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Ousted CDC director testifies on why she was fired Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. told her to commit to decisions in advance, without reviewing evidence and to dismiss vaccine experts.

Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. told her to commit to decisions in advance, without reviewing evidence and to dismiss vaccine experts.

How now, how now, what say the citizens?

Guns. Bombs. Aircraft. And yet it’s still largely unknown outside the region. And if our current “leaders” have anything to say about it, it will be completely unknown.

eight leatherbound books all titled "FERNS" volumes 1 through 8

Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

Things the president of the United States said on meet the press today:

He doesn’t know if he has to follow the constitution

He’s fine with a recession

Americans can do with less

Small businesses are just “a couple of little businesses”

a man in a blue jacket sits on a throne ALT: a man in a blue jacket sits on a throne

A movie you've watched more than six times using GIFs.

[Hard mode: no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LotR]

Hour 3 of the Austin College Improv Troupe’s Improvathon. Yes, and?

It’s times like this I wish I could call Rachel. She’d have loved this.

Whenever we see one, my teen kiddo yell, “Sorry about your microphallus!”

Booked my ticket for my mom retreat with Awesome Cousin Darya (tm) in May. Santa Fe, brace yourself.

Jesus suffering fuck. Everyone in my family has ODD and the gymnastics they go through to prove every single suggestion I make wrong is almost amusing.

Almost.

some folks really need to watch schoolhouse rock's episode Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla to remember that we all have pronouns
"I don't have pronouns" bestie you just said one

See the moment Sen. Cory Booker broke Strom Thurmond's record As he broke a record set when Thurmond stood against the Civil Rights Act, Booker said, "I'm not here, though, because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. I'm here because, as powerful as he w...

As he broke a record set when Thurmond stood against the Civil Rights Act, Booker said, "I'm not here, though, because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. I'm here because, as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful."

Just read an article that said the MOST RADICAL thing that trans allies can do today is be kind. Pathetic how far we’ve fallen.

@bagatsen.bsky.social

Having to prove your loyalty after becoming a meme, eh Marco?

In my defense, there was a pet sitter.

I think someone missed me.

My luncheon dates

Some 1930s Germany with rising fascism, some 1990s Russia with thieving oligarchs, some 2010s Hungary with democratic backsliding, some later 19th century United States with the failure of Reconstruction and imposition of segregation, some Gamergate <sigh>, and some aspects uniquely 2020s America.

Bravely Standing Up to the Bully in the White House Podcast Episode · The Oath and The Office · 03/06/2025 · 44m

In this episode @johnfugelsang.bsky.social and I break down the horror show of yesterday’s speech. We discuss how Trump undermined his own position in the case challenging the constitutionality of DOGE and revealed his broader authoritarianism.

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