Here's the latest variant picture for Europe (excluding the UK), to early October. The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued to dominate, and was roughly flat at 81% frequency. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" fell slightly to 10%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #EUR #LP_8_1 #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus 🧵

While we’re on the subject of Ronald Reagan.

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The Pentagon accepted an anonymous $130 million donation to help pay troops' salaries. Fiscal policy experts are questioning the legality of the move.   "In general, you may not spend money that has been donated because the Constitution and the Anti-Deficiency Act say that you can't."

November 2020: A month before vaccines arrived, our NIH director told people 70 was the age at which COVID's risk kicked in and that the flu was more dangerous for kids. The flu had killed 9 kids while COVID had killed 110.

This ICE removal operated by Omni Air International is now making its second stop, in Sri Lanka. So far, migrants onboard have spent 34 hours in handcuffs, leg irons and a waist chain. There may be more stops. Omni and its parent company were purchased in April by private equity firm Stonepeak.

Typically when I meet a new doctor that isn’t specializing in LC, they asked *me* what’s going on with it.

Joining this women’s car camping group has been this wake up call for me on how many more people than we realize are living in their cars not by choice, esp single senior women. Then I read about this group trying to help people in this situation with safer build outs and it made me cry.

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Not surprisingly, most of the U.S. tariffs are being paid by American companies and consumers — NOT by foreign exporters.

“Fastest accumulation of $1 Trillion in debt outside of the pandemic…” But at least the rich got their tax cuts, right @MarshaBlackburn? With Inequality at gilded age levels. PSA: They don’t care about the debt and never did.

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Still one of the clearest articulations of why decency shouldn’t need divine endorsement. Morality isn’t borrowed from religion, it’s proof of our humanity.👇

This is a clear example of racial discrimination. It’s hard to understand how Americans can tolerate such behavior. Masked men are approaching women with brown skin on the streets, asking if they were born here and where they come from. It’s truly heartbreaking to witness things like this.

So the US military is about to become the Drug Enforcement Agency for South America since we obviously learned nothing from the last 60 years of foreign policy.

I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.

Hi @grahamformaine.bsky.social You said you stand by your earlier question. Cool. Ignorant stereotypes aside, this Black man is a damn good tipper. Now my question for you: how many Black people did you even serve in Maine, with a 1.68% Black population, to make that kind of judgment?

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Finally read the paper and it's worth the buzz. mRNA vaccines saved 20 million lives in a global pandemic and the technology is opening up new avenues for the treatment of deadly cancers. This is really one of the most impactful scientific developments of our time. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hunger in America makes Page One in Knoxville, Tenn, .. .. Indianapolis, Boston, Milwaukee .. #SNAP #Shutdown

I hear this might upset someone... Oh well

Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics. It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history. It corrupts our political system every day.

Since the election I have seen both ICE and FBI show up at my door, both over Tweets. Be careful, the rules have changed. I deleted Twitter on election day. We have a bigger voice here.

OMG. What an ad!

COVID finally hit our house, but luckily I avoided it. First, yes COVID is still a big deal. We test for it otherwise we might have missed it. Second, COVID is a really big deal for vulnerable people like me, I have a kidney transplant and immunocompromized

NEW: Sen Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is questioning donors to Trump White House ballroom project … including Apple, Amazon, Caterpillar “… who solicited your donation..” www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

“.. it was crickets on the Bari Weiss-controlled former home of Walter Cronkite.” @deadline.com $PSKY deadline.com/2025/10/cbs-...

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the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.

I’m good with my taxes subsidizing social welfare for people who can’t afford food. I’m enraged with my taxes subsidizing corporate welfare to businesses that won’t pay a living wage.

Bought mums for my daughter’s wedding. While loading them, a young man was filling his truck. I asked if he had a wedding too—he laughed & said he secretly leaves mums on porches of elderly neighbors before dawn. The vendor later told me he’s been doing it for years. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

If members of the United States military are truly being paid their salaries by a private individual, the American people should know who that individual is. Now.

What we all need now - a happiness hack. wapo.st/4nlKw7c

If a temporary resident of the White House can totally demolish the East Wing to build a gaudy ballroom, without any authority, approval, or regulation, he can tear down the rest of the White House to build a Walmart. That this destruction is allowed underscores how off the rails our country is now.

CBS been cooked www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

BREAKING: Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Dept. let him testify in public. In new letters to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Smith says he wants to testify "in open hearings" because of "the many mischaracterizations" around his investigations.

New market manipulation scheme just dropped

Thank you as ever, @aclu.org And I’ll be a Guardian of Liberty until I die ✊🏽 🗽 action.aclu.org/give/become-...

Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."

ICE now has a budget bigger than most militaries around the world and has increased spending on weapons. It's also engaging in a race to recruit 10,000 new agents who will eventually be out in American streets. Some will be vetted, but how many unqualified recruits will fall through the cracks?

BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes. Please Use it and SHARE! ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...

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A middle finger to erasure. More of this, please. Now do Black Lives Matter!

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.