JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN "No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals."

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What to Watch For As the Midterms Start Getting Weird | Mike Rothschild

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THE PRO-CANCER REICH Exposure standards gutted for: • Ionizing radiation • PFAS forever chemicals • Glyphosate (Roundup) • Ethylene oxide MAHA is silent. www.nrdc.org/sites/defaul...

Wait. What? Is the World Metereorologic Association picking names so he'll feel noticed? www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane...

Tropical Storm Vance forms in eastern Pacific, to approach southwest Mexico Coast as a major hurricane

Following Polo, Simon, Rachel and Trudy, forecasters are tracking a new storm that could evolve into a major hurricane as it tracks toward Mexico.

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Rhetorical question.

Breaking: Pope Leo Requires No Further Therapy. Stage 1 lung adenocarcinoma: Full resection, no nodal involvement. Long-term disease-free survival is high, approximately 80%. (See link in comments)

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The Short, Stupid History of QAnon and the Midterms | Mike Rothschild

Despite its success worming its way into the tenets of mainstream conservative politics and culture, QAnon has only existed for nine years.

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Couple of things; 1 - I don't think the Titanic had a steering issue. 2 - How did you get into law school?

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · last wk.

JD Vance on the economy: "You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"

East Bay Friends, please be mindful of any public alerts and of air quality. This on the 35th anniversary, to the day, of the 1991 Oakland hills firestorm. oaklandside.org/2026/10/20/f...

Fire in the Oakland-Berkeley hills draws coordinate response

Crews from multiple fire agencies have responded, and Cal Fire is dropping water from the sky as wary residents watch from across the East Bay.

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Hurricane disaster? Rx: Rainy day bake sales. There are many states with minuscule emergency management offices and budgets. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

FEMA tells states to handle disasters on their own

The Trump administration plans to cut disaster aid in as few as six months and shift responsibility to states, FEMA's administrator said in remarks obtained by POLITICO.

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Also the Inquisition

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Air pollution is linked to heart and lung diseases, cancer, Parkinson's disease, adverse reproductive outcomes, dementia, and stroke. Now the eyes have it. Meanwhile, Trump's EPA rolls back pollutant regulation. www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

Air pollution linked to higher risk of glaucoma and cataracts, study finds

Research review finds people living in most polluted areas suffer 70 per cent higher odds of glaucoma

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Kids' Tuskegee Trial Busted The plan had been to protect some children with the hepatitis B vaccine and observe "controls" whom we already know have a high risk to develop liver failure or cancer. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

RFK Jr’s ‘deities of vaccine research’ raided by police in Guinea-Bissau

Police seize doses of hepatitis B vaccine from people at center of dispute over research on African newborns

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No Kings, San Francisco Oct 17.

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In case you missed last week's hot take

Pandemic 𓅃. Index@panaccindex.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨 A Humble Proposal: Ban Political Punditry from Public Health Commentary Unqualified political commentators undeniably sabotaged the COVID-19 response. Should future useless editorials come with a disclaimer for the public? 👇 READ, SHARE, SUBSCRIBE: pandemicindex.substack.com/p/a-humble-p...

If Leonard Leo had had 1/1000th the media coverage of the DC Golf course in the last 15 years, we would not be dealing with trump’s “Leonard Leo enabled” destruction of DC and 250 years of democracy.

The Slaughter of the Innocents Ending hepatitis B vaccination for newborns will cause countless cases of cirrhosis and primary liver cancer. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/h...

Kennedy’s Vaccine Plan Could Cause Surge in Hepatitis B, Study Finds

Ending routine vaccination for hepatitis B at birth, as the health secretary has recommended, would increase the number of chronic infections by as much as 83 percent, a team of researchers reported.

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So he CAN help one infirmity...

HHS is Juniors antivaxx project. No matter how many dead bodies he leaves in his wake... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

Kennedy Pledged to Advance Anti-Vaccine Group’s Agenda. Here’s What He Is Doing.

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A clear, brilliant discussion of long-term sequelae of COVID-19 and how to prevent them.

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The risk of adverse outcomes of infections compared to risk of developing adverse outcomes from smoking. COVID for doctors - long term harm: m.youtube.com/watch?v=uGtU... #medsky

October 17, 2026. No Kings San Francisco's human banner

ALERT TO FRIENDS AND ALLIES A hack of several thousands of us occurred yesterday by some grifter(s). Use 2 factor authentication if you don't already do so.

Hi Friends, My account was temporarily suspended by Bluesky because they detected a hack from another party. It's been reinstated (I think). Please let me know if you can see this.

Centcom Chief, two things: • You're lying • The Nuremberg defense. Sir! meidasnews.com/news/let-me-...

Let ME be clear. You are conducting an illegal, immoral war.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2w ago

Yikes. In a desperate-sounding video, CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper insists the Strait of Hormuz is “controlled by the United States… not Iran” and “open for business,” despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

Blaming Measles Deaths on Doctors Project much, Junior? www.importantcontext.news/anti-vaxxers...

Anti-Vaxxers Target Doctors to Deny Measles Deaths in Widening Outbreak

Children’s Health Defense boasts that it sparked malpractice inquiries into two doctors who treated deceased unvaccinated measles patients.

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It's not about gerontocracy. His problem in psychopathy.

Did She Or Didn't She?

NAME THIS BAND I'll start: Blonde Öyster Cult

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