@fakeplasticmike.bsky.social
Environmental Public Health Nerd. Vegan. "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it." -Mark Twain
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and public health.
08.05.2025 17:09 β π 3556 π 1367 π¬ 100 π 83What some people arenβt factoring into their analysis is the reality that companies were buying tons of inventory to beat the tariffs.
Thatβs cash taken from being able to invest or hire. In fact the probably cut costs and jobs as a result.
#econsky
You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
09.04.2025 17:42 β π 87693 π 16150 π¬ 3080 π 822Elections have consequences
09.04.2025 14:41 β π 50759 π 6201 π¬ 2403 π 458In any other administration, the president would already be huddled with advisors trying to stave off collapse
09.04.2025 11:17 β π 8664 π 2914 π¬ 539 π 273Kash Patel in the Caps postgame locker room, ugh.
05.04.2025 02:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Fotograph shows a table with covers of books translated into German: back row: 5 books by Sarah J. Maas middle row: Toni Morrison, Bluest Eyes; Steven Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower; Orwell, 1984; Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants; Front row: Jay Asher, 13 Reasons Why; Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian; Art Spielman, Complete MAUS; Margaret Atwood, The Handmaidβs Tale; John Green, For Alaska.
Freiburg, Germany, Central Station Bookshop (right @the center of the shopβs entryway):
βThis is a selection of books which are banned at schools in the USβ.
#UniteAgainstBookBans
#FreedomToRead
@ala-pla.bsky.social
@librarypolicy.bsky.social
If there was any doubt about Wayne Gretzkyβs character, heβs sitting at the Capitals game with Kash Patel. The people that smeared shit on his statue in Edmonton were right to do it.
04.04.2025 23:51 β π 108 π 22 π¬ 8 π 0Wayne Regretzky with Kash Patel can fuck allllllll the way off.
04.04.2025 23:59 β π 20 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Wayne Gretzky at a hockey game with Kash Patel. Wayne Gretzky can go fuck himself. He is dead to me.
05.04.2025 00:34 β π 251 π 42 π¬ 26 π 18I guess that all you "tariffs will bring manufacturing jobs back to the US" dolts would rather make sneakers and T-shirts?
Story: A stunning number of electric vehicle, battery factories are being canceled
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump's victimhood narratives, scapegoating tactics, and authoritarian tendencies seem an awful lot like Hitler's.
Open your eyes people.
How is America now the victim of the system it set up?
Make America dumber, sicker, and far less safe.
02.04.2025 13:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Death, taxes, and MAGA hypocrisy
#Hegseth #Signal #Ingraham #Hannity #Goldberg #TheAtlantic #ButHerEmails
Aerospace firm Maxar Technologies has disabled Ukrainian users' access to satellite imagery on a US government platform as the Trump administration suspends intelligence sharing with Kyiv reut.rs/3QVTjyM
09.03.2025 19:13 β π 315 π 182 π¬ 92 π 38One year ago, I made this meme with my daughter in mind.
What could have beenβ¦
#BloodySunday
Thanks, Cliff.
Dear MAGA
Itβs borderline criminal.
08.03.2025 15:43 β π 48855 π 15319 π¬ 2886 π 868Trudeau: "Every country is very aware that if the American government is willing to do this to their own closest ally, neighbor, and friend, everyone is vulnerable to a trade war."
04.03.2025 16:38 β π 46851 π 10412 π¬ 787 π 403Elon loves himself a handout
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
Outcry as Trump withdraws support for research that mentions βclimateβ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
22.02.2025 13:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. Theyβre Trying to Publish It Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
10.02.2025 20:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#WeHaveRights #Resist #ICE
www.wehaverights.us
This effin guy
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"Don't tread on me"
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