Bridgeseeker
@bridgeseeker.bsky.social
Filmmaker. Writer. Photo taker. Original Bridgeseeker. The ghost in the machine.
Summer's usually a slow time on LIRR, @thelirrtoday.com, but yesterday was a nightmare. Again. Multiple eve lines a mess because of 1) a poor soul hit by a train, 2) "equipment issues" 3) "a shortage of equipment", 4) "late arriving connection". How are there not enough trains at rush hour!?!? 🙄
. @mtalirr.bsky.social President Rob Free said situations like this would never happen. Shows how out of touch LIRR management (who don't pay fares) are. I've had conductors demand my ticket before I even got the chance to sit down. Surcharge system w/o an appeals process is a pure scam.
it does actually sound like taylor farms and the white house teamed up to try and blame taco bell for the outbreak. unprecedented corruption
Jessica Nix@jessicanix.bsky.social · 3w agoNEW: As cyclosporiasis cases jumped, the company linked to the outbreak - Taylor Farms - effectively delayed a recall that mounted in consumer confusion. Gift link for @business www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The compromised FBI Director plans to travel to Russia this fall. Obviously, the FSB will be in charge of taking him around. And a reminder that he took money from a Russian agent a few years ago to appear in a documentary to bash the US. This is all beyond outrageous
Taylor Farms' parent company has given $2.2M to GOP PACs this election cycle. That includes $1M to Trump's own PAC, just 6 days after the FDA delayed new food tracing requirements last year. Money in politics is sickening.
AP: “A history of terrifying & violent behavior… attacked multiple women… threw boiling water at his ex wife while she was holding her child…” The MAINE killer ICE agent is more proof ICE is hiring the worst of the worst and giving them badges & guns. apnews.com/article/ice-...
RFK Jr. says that HPV vaccine is “dangerous and defective”. A new study from England shows that HPV vaccines have reduced deaths from cervical cancer to ZERO for women aged 20-24. Significant reductions in older age groups were observed as well, though the latter have lower vaccination coverage.
Cervical cancer mortality trends following HPV vaccination in England, 2001–24: an analysis of population-based mortality data
Our findings provide the first robust national-level evidence, albeit observational, that high HPV vaccination coverage is associated with a substantial reduction in cervical cancer deaths. This is sh...
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The #Knicks are like Seabiscuit, like they *need* to be in the chase to win - to catch their opponent’s eye as they pass by as if to say “this is *my* race now”… 🙌
“.. American officials did not learn of the outbreak until Thursday, nine days after the World Health Organization did, and almost a month after the first person died.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/h...
BREAKING: The judge in the $1.7B slush fund suit has dismissed the case, but she says THERE IS NO SETTLEMENT OF RECORD. As I said earlier, the media must stop reporting that this slush fund is a settlement. It's just plain THEFT. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“experts said it was unusual” ????? It’s an utterly outrageous and obviously illegal move that would advance a grotesque attempt to blight our city with a Trumpian monstrosity. The writers know that. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
White House planned to start Triumphal Arch work under unrelated contract
Experts say the move that would allow the administration to bypass a lengthy public bidding process is unusual because the site is not part of the White House complex.
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In this clip, Kash Patel says the grand jury heard evidence that Comey deleted the '8647' post and apologized. Neither fact appears in the indictment. Hmm. Did the FBI director just disclose evidence presented before a grand jury?
Trump has seized on real information from oil experts today and is exulting in it now to justify his war. This seems to be reactive, to Tweets posted earlier. Increased exports will also further drive up oil prices for American consumers.
Rory Johnston@roryjohnston.bsky.social · 4mo agoOh... my God. My first tweet to be stolen by the President of the United States 😅
Kennedy canceled $500 million in mRNA research and announced no new mRNA projects will ever be initiated—killing the technology that produced the fastest vaccine rollout in human history.
RFK Jr. Lied His Way Into Office and American Health Is the Victim
He is pushing quackery as science as health secretary
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This is basic mafia operations. Disrupt and threaten something that was working properly, then charge money for “protection” to keep the peace. "There's no such thing as good money or bad money. There's just money."
Simon Marks@simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 4mo agoImpossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:
“Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.” Geneva Convention Additional Protocol I and Department of Defense Law of War Manual, § 5.2.2
A final thought: the most important, efficacious, & sizeable faction on the left is plain old normie Dems, "wine moms," "resistance libs," whatever condescending term you prefer. They're the ones doing the actual work. But they are largely ignored by media, because they're organized & led by women.
ICYMI: The Trump administration is reportedly receiving millions of immigration applications, pocketing the hefty fees, and never processing the applications. It’s collected over $1 billion in fees so far. Where is the outcry over this fraud and abuse?
Trump State Dept. Accused of ‘Largest Fee Fraud in History’ of US Immigration System | Common Dreams
An immigration researcher at the Cato Institute found that the Trump administration is "raking in billions of dollars in
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Scale of Hegseth purge of Black and female officers: "NPR has also learned that a Black colonel and a female colonel from another branch of the military were taken off the promotion list .... This would bring the total to at least six promotions blocked by Hegseth." www.npr.org/2026/03/27/n...
Defense Secretary Hegseth intervened to stop promotions of Black and female officers
Four Army officers were on track to become one-star generals, NPR confirms. Defense secretary Pete Hegseth's involvement in the promotion process is highly unusual.
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Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 5mo agoVery good to see this from Senator Reed. "If these reports are accurate, Secretary Hegseth’s decision to remove four decorated officers from a promotion list after having been selected by their peers for their merit and performance is not only outrageous, it would be illegal."
6 months before bombing Iran and closing the Strait of Hormuz, the Trump admin fired the State Dept. oil and gas experts. The people who modeled exactly this scenario. The ones with contacts at Gulf energy ministries. Now nobody knows who to call. You can't make this up.
Trump’s DOGE Cuts Slashed Staff That Handled Middle Eastern Oil and Gas Crises
Six months before going to war in Iran, the U.S. government cut staff that would have been central to the current situation.
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Mohommad Nazeer put his life on the line to protect U.S. service members. Then he immigrated to the U.S. and did everything he was supposed to do. ICE fascists picked him up arbitrarily. The next day he is dead in an ICE facility. He leaves behind six young children. Share his story.
The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.
✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here. Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning: Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime. And recognized as such by the US Government. From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
Eh, why should we research Alzheimer's, diabetes, cancer, and heart disease? It's not like these issues could ever possibly affect me, personally, because I, like every Republican, have no conception of time, probability, or cause and effect, I exist in a void filled solely by malicious urges.
Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad.bsky.social · 5mo agowe are losing so much talent, progress, and hope for no good reason www.vox.com/future-perfe...
While millions are struggling to make ends meet, Donald Trump is exploiting the presidency to get even richer through shady crypto deals and blatant self-dealing. New "Golden Age" for whom, exactly?
A new whistleblower report alleges that a former DOGE engineer told co-workers at his new job that that he “previously had unrestricted ‘God-level’ access to the SSA’s systems” & that he possessed copies of SSA’s “Numident” & “Master Death” files, which he planned to use at his new job. 3/10/26…1/
DOGE employee stole Social Security data and put it on a thumb drive, report says | TechCrunch
A whistleblower is accusing a former DOGE member of stealing a large number of Americans’ personal data while he was working at the Social Security Administration, with the plan of using it at his new...
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“In October 2025, both her SSI and Medicare benefits were halted, and she was told her immigration status was under review. Although Rakestraw was born in the U.S. and has never once traveled or lived outside the country, federal officials still raised questions about her legal status.”🤬
Holy shit! This is a whole ass shit show. This is an American woman living in the UAE. My country is being run by complete imbeciles right now. Not to mention how badly they’re lying to us with little amount of information they are putting out. I’m just ashamed. #TrumpsEpicFailure