Holy Smokes - line at the gold dealer. I hope those people are selling; not buying!

I'd love to hear from anyone who has been at agencies protecting public health this year (eg CDC, HHS, HRSA, HUD, NIH, OSHA). Privacy respected. Signal is AmyMaxmen.25 🧵Here's a thread of some of my stories this year on the impact of the Trump administration on America's public health.

This article gets a D for confusing the issue. Administrator opinion surveys up top vs student outcomes research at the bottom?! Apple or orange? Two years after school phone bans were implemented in Australia, what has changed? | Children | The Guardian share.google/yOKLYgT1l9om...

Chart: Social Media Ban for Children Has Broad Public Support Globally share.google/HqckooV7TGXX...

@preetbharara.bsky.social #askPreet An idea for Supreme Court tenure... couldn't we have a system where federal judges rotate onto the Supreme Court for X years, then back to a district position? I believe the military does this with Pentagon service.

Class actions accuse two top Australian universities of misleading and deceptive conduct - ABC News share.google/utkkt6YtA7M4...

"Sir?" "That is all, general."

Notice how tRump pivoted from taking over Canada and Greenland to taking over Venezuela? #winning

It all makes sense in the MAGA funhouse mirror version of reality.

Charlie Kirk's talking points with Gavin Newsom: "Men" playing women's sports. Butchering children. Pornography for ten year olds. His opening salvo was that college-educated were not essential workers during the pandemic. (uh, doctors and nurses?!) Reasons MAGA is so hysterical.

That antifa escalator is a #TERRORIST !!! #AntifaEscalator

I personally experienced bullying and abuse by temporary faculty at UTS. My complaint was dragged out for over a year, then dropped with a warning that abusive faculty had to be respected. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

I guess there is plenty of employment and visas if you want to build bombs. Russia is turning to African women and conscripted North Koreans to tackle its defence worker shortage share.google/d6Hjql3WDvxz...

Maybe the Dems need to find five families who have lost their mothers due to Roe v Wade being overturned (women denied care), and have a centrist rally a la #charliekirk #martyr #pandering

Which is worse: burning the flag or shitting on its customs because you think your shit don't stink? As he said in 2018, "John McCain is a loser." Reality Check: When should the US flag fly at half mast? - BBC News share.google/9VOZMjZtqOxo...

When a large dragonfly flies into the train and someone smiles.

Meta announces new AI glasses. #DEVO www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/u...

Utah Valley University's radical left agenda: "Objective 2: UVU provides accessible, equitable, and culturally diverse learning experiences and resources for students of all backgrounds, including those historically underrepresented in higher education."

There's a clip of the student; quite a parallel to "evolution goes against my religion" and the President's executive order says I can have you fired for teaching it.

Old man saw me getting aggravated at the flock of pigeons & gulls after my food. He goes over to the trash bin, digs through and pulls out some food; throws it on the ground for them.

Tourists tempt seagulls to eat out of their hand by holding food aloft. It's cute until the birds see someone eating a sandwich as the same gesture.

When you realize a headline has references to two wars. #BurningMan Burning Man 2025: Ukraine’s ‘Black Cloud’ Collapses After Desert Storm | Observer share.google/SCj5PDGkAlZu...

I guess the courtrooms were reality TV long before the Heritage Foundation bought the Supremes and installed their tone-deaf orange-tan lead singer. Why not throw in some fashion and product placement? #CardiB

"If you do not agree, you can choose to discontinue using the products and services, and close your Microsoft account..." I've pretty much disconnected from MS. A class where I was forced to use their products pushed me into the fuck MS camp.

There are so many inspiring reasons to be creative when meeting this challenge.

They should be damn glad it wasn't an Italian sub. #LuigiMangione

Was denying Washington DC statehood part of #project2025 or was this federalization drive just because #BigBalls went crying to mommy? #alphaenergy

@strictscrutiny.bsky.social your talk of Italian pasta and Colorado peaches reminded me of my nonprofit job in SF with all the East Coast private school co-workers talking about going overseas for the holidays and me, the white trash Midwesterner, still paying off student loans.

Don't put all your eggs in the social media basket. Anger and confusion as Meta overturns more Instagram account bans - BBC News share.google/yXJWQjPsnuCw...

Vinyl records came back. Does this mean we'll be buying magazines to hide under the mattress again? ...The Online Safety Act isn't just about age verification – end-to-end encryption is also at risk | TechRadar share.google/Zyn15b6tSfsF...

Entitled overlords. University of Technology Sydney tells staff facing axe to 'wash delicates' to help manage stress as it suspends 146 courses - ABC News share.google/33YJbauXaiel...

Felony sandwich throwing. “I did it. I threw the sandwich,” the detective quoted him as saying. #sandwich #washingtonDC

California: "yeah, we know how to do math too, motherfuckers." www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Vampire crime wave. www.sfgate.com/national-par...?

Science: only presenting good news increases trust. But a better path could be educating about what science is and how it works. share.google/gG51lr6x3ZY3...

OUCH! I just had too long a conversation with "someone" who finally wrote sequences that made me realize I was talking to AI. #infested

It was the best of free speech, it was the worst of free speech: "Competing Conspiracy Theories Consume Trump’s Washington"

Most US citizens don't know: their mentality towards Australia is not reciprocal. When it comes to North America, they get US news every day, but feel more affinity towards Canada - as two smaller allies subject to the same bullying. My notion is the Vietnam War was the turning point.

Child trafficking? Sex trafficking? So many legal principles I'm learning from this administration. Explainer: Understanding Child Trafficking share.google/0Iiy7NiBBCXH...

Just read a NYT piece about Epstein files...Bill Clinton took 26 flights in Epstein's plane the year after he was out of office. Per Bill Gates, Gates had a few meetings about charity collaboration, but decided it wasn't a go. Then there's tRump, who seems like a worse version of Clinton's problem.

$80K in bills for a rescued parrot. This is why Republicans are afraid of public health. Just don't put San Franciscans in charge?? www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Extremely inconsiderate: when a company encourages you to download their app, which gives some account-specific information, but still hides critical info by referring you to a maze of runaround web pages AND their AI chatbot does exactly the same thing after wasting more time. #Optus #roamingfees

#Indianapolis prepares for #WNBA

Does Project 2025 have a section on selling babies? ABC News share.google/5npZOVZY1DLj...

Remember when... Arizona's 'concentration camp': why was Tent City kept open for 24 years? | Cities | The Guardian share.google/LzTixPveWCDW...

And now for something a little different... #marinebiology #discoClam #electricClam youtu.be/zQtgDFiBf4A?...

Instead of “Alligator Alcatraz” or “Alligator Auschwitz”, let me suggest that we call it simply the Dade-Collier Concentration Camp. Hang the name on Florida. Make them own this disgraceful moment in U.S. history. Make our grandchildren lobby to change the name of Dade County out of shame.

One of my favorites: youtu.be/lsO_SlA7E8k?...