Duo is really going through it.

USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."

"working to swiftly rectify the situation..."
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A graphic with a light brown background and darker brown border. The top headline reads, "Candlelight Vigil for the Uninsured" Below in the body text reads, "Join Health-Students Taking Action Together, Georgians for a universal Health Program, and other community partners in honoring the over 40,000 Americans who lose their lives each year due to being uninsured or underinsured. This burden is particularly high in Georgia due to its relatively limited options for health insurance. We hope that holding an event commemorating the lives lost will bring together members of the Atlanta community to push for solutions during the legislative session... Sunday, February 16th, 6:00-7:00pm The vigil will take place on the greenspace at the site of the former Atlanta Medical Center. 313 Boulevard Ave. Atlanta, GA 30312." On the left is a graphic of candles burning, next to the GUHP and H-STAT logos on the right.

Happening tomorrow! GA Equality will be speaking at a Candlelight Vigil for the Uninsured tomorrow, February 16, at 6pm at the site of the former Atlanta Medical Center.

Please plan to join us to honor the 40,000+ Americans who lose their lives each year due to being uninsured or underinsured.

Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.

Talk to your immigrant friends. Find out why they came here and why they want to stay. Moe has helped me find my gratitude, and my gratitude is what powers me forward.
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Moe is Egyptian, now a U.S. citizen, and he is constantly reminding me that as bad as things are here, things are worse other places. He still believes this is the best place to be and is grateful for the opportunity to move here (very few from the Middle East get that chance).
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Moe Galal sitting on a beach chair in a white Speedo

This is my boyfriend @mogalal.bsky.social, or as I call him, “Ya Amar” (“My Moon”), because he has been a bright light in a dark time.
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It turns out “the lesser of two evils” is A LOT less evil.

🚨🚨 ACTION ALERT: Today, the Senate Insurance Committee will hear SB 39, a sweeping bill to cut off best practice medical care for transgender people of all ages receiving care through the GA State Health Benefit Plan.

We need your help! Contact committee members & urge them to oppose SB 39!

Every time I try to use local stores with local delivery there seems to be an issue, and it’s always hard to resolve.

I try to avoid using Amazon, but they definitely fix things when there’s a mistake.

Dilemmas.

As one of my CDC friends said, “You can ‘take a break’ from infectious diseases, but they’re not going to take a break from you.”

One thing has become very clear: Despite COVID and everything since then, the current administration has no idea how infectious diseases work.

You don’t get to “take a break” from them.

If you want to know how crazy things are, I read something from the @borowitzreport.bsky.social and didn’t immediately recognize it as satire.

In fact, if I didn’t know it was a satirical profile I would have 100% believed it.

(h/t: @the.language.nerds)

They’re coming for Social Security.

This is where the Boomers officially enter the “find out” phase of this election.

I feel like we’re watching the library at Alexandria burn in real time

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.

HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻

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In this environment I literally cannot be brought to care about corporate patents or secrets

If they’re only going after criminals, why would ICE be at elementary schools?

“‘I never thought the leopards would eat MY face!’ sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party.”

-tweet from Adrian Bolt

“Girl, look how orange you look girl!” From Real Bad 2025 with @mogalal.bsky.social

Throwing it back to the IML street fair this past year

Remember, no matter what some government run by a fascist says - you are who you say you are. You define yourself. No one else. The state & powerful try to dictate our bodies to control & exploit us - our labor, our energy, our lives - for themselves. But you get to choose yourself. Fuck ‘em.

It’s becoming clear we’ll eventually need to take to the streets. And it’s also becoming clear they intend to have the army ready to counter any major protests.

So I’m wondering if I’m going to survive this administration.

“Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick.”

Full stop.

A throwback to New Years Day at Breakfast of Champions

A day at the aquarium

I’m here

Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

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With everything going on since the election, I’m having to constantly remind myself that it’s been worse, and in my lifetime.

There are reasons we got out of that era, so we can do it again.