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@dickthompson.bsky.social

Lucky husband 30-plus years. Former Time magazine science correspondent and bureau chief, former adviser to the director-general of the World Health Organization.

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Penn and Teller on Vaccinations
YouTube video by UltraMiraculous Penn and Teller on Vaccinations

Vaccines don’t cause autism.
No matter what the 🧠πŸͺ± says.

20.11.2025 04:29 β€” πŸ‘ 459    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5
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#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
An ICE Agent was BUSTED by Bloomington Police in "Operation Creep" trying to solicit sex from a minor. When arrested, he said "I'm ICE, boys."

That #FuckICE Agent is toast.

19.11.2025 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7784    πŸ” 2369    πŸ’¬ 444    πŸ“Œ 160
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🩸🩸🩸 NEVER FORGET: Instead of honoring our Constitution's key principle of a Peaceful Transfer of Power, POS Donald Trump Abused his Power on Jan 6th by inciting this violent & deadly attack on our country's Capital and should be in prison for life 🩸🩸🩸

19.11.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1327    πŸ” 512    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 21

Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

18.11.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 20362    πŸ” 6877    πŸ’¬ 437    πŸ“Œ 223
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Columbia Journalism Review recently interviewed Betsy Reed, editor of the Guardian's U.S. edition. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

She says: "If we regard it, for good reason, as being extreme and out of line with basic humane values, we won’t treat it as part of the normal discourse in America."

19.11.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Oregon agrees to backfill lost Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood β€’ Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon agrees to backfill $7.5 million in lost Planned Parenthood dollars after Congress approved a bill blocking access to Medicaid funds.

Oregon leadership at work for all of us: Planned Parenthood is here to stay.

19.11.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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19.11.2025 03:50 β€” πŸ‘ 219    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 1

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

19.11.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 20135    πŸ” 7062    πŸ’¬ 780    πŸ“Œ 423
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Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy' Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files

I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...

18.11.2025 05:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5835    πŸ” 1323    πŸ’¬ 278    πŸ“Œ 206
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Nope. The headline should actually read β€œAstronomers using ML discover quasars acting as lenses”

18.11.2025 05:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5878    πŸ” 650    πŸ’¬ 132    πŸ“Œ 31

I don't know why we still call them ICE and treat them as a legitimate organization. They are an armed Militia and should be designated as a terrorist group. No other legal force in America wears masks and strips people of due process. They are a terrorist organization

17.11.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6299    πŸ” 1865    πŸ’¬ 228    πŸ“Œ 104
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E.P.A. Rule Would Drastically Curb Protections for Wetlands

In a win for polluters, the Trump regime proposed a rule to limit the EPA’s authority to regulate pollution in wetlands and waterways. This would strip federal protections from 55 million acres of wetlands (85% of all wetlands nationwide!), threatening lots of people's drinking water.

17.11.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 125    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 8
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There has never been a clearer example of the fact that we do not have a legislature in the United States right now. Trump tells them to vote no, so they all vote no. Then Trump changes his mind and they all change their votes. That is autocracy. Vote them out!

17.11.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5550    πŸ” 1673    πŸ’¬ 264    πŸ“Œ 70

Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:

17.11.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5738    πŸ” 2666    πŸ’¬ 138    πŸ“Œ 85
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Admitting is the first step. Well done.

#leopardsatemyface #Politics #News

18.11.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 8249    πŸ” 1766    πŸ’¬ 1001    πŸ“Œ 179

I think Americans are realizing that democracy is a participation sport, and the the government is ours if we want it to be. I feel like we got complacent and hoped some other third party would do the work for us. Seems like we have to learn that lesson every generation.

18.11.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 17262    πŸ” 3759    πŸ’¬ 645    πŸ“Œ 193
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Epstein survivors just dropped a powerful message for Congress, and it hits like a warning: no more waiting, the truth is coming, ready or not.

Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social

17.11.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 11029    πŸ” 4319    πŸ’¬ 223    πŸ“Œ 218
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The truth will have its day.

That day is now.

Release all the Epstein files.

17.11.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 14533    πŸ” 5120    πŸ’¬ 292    πŸ“Œ 222

unbelievably harsh opinion from Nachmanoff's magisrate excoriating the government for all kinds of misconduct in Comey investigation -- possible serious violations of 4th Amendment, attorney client privilege, and--most incendiary of all -- flagrant misstatements of law in GJ by Lindsey Halligan. πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

17.11.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 982    πŸ” 235    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 10
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If you can't stand on facts and science, you don't belong anywhere near the Department of Health and Human Services. RFK Jr. has got to go.

17.11.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 395    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 6
Quote picture of Dr. Jane Goodall from @JaneGoodallAau

"Hope is often misunderstood.
People think it is simply passive wishful thinking.
This is the opposite of real hope, which requires action and engagement."
DR. JANE GOODALL
@JaneGoodallAU

Quote picture of Dr. Jane Goodall from @JaneGoodallAau "Hope is often misunderstood. People think it is simply passive wishful thinking. This is the opposite of real hope, which requires action and engagement." DR. JANE GOODALL @JaneGoodallAU

I’ve been trying to articulate this forever and this quote says it perfectly. Real hope isn’t passive, it’s active. But it’s also worth remembering that action doesn’t always mean sweeping change or grand gestures. Small choices count too. What a fabulous woman Dr. Goodall was. RIP.

17.11.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 617    πŸ” 191    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 10
"Donald Trump is a mirror that reflects our moral decline. He is greed without limit, fame without merit, and power without responsibility." β€”Carlos Álvarez-Aranyos

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"Donald Trump is a mirror that reflects our moral decline. He is greed without limit, fame without merit, and power without responsibility." β€”Carlos Álvarez-Aranyos IXRuralVoices

16.11.2025 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1386    πŸ” 358    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 11
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πŸ‘‡πŸ˜‘πŸ‘‡ #resignfetterman

15.11.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3005    πŸ” 892    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 67

Gotta love how Jon Karl and ABC News had this graphic ready to go *the very moment* that Hassett rolled out his Walmart anecdote.

16.11.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6233    πŸ” 1543    πŸ’¬ 305    πŸ“Œ 94
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NEVER FORGET!!!!

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the POS 34x convicted felon, DEADLY INSURRECTIONIST, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Donald Trump did 🩸🩸🩸

15.11.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1566    πŸ” 618    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 29

The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon.
77 million people voted for this.

15.11.2025 03:40 β€” πŸ‘ 11282    πŸ” 3343    πŸ’¬ 394    πŸ“Œ 132
The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what β€œworks,” but art opens up what is possible. Not everything has to be immediate or predictable. Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks and difference when evocative. Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is above all an invocation. When cinema is authentic, it does not merely console, but challenges. It articulates the questions that dwell within us, and sometimes, even provokes tears that we did not know we needed to express.

The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what β€œworks,” but art opens up what is possible. Not everything has to be immediate or predictable. Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks and difference when evocative. Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is above all an invocation. When cinema is authentic, it does not merely console, but challenges. It articulates the questions that dwell within us, and sometimes, even provokes tears that we did not know we needed to express.

Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.

Yes, THAT Pope.

15.11.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5262    πŸ” 1428    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 330
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Oregonians deserve more than the status quoβ€”they deserve a government that is obsessed with serving working families. That’s how I am approaching my work in Congress.

14.11.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
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America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.

14.11.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 26616    πŸ” 8948    πŸ’¬ 883    πŸ“Œ 411

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