The Febrile Muse

The Febrile Muse

@cmdoran.bsky.social

Mainly retired PharmD/writer w/34y exp.Infect Diseases. Portrayal of ID in arts/literature.Passionate abt sci literacy and politics. PersonalAcct, boost means I find your post either fun or thought provoking.

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It is reported that Jared Kushner, the arriviste son-in-law of Donald Trump, was paid $50 million by the UAE in 2017/2018 to get former Sec of State Tillerson fired. (He was indeed fired.) A good reason for Europe to refuse to engage with Kushner's "diplomacy" ❌❌❌ newrepublic.com/post/217201/...

newrepublic.comJared Kushner Got Secretary of State Fired After Dictator Paid Him OffKushner reportedly got former Secretary Rex Tillerson fired after the UAE paid him millions—prompting another nation to also pay Kushner to ensure favors of their own, according to a new book.

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If still debating whether Donald Trump or Elon Musk willfully crippled Ukraine's missile defense, helping to slay innocent civilians, you are a rube. If the U.S. President had no role, then an oligarch governs national security. If not, the U.S. President serves Russia. Both answers are mortifying.

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Replying to @marisakabas.bsky.social

Beyond a new rape allegation, the @democrats-judiciary.house.gov report implicates current Attorney General Todd Blanche, stating he "may have engaged in criminal obstruction of justice while acting on a mission to protect Trump," referring to an interview with Ghislaine Maxwell. Seems like news!

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Elizabeth Warren@warren.senate.gov

Before the 2008 crash, Wall Street hid massive financial risks using accounting tricks. Now Big Tech appears to be following the same playbook. Americans and our entire economy are at risk because Trump’s regulators are choosing to look the other way.

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NEW: As expected, on a 2-1 vote, the Ninth Circuit dismisses DOJ's appeal in the US v. California case over DOJ's claims relating to "likely noncitizen" voting. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

NEW: In rare Sunday arguments, appeals court judges skeptical of DOJ’s California election lawsuit. The lawsuits in California and Alaska are expected to fail — but they also show how far A.G. Todd Blanche will go to advance Trump’s aims. Tonight, at Law Dork:

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Replying to @malena.bsky.social

Never forget that the leader of the Republican party, the Predator in Chief, yhe disgusting, depraved, and degenerate Trump was mentioned in Epstein files over thirty eight thousand times! bsky.app/profile/male...

𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏'𝐒 𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐆𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐌 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄! 🚨 There are mothers & little children like Adela's, living the worst dystopian nightmare you can imagine across this country. There's just a little over a week left before the election. VOTE, VOLUNTEER & share these stories of #ICELawlessness.

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Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social

EL-SAYED: "I get that the President of the United States takes personal offense to my first name - he doesn't mind as much when it's a shared name from the Saudis that are funding his son in laws private equity. Mercado Media

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It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

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Your monthly reminder that if you're using ChatGPT to do your science, you're failing your colleagues, community, and all of us. Here, ChatGPT makes up data and presents it as the real thing — then apologizes when confronted.

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS@dimitridrekonja.bsky.social

I’m sick of headlines treating these forays as something done independently. No. Anthropic created it. Anthropic did this. And they should be held to account, not some supposedly autonomous AI www.reuters.com/world/us/ant...

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Musk said he restricted Starlink in Ukraine- causing fast moving drones to lose connectivity - and that he had every right to do so because of some terms of service or contract that he didn't show us. (He didn't address suddenly doing this with no warning to Kyiv.) www.cnbc.com/2026/10/24/u...

cnbc.comAfter SpaceX restores high-speed service, Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink agreementUkraine says restrictions on Starlink and Starshield have been lifted, restoring connectivity to fast-moving military systems after disruptions.

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Replying to @twmcltd.bsky.social

More and more Russians are beginning to feel just a little of what Ukraine has been suffering for almost 5 years. The major city of Rostov was plunged in to darkness after a drone attack.

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Replying to @twmcltd.bsky.social

There was a very lively end to the day on Saturday as Ukraine took out another chemical plant and OZON warehouse in the same city in eastern Russia. It followed the first chemical factory being hit at the start of the day. Here's the link if you missed it: bsky.app/profile/twmc...

Tim White@twmcltd.bsky.social

Saturday 24 October 2026 Did you know today is United Nations Day? Ah, how I long for the day when the UN was a force for good and stability. It's now effectively held hostage by malign actors. It's one big reason Ukraine is still fighting for survival on Day 1704. Here's my daily🧵

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NEW: Trump appointee Judge Bennet on the 9th circuit, after questioning whether they even have jurisdiction to hear the case - asks DOJ how they can possible get around the fact that STATES administer their elections.

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com

JB: seems to me you want us to issue an injunction that is entirely inconsistent with California's laws. How can we do that here? DOJ: 18 USC 611 is a federal election law dealing with non-citizens voting JB: But the CONSTITUTION says "the congress may at any time alter such regulations" 12/

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What Jason Crow says. Indeed, isn't it obvious? How can a self-respecting country cede control over vital military systems in the middle of a war to a foreign drug addict? And how could this not be a defining issue in the midterm election? Yet US corporate media want to simply look the other way.

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In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

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It’s rare for a moment in a debate to have a serious impact on an election. But I think this one did. Lula DESTROYED Bolsonaro in this moment.

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Thou shalt arrest Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Can I get an amen?

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Jared’s phone is what they hoped Hunter’s laptop would be. Or perhaps they knew this story was coming and were trying to deflect from it all this time. Bravo Netherlands 🇳🇱 Bravo Albania 🇦🇱 #Voices4Victory #Pinks

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America's support for Israel will be it's downfall. The brand of the Pedophile in the White House and Kegseth is chaos and lies. Mainstream media (ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, FOX NEWS) are ignoring the troops they all proclaim to care so much about. Starting a war with Iran was the dumbest decision ever.

meidasnews.com“So Much Worse Than People Realize”: Never-Before-Seen Images Reveal Damage at U.S. Bases as Troops Describe Being AbandonedService members, contractors, and military families share photos, videos, and firsthand accounts of the Iran war that they say the Pentagon has kept from the American public

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In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

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Obama is still the most gifted political communicator of my lifetime and it isn’t particularly close

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

“How much time do you think this defense secretary spends looking in the mirror in the morning? These are not serious people” — Obama’s audience in Ohio is hanging on every word as he skewers Trump and Hegseth