 3% today. Has snake oil salesman #ElonMusk finally run out of marks?
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/article/spacex-stock-sags-again-to-a-new-low-as-q2-earnings-approach-152137218.html
“Maybe being publicly mocked and criticized by this administration is actually like the greatest compliment of all, because it puts me in the company of some of like the most brilliant, empathetic people in our world today." Score: #DylanMulvaney -1, #Trump - 0 https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/tried-to-put-her-down-but-dylan-mulvaney-clapped-back-with-true-class/
Do not trust the new #RFKJr. cooking show (though he may have excellent recipes for Roadkill Ratatouille or Cyclospora Souffle): https://okmagazine.com/p/rfk-jr-launches-healthy-new-cooking-show/
The #Trump and #RFKJr cutbacks to food safety, most visible in the #cyclospora outbreak, is changing Americans' eating habits -- and seems sure to hurt farmers. https://thehill.com/business/5992862-cyclospora-outbreak-produce-fda-survey/
If you've never heard of #cyclospora before, remember: "The #TrumpAdministration initiated major cuts to #PublicHealth in 2025. Pandemic-era grants to state and local health departments were cut by $11.4bn, hampering their ability to respond to outbreaks. The #CDC lost between 25-30% of staff. Within the CDC, a specialized parasitic disease team was downsized from 11 people to just three. In part, that’s because the group was partially funded by USAID, which was also decimated by cuts." Actions have consequences. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/28/cyclosporiasis-outbreak-us-food-safety
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@jimstewartson@toad.social Thank you for writing this. You've captured what a lot of us are feeling since Dolly died: She wasn't just good and kind and really talented; she represented a spirit of generosity that seems to be disappearing from the U.S. 😢
⚠️ "The next foodborne illness outbreak could be much worse.
"That's the concern of #FoodSafety leaders across the U.S. who are raising alarms over federal cuts they say have made it harder to detect and stop the spread of foodborne illnesses, such as the recent outbreaks of #Cyclospora, which has sickened thousands in dozens of states. And they're especially worried the next pathogen will be much more deadly."
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/publichealth/122372
Much of the commentary about #AbdulElSayed has neglected the fact that he's an epidemiologist. At a time when the governing party has declared war on #PublicHealth, a senator like El Sayed could be huge.
👏👏👏 School district sues #TrumpAdministration over pressure to discriminate against #trans kids: “Not an option” https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/school-district-sues-admin-over-pressure-to-discriminate-against-trans-kids-not-an-option/
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@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @defendpublichealth.bsky.social Oh dear, what did he say now?
#Trump tried unsuccessfully to defund #HeadStart. He's found another way to destroy it. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-new-trump-rule-would-lower-standards-at-head-start-and-exclude-immigrants-from-the-program/ar-AA294rsu
Update from the Dept. of No S**t, Sherlock: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/01/ecb-climate-wildfires-global-economy-stability
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@mattblaze@federate.social @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social Exactly. Not all that long ago she would have been unemployed by now.
"Months after congressional #Republicans refused to extend enhanced subsidies for Americans who receive their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, hospitals across the US are seeing a surge in uninsured patients seeking emergency medical care." This is classic Republican false economy. The #EmergencyDepartment is the most expensive way to deliver care --and patients suffer needlessly from delaying care.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/uninsured-emergency-room-surge
#Healthcare #ACA
They're laughing at us. "The #TrumpAdministration has approved what’s believed to be the first #DataCenter on BLM-managed public land by transferring an environmental review completed for an entirely different project. The agency didn’t conduct a new review or invite public comment on the switch."
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"Adults who reported having #COVID19
were at least twice were significantly more likely to be diagnosed as having a new medical condition than those who reported never having been infected, according to a study published this week in Canada Communicable Disease Report."
Get your #vaccines! #CovidIsNotOverhttps://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/repeat-covid-infections-tied-higher-odds-new-health-conditions
Your occasional reminder that anti - #abortion laws endanger women's lives. https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/publichealth/122421
Only in the #TrumpAdministration could depriving 5 million people of help to buy #food be called "a big win." https://www.commondreams.org/news/brooke-rollins-snap-cuts-2677660136
#SNAP
"Reddit users found that by using a specific #Google search query, it was possible to find #Claude conversations that users had shared.
"This exposed sensitive material, including crypto wallet keys, names, addresses, work notes, and even erotic or otherwise policy-violating chats. Fortune says Anthropic appears to have fixed the Google indexing issue, but the shared links themselves were still live for people who already had them."
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/privacy/2026/07/shared-claude-chats-were-searchable-on-google