Wanna bet Trump’s team did some insider trading? This is no way to run public health policy. https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/22/nx-s1-5550153/trump-rfk-autism-tylenol-leucovorin-pregnancy

Beasts of the Southern Wild: “One day everything on your plate gonna fall on the floor, and you gonna be the only one there to pick it all up.”

Deadly Mirrored Life: Scientists debate working on the dangers of mirroring molecules. https://ca.news.yahoo.com/scientists-debate-halt-type-research-083053750.html #TruthIsStrangerThanFiction

The bigger problem is the deregulation that led to the television climate we have today, in which only 6 companies own 90% of the nation's media.

Trump’s drastic fee increase for a 3 year H1B visas is going to backfire. Silicon Valley will just move offices overseas instead of bringing the world’s best and brightest here. https://www.businessinsider.com/big-tech-employees-h-1b-visa-travel-return-trump-eo-2025-9

My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?" Turns out, mom was right.

Republican Senate bypasses the 60 Senate vote majority requirement & issues a simple majority approval process for moron Trump’s nominations. Be prepared for a new round of bad hires. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/09/senate-breaks-chuck-schumers-blockade-confirms-48-trump/ #ElectionsMatter

@stephenbheard.bsky.social Just a note to say thank you for writing such a great book. My kid working on his PhD says it has been super useful. Great gift. www.goodreads.com/book/show/27...

Trump dictated we leave Afghanistan by signing a peace deal with the Taliban and then left Biden holding the bag to do the hard work. Now Trump wants to send US troops back to Afghanistan to retake an airbase. www.foxnews.com/world/trump-... #MoronPresident

@skeetsapp.com Any chance of an edit button that works by letting you edit a previous post or comment by deleting and re-adding it? If there is no thread disruption no need for a warning, but if there is let them know previous likes and comments will be orphaned.

AI fake, but love the idea of a robot pet you can ride. #Aibo

Teen Vaping: You can really tell which states stood up for public health by making it harder to buy vaping equipment and popular teen flavors and which ones are going to have expensive health issues down the road. truthinitiative.org/research-res... (MA still shows high numbers in this graphic).

Ukraine's strategy of hitting Russian refineries with drone attacks is paying off. Russia is running into fuel shortages and is slowing down their exports that fund this horrible war. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Accurate

Violence, fascism, MAGA, it is always the right that heads US down the wrong road of violence. Blaming the left is just gas lighting US. https://economist.com/graphic-detail/2025/09/12/is-radical-left-violence-really-on-the-rise-in-america

Love the idea of mammograms being used to not only detect breast cancer but also heart disease. Now if we could just find a way to make them less painful.

Kudos to Stephen Colbert on his Emmy win last night. It was a pleasure chatting with him a few weeks ago on The Late Show about how rampant inequality has brought us to this moment in American history — and what we can do to fix our politics.

Trump’s EPA has dropped plans to stop forever chemical contamination from water supplies. https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/epa-decides-not-to-defend-federal-drinking-water-standards-for-pfas-chemicals-in-court Map to see if you are affected: https://data.usatoday.com/projects/pfas-map/index.html

Gulf of Panama: The process that brings cold, nutrient-rich waters from deep in the Pacific to the surface, sustaining productive fisheries and shielding coral reefs from heat stress has failed to happen. https://scitechdaily.com/for-the-first-time-in-40-years-panamas-ocean-lifeline-has-vanished/

@designboommagazine.bsky.social Hoping you'll keep posting!

Latest pay for influence heist is currently netting the Trumps $5 billion. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-w...

Remember to brush & floss. Mouth bacteria #ViridansStreptococci linked to inflammation and heart attacks. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250901/Can-oral-bacteria-make-heart-disease-worse.aspx

Not a good sign for the economy: Companies have stopped investing for the future and instead are doing a huge increase in stock buy backs. hbr.org/2020/01/why-...

It is the face you put on the world that defines who you are. - Steve Martin talking about John Candy

Trump and RFK announce that the Dept of Health and Human Services has a name change…

'Fear of the Dark'

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

Single focus is peace. - Allison Armstrong #Zen

Innovation: We don't spend enough on research that leads to innovation. Trump's cutbacks to NIH (Health), NSF (Science) and spending too much on Military is to our nation's long term detriment. #SiliconValley www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

Too good to be true.. https://www.businessupturn.com/world/u-s/trump-is-dead-trends-on-x-heres-what-we-know/

Something seriously wrong when we celebrate an enemy combatant responsible for so 620k deaths in our country. #CivilWar www.mediaite.com/politics/pen...

@skeetsapp.com If you set your iPhone to restrict Skeets to only WiFi access (ie no cellular) you get a log in screen instead of a no network access message (and ideally a link to settings network to change).

Lord. The Supreme Court ruled three decades ago in "Texas v. Johnson" (1989) that flag-burning is protected by the First Amendment. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US office vacancy rates keep on surging: Office space vacancy rates rose to a record ~20% in Q2 2025. This also marks the 6th consecutive quarterly rise. The first half of 2025 saw the fastest mid-year rise on record, underscoring the sector’s structural challenges, according to Moody’s. more...

Fortes Fortuna Adiuvat #FortuneFavorsTheBold If the risk is deemed acceptable, commit to the strategy and proceed.

Trump’s Tariffs have isolated us as country after country suspends their parcel shipments to the US. www.businesstimes.com.sg/internationa...

Non Sequitur: Never Mistake Stability for Certainty. Life's disruptions can come at you hard and fast. Calm brings the crazy. #TryingTimes #CryingTimes

Trump's American Gestapo doubles down on illegal stupidity.

Eat your heart out Kristy Noem you can paint your side black, but on the Mexican side, it's an open canvas for artist to reflect their feelings!!

Climate Change: Trump ENDS Federal approvals for solar and wind installations. We are cooked. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/trump-says-us-will-not-approve-solar-or-wind-power-projects.html #MoronPresident

@bambulabglobal.bsky.social you still active on here?

Hunger in Gaza is pretty grim. Standing by is no longer an option. Food relief needs to flow. https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165679

US Navy: You don't truly appreciate the size of the Jimmy Carter #SeaWolf attack sub until it is out of the water. This is the sub with the plating removed to do sonar work. Only 3 were ever built. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seawolf...

Wine Marketing: When all you have is a label and a price to make your decision... pudding.cool/2025/04/wine...

Life-threatening anaphylaxis caused by foods may rely on a key molecular signal in the gut, two studies of mice suggest. The results raise the possibility of a drug that can block these dangerous reactions.

@skeetsapp.com Looks like clicking on #Hastags is broken.

New tools in fighting #anemia and #thyroid issues in the developing world by adding a special chemical formulation of iron and iodine to table salt. cen.acs.org/materials/me...

Made me laugh!

Tacky Trump: plans are afoot to host a UFC cage fight on the White House lawn to celebrate our 250th anniversary. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... #Idiocracy